The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-09


Jan .o-2l.-- Colorado Good Roads As
sociat tiou Meeting. in Denver
Jan ls-23--Horse Show and Midwinter
Fair At Denver
II Is stated that John F. Vivian is
slated for secretary TO Governor Carl
son.
After four years OF continual work.
Greeley is 70 have Y. NJ. C. A. organ.
ization.
Governor Carlson's inaugural ball at
the Denver Auditorium. Jan. 12, Will
be attended by the Denver city com
missioners in a body.
An advance in the price of wheat.
which reached a high mark of $780,
In Chicago. caused an increase In the
cost OF flour in Denver
The third annual banquet of the
yer Jan. IL in commemoration OF the
birthday of Benjamin Franklin.
The Road to Peace in Europe" was
the title OF an address delivered at
the University of Denver by Werner Il,
Reed. noted Denver author and finau-
cier.
The city OF Denver Will be repre-
sented at Governor Carlsons inaugural
ball, to be held in the Auditorium Jan
II, by the city commissioners In a
body
The completion OF the second unit
of the Myron Stratton home for the
poor will admit sixty more adults
,I. -. 4,
Colorado Springs
The judges OF the District and Coun-
ty Courts and large number OF mem
bers of the Denver bar rendered "
ID. Wright, newly appointed District
judge, reception.
Mayor Perkins OF Denver was mott.
lied by the officers of the Panama
California exposition at San Diego
that March 13 had been set aside as
Denver day.
The Supreme Court of the state re
Nersed itself and decided that liens
could not be filed upon property rented
for ninety-nineyear terms for the con
struction of business blocks.
Mrs. j. B. Greenslate, Wife of
farmer near Boulder, sustained a
broken collarbone and possibly inter.
nal injuries when she was thrown
from buggy in a runaway accident
Alarmed over the disappearance OF
John Fine, sixty-five, an employ& on
his ranch near Littleton F. e. Sheldon
has notified the Denver police to look
for him, fearing he may have met with |
an accident.
Colorado is about to enter upon an
era of development and wealth un-
equaled in the states history, in the |
opinion of Il. Z. Drach, state banking !
commissioner, who submitted his an.
nual report to Governor Ammons.
Manager Wright of the Johnstown |
department of the Fort Lupton Power |
Company sustained serious burns |
ebout the hands when he became en-. |
in wires and grasped one that |
was carrying $3.50 volts of electricity |
One hundred and seven Mesa coun.
ty ranchers and citizens OF the west |
end of the valley, enjoyed the annual
New Year rabbit hunt from Fruita tc
the Utah state line. returning to
F'ruita with $40 bunnies
When Herbert Smith OF Denver re
turned from work he found note
written by his wife. Mrs Viola Smith
and lock of her hair. She had taken
her young daughter and disappeared
Hugh Walker, the husband of Smiths
niece, has also disappeared and Smith
hot ha Ixr l
eloped
The resignation OF l.. NJ. Bowers as
chairman OF the board of directors and
treasurer of the Colorado Fuel & Iron
Co. was received by President Jesse
F. Welborn in Denver. Bowers, it was
will be associated with
John d. Rockefeller In an advisory
capacity, retaining a place on the di.
-ectorate of the company.
The Denver Tramway Company and
he Denver Gas and Electric Light
Company must pay their 1913 taxes
IN the basis Of valuation fixed by AS
SCISSOR Pitcher and the State Tax Com
mission Judge Denison of the Dis.
.rict Court sustained the citys demur-
-ers to suits instituted by the two
in which material reduc-
ions in their taxes were demanded,
md virtually threw both cases out of
For the first time in its history Col
,rado has given promise that it may
some day be ranked as an important
producing state. The production
If corn for 1914 was almost double
he production for 1913. Last year
l0.600,000 bushels of corn were har-
rested, according to government fig
Tres, while in 1913 the crop was only
100000. The value of the corn pro-
iuced in Colorado last year, was ST.
.26,000.
Uncle Sam will be represented at
he annual convention of the Good