The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-10-09
COLORADO ITEMS

One full CARLOAD of Jonathan apples
sold At Fruita recently at So per box
F. O. b.
Charles Woolf of Golden was bound
over to the District Court on charge
of cattle rustling.
J. L. Ridgeway is appointed post
master at Wolcott. Eagle county.
Colo. vice A. NJ. Tuttle. resigned.
James Walker. aged sixty. WAS run
over and ki.so by a southboaud Rin
Grande train n the railroad yards at
Colorado Spri: rs on the 4th inst.
Thomas McElray, aged seventy. and
said to be th.. eldest active plu,loer in
the state. dror ped dead in h, shop
at Pueblo on the 4th inst.
Greeley postoffice receipts were
$400 more for the last quarter than for
the previous one and sales OF stamps
totaled $500. The office handled g..
900 registrations.
With 5000 laborers in the beet
fields Of the Greeley, Eaton and Wind.
sor districts digging for the Sc AEON be-
gan on the 4th inst, and the harvest
promises to exceed in yield al, expec-
tations. Oye. 400 tons of beets were
delivered at the three factories. max
ing the largest first-day delivery in
any season. There are 600 farmers
growing beets for the three factories,
225 Of these for the Greeley factory.
Reports received at Pueblo from
experts state that the crops in Pueblo
county and the Arkansas valley will
be at least double the average this
year and it is believed that one OF
the greatest crops in the history OF
the state will be garnered. This ap-
plies both to irrigated and non-irri-
gated lands. Corn is the best ever
and sugar beets the most prolific and
sweet for years. Hay alone is scarce
and poor.
Plans have been submitted to the
state engineer for the Decker Creek
Reservoir Company's irrigation
scheme. which contemplates the build
ing of . twenty-foot dam on Decker
creek in Mineral county. and i'm.
43.422,000 cubic feet of wa
ter. The estimated cost OF the neces.
sary construction work is $4,000, as
determined by a survey completed
September 90. Charles E. Hal is the
applicant.
By a vote os 1s9 for to four aga INST.
the Greeley puudre irrigation district
voted the CT ntIact with the Laramie
Poudre Reservation & Irrigation Com
pany for construction of full system
Of irrigation works as large as almost
any Of the gov. rnment SYSTEM, II tap
the Cache "A Poudre and Laramie
rivers in Colorado. A two aaG one
half mile tunnel is to be built firm the
Laramie to the Cache la Poudre. The
district will issue $5.100,0O0 six per
cent bonds.
The most enthusiastic religious re-
vival in the history of the Southwest
was recently closed at Durango by
Evangelist Oscar Lowry, assisted by
Soloist George Moody and Mrs. Moody.
who labored among the women and
young girls. The meetings lasted four
weeks and the large tabernacle, erect.
ed especially for the purpose was
filled. The list Of converts numbered
345, including men and women from
all walks Of life. the great majority
being grown people.
By reversing the decision of the
County Court in the case Of L. E.
Mergen versus the City and County of
Denver. the State Supreme Court de.
clared invalid the city ordinance re-
quiring butcher shops, meat markets
and grocery stores in Denver to re-
main closed on Sunday. The court
held that the ordinance is one which
would not promote the welfare nor the
health Of the city, for the promotion
OF which 1t is intended that police
power shall be exercised.
Over $35.0OO worth Of crops have
been harvested from the Oasis ranch,
west Of Grover, owned jointly by
Henry Thompson and Philip Brauck.
1t contains 1900 acres under cultiva-
tion and 10000 sacks of potatoes have
been harvested from ITS acres. From
800 acres $4,000 bushels of grain was
taken and 500 tons Of alfalfa was cut
from the ranch. There will be 800
head of sheep and several hundred
cattle fattened for market this winter
on the hay and grain grown on the
place.
The Greeley correspondent of the
Denver Republican says: Owing to
the continued high price Of lambs in
Wyoming, Idaho. Oregon and New
Mexico. 1t Is claimed. few sheep and
lambs can be fed in Weld county this
season. Cattle wall be fattened at the
Windsor. Eaton and Greeley sugar fac.
tory yards and probably 10000 will
be prepared for market. Feeders say
that stockmen are asking prices for
sheep and lambs that would have been
considered preposterous a year ago. 1t
Is said that 1t would be easy to sell
every pound Of wool sheared next
spring at the present time. but no dis.