The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-02-11
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

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George Norlin, rendered Governor
Shoup Saturday. "The crisis is insist
ent and the remedy should be prompt"
says Mr.. Norlin. Shortages OF class
rooms, teachers and equipment are de-
clared to be so dire that immediate re-
lief is necessary. 1.-The population
served by the university has virtually
doubled in two years. says the report,
while the purchasing power Of the
university has steadily declined as
prices have steadily mounted"
An American Legion monument, In
honor of the soldiers who died and
were killed during the late war, will be
constructed in City park at Buena vis-
tn, according to an announcement
made by city officials. The monument
will be an imposing structure of ce-
ment, cobblestone and light granite
from a local quarry and will be seven
and one half feet high. On one side OF
the monument will be the roster of the
American Legion post and on the op-
posite side will be the names of the
boys who died.
Objection to the action of the secre-
tary of the interior and the federal
government in seeking to exercise ex-
elusive control over roads running in
and out of the Rocky Mountain Ma
tional park, Is made on behalf of the
state of Colorado in brief which has
Just been filed in the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals at st. Louis
by Attorney General Victor e. Keyes
and Assistant Attorney General For
rest c. Northcutt.
In an effort TO solve the problem of
obtaining reliable and efficient farm
help in the San Luis valley, former
Governor Carlson of Colorado will be
sent to New York by the San Luis Val
ley Realty Board, with the view of in
ducing colony of Swedes or other
Scandinavian emigrants to locate in
this section.
There was but one fire in the nation
al forests in Colorado during 1920. 1t
burned an area of more than ten acres,
according to the statement of John Nc
Lean, who is in charge of forest pro-
lection in Colorado. Fifteen years
| ago the mountains were ablaze night
| ly," said Mclean. Now a fire is a
rare sight
| A total of 461 persons were commit
| ted to the state reformatory during the
past two years according to a report
made to the governor by Warden NJ. p.
| Capp. 1t shows that the average popu-
lation of the Buena Vista institution
during 1919 was 141 and 1856 during
1920, as compared with 100 during the
preceding period.
Pioneering in the placing Of its
| working men in the steel mills on an
actual eight-hour basis, the Colorado
| Fuel and Iron Company found the wis
dom of its course justified in a record
production at the big plant in Pueblo
last month, 1t was announced at the
general offices of the company at
| Pueblo.
New records for the collection of
| automobile license taxes was estab-
lished during the month of January,
according to statement made by Carl
Menser, automobile supervisor in the
secretary of states office. Fees from
this source totaled S130, 1851 the first
month of 1921, as against S104.37S-39
| for the same period last year.
Road and bridge construction
| amounting to 1862 S12 are forecast for
Colorado in series of five project
statements submitted Monday by the
State Highway Commission to the fed
eral public roads bureau.
George Ketner, employed by Trim
idad drug store. plunged to the con-
crete sidewalk from the second story
of a rooming house and sustained a
fracture Of the skull, which may re-
suit in his death.
Elaborate preparations are being
made by members of the Knights of
Pythias for the annual convention of
the Knights of Pythias Association of
Northeast Colorado, which is to be
held in Sterling.
Federal aid to the extent of S154,-
S34.54 has been granted to the Colorado
State Highway Commission by Dis.
trict Engineer j. S. Bright of the
United States bureau of public roads
| for the construction and Improvement
of fifteen and six-tenths miles of high
way and earth-graded road and the
construction of a bridge in Conejos
county over Alamosa creek. at total
estimated cost of S31S, ,20S.95.
The Supreme Court vacated an or
der of the State Public Utilities Com
mission, which had reduced rates OF
the Mountain States Telephone and
Telegraph Company in Fort Collins
and held that the latter city, as ali
other "home rule" cities, has undivid
ed rate regulating powers under the
recent ruling of the United States Su
preme Court upholding a Colorado de
! cision.
Postoffice inspectors in Denver ar,
: investigating the mysterious robbery O
q the Wheatridge, Colo, postoffice
:. which is combined with genera
$ merchandise store. The job was tina
of youthful burglars If Is believed a,