The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-03-07
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

| receive at least $l6,SOO.O 600 for their
1919 crop of beets. There is every in
aication that even this vast sum will
,e raised several millions of dollars
before the final sum Is reached. Ap-
oroximately 10000 acres of beets had
oeen signed up for by the Great West
.rn Sugar Company in northern Colo
ado and it is possible that the final
figures will reach 100000 Basing the
beet crop, however. only on 100000
icres and with an average OF twelve
;ons to the acre, on the $40 flat rate
ton to be paid by the Great Western
Sugar Company. there will be ], $50, 900
tons of beets or sl6,sOO, 600 paid to the
farmers.
The Bigelow House bill regulating
the practice of dentistry in Colorado
was the subject of lively debate
when efforts We're made to amend Ger
tain of its provisions. Senator W. F.
O'Brien, who introduced an identical
bill in the Senate, took the lead in sup
port of the measure. He is a dentist
The bill amends in number of re-
spects the present law regulating den
tistry. bringing under its provisions
dental hygienists as well as regularly
| licensed dentists, and providing legal
machinery for procedure In cases
where licenses are revoked by the
State Board OF Dental Examiners.
The dream Of the American dough-
boy that some day he might sleep in
the kaiser's bed has almost been real
iezd by Lieut. Gilbert II. Osincup, son
Of DIR. and Mrs. c. H. Osincup, Colo
RADIO Springs, who is in the medical
corps in the army Of occupation Lieu
tenant Osincup is occupying the room
of the crown prince in his country
estate near Cologne. He has bathed in
the princes Turkish bathroom and he
has pounded his ear" on the pillows
that the crown prince used
| The establishment in Colorado of an
immense hospital for discharged SOL
diers by the United States public
health service is an assured fact Word
has been received from Washington by
the officers Of the Colorado Develop
ment federation that both Senate and
House have agreed upon bill which
assures the hospital to Colorado and
that S1,5OO,OOO will be available for
the institution. The hospital will be
alton camp at Aurora.
DIR. Frost Craft, secretary Of the cor
poration of the University of Denver,
died at his home, 2O52 South Fillmore
street. in Denver, while he was pre-
pairing for breakfast Members of the
family heard DIR. Craft choking and his
sisterin-law. Miss Annie McKeen Shu-
Ter. dean Of women at the university,
went to him. He was dead in ten min
utes. of apoplexy. Death came in a
similar way to DR.. Henry NJ. Mayo of
the university on February 1st
The greatest building boom in the
history of Pueblo Is in sight. NUM-
cipal improvements are contemplat ted
when spring comes. Two new pairing
district petitions have been filed with
| the city commissioners and two peti-
tions asking for the creation of two
| other paving districts are being cir
and the response is such that there 10
no doubt but that they will be included
in the work this spring.
| State superintendent of schools has
offered u bronze tablet to the school
showing the largest holding per capita
| of War Savings stamps 1t is said that
| Pittsburg, Pa. and Breckenridge, Colo,
pupils are running meek and neck"
with $75 to the pupil Mrs. Melissa
| Hayden, superintendent of schools Of
Summit county, Colorado. is confident
that the Breckenridge schools will
prove to be the winner of the bronze
tablet.
| Among those adopted on third read
ing in the House was the Davis Lacy
bill giving teachers in the public
schools of Denver, Colorado Springs
and Pueblo, a tenure of office after
three years service, and providing
that they shall not be removed with
out public hearing and an opportun-
ity to defend themselves. ...
| The contract to build the new ROAD
between Georgetown and Silver Plume,
for which $500 had been appronriat-
ed by the state, the county and the two
towns. was let to August Swanson OF
Georgetown, whose bid was S4,675. The
way from Denver to Leadville and the
Lincoln highway on the Western slope,
by way of the old Loveland pass stage
route.
| The Western Sugar Company
through its representatives has ex-
dressed desire to city officials and
others of Littleton to construct one of
the biggest sugar factories in the state
In Littleton. If the factory is decided
upon construction probably will be un-
dertaken within few months.
| The Allen bill to submit constitu-
tional amendment exempting the prop
erty Of civil war veterans of the Union
army or navy from taxation to the