The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-11-27
cxHrEnH1AL STATE ITEMS.

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eplnIon from State Field Engineer J.
b. Cheney, contend the Osier route,
vhich would place AntOnitO and La
| Jara 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 q junction point
| viii, the present road. is preferable In
the matter Of exposure TO the sun.
thus insuring q longer open season
| for motorists.
The general desnand for authentic
| information about the resources and
industries of Colorado, which has been
growing In all sections Of the country
in the past few years. is being ex-
tended into the public schools. With
In the past year the State lminigra-
tion Department has had hundreds Of
requests from school children for
booklets ON different sections OF the
state, to be used In class work. The
heaviest inquiry has been from the
city of Chicago, where students In the
intermediate grammar grades have
been making a study OF the Centen-
NAL state with particular reference tO
iix industries and resources rather
than Its scenic attractions.
The State Inheritance Tax Depart
ment received n check for S44,i9J.44
In settlement of the Inheritance tax
claim of the state against the esInte
- III. I.t Walt Int n
Paso county The value Of the estnte
was appraised ut s1.36S.552 De-
ductiOns amounting to $43,jI'.6'
brought the net taxable estate To
81 ,324, ,99S.9O. II the United States SUI
preme Court decides the state inheri-
tance tax may be levied prior To de-
ductiOn of the federal tax, the state
will receive $4,172.65 additional.
Plans are under way for lard'n.
field and one of the finest aviation
statiens In the West, to take care OF
the travel that is expected In the
northern part OF the state next sea
son at I-Oveland. SpOrtsmen inter-
ested in aer0nautics say that flights
will be common then In the Estes
Park region and around the horn
from Denver to Greeley, through
IOngmont, IIoveland and Fort Col
| Inns.
Karl c. Schuyler of Denver is trying
to give away fifty and two twenty
five dollar prizes. He has offered
800 for the three best editorials which
are printed in any Colorado pnblicn-
tiOn before December 18th on the need
and opportunity Of public health work
In Colorado. Inquiries should he ad-
dressed to the Colorado Public Health
Association, contest editor.
New Workers. afflicted with tubercu-
losis, who imagine that mere residence
in Denver or my other point In Colo
RADIO will effect cure. nre warned by
the health department of New York
that unless such victim has enough
money to live on for two years in rest,
and quiet the trip and sOjOurn in Den
yer will practically sign his death war
rant.
Members Of the State Highway Com
mission have asked John =. Bright,
district engineer Of the Bureau of Pub
lie Roads, to approve the building OF
| tween Burlington and IdnIia. so fetier-
| al aid may be secured for the project.
The road is to cost approximately x42.-
600, according to the estimates of the
| state.
Bernard Cummings, 14-yeur-old son
| Of former Game Warden w. Il. Cum
| mings of Durango, died from wounds
sustained by the accidental discharge
| Of his shotgun while he was hunting
| ducks on Horseshoe slough, three
miles north of that city. His right
arm was almost shot AWAY from the
shoulder by the load from the gun.
In the case Of the state versus Ar
thur Lyman Wright ut Del NOrte,
Colo, charged with involuntary man
slaughter when he ran his automobile
into . wagon, killing one boy and in
| juring others, In September, n verdict
| of guilty was returned by the jury.
The defendants council was granted
| fifteen days In which to ask for new
trial. Pending the action Of the court
he gave bonds Of $500.
Wesley Saunders, 20, and Martin c.
Kerren, so, lost their lives when fire
destroyed the Cripple Creek Colorado
| Springs Car barns at Cripple Creek.
Both men, who were employees of the
car barn, were asleep, and were suf-
focated. The fire started from an
over-heated stove. The loss by the
fire, In which six electric cars were
destroyed, Is estimated at $4,000.
Elaborate preparations are being
made by the people Of Wheatridge for
the dedication on December End Of the
splendid new gymnasium and assembly
room at the Wheatridge High School.