Elbert County tribune., 1921-11-18
Pithy News Notes
From All Ports of
Colorado
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delivery of freight from Chicago and
the East to Denver houses is an
nounced by John F. yallery. general
agent Of the Burlington freight depart
ment, in a reduction of time of the
Burlington's through freight train TO
Denver.
Pueblo refused TO adopt the city
manager plan of municipal govern
ment, voting 1t down by a majority of
72S. Unofficial tabulatlon of the vote
put it at 2,77S for the amendment and
3,J06 against It, with the result that
Pueblo will continue under the present
form OF commission government.
| ]. E. Collett and T.. w. Sprout of
Denver, Henry Brown and Ben Claw
son of Yuma, Colo, and ]. A. Lott,
travelling salesman, received severe
bruises and cuts when the auto in
which they were riding did not take
curve on the road just outside of
Breckenridge, and turned over.
Appropriation of 100000 of the
state highway for maintenance pur-
poses, to be expended under the direc-
ton of the highway department along
counties, has been approved by Gov
ernor Shoup. The governor met with
the members of the highway advisory
board and discussed the budget for
1922 with them.
Aztec, N NJ, lying just across the
border line between Colorado and the
former state, will be the first city in
the San Juan basin to be heated and
lighted by gas. The Aztec oil Syndi-
cate has secured the pipe for the erec-
tiOn of gas plant that will carry the
gas from the oil well, situated about
mile from the city, to the homes and
business houses of the community and
work will begin at once upon the con-
structlon.
John Mitchell, assistant auditor of
the Broadmoor hotel at Colorado
Springs departed with his wife, police
authorities were Informed, under cir
cumstances that have led to request
for his detention. The hotel manage
ment charges that $1,000 disappeared
at the same time that Mitchell went
away, part of 1t being the hotel pay
roll for the week, and part of it money
alleged TO have been raised on forged
checks.
With three deaths from acute alco-
holism in Denver in October the total
Of deaths from imbibing moonshine so
far this year is eleven. For all of
1920 only five deaths from alcoholism
were reported TO the city health au-
thorities. According to the report of
Miss Florence Leach, registrar of vital
statistics, the total of deaths from
drinking bootleg in Denver in October
was the highest of any meath so far
this year.
John Damer, former secretary of
state of Colorado, has recc ved orders
to report to Washington in preparation
to taking over the office OF United
States minister to Nicaragua Mr.. Ra-
mer was appointed minister to Nicar-
agua Oct. . by President Harding.
Ratification by the United States Sen
nte followed, and Mr. Ram"r received
official notification, and letter from
Secretary of State Hughes requesting
his presence in Washington.
John Slipley saved half of $1,000
collections for a local concern at Lead
vile by quick wittedness, but he lost
bandits stopped the team which he
was driving at Arbenz, settlement
Just outside of Leadville. He had been
making collections for the Frank
Zaitz Mercantile Company and when
the robbers emerged from clump of
bushes and confronted him he manag-
ed to slip $500 TO his wife who ac-
companied him.
The civic Improvement ticket won
at the city election at Montrose. There
was not much of an issue involved,
though three tickets We're in the field.
Those chosen for city commissioners
are A. l.. Anderson, c. NJ. Thompson,
W. G. Haney, ]. J. Gatschett and w.
A. Scribner. The $4,000 bond Issue
for a water works system was car
ried.
The half burned body of william L.
Keough, 40 years old, county assessor,
was found in the ruins of the Frank
Richards house in west Breckenridge
The house was destroyed by fire short
ly before midnight. Della Murphy,
owner OF tne mouse, was arrested
few hours after Keough's body was
found, pending an investigation of the
fire and the cause of the assessors
death.
The short course in agricultural in
struction, held each winter at the Ag-i-
cultural college in Fort Collins, is at
tracing attention of persons engaged
in the farming business the short
course instruction covers. Bee keep
ers are interested in the course offer
ed to those proposing to take up the
care of the honey makers, and men
who have been years in the business
will try to get added knowledge.
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