The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-06-20
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

RADIO to the end of 1918 is approx
mately $1,44O,O0O,O00, according to
metal production tables soon to be
published in the 1919 year book of the
State Board of Immigration. These
tables are compiled from data furn-
ished by the United State Geological
Survey, and give the total production
of the five metals in each metal-pro-
ducing county since 1858. Gold leads
the metals in total value of output
with approximately $63S, ,0OO,0 900. Lake
county holds first rank among the
metal-producing counties, with an out
put valued at $41S,O00,00O, and teller
county is second, with $306,OOO,OO0.
Silver holds first rank in value among
the metals produced in Lake county,
though zinc far surpasses silver in the
value of its output at l,.s time. Teller
county holds first place in the value
of its gold production, more than 99.3
per cent of its metal values being gold.
The Greeley and the Weld County
Commercial Clubs are working on
plans to change the route of the Den
ver-Cheyepne state highway through
Weld county. Between Platteville and
Evans there is stretch of about seven
miles through the Platte river bottoms
which is extremely difficult to keep
up. There are also several dangerous
bridges, curves and railroad crossings.
1t is proposed to eliminte this stretch
by making a cutoff road through the
bench lands of the Peckham and Gil
crest districts part of the state high
way.
Attorney General Reyes rendered an
opinion holding that the concurrent
resolution by which the prohibition
amendment to the federal constitution
was ratified by the Twenty-second
General Assembly cannot be referred
to the vote of the people of the state.
He advised Secretary of State holland
not to accept the petition of the wet
forces asking for reference of the reso-
luton for filing Mr. holland an
nounced that he would be guided by
the advice of the attorney general and
decline to file the petition.
The Colorado Legislature will be
called into extraordinary session, pos
sibly in the fall, to consider the ratifi-
cation of the national suffrage amend
ment. Gov. Oliver H. Shoup, in max
ing the announcement. said he would
issue the call as soon as he had fixed
upon a date, which leaders are dis
cussing The governor did not give
positive statement that the suffrage
question alone would be considered,
saying that little else would be in
cluded in the call, If anything.
Five persons narrowly escaped
death near Colorado Springs, as the re-
suit of an automobile collision on the
Canon City road. Fred X. Smith,
cashier of, the First National Bank. is
suffering from fractured hip and
internal injuries; and his wife, two
daughters and a son are more or less
| injured about the face and hands. The
machine was driven by Miss Dorothy
Smith, aged 10, and after striking the
other car it rolled down a 200-foot
embankment.
Among the arrivals from France re-
Gently was Vernon Il. Alspaugh and
his wife, charming little French girl
whom he married in Nantes, France
last December while a member of the
Sixteenth infantry of the A. e. f. The
| young couple went to Craig, Colo,
where they will live on Private Ais
paugh's ranch. Alspaugh was mem
| Der of the first American unit under
| fire and was gassed during an engage
ment in the Toul sector in January
| 1918.
The big Fourth of July celebration
to fr, ha a
tremendous success if music can make
| it so. Six bands and Cooks Drum
Corps of Denver, have already been
engaged to furnish music for the
crowds that will be here. Mathide
Miller Rosuch, celebrated soloist OF
| New York, has also been engaged to
sing on the Fourth, giving three en-
tertainments as intermission cards be
tween the band concerts.
Grand Mesa may become one of the
greatest of Uncle Sans national
parks, if the proposals of the Western
| Slope boosters are acted upon by Con
| gress in the form of necessary legis
lation and appropriations One sug
gestion was that the mesa, one of the
most beautiful points in America
through the aid of returned soldiers
could easily be converted into the
beauty land of America, besides giving
employment to the soldiers.
The Radium Ore Sampling Company
| of Montrose, the only commercial ra
dium ore sampling plant in the world
has already accounted for more thar
| 100000 of radium ore during the few
| months it has been located at thai
point Despite the fact that only five
men are employed at this plant, it has
been of great benefit to the local mer
chants, since it has kept in operation
various nearby mines.
| Fire of unknown origin completely
destroyed the warehouses of the West
| SloDe Fruit Growers Association al