The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-06-28
COLORADO
STATE NEWS


Western Newspaper Union News Service,
COMING EVENTS.
July 33-Democratic State Assembly II
Denver.
Aug 22-24-Colorado State Firemen'
Convention At Georgetown
SEPT RaesIs. is-s'-c'''fa'' state f'' a
Sept. 2s-2s-Lincoln County Fair a
A new city hall 10 proposed for For
Collins
The Lennox hotel at Florence was
damaged by fire.
The grades on the Nucia-Delta roat
are being widened.
4 Red Cross dog show will be helt
in Denver. July 4-6.
Plans are ready for the new hote
TO be built at Holyoke
Work has been started on the paw
ing OF Broadway In Pueblo.
Walnut street In Fort Collins il II
be paved and street lighting IL to b
installed
The road beyond Placerville to Tell
uride in San Miguel county Is in toI
condition.
The old Cameron bridge above Sa
Ida has been carried away by th'
high water
An Advancement of S7.95 per ton il
the settlement price for spelter IL
ores was announced.
Every culvert has been lengthenec
and shaped out to the fences In place:
on the Lincoln highway.
The Fairfax mine above Salina 70
Gently shipped 10000 tons of medium
and low grade telluride ore.
The City Council Of Grand Junction
10 again considering the establish
ment Of . municipal coal yard.
The postoffice at Lamport in Baca
county and the home of Postmastel
Butcher were destroyed by fire.
In Las Animas county q plan hal
been adopted to give school children
credit for teaching their parents Eng
lish.
Pueblo county commissioners hav,
authorised the improvement and en-
largemsnt OF the iron spring u
Beulah.
Picking cherries is the big job nov
at Palisade, and good prices are beinl
obtained-S250 to S2.75 per crate o
"a pints.
The Ouray Boosters Club is plan
ming to build a concrete pavilion Il
replace the wooden structure now be
ing used.
The Craig Commercial Club and thu
Moffat County Grange have raiset
sufficient funds for the erection of /,
community hall
A campaign to encourage the build
ing OF silos is being conducted Il
Eastern Colorado by the State Agri
cultural College.
The erection of a milling plant will
4 capacity of 300 tons is contemplated
IN the Swan valley. nine miles nortl
Of Breckenridge.
Colorado will send 1.1O0 draft regis
trants to Camp Travis. Tex, unde
the call for 100000 men to mobilix
between July % and rs.
A new concrete bridge is now be
ing put in near Cedar Creek on th'
Montrose-Gunnison highway half wa!
between the two points.
The second annual convention O
the Rocky Mountain Osteopathic As
ptot nj he hnl L., =.
Springs August /. 2 and 8.
The Colorado Land Board dispose.
Of $500 acres to ready buyers at +,
special sale held at the capitol Spir
tied bidding marked the sale.
A novel stunt was enacted by tn,
Knights OF Pythias when a joint init
alton was held by lodges Al and 10 OF
the top OF Castle Rock at Golden.
Col. George England OF the inspect
or generals department OF the Unitst
States army arrived In Denver b
make an inspection of Fort Logan.
No one except housewives may pur
chase sugar after July /, unless tn,
would-be buyer holds a certificate IL
sued by the officials OF the Food Ad
ministration.
William F. Forman, for thirty-thre,
years treasurer of Summit county
died at Breckenridge. During hi
term as treasurer he also was mayol
Of Breckenridge.
Surveys have Just been completed
and construction will start at once OF
the Burns Cliff highway. which wher
completed will open the road between
Lizard Head and Rico.
Tract Of mountain ground known q
young's gulch twsnty-three miles
west Of Fort Collins has been giver
by the forest service OF that city to b<
used as a pleasure park
Mrs. H. @. Katzenstein of CLEVELAND
Ohio. who is In Denver visiting hel