Gilpin observer., 1918-06-13
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service
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Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
July 1s-Republican State Convention
at Colorado Springs.
July 22-Democrasic State Assembly in
Aug. 22-a4-Colorado State Firemen,.
| Convention at Georgetown.
; Sept. 23-2S-Colorado State Fair at
The Denver-Littleton street car
fare has been raised from to 10
cents.
One hundred more men are sought
tor Company F, Colorado National
Guard.
Deputy Labor Commissioner Nor
rissey is candidate for Congress
from the Denver district.
Eclipse was shut from view by
clouds at Denver, but disappointed
throngs thrilled by sudden darkness.
Ray Chamberlain, 40, died in Den
Vera M. Ross was held for investiga-
ton.
Eleven hundred and thirty boys who
have reached the age of 21 years since
June 5, 1917, registered for the draft
In Denver.
Howard Longfellow. 16. was seized
with cramps and drowned while bath
ing In Arapahoe lake, ten miles west
Of Denver.
First aid mining car. whose head.
quarters is at Ration, will arrive at
Cripple Creek and stay q month, then
go to Leadville.
The Democratic state central COM
mittee has fixed the date for the State
Assembly at Denver on July "a. There
will be 932 delegates.
The acreage OF wheat in Larimer
county has been increased % per cent.
that of barley, 35 per cent; oats, rs
per cent. and pinto beans 27 per cent.
Blair Burwell, 10, twice representa-
tive in the State Legislature from La
Plata county, and Confederate vet
eran of the Civil War. died at his home
in Denver.
The State Land Board sold 1880
acres of land in less than an hour at
the recent sale. The board also sold
4.055, 900 feet of timber in Park coun,
ty at $3.50 per 1000 feet.
Officials Of the Denver office of the
United States forestry service an,
nounced that an immense timber sale,
involving 100000 acres of the finest
timber land, will be sold soon.
Asa T. Curl, commander Of Denver
Post No. 22, @. A. R., was elected com
mander of the Wyoming-Colorado de
partment at the annual business ses
sion held in Colorado Springs.
The Wellington Mines Company paid
a 10 per cent dividend during May
eQualing 100000, also an excess profit
tax to the government of $143,545.55
The tax in 1917 amounted to $25,000
Fourteen Colorado men received
commissions as second lieutenants In
the national army at the close of the
first officers training camp which
closed at Camp Kearny, San Diego
Cal.
Ivan ]. Burton, II years, who lived
with his parents northeast Of Fort
Morgan. was killed by lightning while
driving horses. His father, who was
riding close by, was slightly injured
by the shock.
Mining activity in Summit county II
by no means confined to the Brecken
ridge placers. In the Kokomo-Robin
son, Montezuma and other camps tnt
lode mines are as active as the Labor
supply will permit
Information reached Fort Collins
that Richard Washington, member
OF the state guards assigned to guard
the Halligan dam, met death by
drowning in cave about one-Quar
ter of a mile northeast of the dam.
According to information gained
through the efforts of the Denver Real
Estate Exchange. with the cooperation
of the public utility corporations and
transfer men, approximately $50 fami
lies have moved to Denver in the last
month.
Heavy shipments Of zinc precipitates
have been made during the month
from the Victor and Independence
mills OF the Portland Gold Mining
Company. to the melt house Of the
company. kept In operation at the
Portland mill at Colorado Springs.
In Custer county, which is aided In
a mining sense by the better prices
for copper. silver and lead, activity IL
more apparent than for several years
in tie past. Near Westcliffe the Pas
siflora Mining and Milling Company II
sinking It's Herman shaft to the $50
foot level.
The leaser is ION the Job" at Grip
pie Creek, causing needed ore strikes
where work on company account was
curtailed by shortage of labor. The