The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-09-24
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

JOiteu from chfld'S wagon draWu
oy her mother, Marie Rino, One-year-
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. FRANK
Hino OF Cokedale, was crushed uneer
the wheels of a motor truck. The
mOther, little Marie and an older chill
had been to the community garden,
gathered load of sweet corn and
started home. The children were rid
ing In the load of corn. The wagon
was overturned by rut in the road
and the baby fell under the wheels OF
passing motor truck The child's
head was crushed. The other child
fell clear of the truck and was un-
hurt.
A circle trip within 4 circle trip
through the most scenic part of the
San Juan basin will be a reality if
the plans of Sllverton boosters ma
terialize. According to Joe Terry, one
Of the, former owners of the Sunny
side mine, at Eureka, feasible prof.
ect, inexpensive as to cost, is the con-
struction of another road from Silver
ton to Ouray, thus affording choice
of routes between the two towns.
Byron Goodwin, the fifteen-year old
son of Arthur G. Goodwin, who lives
seven miles west of Loveland, suffer
ed painful injuries when he was run
over by an automobile. The boys
right ear was almost severed from his
head, and his neck, shoulders and back
were badly wrenched and bruised. He
was unconscious for more than twenty
four hours after the accident, but is
now improving.
Willard L. Straque, a workman in
the Wellington mines sawmill at
Breckenridge was beaten to death
when his clothing caught in large
belt going at the rate of several hun
dred revolutions a minute. He was
dead when his body was taken from
the machinery. He was 50 years old
and had been working for the yelling
ton Company for about two years.
A joint convention of the Colorado
Association of Postmasters and the
Colorado branch of the National
League Of Postmasters, was held in
Denver. Subjects relating to postoffice
service throughout the state were dis
cussed, and ideas of the different post
uiuSlCiS Oh tiC IhOSt ClllClcHt lActuOuS
Of handling the malls were exchanged.
Harold Arntzen, "a, owner of a mo-
tor repair shop at La Junta, Is dead,
and Herbert Salebrener, his friend, al
SO of La Junta, was badly hurt when a
motorcycle with side car attached, in
which they were driving, left the road
way twenty miles south of La Junta
and plunged into twenty-foot arroyo,
while going at high speed
Known only by the name of Brown
ie," Mexican, said to be notorious
gambler and bootlegger, was shot and
killed at Fort Lupton, by Michael
Lucero, twenty-four years old.
beet worker, who later surrendered
himself to Marshal Samuel Matchbox.
Association of Lucero's wife with the
Mexican prompted the act
Samuel d. Nicholson is the nominee
of the Republican party over Karl c.
Schuyler, on the face of returns as re-
ceived up to date. Mr.. Nicholson un-
questionably will have plurality of
not less than 700. and final count prob
ably will give him a greater lead 1t
is not believed possible to change the
result over his plurality.
The biggest fish caught during the
present season was landed by DIR. @.
G. Beethoven, a physician of Montrose,
in Island Lake at Grand mesa lakes.
The fish weighed ten and half
pounds, which is said to be the largest
fish caught in the lakes for several
years.
The difficulty of getting suitable
rooms for the women teachers at
Montrose has brought up the question
again of constructing dormitory for
the use of the faculty. The school
board will take the question under adj
visement at its next meeting.
The Sedalia copper mine north of
Salida few miles is to be reopened
soon and operated indefinitely. A
force of men has been busy getting the
property in operating condition for
some time.
The Holly Sugar Company is al
ready planning a nucleus of Mexican
beet workers for next spring aud has
ordered the construction of twenty
five small frame buildings in the out
VI lhtiliiOsc IOT tHt he1lcslnS
to occupy this winter, so that they
will not drift to other districts and
force the sugar company to bring in
inexperienced beet workers again next
spring.
The first step in the making of
Buckhorn lakes, which are owned by
the city of Montrose. into a pleasure
resort was taken when 10000 Rain
bow and native trout fry were de-
posted in the various bodies of water
These fry came from the hatchery at
Cedaredge and were procured through
the application of the Montrose Chan,-
ber of Commerce
Approximately $lo.000 will be ex-
pended jointly by the state and fed
eral government in the construction OF