Gilpin observer., 1908-09-24
STATE NEWS ITEMS

Potato Roast Day at Del Norte Sat
urday was great success. Exhibits
We're selected for the Albuquerque Ir-
rigation Congress display.
John NJ. Shultz, Colorado pioneer
and for many years resident of Pueb-
10, died Sunday at his home near Ord
way as the result of an accidental gun
shot wound.
The annual Tri-county fair of Gar
field. Eagle and Pitkin counties on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday broke
the record both as to display of prod
ucts and attendance.
Nicholas Finn, at one time promi-
nent mining and smelling operator at
Leadville, died in the Sisters hospital
at Leadville Friday night after an ILL.,
ness of three months.
Medical men of Morgan county held
meeting at Fort Morgan Saturday,
formed county association and
elected DR.. ]. A. Farnsworth president
and DR.. A. F. Williams secretary.
The town of Grand Valley celebrated
its first annual Fruit day on the 18th
inst. After the show was over the fruit
display was shipped to the Tricounty
fair at Glenwood Springs.
Students in the State Normal School
who live in Denver have organized
society with membership of over fiji
ty. Students from other towns in the
state will form similar organizations.
S. I. Bush, on the Liggett ranch, two
miles south of Wellington, Larimer
county, has just threshed an eleven
acre field of oats yielding 41,400
pounds, or an acreage of over 121 bush
els an acre.
The demand for Greeley potatoes ex-
ceeds the supply by fifty per cent. at
present. The buyers Of Texas and
other southern states are sending in
more orders than the dealers can fill
because little of the crop has ripened
sufficiently to dig.
The Sheltering home for Jewish
Children in Denver was dedicated Sun
day. Provisions for twenty children
has been made in the home. Every
room in the building is fully furnished
and equipped for the purposes of a day
nursery.
The Stratton-C Cripple Creek Mining &
Development Company, which con.
trolls all the mining property of the
Stratton estate, has just declared its
sixth dividend of $50,000. part of the
proceeds of the many leases on the
property.
Brush, Colo.-Company H, First regi
ment Colorado National Guard, was
mustered in here Tuesday night with
fifty men by General Zeph Hill and Ad
jutant General Kelley. F. F. Rhine
hart was elected captain, David Wal
lace, first lieutenant, and George Bah
cock, second lieutenant. The business
men of Brush have agreed to build a
$4,000 armory for the company.
At the Ault carnival, Sept. 30th, the
irrigated districts and those growing
crops by the Campbell system will COM
pete with their exhibits. Wheat raised
on dry land which yielded So bushels
an acre and corn yielding 40 bushels
will be exhibited. There also will be
| livestock on exhibition, and one of the
features of the carnival will be the pa
rade, in which floats will be entered by
business men.
The Tri-county fair ended Saturday
at Glenwood Springs with a fine pro-
| gram of races and an attendance which
insures a substantial surplus after all
expenses are paid. All school children
in the three counties were admitted
free and treated to fruit. The baby
show prizes were won by the son of
Mrs. William Johnson of Raven and
the granddaughter of Mrs. NJ. ]. Wag-
ner of Glenwood.
S. j. Schenck has been elected busi-
ness agent of the Farmers Cooperative
and Educational union, and will open
headquarters in Pueblo. The union
will ask, through legislative commit,
tee. the passage of laws concerning the
following matters: Initiative and ref
| d,,rn pfn nHi iaIc ~,
bank law modelled after that of Okla.
homa, railroad commission with ex-
tensive powers to regulate. and a mine
inspection law.
Montrose, Colo.-The second day OF
the big western slope fair, Wednesday,
| attracted vast crowds. The exhibits
eclipsed anything shown at previous
fairs. Some of the apples and peaches
| measured twelve inches in circumfer-
ence. Besides these there are splen-
did exhibits of plums, prunes. carrots,
beets. pumpkins and grapes and fancy
vegetables OF all kinds. The poultry
and stock exhibits are superior to those
of other years. Crowds from Telluride
and Silverton came on special trains.
In the County Court at Boulder Judge
Henderson directed that T. V. Wilson.
executor of the Macky estate, turn over
to the regents of the university some
100000 worth of stocks. bonds and
other property, in compliance with the
bequest Of the university. About $780,
900 in cash was retained by the execu-
tor to meet other bequests and to pay
executors costs and attorney wees. An
appeal from the action Of the court will
be taken by the executor. The matter
Of the inheritance tax is now in the
J Supreme Court.
At the meeting of the State CONNER
| cial Association in Montrose the fol-
| lowing directors were elected: B. w.
Marsh of Montrose. ]. H. Rankin OF
| Grand Junction, T. A. Williams OF
| Trinidad, l.. w. Markham OF Lamar