Gilpin observer., 1910-01-06
COLORADO NEWS


The total fire loss at Colorado
Springs for the year just closed was
S7O,473, according to the annual re-
port OF Fire Chief McCartin.. or this.
$66.345.2S was covered by insurance
Governor Shafroth has appointed
Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker delegate to
the National Civic federation meeting
in Washington, ID. c., January II to 20.
1910, and Labor Commissioner E. "
Brake delegate to the conference to
be held in Washington, January 20,
1910, to investigate the employers liza
bility law and report for it's better
ment along the lines of the workmens
compensation act.
According to the report of the
weather bureau at Denver the lowest
temperature during the month of De-
cember last was seventeen degrees
below zero. For the thirty-one days of
the month the average of the highest
temperature recorded was 1928 de-
grees Fahrenheit. The average of low
est temperature was SO degrees. And
the average of daily averages was
21.2.
"ASS a. ihiuSS Who was uiOW Hcu
in Lake Minnequa, at Pueblo, on the
I'd inst, and was believed to have
been Knoxville, Tenn, man, was
later identified as the new superin-
tendent of the Pueblo Gas Company
He had been in Pueblo only a few
days, arriving from Denver, where he
was connected with the Gas and Elec-
trio Company. His home was in Ar
cadia, Wis.
The Reclamation Service has $50
men and teams enlarging the west
canal, which will irrigate about $4,000
acres, and extends from seven miles
above Montrose to Delta. 1t will be
enlarged to carry $50 feet of water
per second. 1t is expected to be fin
ished in time to serve all land own.
ers on the west side of the Uncom-
pahgre river this year. The work
will cost $4,000.
The First State bank of Sulphur
Springs opened it's doors December
10Th, and after being without bank
since last October. citizens are re-
joicing. All accounts of the Bank of
Grand County, which it is alleged was
wrecked last fall by C. w. Bowlds,
have been taken over by the new in
stitution and depositors of the old
bank had the privilege of entering the
new bank and drawing their accounts
in full if they cared to do so.
The Fort Morgan Sugar factory fin
ished grinding beets December 30th,
having handled $4,000 tons, the cam
paign lasting 110 days. This is the
longest in the history of the factory
The average yield was about fourteen
tens per acre, though some fields ran
az high as twenty-eight tons. The
acreage was the largest and the sugar
content higher than ever before. 1t
is reported that larger acreage will
he grown next year.
Prof. o. B. Longyear, of the Colo
RADIO Agricultural college, has been
conducting experiments with diseased
apples sent from Delta by r. S. Her
rick, the college field horticulturist
from Delta county. 1t was feared that
the disease was the black rot, which is
very destructive in eastern orchards
Professor Longyear finds that the
trouble is due to fungus growth
which gains entrance to the apple
through unfavorable conditions of
shipment. storage or picking. and is
not Eastern apple rot.
The cash receipts in the secretary
of states office for Colorado for the
fiscal year Of 1909 show an increase of
over $4,000 above the receipts Of the
fiscal year of 1908. The fees received
by the state for the filing of the arti-
cles Of Incorporation, ETC., of the newly
projected companies alone. during the
past year. amount to $163.777.75, being
$63.650.05 greater than the previous
year. The miscellaneous papers filed
show a gain in cash receipts of &c..
612.20, while the receipts under the
flat tax" law show an increase over
last year Of $39,253.37.
Governor Shafroth has appointed
the members Of the highway commits
sion. for which $4,000 was appropri-
ated by the Legislature. The members
are C. p. Allen. engineer. Of Denver;
| w. w. Wiley of Holly. representing
the eastern section of the state, and
Thomas Tully of Durango. represent.
ing the western section. Allen. pre-
sumably will be elected chairman as.
he has the long term Of six years. The
salary of the chairman is $1,000
year. Wiley is appointed for four
years and Tully for two years. both
drawing 5000 salaries. The $4,000
does not become available necessarily
and nothing may be paid on the appro-
priation this year. An engineer is to
be employed at a salary Of $2,500 a
year and the first work OF the COM
mission is to get out a map with all
the roads OF the state on 1t. It must