The Keota news., 1921-03-18
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

"s~s"uoSsuuu tuSVty y .ul0tu ouOu& aIl
the states In fire losses during the five
years. 1915 to 1910 inclusive. accord.
Ing to the National Board Of Fire Tn.
derwrtters' report through It's actuur-
ial bureau. A total of li..i58 fires were
reported to the bureau and, In addi-
tiOn. II Is estimated that 25 per cent
more should be added to cover those
not reported. strictly preventable"
fires. representing Is per cent of the
whole. caused total loss OF $2.lll.sO6
Those partly preventabie" were re-
spOnsible for a total loss of $3.50.
756 or 36.4 per cent Of the whole, aud
those originating from unknown
causes resulted In a total loss Of st..
720.006. or 2s.6 per cent.
Great interest centerx around the
announcements of the 1921 program OF
the Augusta mine In the Crested
Butte section Of the county. The Al.
lied Mines Corporation of PIttsburg.
Pa. II planning to build the first fifty
ton unit Of 2O0ton flotation mill. an
electric power plant and steel trans.
to handle the ore ut the greatest poxsi.
BILE saving. II Is declared that 10000
tons Of milling ore are now In sight.
including 10000 tons on the dump.
Besides this. there is much ore packed
away In the slopes Of the mine. ready
to he pulled out ut will.
II. A. NcMurry and Conrad Fioth.
sheep dealers. have filed suit In the
District Court ut Fort Collins against
the Denver Z Rio Grande railroad
and the Colorado 4 Southern for s..
&5O.23 for damages alleged to have
l'cen sustained In the failure Of the
two roads To deliver To them l.i2D
lambs which they were having shipped
to them at Black Hollow Station.
Colo. from Fountain Green. Utah.
A mandatory order issued by the Su.
prc,ne Court directs the State Public
Utilities Commission to compel the
operation Of railroad that doesn't
exist-thc Denver. Boulder 4 Western.
which. until August. 1919. ran from
Boulder to Eldora. Ward and other
Boulder county mining camps. The
unique order. which cannot be com.
piled with. wns issued at the instance
Of several mining companies.
The Colorado Fuel < Iron Company
ut Pueblo hns announced that owing
tn improved conditions In the steel In.
hustry. 1000 additional men will be
employed. Four idle mills will reopen.
running two eight.hou shifts. Orders
for finished steel products have shown
u very large and gratifying Increase
during the past month. officials Of tho
company stated.
Samuel d. Nicholson. Colorndo's new
senator, managed to get into his office
In the Senate office building after
waiting several days for n place to
carry on his work. He has the qunr.
tcrs vacated by Senator Sutherland OF
West Virginia. Senator Nicholson's
office force and equipment were
moved In and the office Is running
smoothly.
A total Of &lSs.9es.56 was collected
In fees In the corporation department
Of the secretary Of states office dur.
Ing the month Of February, according
to n report made by Secretary MILL
ken. This is an increase Of $1,000 over
the corresponding period last year. In
clutled In the amount are filing fees
for foreign and domestic yearly re-
ports.
Dick Miller. % years old, Of Arizona
was arrested by Sheriff George Nick
son In a strnwstack on the Hunt ranch,
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