The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-07-22
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

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Yuma. Articles of incorporation We're
completed and the name of the North
Star Highway Association of Colorado
was adopted at convention held at
Yuma, Colo, and attended by more
than 100 delegates from the towns
along the route. The present highway
runs from Cheyenne Wells, Colo, to
Beaverton, Stratton, Joes, Kirk, Yuma,
Bryant, Haxtun, Sedgwick, and then
to Chapel, Neb. From the enthusi-
assn shown and the prominent men of
eastern Colorado present, the highway
is assured of wonderful success. 1t
will pass through the richest and best
try, and form real link to the pro-
posed Gulf Canadian highway.
Clifford Rust, tourist from Mel
bourne. Texas, was rescued from two
feet of snow near the top of Pixies
peak. Rust, in company with Otis
Gillispie, a local youth, started to
climb to the top of the mountain, but
they were caught in a severe blizzard
and lost their way. After battling the
element for hours the Southerner gave
out only about 500 feet from the top.
Gillispie wrapped his helpless COM
panion in his own coat and struggled
to the summit house, reaching there
at midnight A rescue party was sent
out and succeeded in finding the
freezing boy.
A total of $375, ,340.72 will be distrib-
uted among the public schools of the
state of Colorado during the next three
or four weeks. This sum represents
the earnings of the state permanent
school fund, and the revenue of the
state land board during the last six
months from leases on public lands.
Distribution of the money will be made
through Katherine NJ. Craig, state SUI
perintendent of public instruction, on
a basis of school population. On jan
uary / 1851, ,41S.9I was divided among
| the sixty-three counties in the state.
| Colorado Springs.-A J. CASTOR, a
mule buyer from Beaumont, Texas,
was arrested here charged with as
sault with deadly weapon. He is
charged with having shot Jesse VIII
kins, a local negro, following an all
day booze party 1t is alleged, ac-
| cording to information in the hands
of the police, that CASTOR fired at the
negro when wilkins is alleged to have
reached for his hip pocket, where the
police found a bottle of whisky. VIII
kins will recover.
The Federal Farm Loan Bank will
| extend loan of at least 81 100000 to
| Pueblo county and other Arkansas val
| ley ranchers. The loan Will come in
directly as a loan TO the irrigation
companies for repairs to bitches, reser-
voirs and intakes, but will be in re-
ality aid given to farmers whose land
must be assessed to meet the cost of
repairs to the irrigation systems. This
cost has been estimated at least ST.
100000.
Work has been begun on the tempo
rary bridge over the Arkansas river
east of Rocky Ford. one of the steel
spans of which was carried away in
the flood, is progressing satisfactorily
and 1t Is expected that travel over the
structure will be possible within a
week, when that city will again be in
touch with HoIbrook and Cheraw.
Gus Hampton, 26 years old, en-
ployed as a coal miner at the Black
hawk mine of the Triangle Coal Com
pany, four miles below Durango, was
| almost instantly killed when, upon
stepping from the room in which he
was working, falling rock, weighing
about 100 pounds, struck him on the
head. crushing his skull
Automobile tax collections in Den
yer for the first six months of the cur
rent year, aggregating $246152.66, ex-
ceeded the collections in the same dis
trict for the entire year of 1920, ac-
cording to the sem-annual report of
the state motor vehicle department,
| issued by Secretary of State Milliken.
The Western Light and Power Com
pany have voluntarily put an order
into effect reducing street ear rates
in Boulder from 10 cents to 7A cents
a ride. Less than four months ago
they were granted permission to raise
the fare from 3 cents to 10 cents. The
company found that the higher rate
reduced the travel to such an extent
that instead of profiting by the raise
the company lost.
Crawling into the shallow water of
an irrigation ditch lateral which runs
near his home, Allan Harrison, IA
months old son of Mr.. aud Mrs.
Charles Harrison, was drowned at
Evans. The infants body was found
by John Woolan, ditch boss. DR.. H.
w. Averill, who attended the child and
attempted resuscitation, said he evil
IDENTIFY had been dead for more than an
hour when the body was found.
The Seibert Kanred Wheat Growers
Association has been organized at Sci
bert to take charge of the sale of the
immense crop of Kanred wheat now
being harvested. Seibert is the only