The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-02-28
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

may soon be fighting the packing COM
panies for control Of the meat busi-
ness The measure provides that cities
and towns may operate abattoirs and
| cold storage houses. Senator Napier
and fellow supporters OF the measure
declared that such municipal owner
ship and operation would be a weapon
against the packing trust" and be 4
far step toward bringing meats to a
| fair level of prices for the consumer.
Greeley claims the distinction of hav-
ing more kinds Of rats in the business
section than any place in the United
States According 10 the night police
| who spend much of their time patrol
ling the alleys, there are white rats,
black rats, gray rats, calico rats and
brown rats now running at large. Ac-
rording to oid-timers here the var-col-
ored rats are the result OF some per-
forming white rats which escaped from
| travelling amusement company some
years ago and interbred with the com
| mon rats.
our of a membership of nearly 100
only thirteen were present at the an
nual meeting of the Old Colony Asso-
citation Of Greeley The same officers
and directors We're elected for anoth-
! er year and the Colorado Universitys s
history of Union Colony. which found
ed Greeley in 1870. and which has been
in process of completion for two years
was officially endorsed. This is the
| first of series of historical volume,
which are being prepared for various
communities in Colorado by the histor-
/ ical department of the university.
| After miraculously escaping DEATH
/ in an automobile accident in ltuly.
/ where he is in the war work service
/ of the Y. NJ C. A., John V. Barker of
| Denver, prominent in business circles,
| is reported to be recovering. \ cab.c-
| grain 20 his wife, now at indianapolis,
| reports that the physicians Interested
/ in the unusual case of Mr.. Barker be-
! lieYe he will get well, although per
haps two years will be required to
heal his spine, two Nertebrae of which
were fractured in plunge down a
mountain side.
/ A dozen snow slides have run in the
section around Ouray and played
strange pranks but with little damag &c.
The Guadalupe mine buildings, eight
miles south of Ouray, We're swept sew
eral hundred feet to the bottom of "A
gulch, leaving Mine Manager Ackerson
marooned and partly buried in a tun-
mel The one thing left intact was the
telephone switchboard. which Acker
son managed to reach and summon
miners who dug him out
Sensational developments are eX-
pected to follow threatening letter
received by Thomas Purcell, young
attorney of Colorado Springs. Purcell
Is defending Sydney A. Wilson, on
trial in the District Court for a statu-
tory offense The complaining wit
ness is 15-year-old niece OF Wilson.
The letter, which has been turned over
to the postal authorities for inveStiga-
ton, declares that Wilson must go to
the pen or die
Authorities of the United States i'm
migration service have started to in
vestigate the circulation in Denver of
pamphlets. said to PROFOUND Bolshe-
visit principles. The circulation of the
pamphlets has been under way for sew
eral days. Several Of the leaflets have
fallen into the hands of the officials,
Washington office with reference to
handling the situation.
The favorable report Of the House
Public Buildings and Grounds Commit
tee of the United States senate on
the omnibus public buildings bill.
which includes an Increase Of S25O,OOO
to the 100000 appropriation for the
Durango public building to house all
federal offices located in the city, has
caused a number Of concerns there to
contemplate the erection of several
modern buildings
Blue-sky legislation to be considered
by the Senate is confined to one meas
ure 1t is Senate bill No and was
reported out OF the judiciary commit
tee by Senator Henry o. Andrew.
chairman. The bill bears the names
of Senators Knauss, Peterson, Dun
klee. Tobin and Andrew The measure
is composite bill representing what
the committee believes to be the best
features contained in several submit
ted by Republicans>and Democrats. 1t
is not designed to interfere with spec
ulative securities that have merit, but
does contain provisions that will drive
the ''wildcatter" from the state and
provide penitentiary terms for those
who misrepresent facts.
Operations of the merit system in
Colorado may not be confined to state
and district appointments, but may ex-
tend to public offices in the smallest
political subdivisions of the state, it
developed in the discussion Of the