The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-04-23
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Crawling sixty feet into a bears
den with candle, Frank Hurley
killed large black bear with a small
revolver. The bear was killed few
miles north of Steamboat Springs.
DR.. G. w. Presnawl, major in the
United States army during the world
war, went to Clayton, N. NJ, 136 miles
from Trinidad, Colo, in an aeroplane
to attend a seriously i'll man. He
covered the distance in one hour and
twenty-five minutes.
Byron Larson, 6-year-0ld son of Mr.
and Mrs. c. L. Larson, shot and fatal
" wounded his 12-year-old brother,
Leonard, while playing with rifle at
the home Of their parents at Virgins.
he died shortly after.
Steamboat Springs has donated q
plot of ground and water for new
fish hatchery and has subscribed more
than $1,000 to supplement the amount
appropriated by the last legislature.
W vi N 10 ~ OcSlh SOOlis anu II Is G4-
pected the plant will be ready for a
spring hatch of rainbow trout
Routt county will be benefited by
the appropriation of $4,000 to open
the Gore road, which will give a short
route to Denver This road will open
length of the county, which will be
passable at least two months logger
than any other road over the range.
In view of the tremendous demand
for gold metal, 1t is interesting to note
that among the recent developments
is the opening of the famous Shafter
mine at Idaho Springs. The mine,
which has record production Of more
than million dollars, has lain idle
for years, owing to the death of the
principal owner, Thomas Patton of
New York
George Fogg, So years old, is dead
at his home in Delta, death having
been due to heart disease induced by
old age. The death Of this remark
able citizen broke the happy welded
life of a couple who had lived togeth-
er for "a years. Four sons, besides
the widow, survive the pioneer The
Foggs had lived on Tongue creek, near
Delta, since 1882.
The annual triangular contest among
representatives of the high schools of
Canon City, Florence and South Canon
in oratory, dramatic and humorous
reading, held at the Methodist church
in Canon City, was won by Caiion
City High school, whose representa-
tives in oratOry and dramatics secured
the award of the judges, while the
Florence High school took first plaSe
in the humorous reading.
In addition to the jefferson county
project which aims to operate on a
copper basis with gold as an import
ant by-product, the ElectrO-C Copper
company. made up of outside and Col
orado investors, is about to launch
copper reduction plant on the electro.
lytic basis at Il point on the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad some thirty-three
| miles west of Tampa and forty-four
miles distant from Hot Sulphur
| Springs, in Routt county
| "Old Big Foot" known also as the
'Peayine WOLF and the Outlaw" and
which during the last ten years had
inflicted fully $4,000 loss on the
stockmen of San Juan county, Utah,
and in the western Paradox valley in
Colorado, has been captured The
| pelt has been delivered to the COM
missioners of San Juan county, Utah,
for bounty fees. The outlaw had
| probably made a worse record than
amy other predatory animal of recent
times. 1t is known to have been l2
| years old. The pelt measures eight
| feet from tip to tip and the animal
weighed about 215 pounds.
L. 7. Hennigan of Loveland was
sentenced to from two to four years
in the penitentiary for the theft of
twelve sacks of IS spuds from a farm
er near town. Ralph Lavasser, who
was apprehended by writing back from
Nebraska for supplies for stolen mo-
torcycle, was sentenced to the reform
atory in Buena Vista.
There are at the present time 21O
incorporated cities and towns in Colo
RADIO, according to compilations being
made by the State immigration De-
| partment for the Colorado Year Book.
which will be published about July 1.
Weld county still holds the lead in the
| number of Incorporated towns, with %.
Tax levies for town purposes vary
widely, ranging from mills for Mof-
fat, in Saguache county, to $50 mills
for Goldfield, in Teller county. There
are "a towns in the state having town
| tax levies lower than 10 mills. and
towns having levies of so mills or
higher. There are AZ cities having as
sessed property in excess of 81 ,0OO. 600
and five-Colorado Springs, Denver,
Greeley. Pueblo and Trindad-having
assessed valuations greater than S1O,-
000.000
The manufacturing survey now no.