The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-03-11
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

| liSpute over the Sl0U,OOU estate VI "H
lam A. Purvis, 81 years old, Johns
| own dairyman who dropped dead SUD
1enly in Greeley, when pretty. dark
haired girl, 10 years old. announced on
he witness stand at the inquest that
,be is Mrs. Violet Purvis, common law
wife of the late dairyman, and that
she had been going to school at Loretto
Heights academy, near Denver, at his
request and expense, preparatory to be-
ing publicly married to him. She an
nounced that she will claim the estate
for herself and unborn child. She said
also that before becoming Purvis wife
two years ago she was Violet Mlckle
an orphan. and had been housekeeper
for Purvis' mother before the latter's
death In December, 1919.
Between $50 and 800 Mexicans-
men, women and children-filling three
special cars, departed from Denver
over the Santa F6 railroad for Ell
Paso. Texas, where they were trans
ported across the international bridge
into .Juarez, and from there TO Mexico
City, under the direction of F. Travino,
Mexican consul in Denver. The Mexi-
| cans for the most part were laborers
who were left stranded in Denver at
the conclusion of the beet campaign in
Colorado last fall The laborers were
without sufficient funds to get back to
their native country, and had been IN
Denver with neither money nor work
to support themselves.
Denver municipal water has returned
deficit of S2S4, ,S99.07 for the year
1920, according to the annual report IS
sued by City Auditor Stackhouse. The
net income for the year was $41O.-
744.S9, according to Mr.. Stackhouse.
and the total expenditures, including
both construction expenses and future
contracts entered though not COM
pleted, amounted to $695, ,632.96. City
officials predict that less construction
and repairs will be needed in the plant
this year, and that the deficit will be
thus overcome.
W. S. Parkison, a pioneer druggist
Of Glenwood Springs, chairman for six
years of the Garfield county Republic
can central committee and widely
known politically throughout the state,
dropped dead of apoplexy while sitting
in his home with his wife, reading. He
had not been i'll, and the first intima-
ton she had Of the unexpected attack
was the sudden falling Of the news
paper from his hands. He was dead
before she could reach him.
]. r. Anderson, 48 years old, was
killed when the team Of horses he was
driving became frightened and ran
away on Main street at Fort Morgan.
Anderson was delivering milk to his
customers at the time of the accident,
and as the horses dashed down the
| street they collided with an automobile
standing at the curb. The impact
threw him from the wagon, and as II
him to death. = --
A special week, to be known as
"orange week." is to be featured In
| Denver March 81 to 2S. Dealers
throughout the city will decorate their
stores with placards and banners,
while windows will contain attractive
displays of the fruit. "Orange weeks
are being held in many cities through
out the United States for the purpose
of reminding the public of the value
and healthfulness of the golden fruit
During twenty-six of the twenty.
eight days in February there was sun
shine at least q part of the time, to-
falling ITO hours of sunshine, with only
two completely cloudy days for the en-
tire month in Denver, according to the
IL the
compiled by Weather Forecaster ]. NJ
Sherier. The total for January
amounted to 16S hours. the report
shows.
Three bandits entered the First Ma
tional Bank at Strasburg, with the use
of crowbar, rIfled fifty safety de
posit boxes In vault and obtained
4 about 500 in pennies and niekels from
the cash drawer and escaped.
The number of persons subscribing
the total of S143,92s.4S raised in the
drive for funds for the Denver Fedora
ton of Charity and Philanthropy wal
more than double the number that sub
scribed last year. The total number
of subscribers in 1919 was 1000 ant
1851 persons subscribed in the 1921
drive. Since the close of the drive
S25 5000 has been subscribed. Leaders
in the organization are hopeful thai
the $4,000 still needed to finance the
seventy-five charities adequately viii
be raised
The planting of 100000 trees will b.
resumed this year in the Pike fOres
area by E. S. Keithly. government for
ester. Should heavy SHOWS come thi:
month the work will necessarily bt
postponed, 1t being impossible to form
the camp until the snow is entirely
gone Six hundred thousand tree!
were planted last year.
There Is considerable excitement IL
Grand Junction following the repor
Of oil being struck at Carbonera, Colo
| ,rrt,. wall t, baIpo 6riI1ad by tha Kan