The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


| Marketing Organization depends upon
a number of important factors. One
| Of these is the need for an organiza-
| ton. In order to be successful Co
operative Organization must be founded
on a definite, well-felt need. There
must be some real service to perform !;
some economic saving or improvement
| TO result The call for organized eff
fort should come from those desiring
to form and unite with the association.
Local conditions must be such as TO
4 A Farmers Cooperative Exchange
should not be called into existence un-
less there Is some real service to per-
form-either because Of lack of local
marketing facilities, or of failure TO
secure the full market value of their
produce, or for other vital reasons
or because it can perform that service
with greater efficiency and with less
wastefulness than existing agencies.
A total of $3.50 has now been al
lowed to weak" school districts from
the special $15O,0OO fund created by
the Twenty-secOnd General Assembly
since 1t became operative last May.
Bent county, apparently the weakest
of all counties in regard 10 school rev.
enues and property, has received $4,-
10 of this total for twelve different
districts Other recipients of this fin
ancial aid were: Custer county, $3.50,
Sept 9th; Eagle, $500, Aug. 4th; FL
Paso, S720, Oct. 9th Jefferson, $500,
Oct 9th; Larimer, $420, May 27th !;
Washington, $3.50, in September, and
Yuma, $40. Sept. 18th. The special
fund is designed to aid districts in pay
ing teachers the salaries required by
law after they have exhausted all other
legal means of raising revenues for
school purposes.
Selling of patent medicines contain
ing 10 to 20 per cent alcohol for use as
beverages is contrary to the state pro
hbition law and should be followed by
court convictions. Attorney General
Victor +. Keyes said in replying to
queries from lawyers in Huerfano
county "It seems to us that the mat
Ter is solely one of evidence" Mr..
Keyes wrote. ''and if YOU can prove the
making of sales under circumstances
showing that the druggist knew, or
ought to have known, that the article
was purchased for use as Il beverage
and that it was so used and produced
ntoxcation, you are entitled to con-
yiction" Mr.. Keyes also cited cases
in which it was held the sale of Jana
lea ginger for beverage purposes was
Illegal
Besides winning the sweepstakes in
the potato display for the fourth CON
secutive year, Colorado won two other
sweeps, seventeen first prizes. eleven
seconds and ten thirds at the Four
teenth International Soil Products ex-
position at Kansas City. Judging of
agricultural exhibits has just been
completed, and though comparative
figures have not yet been compiled. 1t
is believed in the department that this
state carried off more honors than any
other, or any Canadian province.
Business men of Boulder initiated Il
movement for state bond issue OF
s25 100000 for good roads at lunch
con of the Boulder Commercial Asso
ciation, held at the Boulderado hotel
David H. Holmes, chairman of the
Highways Committee of the associa
ton, and Harry Casaday. State Sena
tor, were appointed on a committee IL
spread publicity for the movemen
| hruout Colorado.
The permanent state school fun'
was increased by sol, 1890 through
auction sale by the State Land Boar,
of $3.50 acres of state school Ian,
The sections sold are situated in Baca
Washington, Douglas. Moffat, Logan
| Prowers, Rio Grande, Elbert, Lincoln
Morgan and Montezuma counties.
Fire causing $4,000 loss and the de
struction of the Burlington hotel,
| butcher shop, a garage and severa
smaller buildings at Grover, A ney
fire department recently installed i
believed to have saved the town fror
destruction 1t is not known how tn
fire started.
A $4,000 school building, to b
erected at Monument, Colo, for the ne,
ly consolidated school district. was ar
thorized at bond election in whc
citizens of the former Hustled, Mont
ment, Pring and Stout districts part
cipated The building will be erecte
this fall and will be occupied at tn
spring semester The structure will b
modern both in construction and equiI
ment.
The National Wholesale Grocers Al
ISOLATION, comprising brokers and mar
lfacturers, will hold its 1920 conver
tion in Colorado Springs, starting Jun
Z, according to an official announce
ment made by A. H. Beckman, genera
secretary Of the association, who ha
been in that city making arrangements
Preparations will be made for handlin
1000 delegates and their wives.
State Treasurer Mulnix has called i
$1T5,000 of the $965,000 issue of M
tional defense bonds put out by tn
Gunter administration in 1917 to rails
funds for Colorado's part in the nation