The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-02-06
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
Denver Automotive Show will be held
In Denver. March to s. at Stock
| yards Stadium.
Silver Cliff school district No. Ii
has just paid the last of its indebted
ness which had been running for thir-
" years.
The school board of Golden is to be
asked to call special election on the
| question of voting bonds to the amount
Of $13O,OOO for building new high
school in Golden.
After deliberating twenty-five min
utes, the jury in the case of Giacomo
Corriente at Trinidad found him not
guilty of the murder of his brother,
Sam Corriente, on Oct. 81, 1919.
Already 1000 sacks of cement have
been ordered for use in erecting the
immense new canning plant to be built
at Delta this year by the Colorado
Packing Company Machinery is to
be ordered at once.
The Farmers Union has purchased
the warehouse, platform and all build
ings of the Grand Junction Fruit
Growers Association in Fruita. The
farmers are planning to take care of
their own business this year.
A report comes from Cripple Greek
that the Lincoln Mining and Milling
Company, which recently opened a
large gold ore reduction plant there, is
now negotiating for the purchase of
the Cripple Creek Short Line railroad
c. d. Jackson, station agent for the
Colorado, Wyoming & Eastern railroad
at Walden, has figured that 422 cars
of cattle and thirtyfour cars of sheep
have been shipped from Walden, He
bron and LaRand, Colo, between Aug.
9th and Dec. 31st.
The purchase of six locomotives from
the Colorado Midland railroad by the
Mexican government has been completed
for price reported to be S15O,000. The
engines are to be delivered as soon as
possible for use on the federally oper-
ated roads in Mexico.
Weld county will be free from in
debtedness within few months. Dur
ing the past year the county treasurer
has paid $1S6,OO0 in registered war
rants against the county and highway
funds, and at the present time the reg
istered Indebtedness of Weld is only
$4,000.
Early indications are that Greeley
will equal or outdo its building record
of 1918 this year. Last year the city
issued building permits in excess of
$75O,OOO The building inspectors es-
timated that the actual value Of build
ing constructed during the year was in
excess of s1,25O,OOO.
Durbin Van Law, the engineer swsro
has been employed to draw the plans
and superintend the installation Of HUI
go's electric light plant, is making an
estimate of the requirements neces-
sary for an up-to-date system. Work
will start at an early date. The plant
should be ready for operation by May
1st.
The big poultry show of the Mesa
County Poultry Breeders Association,
held at Grand Junction, was by far the
biggest event of its kind ever held on
the western slope Fully 300 blooded
birds were on exhibition and almost
every variety was represented and one
of the most interesting displays was a
pair of golden pheasants.
Leon NJ Hattenbach, member of the
Senate of the Colorado Assembly and
city Industrial commissioner, died at
the steering wheel of his automobile
while he was driving on WadswOrth
street, Jefferson county, coming to-
ward Denver. Mrs. Hattenbach and g.
| all r. thA nF,lt
other occupants of the car. Heart fail
ure was said to be the cause.
The Farmers Union is considering
erecting flour mill at Rifle. A big
meeting held there brought out eighty
two members and the determination to
build a mill seemed almost universal
The construction of the consolidated
school building at Monument will be-
gin with the coming of spring weather,
according to an announcement made by
the school directors at the office of
the county superintendent of schools.
Plans for the building are now being
drawn and the school board is prepar-
ing to advertise for bids on the build
ing contract in the near future.
Owners of the famous Victoria mine
at Summerville have organized the $2,-
100000 Lincoln Silver Mining Com
pany in Boston and plan extensive de-
velopment of this lode and of tun-
mel site at Salina. The Lincoln Com
pany is planning development work on
the Victoria by an extension eastward
of the 40O-foot level, by an extension
of the No. 2 incline to the 400-foot
level, and by raising from the 400-foot
level TO the 100-foot level. 1t is ex-
pected that this development will open
Il large amount of the silver-bearing
ore for which the Victoria has been
famous.
The State Cooperative Crop Report
ing Service, with the assistance of
county assessors, will endeavor to
make much more complete report on