Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
s.,ern Newspaper Union News s.rv,c.
COMING EVENTS.

COMING EVENTS.
jan; no,olssa soalIMid.winter meeting O. O.
Jan. 2i-Meeting Colorado County Com.
missioners at Denver.
Jan. 22-COlorado Stock Growers As.
soctation meeting at Denver.
Jan. 22-Meeting Farmers Educational
Cooperative Union at Denver.
Jan. 2l-23-Mountain States Lumber
Dealers' Association meeting in Den
Yer.
Dealers meeting at Denver.
Jan. 23-24-Western Shorthorn Breed
ers' Association at Denver.
Jan. 23-24-Meeting Oldttme Cowboys
Association at Denver.
Jan. 24-25-Meeting Colorado Horse
=, Breeders Association at Denver.
Jan. 25IMeeting Colorado Auctioneers
Association at Denver.
Jan. 21-26-Western Stock Show at
Jan. 2i-2s-Meeting g American National
Live Stock Association at Denver.
U. c. Conway, wanted in Denver
for burglary. has been arrested in
Ogden.
The annual intercollegiate track
and field meet will be held in Den
yer on May 81 at Union park.
Mrs. R. D. Shaw, formerly of Den
YER. died at Fort Collins after four
days illness with pneumonia.
Farmers in the Hayden district re-
ceived more money for the 1918 crops
per acre than the previous value of
the land.
The influenza situation in Denver
continues to show improvement, ac-
cording to reports received by the
city health bureau.
Leadville's metal production in
1918 had a value of $478.925, ,416-
a record of which "the highest mining
town in the world" may well be
proud.
A bill has been prepared to be
introduced into the State Legisla-
ture asking that the state appropri-
ate sum with which to buy two
bronze memorial tablets for each of
the past governors.
f. J. East, brakeman ON the
Colorado & Southern, whose home is
in Denver, was killed when he fell
sixty-five feet from railroad bridge
near Grouse, Colo. East was 80
years old and married.
The federal bank at Wichita, &C.
cording to a report just issued, made
loans during November to eighty-five
Colorado farmers, for a total of $201,-
100. During the same period, twenty
two Colorado loans, for a total Of $73,-
500 were paid off
A normal traffic schedule was in
aef E,;l
turbances of Thursday night over
the 7-cent fare and the four-hour
blockade that tied up every street
car line of the Denver Tramway
Company.
Gassed by the Germans until he
was rendered speechless and seri-
ously injured by fall from his aero
plane. J. B. Ballinger. member of
the aeroplane force of the U. S. army
in France. whose home was in Mead,
is expected to return soon.
A brilliant meteor which flashed
dropped just short way east of
Hudson, but party of people who
went out to hunt it failed to dis
cover any trace of the heavenly Wis
itor except two or three small pieces.
The State Highway Commission in
extensive foundation as its funds
will permit for a system of permanent
roads. In forming nucleus for this
system it has selected a dozen traffic
concentration points for the construc-
ton of concrete roadway, with the
idea of branching out from these GEN.
ters along the main thoroughfares as
rapidly as money can be obtained for
the purpose.
The kettle has begun to call the
pot black in the hearings in prog
ress before the Adams county grand
jury.
Colorado still has unsold 3,113,607
acres Of land belonging mainly to the
school fund. but also the property of
other state institutions such as the
penitentiary Agricultural College.
State University, public buildings and
internal improvements.
Under the auspices of the agricul-
tural and livestock bureau of the
Civic and Commercial Association.
land development men and large
farming tract owners throughout
Colorado will gather for conference at
Denver the night of Jan. 18.
There are seventeen national forests
wholly within the confines of Colo
rado and two partly within the state
with 13.367,59s acres that are inside
the borders. Within these forests pri-
vate owners have 1.510,421 acres,
making total Of 14.S7s.019 acres en-
braced within the national forests.
The largest is the Rio Grande forest
with 1,136,SS4 acres. 1t Is estimated
that there are $4,000, ,OOO, 900 board feet