Gilpin observer., 1919-07-03


City has experienced the first escape
corded in its history. The escape took
place last week.
L. A. Toothaker, peach grower of
Palisade, has the distinction this year
Of sending the first shipment of fruit
from that section. The shipment was
made to Denver.
Teller county, Colorado's banner
gold producer, has added to the
worlds gold supply up to the end of
1918 approximately $30O.OOO,OOO. Gold
is practically the only valuable metal
produced in the famous Cripple Creek
district.
Tentative plans for 100000
building and loan association have
been accepted by leading business men
of Montrose. This is direct result
of the unusual demand for houses in
this city, which at present greatly ex-
ceeds the supply.
The Rico mining district has been
producing steadily for nearly forty
years. There has been some agricul-
tural development in the river valleys
and stock raising is carried ON to a
limited extent. laundering and tie
making have also been important in
dutries at various times in the past.
One hundred and sixty-one gradu-
ates received their diplomas at the
University Of Colorado. DIR. Livings-
ton Farrand, former president of the
fxy hn
ment address. Governor Oliver Shoup
gave a short talk on the work the in
stitution has done during the year.
Two motorcycle police are to be ap-
pointed by w. f. R. Mills, manager of
parks and improvements, to help po-
lice Denvers mountain highways and
parks, 1t has been announced. The
authority of the city to police the
parks was given through an act Gre
ated at the last session of the Twenty
second General Assembly.
Forty volunteers, including five pris-
oners from the county jail at Colorado
Springs, fought forest fire which
threatened for a time to sweep Engle-
mans cafion. Sheriff John q. Weir
ana Forest Ranger Patterson led the
fire fighters. The blase was extin-
guished after five hours unremitting
labor.
According to Colonel Bower, a pio-
neer resident of Palisade, the chief
peach growing section of the western
slope, the indications for a bumper
peach yield was never better. He pre-
diets that not less than $50 carloads
will be shipped from vineland, load
ing point at Palisade, during the com.
ing season.
Wyborn I. Cunningham, attorney
and graduate of Denver University
law school, and his school companion,
Perry Jackson, were married at Castle
Rock to Misses Floss and Eunice Got
hard. The young men have been chums
since bOyhood, graduating together in
high school and college, and serving TO-
gether on the battlefields of France.
A diet Of two loaves of bread a day,
combined with a rest for fifty days
is preferable to working at hard labor
for thirty days with three square
meals to maintain normal weight, ac-
cording to the decision of Donald Nc
Pherson, a local vagrant. who was
tried In Justice Franklin's court at
Montrose on charge Of begging and
sleeping in barns. The Judge gave
him the choice and he nonchalantly
chose the diet and vacation when the
sentence of $50 and costs was given
him.
Charles L. Crockett, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Il. l.. Crockett Of Pueblo, wal
awarded the highest honors obtainabls
ut Colorado College when he was grad
uated with summa cum laude. The
honor bestowed upon Crockett Is the
fourth of it's kind In the history OF
the school, and 1t is the first time in
nine years that anyone has won the
honor.
Two million feet of TIMBER valued
at 81 thousand feet, was destroyed
in the forest fire in the San Isabel
National Forest, seven miles north Of
Beulah, according to a rough estimate
made by A. G. Hamel, forest super
visor. Watchers are still on duty In
the fire area for the purpose of pre-
venting the fire spreading If 1t breaks
out in a new place.
Representative Hardy of Colorado
introduced u bill appropriating $500
to pay for arms and ammunition
which United States troops took away
from Colorado citizens during the la
Dor trouble of 1914, when all Colo
RADIO citizens in the affected area
were compelled to turn in their arms.
Many of these weapons were either
lost or stolen Whine in the govern.
ment's custody.
Fifty of about ninety land owners
in the Orchard mesa section have