Gilpin observer., 1919-01-30
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

Western New -paper Union News Service.
The potato growers of the Greeley
district do not want their potatoes
graded before they are sent out to
the consumers.
The Apishapa Irrigation Company
has unloaded two cars of steel piling
to be used in the construction OF a
big reservoir near Bloom.
Nebraska Aggies repeated their
last years performance and defeated
the Colorado Aggies in the stock
Judging contests at the Western Ma
tional Stock Show in Denver.
Grand Junction and Grand Valley
business men are after a settlement
pf soldiers in the valley under the
plan suggested by Franklin X. Lane
secretary of the. interior.
Samuel Cheesebrough, employed al
the Terrible mine, Silver Plume, was
killed when he was caught under a
ock fall. Chesebrough is survived
~ six small children. His wife died
from the influenza some time ago.
Prof. c. M. Heron of La Junta en-
tered several of his Single Comb
Buff Leghorns in the Chicago Ma
tional Poultry Show and won first
prize on hen, first on pullet and sec,
ond on cockerel.
Will Mathieson, a farmer of the
Timnath district. accidentally killed
his 18-months-old daughter by back.
ing his automobile over the child
Her neck was broken and she died
within a short time.
The ,Myron Stratton Home Corpor.
alton, as the holding company own.
ing the Colorado Springs and Inter.
urban Railway Company. has agreed
to sell the street car lines to Colo.
rado Springs, but no price has beer
named.
A dairy COW belonging to c. S
Donner of Great Bend pays for her.
self every fifteen days. She was pur
chased for s35 three years ago. ant
in fourteen months produced $847.S(
worth of milk, an average of 1924 g
day.
Following the filing of a protest
petition by all the men of the stu
dent body. military drill has beer
suspended at Colorado College and il
is likely that the Reserve Officer!
Training Corps program will b,
abandoned.
The annual ski carnival which wa.
to have been held in Steamboa
Springs next month, has been called
off. it was announced by the Steam
boat Springs Ski Club. because mos
of the expert ski jumpers of tn
country are in military service.
Senator Charles S. Thomas mott
fled the Civic and Commercial Asso
citation of Denver that the actinl
quartermaster general had declared
that the War Department had tn
power to establish in Denver a mill
tary purchasing headquarters and {
quartermaster's depot.
Platteville's commercial club ha
received definite assurances from tn
Kuner company that the next fac
tory for putting up pickles and othe
vegetables which the company estab
fishes will be at Platteville, but tina
the sudden ending of the war has dis
arranged their plans so that it is no
likely to be this year.
That the Colorado Developmen
Federation continue its Washington
bureau and other activities as n pro
tective measure to Colorado interest
was the request made by the state or
ganiZation of county commissioners
By unanimous vote, the organization
passed a resolution that each count
pay at once its share of a fund to car
ry on the work of the federation.
A tragedy which saddened tn
hearts of all occurred at Holyoke whe
the life of year-old babe was snuffe
out by flames, burned to death Will
asleep.
Arapahoe county's valuation ha
increased $536.210 in the last yeal
according to figures of the count
assessor. Settlers proving up Ian
titles ana a general increase or tn
county's prosperity are given as tn
reasons. The 1919 valuation O
the county is $19.722.110.
It is the opinion of the acting quar-
:ermaster general in Washington tina
the War Department has power, un
der existing law and without add
tional legislation, to establish mill
sary purchasing headquarters and
luartermaster's depot in Denver, &C
.ording to telegram to the Denve
Civic and Commercial Associatio
from Senator Charles s. Thomas.
An inquiry concerning Colorado, pre-
1uction Of steel, iron and small tool
Tor markets in France, Italy, Spair
he Balkan states and North Afric
was received by the Colorado Manu-
tacturers' Association from firm
Paris distributing supplies to tn
French army. All Colorado concern
turning out such products were not