The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-06-04
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Vestern Newspeper union News seryice.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Building permits for the first five
months of 1920 represent $2,211 $50
more than for the same period of time
a year ago, according to the monthly
report issued by Frank M. Ladd, city
building inspector of Denver.
All of northern Kareli northwest
Russia) has been conquered by the
Bolshevists, according to Helsingfors
dispatch to the National Tidende. The
Karelian population has fled to the
forests.
John Lawrence, cattle foreman of
the Maxwell-Miller Cattle Company,
breeders of thoroughbred Shorthorns
at Steamboat Springs, will leave soon
for Scotland, where he will purchase
fine stock for that company.
An important local realty deal was
made at Victor when A. E. Reynolds
sold the postoffice block to ]. B. By
.ers for 5000. The building is occu-
pied by the postoffice, the Bank of Vic
tor and several business firms, and is
probably the best income property in
tuc OIiRRAC OIcCA uiSlIiCt.
Glen Siverson, a student of Lowell
school, who was accidentally hit in the
head with a bat at Colorado Springs
while playing baseball at the school,
is dead. The boy, who was IL years
old, was catching and stepped too close
to the home plate, when he was hit as
the batsman drew back to strike at
ball.
Victor johnson, 10, miner living at
Georgetown, was instantly killed when
motorcycle in which he was riding
skidded in a muddy stretch of the high
way on Floyd hill and upset. George
Gallagher, who was driving the motor
cycle, was uninjured. The body was
taken to Georgetown. johnson leaves
his mother and one sister.
Mrs. G. w. Lowther, the wife of
prominent church worker in Cripple
Greek and a resident of Victor, Colo,
was given sentence of two to five
years in the penitentiary for grand
larceny. Mrs. Lowther was convicted
of stealing several rugs and other
household goods from the home of Ern-
est s. Kidd.
The people Of Arvada have voted.
173 to 16, for $4,000 in bonds to be
used In completing new high school.
Arrangements have been made for the
disposition of the entire issue of this
disposition Of the entire issue. This is
sue supplemented similar issue of $7O,-
900 voted some time ago, but which
was found inadequate for the purpose.
Denver is overwhelmingly Ameri-
can, according to figures complied
from the official census received by
the Civic and Commercial Association.
giving the city population in 1920 OF
256,369 In 1910 the number of native
born citizens was 1852 as against
2O8,7O7 in 1920, gain of 20.2 per cent
as compared to q gain of POL per cent
in the entire population.
The man who was killed at James
vile, Wis, was not Earl Ballard, the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. z. e. Ballard OF
Longmont. This was proven when the
casket supposedly containing his body
arrived from Janesville. Mrs. Ballard,
mother Of the supposed dead man, and
several of his sisters and brothers and
other relatives positively disclaimed
any resemblance between the dead
man and Earl Ballard.
Benjamin f. Smith, alias Hal H.
Hubbard, -Jr., % years old, was SEN
fenced to a term Of six to ten years
in the state penitentiary on a charge
of obtaining money under false pre-
lenses, by District Judge Charles Corn
forth at Cripple Creek. Smith is al
legged to have passed a number of bad
checks in Colorado Springs and Salida,
but was successful in obtaining money
on but one check here.
Lieut.. Col. w. S. Furman, marshal
of the day in Grand functions Memoir
ial day demonstration, was seriously
injured in the parade when his horse
fell on the pavement, crushing Fur
mans left leg and foot.
Elmore Peterson, secretary of the
Greeley Chamber of Commerce, is to
become a member of the faculty of the
University of Colorado. He will be di-
rector of the extension department,
with which he was formerly associated
during the years leave of absence that
has been granted l)f. Il. -. OSDorH he
will teach economics and will be secre-
tary of the bureau of business and
commercial development in the exten-
sion division.
AS a result of the exceptionally fav
orable weather for plowing and plant
ing in all sections of the state farmers
have made slight revisions in their
plans in most districts, according to re-
ports received by the Cooperative
Crop Reporting Service, and the result
will be slightly larger acreages of such
late crops as corn, beans, sorghums,
etc, than were originally planned. Win
ter wheat is generally in fine condition
and spring wheat is making good pro
gress.
Lester Kruse and Robert Beard, both