The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-03-26
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

from reports turned In by county as
SCISSORS throughout the state. The av-
era pe value of good plow lands in the
state is placed at $145 an acre, with
other classes Of irrigated land valued
az follows Pasture land, SEQ an acre
meadows. $28 poor pillow lands, $40;
nj, plow lands, not including meadows
or pastures, SIPS; improved lands,
S14O: unimproved lands, $11O
The safety deposit boxes of the
State Bank at Parker. were rifled OF
several thousand dollars worth of Lib
erty bonds, war savings stamps and
other negotiable securities. The rob
hers went about their work in the
same manner as they did at Sedalia,
when they stole about 5000. En-
trance was gained through back win
dow. The robbers then sawed their
way into the vault, where they rifled
| the boxes. The thieves escaped, leav-
| ing no clues.
Mrs. l. A. Prisbey, proprietor OF
| steam laundry at Golden, suffered the
| loss of a $50 Liberty Bond and $50
worth of War Savings Certificates
when the securities We're accidentally
| burned. The bonds and stamps had
been taken from her house to the
laundry and were left on a counter.
| The counter was cleared off and the
papers were swept into waste paper
basket. the contents of which were
| thrown into the furnace fire.
President W. II. Huff of the Victor
American Fuel Company, largest oper-
ator of Colorado coal mines under
union contract, has announced that the
company has declined to renew the
agreement with the United Mine Work
| ers of America expiring on April 1.
| Other operators are expected TO take
| the same stand. leaving the miners
the alternative of refusing to work or
continuing TO dig coal without union
contracts
Approximately 1000 acres of state
| school land will be offered for sale at
public auction in the House of Repre-
sentatives chamber in the state house
on April I. Included in the land for
| sale are sections in AIamosa. Bent
Clear Greek, Conejos, Ebert, Ell Paso.
Larlmer, Lincoln, Jefferson, Logan,
Moffat, Montezuma, Pueblo, Rio
Grande, Routt Washington and Yuma
counties.
Plans for rousing demonstration of
| Americanism to offset the threatened
| May day outbursts of the reds were
launched by Governor Shoup when he
| issued proclamation designating May
| ] as american day" All municipal
| tiles throughout Colorado are urged by
the governor to observe the day In a
| manner calculated to show their pa
triotism and loyalty to their country.
5Rsfttsak srbss rba rs fer its fsaeasys Sp Of
discussion at the state convention of
the Mothers Congress and Parent
Teacher Association, to be held in Pu-
eblo April IA, Is and 16, following
which the state organization is ex-
pected to step definitely into the fight
for the proposed increase in teachers
wages.
Plans are being formed to take the
Boy Scout band of Denver to the in
ternational meeting of the organiza-
ton in London next July The 200 or
more scouts that will represent the
| United States in London will be Sc
lected on some basis of troop competi-
| tion. Each local council, however, is
entitled to send one scout at its own
expense.
The condition of Under Sheriff Will
liam s. Stretcher, who was seriously
injured in an accident at Boulder.
which resulted in the deaths of Chief
of Police Lawrence Bass and Joe u.
Salter. son of City Manager Salter,
was reported as still dangerous at the
University hospital The under sheriff
is suffering from fracture at the
base of the skull.
Five hundred sheep and lambs were
burned to death in a fire which de-
stroyed the corrals, feeding sheds and
troughs on the A. J. Morrison ranch,
adjoining Lafayette. Morrison esti-
mated his loss at $4,000. Sparks from
passing locomotive set fire to the
prairie, and a high wind carried the
flames to the rancn buildings.
An excess of S37 ,S71.51 over the
amount available for administration
and engineering purposes was spent
by the State Highway Commission in
the fiscal year ending Nov. 30, 1919,
according to a report by State Audi
tor Stong. The total expenditure for
these purposes was S1S2.775.96.
School land sold at public auction
at the statehouse in Denver brought
an average price Of s19.41ssan acre for
7,24O acres. One quarter-section in
Weld county brought S1O0.25 an acre,
the bidding starting at $50 and the
entire tract was sold for S140,560
Mrs. Mary Caten, 50, was instantly
killed and her husband was seriously
injured when an automobile in which
they We're riding turned over on the
Goodnight road near Pueblo. Caten