Gilpin observer., 1920-03-18
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

CltlZ9n6 OF CeuareuBe Will vote Ou
a bond issue this spring for the In
stallation Of cement sidewalks through
out the town.
Boulder has purchased 400 acres of
land along the watershed of North
Boulder creek to protect the city's wat
er supply.
A bond election will be held in Fort
Morgan 30 that funds may be secured
to increase the capacity Of the water
plant
Dsnver's population is 26S,973, ac-
cording to seml-official reports Of the
census recheck now being made in
Washington
Frank Heagler, 20, was instantly
killed at Fort Lupton, at the Indus
trial Sugar Company's plant when the
cable Of huge steam shovel broke,
allowing two-ton bucket to strike
him on the back.
ColOrado's school fund Is receiving
yearly revenue Of $22,02525 from
oil leases on state school land, accord
ing to report compiled by Horace
Havens, mineral superintendent of the
State Board of Land Commissioners.
After having lost complete trace Of
his father, George Gray, for twenty
eight years, Charles Gray Of Pueblo
suddenly recognized him on the street
in that city The elder Gray has been
residing in Omaha, Neb.
A luncheon meeting In honor Of
President Il. NJ Hopkins Of Dartmouth
College and DR.. Louis Parkhurst OF
Boston, a nationally known educator,
is to be held by the Denver Civic and
Legislative Bureau on April LIST. The
two educators will visit Denver at
that time during a tour in the interest
| Of educational advancement.
George Barrick, "A, and Earl Walker,
81, were smothered to death by cave
in at the Golightly clay mine near
Golden. The bodies of both men were
recovered by fellow workmen an hour
after the accident. The cave-in oc-
Cured in "A new vein, which is sup
posed to be very solid and came with
out warning whatever, according to
witnesses.
Colorado employees of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company suffered
loss of S2,471 ,005 in wages as IA result
of the recent steel strike, and Wyo-
ming employees of the corporation lost
| S161, 400, making grand total of 81
632 504. according to report filed
with the State Industrial Commission
by Fred Farrar, general counsel for
the company.
| 'h, of IA
trail will begin when the contractors
will start the excavation work. Sew
eral one-mie sections will be laid this
spring, the first just east of Rocky
Ford, then a mile Just west Of Lo
Junta and other sections in Manzan-
ola and Fowler In few years the
entire trail from the Kansas line to
Denver will be paved
More than $1,000 was raised At
Montrose by committee to insure the
construction of the new court house
for MOntrOse county on new site,
instead OF building 1t on the present
site of the old court house which has
served the county since its incOrpOra-
tiOn, but which is now being sur
rounded by wholesale houses, produce
markets and railroad switches.
Alexander T. vogelsang. the first as
sistant secretary Of the interior, has
designated 42S,O5O acres of land in
the Leadville district as chiefly valu-
able for grazing and the raising Of
forage crops and as subject to entry
under the stock raising homestead
law. All of these lands have been
applied for heretofore by several hun
dred homesteaders In the Leadville dis
lrict.
wife Of the representative from the
Second Congressional District Of Col
orado, died at the Emergency Hospi-
tal, Washington, d. c., from an attack
like sleeping sickness, superinduced
by influenza.
Employees Of the Colorado Springs
Light, Heat and Power Company have
asked for a wage increase of 40 per
cent. Rush L. Holland, vice president
Of the utility company, said that 1t was
impossible to grant the workmen a
raise under the existing operation con-
ditions. 1t is probable that the en-
ployss will petition the City Council
for an increase in gas and electric
rates so that the wage Increase may
he granted.
Approximately $500. 900 Of permanent
state school funds have been Invested
In state, school and water bonds since
the first Of the present month, says
State Treasurer Harry X. Mulnix. OF
this amount $85,0O0 was used to pur-
chase state bonds of the national de-
fense series Of 1917 to provide funds
with which to take up certificates Of
indebtedness issued in connection with