The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-05-14
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

migration Department from county as
SCISSORS in Is counties, covering sched-
ules from approximately 2,4OO farm
increase in the total acreage of land
| cultivated in the state this year,
though there will be decreases, appar-
emily, in the acreage devoted to some
of the principal crops. The largest
| increases appear to be in the acreage
devoted to corn, sOrghums, rye and
spring wheat. There is apparently
small decrease in the acreage devoted
to winter wheat and potatoes, and
more marked decrease in the acreage
devoted to beans. The reports so far
received show a very considerable
amount of raw land being put in cul-
| tivation this year in the nonirrigoted
| districts, though in some districts
much of the land that was farined
last year is being allowed to lie fall
low because of shortage of farm labor.
| Five Denver persons and nearly
dozen others, mostly Coloradoans,
were injured when Rio Grande Soath-
ern passenger train No. 6 was wrecked
| ABOUT eight east VI AhphNOs's AAA$
accident was caused by waterlogged
| track, rail being torn loose by the
heavy private car of Supt. G. b. Car
| penter, who was going over the road
| on an inspection trip. 1t is reported
that none Of the passengers were fa-
| tally hurt, but several are badly
| bruised about the face and body. The
| wreck occurred on Il sharp curve and
| about 100 feet of the track was torn
up.
A. f. Evans Dunwody, a wealthy res
| ident of Colorado Springs for twenty
years. dropped dead in Philadelphia.
Pa, of heart disease, according TO ii
message received from there. He and
| his wife, Mrs. Sarah DunwOdy, left
Colorado Springs with the intention of
spending several weeks in the East,
where they visited frequently. Mr..
Dunwody, who was 73 years old, came
to Colorado Springs many years ago
for his health and had lived part of
each year since then in that city.
The state last year paid all average
of $163.54 for the education of teach
ers at the State Teachers College, at
Greeley. and $102.5O at the State Nor
NAL School, Gunnison, according to
two financial reports filed by State
Auditor Arthur NJ. Stong. The ex-
penditures at the State Teachers Col
Iege reached $227. .41s, while the aver
| age attendance was 1880, while oper-
ating expenses at the State Normal
School were $55,194 and the attend
ance 53S.
With few hard crumbs of bread
| gripped in his hand, Thomas Ryan, 30
years old, well-known homesteader
| of the Five Pines mesa, seven miles
| south of Yampa, was found lying dead
4 on the floor of his cabin Wy neigh
bor. Coroner William II. Bashor of
Routt county, after investigating the
case, declared that Ryan died from
starvation and cold in the recent bliz-
zard Bashor believed that he had
been dead for about three weeks.
Teachers in the Colorado Springs
public schools have made a formal re-
quest to the board of education for an
increase in salaries for the 1920-21
term, that will amount to practically
$500 year, it has been announced
and the members of the board are Civ
ing the subject their close study and
consideration before announcing theiI
stand.
Caught between two freight cars on
the Denver K Salt Lake railroad at
Utah Junction, John Gruber, 30, q
brakeman, was crushed so badly thai
he died a few hours later at the st
IauKe's hospital in Denver, where he
had been removed following the acci
dent.
With the selection of La Junta as
the place for holding the next annual
convention and with the election o.
officers for the ensuing year. the Col
orado state convention of the knights
of Columbus closed their meeting al
Trinidad
Colorado's sugar beet acreage con
tracted for by the Great Western
Sugar Company this year. totals 1873,
7S3 acres, compared with 1S4.7S3 last
wear, it was announced by the com
pany. While this shows a slight de
crease. the grand total contracted fol
in this state, Nebraska and Montana
in which the company operates sugar
factories, is 27S,673 acres, compared
with 265,952 year ago. Nebraska
contributed most of the increase.
Corporation income taxes for 1920
amounting to S191259, were collected
by Secretary of State James r. No
land during the period from January
1st to May LIST, according to report
lust issued The 1919 tax collections
for the same period last year aggre
gated S192,259, and the total amount
of the 1919 tax collected to May LIST OF
this year was S218,2S8.
Curios Of all kinds, including Indiar
dolls and various aboriginal relies
were found scattered over a wide area
at West Forty-fourth avenue and Inca
street in Denver. From certain marks
it is believed that the collection came