The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-01-17
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
COMING EVENTS.

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Jan. 2l-Meetins Colorado County Com
missioners at Denver.
Jan. 22-Colorado stock Growers As
ISOLATION meeting at Denver
Jan. 22-Neetine Farmers Educational
Cooperative tnion at Denver.
Jan. 2l23-Mountain States Lumber
Dealers Association meeting in Den
Dealers meeting at Denver.
Jan. 23-2+-Western Shorthorn Breed
ers Association at Denver.
Jan. 23-24-Meeting Oldtime Cowboys
Association at Denver.
Jan. 2i-25-Meeting Colorado Horse
Breeders' Association at Denver
Jan. 25-Meeting Colorado Aucttoneers
Association at Denver
Jan 2l-2S-Western stock Show NJ
Denver.
Jan. 81 ,s-Meeting American National
Live Stock Association at Denver
A big memorial service for Theo-
dore Roosevelt was held at the Con-
gregational Church in Grand juno
ton.
o. NJ. Jane. D. B. Wright and F:
NJ. Stout have shipped a carload OF
alfalfa seed woi h nearly 1000 from
Whitewater.
About 400 Colorado wool growers
and stockmen attended the three days
session of the Wyoming Wool Grow
ers' Association held at Lander.
Because of the drop in lead and
copper, since the armistice, the mines
at Rico, heavy producers Of those
minerals, have closed down.
The first pedigreed hog auction sale
ever to take place in this county was
held in Durango with great satisfac-
tion to the owners and purchasers.
the oldest resident in Colorado
Springs, is dead. Gordon was a vet
eran of four wars-Punjab, Sepoy,
Crimean and Civil.
Under the direction of the City
orous campaign will soon be started
hospital in Sterling
Telluride is battling a new wave of
influenza and a number Of new cases
have been reported lately; The city
authorities have requested discontin-
uance of public funerals.
An organization, known as the
Monte Vista Stock Sales Committee.
is hot on the trail Of stock-selling
concerns and agents who sell stock
under Misrepresentation.
Neglect is charged to the Portland
Gold Mining Company in 4 coroners
verdict returned on the death Of Emil
Palmquist at the Victor crusher mill
of the company November 10.
After seven years of successful op-
GRAFTON Longmont today owns, free
from debt, its municipal electric light
plant, the last $4,000 bonds having
been paid by the city during the year
1918.
The new issue of War Savings
Stamps, costing $4.l2 this month, are
on sale at the postoffices and other
agencies. The stamps are redeemable
January 1, 1924. Colorado's quota is
$20,0O0,00O.
Colorado will be able to use 1850
unskilled soldiers and sailors on road
construction and repair work during
1919, according to reports received by
the department of agriculture from
the highway department.
The state auditor has notified Mary
c. c. Bradford, state superintendent
of public instruction, that there is
available for apportionment among
the school districts of the state out
of the public school income fund the
sum of 1923, ,92s.92.
The Colorado School of Mines will
close it's first semester and full credit
will be given in all courses This is
the only college in the state where
the semester's work was finished in
the assigned time. Arrangements had
been made to have all courses end
December 21, according to the War
Department plan to put three semes-
ters into two. When orders for de-
mobilization of the S. A. T. C. were
received the school year was replaced
on its pre-war schedule.
The resignation Of Colonel Frank
Adams as superintendent Of the State
Department Of Safety was accepted
by Governor Gunter Monday morning.
Drilling on the property of the Bed
Rock Oil and Gas Company will be
resumed this week. No drilling has
been done on this property since No
vember 16. The property is located
thirty-five miles south Of La Junta
and the well is down to a depth Of
97O feet, and the company expects to
20 about 1900 feet before pay sand
is struck The well had been cased
awaiting the arrival Of new cable.
Denver.-Western stockmen have
contributed 5000 head of calves to
be auctioned during the Denver live
stock show, worth on an average Of
$50 apiece. The stock now is being
assembled to be shipped in carload
lots to Denver Union Stock Yards,
where it is to be housed in the great
sheep barn and pens, having . ca
pacity Of $4,000 head. The auction
sale is to be held on Wednesday the
goth in the arena Of the stock show.
Because Of recent storms some Of the
calves contributed will never reach the
show grounds, but will be auctioned
locally in the region where raised and
the nonev sent in by the local chap
ters Of the American Red Cross. It
now is believed that $15O,OOO will b
secured by the sale.
The first train on the Denver 4
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