Gilpin observer., 1919-10-16
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

A'N u Iiiio lOtuI 1OT Twelve OlIIeren
districts. Other recipients of this fin
ancial aid were: Custer county, $3.50
Sept. 9th; Eagle, $500, Aug. 4th ! E
Paso, $72O, Oct. 6th jefferson, $500
Oct. 9Th; Larimer, $42O, May 9th
Washington, $500, in September, ant
Yuma, $40, Sept. 18th. The specia
fund Is designed to aid districts in nay
Ing teachers the salaries required b,
law after they have exhausted all Other
legal means of raising revenues fol
school purposes.
America have awakened to the fact
that one of the easiest ways in which
they can save several million dollars
for the state and the country is
through active support of National
Campaign which has been launched
against tuberculosis, according to
Philip P. Jacobs, secretary Of the Ma
tional tuberculosis Association, who re-
Gently addressed a meeting Of the Colo
RADIO Public Health Association in Dem
yer.
The discovery Of rick vein of ore
on the southwest slope Of Carbonate
hill, about One-half mile from the city
limits Of Cripple Creek, is reported by
John l.. Macdonald, pioneer prospec-
tor of this district. After finding rich
float at the surface, Macdonald dug a
trench for distance of few rods.
His efforts were rewarded by opening
up what appears to be one of the rich
est veins of ore uncovered in the east
end Of the district for years.
A $4,000 school building, to be
erected at Monument, Colo, for the new
ly consolidated school district, was au-
thorized, at bond election in which
citizens Of the former Hustled, Monu-
ment, Pring and Stout districts parti-
cipated. The building will be erected
this fall and will be occupied at the
spring semester. The structure will be
modern both in construction and equip
ment
Ray B. Sims and John Burgess, sur
veyors from the Denver office of the
forestry service, assisted by Forest
Ranger A. Hodges, Guard Samuel f.
Anderson and Forest Supervisor VIII
liam r. Kreutzer have completed sur
vey of the proposed road through the
Taylor River canon, which, when COM
pleted, will open up the Taylor park
section Of the county, a rich agricul-
tural section.
One hundred and twenty-one drug
samples in total of 30S submitted to
the food and drug division of the State
Board Of Health between April 18th
and Sept. 1st last, were found to be
adulterated, a report prepared for the
board by Food Commissioner Wilbur
F. Cannon indicates. The 3OS samples,
principally of medicines, came from
sixty-three Colorado towns.
Greeley spuds which made that sec
ton famous few years ago are still
In active demand in other states. This
was indicated by letters received by
the secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce from firms in the different
states, asking about potatoes and re-
questing the names of some growers
or shippers who might be able to sup
ply some spuds.
German war relics collected on bat
u. IN w.
Linderfelt, who went overseas with the
First Colorado cavalry, have been lent
to the Colorado Historical Society and
will be placed on exhibition at the
state museum as soon as racks can be
provided for them.
Overcrowded conditions in high and
graded schools in Colorado Springs
were placed before the board of edu-
cation by Roscoe G. Hill, superintend-
ent, and the board began tentative ac-
tion toward the submission Of a ST.
100000 bond issue at the next school
election.
Selling of patent medicines contain
ing 10 to 20 per cent alcohol for use as
beverages is contrary to the state pro-
hibition law and should be followed by
court convictions, Attorney General
Victor Il. Keyes said in replying to
queries from lawyers in Huerfano
county. ut seems to us that the mat
ter is solely one Of evidence" Mr..
Keyes wrote, "and IL you can prove the
making of sales under circumstances
showing that the druggist knew, or
ought TO have known, that the article
was purchased for use as beverage
and that 1t was so used and produced
intoxication, you are entitled to con-
viction." Mr.. Keyes also cited cases
in which 1t was held the sale of jana
lea ginger for beverage purposes was
Illegal.
Business men of Boulder initiated n
movement for @ state bond issue Of
.$25,000,000 for good roads at lunch
con of the Boulder Commercial Asso
citation, held mt the Boulderado hotel
David II. Holmes, chairman of the
Highways Committee of the associa-
tion, and Harry Casaday, State Sena-
tor, were appointed on n committee to
spread publicity for the movement
thruout Colorado.