The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-09-17

, Hugo. Colo.-The Lincoln County FAR AZ
will be held at Hugo, Sept. 2s-so'
Oct. 1-2
Nels Melvin Peterson, 12-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs Frank Peterson, living
near Wild Horse, thirty miles south
east of Hugo, was instantly killed
when he was dragged to death by a
horse
One of the many innovations and
special attractions at the Colorado
state fair this year is the Sunday open
ing on Sept 10, with a full program OF
entertainment events and all the ex-
hlbits in order.
After wandering for two days in the
mountains without food and sleeping
in the open, Allen Robbins, 10. and
Gilbert Russell, 13, both Of Loveland.
were found on the Fall river road
north of Estes Park
Sheriff Trabing of Laramie, Wyo.,
positively identified the body found
near the Ames monument, at Sher-
man, as that of w. Fl. Pfleiderer, the
Longmont optician, who perished in a
storm last April II. The body was
taken to Laramie. A sheepherder dis
covered the decomposed form lying in
ravine
! Denver was selected for next years
| meeting place by the Columbian fed
Grafton, an Italian-American society,
at it's fourteenth annual national con-
! vention at Springfield. Ill. 1t was
voted to raise a fund of $4,000 to
establish a home near Pueblo, Colo.
John Giacomino Of Globe, Ariz., was
elected president.
Seventy-eight men have re-enliSted
in the navy for duty aboard the Simp-
son, all of which reside in Colorado
and Wyoming, only twenty-four more
ex-navy men are needed to man her
and she will be the crack destroyer Of
the navy. She will be commissioned at
Philadelphia. Her home port will be
San Diego, Calf
william Kicks, Grand Junction gro
Ger, has been forced by County As
SCISSOR Ocee o. Fellows to admit that
he did not report large amount of
sugar he had in storage at his place of
business when the tax assessor called
at the Kicks store and his assessment
| WIS TdlStu lIOul II llltlc ONCI PttOOO "
$12,0OO by the assessor.
Where the poison comes from that
makes the famed Poison springs of
the Crawford district so deadly is the
problem to be tackled by high school
students of western Colorado this year.
The water will be analyzed ana Fhe
rock strata examined micrOscepically.
The geology of the land will be gone
into thoroughly also. There is possi-
bility that the source of the poison
may be found and the springs re-
claimed for use.
Ted Irwin, IT, son Of Mrs. M. Irwin
of Colorado Springs, bellboy at the
Broadmoor hotel, was instantly killed
aear the Hackey sheep ranch, Lincoln
| county, thirty miles north of Ordway,
when his revolver was exploded acci-
dentally in fall. The bullet pierced
! his heart. The boy had been to Rocky
Ford for the Watermelon Day festit-
tiles and was returning here on his
, motorcycle His body was not found
for an hour, as the road is little used.
| Mrs w. L. White and her son, HON.
. er, s years old, who were on their way
/, to school at Montrose, were both
knocked unconscious by live wire
carrying 2300 volts They were res
, cued by passing farmer. Young
a White was walking along with his
mother when he reached to the ground
: and grabbed wire which had been
1 thrown across live wire. The child
was knocked unconscious. His mother
J. attempted to pull him away and she
also was knocked to the ground.
The body of Michael Mellick Of
/ Chandler, who was washed from his
a automobile and drowned in cloud
4 burst in Chandler, was found in the
Arkansas river three miles below
: Florence by Joseph Orr, nine-year-
!. old boy, who dragged the body to
: shore unaided
Y Bert Hughes, driving motorcycle
in the last racing event of the fair
t at Sterling, was thrown fifty feet
through the air and sustained possible
: fatal injuries when his machine broke
n on the quarter stretch. In the side
: car was Bruce Morgan. age 20, who
), was only slightly injured.
A common inquiry nowadays is how
I
: to treat wheat for the prevention of
smut. winter wheat that is to be
: planted this season should be treated
for smut prevention" says J. d. Mar
shall of the Colorado Agricultural Col
u lege. The formaldehyde solution treat
= ment is the cheapest, safest, cleanest
: and most easily applied. To make the
:. treatment, the seed should first be run
: through tanning mill so as to re-
move the light weight smutty kernels.
The cleaned seed may be treated by
one of two common methods-sprink-
ling and dipping.
Joseph Chapman, &c, of Boulder, who
!, was killed in the Interurban collision
: near Globeville, was a former United
= States marine, and served in the bat
. ties of Belleau wood and Chateau