The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-01-21
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
(wssteru Newspaper Union Ne.. service. ,

| chant and landowner of Gid. com
mitted suicide by swallowing poison
in hotel room at Briggsdale.
o. D. Neil, prominent lumberman Of
Greeley, was elected president of the
Mountain States Lumber Dealers As
sociation at the fourth session Of the
eighteenth annual convention held In
Denver.
4 high grade of potash has been dis
covered in Stone cafion, eight miles
west of Larkspur. The find has ere.
ated much excitement in the vicinity
of Perry Park and several farmers
have deserted their ranch work to en-.
ter the prospecting game.
Pablo Sisnaros, 46 Mexican living
at Fountain, was poisoned on Wednes-
day night by his wife, according to a
confession made to officers at Foun-
tain by Joe Traffic, nephew of Mrs.
Sisnaros, who admits that he pur-
chased the poison and gave it to the
woman, who administered 1t to her
husband
Senator Robert f. Rockwell of Pa
onia introduced in the Senate one Of
the several Republican platform pro-
posals received by that body, provid-
ing that common carriers must trans
port livestock and perishable products
from the initial shipping point to des-
tination at an average speed of not
less than ten miles an hour
Mistaking strychnine for headache
medicine, which she had occasion to
take from a shelf in the darkness, Mrs
Ernest Amick, wife of rancher few
miles from Meeker, swallowed the poi
son and died almost instantly. The
Amicks are among the wealthiest
ranchers in that section. Her husband
and infant daughter survive.
Miss Film Sablestrom of Olathe,
county school nurse. reports that one
Of the youngsters in school tried to lick
frosted pipe and left part Of his
tongue on the zero cold pipe. He had
to get two small boys to help him get
loose from the pipe. He suffered con-
siderably from loss of blood and a
good coating of skin from his tongue.
A large Newfoundland dog at Love-
land saved the Vic Davis Sporting
Goods store in that town from being
ransacked by robbers. The robbers
battered in the back door, but when
entering the store they were attacked
by the dog. Such disturbance was
raised that the robbers were frightened
away, after fighting the dog short
time.
Richard A. Parker has been elected
chairman for the ensuing year Of tfe
Colorado section ef the AmericaafIn-
stitute of Mining and Metallur4ical
| Engineers. At the recent annual meet
ing at which he was chosen, f. c. Gil
bert was elected vice chairman, II. F..
Lunt, secretary treasurer; Il. w. Cor
don and r. NJ. Henderson, members of
| the executive committee.
Plans for the state spelling and ora
| tOrical contests to be held in Denver
during the annual meeting of the Colo
| RADIO Association of County Superin-
tendents and Institute Workers, March
20 to 81, following preliminary con-
tests In every school and county in the
state, have just been announced by
Miss Emma T. wilkins, Larimer coun-
ty school superintendent and president
Of the State Association.
The drive to help the starving mil
lions of China was started In Denver
with a sermon on the situation In that
country by the Rev. e. r. Dickerson
of Colorado Springs. The Rev. Mr..
Dickerson has just returned from the
stricken portion of China, where he
was sent by his church to make a re-
port on conditions. "Over $4,000, 600
people are suffering at the present
time, said Mr.. Dickerson.
The women of Ouray have decided
to institute few reforms and as the
first step they have named woman's
ticket for the coming municipal cleo
tion, which will include every public
office in the city government from
mayor to night marshal
The Rev J. H. Skeen, pastor Of the
Baptist church, in an address to young
people at Boulder. advocated the con-
struction of churches with gymna-
Sums, swimming pools and billiard
rooms. He declared that too many
churches were built only to the spir-
itual side of young people, and that 1t
was time for religious workers to take
into consideration the physical, intel
lectual and social requirements of
young people.
Drives" for outside funds among
the students of Colorado College are to
be curbed In the future, following ac-
tion by the student commission, which
reported that there had been too many
and some of those had been neglected
by students who failed to make the
payments pledged Hereafter all ap-
peals will first go to the president of
the college, and then to a referendum
of students. Pledge cards are to be
discouraged.
Henry f. Southard, who was in iail
in Durango on charge of obtaining
S11,700 from the Durango Trust Com
pany under false pretenses, is out on
bond awaiting trial. In our former
item we erroneously stated he was on