Gunnison news-champion., 1917-02-09

miles east OF Denver. was DESTROY ed
by fire. The damage is estimated a.
s.. 1000.
Colorado has total area OF sG.3il.-
l2O acres OF land. OF which Is.cis. gsI
Is grazing land. 2.Is0.GiO irrigated
land and 32i.gs3 acres coal land.
The state OF Colorado has 1895
l27 acres Of land open for entry.
l3.0si.s7s acres OF forest reserve and
total valuation OF sl.2ll. s9..27s
Mary Z. Lathrop has been admitted
to practice in the United States Sg
preme Court, the first woman attorney
in Colorado TO receive that privilege
Articles OF Incorporation OF the
Buck Aerial Craft Corporation, capi
talized at 100000. were filed with
Secretary OF State holland in Denver
Between 100000 and $4,000. 600
will be realized for the building OF
good roads in Colorado as the result
OF action taken in the United States
Senate.
Feeling is running high at Fort Col
Inns over the killing BY an unidentl
fled mOtorist OF A T. Gilkison. 60. pIo
neer OF this section and widely know
mining man.
Colorado has l.0GO.697 range cattle.
worth sil.753.O53; IOl.232 mich cows
worth sG.723.Il7; 3O7.sO2 horses val
ued at I2l.7l6.i79. and l.050.iO sheep
worth s5.0ss.s73.
The United States civil service com
mission announces an examination for
the position OF general mechanic" in
the custodian service, 10 be held In
Denver. Feb. rs.
Depressing effect on the Boulder
and San Juan tungsten fields is pre-
diCted at Boulder as a result of news
received that Portugal has raised her
embargo on the black metal
The taking OF evidence in the pet
ton OF the Colorado Fair Rates Asso
citation 10 the interstate commerce
commission. in which the Colorado
public utilities commission Joined,
asking for a REIMBURSEMENT OF the rates
in the Denver territory, have been con.
Guided
Suits aggregating $4,000 have been
filed in the District Court at Golden
on a change OF venue from Summit
county against the Colorado & South,
ern Railway Company for damages al
legged TO have been caused four pas
sengers as result OF the big snow OF
Dec, 4. 1918.
Charged with the embezzlemeut of
Sl1y.g3 OF the funds OF the Colorado
Tungsten Mines Company, Information
Denver against DR.. W. NJ. Long, for.
mer president and II. Z. Jones, for.
mer vice president OF the company.
Both defendants live In Boulder
L. NJ. Kaufman, &c, and Edward
Lee, %. arrested when they attempted
to hold up Night NJ .rshal Virgil Ste
vens at Littleton. were identified by
NJ. NJ. Post and jeremiah Mccarthy,
Denver Tramway trainmen, as the pair
who held them up at the end OF the
Argo car line on the night OF Jan. 20.
Contracts were signed for the deliv.
cry OF 5000 head of fall lambs at $40
per hundred. the highest price ever
paid for lambs in the history OF sheep
feeding in the Arkansas valley. The
order was placed with Las Animas
sheep grower and as far as known ex-
ceeds any previous contract price for
unborn lambs.
Eli Mace, one of the two bank rob
bers who held up and robbed the
Stockmens National Bank at Brush,
on Dec. IS, and obtained $4,000, at.
tempted TO commit suicide in the Nor
gan county jail at Fort Morgan on the
eve OF his departure for Canon CITY to
serve sentence of from twenty to
twenty-five years.
The entangled affairs of Alfred Nul.
Ter, formerly secretary of the Nation
al Jewish Hospital for Consumptives,
whose death in August, 1911, revealed
that for period of almost ten years
he had converted to his own use nu-
merous funds which had been entrust-
ed to him. will again be probed into
bye the Denver courts.
Potatoes have become an actual
rival Of the apple. The retail price
on potatoes has jumped 25 cents per
hundred weight in Denver. All the
purchaser gets now for two BIT
piece is six pounds. The advance Ia
from 1925 to $3.50 per hundred
pounds for white and $3.50 to 1915
for reds. Dealers say the Greeley
producers are receiving s2.S5 per hmm
dredweight and are holding out for
more. 1t is predicted that before
prices drop potatoes will go to IS per
hundred in Denver.
The deportation of aliens from the
Denver district has been ordered sus-
pended by the department of labor
pending further adyices. in accordance
with instructions received BY Henry