Gilpin observer., 1920-08-19
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Five thousand bushels Of wheat were
strewn over Sedgwick as the result of
terrific explosion in the Farmers grain
elevator.
The Monte Vista second annual
stampede" proved one of the best
events of its kind held in Colorado in
recent years. The program featured
twenty of the best riders who took
part in the Cheyenne Frontier day
celebrations, including Miss Wyoming.
More than 10000 persons attended the
fair, which was held at Monte Vista
on Aug. A to 6. A special carload Of
longhorn steers were shipped from
Texas for the occasion, in addition to
sixty head of running horses.
William Nensenhenne, Cripple
Creeks near "Enoch Arden" has re-
turned to his wife and two children
now grown to manhood, whom he left
eighteen years ago. He stepped out
of the automobile that had brought
him over the mountains from Colorauo
Springs and entered a home that had
had another husband and father after
the wife he married twenty-three years
ago had remained faithful to him fol
ten years while, supposedly dead, he
was "hoboing" around the country.
The Denver & Salt Lake Railroad
Company has filed with the State Pub
lie Utilities Commission a petition re
questing that it be permitted to ad
vance freight rates on its line 35 pei
cent over existing rates, instead Of q
per cent as requested by the othei
Colorado railroads located in the terri
tory west of line drawn north and
south through the Colorado common
points, which include Cheyenne, Den
ver Colorado Springs, Pueblo and Trim
idad.
Nearly complete reports received BY
the State immigration Department
from county assessors show that the
area in cultivation in Colorado this
year is slightly in excess of 100000
acres, exclusive of orchards, compared
with total of 4,795, 1872 acres reported
in cultivation by county assessors last
year. These figures include the area
devoted to wild hay, amounting te
about 100000 acres each year. The
largest increases in cultivated acreage
this year are in the areas devoted tt
winter wheat and corn, with consider
able increases in acreage of sorghum
crops and moderate increases in alfal
ia acreage. The reports of county as
SCISSORS show that something more thar
100000 acres Of raw land was broker
for the first time this year, compared
with about $4,000 acres broken last
year.
Stirred to action by numerous auto
mobile accidents on state highways
the members Of the state highway com
mission have promulgated n traffic
code for all state highways. The CHIEF
provisions of the new traffic code fol
automobiles on state highways, are ,
Speed limit for automobiles, thirty
five miles an hour on ordinary roads
and twenty miles an hour on noun
tain roads. Speed on all turns limited
to eighteen miles an hour. Speed OF
vehicles weighing between 5000 ant
10000 pounds limited to fifteen miles
and for vehicles weighing in excess OF
10000 pounds to ten miles an hour
Width of vehicles using prairie roads
limited to twelve feet and mountain
to carry two front and one rear light
All other vehicles, including bicycles
motorcycles and wagons must carry
one white and one red lamp. Vehicles.
overtaking another vehicle going in the
same direction must sound warning
signal Dafore passing. Vehicles goins
in opposite direction must pass on the
right. A vehicle passing another going
IN the same direction must pass to til
left.
Charles McCarty, held on a bur
glary charge at Topeka, Kan, con
tossed that he is an escaped convict
from the Colorado state penitentiarA
Mt Canon City. He expressed desire
TO be returned to Canon City rather
than stand trial.
The twenty-third annual meeting OF
the Colorado Bar Association was hello
in the court house at Colorado
Springs. At the same time and place
the annual meeting of the State
Judges Association was held. Speak
ers at the meeting were w. l.. Dayton
president; Gov. Henry J. Allen OF
Kansas, Judge Jesse G. Norcutt OF
Trinidad, and Senator Charles S
Thomas.
A new valuation on Logan county
land was established when Henry
Therkhorn, owner of Il five-acre tract
n short distance south of Sterling
along the Lincoln highway refused an
offer of $1,000 for his place. This is
equa. to S1,400 an acre, but includes
all improvements, and IL the cost OF
the latter were deducted the price