The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-02-13

Denver Automotive Show will be held
in Denver, March to s. at Stock
The Rio Grande railroad is storing
| 1000 tons of ice in the big ice houses
at Delta. They have bought 800 tons
from Frank II. Bosler's private ice
ponds at Montrose.
The foundations of big building
and loan association for Olathe have
been laid. A committee has been ap
pointed to solicit for probable stock
buyers.
Delta is to have a new motion pic
ture theater. Denver parties are ne
gotiating for its erection and 1t is to
cost between $4,000 and $4,000, it is
stated
While playing tag with her sister
at Rockvale, Rose Bacerella, years
old, fell down the cellar steps at her
home and was almost instantly killed.
her skull being fractured.
A big mountain hunt is being
planned for Gunnison county with de-
signs on the three mountain lions
which have been getting SO much
stock this winter on Beaver creek.
L. H. Easterly of Gunnison has tax
en- good portion of the census
enumeration on snowshoes. Upper
Ohio creek was so deeply buried all
other modes of locomotion are out of
the question.
The miners of Aspen are beginning
to prepare for the early spring work
and many prospectors are getting
lined up for earlier trips to the hills
than ever before in hopes of finding
silver leads while silver is high.
The Mutual Creamery Company of
Grand Junction announced that it
would more than double the capacity
of its local plant this spring, bringing
the output from 10000 pounds per
month to 125OO0 to 10000 pounds.
Ten thousand pounds of dynamite
stored in an underground magazine In
the Humboldt mine. owned by the
Smuggler-Unio Mining Company at
Telluride, exploded, causing the death
of one miner and the injury to two
others.
John Palmer, though 10 years old,
was husky enough to carry trunk
from the depot to his home alone at
Somerset. While standing by the
stove warming himself after the Wig
orous exercise, he toppled over and
fell to the floor. When those near
rushed to his side he was dead
Capt Thomas Head, centenarian, is
dead, following brief illness, at the
home of his daughter in Crawford,
| He was one Of the first citizens 6f
| the western slope and for many years
I had been prominent merchant in
various towns. He was a nIining king
| in the early days and had owned a
large amount of valuable property.
The number of other cattle on
hand in the state this year is esti-
mated at 1.355,O0O, compared with l.
425.OOO last year, and the average val
ue per head is $4S.1O, compared with
| s344O last year. The number of
other cattle in the country at large
this year is estimated at 44,3S5, 900,
compared with 45.0s5,00O on January
| l, 1919.
| Within sixty days referendum
vote among the 1000 locals of the
| brotherhood of Railway Clerks in the
| United States and Canada will deter
mine whether or not home for con-
sumptive and superannuated clerks,
to cost $1,0OO,O0O, is to be erected in
Colorado Springs. The Colorado
Springs local No 645 is now in COM
mnnication with the executive COM
mittee of the order and has received
assurances which have caused them
to begin active campaigning for the
vote
The Liberty Bell mine at Telluride
is dumping its ore in the bins now in
stead of sending it to the mill, as the
| mill has been closed down temporarily.
The unreliability of electric power is
given as the reason for the shutting
down of the big mill
The Tomboy mine at Telluride has
installed IA large gasoline locomotive
for hauling and pushing trains of ore
cars in the snowsheds and out of the
mine The locomotive has a very pow
erful engine and will enable it to
| reach parts of the mine not reached
by electric locomotives.
The Daughters of the Revolution
have requested permission to take
over and care for the spring on the
old Chief Ouray place near Montrose
| This is under the supervision of the
county commissioners. who have sig
nified their willingness to let the
women preserve the spring, which
| stands as The greatest monument to
old Chief Ouray, for whom Ouray
county and city were named They
will probably cover the spring with
suitable house and make it an appro-
pirate memorial of the famous Indian
| leader.
With one-fourth of the army re-
cruiting campaign time limit gone and
| only one-tenth of the quota enlisted,
Colorado and Wyoming must speed up
to reach the goal Of 1,403 recruits by
March 81. The drive begun on Jan.
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