The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1919-05-09
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Miss May Henderson, a clerk in the
office Of the State Board of Charities
and Corrections, was appointed secre-
tary OF the State Board OF PardOns by
Governor shoup.
A bond issue Of 10000 was voted
by the Brighton school district at the
election for the purpose of erecting an
eight-rOom addition to the present
grade school building.
The Nucla Lumber Company will
open it's big sawmill In the Basin soon.
to help take care Of the immense or
ders for lumber now being received
from all over that valley.
Neil Boyle. 30. Of Goldfield. was
killed and Harry Jones, a fellow work
man, was badly injured by prema-
ture explosion in the 1,SOO-foot level
OF the indicator mine at Victor.
Henry Shaffer, employed ON the B.
G. d. Bishopp ranch at Virginia Dale,
was exonerated by coroner's jury
for the killing OF Henry Hansen, IA
mover. who had been stealing from
the ranch.
y. II. McCreery, manager of the
Longmont plant Of the Great Western
Sugar Company, announces that the
company will build $4,000 dormitor.
for the use OF the employees of the com
pany during the coming summer.
Few people even in Colorado know
-. 1aI,
ply OF biturninous coal more than two
and one-half times as great as the COM
hined available supply of anthracite
and btumnous coal in the state of
Pennsylvania.
Oliver Peterson. who shot and killed
Earl Brown, near Dolores, March 20,
was acquitted of n charge of murder
by a CorteZ jury after celebrating
for seven hours. Brown was killed
after an attack upon Mrs. Peterson,
the defense commended.
Linton WEIGH of Delta has been
awarded the CroiX de Guerre in France
as a reward for keeping up the com
munication from the front line to the
regiment headquarters when the Sec
ond division made the big gain in the
Champagne sector.
Were other crops not to be consider
ed, the sugar beet crop alone would
spell prosperity for the Longmont sec
ton this year The acreage 10 the
largest by far in the history Of the
Longmont factory, being more than
$4,000 acres, and all indications are
the crop will be hummer.
"The Huns were going good when we
got over there, and felt a little fancy.
The first tangle, however, with the
khaki uniforms, and they began to lose
their ginger. and little while later
it was just like shooting rabbits" That
was the statement of Sergt. w. S. Ell
lingwood Of the 157th, who arrived at
his home in Delta feeling entirely
pleased with his reception en- route.
G. w. Price, city band leader at Syr-
acuse. confessed in court before Judge
13-year-old girl who was one of his mu-
sic pupils. He was sentenced to a
term in the penitentiary of not to ex-
coed twenty-one years. Price Is 81
years old, has wife and is the father
Of six children. He had been a resi-
dent Of Syracuse for about n year.
Miss Helen DOVE has accepted po-
sition as lookout for the forestry serv-
ice and Will spend the summer on Dew
IFS Head mountain, forty miles south.
west of Denver 1t will be her duty to
report forest fires In the surrounding
area Of 1900 square miles. which in
cludes Pixies peak. Miss Dove is the
first woman lookout to be chosen for
this important work in the Colorado
Wyoming district.
Five cities in Colorado are soon to
have recreation areas In the national
forests of the state under plans now
being worked out by the Denver office
OF the United States forest service, CO.
operating with the officials of the mu-
inequalities Some definite action al
ready has been taken by Fort Collins,
which has secured such tract of land,
and residents of Pueblo, Florence,
Longmont and Canon City are prepor-
Business transactions have been e.
pecially lively in Glenwood for the
last month. In view Of the proposition
OF the Colorado hotel being leased for
hospital by the government, there
seems to be great need for houses to
meet the demands of the tourists.
There has been a real shortage Of
comfortable houses all winter, due to
the discontinuance Of the Midland
railroad The people from the adjoin-
ing towns came to Glenwood to make
home. Now that the summer season
Is at hand, tie need Of more houses
is vital. The Chamber of Commerce
has taken the matter up and several
indications point to an immediate
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