The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-28
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

COMING EVENTS.

A lumber yard at Mancos was de-
stroyed by fire.
The holiday passenger traffic was
unusually heavy.
Millions spent for war supplies be-
fore declaration.
Cripple Creek had the best holiday
trade in many years.
William J Barker was reelected
president of the Denver Motor Club
kurtzville is the name of a new
town seven miles north Of Hotchkiss
The Hornbeck ranch OF 24O acres
900.
A record number of liquor permits
have been issued at Pueblo In Decem-
ber.
The one delivery plan recently went
into effect with the retail grocers and
butchers OF Pueblo.
During the month OF November
there were 204 cars OF ore shipped
from San Juan county
A grand masquerade ball will be
given at Recreation hall. Fort Lyon,
on New Years eve.
John S. Logan, near Canon City.
cut and shipped to Sugar City a car
load OF Christmas trees from his own
land.
W. H. Bartleson harvested about
$2,10O worth OF honey from 2O6 hives
OF bees in the West orchards. east of
Olney.
Ernest w Cree, together with other
citizens of Aspen, has constructed a
fish hatchery to stock the neighbor-
ing streams.
Only the utmost vigilance of patrols
and mounted troops prevented an out
break OF anti-German rioting at
Buenos Aires.
J. G. Clark is planning extensive
work on his holdings in the Caribou
district, which group is noted for high
grade silver ores.
The total ore output of mines in the
Cripple Creek district in November
value of 31,o44,697
Operators of the Tomboy mine at
La Plata county have discovered ore
at twenty-three feet, in a vein two
and one-half feet wide
A new electrical gold dredge which
is capable Of washing 1000 yards OF
dirt In twenty-four hours, has been In
stalled at Breckenridge.
Salida sent hundreds Of Christmas
packages to the soldiers. The Red
Cross chapter gathered boxes of gifts
which go to the Chaffee county boys
Warden lyman of the state peniten-
tiary at Canon City has granted per
mission to 300 convicts to knit for
the Red Cross one hour each evening.
New buildings and mill are being
erected on the Genesee-Vanderbil
and Yankee Girl properties at Red
Mountain In the Ouray mining dist
rict.
The trustees of the Modern Wood
men sanitarium, Colorado Springs,
have approved plans for 300 900
worth of improvements and new
buildings.
Isaac NJ. Shreves died in Red Cross
hospital at Salida after surviving
since June when his back was broken
of Cripple Creek.
Sixty-three patients at Craig Colony
of Brotherly Relief in Denver feasted
on Christmas on turkey prepared and
served by the Gamma Phi Beta girls
of the University Of Denver.
Fortyfive thousand dollars has
been appropriated by the commission
ers Of Pueblo county for the improve
ment of the Santa Fe trail from the
Otero county line into Pueblo.
The sale of Red Cross Christmas
seals this season far exceeded the
sales Of former years, both in Denver
and in the state of Colorado. The pro-
ceeds go to the Denver Anti-Tuber-
culosis Society.
Shelters in Colorado during the
last five years have made a net profit
of ninetyfive cents ton, according
to report of the special ore sales
and investigation committee of the
Twenty-first legislature.
A census OF all nurses in the state,
both men and women, who are
trained, graduate, professional or prac-
tical. will shortly be begun by the
Nurses Survey Board of the Colorado
Woman's Council of Defense, recent
Jim Goodheart of the Denver Sun
shine mission received an unexpected
consignment of 2,750 pounds of rab-
bits. There were about 1000 rabbits
in the lot and they were sent to Good
heart from Sterling, where the citi-
zens had Just had a rabbit hunt.
Though 1t was not a white Christ
mas. the yuletide spirit of old per-
meated Denver when the 2,70O soldiers
who are quartered In the city prior to