The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-04-25
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Ford fair will be q miniature hoi
show Attractive purses will be or
fered for a number Of events In the
fancy class and already the associa-
zion is promised a number OF fine AMI
mails from Pueblo, Colorado Springs
and other places For the past Few
wears there has been some trouble III
securing the quality of melons that
the association desires to give 10 pa
irons. but this year some twenty-five
.cres will he grown in different parts
NJ the valley on the best melon lanu
to be found, from selected seed. ana
there is reason to believe that the Dig
nile will be the most attractive tha'
has ever been offered.
A. ]. Pierce, wealthy Meeker rancn-
er, has presented the Meeker pupllc
library with fifty choice volumes In
memory of mis- wife, who died several
months ago, and has promised SluO IN
books each year to the library. Mrs.
Pierce was keenly interested in the
welfare OF the library She was the
daughter of former Congressman
Towner of Corning, Iowa. and her
mother for a number of years was
president of the Iowa State Library
Board.
The present rate of tonnage produc-
ton in the San Juan mining region
will enable that section to occupy first
place during the years to come as the
most productive mining section In our
great mining state of Colorado. The
rugged San Juan mountains. embrac-
ing an area eighty miles long by from
twenty-five to forty miles wide, with
its hundreds of submits exceeding 13,'
600 feet in elevation, Is only just now
beginning to produce the precious met
ais on big scale.
One alleged bandit killed and three
youths In jail at Aztec, N. NJ. closes q
week of terrorism in the San Juan re-
gion in which two automobiles and
motor driven velocipede were stolen.
homes robbed and officers led chase
over two counties and out into the des-
ert within fifteen miles Of Gallup, N.
H., where the alleged band was final
ly captured. The boys range in age
from 16 to 20 years.
Corporal John B. johnson, late Of
Co. f, Fifth Engineers, Seventh divi-
sion, and formerly an officer Of the
Colorado state penitentiary, returned
to Canon City, having Just been dis
charged from the recupsration camp at
Macarthur, Okla. johnson had thrill
ing experience in the war. On Oct. Is
In the st. Mihsel drive he was wound
ed and was in the hospital recovering
from his wounds for five months.
The largest class In the history Of
the Odd Fellows lodge In western Colo
RADIO was initiated in Grand Junction
with big ceremonials. including ban
quet and fraternal addresses. The class
was composed of sixty-eight members
and represented every district In the
county. Walter NJ. Merrill, grand pa
triarch Of the state, was among the
higher officials Of the lodge to attend.
A man giving his name as W. J.
Bosko was arrested at Trinidad az a
suspect in the murder Of Elton @.
Parks, Pueblo automobile sales agent,
and William T. Hunter, wealthy and
prominent farmer OF Rye. The Trim
idad suspect will be held pending an
investigation as to his whereabouts
since he was released from the county
Jail at Walsenburg.
Werner u. Reed. one of Colorado's
wealthiest citizens, an oil magnate,
mining man, philanthropist and author,
died at Coronado Beach, Calf, follow
ing long period of i'll health. Pneu-
monia developing caused his death. but
not until three hours before the end
did his physicians consider his condi-
tion serious.
With the summit of Pixies peak
within reach and the tank repaired
and ready to continue its trip, the
climb of the peak was abandoned by
order of Samuel d. Nicholson. state
director of the Victory Liberty Loan
campaign.
Potato acreage will be cut about IS
per cent Of the 1918 acreage this sum-
mer, according to dealers and farmers
around Greeley. This years potato
shipments will total 5000 carloads,
while the 1919 crop probably will run
under 1900. Much Of the potato acre
age is going into sugar beets. while
other potato land is being seeded to
alfalfa. The value of the 1918 crop
to the farmer was about S2,25OOOO.
The government has notified the
Colorado Agricultural College that the
department of animal husbandry, con-
Quoted for ten years by the gov
ernment and college in cooperation,
is to be transferred to Buff
falo, Wyo.. before July 1. OF the
eighty fine breeding horses owned by
the department, the government will
take forty and the other forty will be
auctioned by the college.