The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-04-11
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

crawl, caterpillar or whatever IL is q
tank does. to the summit of Pixies
peak this month in the interest of the
Victory loan, according to the Union
Pacific press bureau. Railroad men,
army officers. makers of war muni
tions, automobile men. gasoline pro-
ducers-all are interested. Men on
snow shoes will take water treated
with an anti-freeze solution to Glen
Cove inn, half way up the peak, and
TO the summit, and they will also carry
supplies. The highway In usually
opened June Is and in April the tank
nay encounter snow, billiards. and
temperatures 40 below zero. though il
is not believed there will be any snow
up to Glen Cove. The tank that will
tour Colorado after thee limb will be
transported by special train. with a
Pullman for the crew. flat cars for
equipment and the tank will be un-
loaded at many towns for demonstra-
ton. There will also be a machine
gun firing blank cartridges so that in
tank charges the people will see just
how it worked over in France to down
the Hun.
Employees OF the Downtown Mines
Company at Leadville have posted Il
notice saying that they would not ac-
cept the reduction in wages announced
by the company several days ago. The
notice, dated April 5, reads as follows:
Notice to Downtown Mines Company
This 1t to certify that we, the en-
ploy6s OF the Downtown Mines Com
pany. will not accept the reduction of
wages posted by the said Downtown
Mines Company. to take effect May 8,
1919. on account of the present condi-
tons Committee" Just what will be
the outcome of the condition here is
unknown. but the miners say that they
will walk out II no agreement is
Englewood voters adopted an $4,000
bond issue for the erection of new
high school building. The vote was ap-
proximately 3 to l in favor of the
move. Work on the new school will be
started this spring. and it is expected
it will be ready for occupancy by the
opening of the fall term The struc-
ture will probably be two stories in
height, with basement 1t will be
one of the most modern school houses
in the state, according to present
plans.
The reorganized Lafayette CONNER
cial Association, which, during the
war, has been in a dormant state. is
working hard on various projects look
ing to the benefit of Lafayette
Through the efforts of the club the
freight service from Denver over the
b. & NJ. railroad has been resumed
This service was stopped by the rail
road administration about two months
ago, but in response to a petition from
the business men 1t has been restored.
Fire of unknown origin started in
| the big grocery and meat market of
| the Miners Association, Lafayette, de-
| stroyed the building and its contents
| as well as the grocery store of John
| Gordon and the residence of William
Wehman, causing loss of $13, 800. The
| Miners Association estimates its loss
at 5000, with 5000 insurance. Cor
| don's loss is $1,000 with 81 200 insur-
| ance. The Wehman residence was
| worth $500.
| -NNuu Is llle LlISt Neiu CUu1tN loNIi
| to set dates for its fall fair The Num-
| festival will be held Friday and Satur-
| day. Sept 10 and 20 The fair commit
tee will offer 5000 in cash prizes to
| keep up the reputation of the festival
as the best exhibit of dry-farming pro
| ducts in northern Colorado. The fair
is joint enterprise of the Commercial
('luh and the Farmers Union
| Walter Melbourne, farmer living
in northern Weld county, has been
placed under $1,000 bond in District
Court on the charge of having liquor
| in his possession. According to the of
| ficers, who located the booze in Well
| bourne's barn, he says he stole forty
pints of whisky from bootlegger's car
which stalled in his neighborhood.
| Under the vigorous drive for the Sal
| walton Army home service. made by
| Assessor William +. Keogh and Mrs
| Edward Traylor. S475.I0 was collected
| at breckenridge, and a draft for thar
amount has been sent to the Salvation
Army at Denver The quota to be
| raised in Summit county was 500, but
| as usual, the county went "over the
top"
| Thrown from his wagon when the
horses became frightened and ran
away, Alonzo Allen was found lying
| unconscious beside the road between
Erie and Frederick, suffering fiom a
| conclusion of the brain, and died with
| out regaining consciousness.
/ Ir@t-- f.
granted the use of the city park as a
playground and athletic field for the
use of the schools. A baseball dia-
mond and tennis courts have been laid
out, also a quarter-mile running track