Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-05-09
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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COMING EVENTS.
May 14-l6-coiorado Sunday Schoo
Association annual convention a
July s-13-Meeting National Associa
ton OF Colored Women in Denver.
| Sept. 23-2S-colorado State Fair a
Pueblo.
Boy Scouts sold over $4,000 wortl
of Liberty Bonds in Pueblo.
Denver Elks bought over $4,000
worth of the Third Liberty Bonds.
1t Is reported that valuable OF
shale beds have been discovered neal
| Fowler.
Up to May approximately $4,000,
900 worth of Thrift Stamps had beer
sold in Colorado.
Every county in Colorado went
over the top" ON its quota for Third
Liberty Bonds.
A rich strike is reported made at the
600-foot level of the Longfellow mine
on Bull hill at Victor.
Men of the Santa F6 railroad shops
at La Junta are now creditors of I'm.
Gle Sam for over $4,000.
On the Brighton highway the state
maintenance outfit has scarified and
reshaped the entire road to Brighton.
Eagle, Jackson, Lincoln and Pitkin
are now the only counties in which
there are no Women's Councils of De-
Tense.
Widening and Improvement Of the
Floyd Hill road in Clear Creek and
Jefferson counties will be undertaken
this season.
The annual spring cleanup of stray
dogs in Denver was begun under the
direction of DR.. w. H. Sharpley, man
ager of health.
When the Third Liberty Loan drive
closed at Cripple Creek, the total
reached $326,7O0, while Teller county's
quota was only s2s0.sO0.
Colorado topped her loan quota by
81 per cent-156,sS7 subscribers tax
ing bonds totaling $27.786,s50. Denver
people took $10.122.100.
The production made in March from
properties Of the Granite Gold Mining
Company on Battle mountain, closely
Appropriated $500 tons.
In Adams county work is nearly
completed on the new bridge over
Clear Greek on Boulevard F just
north Of the Denver city limits.
Brisk recruiting continues at the
Denver marine office, fifty-six men
being transferred during the last week
and fifty asseptances are pending.
The body of an unidentified woman,
about 55 years of age, was found
floating on the surface of City Park
lake, near the boat house, in Denver.
Workers on the Moffat tunnel in
Park county received orders to quit
drifting and start a winze at a point
1000 feet from the adit of the tunnel
A memorial service for the late Col.
William Guthrie, who died at Camp
Taylor, KY, April s. was held at St.
Peters Catholic church at Rocky Ford
1t is stated that Richard F. Ryan,
assistant attorney general of Colo
RADIO. was attacked In the office OF
District Exemption Board No 9. in the
state house, by Ready Kenehan, secre-
tary Of the board.
State inheritance tax collections for
nineteen estates administered during
the last half OF April amounted to SAL,
S31.63. This makes a total Of $780,
1851 to date for the biennial period
ending next December.
A new oil well derrick is being
erected near Appleton station, five
and one-half miles northwest of
Pueblo. The old Reed artesian well
which is located at this spot will prob
ably be utilized as far as possible.
Four Colorado boys are named
among those who have successfully
completed the course of training at
the third officers training camp at
Camp Grant. Rockford, ILL.,, in list
issued by the adjutant generals office
at Washington.
The Modoc Consolidated Mines Com
pany. operating the Modoc incline on
the saddle between Bull hill and Bat
tie mountain, is shipping at the rate OF
from six to eight cars month, while
filling slopes with ore for future ship
ment.
AS soon as some 1000 acres of land
near Boulder, says Boulder dispatch,
can be obtained, c. e. Stubs of Bill.
ings. Mont, and ]. T. Hurst of Grey
bull, Wyo.. will begin digging for oil
by putting down a large number of
test wells.
Colorado must supply 2,O79 more
men for the national army May Is, &C.
cording to advices received by Adjt.
Gen. Frank d. Baldwin from Washing
ton. This states quota of the May 25
draft for $4,000 men was $500, but
the War Department officials credited