Gilpin observer., 1919-03-27
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

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soon forget. The company had car
of gasoline to unload and in making
the connection with the pipe line the
car valve did not work and 4,600 gal
Ions of gasoline were lost before the
connection could be made. Mr.. Mills
and car repairef for the Burlington
were nearly drowned in the gasoline
while frantically trying to make the
connection. The gas flooded the tracks
and ran down the alley Bystanders
cautioned everybody in the vicinity as
to the danger of fire, which, had the
gasoline become ignited, would have
caused serious disaster. About $500
gallons of gasoline were saved, but the
loss of S966 worth of the liquid was
suffered by the company.
Because of slowness of local beet
workers to sign contracts for the sea-
sons work at the prevailing price or
$25 an acre, they demanding $50,
which the growers refuse to pay, the
Great Western Sugar Company will
import enough laborers to take care
of the enlarged acreage of beets
around Windsor. f. G. Walters, agri-
cultural superintendent of the COM
pany, says the laborers will be Mexi-
cans gathered from New Mexico and
Old Mexico.
The way of the fake bootlegger" IL
destined to become harder and harder
in this vicinity. James Martin, of col
or, of Atlanta, Ga, charged with sell
ing water cOlored with coffee, and al
leging it to be whisky, at $12 per quart,
ira fine of $16 for his get-rich-quick
scheme under the charge of selling
without license Numerous cases
have been reported of honey" whis-
key being sold at from $40 to $12
per quart.
A baggage and mail express car on
west-bound Santa Fe passenger train
caught fire while In motion east Of
Baxter and, with its contents, was de-
strOyed. The touring car was switched
onto siding at Baxter and an engine
summoned from Pueblo to bring 1t to
Pueblo. The fire continued to burn
until the car reached Pueblo, by which
time it was practically consumed. The
loss to the contents of the ear will run
into the thousands, 1t is believed.
Tons upon tons of potatoes raised
in the dry farm districts around Gro
yer are being fed to hogs and cattle
because farmers refuse to haul them
ten or twelve miles to a railroad ship
ping point when they are selling at
only 90 cents per 100 This condition
has. brought about renewal of the
agitation for more railroads and a
committee is now actively at work en-
deavoring to induce the Union Pa
cific to extend it's Briggsdale branch.
With but one dissenting vote, a
drainage district embracing 1,200
| acres of valuable land adjoining the
town of Windsor was created at a spe-
cial election. This is the first district
Of its kind to be created in northern
| Colorado and only the second one In
the state since the passage of the law
permitting formation of such districts.
w. Fl. Teller, Charles Sorrels and G..
w. Helps were elected directors OF
the district
The annual report of the Buck Air
craft and Munitions Company of Pu-
eblo has been cancelled by Secretary
| of State James r. Noland for alleged
failure of company officials to meet
the financial obligation covering cor
poration taxes. The company owed
S449 for taxes and for the filing Of
the report, and according to the state
officials, this amount was met in part
by check which was refused by the
bank.
The feed situation for stock in the
San Juan basin is critical Many Of
the stockmen are out of feed now and
practically all the hay will be gone
in week or ten days. What hay Is
available is selling at $40 per ton, al
though some is being shipped in from
the Grand valley section that costs ap-
proximately $50 per ton laid down.
Sparks from Rock Island locomo-
tive started a prairie fire ten miles
east of Colorado Springs that threat
ened to wipe out number of ranches
In the vicinity and which was checked
only by the energetic efforts of large
number of men and women from the
adjoining section. The flames de-
stroyed 500 tons of hay and ruined o.
900 acres of pasture and were only
stopped fifty feet from the barns Of A.
Nassour, a prosperous ranchman, who
had $50 head of pure-bred Shorthorns
there.
The Leadville Water Company is
sued an order allowing the city to
use the surplus of the appropriation
fund left over at the end of The fiscal
year, ending April IA, to pay the re-
naming debts incurred during the re-
cent influenza epidemic. The surplus
is expected to be around $4,000. The
total debts incurred during the epi-