The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-03-29
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

Western Newspaper L MON News Service
Governor Gunter and Adjt. Gen.
Frank D. Baldwin left Denver for
Camp Funston to attend a review of
troops Many of the Colorado boys
who formerly belonged to the Nation
al Guard are stationed temporarily at
the camp. Miss Margaret Wilson. who
is raising money for the Red Cross.
was a member OF the party. She sang
for the soldiers and the governor ad
dressed the men in the Y. NJ. c. A
Governor Gunter continued East to
Washington, where he will attend
conference April 3 OF governors and
federal officials called by the secre-
tary OF the interior, Franklin K Lane,
for the purpose Of speeding up neces-
sary war issues at home.
One OF the most encouraging devel-
opments In fedOal post aid construc-
ton In Colorado came to the High
way Commission from Washington.
and told OF the acceptance by the De
partment Of Agriculture OF the com
monwealth's plan to surface and
broaden the seventy-seven-mile stretch
between the southern boundary line OF
Pueblo county and the ColoradoNew
Mexico line. The cost OF the work
is estimated at $3.50. .19l, to be shared
equally between the state and the Bu-
reau of Public Roads at Washington.
Colorado farmers may be given as
sistance by the government In the in
itial costs OF wheat, oats and barley
seed, in order to stimulate crop pro-
duction this year. James r. holland,
secretary of state, received word from
Washington that legislation pending
in Congress seeks to assure increased
production over the entire country.
Officials OF the Department Of Agri-
culture are endeavoring to obtain sta
tistics regarding the acreage requiring
government aid.
The Great Western Sugar Company
announced that 1t would pay $40
flat rate for sugar beets for the crop
Of 1918. following the approval OF
Herbert C. Hoover OF the recommends
tions OF the special commission he ap-
pointed to investigate Colorado beet
conditions. This commission recon-
mended either 80 ton minimum
and sliding scale, or . SO fiat rate.
w. N W. Blayney. Colorado direct
or OF the United States public service
reserve, at Denver, will mobilize farm
labor in addition to enrolling ship
builders. 1t Is with the cooperation
a the Department of Agriculture in
Washington that the public service re-
serve Is expanding its employment
service.
The funeral for Ray Minter, second
class machinist's mate Of the United
States navy, 27 years old. was held at
Lamar. Minter died at the Brooklyn
shipyard of pneumonia. and is the first
man to die of those who enlisted in
army or navy from Prowers county.
The heavy hand OF the state food
administrator fell on two Denver men
and third man may feel 1t in few
days. The right to sell flour was
taken from two Of them and the deci-
sion on the other will await the out
come OF an investigation.
There will be a combined floral and
vegetable show in the Denver Audi
torium the last week in August. the
Denver Society of Ornamental Horti-
culture having charge Of the floral d.
vision and the Mothers Congress of
the vegetable division
W. F. r. Mills, Denver manager of
parks and improvements, has COM
menced the reforestration of the
mountain parks. He has obtained 25,-
600 Seeding spruce from the United
States forest reserve for this work.
Work has been commenced in i'm
proving the Lightner road, out OF Du-
range
Excavation for the basement of the
new high school building at Fowler
unearthed piece of Handicapped
earthenware. on which the finger
prints were plainly discernable. 1t was
buried in the sand and gravel some
IL feet below the surface.
Boulder has experienced its first
war casualty, telegram to Mr. and
Mrs. James Gould announcing the
death of their son, Walter, in France
from pneumonia Gould was sailor
in the navy and was serving his sec
ond enlistment.
The United States government will
establish a flat price of $40 per ton
for Colorado grown beets, according
to information received from Food
Administration officials at Washing
ton.
A mineral new to metallurgy and
| one that may revolutionize the making
of iron castings has been discovered
in the Ute mountains, eighteen miles
from Cortez, in the southwest corner
of Colorado
Colorado mining interests have d.
rect news from New York indicating
quite a furry in silver, with actual
declines several cents higher than the