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

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Funds for the work will be raised b,
the sale of Red Cross Christmas seal
in December.
Gov. Oliver n. Shoup has not We
definitely set the date calling the ex
ira session of the Legislature, it wal
declared at his office, but it will b.
mot later than Nov. TO-"
Gov. Oliver H. Sbpup designated Fri
day, Oct. "a, as Roosevelt American
ization day" and asked that it be OBJ
served in Colorado as recommended by
the Roosevelt Memorial Association.
The seasons excavating work on the
cliff ruins in Mesa Verde park have
been completed and as result the
detailed construction of two more
ruins has been revealed for the inter
est of students and curious sightseers
San Luis valley farmers are deter.
mined that the Mosca- Hopper drainage
project, affecting nearly half a mil
lion acres Of wheat, will become the
most productive portion of the valley
and calling for the expenditure of a
million and half dollars, will go
| through.
Wages In nineteen Denver manufac-
turing plants have increased approx
mately $163, 900 for this year over 1918,
according to figures secured by the
City Industrial Bureau. Last year
these same industries paid in wages
$433,596 This year their total, they
say, will be $597, ,465.
Newspaper and magazine editors
representing n circulation of more than
2O,OOO,OOO readers have pledged their
support to the campaign and to aiding
in the pOpulariZation of the knowledge
that tuberculosis kills 10000 persons
n year and costs $500, 100000 yearly in
life and labor
Rienzi G. Dickens, Longmont ranch
man, who was convicted in May, 1915,
in the Boulder District Court of second
degree murder, following the fatal
shooting of his aged father, William
III. Dickens, banker and farmer, on
Nov. 80, 1915, was granted new trial
by the State Supreme Court.
Insects do not confine their depre-
datiOn to plants by simply sucking the
juices from them or devouring the
foliage, but are instrumental in the
transmission Of plant diseases which If
not properly treated will spread to
other plants and cause no little dam
age.
The sheepmen are facing heavy loss
rs unless the scabies can be extermin-
ated Immediately, according to DIR.
Mitchell, government sheep inspector,
who addressed the last meeting of the
Western Slope Wool Growers Associ-
alton at MOntrose after he had quaran-
tined several of the largest herds of
sheep in the county because of the
presence of scabies.
Joe Geiger, for several years travel
ing engineer for the Western Light
and Power Company in northern Colo
RADIO territory, has accepted a commits
sion from the Guggenheim interests to
build big electric power plant in Chi
huahua, Mex. Geiger graduated from
the University of Colorado engineer
ing college in 1914. He recently re-
turned from service with the A. e. f.
In France.
A municipal landing field will be
purchased and equipped at once by the
Chamber of Commerce of Colorado
Springs, and the city will be listed as
n station of the North American Air
Line Association, which is expected to
be the standard route for future coast
to-coast flights. A concrete getaway
for use in wet weather is to be in
stalled, big cement arrow will indi-
cate to incoming flyers the best posi-
tion for landing and modern hangar
will protect planes against the
weather.
The body of Michael HeintZ, father
of Congressman Victor Heintz of Ohio,
who died at Montrose, was shipped to
Cincinnati for burial, as his son was
unable II come west. Mr.. Heintz had
been resident of the Montrose sec
tion for seven years and was n promi.
nent farmer of that county. He was
veteran of the Civil war and partici-
pated In many of the most important
battles of the war. He was T6 years
old.
"eiiS'S sun ''"ii. iolin'iliy WelcOHleu
home Its thirty-three returned sol
dlers and paid tribute to the three who
made the supreme sacrifice, Mt exer-
cises and n jollification held at Morri-
son with nearly 1000 people attending
Speeches, athletic events, military and
jazz music by the Fort Logan post
band, dance and sure-enough
western barbecue made up the pro-
gram. and the large crowd supplied
abundance of enthusiasm. A large pro-
portion of the thlrty-three returned
soldiers fell into line for the review,
under the direction of l. A. Van Cor
den, Jr,, prominent citizen of Morri-
son. The whole thirty-three were on
hand for the dance, which concluded
the festivities.
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