The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-12-10
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


lie. horses, sheep and other farm ami
l mails, mostly drawn from the state ag
;icultural school 1t now takes many
acres of ground and floor space on
that same plat of ground to house the
wonderful exhibits of pure bred ami
mails drawn from every part of the
West and middle West, and sometimes
from the East. 1t has been the aim,
and in fact necessity, for the show
management to add an important new
building every year. For the show
that starts this winter on Jan. Is and
closes on Jan. % it is huge pavilion
tor hogs. The hog comes into his own
this yenr at the Denver show, largely
because around the city has grown up
a considerable hog industry. In the ag-
ricultural sections more attention is
being paid to hogs and more marketed
than old timers ever believed would be
possible. The coming exhibition may
prove to be the largest hog show held
in the United States this year.
Nearly 1O2,95O acres of land in the
Pueblo land district have been classi-
| fled as being valuable for grazing and
raising forage crops, and have been
1 designated by the Department of the
Interior under the provisions of the
stock raising homestead law. This
will become effective Dec. 10, and
only entries of those persons who al
ready have made application for these
lands under the stock raising home
stead laws will be allowed, he said.
These lands are only subject to entry
by citizens who have previously made
application for them. Secretary of the
i Interior John Barton Payne approved
the classification of this huge tract of
land.
Grand Junction and Grand valley
cattlemen returning from Collbran re-
port one of the best meetings of the
Plateau Valley Stock Growers Asso-
citation ever held in the history of the
organization, which, next to the Un-
compahgre Valley Horse and Cattle
Growers Association, is the largest in
Colorado. The names of over 200 cat
tie and stock men are on its rolls. The
meeting held at the close Of the week
was attended by hundreds of people
from all over Plateau valley and the
auditorium at Collbran, in which the
sessions were held, was taxed by the
crowd
New clews which may prove of in
terest in the murder of Jacob G. Den
ton, wealthy broker, at Los Angeles,
are being Investigated. Finding of a
cancelled check issued by Mrs. Louise
Peete, charged with Denton's Staying
led to Identification of woman EN-
ployed by her as Mrs. Katherine Nor
ris. Investigators for the prosecution
Morris, believing she may be able to
give additional information on points
which have not been cleared up.
Tax levfes for various purposes in
Ell Paso county for 1921 will yield a
tax of $1,690,S1S.43, according to the
announcement made by II. A. Scholen,
chairman of the county commissioners
The total levy, including city, county,
school and state is 1888 mills, as com
pared with 32.41 mills for 1920. The
only levy increase was for local school
purposes.
Larimer county will hold poultry
show in Fort Collins, Dec 20 to 23
according to plans announced here by
County Agent Bascome. The show will
be the first to be held by local exhibi.
tors in the county and is attracting
considerable attention.
/ Antonio Manzanares, former post
master at Walsenburg, Colo, will moi
nave to make good a loss of approx
mately LOCO to the Postoffice Depart
ment, by virtue of a verdict returned
by jury in the United States District
Court
A total of III miles of road, costing
| 1858, 800, was constructed this year In
and near the national forests of the
Rocky Mountain district by the forest
service and by the Bureau of Public
lions. In Colorado, sixty-seven miles
of road, distributed over eleven pro
jects, We're built at a cost of S500000
Some of these roads form connecting
links between existing roads and oper
! up long desired circle trips.
A plea for legislation to accept the
gift Of SS50,0O0 offered to the Uni
verslty of Colorado for the establish
ment of a great medical school anG
state hospital in Denver was made by
Herbert S. Hadley, former governor
of Missouri and now professor of law
at the University of COLORADO in ar
address made to the Optimists Club
Denver.
Plans are under consideration foi
the complete remodeling of the Cedar
edge fish hatchery. The interior ar
| rangement has been poor and the
water circulation and floor drainazs
unsatisfactory. No eggs were placed
in the hatchery this fall, due TO thC
expected remodeling and the excep
tionally light take of eggs