The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-03-04
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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he was struck by heavy truck. The
aged man, according to Donald II.
Rhoades, who was driving the truck.
was cutting across the street and was
almost In front Of the truck when he
perceived It bearing down on him. He
leaped to escape 1t, but was too late.
Senator Richard c. Caliens bill to
require railroads to maintain a speed
Of ten miles nm hour between shipping
point and destination for all livestock
and perIshable products was passed on
second reading. The measure gives
| shippers power to collect punitive
damages from $1,000 to 5000. besides
actual damages, for failure to ship
within the time fixed.
william H. Rathbun. mining engineer
and head of Electro Copper Company,
tlocated at Mile Post 155. on the Mof-
| fat road, shot and killed one Of the
largest and oldest lions ever killed in
that country. Rathbun, well known
hunter and sportsman, shot the lion on
| harmony mountain after crawling on
his hands and knees for nearly hun
dred yards. Rathbun has killed many
ilOnc III tIiS NISihAty Out tibS Ohe -
said to be the largest
A unique plan for relieving the H.
nancial stringency in ConejOs county
will be given trial by public-spirited
citizens. An effort will be made to
| get all the farmers, as well as other
interests in the county, to cooperate
in the "sell-a-little, pay-a-little" cam
paign. A great number of the farm
ers of the county have been holding
| their products for a raise in price, and
| in consequence the merchants of the
county have been extending credit to
the farmers, and now cannot collect
their bills.
| The precious metal production rec
ords of the Idaho Springs district,
Clear Creek county, in gold, silver,
copper and lead is in excess of $17O.-
100000 Much of this was obtained
| under mining methods that today are
not considered efficient. The Gem
property alone has produced more than
S4,OOO,OOO. while the production from
| the other two groups--recently ac-
quired by the Gem Company-is esti-
mated at S3,OOO,OOO. This estimates
ore based on co cents per ounce as the
average price for silver.
Colorado will be represented in 1.-The
forest of states" located in Exposition
park, Los Angeles, according to an
nouncement made by Governor Shoup.
In few days young blue spruce
tree taken from the Denver mountain
parks will he forwarded to Los An
geles. This action will be taken In COM
pIiance with Eeqaest received by the
governor from Frank Virgins, chair
man of the parks and improvement
committee OF the Ibos Angeles Chamber
| Of Commerce. The spruce is typical Of
| Colorado's finest trees sufficient
amount of native soil will be sent
along with the tree to insure its
growth.
Evidence of one of the most effect
| i've causes of the stringency that has
existed in the money market for some
time is found in the compilation of the
reports of all banks of the state for
December %, 1920,' just completed by
the State Immigration Department
This report shows that the total de-
DOSlLS Ill I'LL DduhS u tAE StutC OA Liz
above date We're 500, ,2OS, ,039.T4. com
pared with $319.594, ,259.11 on Decem-
ber 81, 1919. Loans and discounts
were s219. .3O4, ,44O99. compared with
s211, ,O91 ,565O8 Il year previous. In
other words. in the twelve months COW
cred by the report, bank deposits de
creased more than per cent, while
loans and discounts have increased
nearly per cent.
"a competent staff of instructors is
maintained at the University Of Colo
RADIO to see that students who gradu-
ate are not only mentally trained, but
also physically developed" said DIR. G.
E. Kennedy in an address before the
| BOULDER Commercial Association.
physical education does not only
mean competitive sports for the stu
dents, it means, in addition, a correc-
tive system of overcoming physical de-
| fects," he continued DR.. Kennedy II
at the head of the physical education
department of the university.
Twenty-Five undesirable aliens, all Of
whom have been convicted of various
crimes in Denver and in the northern
part of the state, were deported from
Denver by Chief w. r. Mansfield of
the United States immigration service,
and are now on their way to San
Francisco. These deportees, all OF
| them Mexicans, were placed in spe-
cial car which was attached to a
| through train for the Pacific coast
They will be placed on Il steamer at
| San Francisco and taken to Mazatlan,
Mexico. Chief Mansfield was accom-
| panied by four heavily armed guards
and Deputy United States Marshal
| Harry Mcintyre.
| The inability of the Uncompahgre
valley farmers to dispose of their sur
plus hay during the last season, be-
cause of the extremely low price which
| has been paid for this commodity, has
| f,n ha