The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-01-04

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| yer.
The Rye creamery has purchased
numerous pure bred cows.
| Colon Skinner Eastwood Of Denver
celebrated his s1st birthday.
The Meeker Red Cross Society
cleared $363.20 on dances and sup
pers.
A total of $3.50 was cleared by the
| bazaar held by the Oak Creek Red
Cross.
Architects have completed plans for
an $4,000 Christian Science church at
Greeley.
State committee to push sale of
thrift and war-savings stamps is fully
organized
For the first time in years, there
was no New Year reception by Colo
radios governor.
The State Utilities Board has order
ed the Burlington fsalroad to build a
new station at New Raymer.
Denver has recently taken first
place as a market for horses and
/ ioI tiiN tuitCu otdtES
The Home Guard, which was organ
lied recently at Num-, has been for
bidden the right to drill under arms.
| Two hundred men of Salida placed
their names on the membership roll
of the newly organized Home Guard.
| Colorados toll road between the
cities of Silverton and Ouray is one
Of the most noted mountain drives in
| the world
Lutte NJ Wilcox, president of the
Denver Press Club was reelected
president of the United Workers for
! the Blind
The year 1918 will see unusual ac-
tivity in oil in Colorado, with drilling
! in new fields and the completion of
drilling started in 1917.
Three of Denver's oldest Knights of
Pythias lodges have agreed to consoli-
date and Jan. has been set for cleo
| ton and installation of officers.
The poultry show under the aus
pices of the Colorado Poultry Fan
ciers' Association opened in Denver
with approximately 1000 exhibits.
Denver's per capita debt Of $305 in
1917 was the lowest in the 2O1 chief
cities Of the United States, and that
figure has now been lowered to $780,
Fully 100000 worth of vegetables
was raised in the war gardens in Den
yer in 1917, as patriotic response to
the federal admonition for food pro-
duction.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis vagher, living
north Of Bristol, received word of the
death at Camp Kearney, Cal, of their
son, Amiel Vagher, private, Company
D, 157th Infantry.
w. D. Richardson and William Ma
thenia. veterans of the Spanish-Am
erican war, have started campaign
in Oak Creek for fund with which
to buy each child in the Oak Creek
school a thrift stamp.
With the idea of stopping all waste
of heat and power. W. J. Galligan.
Federal Fuel Administrator for Colo
rado, has requested that office build
ings, hotels, car lines and stores be
conducted on a wartime basis.
The greatest and most valuable of
all the 1917 farm crops in Colorado
was hay and the next crops were corn
oats. potatoes and beans. This gives
beans seventh place in value among
the farm products Of the state, next
below potatoes.
Sixty thousand dollars a year in.
crease in the salaries OF teachers, the
abolishment of $4,000 a year position
and three dentists added to the force
at salaries aggregating $500 we're
the main features of the quarterly
meeting of the Denver School Board
The fact that $4,000 persons visit.
ed the national parks In this state
during 1917 signifies that the glorious
ly attractive glens and forests of the
Rocky mountains are becoming more
famous from year to year. No other
state in the Union has SO many scenic
attractions.
The unprecedented prosperity
which Colorado enjoyed in 1915 and
1916, reflected in the clearings of the
Denver banks. was eclipsed in the
record for 1917, which firmly estab
lished Denver and the state well up
in the list Of prosperous cities and
states Of the country.
Between $500 and 1000 abused, ne
elected, dependent, delinquent and de-
fective children and approximately
$4,000 abused and neglected animals
were included in the work of the Col
orado Bureau of Child and Animal
protection during 1917, according to
E. K. Whitehead, secretary.
Last year 5000 miles Of road were
graded in the state and hundreds OF
other miles surfaced, repaired and