Gilpin observer., 1920-01-22
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Newspaper Union New. Service.


There are more than 300 elk and
deer in Boulder county, according to
estimates of Forest Rangers Clark
and Ulrich. They are all in fine con-
-dition, according to both rangers, and
are increasing rapidly.
Warden Thomas lyman Of the state
penitentiary at Canon City emphatic.
ally denied the report that the state
had leased or purchased another farm
for use Of the penitentiary, or had
made any arrangements whatever
looking to this end.
Dave Alexander, charged with kill
ing John Curch, n Hungarian miner in
a pool hall at Crosby, Wyo., was cap
tured near Worland by Sheriff Hol-
dredge of Thermopolis. He was bound
over to the District Court for trial
following his preliminary hearing. The
quarrel which ended in the killing was
over 45 cents.
UnseasOned or green posts, ties and
poles in contact with the soil will
last practically as long as seasoned
wood This is the conclusion of expe.
riments and observations made by the
Forest Products laboratory at Madi,
son, Wis, and was given to this paper
by Professor Morrill,, head of forestry
department at Colorado Agricultural
college
Five hundred and sixty-one next OF
kin" of Colorado Yanks who made the
supreme sacrifice in the great wal
will take part in the most dramatic
postwar celebration yet staged in
Denver, when, on Washington's birth
day, Feb %, the representatives OF
the French high commission will con.
fer on the fathers, mothers or wives
Of the slain Yankees honorary French
certificates.
King Spud will reign supreme In
Denver from January 20 to %, inclu
sive. A western potato exposition OF
seven states will be held in the Den
yer Auditorium. The annual meeting
Of the Colorado Potato Growers AS
sOciatiOn, at which the reorganization
of the association will be perfected
and important legislative action or
seed certification laws and shipping
point inspection service will be dis
cuSSed.
On a shipment consisting of thirty
two carload lots of manganese ore
which sold at the end of the line tc
which they had been consigned fol
only $500, the director general OF
railroads, in a suit filed in the Dis
trict Court at Denver, demands rail
road charges of S22,S64.3s. The ac-
ton is directed against George p.
GOodier, who is stated to have shipped
the ore from Leadville to the Sea
board Steel and Manganese Company
ut Temple, Pa.
An order authorizing the disburse-
ment of S25O,00O annually in Colorado
and Wyoming was received by Lieu
tenant Commander Thesis of the Den
yer navy recruiting station. Lieuten-
ant Thesis received permission to en-
roll in class two of the naval reserve
force all men who have given salts
factory service in the navy, even
though they took advantage of Secre-
tary Daniels order permitting them
TO leave the service without complet-
ing their enlistment.
The manufacturing survey to be
conducted by the State Immigration
Department will be begun within a
few weeks, the schedules to be used
i'm gathering the information required
now being in process of compilation.
Some of the information asked for by
the federal government in connection
with the census of manufacturers for
1919 will be asked for by the state,
but the inquiry will pertain more par.
ticularly to conditions which effect
the development of the manufacturing
industry in Colorado.
The output of Colorado's farms
Adjutant General Spangler permission
to organize a new National Guard
composed of 4,6S3 men In Colorado
Colonel Spangler went to Washington
several days for the purpose of dis.
cussing the formation of new guard
with the War Department. The new
guard will be composed of the follow.
ing units. all of which will be equipped
by the government One regiment OF
infantry, one machine gun battalion
one battalion of engineers and head
quarters company, one ammunition
train, one battalion of signal corps
one squadron of cavalry, one battalion
Of light horse artillery, and two ambu
lance companies
That the output Of Colorado's farms
in 1919 was worth more than the com
bined output of all its manufacturing
establishments and its metal mines, ye
the agricultural department OF the
state is only fairly begun. Colorado
Mt the present time ranks about
twenty-eighth among the states in the
value of all crops grown, though II
ranks seventh in area. or course there
is large area Of mountainous land II