The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-01-02
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
Denvsr-Live Stock Show. January IT
to "a 1920.
William Curtis Cox, who died in
Phoenix, was pioneer mine inspector
in that state. He located in Leadville
in 1879 and made his home in Colorado
until recently, when he and Mrs. Cox
went to Phoenix
A bonus of $50, 12O has been awarded
the Brighton sugar factory by the
Great Western Sugar Company for
making the best beet sugar campaign
of all the company's factories and will
be divided among the employees Of the
factory.
Trappers of Archuleta county report
that they are having a good season.
Furs are high in price and the game
plentiful. One Pagosan sold two coy
ote hides to travelling salesman for
$40 Small boys are trapping skunks
galore and selling the hides for a good
price. Oscar Mccoy sold furs worth
800 which he had collected with little
effort in the last few weeks.
County Farm Agent Ben H. King, in
his annual report to the farm bureau
of Montrose county shows that the
farmers of MOntrose county are in
probably the most prosperous condition
in the history of this section. His re-
port indicates many new Innovations
which have been tried successfully and
many progressive organizations which
have been formed for the betterment
of the farm production.
Taxpayers Of the Ault school district
will vote Jan. 9Th on the proposition to
issue $4,000 bonds for the purchase Of
the Ault armory for community pur-
poses. The armory was built by a
stock company Of merchants fifteen
years ago for the militia company
which was in existence at that time.
1t is the only large hall in the district
suitable for dances and public enter
tainments. In order that it may be
kept for community enterprise the
owners have agreed to turn over the
building to the school district at much
less than its present value. II the dis
trict takes over the property 1t will be
used for a school gymnasium and a
community center.
Greater systemization Of the govern
ments activities in the interest of dis
charged Yanks and closer co-ordlna-
tion of all agencies for soldier employ
ment-federal, state and local-are
ffons mgde by the state coffnmiftesy for fS
the relief Of ex-service men and wom-
en-, in report submitted to Gov. Oliver
H. Shoup. The report winds up the
committees duties incident to the cam
paign which was conducted under its
direction between Nov. 18th and Dec.
4th, resulting directly in the finding
of employment for 1,O27 ex-Yanks
This figure covers only instances ac-
tually listed, many additional place
ments having been brought about
through the impetus of the campaign.
In order to get the opinion OF organ
lied labor concerning the proposal of
the State Railroad Commission that
three tunnels be driven through the
main range of the Rockies, 400 letters
have been mailed to local unions
throughout the state by officials of the
Colorado Federation of Labor. As soon
as the answers are received the feder-
alton will issue statement based upon
them. Copies Of the report recently Is
sued by the State Railroad Commits
sion accompanied the letters. The fed
GRAFTON already has indorsed the idea
of boring the James Peak tunnel on the
Moffat road, but two others near Mar
shall and Cumbres passes are included
In the plans Of the railroad commits
sion. The letters call for an opinion
and for "such criticisms as seem lust"
Winners in the contest for 500 in
prizes offered by Karl c. Schuyler of
Denver for the best editorials printed
in any Colorado publication before
Dec 10 on the subject of public health
were announced today by the Colorado
Public Health Association. The first
prize of $50 was awarded to II. S. Rog-
ers for an editorial, Lets Join the
Battle for Good Health" printed in the
Denver Record Stockman of Dec. 13.
Two prizes of s25 each were given to
Arthur A. Parkhurst of the Boulder
News-Herald for an editorial "Need
and Opportunity for Public Health
Work in Colorado" printed Dec. 13,
and to Walter L. Wilder for an editor
ial entitled, "The Spotlight" printed in
the Pueblo Chieftain on Nov. Z. Hon
orable mention was made of two edi-
torials, one by c. E. Adams in the
Montrose Press of Nov. %, the other
by w. Fl. Harkrader in the Bent Coun-
ty Democrat of Dec IL. There were
thirty-two entries in the contest. The
judges were Mrs. Charles H. jacobson,
president of the Colorado Federation
of Women's Clubs; Frank Farrar, man
aging editor of the Rocky Mountain
News, and Jerome Strauss, president
of the Denver Press Club.
Burton Orr. miner and railroad sac-