The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-05-02
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

| Western Newspaper Union News Service
| The San Juan basin will have from
fifteen to thirty days longer tourist
season than usual. as the people of
| Durango, PagOsa Springs. Del Norte
md Monte Vista are planning to open
| Wolf Greek pass the latter part of
May.
| Las Animas has had visit from
! burglars. They entered the office of
he Las Animas Lumber Company ami
robbed the safe of S75 in cash and "A
certificate containing twenty war say
! ngs stamps, besides IS in postage
stamps.
! Robert Burnett, farm laborer, liv-
ing at Eaton, shot his wife seven times
| without causing death, and then shot
himself in the head. Burnett died in
stantly. His wife is In the Greeley
hospital. There is no chance for her
I recovery.
News has reached Denver of the
,eath of Mrs. W. F. Mont gOmery, for
rely of Colorado Springs, and Meek
,r, at Phoenix, AriZ. Mrs Montgom-
| ery was the sister of Mrs. f. NJ Gid
len of Denver and had many friends
throughout the state.
A jury in the District Court at Colo
ado Springs, awarded Mrs. Martha
Babb of Denver. the S1.220 in gold
found on her son, Frank Lewis, MEM
Der of the Jones bandit gang which
created IA reign OF terror In Denver
asst year and who, since died in Jail
Al Topeka. Kansas.
U. s. District Judge Colin Neblett
sentenced Edwina G. Padiila. of Stee
pie Rock, n. NJ, to serve one year and
one day in the Colorado state peni-
tentiary for embezzling 5000 or more
from the postoffice funds. of which
she had charge while postmistress. She
plead guilty to the charge. explaining
that she needed money for a surgical
operation and for a vacation.
Paul W. Lee Of Fort Collins and
Charles Hayden Of Walsenburg, con
shutting the commission to recodify
the laws of the state, will be unable
to proceed with their work until the
Supreme Court has decided whether
4 law containing the emergency clause
but not the safety clutch. becomes eff
fective Immediately or ninety days
from the day when 1t has been signed
by the governor.
Prices received by the war depart
ment in the sale OF surplus supplies
totaling s14O.O00,0O0, the war depart
ment announced. averaged 81 per cent
of the initial cost. Military railway
material disposed of brought $71,OOO,-
900; exactly what these supplies cost
the government. Aircraft production
material was sold at 80 per cent Of
its cost and ordnance supplies brought
81 per cent.
w. o. Garrett, a farmer Al years
old, and for q number OF years post
master at Plains, forty miles south
west OF Holly, is dead, and Alonzo
Scheenman. about 80, a neighbor, on a
farm adjoining that of Garrett. 10 in
the county jail at Lamar as his con-
fessed slayer The tragedy which re-
suited In CARROTS death occurred on
the farm of one Of the participants.
when Scheenman was closing up a gap
in fence In which the two men were
interested as a cattle passage.
From present indications, La Junta
will be transformed into veritable
flower garden the coming summer, If
the school children carry out the plan
that has been outlined for them. Sew
eral weeks ago orders were taken
among the school children for penny
packages OF flower and garden seeds.
When the orders were all complied it
was found that the total amount Of
money raised for these penny pack
ages amounted to $50 The order was
placed and the seeds have arrived
Spring weather has been uniformly
cool In the commercial fruit producing
sections OF the state this year, with
the result that fruit buds have not
developed prematurely and the out
look for the fruit crop is generally
considered as very satisfactory at this
time, with comparatively little danger
of damage from late frosts.
Robbers entered the general store Of
+. l.. Gregory, in Cheraw. and carried
away quantity Of articles. The rob
berry was not discovered until Mr..
Gregory went to the store to open up
and it is possible that the robbers had
from four to six hours start OF the
officers. As soon as he discovered the
theft he notified the sheriffs office in
La Junta.
Lightning struck the farm residence
tearing a great hole in the roof, but
owing to the heavy downpour Of rain
the house was saved from beiog
burned. The family was sitting ut the
table eating supper when heavy bolt
Of lightning struck the house, the
Ii1htnInR coming down tho chimney