Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-05-27
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.


board Ahout $4,000 acres of land viii
he irrigated by the dam and hcad-gnte
which are now completed 4 tunnel
has been bored through i.5oo feet of
solid rock and the ditch has been hiilt
to within two miles NJ the land to be
irrigated. II is reported that few Of
the homesteaders viii be able TO get
water som. time this summer. while
all OF .tlie tract is assured of full
water supply next spring. About ST.
100000 is being expended on the pro-
ject
"Im going to shoot you" said
rhcmu Young, years old, as she
picked up revolver mt the home of
her father in Lyons and aimed II at
her cousin. Elton Young. age Z, of
Niwot The revolver discharged as
she pressed the trigger and sent II bull
let that went thru his right shoulder
into the pleural cavity The boy was
rushed 10 the hospital in Longniont.
His condition is considered serious.
The two children had been playing to-
gether and had no quarrel. Officials
believe that the little girl had no in
tention of shooting and that the dis
charge Of the gun was accidental.
Three boys were drowned in the
Bartels reservoir. a small lake seven
acres in area, located one mile south
of Greeley. when the flat boat In which
they and. two companions We're pad
ding across the small body of water
sank. The three youth are Oliver
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16, and Albert Tinker. 10. All of the
boys resided In Evans, John Miller
IS years old, and Timothy O'Grady, 10
years old, who We're in the boat with
the other three, swan to safety when
the tiny craft sank.
Sam Hand. farmer living twenty
five miles south of Wnlsenburg. fired
the shot which caused the death, dur
ing dispute over a fence line, of Gar
Callhnn, another farmer living on an
adjoining farm, according to the YER
diet returned by coroner's jury.
Three witnesses were called during
the hearing The physician who at
tended the dying man, and Callhan's
wife and mDther-in-law, testified con
corning the shooting. The jury held
the shot was fired with felonious in
tent.
While William Johnson, n farmer re-
siding northeast of Fort Morgan, was
clinging to the blades of windmill
wheel olling the mechanism, gust of
wind started the wheel revolving.
johnson grasped the blades desperate
ly az they whirled around In the air,
gathering speed at each revolution.
Just as his hold on the wheel was
loosenng, his son. who was playing in
the yard, noticed his fathers plight
and hastily applied brake to the
mechanism, and Johnson decended to
terra firma with alacrity.
Attorneys representing the citizens
of Eagle, Colo, have filed their reply
brief in the Supreme Court to the ap.
peal of the town of Red Cliff from the
decision Of District Judge James l..
Cooper, awarding the county sent OF
Eagle county to the town of Eagle,
Irregularities in the election in which
the Eagle supporters were victorious
were claimed in the suit.
Mrs. Josie Clinton. wife of Charles
G. Clinton, alleged bank bandit, now
serving ten to twelve years In the
state penitentiary, died at hospital
in Oklahoma City, following an oper-
alton, and the secret of the cache of
bonds said to have been stolen by her
husband went to the grave with her.
Mable lesser, the S-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry lesser,
northwest of Loveland, died very sud
denly and was buried at a private fu-
neral. She is the third child of this
family to die In two days, the other
two dying within a few hours of each
other Of diphtheria.
Seven graduates left the high school
at Berthoud and received diplomas.
DIR. j. Lakeland delivered the address,
and every one of the graduates was
presented with scholarship for er-
cellence in studies. Two were given
scholarships In the State Teachers
College, one In the State University,
one in the Agricultural College, one in
the School of Mines, one in Colorado
College and one in Denver University.
Arrangements have been made by
President Victor G. Anderson of the
Colorado School of Mines for the estab-
lishment of practical mine at Idaho
Springs for demonstration work to the
students of the school this summer MI
ami tunnel Is to be used. Mine sur
veying tool sharpening and practical
mining will be INDUCED in by the stu
dents, under the direction of Dean L.
s. Grant and Prof, James Underhill.
The first voluntary reduction In rail-
road rates to be made in the United
States since the beginning of the world
war was made in Grand Junction May