The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-08-08
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

argeSt on record, this year, accOrdlng
10 figures complied by the State Public
Utilities Commission on the basis of
acquisitions received. The Palisade
oeach crop will require more cars for
shipment than ever before, $50 cars
1efng asked Fifteen hundred cars for
apples will also be used in that district
The San Luis district has asked for A.
200 cars to handle Its potato and vege-
table crops alone. OF the total cars
needed in the state from July to De
cember, inclusive. 1,30O will be used In
transporting peaches, 5000 for apples.
1885 for potatoes and vegetables, 42O
for pears and mixed fruit shipments.
At a meeting of the city council at
La Junta the aldermen let the contract
for electrifying the pumping plant to
the Patterson Engineering Co., of
Pueblo. The contract calls for two mo-
tors and pumps, one 100 horsepower
and one rs horsepower. The new ma
chinery calls for an outlay of $4,000
The council also formally accepted the
new 3l2 ton Diamond I truck and
trailer. The truck has a steel dump
body and hydraulic hoist. This new
equipment has a capacity Of seven
tons.
The 1919 issue of the Colorado Year
Book is now in the hands of the print
,rs and will be issued early in August.
An effort was made to have the book
.eady for publication about July 1st,
out the difficulties encountered by
county assessors in some counties in
completing their work of collecting ag
ricultural statistics delayed the work
materially The volume will contain
for the first time set of tables show
ng by counties the acreage of all the
principal crops planted for the har-
vest Of the current year.
Miners of Boulder county and repre-
sentatives of various civic organiza-
tions have lately held meeting and
decided to hold a silver jubilee at
Chautauqua park on Labor day. The
jubilee will be to celebrate the fiftieth
anniversary of the discovery of silver
at Caribou. Sam Conger, who pros
pected in Boulder county In the early
days will be in Boulder to take part In
the celegration. W. NJ Martin, discov-
erer of Caribou mine, will also take
part in the jubilee.
With a membership including men
who are leaders in their professions
from every part of the Upited States,
the Inter Mountain Country Club, or
ganizing in Denver headquarters, is
prepared to take over on Sept. l the
Mount Morrison hotel property in Bear
Creek canon. The club has secured the
resort buildings and an additional 200
acres, sufficient to give the organiza-
tion ample domain for its prospective
extensive outdoor activities.
The Board of County Commissioners
has advertised for bids for the CON
bstructiGn of a concrete road frc-i the
corporate limits of Grand Junction in
to Fruitvale. The estimated cost of
| the construction will be S61 900. 1t
was stated that the contract probably
will be let within the next thirty days
and that construction work will start
Immediately afterwards. The money,
it Is reported, is available at this time.
! A thorough examination of the wheat
fields of Montrose county revealed on
ly one place where the barberry rust
had attacked the grain. Walter J. Roth
and several assistants of the United
States Department Of Agriculture un-
der the supervision of the Colorado
Experimental Station have completed
a two-day inspection of the wheat
fields of the county and gives this en-
couraging report.
Joseph Koleski, n rancher residing
at Eastlake, in Adams county, was in
stantly killed by lightning. Koleski left
his home during a severe storm for tbs
purpose of looking after some live
stock. When he did not return, 8
searching party was organized and he
was found dead In a field. He is sur
vived by his widow and several chill
dren.
Morgan county will shortly have a
full -fledged country club near Fort
Morgan under articles Of incorporation
filed with the secretary of state by the
Morgan County Country Club. Organ
izers, who are also part of the four
teen directors for the first term are
Charles r. Conlee, Ace Gillett, l.. V
Rothrock, G.. c. Wyatt, Walter S. Co
en-, Ira C. Brown, Leigh Sanford ano
r. B. Spencer.
About 10000 acres of land will be
included in the new irrigation projec
now being promoted in Huerfano coun
ty. This land was isolated under the
Carey act years ago, but has never
been opened. Messrs. Lowrey and VIII
liams, president and secretary of the
new company, respectively, have
opened offices in Walsenburg and are
preparing to push the project
Alfred l.. Myers former wei
known resident of La Junta, was killet
by being thrown from horse. His
neck was broken. Myers went to th'
postoffice and remained longer thar
usual; +; his wife went in search of him
finding his dead body lying along the