Gilpin observer., 1919-07-24
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

making "moonshine" whisky and three
stills were cOnfiscated as a result Of
two raids made in Denver by the state
constabulary on the eve of the discOn.
tinuance Of the body through the eX.
piratiOn of the appropriation made by
the last Legislature. The woman, who
gave her name as Mrs. Elsie Charline
Mock, 81 years old, was arrested when
the officers raided the residence at
300 Birch street, mile east of the
Country club district, in Denver. Two
stills, other paraphernalia incidental
to the business and sixteen gallons OF
whisky were cOnfiscated at the house
in Birch street. The other still was
found in the rear Of the residence OF
William Phillips, 1895 Julian street,
Denver.
"The Good Ship MinneQua" is afloat
and taking cargo aboard for her first
ber of the United States Merchant ma
rine. The Minnequa is Pueblo's Vic
tory ship and her name would have
been pueblo" if it were not for the
fact that there is already battleship
in the United States navy by that
name. The ship was christened by
Mrs. ]. G. BrOoking of Pueblo and the
name "Minnequa" was given it because
of the beautiful Lake Minnequa ut
Pueblo. A bottle of water from Lake
Minnequa was broken over the bow of
the ship in the christening exercises.
The city of Greeley is to Increase the
storage capacity of its reservoirs so
per cent by raising the walls of the
twin basins five feet. The city's wa
ter supply is brought through a forty
mile pipe line from a diversion dam
situated in the Poudre canon, sixteen
miles west of Fort Collins. The local
reservoirs hold 100000 gallons and
the rapidly growing city consumes
nearly 100000 gallons day. The re-
built reservoirs will hold slightly more
than 15OOOOOO gallons.
The 1,20O doctors, dentists and drug
gists of Colorado and Wyoming who
have not yet made their narcotic re-
turn to the department of internal rev.
enue must do so Immediately, accord
ing to G. OBJ. Berry, chief field depu-
ty Of the department. After the expir-
alton of the time limit, July 80, any
doctor registering prescriptions or any
complied with the law will be liable to
five years in the penitentiary and a
fine of $4,000, he said.
Charles Graves, 43 years old,
rancher at Shaffer's Crossing, few
miles south of Golden, was shot by
Wade Williams, 80 years old, farm
hand, following an argument over the
latters work on the farm. Two bull
lets lodged in Graves chest. Williams
surrendered to Sheriff Jones of Col
den and declared, according to the
sheriff, that he shot Graves because
the latter drove him about the farm
like slave"
An auto accident which resulted in
the death of Emil Hedstrom, widely
known rancher, and caused injury to
three others, occurred when the auto
in which the four We're riding turned
over. The car was travelling at high
rate of speed, when one of the tires
burst and flew off The car turned u
complete somersault. This is the sec
Ond fatal accident that has occurred
near HaXtun recently.
A go to 65 per cent, beet crop is es-
timated for Boulder County by Agri-
culturst II. II. Simpson, who said that
conditions were so improved that he
felt compelled to revise his original
estimate of a 40 per cent. yield. The
webwOrm, which has been causing
much damage to the beets, has dis
appeared as a result of spraying and
natural causes
The real e. bureau of the Civic
and Commerce., Association of Den
yer has been asked to present recon.
mendatiOns to the board of directors
with regard to the proposed "Presi-
dents summer home" on Mount Fal.
con. This action was taken after re-
quest was made by John Brisben
Walker for consideration Of further ac.
zion.
COlOrado's wheat and corn crops this
year will exceed last years crops by
millions of bushels, according to esti-
mates by the Colorado cooperative
crop reporting service, based on acre.
age returns sent in by the county as.
SCISSORS, in accordance with the new
agricultural statistics law adopted by
the last Legislature. These estimates
place the wheat crop this year at 49,
627, 900 bushels for both spring and
winter wheat, as compared with 49,
335,OO0 bushels last year. and the corn
crop at 3,14S,00O bushels as against
20,5S5,0 900 bushels in 1915
Better roads boosting received new
encouragement upon advices that the
State Highway Commission had allot
ted 100000 to Mesa county for road