The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-10-07
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

tember the State Inheritance Tax De
.pa rtment collected lS154s532 from
twenty-sfx estates in Colorado. The
largest Individual amount collected
was from the estate of Alexander v.
Officer of Weld county. For taxing
purposes this estate was valued at
$i56,,354. 81 and the amount Of the tax
was $S,902.SS. Heirs of Owen f. Le-
Fevre of Denver paid the state 81
376.7S on valuation of $152 62O.32.
Total inheritance tax collected by the
state since Jan / is 1881, ,417.85.
All classes OF property in Colorado
are valued for taxing purposes at ST.
578, ,58S, ,449. This is the final figure
submitted by the Colorado Tax Com
mission to the State Board Of Equal
ization in its report for 1921. Last
years the valuation was 81 500. .267 ,667,
30 that this year there Is decrease
Of 81, $780, ,21S. In view of the slump
In the values of sheep, cattle and
farm products a decrease of less than
SIP 100000 is considered a remarkable
good showing. .s
The prairie dog, which has always
been looked upon as a pest of the
first order, is worth money, according
to Albert N. Froom of Olathe, who re-
ports that he IL the only man in the
world who has ever cashed in on this
animal. He actually sells them for
money. In some parts Of the world
they do not have prairie dogs, and
there they are looked upon az rarity
and are placed in their Zoos alongside
of the elephant and other natural Gu
riosities.
]. II. Weisgerber, Pueblo telegraph
operator. while touring the country in
an automobile recentlE had an excit-
ing experience with q blue racer snake.
The snake. which was five and half
feet long, crawled under the car after
having bitten into the tire. The car
was stopped, but NO trace Of the snake
could be found Eventually, 1t was dis
covered in the battery box only to be
lost aeain@ ihs the iAschanfSfn' Of the
machine. When finally located in the
dust pan It was killed.
II the plans snowtiunder consldera-
tion by the Beaver Park Land and
Water Company materializes the sBea-
yer park District, " which Penrose is
the larger towns willznsxt spring hays
under construction = dam and reser-
voir at Brush hollow that will insure
an adequate water supply TOR This rich
farming district and Will Also enable
close to 1000 acres lying just west Of
the district to be irrigated and opened
to settlement. 's'44
From Moab, Utah, comes word that
probably the richest shipment Of car
.petitq. ore eyer mined was erecently
sold to buyers at Montrose. ColO, BY
Andrew Nyland OF Grand Junction.
The shipment consisted OF forty tons
and. brought $4,000. The ore was
mined in the Gateway district and Was
the last Of the output Of Mr., Nylund's
mine there. *sA=sA -s=1
A motorcycle accident on the Buck
horn road In the niountatns near Love.
land resultedqin the, seriouss iu5ury q
C. w. Mcwhinney, prominent Lovelant
real estate man. McWhinney was nd
sing with w. j. Arb when the brakes
refused to work on a steep hill and
the machine went-ever a bank. NC
Whitney suffered crushed chest IN
sddItfon to cuts and dSbf,lseN " 90
Ralph -ffendrickson, IA years old
Killed. At tstlfs close Of tht
& nrst dag of sehesfsata Mt Holyoke- a
plane haAa5e1tr aiighted from flighl
over the grounds, and the propealel
swa3 swhsR the boy
|oHalred aAtesiti slEe was thrown Lnts
ktns acknowledgements Atfutk theegrount
aenn1dHlA. SsE .,ssdsoes Il bssszsEs ;sss-'
|as ffe Ss6alssr3 Sslssr3us tis G. 81 1 new: ~: vatsi
zsSsteM with. Lttle Hofse creek fifty
fdff mjIsS norm Of ROCKY f ord, .ap tbs
1source of supply, was ,dfscnssed Eat 6
sp9ciaf meeting 81 the city Council Of
ffAt city: me work would COST $500.
/ fbd6 It Il esffmated and Z, 5A6uoO gal
EslSnsg p5 p. Sstsf you'd bs fppThlstsd- pTa1lBs
Ipu EhA,sDg sReanez Chamber Of Com
|umerree has sacked. the zco-eReratton OF
the NhenbsKsof Commerce Of Grand
|.JunctAon- g an. exhibit OF oil
sasalez A., the sWerld Mining Congress
to. - held in sGhicego Oct. 1z.B1e21.
|ss-word has been sreeeived 1t Boulder
that the college Of pharma g. Univer
Sfty Sfl CdlOrsdo.' Mas been unanimous
IL elected to membership In the Akner
l4c66- Conference Of Phefnfa ceutical
-FaSMdes. THE society Il working fol
.tnST advancement 6f pharfnaceutical
sduedaohs and practice. 11 -
l's1 Is result Of fhe passage Of House
Bin. No. 81. Arizona has become the
guardian Of every dependent aban-
/ doned. and neglected child instie state
isundsr7 thszagesof .16 years, and the
tinswly created child welfare board. al
fltb recent meeting, adopted the follow
tng budget, afiotting $4,000 to relief
work m the vaFfoIs Counties as indi
/ ,ated:1 aApaches 1856 = Cochise. s..
B4S.75 s Coconinos. $3.50; aiia, 8, PSI I25
ls6rahams $758.75; GreenieeF7siy25 y25625
|, ,Mnrtcopa.- "a. .606. rs Mohavs.s $3.50