The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-11-21
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Unien News Service.
COMING EVENTS,
The Red Cross Christmas Seal sale will
take place all over the United States
from December l to 10, 1919.

take place all over the United states
from December to 10. 1919.
The State immigration Commission
predicts an unusually heavy influx of
settlers into Colorado from other
states next spring. due to present con-
ditions in other parts OF the country.
The total assessed valuation of
property in Colorado as returned by
the state tax commission, is 81, 1885,
20O,6J9, an increase of about $T0,OOO,-
900 over that for last year. Final re-
ports from county treasurers are ex-
pected to increase this to approx
mately $1,5OOOOO.O 900.
The laundry mark on collar he
was wearing led to the detection Of
w. Il. Hazelwood, 26. a waiter. who
confessed, according to Deputy Chief
of Detectives Washington A. Rinker.
at Denver, that he broke into jew
eIry store at Sterling, Colo, and stole
$500 worth of jewelry. 'a.s
An oil shale laboratory with an in
itial expenditure OF at least $4,000 is
to be established at the University Of
Colorado Immediately by the United
cutltS bureau VI NAsut-S anu tilt SthtC
of Colorado. Official announcement
was made by Governor Oliver H.
Shoup in Colorado Springs.
The largest 'harvest' of trout
spawn gathered by the State Fish and
Game Department for years is under
way at three different groups of Colo
RADIO lakes. r. G. Parvin, state game
f;e.l, ,;s~s Ia
pect the total to reach 100000
spawn
John Sachs of Denver pleaded guilty
at Golden to chargessDf breaking in
to and stealing valuable property from
the summer home of f. L. Scholtz,
Denver druggist, in Bear Greek canon
last spring, and was sentenced to from
| fifteeir months to three years in the
state penitentiary. a
Only one county in Colorado outside
of Denver county has an assessed val
uation in excess of S1OO.OOO,OOO This
is Weld county. which has ranged Sec
ond in assessed valuation for some
time. Pueblo ranks third with ST.
OOO.OOO and FL Paso county fourth
with about 100000.
| Residents and the town govern
ment of Haxtun, Phillips county, filed
before the State Public Utilities Com
mission a petition which asks that
the Burlington railroad be ordered to
erect a new railroad station at Hax-
tun. Growth of the town and the in
crease Of business at the ss9ti4a make,
a new depot Imperative. the Petition
| declared
| One hundred and fifteen separate
| road projects, of which the United
| States government will bear half the
| cost, will he carried out in Colorado
during the coming year. These roads
| total S79 miles and will cost, it is esti-
mated. $5,342 ,3i915. Work on num-
ber of them has already been COM
| menced and quite number are near
ing completion. according to reports
made by the state highway commits
| sion's engineers in charge. This is the
greatest roadbuldng program ever
| undertaken in the states history.
| Colorado will be represented at the
annual meeting of the National
League of Compulsory Education Of
| ficials, to be held at Philadelphia,
Dec 3 TO G. by Alfred G. Hoel. direct
or vocational training. Denver
| schools: George Norlin, president of
| the University of Colorado: Elmore
| Floyd, Las Animas county school su-
perintendent; Emma Full, Montrose
county school superintendent; Emma
wilkins. Larimer county school super
/ int fire. Trn II
Paso county school superintendent
One thousand of Denver's poor and
helpless will eat Thanksgiving dinner
/ this year as the guests of Superin-
tendent A. Il. Boiler of the Denver Res
cue Mission, and of the charitable
business men who are to donate to
the dinner fund, according to an an
nouncement made by Mr. Boiler. Last
year the mission gave out 400 tickets
and this year the number is to be ill.,
creased by six hundred. A thousand
/ Denver business men have been asked
| to aid in the work.
BY proclamation of Governor Shoup,
| November both will he observed
| throughout the state as Health Sun
| day. Ministers or every denomlna-
ton WHO realize that the health of
the people is the greatest asset of the
| state will urge upon their congrega-
tions the need of public health work
in Colorado. The program of the
| Colorado Public Health Association,
| which is asking for Sl5000O for anti
tuberculosis work in 1920, will be out
lined and support for the campaign
| asked People will be told the start
ling facts that tuberculosis is claim
ing 10000 lives annually, 1000 of
these beng little children.
Construction of a 5,0OO-ton coal
storage reservoir at Greeley to safe
guard the city against coal famine
and exorbitant prices, is urged by Jo-
seph c. Ewing. attorney and real es-