The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-06-25
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

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Rocky Mountain Consistory No. 2.
Scottish Rite Masons, will erect a half
million dollar Scottish Rite cathedral
in Denver.
Arthur G. McClung. "a rancher living
fifteen miles south of Yuma, died of
injuries received when he was kicked
by Il horse recently.
Joseph Bell of Sterling. Colo, a Bur
Ington bridge worker. was killed by Il
holt of lightning near Lysite. Wyo..
| during thunderstorm.
George Fitch of Denver, who was for
several years teacher of science at the
| Golden high school, has been appoint
ed superintendent of schools of Golden
| TO succeed W. H. Simons.
| John Trella. an employe of the Wolf
Park mine, was fined 500 and costs
in Justice of the Peace Court nt Canon
City for having given away liquor at
the marriage celebration of his duugh-
ter
Berthoud pass is open to automobile
travel Rabbit Ear pass is still showed
in and is not expected to be opened for
Il month The Midland trail west of
Kremmling is passable. but In very
poor condition.
William Grimes, 50, well known in
fraternal circles at Pueblo, was in
stantly killed when he fell from the
top of poIe 10 which he had climbed
in repairing cable. His neck was
broken. He WAS foreman for the
American Smelling and Refining Com
pany.
Struck in the face with flying
piece of jagged steel, the broken part
of an automobile fan. George Schaefer,
mechanic employed in garage at
Trinidad, sustained a fracture of the
skull. the loss of his left eve and a
deep laceration extending from his left
temple down to his upper lip.
Members of the Colorado State Fire
mems Association have filed with Sec
retary of State James F. holland a Pc
tition, signed by 23,OOO persons, for an
Initiative measure providing for the
installation of the double platoon
system in all of the paid municipal
fire departments in Colorado.
The damage done to the railroad be-
| tween Telluride and Dolores on the
| Rio Grande Southern line has been
enormous and thirty days is given as
| the earliest time by which the road
| can be reopened There are miles of
| roadbed washed out and miles OF
| tracks damaged Many bridges are out
or moved ont of alignment
The production of coal in Colorado
!, Ia u t<. ffrv14T
according TO the report OF the state
coal mine inspector, just issued. The
number of men employed in the mines
was 1880. The total production from
Ian. 1 TO June 1, 1920. has been 4, ,138.
sO7 tons. an increase of $50, ,15O tons
over the same period last year.
G.. G. Sutton. who has been making
arrangements for wild west show al
; Fort Collins July 5 and 6, announced
that he has sieaed up fifteen wiit
horses from the Buckeye ranch and fif
teen bucking horses Of the orig
inal variety from various places
> Four strings of relay mounts
: have been entered, and Mr.. Sutton says
that he will have full program OF
J first-class events booked before the enf
of this month.
Complete reports on the acreage ot
, crops in cultivation this year had beel
received by The State migration DE
I partment from eight counties on June
3 20, and partial reports from all coun
Q ties in the state where agriculture il
followed, bur ten. Word has been re
ceived from all counties but two tina
y the collection of agricultural statis
y tics is well under way and will b'
completed in all except few noun
tain counties by July l.
Colorado's financial balance June
: was S11, 1,120,627.77, according to tht
c quarterly report of State Treasurer
; Harry u. Mulnix OF this amount So,
69S. .2f5.45 is on deposit in 260 banks
! throughout the state The balance is
; invested in fhe various state funds o
5 These the school fund has Sc, 1877. 1874 {.
and the compensation insurance funt
+ has ST69, i50SI
Z The total valuation of Colorado.
q public utilities is S229, ,1g5, ,120, de
sessed valuation, according to repor
' by the Colorado State Tax Commission
The decrease is due largely to the fac
that the assessments of several rail
roads have been greatly reduced dur
ing the last year and through railroad.
: having IL combined valuation of StTo.
: | go having been dismantled within ths
{ last year The value of the Mountain
! States Telephone and Telegraph Com
, pany was fixed Mt Sl2,5i3.S70, an in
:. crease of $225,9oo over the 1919 valua
{ ton, while the entire assessed valua
{ tion of all of the telephone companies
+. operating in the state was fixed al
G .S12. 49,, $50. or an increase of $3.50 25t
over last year
= To meet the increased price. of raw
! materials and labor the Canon Gas
Company of Canon City, Colo, flee
with the State Public Utilities Conn