The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-02-04
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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stantly killed when he fell from pony
he was riding. The lad was riding the
pony and driving home his fathers
cows when the accident occurred.
County Treasurer A. H. Horton has
received from the state petroleum tax
fund the sum of S8,214.32, FL Paso
county's share OF that tax, appOrtioned
on the basis of the number of miles of
state road within the county borders.
The negro population Of Denver in
1920 was announced by the census bu-
reau as 6,OS5, an increase of $50, or 12.1
per cent. The white population was
249. .65o. an increase of 1851, or 2O.6
per cent, and all others 754.
Claude b. Kensell, Midland Ter
minal switehman, was killed instantly
ut Colorado Springs when he lost his
footing while making switch and a
freight car passed over his body. Ken
sell was making the last switch of the
night when the accident occurred. He
is survived by widow
Among the chief needs which will be
discussed at the annual meeting of the
Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce
in February, the need of advertising
western Colorado's wonderland to the
world will receive great attention. A
plan will be discussed for an advertis-
ing campaign which will virtually in
troduce to new fields the possibilities
of that part OF Colorado.
Losing his hold on small hand AK
with which he was chopping limbs
from tree in his orchard, Ed. T.
Matthews, well known fruit grower of
the Holland section west of Grand
Junction, nearly severed his left leg
just above the ankle. The blade cut
deeply into the limb. He was rushed
to local hospital and was very weak
from loss of blood when he received
first aid. He will recover and may not
lose the foot
Mrs. Bertha NJ. Dickey. who entered
desert claim on land six miles from
Cimarron a year ago and whom the
government has tried to dIspossess up
on the claim that the land was too
rough for cultivation and therefore
should be re-designated as grazing
land, won In a contest case heard in
the Montrose land office after she had
proved by several witnesses that she
land was actually In cultivation, hav-
ing been plowed with tractor last
fall
Uncle Sam paid the Colorado State
Highway Department approximately
$952, ,122.7S as the government share
of the constructed federal aid road
work in the state during 1920, accord
ing to District Engineer J. s. Bright
of the United States Bureau of Public
Roads. This money represents the
federal payments on forty-seven pro-
jects under construction or completed
through the state" Bright said. "1wen-
ty-two separate projects were COM
pleted during the year at total esti-
mated cost of S1,036.S .S35.44, of which
the federal government was requested
to pay S41O,987.36."
When the Western Pacific interests,
holding judgment of approximately
S3S,COO,O0O against the Denver 4 Rio
Grande railroad, purchased that road
FOR the upset price of S5,000,OO0 with
out the opposition of the contesting
bidder on Nov. 30, they received assets
far in excess of the bid made, accord
ing to affidavits prepared by Charles
F. Carnine, attorney for the interven-
ing stockholders. and forwarded to ST
Louis. The documents, together with
affidavits as to the earning power of
the Denver 4 Rio Grande, will be pre-
sented as part Of the case of the in
tervening stockholders, who are en-
deavoring to have the recent sale set
aside.
Declaring that the hay growers of
northeast Colorado adjacent to Ster-
ling have been driven out of the Kan
sas City market by the methods used
by Kansas City commission men in
grading and handling the product and
by excessive freight rates, the Rotary
and Lions clubs and the Chamber of
Commerce of Sterling have sought the
assistance of the State Public Utilities
Commission for relief.
Charles T. Stockton, furniture deal
er of Bristol for a number of years, is
dead, and four other persons are in
the hospital suffering serious injuries
as the result of an accident which oc-
Cured six miles between Bristol and
Holly. The injured are Joseph Eel
lars, who is suffering from d broken
leg; G. r. Hite, badly bruised, and
Henry Thompson and Ernest Burke se-
verely bruised about the face and
body. Stockton, cellars, Thompson
and Burke. all of Bristol, were en-
route home from Holly when the ma
chine in which they We're riding col
lided with horse and buggy being
driven by G. X. Hite, who is a we'll
known Prowers county farmer. 1t is
said binding snow storm was the
cause of the accident.
Noncoloradoans attending the Univer-
sity of Colorado next and subsequent
quarters will be charged Just twice the
present rate, according to an order
made public by the Board of Regents
The tuition fee in the college of liberal