The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-09-03

Oct. 1-2.
A falling tree crushed out the life
# Wilbert A. Gardner, an employe or
the Rocky Mountain Lumber Company,
at Diamond Park.
Census returns made public include
Pueblo, Colo, whose population is
given as 1900, a decrease of Last, or
3.3 per cent.
The condition Of alfalfa in Colorado
on July LIST was the same as on June
lst and there is no change in the es-
timated output. The condition of all
hay in the state is also the same as on
June 1st, and the estimate of total pro-
duction Ia unchanged.
w. f. Stoltz, alias William Brown,
who was seriously injured August 2Sth
when he was crushed between two
tram cars at the central car barns,
where he was working. died as the re-
suit of his injuries at st. Auke's hos
pital in Denver.
James Tuckerman, 80 years old.
resident of Greeley for forty-three
years and one of the wealthiest live
stock men 10 Weld county, died of
heart disease while reading newspa-
per. He had been in apparently good
health until his death.
Miss Anna Laura Force, president of
| the State Teachers Association of
Colorado and principal of the Lincoln
school in Denver has been appointed
chairman of the executive committee
of the National Council of Education
Miss Force is doing graduate work ut
the State Teachers College this sum
mer at Greeley.
AS the night jailer at the county jail
at Leadville entered the cell house to
replensh the fire in the stove there,
three prisoners who were in the corrl-
dor made rush Cor the open door and
escaped. At a late hour tonight they
had not been captured. The three meD
were awaiting tixl in the District
Court on minor charges.
Two bears were killed within n few
Yards Of each other by J. +. Naylor> in
| North Park while on camping and
fishing expedition He found the ami
mals enrly in the morning within ION
yards of the camp and dropped one al
the first shot. The second one started
to run away und it took four shots tt
bring irs down, after ii had run abOu
$50 yards.
The conditlon OF barley in Colorad,
on July lst WAS 81 per cent of normal
compared with 96 per cent On June LIST
| Partial reports of county assessors III
,!icate that me area devoted to TIN
! rop is about 10000 acres. Based oil
. this acreage and the condition of til,
.rop on July 1st. the estimated produc
rion- is 5.943.20o bushels. compared Will
, 100000 last year.
Remarkable Yields OF both wheat ant
barley are reported from fields o
grain just threShed in Larimer county
Fred Schmer has just harvested twelve
acres of wheat and six acres of barle,
on the W. A. Drake farm two and !;
hllf miles south of Fort Collins, which
while they have broken no records. are
unusually fine crops. The wiea
threshed 74.16 bushels to the acre, ant
the barley So bushels to the acre.
Partial reports of county assessor,
) | 1nuttitP lldl si'out 9o,VpV dNitS VI P''
tatoes were planted In Colorado thii
wenr, compared with $500 acres las
year. The condition of the crop OF
July LIST was 81 per cent of normal, aI
exceptionally high condition for this
season of the year. The estimated pro
, duction, based upon this condition ant
he acreage given anove. is l3.01o.O0t
. bushels compared with n final esti
, mate of IL .0i0 900 bushels last year
Approximately II per cent of ths
l2.OOO men employed in Colorado Goa
mines will ask for an increase of 81 II
1t day Ii has been announced Thess
compose Il class of men known as in
! side and outside day labor and do no
l include men who dig coal
Baca county. Colorado. containing
the city of Springfield. rates second o
all counties in the United States o.
which population thus far has been an
rounced, in its raIe of growth durn!
the last ten years II has nearly tbre,
and one-half times the population i
had in 1910, its percentage of increas'
having been 2I66 Dade county
Florida. which contains the city o
, Miami, lends with a percentage o
23S1
Forrest Wood. u years old, was
, thrown off his bicycle at Boulder ant
, run over by a touring car. receiving in
: jnries which may prove fatal In dodg
! ing two automobiles AT busy stree
corner he turned his bicycle too far
striking the hub of one of the ears
and being hurled directly IN the patti
/ of the other. His right arm was broker
Il nj he suffered II severe wound OF
ths head.
, The big firemen's $ convention held al
Englewood and Littleton was well-at
leaded and large delegations represent
ed from nearly all departments from
various cities and towns over the state
All entries were filled and several new
records sci iii Bolh Euglewood ant