The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-08-06
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Jack Bratton who re-enlisted in the
Navy for four years is now undergoing
training at Idaho Springs, Colo.
The summer school of the Colorado
Agricultural college has been closed
after a six weeks course Of study
Stepping into pile of hot ashes
while playing near the banks of the
Platte river, Denver, may cost Henry
McGraw his legs.
One of the severest hail and rain
storms experienced in the vicinity of
nj Wot, damaged the crops to the ex-
tent of $4,000.
Savings accounts in Colorado
amounting to $33,O74, 126.O9 are shown
in statement issued by Grant Nc
Pherson, state bank examiner.
Complete paralysis of the electric
transportation facilities of Denver, fol-
lowed strike of more than LOO car
men, forcing thousands of persons in
the city to walk.
Petitions for vote on the creation
of Flagler and Limon counties were
granted yesterday by James +. holland,
secretary of state, after a conference
with the attorney general.
That Weld county's sugar factory
will be built at La Sale next year by
the Industrial Company, builder of the
Fort Lupton factory, has been prac-
tically assured.
His lungs pierced by the points of
IL pitchfork in the. nands of William
Vandiver, age 60, formerly of Denver,
Timothy Terpin, age 45 of Portland,
Oregon, lies at the point of death in
the hospital at Haxtun.
J. George Leyner, 80, founder Of the
Leyner engineering works, now known
as the IngersOll- Rand Engineering
Works, near Littleton, was seriously
injured when his automobile over
turned on the Colorado Springs road
near Littleton.
As an outcome Of its fight with the
Pueblo city government, the Pueblo
Gas and Fuel Company surrendered
it's franchise to furnish gas to Pueblo
residents, asserting that it could not do
business at the rate demanded by the
city.
Two men held up and robbed the
State Bank of Peyton and obtained
more than $16.50O in currency and
bonds and made their escape after
locking Albert l.. Pieper, assistant
cashier, and J. c. Walters, a customer
in the bank at the time, in the vault.
Pa and Ma will attend the hight
shows of fireworks and races under
spotlight Mt the State Fair, "just to
amuse the children" They will also
be there during the days 50 that the
children may learn in the most perfect
manner possible-through object les
sons--all about fine stock and the best
fruits and vegetables and grains and
artistic productions and up-to-date ma
chinery and all about the latest and
best ways of doing the things neces-
sary to earn an honest living in this
world And or course the children
will want to see what kind of horses
can trot and pace and run the fastest,
and how fast the airplanes can go
when skimming over the grandstand
and bleac achers and racing with automo-
biles on the track. And then the chill
dren are entitled to all the laughs and
thrills while they are young, and so
they must see the wonderful acrobats
and funny people who every day per-
form in front of the grandstand- And
it is perfectly proper that the young
folks should see and hear all the
things and sounds patriotic and the
wonderful music, and all that Incl
dentalIy it will be noticed that the
children are better pleased than are
Pa and Ma themselves-it does them
good to see the children have good
time, you know.
commencement exercises. marking
the close of the summer school session
at the University Park. According to
Chancellor Buchtel, the term which
opened six weeks ago has had the
largest enrolment and has been the
most successful of any previous year
Colorado will come into its own as
result of the freight increase an
nounced by the Interstate Commerce
Commission Freight rates, tor years
discriminatory against the west, VIII
be more nearly equal tnose' OF the east
under the new schedule, with the re-
suit that present manufacturing lhdus-
tries will be vastly stimulated, ana
that many new industries Will be es-
tabIished in the west.
The extensive road building pro
gram which is being carried out py
the State Highway Commission Will
not be halted by a temporary shortage
of funds, according to statements by
members of the commission. All work
mt presen, in progress, a total repre-
sented by contracts for S3,360,00o, Will
be continued until completed, and new
projects involving almost Sl,oooooo
will be inaugurated in the next SIX
months.
Increased freight rates VIII net
Colorado railroads aDDrOXimuteiN ST.