The Colorado statesman., 1919-01-25
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado

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Fort Morgan if a number of the crack
shooters of this vicinity succeed IN
carrying out their plans as per sched-
ule.
Summit county during 1918 bought
War Savings and Thrift Stamps of
total value of $45,910.75. The coun-
ty's quota was $40,060. Dillon and
Breckenridge are banner towns.
The contract for the erection of Cen
ter's new $4,000 school building has
been let and the plans and drawings
of the proposed building are now on
display at the Library building.
Damage estimated at several hun
dred dollars was caused by frozen
pipes in Denton Hotel at Salida after
the building was vacated by the Emer-
gency Hospital. A big boiler burst
and toppled over.
Ninety-seven men of the 5,579 reg
istered by the Colorado Springs EX-
emption Board have died since their
registration, according to the tabu-
lation made by the city board in Ell
Paso county.
Miss Mildred Morris and DR.. Caro-
line Spencer of Colorado Springs were
among the twenty-five militant sutfra-
gettes of the National Woman's party
who were released from Jail after
four-day hunger strike in Washing
ton.
Orders for the dismantling of a
major part of the Colorado Midland
railroad were issued by the State
Board of Public Utilities. Sixty days
are allowed before the order is to be
carried out, in the hope that the gov
ernment, the state or industrial agen-
cies will take over management of
the road and endeavor to make it pay.
Denver may obtain the annual con-
vention of the American Medical AS
sociation, which will be held in June,
1920. The Civic and Commercial As
sociation has received an inquiry from
the medical body asking about accom-
modations for delegates to the con-
vention and for the convention itself
that can be provided by Denver.
The Board of County Commission
ers of Grand county have sent to the
State Highway Commission protest
against the construction of what is
known as the High Line" section of
the Fall River road, between Estes
Park and Grand county, and urging
the commission to reconsider the rout-
Fort Collins citizens have oversub-
scribed the 100000 bond issue for
the purchase and improvement of
their street railway system by 80 per
cent. Instead of offering the issue
to Denver or outside firms, the city
council decided first to give local peo-
pie chance to purchase. The result
is that $150,000 have been spoken for
in that city.
By a unanimous vote, former Gov
ernor Ammons was reelected chair
man of the Agricultural and Livestock
Bureau of the Denver Civic and Com
mercal Association. Other officials
elected at the meeting are: W. N.
w. Blayney, vice chairman; Lee A.
Thomas, secretary. Mr.. Thomas was
secretary of the State Council of De-
fense.
Isaac Shriver, married, employed at
the Longmont sugar factory, was in
stantly killed when the scaffolding
around 75-fdot smokestack collapsed,
allowing the huge steel cylinder to
fall to the ground. Shriver, who was
standing in direct line of the falling
smokestack, was caught and crushed
almost to a pulp. He was 40 years
old and was formerly captain of the
Longmont fire department.
Proposed salary increases before the
State Legislature received setback
when it became known that the short
appropriation bill, as tentatively
drawn by the House committee, con-
tains sharp cuts from the short period
appropriations of two years ago, with
total allowance to the various de-
partments of S407 ,58S.35, which is
$20,687.11 less than the preceding
Legislature authorized for the same
period.
Officers of the Great Western Sugar
Company state that beet growers in
Northern Colorado in large numbers
are signing contracts for the 1919
season, many of them increasing their
acreage from 80 to 100 per cent. The
sugar company officers believe that
more sugar beets will be grown in
Northern Colorado this year than ever
before.
The Federated Trades Council at
Colorado Springs has decided to pro-
ceed at once with the circulation of pc
titions seeking the recall of Mayor
Charles E. Thomas. This action was
taken in lieu of the general strike
voted some time ago to enforce the
demands of the local fire department
for higher wages and the reinstate-
ment of the men when strikebreakers
were employed. The firemen declared
the strike off some time ago.
Reclining in sitting position, with
a rope made of torn bed sheets about
his throat, the lifeless body of Richard
H. Baugh, blind convict, was found
in his cell in the State Penitentiary at
Canon City, where he was committed
last September for life for the murder
of Salina Haberl of Denver more than
a year ago. The improvised rope was
tied to an upper crosspiece in the cell
door, and in order to strangle himself
Baugh was compelled to assume sit