The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-03-28
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

Western Newspaper Union ksws Service.
The average wages of school teach
.rs per month in Colorado vary from
s6S 81 in one-teacher schools to xl0G4o
n high schools.
The school board for the city OF En-
ylewood has tentatively sold bonds for
$50, 900 for construction of a new high
school building during the coming
months
The total receipts Of the /. $50 school
districts in Colorado for the scnool
year ending July l, 1918. were si1.-
j72, 155.05. Expenditures for the same
period We're s9,s92. .6e3.l3.
| To Perry Majors, Montezuma
/ county rancher, belongs the honor for
rnising the biggest pig in the San
Juan basin. The porker dressed 49o
| pounds and was sold for $9424.
J. c. Cessna, 2S, local manager OF
the Gilpin County Light. Heat and
Power Company, was electrocuted al
Central City on pole when his hand
slipped and came in contact with a
high-powered wire
Colorado Springs and the Pixies
Peak region will spend $4,000 In ad-
vertising during the coming year. In
addition the hotels and amusement
owners will spend an additional 5000
as part OF the publicity advertising
campaign.
A prairie fire that started In the
Thomas Ord pasture near Falcon and
about ten miles east Of Colorado
Springs caused damage to 5000 acres
Of pasture land and completely de-
stroyed 300 tons Of hay before 1t could
be checked.
Agreements for the $4,OOO.0 900 col
onizing corporation announced recent
ly as being In the process Of forming
to develop 100000 acres of land ada
cent to Denver have been signed by
other land owners, and articles Of In
corporation will be filed In few days.
The Greeley Home Building Com
pany, syndicate, will build sixty
houses in Greeley this summer. Con
tracts for lumber and other material
for the first group OF six houses have
been let to lumber company and
agents are buying every available lot
In the residence district south OF State
Teachers College.
Fire, which threatened the whole
business district Of Windsor, destroyed
the Shand Demont building on Water
street, containing six stores, a restau-
rant, a photographers studio and four
apartments The loss is estimated at
$4,000. Several firemen were in
jured The explosion Of q kerosene
lamp started the fire.
Lumber production in the United
States during 1918 showed decrease
Of more than 3,OOO,OOO,OOo feet under
the 1917 production, the Forest Serv-
ice of the Department of Agriculture
announced Reports received by the
bureau from 731 sawmlls placed the
estimated 1918 cut at 81, T60, 100000
feet In 1917 the total production was
80, GOO, 100000 feet
Mayor F. F. Smith has been renom-
mated on the Citizens ticket, which
will be the only one in the field. Last
|
son, Colo, with the new Farmers Co
operative grain elevator, general
store. Libby, McNeill 4 Libby pickle
factory and the plant of the Boulder
Creamery Company. The town cOun-
ell has passed an ordinance for q
bond issue of $4,000, $1,000 to be
used in extending water mains and the
rest on electric lighting. the town hav'
ing contract with the Fort Lupton
Light and Power Company, nine milea
away Land is changing hands at
from 500 to $50 an acre and beet
and wheat prospects are excellent.
Colorado has more than 10000, ,O0C
acres of agricultural land that has
never been broken, or enough to sup
port farm population more than
twice as great as the state now has.
Approximately 10000 acres of sugar
beets have been contracted in Weld
county by the Great Western Sugar
Company. This is almost double the
normal acreage which is about 10000
acres.
Two La Junta Boy Scouts We're pub.
licly presented with awards given by
the United States Treasury Depart
ment for their work during 1918 sell
ing War Savings and Thrift Stamps
Morey Goodman, 13 years old. received
Il button for his efforts. Willford Bur
well received button and ace medal
for selling $500 worth of stamps.
Strong opposition to the appropria
ton clause of the colonization and sol
, dier land settlement bill before the
| Colorado Legislature has caused the
J agricultural and livestock bureau of
I the Denver Civic and Commercial AS
sociation to advocate the passage Of
this measure by the State Legislature