The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-09-26

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COMING EVENTS.
| inter- Mountain Live Stock and Fair.
Grand Junction. Sept. 80 to Oct. 5.
Douglas County Fair. Castle Rock.
The Oldest man in Colorado, William
Earl Van Etten, is dead at Boulder at
the age of 1O2
Miss Flora Brown. 80 years old, who
weighed 525 pounds, is dead in Denver
OF heart trouble.
Half Of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company's coal mines in Trinidad dis
irict are closed and a total of over L.,
500 men are out of work as a result
The value of all farm property in
Colorado at the present time is close to
81, 900, 100000. In 1890 it was only
S110,35S.040, and in 1919 it was only
S491, 100000.
A long session of coroner's jury
failed utterly to reveal the least clue
to the identity of the persons who
lynched Gonzales and Ortez as the
murderers of Police Officer Jeff Ev-
ans at Pueblo.
Prof H. S. Evans has been chosen
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ing. University of Colorado, to succeed
Prof Milo S. Ketchum. who has re-
signed TO accept a position with the
University of Pennsylvania.
One soldier was so injured he died
in a short time. two were badly hurt
and thirteen others were more or less
bruised when large army automobile
from Fort Logan. bearing members of
the post baseball team, turned over in
| Denver.
Fort Collins industries will receive
one new unit shortly thru the filing in
the secretary of states office of arti-
cles of Incorporation for the Fort Col
lius Pressed Brick and Tile Company.
The organizers are ii. G. Finley. G. H.
Dixon and H. A Myer. residents of
l.arimer county.
!. Allard Jeancon. Colorado Sprin ys
archaeologist. who has been exploring
The cliff dwellers' ruins in northwest
ern New Mexico for the last six
months, has opened up I2T rooms and
made discoveries of great Importance,
according 10 experts who have ex-
amined his finds
The federal census bureau reported
approximately 12.oo0 acres devoted TO
grain sorghums in Colorado in 1903.
County assessors report approximately
100000 acres devoted to grain sorghum
this year, and an additional 100000
acres to sweet sorghums, grown prin-
cipally for stock feed
The Western Slope Pure Bred Stock
] Association is the name of a new or
..anization of stockmen which was or
ganiZed ct Montrose. The purpose of
this organization is 10 encourage the
. production of pure bred stock among
he counties of the western slope and
to cooperate among the members in
, / the growing and exhibiting of pure
bred animals in the realm of live stock.
Governor Oliver H. Shoup has an
nornced the names of three women
appointees he has designated to repre-
, sent Colorado at the Farm Women $
J National Congress at Hagerstown,
l | Md. on October IS TO 81 The ap-
{ pointees are Mrs. Harvey Van Horne
I o. Dotsero. Mrs Charles A. Lory of
+ Fort Collins, and Mrs. Bell Harbert of
Manzanola
That Salt Lake City business men
! expect within eighteen months to in
D wade Routt and Moffat counties in
e Pullman cars over Il newly built rail-
: road to extend from Salt Lake I,
4. Craig. Colo, is the burden of an article
/ appearing in the bulletin of the Salt
( Lake Commercial Club. Funds have
: been assured and Il strong group Of
r Utah financierS are determined to see
the road through
: More than 1900 people, the largest
Z number in the history of the associa,-
t ton, attended the third day of the an
1 nulal Montrose county fair.
There has been a sharp deterioration
in the condition of potatoes since the
August report was issued and the in
dicated production is now l0,59s 900
bushels. The damage was most severe
IN the north-central and northeastern
parts of the state where irrigated po-
latoes suffered heavily Non-irrigated
potatoes are almost failure. The po-
iato crop last year was 13,0S3. 900 bush
els. according &c lately revised figures.
Failure on the part of former state
Jreasurers to make good the states de
uIand of a year ago for $4,000 al
legged shortage, discovered in the stale
, treasury after the suicide of Julius II.
/ Clark, chief hookkeeper, will be fol-
lowed by suit against the treasurers
and their bondsmen, if payment is not
made shortly. Attorney General Vie
tor f, keyes is contemplating such ac-
ton. following completion of Il check
ing up of the records three months ago
and the continued failure Of the off
cials or their bondsmcn to heed the
states demand
After seven days without food or wa