The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-09-26
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Wnlcn are DtlHS pdlu ny thC
Of war risk insurance TO beneficiaries
named at the time application was
made by soldiers, sailors and marines
now dead Disabled soldiers, as well
rs widows and children and dependent
parents of those who have died are be-
ing made comfortable by the govern
ment, which is paying 763 compensa-
tion claims to residents of this state"
This is the gist of report which has
been sent out from the Treasury De
partment concerning the work which
the war risk insurance bureau is do
ing in Colorado. Other statements in
cluded in the report are that In addi-
tion to the compensation claims which
are already being paid, 651 cases for
claims are under investigation by bu-
reau representatives.
Another name was added to the me
| mortal roll of Colorado Springs when
Sergt. Benjamin Harrison Bailey died
from the effects of shell shock and
poison gas at his home in that city.
| The Young soldier was one of the Iirst
| enlistments from Colorado Springs and
served with the British before MINT
didier and with the engineers NJ Cam
| brai. Time after time he escaped
death by fractions of an inch until, n
the closing days of the war, he was
shell-shoeked ut the Argonne forest,
and while lying helpless on the battle
| field became a victim of poisonous
gas.
According to the county assessors
abstract of assessment Jackson coun-
Tvs valuation for tax purposes this
wear is S5.755, ,455. There are 1920
head of range cattle, assessed at an ay-
erage of S4491 per head, total of ST.
| 03G. $50. which makes the largest item
on the list. There are 66,720 acres of
| hay land, assessed at S1,S57, ,45O: graz
| ing land. s67S,675; improvements on
| land. So31 .215. There are 3,747 head
of horses in the county. valued at
| S1S3,145.
A falling off of nearly 100000
| bushels in the production of corn for
| the state is indicated as a result of dry
weather late in the season. The condi-
| tion of the corn crop is found TO be
| only 62 per cent of normal, which in
| 6icates a production, on approximately
| 100000 acres devoted to the crop. of
| 13,950.oO0 bushels, compared with a
production of 2O,5S5,000 bushels on
| $4,000 acres last year. The acreage
| planted this year is the largest on rec
| ord.
| Painters at Trinidad, who were pre-
pared to 20 on strike for higher wages,
are at work on the basis of a wage
compromise reached at meeting of
employers and journeymen and Arl.
| Fincher, investigator for the state in
dustrial commission. The painters
| formerly received 75 cents an hour.
| They agreed to return to work at S7@
| cents an hour until Jan. 1, after which
their wages will he 90 cents. Twenty
| sSgh5 men We're affected.
| Increased traffic on Main avenue al
| Durango has made necessary the pass
ing of an ordinance by the City Coun-
| ell preventing the parking of cars
| along that thoroughfare for a longer
period than thirty minutes at any one
time A special traffic officer has
ieen added TO the police force TO en-
force the parking order
Two Arkansas valley counties,
Crowley and Otero. produce 30 per
cent of the cantaloupes grown in Colo
radO, and this state ranks among the
leaders in the production of canta-
loupes.
A total Of 30T applicants have been
granted for a total allowance of SS5,-
j12 under the new state benefit of the
blind law since the beginning of its
operation this year, the State Board
mas announced
Mining in the La Plata district shows
more activity at the present time than
at any other time of the year and plans
are under way in many of the proper
ties for an all-winter operation.
The condition of the apple crop in
the state at this time is &C per cent of
normal, compared with 80 per cent al
this time last year and an average con
dition of "a per cent The estimated
production is 2,S39,000 bushels. or
more than 100000 bushels in excess
Of last years output. The quality of
thief ruit is good. The peach crop is
being marketed rapidly and IS general
ly of excellent quality. The produc-
tion Is estimated at 100000 bushels,
compared with 633,000 bushels last
year. The pear crop is also good, the
estimated production being 1000
bushels, compared with $4,000 bushels
last year.
President j. r. Welborn, of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company at
Pueblo has ordered the company
mines at Sunrise, Wyo., where the
bulk of the raw material used at the
local plants is mined, shut down for
an indefinite period. Five coal mines,
employing approximately 800 men in
the southern field, have also been or
,lcred closed. These mines have sup
piled the local plants with fuel. There