Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-01-14
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

work is to have practical demonstra-
ton at the National Western STOCK
Show at Denver, January 10. Three
teams Of former soldiers from agricui-
tural colleges of the West are to COM
pete for a special prize offered Dy the
vocational board. Many men chose
agricultural training, and now at the
end of two years are showing results
The teams are chosen by districts, hc-
cording to II. Allen Nye, head OF voca-
tional training, and are as foilows'
No. IL, Utah, Colorado and Wyomingi
No. ~, California, Nevada and Ari-
zona: No. 13, Washington, Oregon and
Idaho. More teams are entered this
winter in the annual contests for the
National Western cup than ever be
fore. and for the first time a contest
is being pulled off for secondary agri'
cultural schools, high schools and such
institutions. The cup was won last
year by Kansas and the year before
by Nebraska.
Farmers of Colorado benefited to
the extent of sT00052 during the last
year through efforts of the Colorado
Extension Service, according to re-
port made to Governor Shoup by Act
ing Director A. L. Lovett- Work of
the department was carried on In
twenty-nine counties by boys and
girls clubs, agricultural fairs, farm
improvements demonstrations, agron-
omy specialists, moving picture exhibit
tions, extension schools and other
agencies.
with the collection of $4,000 during
the month of December, the state in
heritnnce tax department got away to
n flying start in the biennial period.
which began on Nov. 80 last, according
to announcement made by Attorney
General Victor E. Keyes Collections
were made from twenty estates during
the last fifteen days, amounting to $9,-
67S. The largest amount collected was
from the estate of F. e. Frost of Lo-
gan county, totaling Sl36943.
Five years from now the public lands
of Colorado viii be practically thing
of the past, and their history may then
well be written. According to the report
of the commissioner of the general land
office published in December, 1920,
there are S,941. .1s5 acres of vacant pub
lie lands in Colorado; five years ago
there were 17,236,11 ia acres of public
lands in this state-showing that dur
ing the interim -s,294,929 acres have
been filed upon.
For the first time since 1906 Colo
RADIO man participated in the delibera-
tions of the national board for the pro-
motion of rifle practice, which has con-
vened in Washington in response to a
call issued by the government. Capt.
Arthur B. Smith of Denver, small arms
instructor for the Colorado National
Guard, Is the Colorado representative.
Colorado's coal production during
1920 exceeded that of the preceding
year by nearly 100000 tons and fell
only about u quarter of million tons
short of the 1918 output when the
twenty-one coal-producing counties of
the state established high production
record of 12,65S,o55 tons.
The first cases Of death from the So
called Sleeping sickness" reported in
Las Animas county occurred when
Letiza Maglia, 20 years old, of Stark
Vile, Colo, died, having been in un-
broken sleep for eight days. Mike Sir
CHA, 26, of Ell Moro, died after an ILL
ness of four days.
Governor Shoup has stamped his dis
approval upon the $7,0oO,O0O highway
budget for 1921 prepared by the State
Highway Commission and sent it back
30 hA ie,ei
mendations concerning the spending of
the highway fund.
The bank clearlngs over the figures
for 1919 increased S12,000,00O, accord
ing to a report from Colorado Springs
Clearing House Association.
Pears and apples grown on the west
ern slope this past season brought
grower S1,125, 900, 1t is conservatively
estimated.
Litigation which has covered many
years was closed when the board of
directors of the Uncompahgre Valley
Water Users Association accepted a
settlement of claims against bondsmen
who were sureties for the Taylor
Moore Construction Company, which
became insolvent when they made the
first attempt to construct the Gunni-
son tunnel for the Water Users Asso-
citation.
Robert L. Lackey, prominent sheep
ranciier, was ordered to pay his wife,
Matte Lackey $4,000 alimony by
Judge Cornforth, at Colorado Springs
Mrs. Lackey stated on the witness
stand that her husband recently had
transferred all his property to escape
paying the alimony. Lackey announced
that he would stay in jail cell before
he will comply with the courts order.
Two buildings were burned to the