The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-08-02

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Aug. 2224-Coiorado State Ftremen
Convention at Georgetown
Sept. Fifty sixth annual CONFER, ,
enee OF Colorado II. z. Church al
Delta
Sept 4-5-Shoe Dealers Association
meeting in Denver.
Sept. ls-Bsaver Park fair at Penrose'
sept. zS-Zs-Coiorado state ta'r al
Sept 2s-zs-Lincoln County Fair at
Hall did much damage to crops in
Morgan county.
/ A hotel and alfalfa mill are under
construction at Cook
Fifteen blocks of cement sidewalk
( will be built al Sterling
Colorado day. Aug. /. was observed
at Washington park in Denver.
/ A 243-foot well has been drilled on
the Snyder ranch at Rock Creek
Eight troops Of Catholic Boy Scouts
are In camp near Eldorado Springs.
B The gold dredge at Breckenridge
produced 10000 in gold in one week
The road over Grand Mesa to Alex
,nder Lakes is practically completed.
/ The Big Trad mine at Empire is
shipping I65 tons OF molybdenum ore
1aily.
| A car Of vinegar was shipped to
Grand Junction from the Morrisania
ranch.
C. K Monfort sold his eighty acre
farm six miles northwest OF Greeley
for $4,000
The city OF Greeley may build 81.
900 garage and purchase $1,000 sprin-
kler and truck.
Full military honors were accorded
Cadet John Francis Carney of Denver
at the funeral and burial
Mrs H. 4. Machol is collecting ore
donations at Idaho Springs for the
benefit OF the Red Cross.
The United Workers of the Blind
OF Colorado held picnic at FernhiH.
in Jefferson county, Thursday.
Under an edict issued by Governor
Gunter, all persons engaged In thresh-
ing cereals must obtain licenses.
VIM. Myers was convicted at Breck
enridge OF dynamlting fish. and wts
fined slGO and sentenced to six nontns
in Jail
Baptist church OF Salida has pledged
1920 to the Colorado Women's col
lege, which 10 a Baptist institution in
Denver.
Interest has been aroused thruout
the western slope by the report OF an
important gas and oil strike In the
White river well.
The weaF'- settlement prices for
metals In Colorado ores show a loss of
s195 per ton in the item OF spelter
The market form OF zinc
An extension has been commenced
on the local telephone system at hieo
which will connect that place with
Telluride and outside points
Married forty years. Wilbur G. Nor
row has filed suit for divorce in Den
yer District Court against Mrs Ellen
c. Morrow on the ground Of desertion.
Col William Edgar Hughes, retired
Denver business man. widely known
stockman and national authority on
banking. died after a weeks illness.
Users Of telephones In Denver will
under a position taken by five justices
of the Supreme Court, be obliged to
pay the increased rates authorized by
the Colorado Utilities Commission.
Thomas b Stearns, federal food ad-
ministrator for Colorado, received a
supplementary order from Washington
releasing the housewives of Colorado
from the voluntary pledges made by
them to refrain from the use OF wheat
flour or products.
If the Arapahoe county council OF
defense has its way, there will not be
any election of county officials next
November-the presnt county officers
continuing In office for the next four
years.
The killing of Ernest Simpson by
his brother-in-law, Bert Orin, farmer
northwest of Fort Morgan, was justi-
fled by a coroners jury. The men
quarreled over the sale of mortgaged
property
At special election Aug. 6, Denver
taxpayers will express their willing
ness or their unwillingness to pay the
Denver Union Water Company $13,-
100000 for the plant which supplies
the city with water
Display Of flags Of the allies and par
ticipation In programs OF tribute to the
soldiers OF Colorado who are fighting
in France were suggested to the citi-
gems by Governor Gunter in his Colo
RADIO day proclamation
Kinne Wyatt of Ault, son of Mrs.
David Wyatt Of Denver, was killed
near Ault' when large machine which
he was driving turned turtle He is
survived by a wife and child, who live
in Ault, and his mother.
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