Gilpin observer., 1919-06-19

is the most important, should have
been made a. soon as the blossoms
were well off the trees
Two hundred and seventy-nine grad
yates of State Teachers college re-
ceived degrees or life certificates at
the commencement held on the college
campus at Greeley.
The state Inheritance tax depart
ment will make thorough investiga-
ton Of the reported shrinkage Of the
estate Of w. s. Jackson, Colorado
Springs pioneer banker, from $1OOOO.-
900 to little more than $1,0O0O00.
A balance of $9,650, 769OS on May 81
is the amount on hand in the state
treasury, according to Harry e. Null
nix, treasurer. This is an increase Of
| $1,3O0,0O0 over the balance on hand
Feb. 2S The receipts for the last
quarter were $4,643, 40 and the dis
bursements $8,S11 ,4S597.
The first distinguished service med
al presented in Colorado was given to
Wendell w. Jacobs Of Colorado
commander of the Denver army re-
cruiting station. Private Jacobs was
with Company G, 341st Machine Gun
Battalion, and was cited for e1traor-
dinary heroism.
Maintenance of the government guar
anteed price Of $2.26 bushel to the
wheat producer is absolutely neces-
sary to assure the production needed
to care for the world wants, 1t was de-
clared by Julius Barnes, United States
wheat director, presiding at a confer
ence of $50 representatives Of all the
grain industries of this country in New
York.
The BIDS for the making of 100000
front tags and 30,0ec rear tags for au-
tomobiles have been let by Secretary
Of State James R. holland. Another
company Of Denver, has been given
the work of making 1900 badges
which the law requires must be worn
by chauffeurs. Colorado concerns are
being given preference in the bidding,
said Secretary of State holland.
II would rather die than 60 to
Canon City" was the remark of Frank
De West, who broke Jail at La Junta
after being sentenced to the peniten-
tiary to from eighteen months to two
years. De West was recaptured in
Pueblo, after making the trip by con-
cealing himself underneath the coal on
the engine tender. The first sentence
was revoked, and he was resentenced
to serve from five to eight years for
his brief liberty.
Among the arrivals from France re-
Gently was Vernon R. Alspaugh and
his wife, charming little French girl
whom he married in Nantes, France,
last December while a member Of the
Sixteenth infantry of the A. e. F. The
young couple went to Craig, Colo,
where they will live on Private Ais
paugh's ranch Alspaugh was men,
ber Of the first American unit under
fire and was gassed during an engage
ment in the Toul sector in January,
1918.
Reports received by the cooperative
crop reporting service Indicate a sub
stantial increase in the number of
chickens ON farms In Colorado since
the report of the census bureau in
1910. The total number of chickens
| ol ioiO, as iNpoitSu thC
Census Bureau was 1,644,471. The in
quiry this year applies only to number
of hens on farms, and though reports
will not be nearly so complete as
were obtained by the census bureau,
they will apparently show an increase
of at least 35 per cent in the number
of chickens over 1910.
A building pVmit has been issued
for the first hangar to be built by the
Curtiss Humphreys Aeroplane Com
pany of Denver, which starts It's Estes
Park aerial bus line in few weeks.
The hangar, frame structure 70xS0
feet in dimension, will be built at 6901
East Twenty-sixth avenue, on the
Oneida street flying field,
According to u current report Of the
State Highway Commission a total of
$3T5,0O0 will be spent on federal aid
road projects in District 2 of Colo
RADIO. All of the money will be spent
for grading and draining The roads
to be improved are Cherry Creek road
to Colorado Springs Junction, a dis
tance of forty-eight miles, the Burllng
ton road In Kit Carson county for ten
miles north, east and west, the Limon
east road for ten miles, the Colorado
Springs-Caion City road, the Colorado
Springs-C Cripple Creek road, the Castle
Rock river road, the Cheyenne Wells,
either north or west; Woodland Park
to Cripple Greek In Teller county;
Buena Vista-Salida road In Chaffee
county; Buena Vista to Divide in Chat
fee county; Peyton-Ramah road In El
paso and Park counties and the Farm
ers' highway in Lincoln county.
G. NJ. Baldwin died at his home in
Florence from meningitis and what is
thought to be tick fever. Physicians