Gilpin observer., 1919-06-12
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Vandals have looted the building be-
longing to the Breckenridge Gun Club
at Breckenridge and caused destruc
ton to valuable property.
Colorado leads all states in the pro
duction of beets, and the 1919 crop, &C
cording to present Indications, will be
the largest in the history of the sugar
beet industry here.
Hay is Colorado's banner crop. Its
value last year was about $4,000, ,OOO
or approximately as much as the val.
ue of the states total metal output
for the same year.
Colorado, Wyoming and New Mex.
leo men enlisting in the United States
navy now may choose whether they
wish to take their preliminary training
in San Francisco or at the naval train
ing station at Great Lakes, near Chi
cago.
The state road fund is richer by
81, 1855 as result of the first month $
collection of state tax on gasoline and
kerosene under the law enacted by the
Twenty-second General Assembly as
one of the measures to promote the
building of good roads in Colorado.
Investigations by expert field men
connected with the Colorado Packing
Corporation indicate that 80 per cent
of the tomato plants reported as killed
by the frost on June LIST are sending
out new shoots and with proper care
will live and produce a crop in the vi
cinity of Canon City.
Weld county, Colorado's banner ag-
ricultural county, is the leader also in
the number of Incorporated cities and
towns, number of banks, number of
schools, number of farm owners and
number of tenant farmers. 1t ranks
second in number Of automobiles and
assessed valuation and third in bank
deposits.
The Greeley Commercial Club will
protest efforts of the railroads to
change the minimum loading require
ments for lambs shipped from north
ern Colorado. Local shippers say that
the proposed change will cause an ad-
ditional charge of $50 upon every car
load of lambs shipped from the Gree
ley and Fort Collins district.
Salida stockmen and business men
have signed a contract for six air.
plane flights to be held in that city
July 4th and 9Th by Aviator Brock Of
Chicago, one of the most daring ex-
hibition fliers in the country. Two
ioht will hn ri~ ri, Oft
and one at night accompanied by fire
works bombardment. Ten thousand
visitors are expected in Salida on the
two days from western and southern
Colorado.
The gold ore production in the Grip
to 55,376 tons, carrying a gross bull
lion value of $691, As, which is an
increase over April of 100000. The
general average of all ore produced
was $10.5S. Nine hundred and ninety
tons were shipped to the smelters,
which returned $50 per ton. The divi-
dends paid during the month by the
Cresson and the Golden Cycle Com
panies amounted to $167, 900.
Plans for the Fourth of July celebra-
ton in Steamboat are rapidly taking
shape and the affair is growing in inn
portance The sports committee has
been especially active, and already
many of the best riders of northwest
ern Colorado are lined up for attend
ance. 1t is planned to make the rough
riding feature of greater interest than
ever before. Some of the recent con.
tests have been rather tame, but
George Long. on Il trip to the lower
country interested aome of the best
riders in the contest They are anx-
ious to try conclusions with the crack
riders of the Art-O-Graf Film Com.
pany, who will be there.
A complete counterfeiting plant
ready for operation was unearthed
and the two men held responsible for
its erection taken into custody in
Boulder cafion, eighteen miles west Of
Boulder, by Roland X. Goddard of the
United States secret service, Sheriff
Robert Euler and two deputies
Denver will receive six pieces OF
German artillery and two machine
guns with shells for display purposes
II "A bill introduced in the federal
House Of Representatives by Con
gressmon William N. vaile is passed
The bill provides that the guns shal
be from the captures made by the
American expeditionary forces and de
llvered to the United States under ths
terms of the peace treaty.
With silver going up toward the for
mer coinage value, renewed Interest
Is being taken In the older silver pro
ducers of Summit county. Silver ant
gold will again be prospected for dur
ing the coming summer in the Breck
enridge district, which was formerl,
considered gold camp" until tn,
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