The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-05-21
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Of the wonderfully rapid development |
| of agriculture in Colorado in the past |
thirty years and emphasize the in
| crease in agricultural production for
| the state in the past ten years Com
pilations from this report and from
previous reports, now being compiled |
by the State immigration Department
| for publication in the Colorado Year |
Book, show that the value Of farm
| property in the state at the beginning |
of 1920 was about nine times as great |
as in 1890 and 1191 per cent greater
than in 1910. The value of all farm
property in the state in 1920 was ST.
O76, ,794, ,749, compared with $491, All BOG
in 1910 and S117, ,439,55S in 1880. The
actual increase for the past decade
was greater than for any preceding
decade, and the percentage of increase
was greater than for any decade in the
period except that from 1900 to 1910.
Cyril e. Sterling, an electrician at
the Akron Light and Power Company,
was killed ten miles south of Akron
when his auto turned over, pinning
him beneath it. He was found by
Charles McLaggert. a passing farmer.
|
was dead before aid arrived. Sterling,
who worked from midnight to noon,
started late at night for Hugo, Colo,
to bring home his wife and baby who
had been living at that place. The
road was smooth but 1t is believed
that on account of the darkness he
missed the culvert, thereby upsetting
the car.
Sam Hand, farmer living twenty
five miles south of Walsenburg, fired
the shot which caused the death, dur
ing a dispute over fence line, of Gar
Callhan, another farmer living on an
adjoining farm, according to the YER
dict returned by a coroner's jury.
Three witnesses were called during
the hearing. The physician who at
tended the dying man, and Callhan's
wife and mother-in-law, testified con-
cerning the shooting. The jury held
the shot was fired with felonious In
tent
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph DEMO of Long
mont have left for France, where they
will hunt for the grave of Lieut.. Eddie
Evans, who was killed in action in
France, and whose burial place is un-
known. Mr. Evans was a prominent
University Of Colorado athlete. The
university chapter of the American
Legion bears his name. Previous eff
forts to locate the burial place OF
Lieutenant Evans were unsuccessful.
Mrs. DEMO is a sister of Lieutenant
Evans.
Henry f. Jordan, SO, a resident of
the San Luis Valley for forty years,
and one of the most prominent sheep
growers in Colorado, committed sui
eide at his ranch near Antonito by
shooting himself thru the head with
a heavy bore rifle. He died instantly,
Jordan last fall was reputed to be
worth $1,OOO,000, but he is said TO have
lost most of his money thru recent re-
verses in the wool market
Miss Maude Sheridan, leader OF
boys and hirls clubs conducted by the
State Agricultural College, is one OF
} three club leaders in the United States
to be called to Washington, D. c.,
where she will assist in work con.
! cerned with reports from clubs all over
the country. Miss Sheridan will be In
, the capital during the month of June
The 2-year-old son of Charles Carl
son, who resides south of Fort Nor.
gan, was bitten by a rattlesnake. He
died shortly after being bitten. The
child was playing in the farmyard, and
seeing the snake coiled nearby, ap-
preached it, not knowing the danger
He was rushed to hospital but doc.
tors were unable to save his life.
Scott Jaynes, brakeman of the
Great Western railroad, who was badly
injured by being knocked from the tor
of car by the caves of a warehouse
at Loveland, and who it was thought
was fatally hurt, will recover, accord.
ing to statements Of his physicians.
1t was definitely determined by the
city council of Colorado Springs that
the Stratton estate is to get the con
tract for paving the four main thor
oughfares in Colorado Springs at
maximum of $865,000, exclusive of the
street car companys right of way
Work will start Immediately after May
81. All four streets are to be paved
with asphaltic concrete on a concrete
basis.
The Woman's General Missionary
Society of the United Presbyterian
church will hold its thirty eighth ma
tional convention in Fort Morgan
June 8rd to 7th. Between $50 and 300
delegates from all over the United
States will gather, besides a score or
more of missionaries from Egypt, In
dia and the Sudan, who will tell of
their work in the Far and Near East
A contract was made with the Dixon
Transportation Company for hauling
the mail and parcel post from Wan.
sutter, Wyo, on the Union Pacific, to
Craig, Colo. When the crew began
taking the stuff away from Wamsut.
| ter three callnads Of ranrcnI ,,nsrt fen