The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-09-09
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

| lOA tllc TeillulitlcT VI Tile Du9 illtul,
$4,000, to the growers who are ex-
change members. 1t is in payment for
all cabbage received by the exchange
up to Aug. 10, and does not include
payment for large number Of cars
shipped since that time. The other
day of payment will be Sept. 10. 1t is
estimated by w. T.. Northway, one of
the largest and oldest buyers of pro-
duce in this section, that the late crop
of cabbage will net the grower close
| TO 100000 additional, making more
than $1,OOO,OOO for the cabbage crop
this year from the Brighton district.
An increase Of over 100 per cent in
the building operations inaugurated
during August of the present year
over those of the same period In 1920.
is shown by the monthly report OF the
city building. department issued in
Denver. During August, 1920, build
Ing permits to the extent of $34O,55O
| were issued, while last month the per
mits t0taled $751, ,45O. Permits for
brick residences totaled 1891 800.
Building operations during the first
eight month Of 1921 show an increase
over those of 1920 from January to
September, when permits aggregating
$5.959.OOO were issued. This year the
total is s6,44O.975.
A total Of $3.50, ,3S96O was collected
through the automobile department Of
the secretary of states office during
the period from Jan. / to Aug. 81, ac-
cording to report issued by Secre-
tary Milliken This is $3O5176O more
than was collected Tor the entire year
in 1920. OF the above total, fees col
lected from Denver county have
reached the sum of $263, ,296.27. Since
the first of the year 34,O41 owners
have been registered in Denver coun-
ty. The second largest collection of
auto license fees has been made in
Weld county, which reports $57.719.61.
Prosecution of more than 1900 Den
yer corporations may follow their fail
ure to file reports containing a state
ment of their financial condition with
the secretary of state as required by
the state corporation law. District At
torney Van Cise has been asked to
take legal action against the concerns
unless they Immediately comply with
the law. In a letter to the district
attorney, Secretary A1illiken says he is
at loss to understand the actions of
the corporations.
Pueblo merchants will be given
long time loan of $75,OOO from mem
bers of the National Retail Clothiers'
Association, payment without interest,
according to an address made by G. f.
COttrell, Denver clothier. who ad-
dressed the meeting of the Rocky
Mountain Retail Merchants AssOcia-
tion in convention at Colorado Springs.
Decision to hold the next semi-annual
meeting in Denver was reached at the
close of the meeting.
Edith Pinnello, 1S-months-Old daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Pinello,
ranchers at Skinners, Colo, was
drowned when she fell in horse
trough. Her parents did not find her
until some time later and Immediately
summoned two Colorado Springs ply
siclans, who made record run to the
ranch, eight miles away, and applied
a pulmotor. Efforts to revive the child
proved futile.
DIR. w. II. Wood, the Weld county
coroner, is searching for identification
of man who was killed in a headlong
leap from Il Union Pacific train near
La Sale. The man was about 35 years
old, smooth shaven and weighed ITO
pounds. He was dressed as laborer
and his clothes have no Identification
marks on them. His neck was broken
by his fall or jump from the train.
c. e. Martin, 81 years old, we'll
known breeder of fancy hogs in Nor
gan county died at the Brush hos
pital from injuries received when he
was knocked down and run over by
two automobiles. He leaves widow
and seven children-nll under II years.
The fire and police departments
to extract from an elevator Floyd
Bailey, an employe of transfer COM
pany, who was caught between a piano
and the elevator shaft Bailey, with
an assistant, was engaged in moving
piano. The piano tipped over as 1t
was being trucked into the elevator,
and the carriage shot upward, catch
ing the transfer man In the shaft. He
was not seriously injured
Reports from the six mining camps
of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany in the Walsenburg district re-
ceived, placed the number of miners
idle as a result of the walkout at 1,36S.
The reports which came from superin-
tendents and other mine officials and
employees at the mine, said that only
$50 men were working and that these
We're at the Walsen camp
More than nine years after com
plant was sworn out against him,
charging the embezzlement of So, 12O,
w. J. vane, 81 years old, was ar
raigned on the charge before Justice
George C. Briggs at Greeley. vane will
not enter plea until his hearing,
which has heen Sef for Sapt % ua Go