Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-04-01
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
fw-steru Newspaper Union Ne., s.,Ier. |,

| Gaining an entrance through the
back door. burglars robbed the East
Lake Mercantile Company of about ST..
500 worth of silk goods The thieves
used an automobile to get the stolen
goods away.
After deliberating less than two
hours jury in the District Court at
Colorado Springs acquitted william
Shumard of the charge of attempting
to destroy his home at All East San
Rafael street by fire on the night of
January 20. The case went to the
jury at 10 80 O'Clock. The verdict was
returned at noon.
Thousands of sacks of onions are be-
ing dumped in the vicinity of Olathe
by the growers and commission houses,
due to the fact that the price offered
| for them would not justify the sacking
and shipment. 1t is estimated that at
| least sixty-five cars of onions will be
dumped this year in the Olathe dis
trict.
The League of the Southwest will
| hold meeting in Denver April Is and
| 10 to consider plans for urging passage
of reclamation Legislation before Con
| gress at Washington, according to an
nouncement made by Governor Mnbey
of Utah, following receipt of letter
from Governor Campbell of Arizonn,
president of the league, who issued the
call.
Water pumped from the engines of
the Denver & Salt Lake railroad saved
Tabernash from destruction by fire.
The loss Is estimated between $4,000
and $4,000. The Percy & Parker gen
eral merchandise store, Cullen's pool
hall and barber shop were ruined
The buildings are located in Main
street. one-half block from the rail-
road tracks
| One-ninth of all the deaths in the
United States are due to tuberculosis,
and contaminated milk of tuberculosis
cows is responsible for good share
of this terrible disease. according to
w. ii. Feldman of the Colorado Agri-
| cultural College. Especially is this
| true as regards children, statistics
showing that 6 to 10 per cent of the
deaths of children from tuberculosis
is of the bovine type.
The Union Pacific railroad office in
Byers was broken into by thieves and
100 railroad tickets, requiring only II
date and a stamp to enable the holder
TO travel practically any point on the
| Union Pacific system, were stolen. A
complete check of the missing tickets
has been made and the number wired
to all conductors. The thieves gained
entrance to the depot through win
dow in the rear of the building
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throughout the United States, exclusive
of outlying possessions, was 3J.5 per.
| sons per square mile of land area in
1920 as against 800 in 1910, the census
bureau announced. The density in the
individual states in 1920 ranged from
7-10 of 1 per square mile in Nevada
to 1864 in Rhode Island, the bureau
announced. The density figure for
Colorado 91 Kansas PIG; Nebraska
16.9; New Mexico 20; Wyoming 20.
Theodore Myers, "a, of Durango, was
killed in No. 7 level of the Smuggler
Union mine at Telluride when box
of powder exploded Fortunately q
few minutes before nearly a score of
workmen had left the mine, following
their shift. Myers, it is said, was pre-
pairing to leave when he was killed.
The mine was badly wrecked for dis
tance of 100 feet from the scene of the
explosion. According to Carl Hoppe
shift boss, he had seen Myers, who
was nipper, II short time before and
he said he believed Myers was smok.
ing cigarette and this is alleged to
have caused the explosion.
John C. Scott, 81 years old, pioneer
of Sterling former member of the Colo
RADIO Legislature, former postmaster,
booster, philanthropist and baseball
fan, died at New Orleans, where he
went for his health two months ago.
Compilations made by the State I'm.
migration Department from the rec.
ords of the State Tax Commission and
from the advance reports of the fed
eral census bureau show that the av-
erage value of farm land in the state
as reported by county assessors In
1920 was S16.45 per acre, compared
with S3l,22 reported by the census bu.
reau. Assessors report nearly 2S,O00,-
600 acres of farm land on the tax rolls
while the census bureau found the av.
erage value of farm land and buildings
In the state on January l. 1920, to be
S3o.40 per acre. Reports of county as.
SCISSORS show the value of all farm
property, including land, buildings,
livestock and farm implements, to
have averaged S23.18 on the 1920 as.
sessment. The census report shows an
increase of move than 100000 acres
in farm land in the state In the past
decade and an increase of 1921 per
acre In average value.
The orgnnization of a fish and i,ame