Gilpin observer., 1919-02-13
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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Sheriff Sam Thomas of Pueblo has
sworn in fifty-seven deputies at the
steel mills to replace former guards
Harry j. Wolf, mining professor a,
the State School of Mines, states thai
Colorado oil shale deposits are a state
and national asset.
All the Weld county sugar mills are
assured long campaigns next season,
because of the immense beet tonnage
contracted for the county.
Prof. William Black, Instructor OF
mechanical engineering at the Univer-
slty of Colorado since 1917, died at
Boulder at the university hospital fol-
lowing an operation for appendicitis.
Being at the crest of the continent,
Colorado contains the headwaters of
some of the principal rivers of the
| United States, including the Colorado,
Rio Grande, Platte, Arkansas and Re.
publican.
John Johnson, his wife and four
children, Of NiWot, miraculously es-
,apeu ueath Sunday, when his car
left the road on sharp curve four
miles outside of Boulder and plunged
into IL creek.
Reports show that in Denver last
year there were 12O cases Of typhoid
fever, III of scarlet fever, 1914 of diph-
iberia, S41 of whooping cough, 2,644
of measles, 1884 of chicken pox and
| 105 of humps.
The residents of Lake county are
solidly in favor Of the proposed $21,-
900 for repairs for the Battle Noun
tain road, in Eagle county, in place Of
the proposed repairs to the roads in
the western part of that county.
Two Cripple Creek boys who fought
with the famous Devil Dogs" at Cha
teau Thierfy have returned to their
homes in Cripple Creek for visit
with relatives. Both were wounded in
action. They are Dewey Nulph and
Willard Allen.
Opposition to the proposed SIC.
600 bond issue for good roads was
unanimously opposed by resolutions
passed by the Weld County Farmers
Union, which is composed of repre-
sentatives of the twenty or more To-
cal unions in the county.
The grand encampment Of Odd Eel
lows will be held in Denver Feb II.
l, was scheduled to be held in Fort
Collins last October, and was post
pOned on account of the Influenza
epidemic. The military council of
Patriarchs Militant will meet the eve
ming Of the opening day at 1851
Champa. The final feature of the pro-
gram will be grand ball.
The mysterious disease which has
been killing many cattle around Crest,
Colo, and which started in the west
ern part of Morgan county, where II
destroyed entire herds, has been d.
ngnosed as corn stalk disease by vet
crnarians from the State Agricultural
College at Fort collins, and there il
no cure for it save to keep the cattle
out of the corn fields.
All the Weld county sugar mills are
| assured long campaigns next season,
because of the immense beet tonnage
contracted for in the country, accord
ling to HI Tymothy, agricultural super
lntendent of the Greeley factory. He
says that the Greeley factory has con-
tracted more than 1900 acres, and
that Windsor and Eaton have con-
tracted about 10000 acres between
them.
Although Il. Lee Craft, special
agent of the Department of Justice,
went to Fowler to arrest one man on
charge of evadng the draft, he
brought to Pueblo another on the same
charge, and through II peculiar cir
cumstance, the name of the man
caught is the same as the man sought.
He is James NJ. George, and he Is held
In the local jail awaiting action on
the part of government officials.
Hundreds Of farmers are making
good profits every year on nonirrl
gated land In Colorado that was con-
sidered worthless for agricultural pur.
poses ten years ago.
DR.. George Norlin, acting president
Of the University Of Colorado, an.
nounced at Boulder that the resigna.
ton OF DR.. Livingston Farrand, presi.
dent of the university, was expected by
the board of regents. This statement
follows closely upon the announcement
from Washington that President VIII.
son had appointed DIR. Farrand as
president Of the American Red Cross.
the appointment to take effect
March l.
Colorado's own. the 18th infantry.
has been ordered home. The an
nouncement was made at Washington
that the 10th division. the Sunshine
DIVISION" composed Of men from Colo.
RADIO. Utah. New Mexico. Arizona and
California, would soon be aboard trans.
ports bound for the United States.
other Colorado units. in addition to
the 18th, attached to the 40th division
are the 115th ammunition train and
trench mortar battery: the 115th en-.