Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Gently made to the State University by
the Rockefeller Foundation. This Of
fer is 100000, and is the only one ever
made by Rockefeller trustees to state
school, but is contingent upon the state
Of Colorado providing 100000 to go
with 1t. It is understood that the re-
gents of the State University will ask
the next State Assembly for 100000,
and then go before the public for the
remaining 100000 on popular SUBJ
scription. Thus $1,5OO,OOO can be
raised, and 1t is planned to construct
a state hospital of at least 150-bed ca
pacity for INDECENT sick, a nurses
home, medical laboratory, central
heating plant, ETC., equipped with the
most up-to-date appliances known to
medical science. This would be Col
orado institution, built for the entire
state, and President George Norlin Of
the State University, together with va
rious medical societies, physicians and
friends Of the movement, are backing
the plan to the utmost. The Colorado
State Medical Society will give the
proposition its hearty support, because
1t would mean the best medical plant"
between the Missouri River and Pacific
Coast. A considerable amount Of In
terest has been raised, and those in a
position to know something about the
matter feel quite sure that the Rookie
feller offer will be accepted.
Corn and hogs keep side by side. No
corn, no hogs. Colorado is becoming
corn state and that accounts for the
fact that a corn show is to be held this
year in connection with the National
Western Stock Show at Denver, Jan.
Is to o. 1t is the first corn show of
statewide character held in Colorado.
Corn growing has advanced in this
state with wonderful strides, because
the farmers have come to believe.in 1t.
The show will promote this belief. Hog
raising also has made wonderful ad-
vance, and the show management has
been compelled to erect an exhibition
building for swine. This pavilion is
just finished at cost of $4,000. 1t is
1OOx1S5 feet, built of brick and tile
and cement sloping floors. An unusual
feature of the building will be huge
sales and display room. at the show
last year there were ninety head Of fat
swine and 545 head of breeding swine
entered.
The first biennial report of the state
blind benefit commission records the
expenditures Of $30,673.96 from sixty
three counties during the two-year Pc
riod. Half of this sum is paid by the
state and the balance by the counties
concerned. On November Both, the
last day of the biennial period, and
the end of the fiscal year, the state
reports balance of about $4,000 in
the blind commission treasury. Last
year the fraction of a mill tax levy
appropriated by the Legislature for
this purpose brought in about $4,000.
1t is estimated that this appropriation
will amount to $4,000 for 1921, which
added to the balance on hand would
give the commission about $4,000 for
the coming years work.
G. G. Solquis, town clerk and record
er of Brighton, has filed an affidavit
with Acting Gov. George Stephan GER
tifying that recent census shows q
total of 3,215 population of the town,
and therefore Brighton is entitled to
be rated as a city of the second class.
At the same time he requested the
governor to take the proper steps to
establish the legality of this classified
ton. After comforting with the secre.
tary of state and state auditor, as re-
QAired by law, Lieutenant Governor
Stephan said he would issue an Off.
cial proclamation declaring the town
city of the second class in few
days.
The new State Home and Training
School for Mental Detectives, located
at Grand Junction, is now open and
ready to receive feeble-minded per.
sons, according to announcement made.
One bushel of hand-picked Turkey
Red wheat has brought Ralph X. Davis
of Moffat county $47.7O in prize mon.
ey. The bushel was first taken to
Craig for the community fair, where
it won first award and S14.70 in mer.
chandise. Then 1t took the first prize
Of 81 at Maybell and 81 first premium
at the Colorado state fair. This wheat
was awarded fifth premium at the In.
ternational Hay and Grain Show in
Chicago, Mr.. Davis receiving $25.
Examination of the 1921 state high.
way budget discloses that the budget,
as prepared by Il. J. Ehrhart, state
highway commissioner, provides for
the use of $4,000, which will not be
available until 1922, for federal aid
projects. This $4,000 is part of the
highway commissions share of the
proceeds from the sale of highway
bonds to be issued in 1922.