The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-09-13
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
western Newspaper Union Nov. s.rvss.- +,

Sept. lS-0oover PARK Iesr ~ ESos00S
sept: ;s-ss-colorade State Ssar At
SIT kRssa. s'-''-l'''''' County ~ ~
sept. 3s-3s.-0rand County fair And
race meeting.
oct. Fourth Red Cross homo service
institute At Denver.
4 camp for tourists has been sstaA
lished at Monte Vista.
The Brunswick mine above james
town is being reopened.
1t is reported that q hotel wi1l b
built at Lay. near Craig.
The Denver & Salt Lake depot at
Fraser was destroyed by fire.
A Christian Science church edifios
will be erected In Sterling at . cost
OF $1,000.
The Seldomridge saw mill ON Black
mountain near Craig 10 operating With
. full crew.
The Bessemer ditch syphon under
the St. Charles river near Pueblo 10
being repaired.
Bandits broke into the Burlingtons
depot at Msrino. blew the safe and es-
capped with $4OO
Mrs. Frances Beebe Of Silver Plume
dropped dead from heart failure while
preparing a meal
A subway lit feet long will be con.
structed under the railway tracks at
Colorado Springs.
o. H. Doty of Pagoda will use
motor truck to haul the mail between
Hayden and Pagoda.
Citizens of Estes Park are planning
the erection of a large log fort - an
advertising novelty.
Curtis Henry Betty Of Timpas 10
among those reported missing In 40
tion in the army casualty list.
The Colorado Mothers Congress
met at Boulder, with Mrs. H. T.
French, state president. presiding.
Near Westcliffe the Passiflora Min
ing and Milling Company is sinking
its Herman shaft to the 33o-foot level.
Curtis Henry Betty of TimDas,
Otero county, is among those reported
missing In action In the army casualty
list
new flotation mill will sooa be
erected on the property Of the 0ar.
field Mining Company in Tayler 0alah
near Salida
An important strike has been made
on the Golden Mining Company
property in the Upper Union Dastriot.L
| near Empire.
c. Schaefer Of Loveland 10 in the
Larimer county jail serving . Ninety.
day sentence for bootlessins. He ~as
also fined $3.50
John W. Grant. Frederick miner
tried in Greeley for the killing Of
| Thomas Highley on Feb. S. was con-
victed of second degree murder.
Fire Of unknown origin destroyed
tho threshing outfit Of J. r. Hooker
and about 800 bushels of grain ON the
Taylor ranch south Of Roggen.
The Grand county annual fair and
race meet will occur ON Sept. 16-2s.
For the champion broncho rider q
purse of 3175 is offered. and the other
prizes are in proportion.
Private Otto Arthur schmutsler, son
of Mr and Mrs. Emile Schmutsler, Sr,
Of Denver. was wounded while fight
ing with the American expsditionary
forces In France ON Aug. 3.
The State Board Of Teacher Exam
iners at the last meeting passed a mo-
tion insuring school teachers in the
state against the loss Of their certifi-
Gates because Of entering any branch
Of the army or navy.
A Grand county ranchman offers 90
per cwt. for wild rye seed.
Efforts to obtain Capt. Archibald
Roosevelt ~ q speaker in the Fourth
Liberty Loan drive, which begins
Sept 26, are being made by the Den
yer Liberty Loan committee. r
George H. Swerer, 20. Denver, has
been commissioned second lieutenant
Of engineers at Ellington field. Hous ..
ton, Tex, and ordered to hold himself
in readiness for service overseas.
Twenty-six Colorado men received
commissions a. second lieutenants of
field artillery at Camp Zachary Tay-
lor, Kentucky. according to a list
made public by the War Department.
The fifty ninth annual national con-
vention Of insurance commissioners
opened In Denver with an address Of
welcome from Governor 0unter. Prac-
tioally all Of the states were repre-
| ssnted.
Persons in the new draft deemed
| necessary in agriculture, industry and
other occupations will be put into de-
ferred Classification. according 70 .
plan agreed upon by the war labor
policies board. provost marshal gsn-
eral. secretary Of war, secretary Of ag-
ricultuFe and secretary Of labor.
William Ross had both arms beokea