The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-11-14

/ take place all over the United States
| from December to 10. 1919
''As Governor of Colorado, l desire
to heartily approve of the work which
has been carried on by your organiza-
tion for several years." states the
ernor in a letter to John NJ. Kennedy
| Jr. executive secretary of the Stat,
Health Association.
AS a result of the large increase In
| acreage cultivated without irrigation
| in Colorado, there has been sharp
decrease in the per acre yields OF near
| Iy all crops in the state in the past ten
| years. One of the most marked 0e-
creases is in the average yield OF
| wheat.
| A 6-cent fare has gone into effect on
| all local street car lines of the Trinl-
| dad Electric Transmission Railway
and Gas Company. Application for in
creased fare was granted by the Colo
RADIO public utilities commission. NO
increased fare is effective on the in
| terurban coal camp lines.
The oil shale industry in Colorado
| is about to come into its own, with the
| erection u tWo -Y-.OOO,OOO hSAiAhiAA7
| plants in Grand valley, according to
NJ f. Callahan of De Beque. Colo,
pioneer in the oil shale industry in
| this state, and the original locator OF
the Callahan Oh Shale Company hold
| ings in Grand valley.
| Mrs. Z. Z. Rea of Longmont, while
| in Boulder, said that she was feeling
| fine, despite the fact that no food has
passed her lips for twenty-six days.
She was advised by her physician to
fast for month in order to reduce her
flesh. She has lost at the rate of a
pound a day She is still able to do
| part of her housework.
Tie State Board of Land Commits
sioners sold at public auction in the
state house 1O,S54.O9 acres of land,
distributed over seventeen counties,
for S219O7912 The average price
| paid per acre was SPOIL. The record
price realized from the sale was SIG
an acre. paid by Mary J. Hauck of
La Junta for parcel of land in Otero
county. containing 1857 acres.
A tremendous explosion awakened
the inhabitants of Golden and investi-
| SDliou SllOhSR tilftt ShSat ptths ~ s.'>f
big M on Mt Zion had been blown
| away students at the School or
Mines blame the explosion on men
from Denver University, believ' IL
| done in revenge for the dynamite ex-
| plosions which broke many of the win
i tiows ut the Denver University
Every Colorado doughboy who has
been ..over there knows it as the Lib
| erty Cross" The kaiser calls it the
double cross. To the Knights Templar
it is mark Of their readiness to fight
| for the good and the true. And that is
the reason why the deuble-barred Red
Cross has been adopted as the emblem
of the Colorado Public Health Associa-
ton which is fighting for a hundred
per cent health record in this state.
Preliminary figures on the produc-
| ton of winter wheat in Colorado this
year. now being compiled by the Stat
Cooperative Crop Reporting Service.
| show that Logan county leads all other
counties in the state in the production
of this crop. with total output of
close to 2,000.OO0 bushels. Only three
other counties, Washington. Weld and
Yuma, have produced more than l.0O0,-
900 bushels of winter wheat this year
and ten counties in the state, Chaffee,
Clear Creek Denver. Gilpin, Hinsdale
| Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, San Juan
| and Teller, report no production of this
crop The total production is approx
mately II 100000 bushels, the largest
| on record.
The body of an unknown Mexican
was foun partly concealed in hay
stack on the farm of c. n. johnson,
| fwo miles northwest of Atwood. by MI
Johnson. when he went to the stack to
repair Il fence The body of the un-
known Mexican with bruises about the
ieHd and face indicated that his death
had been violent one.
The first stretch of government
state concrete h ghway to be built in
Pueblo county is completed and will
be seasoned for travel not later than
| December LIST. 1t is known as the
first leg on the Santa Fe trail, is
1900 feet long, and extends from san
ta Fe avenue, to the main gateway of
The Roselawn Burial park. Cost OF
one and three-fourths miles is approx
imately $4,000.
Final estimates by the State Coop
erative Crop Reporting Service on the
total production of potatoes in Cola
RADIO this year apparently will show
| considerable increase in the output
| over the O96 600 bushels indicated by
the October estimate Though il is yet
too early to give definite figures it now
appears that the production will he
above 10 600 600 bushels and perhaps
as high as 100000 bushels.
Three scenic routes from the East
to the Pac fic will touch Montrose
when the new scenic route between
| SilVerton and Durango is completed
placing that city on the direct route
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