The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-02-20
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
western Newspaper Union News Service

Western Newspaper Union News Service
COMING EVENTS.
Denver Automotive Show will be held
in Denver, March to 6. at Stock
J. A. Robbins, one of the early set
tiers who planted one of Paonia's first
orchards, is dead at the age of 81
years. He is survived by his widow
and three daughters
The Ford assembling plant in Dem
Yer, closed during the war, will be re-
opened on March 10, according to
Emory Alton, the Ford Manager The
plant will give Immediate employment
to 225 men.
The oil shale laboratory being erect
ed at the University of Colorado will
be ready for operation by March 10, ac-
cording to an announcement made by
William Garvin of Washington, d. c.,
who is to have charge. A temporary
building has been completed and some
of the equipment is to be installed.
Mrs. Josia L. Woodbury., 81, resi-
died at her home there of a complica-
tion of diseases. She had been i'll for
several months. Mrs Woodbury. went
TO Greeley from Vermont in 1871 and
was one of the first graduates from
the Greeley Normal school in 1880.
Work on the Loveland- Estes Park
road is progressing fast and one of the
finest roads in the state will be open
TO the public by June l, according to
Contractor Dooling. Five road gangs
are now at work and pushing the grade
from higher to grade of per cent
all the distance from Loveland into the
park
The value of all crops grown in
Colorado has increased from about
SIC, 100000 in 1899 to more than $l9I,-
0OO, 900 in 1919. During this period of
twenty years agriculture has advanced
from fourth TO first position among
the states industries, and ii is today
developing more rapidly than any
other state industry.
Colorado is the seventh state in
size, with an area of 66.341, l2O acres
about twelve times the area of Massa-
chusetts. It's greatest length is about
3S7 miles, east and west, and its great
est width is about 276 miles. AT the
present time it ranks about thirtieth
in population, with something more
than 100000 people.
A very rich vein of silver ore has
been found in the Early Bird group OF
mines, located on the divide between
Animas Forks and Ouray. The owners,
A. f.. Mccormick, George Gardner, Clay
Ashley and James Bass, purchased the
mine from a Pueblo company last fall
and they began to break the trail to
| their mine in December.
Theodore S. Smith, 81, farmer,
| committed suicide at the home OF
| his mother, Mrs. Belle Harper, who
lives on Ralston avenue, just outside
| of Arvada, by shooting himself in the
| head with revolver. Harper had
been Respondent for several days. He
is survived by his widow and baby
and his mother.
| Delegates of the Kiwanis Club of
| the Eastern states are to make Il tour
| of the Pixies Peak region on June %.
| The visit is to be but part of a 6,O00-
mile tour of the country that the dele
gates are to make in which they will
visit st. Paul, Banif, Alberta, Cana
dian National park. Salt Lake City,
Denver and Kansas City.
Carl Howelson, well known profess
| sional ski jumper, is directing a crew
of workmen in preparing the Steam
boat ski course for the midwinter
| Sports Carnival to be held on March
4 and 5. Among those practicing OH
| the course are several amateurs not
| over Is years old and some have sue
ceeded in riding it well over 100
| feet.
| The body of Charles Lindberg, -
years old, was found, frozen and full
ly dressed, lying on his bed in his
home, seven miles southwest of Gree
ley. Coroner w. H. Woods declared
he had been dead for more than t,
week
"In the national forests of Colorado
alone more than 100000 persons
spent their vacations in 1919" A. H.
Carhart of the local forestry offices
told the delegates to the conference of
foresters and engineers. More than
| $4,000 automobiles toured the forest
| highways.
Two youthful hghwaymen, who fled
before they could be identified, held
up Miss Florence Clark in Denver as
she was walking east On East Sixteenth
avenue, near Sherman, and at the
points of two leveled revolvers forced
her to surrender her purse. The purse
contained only 90 cents.
Despite the success of Delta county
in putting the damper on the local eff
forts to obtain an Independent sugar
factory for Montrose, local interests
are confident that factory will be
built, and have already contracted for
more than thousand acres of beets
with growers for 1920
S. G. Long, lumber dealer, was
elected president of the Alamosa
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