Gilpin observer., 1918-01-24

Feb. 22-23-Annual Winter Sports Car
nival at Steamboat Springs.
Metal Mining Association at State
Capitol building in Denver.
The minimum price for beets in the
Ordway district has been set at $3.50.
A rich vein of silver ore has been
uncovered in the Conger Chief mine
at Caribou.
Ike Stevenson of Egnar, San Miguel
county, is drilling for oil on his prop
erty in that district.
A rich tungsten deposit has been
opened on the eastern slope of Mt.
Hayden, near Ouray
Extensive shipments of carnotite ore
are being made from the Gateway
country, Paradox valley.
The Colorado Editorial Association
held a two-day session in Denver, and
members attended banquet and the
stock show.
Morris. a 2-year-old steer, an "all-
Colorado" product, took first honors
in the judging of purebred Herefords
at the stock show in Denver
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black copper ore has recently been
made in the workings of the Congress
mine at Red Mountain, near Silverton
Dewey c. Bailey, manager of excise
and safety for the city of Denver, was
appointed explosive licensor, accord
ing to announcement made at Wash
ington.
Pay as you co. will be the slogan
at all Weld county garages on and
after Feb. l, according to the present
sentiments of automobile dealers and
repair men.
The Kansas Day Club of Colorado
will hold its thirteenth annual ban
quet in Denver, January 30, the ami
versary of the admission of Kansas
to the union
Ninety-five Puebloans applied for
civil service jobs through the local
of these were seeking jobs in the ship
building yards.
Mesa county is to receive the larg-
est allotment for any county on the
Western Slope this year from the
State Highway Commission for its
roads, namely 100000.
Ore running as high as twenty-five
ounces in gold, $500 a ton, has been
encountered on the Henley vein of the
Elkton Consolidated Mining and Mill
ing Company at Cripple Creek.
Two full wheatless days instead of
one and more economy in the use of
wheat products at all times are
measures the Food Administration is
considering, to reduce consumption.
Denver's big annual winter event.
the National Western Stock Show.
opened at the Denver Union stock
yards with entries surprising both in
numbers and quality all of the eleven
previous shows.
The king Oil, Gas & Refining Com
pany, which has for its purpose the
drilling of an oil well on the King
ranch south of Loveland, has forward
ed papers of incorporation to the sec
retary of state.
Bristling with facts, figures and en-
thusiasm over the packing industry in
general, and Denver's part in it in
particular, Louis F. Swift. president
of Swift & Co., Chicago. arrived in
Denver to attend the stock show.
DR.. Charles Mccarthy, direct repre-
sentative of Herbert Hoover at the
stock show. in Denver, said that the
food administration will back the pro-
To-,
years production of cattle, hogs and
sheep.
George Charming, convicted of MUIR
der in the second degree, in the Dis
trict Court of Boulder, has asked for
a new trial, affirming that two of the
jurors slept during the testimony and
five other jurors were of ages ranging
from sixty to ninety years old and
were. therefore, infirm. Charming is
alleged to have killed Willis Miller
at Nederland. on May last
While the immediate problem is
stricter conservation. the Food Ad-
ministration In Colorado will prepare
at once to stimulate food production
in 1918. Farmers will be urged to
farm every acre" Every means will
be used to furnish help on the farm.
No one will be allowed to remain
idle. Back yard and community gar.
dens will be encouraged.
w. F. Drummond charged with EN-,
bezzling sixty-five $1,000 Liberty bonds
from the federal reserve bank OF
Dallas, Tex. in warrant issued by
United states District Attorney Harry
b. Tedrow. waived prelimina. hear
ing when arraigned before United
States Commissioner Wilbur Stone in
Denver and was lodged in the Denve,
county jail in default of a $4,000
bond.
The hearing of Paul Baird, of Den
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