Gilpin observer., 1919-04-24
COLORADO
STATE. NEWS


Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Hay at $40 in the stack and hard to
get at that price has made a new rec
ord in Montrose.
Among the 1919 plans for Delta il a
brass band, baseball team composed
of home talent and big Fourth of
July celebration.
There are at present 154 national
forests in the United States, of which
seventeen lie wholly and two partly
within the limits Of Colorado.
Mike Stelier, arrested for shooting
at John Carson in a mine stockade at
Superior, is held under 81 LOCO bond on
charge Of attempted murder.
George Wright of Montrose has re-
ceived notification from the War De-
'partment that the body of his son, who
died of wounds in France. will be
brought home for burial IL he so de-
sires.
Catlin & Blake of Montrosc, owners
of the largest orchard on the Western
slope, report that with perfect crop
of fruit safe up to the present time, the
seasons yield should be $150,0O0 this
year.
With the summit sf Pixies peak
within reach and the tank repaired
and ready to continue i:s trip, the
climb Of the peak was abandoned by
order of Samuel D. Nicholson, state
director of the Victory Liberty Loan
campaign.
With the death of Samuel Hunt,
cowboy at Colorado Springs, injured in
n cattle feud which developed into
battle on the morning Of Dec. 20, 1918,
four cattlemen are locked up in the
Ell Paso county Jail, on charges Of first
degree murder.
The 16 months old son Of Ben X.
Wood of Syracuse, died from the eff
fects Of. eating some pills which he
found while playing about the house.
He was taken to a hospital and despite
the strenuous efforts to save his life
only lived three hours.
Mrs. Martha l.. McCammon, 76 years
old and for forty-two years resident
of Boulder, tainted while at work in
clump of grass in such manner that
she smothered to death. She was
found dead by a neighbor.
A big business transfer was made at
Meeker when the ]. w. Hugus store
was turned over to A. Oldland & Co.
The Bank Of Meeker, controlled by the
Hugus company, has been taken over
by the First National Bank and by the
consolidation of the two the First Ma
tiOnal comes close to being $1,O00,O 900
financial institution.
A bomb explosion which tore q hole
in a concrete house, blew down trees
and fences and shattered windows a
block away has given the Pueblo pO-
lice the deepest mystery the depart
ment was ever asked to solve. Al
though the outrage is attributed to
Black Hand plot, there is not the
slightest evidence of motive or cause.
Victory Road" one of Pueblo's
memorials to her soldiers, sailors and
marines, has been formally dedicated.
Two rows of elm trees, extending from
Fifth Avenue to Elizabeth street,
distance of five blocks, have been
planted, and the name for these, as de-
cided upon by the Originators of the
idea, the Pueblo Chapter, d. A. r., is
Victory road.
Local farm bureau organizations are
being started in practically every town
and school district in Weld county.
The local units, which are part of the
county and state farm bureaus, are
adopting programs especially adapted
TO farming conditions in their dis
trict. Organizations are already per-
fected ut Pierce, Num-. Briggsdale,
Keota, Grover, Ault, Eaton, Platte
vile and Larsen.
With the state preparing to launch
the biggest highway construction pro-
gram in its history in conjunction
with federal projects, no less than
fourteen engineer-draftsmen of tho
State Highways Department are now
to be seen daily ut work over their
tables in the basement Of the state
museum building in Denver, under the
supervision of State Highway Engi-
neer James K. Mal0ney.
Colorado's quota In the Victory loan
has been placed Mt $2S, ,5OS,950 by the
federal reserve bank of Kansas City.
OF this amount Denver will be asked
to raise nearly half-Sl3 433 son.
which is $5,0O0,OOO less than was
asked of the city in the Fourth Lib
erty Loan drive. That Denver and
Colorado will go over the top in char
acteristic fashion Is the firm convic-
tioo of the members of the Colorado
state and Denver committees. In the
last drive Colorado piled up total OF
approximately $40,0OO,OOO for Uncle
Sans use in one Of the most enthus-