The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-01-23
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


cultursa statistics for 1920 and will
have them ready for distribution 70
the assessors early in March. every
effort will be made to make the Worh
of the assessors easy ana simple, ho
information being asked Tor whlch
farmers cannot give readily WITHOUT
reference to their books or accounts
The schedule will also call for a con
siderable amount of information
which was not collected last year,
principally regarding crops grown
only in restricted localities ana the
number of fruit trees of bearing age.
An effort will be made to distribute
samples of the schedules sometime III
February, so that farmers may be IN
formed regarding what information
will be sought and will be prepared
to give assessors and their deputies
the information without delay
w. r. Murphy of the Las Animas
Leader was selected by the members
of the Colorado Editorial Association
as chairman of the field department
committee, which is to work OUT
thorough organization of the associa-
ton throughout the state, and TO en-
courage the organization of local bod-
les to cooperate with the state asso-
citation. The committee is to consist
of three. members, one of whom Is 10
be the field secretary, and will be paid
salary by the state association Tor
his services
The Rendle, Dow & Co. mercantile
store was completely destroyed by fire
at CRANKY. The loss, according to or
ficials of the company, is estimated
between $4,000 and $4,000, part OF
which is covered by insurance. Glen
Dow, the manager, lives in the rear
of the store, and when he was
aroused at 8 o'clock in the morning the
flames. which are believed to have
started from the furnace in the base
ment. had made such headway that
nothing could be saved.
Bodies of American soldiers who
died or were killed in Europe during
the war either will be brought to the
United States without charge or left
in the honored military cemeteries as
relatives may desire, according to
letter received by Rex B. Yeager, sec
retary of the Colorado State Board of
Embalmng Examiners, from Repre-
sentative Charles B. Timberlake, mem
ber of the ways and means committee
of the House.
The first continuous oil shale re-
tort of commercial size ever operated
in Colorado was started last week on
the property of the Continental Oil
Shale Mining and Refining Company
on Piceance creek, about two miles
from Rio Blanco. The trial run was
made and the results were quite up to
the expectations of the management
and the designing engineers who
s1s.tssad it through.
At least 1900 persons attended the
opening of the First National bank at
Windsor. The entire interior of the
building was decorated with flowers,
and officials of the bank gave out car
nations to their women guests. Music
was furnished throughout the after
noon and evening by local orchestra.
Refreshments were served during the
day to over 1000 people.
Colorado is coming to be one of the
most important states in the produc-
ton of vegetable seed. The Seed Re-
porting Service of the United States
Bureau of Markets found a total OF
37,131 acres devoted to vegetable
seeds, including sugar beet seed, in
s.;, 4 III fa1
off in 1919. principally in seed beans
which is the most important seed crop
grown in the state.
A tent city of 400 tents, to cost
$165, 600, is to be built in Colorado
Springs before the summer tourist sea
Son in order to accommodate the ex'
pected crowds The tents will be
equipped and furnishd and there will
be garage and cafeteria in connec-
tion. The Chamber of Commerce is
backing the project, owing to the com
plants of last season of the lack of ac.
commodations.
A roundup of bootleggers and Illicit
distillers by internal revenue collect
ors, in conjunction with the sheriff's
l
office and the local police at Cafion
City, has resulted in gathering in the
official net a number of Austrian and
Italian residents Of Prospect Heights
and Lincoln Park, as well as fine col
lection of copper and galvanized iron
distilling outfits, several cases of Cali
fornia raisins, several barrels OF
| "mash" ready for distillation and q
few gallons of the finished product
familiarly known as white mule"
The manufacturing survey to be
conducted by the State immigration
Department will be begun within 4
few weeks, the schedules to be used
in gathering the information required
now being in process of compilation
Some of the information asked for by
the federal government in connection
with the census of manufacturers for
1919 will be asked for by the state,
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