The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-11-17
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

The Fang Brewing Company plant
may be converted into an ice plant.
The pickle company commenced
work on three new buildings in
| Brighton.
The funeral Of Thomas NJ. Hyder
was held from st. Pauls Methodist
church in Denver.
Orders for 100000 worth Of tung-
stem concentrates have been reported
placed at Boulder.
The Garfield hotel at Greeley.
| owned by the d. A. Garfield estate.
was sold for $4,000.
An increase OF one-tenth OF mill
in the municipal tax levy at Loveland
! for 1917 will be ordered
A total Of twenty-six buildings are
being constructed in Pueblo. aggregat-
| ing an expenditure of 100000.
Judge Rice sentenced John Golden
to thirty days in the Denver jail and
| to pay a fine Of 500 for bootlegsing.
new local council for the Boy
Scouts of Denver, to supervise and ex-
| formed.
The Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany reports 300 outgoing cars of
| freight from the town OF Ault during
| October.
Armour & Company contemplate an
| increase in capital stock to $1o0.000,000
and the declaration OF a 400 per cent
stock dividend.
Beets are being received at the
Loveland sugar factory at tue rate of
| 5000 tons day The plant is slicing
| 1000 tons day.
Assistant District Attorney Frank A.
West was appointed major on the
Judge advocates staff of the reorgan-
lied militia at Denver.
The official canvass of returns from
the election will be begun by the s,ate
canvassing board Nov. 20, according
to Secretary of State Ramer.
Increased bonus for sugar company
employees at Fort Morgan means an
addition of $4,000 to the company's
payrolls there for the season
Robert Wallace English, II, promi-
nent in Denver business and Masonic
circles and a resident of Denver for
many years, died at his home from
uremia.
The Hygiene consolidated school
district has awarded a contract for
the erection of a two-story modern
| schoolhouse at Hygiene. The cost to
be $10.422
Vance C. Mccormick, chairman OF
the Democratic national committee.
has telegraphed Fluctuations to John
T. Barnett of the Denver national
headquarters.
| F. D. Croker of Pueblo county sold
| 80 acres Of bis farm land to O. p Lar
son for $14 500, establishing new val
uation for Pueblo county farm lands
of $751; per acre.
| George r. Lunn, Socialist mayor OF
Schenectady. N. Y, former Denver
boy, and son OF Mr. and Mrs. NJ A
Lunn Of Denver, was elected con-
gresham from his district.
Denver is fortieth in list of Ill
American cities in percentage of gain in
amount of building permits issued last
month. The average gain is 81 per
cent. while Denver shows a gain of
~ per cent.
The campaign for use OF Colorado.
made goods and the patronizing OF
home industries scored a point when
a Denver firm secured the contract
against score of Eastern competitors
for the electrical fixtures for the Weld
county court house.
Frank N. Briggs, state director for
the fourth annual conference on mar
keting and rural credits, to be held at
the Sherman hotel in Chicago, Dec.
to 9, declared in Denver that Colorado
ought to have at least 100 representa-
tives at the meeting
The highest honor given to a stu
dent at Lawrenceville. Pa, has been
awarded to a Denver boy. Charming
Sweet, son OF Charming Sweet OF Den
yer and senior in the school, was
elected president Of the entire student
body at a recent election.
Examinations will be conducted in
large cities of the country, including
Denver, Dec. 6. for positions of trade
commissioners or special agents to
make investigation of foreign markets
for American goods. under the depart.
ment of commerce. The salaries to be
paid will be not in excess of $40 a
day and expenses, with 81 extra for
subsistence.
A railway freight car loaded with
automobiles has been standing on a
side track at Colorado Springs for
seven weeks waiting to be unloaded
while people all over the country are
calling for cars in which to move food