The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-11-14

| from december to 10, 1919
"As Governor of Colorado, I desire
to heartily approve Of the work which
has been carried on by your organiza
tion for several years." states the GO
ernor In letter to John NJ Kennedy
Jr., executive secretary of the State
Health Association.
AS result Of the large increase in
acreage cultivated without irrigation
In Colorado, there has been a sharI
decrease in the per acre yields of near
ly all crops in the state In the past ten
years. One of the most marked de
creases is in the average yield OF
| wheat
A 6-cent fare has gone into effect on
all local street car lines of the Trnl'
dad Electric Transmission Railway
and Gas Company. Application for in
creased fare was granted by the Colo
RADIO public utilities commission No
increased fare is effective on the in
terurban coal camp lines.
The oil shale industry in Colorado
| is about to come into its own, with the
erection of two S2.OOO,OOO refining
| plants in Grand valley, according ia
NJ. H. Callahan of De Beque, Colo,
pioneer in the oil shale industry in
this state, and the original locator of
the Callahan Oil Shale Company hold
ings in Grand valley.
Mrs. T. T.. Rea of Longmont, while
| in Boulder, said that she was feeling
| fine, despite the fact that no food has
passed her lips for twenty-six days.
She was advised by her physician TO
fast for a month in order to reduce her
flesh. She has lost at the rate of II
pound day She is still able to do
part of her housework
The State Board of Land Commits
Sipners sold at public auction in the
state house 10,S54.09 acres of land,
distributed over seventeen counties
for $219,O70.12. The average price
paid per acre was S20.11. The record
price realized from the sale was S126
an acre, paid by Mary J. Hauck of
La Junta for parcel of land in Otero
county, containing 40.5T acres.
tremendous explosion awakened
the Inhabitants of Golden and investi-
CATION showed that Il great part of the
big M on Mt. Zion had been blown
away Students at the School OF
Mines blame the explosion on mch
from Denver University, believing j.
done in revenge for the dynamite eN-
| plosions which broke many of the win
dows at the Denver University.
| Every Colorado doughboy who has
been .rover therp knows it as-the ''Li''
erty Cross" Tile kaiser calls it the
double cross. ToThe Knights Templar
| it is a mark of their readiness to fight
for the good and the true. And that is
the reason why the ilouble-barred Red
Cross has been adopted as the emblem
of the Colorado Public Health AssOcia
ton which is fighting for hundred
per cent health record in this state.
Preliminary figures on the produc-
ton of winter wheat in Colorado this
year, now being compiled by the Stat
Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
show that Logan county leads all Other
counties in the state in the production
of this crop, with total output OF
close to 100000 bushels. Only three
other counties. Washington, Weld and
Yuma, have produced more than 1000,
900 bushels of winter wheat this yeai
and ten counties in the state, Chaffce
Clear Greek. Denver. tiilpin, Hinsdale
Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, San Juar
and Teller report no production of this
| Tho tntn Ton ie anprny1
mately 100000 bushels, the larges
on record
The body of an unknown Mexican
was foun'l partly concealed in a hay
, stack on the farm of c. N. Johnson
two miles northwest of Atwood, by Mr.
Johnson, when he went to the stack tt
repair fence. The body of the un
known Mexican with bruises about the
head and face indicated that his deatl
had been a violent one.
The first stretch of government
state concrete highway to be built II
Pueblo county is completed and vii
be seasoned for travel not later thar
December 1st 1t is known as the
first leg on the Santa Fe trail, is
| o,ouO Ieel lOHs, anu eAteuuS lTOll iotih
ia Fe avenue. to the main gateway oi
the Roselawn Burial park. Cost ol
one and three-fourths miles is approx
) imately $4,000
Final estimates by the State Coop
erative Crop Reporting Service on the
total production of potatoes in Colo
RADIO this year apparently will show
considerable increase in the OUTPUT
over the S,096000 bushels indicated by
the October estimate. Though it is ye
too early to give definite figures it nov
appears that the production will bt
above 100000 bushels and perhaps
as high as 100000 bushels.
Three scenic routes from the Eas
to the Pacific will touch Montrost
when the new scenic route between
Silverton and Durango is completed
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