Gilpin observer., 1919-10-23
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

The total valuation of property in
Montrose for the 1919 assessment,
shows $3,3S633O, according to G. w.
| Clarke, Montrose county assessor, who
stated that this was considerable in
crease over the 1918 assessment.
| Twenty-nine of the sixty-three coun-
ties in Colorado have areas of more
| than 100000 acres each and the aver
nge size of Colorado counties is larger
than the average size of counties in
any state except Arizona, New Mexico
Nevada, Wyoming and Montana.
One of the most important silver
strikes made in recent years was dis
covered in the famous old Champaign
mine, near Alma, in the Fairplay dis
trict, when siX-inch vein of red car
Donate ore that averages S91 ounces of
silver and five ounces of gOld running
$1,000 to the ton, was found.
Edward Skoog, Rio Grande Southern
freight conductor, suffered the loss of
his left leg in an accident when his
train was entering the local yards at
| Durango AS he was swinging off the
rear of the caboose the hand grip
broke loose and he was thrown under
meath car of ore attached to the rear
of the caboose.
The advocation of a tunnel through
broad gauging of the line from Salida
to Montrose until after this tunnel is
completed, which was opened again by
A. b. Reynolds, a prominent mining ex-
pert of the San Juan country, has
aroused interest in this improvement,
which has been under discussion for
years.
Private Hubert B. Johnson of Com
pany b, 9th Machine Gun battalion, U.
s. Marines, who showed exceptional
courage under fire during the engage
ment at Beleau Wood in which the
Marines lost so many men, is to be
presented with the Croix De Guerre
and citation from the French govern
ment. Private Johnson is Il native of
Fort Morgan, Colorado.
John A. Lohrey, n farmer of Gilcrest,
is the defendant in a SILL $50 damage
suit filed in District Court at Greeley
by Charlie Thomas. Thomas suit is
brought as the result of collision in
which he lost his left leg, Sept II,
1919 Thomas was riding a motorcycle
within the city of Greeley when he
was struck by an automobile driven by
Lohrey.
That the United States is at last to
| hnx ix-il Of rin al
Indian opera with a real Indian girl
as principal is now an assured fact. for
Denver's own Indian soprano, Tsia-
nina, has been engaged for coast-to-
coast tour to sing the title role in Cad
mans opera "Shanewis," which has
had unusual success at the MetrOpoli
tan Opera house, New York City
The voters of Grand junction, at the
city election Tuesday, Nov. 4. will de-
eide whether or not to waive the bonus
of $1,000 for the year, beginning Jan.
| II, 1921, which sum, according to its
twenty-five-year franchise granted by
the city July II. 1908, the Grand June
tion Street Railway & Interurban Com
pany annually must pay after the fran
chise has been in operation for per-
iod of twelve and a half years.
| Colorado wealth is increasing, ac-
cording to report issued by Daniel
c. Roper. commissioner of internal
revenue at Washington, based on the
income tax report for the year 1917.
According to the report, Colorado had
1872 millionaires during the year 1917.
This report Is based on the income
tax report for that year, and shows
that 4O,627 persons filed income tax
returns in Colorado in 1917, compared
20 A,435 i'm 1916.
The Colorado State Board of lmml-
grafton will make an effort during the
next few months to collect cOnsidera.
bic statistical information for the state
ms n whole and by counties on the man
ufacturing industry. This information
has never been available in Colorado
by counties and no surveys have been
available Mt ali except those Of the
census bureau every five years The
funds appropriated to the lmmlgra-
ton Department for the biennial peri.
cd were not sufficient to enable 1t to
collect this information, but it expects
to complete plans for cooperating
with commercial bodies in the larger
cities and towns for making the neces.
sary surveys. The city of Denver,
through. its industrial bureau, is nj
present making survey of the manu-.
featuring industry within the city linz
its and the completion of this will
mean much toward the completion Of a
survey for the state. There is con.
slant demand for statistics of the man.
dfacturing industry I'm the state by
counties and the immigration De.
partment expects in the near future ia
| he able 70 furnish this inflammation