The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-04-06


May I7-2o-convention Colorado Sun
| day School Association at Colorado
June 81 22-Christian Endeavor Con
ventton at Salida-
Aug. National Convention Of Atri-
can Race at Denver
Sept. 7-22-Colorado state Fair at Pu-
eblo.
A sugar factory may be built at
Julesburg
Estes Park voted, 70 to IL, to be in
corporated
A federal farm loan association has
been organized at Allison.
Loveland voted $4,000 bond issue
for municipal light plant.
Northwest Colorado cattle are re
ported suffering as feed dearth grows
The manager form OF government
was defeated by about 300 at Colora-
do Springs.
Ashmer Meloney, 6S, treasurer OF
Alamosa county. died at Alamosa after
long Illness of kidney trouble.
A full company of fighting newsboys
is what Denver will furnish the coun
try if the call to the colors comes.
Compulsory military training will
be practically put into effect at the
Colorado School of Mines at Golden.
Building permits issued by the city
building inspector of Pueblo during
the month of March totaled s55.365.
The Great Western Sugar Company
is ready to take up rebuilding all coun-
ty roads on which beet hauling is
done
Maj. Gen Frank D. Baldwin, U. S.
A. retired. took over the duties of ad-
jutant general of the state, succeeding
Harry Gamble.
A contract for the construction of
new sewer system at Littleton has
been awarded. The estimated cost OF
construction is $4,000.
The Congregational church build
ing at Craig is to be enlarged by the
erection of an addition to cost in the
neighborhood of $1,000.
The women's ticket of Ouray was
which made it difficult for many to
get 10 the pOlllng places.
Fifteen thousand acres of state land
lying in Alamosa and Saguache coun-
ties were sold by the State Land
Board for approximately 100000.
The Great Western Alfalfa Milling
Company will erect two new mills in
Colorado this spring, one in Weld
county and one in Larimer county.
Gustave Dietz of Leadville COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself
through the head in a barn at the rear
of 1926 Larimer street in Denver.
Jesse Hallar returned to Cortez
from Denver, where he spent several
weeks in the interest of his Hallarite.
the welding mineral on his lands
near Cortez.
Milk is the latest recruit to the
swelling ranks of old General H. C. l..
Since April l, an increase of l cent a
quart in the retail price of milk has
been effective.
The city of Arvada will have a spe-
cial carnival day this year, at which
historical pageant will be given, rep
ItStHtlHk tHc carly Vi lildt SeC-
ton of the state
With the first call for a volunteer
army or CONSUMPTION, Fort Logan will
be made one of the largest recruiting
stations in the West, according to
word which has been received from
Washington.
Automobilists approaching the Santa
Fee railroad crossing at Grand avenue
in Pueblo are to be warned of the
approach of trains by a wig-wag sys-
tenn of signals which will be installed
Immediately by the railroad company.
In order to stimulate the wool indus
try in this state the Colorado Retail
Clothiers' Association has offered sill
yer cup valued at $25 to be given to
the exhibitor of the best sheep at the
National Western Stock Show next
January.
The National League for Women's
Service, of which Mrs. Lucius F. Hal
lett is temporary Denver chairman, is
organizing classes to take instruction
soon from prominent business men of
Denver in business methods and bust
ness efficiency.
With outward calm and with an air
of supreme confidence, the executive
and military branches of the state
government began to carry into effect
plans for preparing Colorado to do
her share in bearing the burdens of
war with Germany and her allies.
Governor julius c. Gunter sent the
following telegram to President Wood
row Wilson: las the chief executive
of the state of Colorado, l pledge to
our President in this great crisis tho
most loyal and earnest support of this
commonwealth and it's citizenship"
Word comes from Cripple Creek of