Elbert County tribune., 1921-10-14
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Estimates by the Durango city com
missioners place the cost of running
the city government next year at 3d.
500 less than the figure for this year.
The commission has appropriated $685.
500 for the 1922 budget.
Frank Olsson of Telluride has a
large number of large, ripe strawber-
ries grown on his farm near the city at
an altitude of 5000 feet The berries
are delicious and he has been picking
them every day for about a week.
The body of John w. Glasgow, Cres-
tone mining man. who has been miss
Ing for eight days, was discovered In
the hills with bullet hole through the
chest. Apparently Glasgow had been
hunting, and had fallen down in such
way that the gun discharged Evi-
IDENTITY death was instantaneous
Hiram Croft, 80 years old, of La
Sale, employed by ]. L. Biers, mo-
tor truck freighter, was killed at Gree
ley while at work when his neck was
broken. Croft either fell from n motor
truck or was hit by plank which
broke in two while he and Biers were
transferring a safe from one truck to
another.
Joseph Risdon Powell, pioneer coal
mine operator of Weld county, died at
his home in Greeley of heart failure.
Mr.. Powell was rs years old and had
lived in Colorado for fifty-three years.
In addition to his activities in Weld
county Mr.. Powell at different times
was associated with undertakings in
Central City and in Routt county.
Senator and Mrs. Phipps have sailed
for New York on a sea voyage that
will take them to Cuba, Panama and
Costa Rica. They expect to return to
Washington about Oct. "a. Senator
Phipps, who recently underwent an
operation, is making the trip to recu-
perate from his Illness. He Is making
a satisfactory recovery.
The large mill and elevator at Olney
Springs, owned by Mccullough & Son,
was destroyed by fire, causing loss
of $4,000. The mill was partially in
sured. 1t Is understood Mccullough
& Son will rebuild. The Fowler fire
department responded to call for as
sistance in fighting the fire, but ar
rived at Olney Springs too late.
Not guiltyI" This was the verdict
returned by the jury in the Rienzi
Dickens murder trial at Greeley. The
jury was out more than fifteen hours.
Rienzi Dickens was charged with the
killing of his father. w. II. Dickens.
wealthy Longmont banker, on the
inf fyht Af
Dickens was shot to death, the bullet
breaking window in his house and
striking him in the back.
d. X. Harvey, former cashier of the
Farmers and Merchants Bank at Jar
oso, in southern Costilla county, who
disappeared week ago, is charged
with the embezzlement of funds which
may amount to $4,000. The bank
has been closed by Deputy Bank Com
missioner Clark, who has been making
an investigation for the past week. No
clew to Harvey's whereabouts has
been discovered, though a warrant has
been issued for his arrest.
The United States Civil Service Com
mission announces an examination for
| United States forest rangers to be
held on Oct. 20, 1921, at the headquar-
ters of all forest supervisors. The en-
trance salary is from 5000 to $1,22C
per year and is open to both men and
women. All persons interested in the
examination should write directly to
| the Civil Service Commission, Wash.
ington, D. c., or get In touch with the
| local forest supervisor.
Nearly $4,000 has been paid to head
lettuce growers at the sheds in Flor.
ence so far this season, this being
about half the total amount for the
| Fremont-Custer county district. 1t is
| estimated that the average yield pei
acre in the district tributary to this
city is $500, while the best known is
ten-acre trace that yielded 5000
worth of lettuce.
Four persons were injured, one OF
them seriously, when large supply OF
fireworks, which had been conflscated
by the police. exploded in the Bath
Beach section of Brooklyn, N. Y. An
aerial bomb suddenly went off caus
ing the explosion. Inspector James
Butler of the fire department, inspec-
tor of cOmbustibles, had his left arm
torn off and suffered other injuries.
total of S1O,264.75 was expended
by the state of Colorado to keep one
troop of rangers in the field the last
twelve months ending Oct. 1, accord
ing to report made by Col. Patrick
]. Hammock, adjutant general. During
this time the rangers made 1872 arrests
of all kinds. OF this number of ar
rests they secured 627 convictions, with
121 dismissals and "a cases still pend
ing.
Four hundred have enrolled in the
Pueblo evening schools, which are be
| ing conducted at the Central and Cen.