The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-03-07
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Albert J. Burdick, who shot and
killed Willard Cope last summer, was
convicted of second degree murder at
Akron
George Andrews, SO, IA resident of
Boulder since 1853. is dead from pneu-
monia. He was one of the largest in
dtvidual property owners in the city.
Two machines. driven by NJ f. Iaf
ferry of Leadville and NJ ]. Hedke OF
Denver hold the honor of being the
first to make the trip from Denver to
Leadville this year.
The annual value of Colorados farm
output has increased more than I25
per cent since 1910, yet less than
one-fourth Of the arabic land in the
state Is now in cultivation
DE BeQue is preparing for big
building boom this spring as the devel
opment of the oil shale field this year
Is going to be enormous and De Beque
Is the center, according 10 reports.
A party of members OF Congress-
have left New York for Il visit to the
Panama canal. Among them will be
Representatives Reavis, Nebraska, and
Taylor, Colorado
Five thousand dollars damage was
done and ten nuns were forced to flee
hurriedly in their night clothing when
fire caused by an overheated furnace
h..
al Sterling by the Sisters OF st. Fran
els
Eleven hundred jobs for returned
soldiers and sailors have been obtain
ei through the Rocky Mountain Auto
Trades Association. This statement
retary, at the annual convention in
Pueblo
A 15-year-old negro boy surrendered
to the police the other night at Pueblo
and asked that he be sent to the State
Refornatory because he feared that
his mania for stealing anything he
could get his hands upon would finally
land him in the penitentiary
The next few days will determine
whether there is any oil in Pueblo
county. The drillers operating ar the
well Of the Overland-Big Eight. five
miles west of Pueblo. have gone
through the red beds and claim to be
in the cap rock. which is just above
the supposed oil-bearing sands.
A banquet, reception and ball in
honor of the soldiers and sailors of
eastern Fremont county was given at
the Elks' home in Florence The Cham
ber of Commerce gave the banquet and
the Florence lodge. No GIL, B. =. O.
Elks. gave the dance. The reception
was given by the citizens of Florence
II present plans materialize, Colo
RADIO Springs will observe "Pershing
day" this summer in Joint celebra-
tion Of the victory of the American
forces in Europe and the dedication of
the Pixies Peak Ocean-to-Ocean high
way as the Pershing Transport route,
the first OF the government military
roads.
Seyenty-eight new members were
added to the Rocky Mountain Auto
Trades Association, and its annual
two-day convention closed at Pueblo
with big banquet and smoker at the
Congress hotel Optimism marked the
trade talks made both days. Colorado
Springs was selected for the 1920
meeting.
A. ID. Kenyon and associates of Den
yer have bought in Red Mountain In
cline railway at ManitOu from Richard
Clough of Colorado Springs. The con-
sideration was not made public, but 1t
is understood to be approximately $25,-
COO The sale includes the right of
way up Red mountain, the terminals
company.
Finding little to do since the cessa-
tion of hostilities the Women's Council
of Defense of Trinidad has formed it
self into a Community Welfare League
The business men Of the city have set
out to raise $1,000 as sinking fund
necessary to equip the headquarters Of
the organization. Late reports show
that considerably more than the de-
sired amount had been raised.
A broken arm, a wrenched shoulder,
an injured spine. bruised hip, a
badly cut face and numerous other
cuts and bruises, together with a
broken and damaged automobile. is the
net result of the play yfulness of a dog
at Windsor which ran out in front of
an automobile driven by Raymond
Darnell and containing three other
people. The car struck the dog and
somersaulted.
1t has become known at Leadville
that between 400 and 500 unnatural
lied aliens, most of them Austrians.
intend to return to their native land
as soon as the government lifts the
bars on emigration. THE minute the
government raises the bars, between