The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-09-13
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

an increase OF almost mlIIOn ousn
els over last year according to the
crop report issued BY W. W..
Putnam. field agent Of the United
States Department OF Agriculture.
Wheat production will likewise 90
over the top" according to the fed
ersl report. The indicated productios
Of ali wheat 10 I3.37s.O0O bushels.
against an average Of 11.532.oo0 bush
els. Hay and alfalfa production will
be slightly under last year. Beans are
also below last year.
Mining history has been making
rapidly lately in the section OF the
district north Of Leadville. The
Northern. the Jason. the Fairview and
other properties have resumed opera
tions, and have been uniformly sue
cessful The manganese shoots OF the
Fairview and Jason are particularly
strong and continuous. 50 that when
Mrs Doty. who. had sold the Jason. de-
cided to continue operations she was
in . position to Judge accurately ~ to
the value of adjoining properties.
Mrs. Mae " Milne. alias German.
who was arrested at Colorado Springs
charged with defrauding the United
States government by posing ~ the
wife Of one John R. German. . sailor
who is said to have a wife and family
In Denver, and who u said to have
been receiving an allotment from the
government as a soldiers wife. was
given a preliminary hearing before the
United States commissioner At Pueblo
and bound over to the grand Jury for
further action
Advices received by the Denver
Civic and Commercial Association in
dioate that the pinto bean crop OF
last year In Colorado was even larger
than the claim that was entered by
statisticians and farmers. Instead OF
S0,O00.0O0 pounds. it now appears, ac-
cording to railroad reports, that the
crop of 1917 was between 110.000.OOO
and O.o00.0O0 pounds.
Coal mined in Colorado during the
first seven months of 1918 shows \
record Of 342.l15 tons over the pro-
duction Of a corresponding period IN
1917. The July production Of 1.110,24S
tons. as reported by the State Coal
Mine Inspector. brings the seven
months total up to 7.521,15s tons.
Production of eight important metals
on q commercial scale-gold. silver.
lead. zinc. iron, graphite. tungsten and
molly bdenum-is the record for Pitkin.
Gunnison county. known in early days
n
Be best known as a producer OF graph
ite. tungsten and molybdenum.
Three Coloradoans have been ap-
pointed second neutenants Of infantry
In the United States army from the
Fourth Central Officers Training
School at Camp Gordon. Ga. ~ fol-
lows: John H. Judd. Palmer Lake:
Leroy McWhinney and Charles o.
Woodwork OF Denver
Colorado's quota Of the Fourth Lib
erty Loan was predicted at state com
mittee headquarters in Denver to
range from $45 900 900 to 355 5.000. 900.
This il more than twice the third loan
quota Of 2O.312. 900. to which the peo-
pie Of Colorado actually subscribed
331 1.O66, 800
n. Henri Chagnoux Of Paris. France,
one Of the worlds most famous ex-
perts in radioactive minerals, has
been sent to Colorado by the French
government for the purpose Of pur-
chasing carnotite ore. Of which
France has a great need at present for
national defense.
Under the direction Of Manager
Hugh c. Watson. a Colorado School of
Mines graduate. the 0reenback prop
erty. in Graham park. is speedily be-
ing equipped for extensive develop
mont that is soon to make 1t one of
the strongest enterprises in the Lead
Vile district
The Ruttila- Brown Leasing Com
pany Is working q block of ground on
the Carbonero mine At Ophir and tax
ing out some good ore.
The mill at the Dante mine in the
Cripple Creek district has been re-
modelled and re-equipped and will
soon commence the treatment Of ore
from that mine which is under lease
The Sand Hill Telephone Company
which was organized a few months
ago by farmers south of Hugo, has
connected its line with the Mountain
States Telephone Company.
Citizens of the Timnath school dis
trict voted to issue bonds in the sum
of $4,000 for the erection of q new
school building.
Leadvills is now the headquarters
for six counties for employment serv-
ices under the government employ
ment bureau
The wellington Mines Company is
. large and regular producer Of hixh