The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-05-28
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Of the State Land Board, will be COM
pleted by early fail, according to re
cent report made by members of the
board. About $4,000 acres Of land will
be Irrigated by the dam and head-gate
which are now completed. A tunnel
has been bored through 1.5OO feet of
solid rock and the ditch has been built
to within two miles of the land to be
irrigated. 1t is reported that a few Of
the homesteaders will be able to get
water some time this summer, while
all of the tract Is assured of full
water supply next spring. About ST.
500, 600 is being expended on the pro-
ject
Three boys were drowned in the
Bartels reservoir, small lake seven
acres in area, located one mile south
of Greeley, when the flat boat in which
they and two companions were pad
ding across the small body Of water
sank The three youth are Oliver
Brennan, 10 years old; Marvin Doney,
16, and Albert Tinker, Is. All of the
boys resided in Evans. John Miller,
13 years old, and Timothy O'Grady, 15
years old, who were in the boat with
the other three, swan to safety when
the tiny craft sank.
Willie William Johnson, farmer re-
siding northeast of Fort Morgan, was
clinging to the blades of windmill
wheel oiling the mechanism, gust of
wind started the wheel revolving
Johnson grasped the blades desperate
ly as they whirled around in the air,
gathering speed at each revolution.
Just as his hold on the wheel was
Ioosening his son, who was playing In
the yard, noticed his fathers plight
and hastily applied brake to the
mechanism, and Johnson decended to
terra firma with alacrity.
W. l.. Burnett, in charge of rodent
control of the state, and his assistant,
c. L. Corkins, with the local county
agent, Waldo Kidder, have completed
a check of the work done in pest eradi-
cation In Adams county. County farm
ers have been saved from S175,0OO to
5000 1000, Mr. Burnett says, by the ex-
termination work thus far completed.
More than 125,OOO acres have been
baited to date, and, with the territory
now under poisoning 100000 will have
been treated.
Seven graduates left the high school
at Berthoud and received diplomas.
DIR. j. Lakeland delivered the address,
and every one of the graduates was
presented with scholarship for ex-
cellence in studies. Two were given
scholarships In the State Teachers
College, one In the State University,
one In the Agricultural College, one in
the School Of Mines. one in Colorado
College and one in Denver University.
Arrangements have been made by
President Victor G. Anderson OF the
Colorado School of Mines for the estab-
| lishment of a practical mine at Idaho
| Springs for demonstration work to the
students of the school this summer. MI
ami tunnel is to be used. Mine sur
veying, tool sharpening and practical
mining will be INDUCED in by the stu
dents, under the direction of Dean L.
s. Grant and Prof, James Underhill.
The spirit baby" of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Mayer, prominent residents Of
DeBeque, died of strangulation, ac-
cording to a verdict returned by
coroner's jury. The body was ex-
humed from a crude grave in the back
yard of the Mayer home, where it had
been buried in a rough box filled with
leaves after neighbOrs had reported
the infants death to officials.
Attorneys representing the citizens
of Eagle. Colo, have filed their reply
brief In the Supreme Court to the ap-
peal Of the town of Red Cliff from the
decision Of District Judge James L.
Cooper awarding the county seat of
Eagle county to the town of Eagle.
Irregularities in the election in which
the Eagle supporters were victorious
were claimed in the suit.
Partial reports from county asses
sors received by the State Immigra-
ton Department indicate that the
acreage of winter wheat in Colorado
this year is fully as large as that last
year and perhaps slightly larger. Par
tial reports to date have been received |
from twenty-five counties, several of
which already have reported more win
ter wheat than their complete reports |
showed for last year.
The sixth and eighth grades of Gar
field school at Loveland, with mem
bership of forty-two and thirty-nine
students, respectively, have main
tanned a perfect record during the en-
tire nine months of the school year,
and not a single case of tardiness or
absence was recorded during the en-
tire year. This Is record for Love
land schools.
One woman is dead and heavy dam
age Is reported to buildings and fences
as the result of high wind north of
Seibert Mrs. Frank Robinson,
farmers wife, was killed when the