The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1919-11-28
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

information about the resources ana
industries Of Colorado. which has besn
growing In all sections Of the country
In the past few years. 10 being q.
tended into the public schools. With
In the past year the State ImmIgra.
ton Department has had hundreds OF
requests from school children FOR
booklets on different sections Of the
state, to bs used In class work. The
heaviest inquiry has been from the
city Of Chicago. where students In the
intermediate grammar grades have
been making Q study OF the Centen'
NAL state With particular reference to
ito industries and resources rather
than its scenic attractions.
The State Inheritance Tax Depart.
ment received q check for ~. 1854
In settlement Of the Inheritance tax
claim Of the state against the estate
Of the late Walter 8. Jackson OF FL
Paso county. The value Of the estate
WAS appraised at $l.S6a 5S2m. Dc.
ductions amounting to &4S,56&65
brought the net TAXABLE estato> to
&l,624. 9o0o0. II the United States Su-
preme Court decides the state inheri.
lance tax may be levied prior to de-
duction Of the federal tax, the state
will receive 94,l7265 additional.
Kari G. Schuyler Of Denver 10 trying
to give away . nifty and two twenty
five dollar prizes. He has offered
500 for the three best editorials which
are printed In any Colorado publica.
ton before December 18th on the need
and opportunity Of public health work
In Colorado. Inquiries should be id.
dressed to the Colorado Public Health
Association, contest editor.
Members Of the State Highway Com
mission have asked John 8. Bright.
district engineer Of the Bureau Of Pub
lie Roads, to approve the building OF
IN eighteen.mllc stretch Of road BE-
tween Burlington and Idalia. % FEEDER.
al aid may be secured for the project.
The road II to cost approximately &42.-
600. according to the estimates Of tho
state.
Wesley Saunders. "a and Martin @.
Kerren, 90. lost their lives when fire
destroyed the Cripple Creek Colorado
Springs car barns at Cripple Greek.
Both men, who were employees Of the
car barn, were asleep. and were suf-
located. The fire started from an
over-heated store. The loss By the
fire, In which six electric cars were
destroyed, 10 estimated at $4,000.
The teachers In the grade rooms Of
the local schools have organised at
Nontross for the purpose Of securing
more adequate salaries for their serv-
ices. The local organization will COOP
crate with the state and nationwide
campaign for the betterment Of the
teachers' salaries and working condi-
lions.
Bernard Cummings, 14-year-old son
Of former Game Warden w. b. Cum
mings Of Durango, died from wounds
sustained BY the accidental discharge
Of his shotgun while he was hunting
ducks on Horseshoe slough, three
miles north Of that city. His right
arm was almost shot away from the
shoulder BY the load from the gun.
Lee F. williams, Pueblo contractor.
has just been awarded q contract for
the construction Of a new depot for
the Missouri Pacific Railway Company
1t Sugar City. It IL to be duplicate
Of the new depot at Ordway. The con-
tract calls for q first-class modern de-
pot building Of brick, concrete ana
tile and will cost. about $4,000.
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