The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-09-23

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Jack Hynes, fire department chief
i of Grand Junction, who was arrested
by Denver police officials. has been re-
| leased. AT the time of his arrest he
was returning TO Grand Junction froT
the state fire chiefs convention at
Longmont
Seasonal buying caused n slight in
crease in the coal production of the
state in August, according TO report
issued by James Dalrymple, state coal
mine inspector. Production in the
twenty-three coal-producing counties
equaled 7I7,329 tons.
| Complete returns from county as
SCISSORS to the State Immigration De-
partment show the total area under
cultivation in the state this year to be
approximately 5.370.0o0 acres, com
pared with 5072.}40 acres reported by
county assessors for 1920 and 5,0J2, ,955
acres reported by the census bureau as
harvested i'm 1920. These figures, in
all cases include native hay, but do not
include orchards.
Ben Wolf and William Harbaugh,
crew on a Pueblo city street car, while
on their way to work, found wallet
containing $4,000 in checks and cash.
The wallet was the property of Capt.
c.. Steele of the United States army,
who went through Pueblo with the
Ninth infantry troops en- route south
from Fort Logan, and who had lost it
while on his way to where his men
were encamped over night.
William Terry, farmer living one
mile south of the La .Junta, was Killed
almost instantly by the accidental dis
charge of shotgun. Terry was NOW
ing patch of cane and discovered "A
skunk in the field and was carrying
the gun with him on the moving ma
chine, when it slipped down into the
moving parts of the machine and was
discharged. Terry was hit in the
| stomach and died almost Immediately.
Six prizes, aggregating S35, were
awarded to six youngsters of Love
land for keeping the best looking
| lawns from May l to Sept. l. Effie
May Walker got first prize, SO; Wei
don Riker second, $3.50; Clatha Wari-
ner third, 50. Peter Weigle, May
/ W IlSilt anu 1iht una iNtfiti it'tiNtb
| fourth. fifth and sixth. II was de-
cided by the business men who Of
fered the prizes at the first of the sea
son to make the good lawn contest,
that was originally started to prevent
spread of the dandelion, an annual af-
| fair Children under u years old
were allowed to enter, and about thir-
ty were In the contest.
An educational exhibit, presenting
the work of five bureaus, will be
| shown this year at the Colorado State
Fair by the U. S. Department of Agri
| culture. Models of earth and gravel
roads; pictures of forest roads; fed
eraI aid roads, irrigation and samples
| of road building materials in theil
proper proportion. are among the fea
lures which will be displayed by the
bureau of public roads, model Of
an "Oliver house and colony growing
house." and colored pictures of loco
weed will be shown by the bureau o.
animal industry. The Biological Sur
very will feature pictures in colors o
the Townsend mole, Richardson
ground squirrel, prairie dog, various
predatory animals and ways of exter
minating these hindrances to farming
and stock business A cabinet o
mounted birds, showing some of thu
more beneficial ones, will also be OF
display.
Women students, arriving for The
opening of the fall quarter at Colorado
State Teachers College, Oct. 3, vii
.st., ~ fty>n, .ttx-.
| buildings equipped with all the con
yeniences and artistic features Of mod
ern women's dormitories.
Approval of Denver as staff head
quarters of the 103rd Reserve division
United States army, has been received
| by the commission of army officer:
for the purpose of selecting officer.
for the units that will compose the di
vision. Announcement of Denver IL.
headquarters WAS made by Col. Harry
X. Lee, head Of the commission ant
the man who has been selected as chie
of staff of the division
There are 59,934 farms in the state
of Colorado out of total of 6,44S,36t
| farms in the United States, according
TO the United States census figures OF
the farms in the United States 611S.
956 report having pure bred live stock
EsOf the 1854 farms in Colorado, 56.93S
report having domestic animals and
| the figures show for the stock on Colo
| RADIO farms 420,T04 horses, S,7S1 pure
bred; 1,756,616 cattle 33,610 pure bred
1 1.S13.255 sheep. 10,47S pure bred ST.
| 9o6 swine. 3,245 pure bred.
| The body of man believed 10 be
Sam G. Samarzich of Seattle, Wash,
was found With Il bullet hole in the
right temple AT the crossing of Park
avenue and the lnterurban railroad in
| Boulder. y revolver WAS found near
the body. The pockets of the dead
man had been rifled Of everything of