The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-07-26
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

lieutenant governor; James II. Noianu
for secretary OF state; Chas. H. Leck'
enby for state treasurer; Thos. T.
Barnard and John w Mcmahon for
state auditor; Leslie z. Hubbard and
Chas E Friend for attorney general; !;
Mrs Mary c. c. Bradford for superin-
tendent OF public instruction; Ernest
Morris ard Arthur King for regents.
and Chief Justice VIM. A. Hill and
Justice s. Harrison White for Su-
preme Court judges.
Good reports come from Wet Noun
tain valley mines near Westcliffe. In
the south drift on the Herman claim
OF the Passiflora company. at depth
OF 300 feet a large body OF ore has
been cut and run into for some dis
tance. 1t is reported about twelve feet
wide with one wall not yet encounter
ed. Dick Myers. working a block of
ground on the Herman claim under a
lease, has opened up promising
streak of ore 1t is ten inches wide
and an average sample assayed ran
l07 ounces silver per ton.
The smelter at Salida, owned by the
ing Company, is controlled by the
American Metals Company. This
smelter employs 250 men and recently
made additions to its plant to take
care of the ores of the Raleigh mine
at Bonanza. The action of the alien
property custodian in seizing enemy
owned interests in the American Met
ais Company will not affect the opera
tions of the Salida smelter.
E. E. Hartzler living in the Hol-
brook district near Rocky Ford, came
near breaking the worlds record for
wheat per acre. He has just finished
threshing a field of eight acres, the to-
tai yield being 1872 bushels, or an aver
age of ninety-five bushels to the acre.
The price of wheat in the valley Is
s2.03 per bushel, which gives him q
revenue Of $194.75 per acre, or as
much as the average land In this dis
trct is worth
The first service star to be placed on
the service flag of the Mountain States
Telephone and Telegraph Company for
woman employe was added when Le-
nora Anita Chance, chief service OBJ
/ server, left for New York City Miss
/ Chance has been selected for work as
a long distance operator in France,
and expects to sail after short course
in training at school in New York
/ City
( Holding that the District Court has
no jurisdiction to pass upon the acts
/ OF the State Public Utilities Commits
/ sion, Judge Julian H. Moore of Den
[ yer handed down a decision against
| the city and county Of Denver in its
/ injunction suit to prevent from going
/ into effect the increased rates for tel
! ephone service granted by order Of the
| commission.
| Oil in commercial quantities has been
struck in the well being drilled by the
| Allied Oil and Refining Company for
| the Colorado Oil and Development
| Company and the Rush Creek Oil
| Company, on land held by these COM
| panies about eight miles northwest of
Eads. the county seat of Kiowa coun-
| ty.
| Col. D. c. Dodge, pioneer OF Colo
RADIO and builder of many railroad pro
| jects in the state. was buried from his
residence in Denver. Burial was made
| at Fairmount cemetery in the family
| lot where Mr.. Dodge's first wife and
son are buried
The speaking of German, which has
| been prohibited in Fort Collins by the
action of the City Council nearly pre-
| cipitated a race riot and did finally re
suit in the forcing Of Jake Pister to
kiss the flag before crowd estimated
at 200 persons.
| 1t is thought the Boulder-Denver line
Of the Denver Interurban railroad will
be saved from the junk pile by an In
| crease In rates which the citizens OF
the two cities will agree to.
Mrs. Frank Jerome, for several years
years prominently identified with the
| Y. w. c. A. OF Denver as well - with
the Daughters of the American Revo
luton and the Colonial Danes, died
at her home In Denver.
A butterfly collection valued at $50.
900 has been presented to the city OF
Denver by John r Mason. and it will
be installed in the museum in City
park as soon as suitable quarters can
be prepared
The state has been asked for 2,7O0
| soldiers to entrain on Aug. 5 or with
in five days from that date, 1900 of
whom are to go to Fort Logan, 500 to
Lincoln. Neb., and 700 to Camp Ere
mont, California.
The several thousand soldiers at
Fort Logan were granted a lower fare
from the fort to the car line at Engle-
wood by the State Public Utilities
Commission.
The erection of an oil shale reduc.
tion plant and refinery near Grand