Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-02-21
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

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ness men and farmers Of the Ault dis.
trict attended the big ..".get-together"
banquet held at the Ault armory.
Considerable help to the farmers Of
the state In meeting their war prob
lens this year will come from the In.
structions given at the many extern
sion schools of the Colorado Agrioul-
tural college. s{Ssh
When the agricultural and labor
survey of the state is completed the
food production and conservation COM
mittee of the State Council of Defense
will make survey of the high schools
of the state to learn just what labor
for the farms and the schools can fur
nish.
Governor Gunter issued a special
commission to George T. Bradley,
chairman of the Public Utilities Com
mission, and to Judge Tully Scott of
the Supreme Court, to represent the
state of Colorado in Washington, in
the hearing before the public lands
committee of the House on the Ferris
bill, which is to regulate the leasing
of coal and oil lands.
The army has found domestic col
ored beans very satisfactory food
product. During the past three months
it has used 1,175,00O pounds of Colo
RADIO pintos and 1,050,000 pounds of
California pinks. This compares fav-
orably with the consumption of white
beans for the same period, which was
100000 pounds. This is more strik-
ing when it is considered that this Is
the first time in history that the army
has used colored beans.
Sixty-one dollars was the price paid
for dozen eggs at Monte Vista last
week. On the same market, 48 pounds
of succulent pig brought $3.50, which
is a little more than SO a pound
Everyone will admit 1t was publish"
market that brought 5000 for a sin
gle registered bull calf. And a ram
brought $4,1O0 at the same sale. A to-
tai Of $11,576.46 was given to the
Monte Vista Red Cross chapter as
result of the highest priced benefit
auction yet held in the state.
The commonwealth of Colorado has
business balance of $143,197433.2s,
according to figures being compiled
by the State Board of immigration
Division of the assets 10 a. follows:
Lands and buildings, s1l.456.616.6O;
furniture and fixtures $1,585.14s.72; q
957,301 acres of state land, $27.82S,-
20241; coal reserves, 100000, 900:
outstanding certificates, $4,000, 900:
cash, $2.571,Ss4.s1; total $14S.441.-
263.64. The capitol building is valued
at $3,752,O75, and the furniture and
fixtures at $2O6. 2O395. The state
university at Boulder is valued at 81
108,411.40
George Benton, 10 years old, arrest
ed in Denver on a charge OF registering
with his sister-in-law, Merrill Peterson
II years old, as his wife, is charged
with a statutory crime in an informa-
tion filed in the West Side Court of
Denver. Benton is the husband of Ora
Benton in the county hospital where
she was taken after she attempted
husband on charge of passing worth
less checks. Merrill Peterson, the
brides sister came to Denver from
Colorado Springs and sold her pet
pony to make good the checks, which
resulted in Benton being released
from jail.
Recently there has been presented
to the state museum a historical pic
ture of the First Prayer in Congress-"
1t is fine steel engraving and copies
OF 1t hang in New York and Boston
museums. The donor, Mrs. Carrie E.
Grant Phillips, of Denver, has long
been resident of Colorado coming
to this state in the early days of stage
coaches and Indians. She is the wild
ow of the late Capt. j. F. Phillips, a
pioneer and prominent resident of
Clear Creek county. Mrs. Phillips
comes of Revolutionary stock, and is
related to Gen. U. S. Grant. Tho in
her eighties, she is remarkably en-
ergetic woman.
District Attorney Samual w. John
son received telegram from the po-
lice of Sapulpa, okla, stating that the
man held there, first believed to be
Frank l.. Smith, suspected of the muir
der of Jess II. Stingley, near Utah
Junction in 1912, is Bowleg Miller for
whom Mr. Johnson has been searching
for an alleged connection with the
mysterious murder of Jess Love in
1910 Love was killed at dance at
Adams City, in Adams county.
Home garden work is to be extended
and encouraged by the Colorado Coun
ell Of Defense this summer. DR..
Charles A. Lory, chairman OF the coun-
ellis committee on food production and
conservation. has reported to Cover
nor Gunter that two new assistants
have been added to the extension
force at the Colorado Agricultural