Gilpin observer., 1919-10-30
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

| for the money. DOnuB is W DC SiNch
at the end of the campaign to every
man in the employ of the company
This bonus will be based on n mini
mum output and large prizes will bs
given where the men exceed this mini
mum. During the first week every
factory in the Colorado district was be-
low the minimum, but the daily shifts
are now said to be exceeding this min
imum and are rolling up bonus every
day.
Declaring that fraudulent stock sales
men are bleeding the people of Mont
rose with their promises of huge re-
turns on stock in companies that were
organized mainly for the exploitation
of the investors money, members of
the local Chamber of Commerce eN-
pressed the urgent need of a city Ordin-
ance which would make it necessary
for the stock in every concern that was
offered for sale be first investigated
and approved by responsible local or
ganization. probably committee APP
pointed especially for this purpose by
the mayor of the city.
Payment of $165,931.31 ION account
of the inheritance tax" due on the es-
tate of Werner z. Reed and prospect
that S155.OOO on other large estates
will be paid within two months will
alone bring the total collections OF the
state inheritance tax department to
SSTO,OOO in the first year of the biennial
period which began Dec l last. This
total will exceed by S145,OOO the esti-
mate made for the biennial period, or
ST25,OOO. The sum of S549, AS had
been collected by the department
Oct. 10.
c. A. Van Dorm. president of the
First National Bank at Craig. MOffat
county: c. H. Wise and r. S. Hamilton
of the same town filed application with
the State Public Utilities Commission
for certificate of public necessity and
convenience for the establishment of
power and light plant at Craig. They
are about to organize the Craig Serv-
ice Corporation, they said in their ap-
0plication. and have already obtained II
franchise.
The body Of Frank Maxwell Camp
bell, % years old, former member of
the students army training corps and
former student at the Colorado Agri-
cultural College and at Washington
State College, Pullman, WASH, was dis
covered with bullet wounds in 1t at
Fort Collins by Clarence DreXell, stu
dent at the college, who recognized
Campbell as his classmate last year.
No cause for the murder has yet been
solved
y. Lehrman. well-knOwn merchant,
was seriously injured at Brighton when
his daughter. Sarah, accidentally drove
machine over him In front of his gar
age The "clutch" slipped as she was
putting the car into the garage, after
returning home from Denver, and the
car gave a sudden squirt and ran over
the merchant.
In a raid on farm two and One-half
miles north of Brighton In Weld cOun-
ty, Sheriff T.. A. GOrmley of Brighton
arrested Mike Kazlowsky and two bro
Tiers. who were taken to Greeley to
be charged with making liquor. Six
gallons of raisin wine were seized by
the sheriff.
"It is practically assured that legis-
lation will be enacted at this session
relieving miners Of all assessment
work for the year 1910" This state
ment was made by Ravenel Macbeth,
Western mining promoter, who is in
%, I,te oil
tiOn.
Arthur Taggnrt. aged prospectOr,
was found guilty at Boulder in the
first degree for the murder of George
Spencer, who was found dead in his
cabin at Spring gulch on Aug. 9. The
jury was out forty-five minutes. He
was given life sentence.
Archuleta county has fallen short
this year in the production of potatoes.
Ranchers are realizing that they have
once more made mistake in not
planting larger acreage for the coun-
ty produces fine spuds without irriga-
tion. Many car loads were shipped out
last year but fear Of not getting n good
price and lack Of demand has ham
pered the crop this year.
A net decrease of $20O,5S0 In the
states total assessed valuation for the
next year was shown when the State
Tax Commission completed complla-
ton of changes made by the board of
equalization, which ended its annual
work. Reductions made were $70S.9
md increases were S5OS 3SO making
the approved valuation for the entire
state 1,494 ,449.
Greeley building contractors have re
| fused demands of the union carpenters
for an Increase in pay from 10 to N
cents an hour. Contractors say they