Gilpin observer., 1919-05-22
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
western Newspaper Union News Service.

Capt. Harold Shoup, eldest SON OF
Governor and Mrs. Shoup, who has
been In service overseas for two and
one-half years, has sailed from France
for New York.
The final settlement of the estate
Of Winfield Scott Stratton, multi-mil-,
lionaire mining man who died in 1902,
will be made in the county court Of
El Paso county.
DR.. Livingstone Farrand, former
president of the state university and
now head of the Red Cross in Wash
ington, will be in Boulder for COM
mencement and deliver the address on
June 25th.
Advance reports indicate that the
cultivated acreage in Colorado in 1919
Will be the largest on record for the
state, the most substantial increase be-
ing in acreage devoted to sugar beets
and wheat.
Denver schools will close for the
summer vacation on June 9th. A de-
lay of several weeks was caused in the
closing of the schools because of the
enforced vacation of two months last
fall on account Of the influenza epi-
demic.
The recent development of Kiowa
county in eastern Colorado is forcibly
illustrated by the increase in bank de-
posits from $244 ,330.11 on December
81, 1917, to $4S9, $4,000 on December
81, 1918, an advance of approximately
100 per cent.
SFrederick Fromm, a farmer living
near Wellington, Colo, is dead and
Herman Webber, neighbor, is in bad
shape in the Fort Collins hospital as
the result of an automobile accident
four miles north of Wellington ON the
Cheyenne road.
Maj. Alfred Brown of U. s. army,
stationed at Camp Dodge in the in
fantry service, has accepted call to
the University Of Colorado as secre-
tary Of the Y. M. G. A. The call was
sent by the student board and the
majors acceptance received.
Having failed to receive any bids
on the project for widening the grade
In the Big Thompson canon on the Es
ties Park road the State Highway Com
mission has decided to undertake the
improvement on its own initiative by
letting the contract to several par
ties
An estate of $sOO,OOO, mostly cash
and bonds, is divided into thirty-nine
bequests by the will Of Asa Sterling,
late president of the First National
Bank of Greeley. Half goes to his
widow and the rest to one brother,
| three sisters and thirty-four nieces and
nephews.
The sales of school land in Colo
RADIO during the biennial period end
ing November 30, 1918, were 224,OO5
acres, and the total price was $3,21S,-
S41. Most of this sum goes into the
permanent school fund of the state,
and the interest 1t earns is used for
the support Of public schools.
Prof. Roosevelt p. Walker, for the
last three months field organizer for
the extension department of the Uni
versity of Colorado, has resigned and
will go to Athens, Ga, to become pro-
fessor Of English at the University of
Georgia. He is returning to position
he held for several years before COM
ing to Colorado.
One-half of the buildings in Fraser,
Colo, were destroyed by a fire Only
four buildings were left on the north
side Of Main street, and the saving of
these was due to quick trip by
Moffat road train from Tabernash,
ht ,tvin ful,t kI.@ rt.-a
started is not known, for it was under
good headway in small building when
discovered.
The third trail to the summit of
Pixies Peak, said to excel both the
present trails In scenic attractions, will
be completed in time for the summer
tourist season.
There are now more than $500 op-
portunities for the establishment of
factories, business enterprises and for
professional people, in the smaller cit
les and towns of the state, according
to the annual opportunity survey con-
Quoted by the State Board of Immi-
grafton, which is now nearly complete.
Marie Green, 2 years old, fell from
the second story window of her home
ut La Junta, and outside of a severe
shaking up, suffered no serious in
jury. The child was leaning against
screen when 1t gave way. She
struck on an electric light wire which |
broke the fall.
Harold Monroe of Montrose is u |
member of the crack gun crew which |
captured the championship honors of |
the Pacific coast. This crew, as n |
result of this record, received bonus
of $1,400 and SS month extra pay
for period Of two years, for the in
dividual craftsmanship.