The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-11-19
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

have twenty-four members, or exactly
the two-thirds needed whenever it is
found expedient to make use of the
safety clutch or emergency clause. The
program will most likely call for some
changes in the constitution and two
thirds majority is needed to submit
constitutional amendments to the vote
of the people. In the House the Re-
| publican majority is even greater than
| in the Senate With two districts yet
| to be heard from, the Republicans have
| fifty-five seats and the Democrats only
| eight Even should the two unreport.
| ed districts go Democratic the Repub-
licans have eleven more than two
| thirds majority. OF the sixty-three
members whose election is sure, twen-
| ty were members of the Twenty-second
| General Assembly
Two gifts, totaling $1,150.OOO, from
the general educational board of New
| York to Colorado educational institu-
| tions, have been announced. The sum
| of $S50,000 from the Rockefeller Foun-
| dation for the advancement of medical
science is awarded the University of
| Colorado at Boulder for new medi-
| cal school and state hospital, on con-
| dition that the university and state
raise SSOO.OO0 for that purpose. Colo
RADIO College, Colorado Springs, is
given $3OO,0OO for its endowment fund,
on condition that it raise 100000
The Carnegie Corporation of New
York recently added $4,000 to Colo
RADIO Colleges endowment, making the
| total $1,6O4,0OO.
| The trial of Mrs. Louise Peete,
| charged with the murder of Jacob G.
Denton, was continued from Nov. %
to Jan. 10. The continuance was
| granted at special session of Judge
| Craig's division of the superior court
| at Los Angeles, only the attorneys in
the case and court attaches being
| present. This was at the request of
| the accused woman, who wanted to
avoid the stares of large crowd of
| curious women. Mrs. Peete is being
represented by Public Defender Wood.
| He was unable to secure all the evil
| dence he desired by the time originally
| set for the beginning Of the trial and
| finally overcame the objections of Mrs.
Peete to seek delay.
The Board of County Commission
ers, after thoroughly investigating the
| proposed route of the new auto high
way up the west side of Grand Mesa,
| the 1O,8OO-foot tableland east of Grand
| Junction, have declared themselves in
| favor of the road being built at the
earliest possible time, as it will mean
one of the greatest drawing cards for
| tourists in the west. The climb would
| be nearly as great as the climb from
Colorado Springs to the summit of
| Pixies Peak.
| Just two years after the Eighty
| Ninth Division, which included hun
| dreds of Colorado men, halted its ad-
/ vance through the Argonne forest on
| the banks of the Meuse river, the
work of gathering material for writ
ten record of the famous fighting
| unit has been completed, and print
| ing of the history of the division has
been started in Denver.
Sixteen persons were injured. none
| seriously, when three cars of west
| bound Denver 4 Rio Grande train
| No. Is overturned near Grand VAL
ley, forty-four miles from Grand
Valley. The injured we're taken in
charge by Miss Helen Baylis. Red
| Cross nurse of Palisade, Colo, a
passenger.
| In common with prices in general.
the useful metals are quoted lower
| at the Atlantic seacoast. with a very
| conservative demand. Zinc in Colo
| 4 tn
100 pounds, decline of $40 per
ton.
A rith discovery Of gold ore has
been made in a large mass at Bo-
nanza, an old mining camp in the low
lands of the San Luis valley.
Plans and specifications for the i'm
provement of four and one-tenth miles
| of earth graded road in La Plata
county. at an estimated cost Of $780,
24S.91, have been approved by the
United States Bureau of Public Roads,
for 80 per cent federal aid. The COM
| Dlete plans, together with recommen-
dations have been forwarded to Wash
| ington for final action. The road
stretch lies between bayfield, and
Archuleta, Colo.
The City Council of Colorado
| Springs has adopted budget for
1921 which will require tax levy
of 107 mills, or three-tenths of
mill less than that of this year. The
levy will yield s4O7,932. The re-
mainder of the $705.75S needed to
operate the municipal government
will come from the receipts of va
rious departments.
The Bank of North Fork at Hotch-
kiss has received new burglar-proof
safe for keeping its finances intact
The old safe was shattered by bank
robbers a month ago when they
escaped with about $4,000 in valu-
ables. The bank authorities deemed