Gilpin observer., 1919-11-20
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

which ordinarily is blocked by snow
before Nov. of each year. ConejGs
county good roads men, backed by an
opinion from State Field Engineer j.
b. Cheney, contend the Osier route,
which would place Antonito and La
lara on an international highway, has
decided advantages. The alignment
and grade in the long and gradual
approach to the continental divide
from the AntOnito side, and the easy
descent to the Los Pinos with water
grade from there to junction point
with the present road Is preferable in
the matter of exposure to the sun,
thus insuring longer open season
for motorists
Ground has been broken at Brigh-
ton for the erection of the new wheat
products plant of the Midland Cereal
Products Company. which is to be To-
Gated opposite the Great Western Su-
gar refinery. The building will be
constructed of steel, concrete and
glass, and when ready for operation
1t will cost about $150,O0O. Part Of
the plant equipment will be two huge
grain elevators. Moorman & Two
good, contractors of Denver, are in
charge of the construction.
One thousand of Denver's poor and
helpless will eat Thanksgiving dinner
this year as the guests of Supern
tendent A. b. Boiler of the Denver Res
cue Mission, and Of the charitable
business men who are to donate to
the dinner fund, according to an an
nouncement made by Mr.. Boiler. Last
year the mission gave out 400 tickets
and this year the number is to be i'll
creased by six hundred. A thousand
Denver business men have been asked
to aid in the work.
Plans are under way for n landing
field and one of the finest aviation
stations in the West, to take care of
the travel that is expected in the
northern part of the state next sea!
son at Loveland. Sportsmen inter
ested in aeronautics say that flights
will be common then in the Estes
Park region and around the horn
from Denver to Greeley, through
Longmont, Loveland and Fort Col
lins.
1uc SOPPCi wi"
pany of Bedrock, in the west end of
Montrose county, will erect 15O-ton
oil flotation mill at their mines in
stead of the 100-ton mill as original
ly planned The company has recent
ly increased their holdings in claims
and expects to increase their output
at least 100 per cent by spring. This
mill will be the first unit in a series
of mills which they expect to con-
struct as the output is increased.
Between 400 and 600 more people
this year visited the Mesa Verde Ma
tional park during the open season,
which closed on Nov. LIST, than did last
year, according to the official regis
ter, which shows that 2,312 people en-
tered the park. This does not include
several hundred more people from
nearby points who have been OCCASION
al visitors, but merely represents the
majority of tourists.
In the case of the state versus Ar
thur Lyman Wright at Del Norte,
Colo, charged with involuntary man
slaughter when he ran his automobile
into wagon, killing one boy and in
turing Others, in September, n verdict
of guilty was returned by the jury.
The defendants council was granted
fifteen days in which to ask for n new
trial. Pending the action of the court
he gave bonds of $500.
File your statement now you may
die and the facts die with you," is
the admonition directed by State En-
gineer A. ]. McCune in notices being
issued to holders of water rights or
claims who must file supplemental
statements in his offices before Jan
uary 1st, next under act of the last
Legislature This is the first and last
notice the state engineer will issue.
Fortunate Dalvit, former ranchman
and Italian resident of Trinidad, shot
and killed Louis Ecclis, ranch hand
employed by his wife at the Dalvii
ranch, near FL More. He attempted
to kill his wife also by firing twice
from shotgun. Later he took his
own life by shooting himself thru the
head with small % caliber revolver
The Windsor Beet Growers Associa-
tion will demand $40 IA ton for sugar
beets for the 1920 season and one-half
of the profits the Great Western Sugar
Company may make through the opera |
ton of its Windsor plant. This would |
ne equivalent to $12 to $14 per ton for
beets. The price paid for beets for
1919 was $40 per ton.
The laundry mark on collar he
was wearing led to the detection of
w. L. Hazelwood, 26, waiter, who
confessed, according to Deputy Chief
of Detectives Washington A. Rnker.
at Denver, that he broke into n jew
$500 worth Of jewelry.