The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-02-18
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

the MOffat COnt company mine Dy
an explosion of firedamp at Oak
Creek, was recovered by n searching
| party which hns been working contin-
uously since the accident. The body
was found in the X and l. entry Of the
1 mine. The body when found was not
burned, as the searchers had antici-
pated, but was pr0strate on the floor
| of the tunnel with a coat around the
| head. 1t is believed by the rescue par
| ty that Testas, scenting the toxic gas,
| covered his head with his coat in an
effort to escape the fumes.
The State Highway Commission SUBJ
mitted plans and specifications to the
| United States bureau of public roads
for federal aid in the proposed con-
| structiOn of one and One-tenths miles
| of concrete road In Boulder county be-
tween Longmont and Denver. The to-
tai cost of the project has been esti-
mated at $50,O7O.6S. The federal gov
ernment Is requested to cooperate to
the extent of So, $40. The stretch
which begins one and one-half miles
south of Longnont, is to be covered
with concrete eighteen feet in width.
Bids submitted to the State High
road projects scattered throughout the
state revealed material decrease In
labor and material prices. according to
highway officials. Steel which cost as
high as IA cents last year is now fig
ured on basis of to 10 cents, while
day lab0rers and cement workers who
were paid S. per day year ago are
now receiving from S3 to 81 per day.
Teams that cost the contractors $40
and So per day last summer are now
figured on 81 basis.
United States Senator Lawrence G.
Phipps has introduced In the National
Senate an amendment to the agricul-
tural appropriation bill, providing that
payment of grazing fees be deferred
until August 1, next, with interest to
be charged fixed ut not more than 6
per cent year. The secretary of the
interior and the chief forester are re-
ported in favor of deferring payments,
but want interest fixed at per cent
a month.
An express package containing S12,-
500 in currency, shipped by the First
National Bank of Trinidad to the
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company pay
master at Starkville. six miles south
west of Trinidad, was stolen either at
the Trinidad express office or while
it was being conveyed to the Santa Fe
depot. Another package containing
S1N O00 and two haoc containing S7pA
in silver, which were accessible to the
thief, were not molested-
i A table given out by Miss Florence
Hutsinpillar. who represents the state
in the disposition of funds appropriated
for the care and protection Of depend
ent children and mothers. shows that
| the total number of children receiving
aid during the past year through com
| pensation to their mothers has been
248. The total number of mothers to
be aided under the compensation law
is seventy-eight.
The case against Charles j. O'Hara
held in the Arapahoe county Jail in
Littleton on a charge OF holding up the
cashier of the bank OF $1,000, has been
| continued. following motion for Il
change of venue which was heard in
the District Court before District AT
torney Samuel Johnson.
| At a meeting in Pueblo of forest
| rangers and officials of five districts
| the matters of grazing lands and tim
ber sales were considered Assistant
District Foresters Thompson and John
| II. Hutton, District Engineer Menden
hall and p. Kiplinger, all of the Den
yer office. were present.
An unidentified negro house robber
| was shot and almost instantly killed
| and his negro companion is believed to
have been injured in gun batrle in
! Denver by Patrolman Leslie Sawyer
| after the alleged bandit and his com
panion had fired several shots at the
| officer
The regular weekly sermon of the
Rev. Atkinson of the Baptist church OF
Loveland was heard by telephone by
a score of his congregation who were
| confined to their homes by illness. A
| telephone with large megaphone
| mouthpiece has been installed in the
! church for the convenience of Bap
| lists too i'll to attend church The tel
ephone company has made special ar
| rangements which enable parties tc
| listen in on the sermons.
The annual student conference OF
| the Rocky Mountain states will be held
| at the Y. NJ C. A. camp in Estes Park
June to IA. This is earlier than
usual. the dates being advanced in or
der not to conflict with eastern con
ferences A clash in dates in the past
has divided talent. This June the stu
dents will have the advantage of ali
the best talent on the Y. NJ C. A cir
cult.
The Golden city council has voted to
| call the last $4,000 of bond issue OF
$4,000 which was authorized in 1877.
TO build the old Golden waterworks
| svstam For many wears no effort was