Gilpin observer., 1919-09-11
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

or q per cent, says State lreaSufei
Harry +. MulniN, due principally to
what he termed natural growth of the
state" and additions to the pay rolls.
Cash warrants issued last month num-
bered 1,559 and were for II total OF
SAT ,32S.9O, us compared with 1.346 for
1886, ,596.S3 in August, 1918, an increase
this year of $110,732.07. Revenue, or
time warrants in August, 1918, were
7S5 in number and tota,ed 500, ,114.77.
Last month there We're 1,O9o of them
for total of S169,0l1.S5. This is an
increase of $6S,S97 OS.
During their four months of exist
ence the four state employment offices
which are operating in conjunction
with the State Labor Department., have
placed 1850 discharged soldiers in po-
sitiOns, according to figures just made
public by w. L. Morrissey, state labor
commissioner. The two offices main
tanned in Denver secured work for l.
929 men, the one in Pueblo for go
men, and for 80 men at Colorado
Springs. A total of 3,776 applications
for Jobs were received at the offices.
William Wrightley, a farmer of the
Grover district, has demonstrated the
possibilities of raising fruit on nOnirri-
gated land Of eastern Colorado to the
satisfaction of all observers this year.
Wrightley harvested $50 bushels of
fine plums from young orchard Oi
500 trees, which just came into the
stage of heavy bearing this year. The
fruit is fully as large and uniform in
quality as that grown in the irrigated
orchards of the Loveland and Fort
Collins districts.
Abstract of assessment of Pueblo
county property, prepared by County
Assessor NJ. A. Carey for the state tax
commission, shows the taxable proper
ty to total this year ST., 1,17S,99O, an in
crease of $1,O91. .938 over the valuation
of last year. Merchandising and manu-
featuring show the largest increase,
$63S, ,595, and automobiles come next
with an increase of 100000. Most all
forms of personal property show II
marked increase this year over last.
Detective Charles Baty was exoner-
ated by corOner's jury sitting at
Pueblo, from the charge of murder in
connection with the shooting and kill
ing of Aureillo Carrillo, the Mexican.
alleged to have been one of the two
men who shot and killed two other
Mexicans on the night of August 10th.
The shooting took place when the de-
tective went to a roOming house where
it was learned the Mexican was in
hiding.
Ninety-five losses of live stock by
fire and lightning have occurred in the
farming regions of Pueblo during the
past twelve months, and 60 per cent of
these have been caused by lightning.
Wire fences, near which most of the
animals have been found dead, are
said to have been the ,deathbOlt car
rierS, sometimes for considerable dis
tances. Losses have occurred among
cattle, hogs, sheep and horses.
Mr.. William Rathmell, deputy asses
sor Of Ouray county, has completed
the assessment roll for 1919. The to-
tai valuation is $4,957,115 as compared
with $5,645,764 in 1918. The differ
ence is principally made by the tax
reductions made on the Camp Bird
Limited Company, whose valuation
was S4OO an acre last year and sd
this year because it is a nOnproducins
property.
More than 10 per cent of the area of
Colorado is unclassified as to it's own
ership, this being principally home
stead land that has been filed upon
and not yet patented, government land
claims but not patented, and state land
sold but not yet paid for.
Weld county is worth $11,297, ,5TO
more this fall than it was last year, ac-
cording to the abstract of assessment
published by County Assessor II. f.
Hanna. The total assessment, S107,-
T46,S0O, is the largest in the state out
side of Denver.
The largest registration in the his
tory of Brighton is recorded in the
public schools of that city, and 1t has
been necessary to secure the use of two
school rooms in the Presbyterian
church to care for the children who are
attending school this year. The grade
school is crowded to capacity and will
be until this winter. The high school
has one-third more pupils than in any
year in its history.
Widows and children Of the eighteen
miners killed by the explosion in the
Oakview mine, near La veta. have
filed compensation claims totaling $40,
Al.
sion. The men were insured by the
Employers Mutual Insurance Com
pany by reason of the state compen-
sation insurance requirements, mem.
bers of the Industrial Board said.
A $4,000 fire damaged the Mountain
Ice and Coal company's plant at
Pueblo. The fire started when sparks
from tho smnk actn or cat fira m tho nm.