The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-05-14
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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by two men at the election. Out OF
total vote of 121 cast, Harry A. Brown
received SO and William Mcintosh 100.
Both were candidates for re-election.
Robert b. Wolf was reelected presi-
dent of the Colorado Springs school
board, l.. NJ Hunt elected vice presl-
dent and Thomas J. Fox and Samuel }.
Giles reelected secretary and treas
urer, respectively.
The Rocky Mountain Climbers Club
has blazed a new trail from Boulder to
the summit of Bear mountain through
Fern canon. This club, which is com
posed largely of University students,
has spent three Sundays on trips TO
Bear mountain.
The members of the Grand Junction
Rotary Club enjoyed calf barbecue
at the mouth of Monument canon, ten
miles west of the city, and $50 people
took part in the festivities. big pit
was dug and the veal was cooked over
a cedar fire.
Grand valley, Colorado, stands out
as virtually the only fruit district in
the United States that promises full
crop this year, according to the Off
cial report of the American Railway
Development Association, made public
by w. H. Olin, supervisor of agricul-
ture of the Denver & Rio Grande.
The farm buildings on the H. D. Por-
ter ranch, southwest of Fort Morgan,
were burned when Hobart Porter,
son, was burning weeds in field near
the buildings. A barn, granary, cattle
shed, garage; ; all buildings on the prop
erty except the house were burned.
The loss is estimated at more than 3d.
600.
Two hundred and thirty forest Of
ficers are scattered over the fifteen
national forests of Colorado and they
know the thirteen million acres Of for
est land intimately. One ranger will
know that there are three wolf dens
on his district, another has seen lion
tracks in two widely separated places.
and this knowledge will be Invaluable
In mapping the locations of these killers
OF livestock.
Three thousand two hundred and
eight sheep and fifty-four cattle were
killed on the forest ranges of Colorado
alone during 1920. Wolves. coyotes
and mountain lions were mainly re-
sponsibie for this slaughter. The o.
8. Biological Survey plans to employ
constantly in the district at least four
or five expert lion hunting outfits, and
two or three wolf hunters of proven
ability, according to word received by
District Forester Allen S. Peck.
A. A Foster, IS years old, who for
many years was editor of the North
American Review, is dead at Montrose.
In 1868 he established the Wakefield
Banner, which is still operating, and,
after many other journalistic ventures,
becrme the editor of the North Amer
lean Review, which position he held
until he was forced to come West be-
cause of his health. During his four
teen years residence in Aiontrose he
has continued his contributions TO the
Review and other national magazines.
Burned beyond recognition in less
than minute, little 4-year-old Ernest
Nelayec was a victim of playing with
matches at Salida. The little fellow
was playing near an old wagon con-
tanning some hay. He had picked up
a match somewhere and proceeded to
set fire to the hay. His screams at
tracted his mother, Mrs. Tony Nelavec.
She rushed around the hay-filled wag-
on and grabbed the suffocated and ter
ribly burned boy from the fire, but too
late. He gasped his last in his moth
er's arms.
Arthur E. Simmons, an infant, IA
months old, died at Bethel hospital in
Colorado Springs from injuries sus-
tained by the kick of mule. The
child's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ.
Simmons. live In Simla. William Mey-
er, boy 4 years old, also is at the
hospital, suffering from a mule kick
sustained near his home in Kendrick.
The Hayden school board has Sc
lected Charles A. Stoddard, at present
principal of the community school at
Easton. ILL.,, for school superintendent
for the coming year Mr.. Stoddard is
a graduate of Knox College of Gales
burg, Ill. He served in the air service
of the government for twenty-five
months, of which seventeen months
We're spent in France and Germany
After a search of more than year,
Joseph Christopher of Fort Collins
found his 5-year-old daughter, Sarah
Adeline, at Cripple Creek, at the home
of her grandmother The child was re-
stored to the father by Sheriff Won
Phul. Christopher asserts the child
was kidnapped by her mother and
grandmother and taken to points in
Kansas and Oklahoma and later
brought here
Tobe j. Guess of Norwood, we'll
known ditch rider, was critically in
jured when part of the bank of ditch
in which he was working caved in.
Guess and young Berry were working
in private irrigation ditch. when
both sides of the ditch suddenly caved
in. A huge boulder pinned Guess to
the bottom of the ditch, while he was