Gilpin observer., 1919-04-03
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

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Howard Tiff, who says he Is from
Michigan. was caught by the Huerfano
county sheriff In possession Of an auto
mobile which he had stolen from the
chief OF police at Colorado Springs.
The sheriffs office was notified to be
on the lookout fos XSss. and deputy
caught him up short distance north
of Waisenburg. From Colorado
Spri.Gs he drove to fuSblo. where he
stole a new spotlight and set Of
new side curtains from an accessory
dealer. Driving along the street he
Inquired from Pueblo policeman the
toned the fact that he was driving
without tail light He took the hint
and stole a red lantern a few blocks
further on. Reaching Rye, Tiff broke
into garage and stole some gas and
oil. His next stop was at the Clate
Hill store at Green Horn. He broke
into this store and stole cigarA, to-
bacco, candy, crackers, canned goods,
couple Of watches, some other small
articles and few dollars in cash.
After having successfully worked
his graft in Denver, Cheyenne and
other cities without detection, James
Young, claiming to be deaf and dumb,
who has been begging on the trains
and in the towns, was forced to talk
by Jailer Edward Grimm of the Weld
county jail at Greeley when the jailer
refused him anything to eat, after be-
ing convinced that he was fraud.
For sixty hours the fellow held out
without speakin :, but hunger finally
overcame his determination and he
cried for food, which was furnished
him. After that he talked freely and
told that he had been working the
graft for three years.
National Guard and denial of needed
legislation to strengthen the organiza-
ton failed to materialize in the State
Senate when two bills affecting the
guard were called up for third read
ing vote. Both were passed, including
the emergency clauses. One Of the
measures, the Lake House bill, pro-
vides for the use Of what remains of
the fund Of $2,5OOOO0 appropriated
two years ago for eQuipping and plac-
ing the National Guard on a war basis,
in the maintenance of the guard for
the next two years. The amount ID
approximately $1.5O0.OOO.
A whisky-laden automobile, which
was taken by the sheriff when its
driver fled, was confiscated with the
liquor by County Judge Hood at Brigh-
ton when the case came up. Alice May
Richards, mortgage of the car, will
carry the case to the Supreme Court
in an endeavor to get possession Of 1t.
When the car was abandoned by its
driver a bloody coat and smashed
windshield showed the effects of the
sheriff's buckshot
Reports from fifty-one school dis
tricts out of total Of ITO in Weld
county show that twenty-seven nation
alities are represented in the schools,
and that twenty-one Of these are found
in Greeley. In the sixty-one districts
1,717 children were reported as being
of foreign, parentage, and S,1S5 of
American native born parentage. Rus
slams lead the foreign group, with IA
per cent
Tomey Kitzer, employed at the Cres-
son mine, was crushed flat rs a piece
Of paper at Victor when sixteen tons
Of rock fell ten feet, catching him un-
der 1t. The rock was used as a coun-
terweight on the CressOn mine tram
way cable and the cable parted while
Kitzer was standing under the weight.
A fellow workman who was on top of
the counterweight sustained n broken
leg when 1t fell.
A. G. Ridgway, vice president Of the
Rock Island Railroad Company, with
headquarters at Chicago, and Col. D.
B. X. Sellers of Albuquerque, have
made tour of inspection throughout
the San Juan basin, securing data as
| to possible tonnage that could he fur
nished If there was a railroad con-
Meeting the San Juan basin with trans
continental lines to the south or west.
Mayor F. F. Smith has been renom-
mated on the Citizens ticket, which
will be the only one in the field. Last
year was prosperous one for Hud-
son, Colo, with the new Farmers' Co
| operative grain elevator. general
store, Libby, Mcneil & Libby pickle
factory and the plant of the Boulder
Creamery Company. The town coun-
Gil has passed an ordinance for a
bond Issue Of $4,000. $1,000 to be
used in extending water mains and the
rest on electric lighting, the town hav-
Ing a contract with the Fort Lupton
Light and Power Company, nine miles
away. Land is changing hands at
from 800 to $50 an acre, and beet
and wheat prospects are excellent
County clerks are allowed to rec..',l
discharge certificates of returned sol
dlers without charging q fee, accord.