Gilpin observer., 1920-01-15
COLORADO
STATE NEWS


Denver-Colorado Editorial Associa-
tion meet Jan. 1s. 90 ~. 1920.
Denver-Live Stock Show. January II
to "a. 1S20.
The National Jewish hospital of
Denver was made beneficiary of ST.
600 in the will of Abraham Kaufman,
late manufacturer. of Watkins Glen,
N. Y, which has been filed for pro-
bate. The residue Of Il 100000 estate
was left to the widow and four child.
ren.
The county commissioners of Routt
county have selected the site for a
new courthouse. The proposition will
be put up to the public next election,
when an $4,000 bond issue will be
submitted. The location is on the
principal street Of Steamboat Springs
and will be q whole block.
Tho total circulation of books from
the Durango public library during
1919, according to a report filed with
the board Of trustees, was 12,643,
divided as follows: Fiction, 7,2O7
juvenile, S,939; class books, 2,1O2. The
number of visitors at the library dur
ing the year was 1880 as compared
with 1925 in 1918.
Five men, arrested last summer on
charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses, have been placed on
trial in the District Court at Brighton.
1t is charged that the men sold stock
to certain residents of Adams county
at price far in excess Of the market
value. They are alleged to have Sc
cured $4,000 from local farmers in
this manner.
The Longmont Stave Silo Company
has bought factory site at La Sale
with railroad loading facilities and
will build a cement stave silo factory
there this winter. The company will
employ eighteen men and has con-
tracts of 100000 in 1920 business
The La Sale plant will be the second
stave silo factory to be constructed in
Weld county this year.
Four persons narrowly escaped
death by jumping out Of a second
story window, several residences were
threatened and valuable letters were
mutilated when fire of unknown origin
completely destroyed the Golden Rule
store, the postoffice and two adjoining
buildings at Lyons. Officials esti-
mate the loss at $4,000, which was
partially covered by insurance.
Work has been started at Brighton
on a new theater building, to be COM
pleted by May l, when it will be
opened as u picture show by II. w.
james, local capitalist. ]. N. Counter,
retired business man, is interested
with James in erecting the structure.
The building is modelled after the
Webber theater in Denver and will
cost approximately $4,000 when COM
plete.
Reports Of county assessor show
226, 1876 acres of oats in the state in
1919, which, with 10 per cent added
for incOmpleteness, gives total Of
249, 900 acres, compared with a correct
ed figure Of 251,O 900 acres in 1918.
The average yield per acre, as deter
mined from reports of threshermen and
from other sources, was 1872 bushels,
compared with corrected figure of
30 bushels for last year.
w. G. Harris is rushing work on the
erection of the proposed new hotel for
Sterling. Work has been started on
razing the old buildings standing on
the site at the corner of Second and
Poplar streets, one block from the
Union station. 1t Is not yet deter
mined whether the new hotel will be
five or six stories high. 1t will cost
at least $15O,0O0, but more likely the
figure will go much higher.
The ice crop for Montrose and near
ty cities is reported the best in many
years, according to #. B. Bosler, local
ice dealer, who has just finished put
ting up 5000 tons Of ice for local con.
sumption during the summer of 1920.
A fortune of between $4,000 and
$4,000 is left to the American board
of foreign missions, at Boston, Mass,
for the furtherance Of its work in Ar
menia, by the will Of II. Enfiajian,
Armenian rug dealer, who died in
Denver Dec. 80.
It Is estimated that 1900 birds and
head of pet stock will be on exhibition
at the chicken show this year that is
held in connection with the National
Western Stock Show. II is the elev-
enth annual poultry show, and w. G.
Schuman again is In charge. The
Judges will be George NJ Wells of Wis
consin and e. NJ. Brauch Of Missouri
@. s. Gibson Of Detroit Mich, will
Judge the pet stock. Entries close OH
Jan. 13 and there have been notifica.
tions from all Western states from Mis-
souri, to California. All leading breeds
are represented, the Mediterranean d.
vision of Leghorns taking about SO per
cent.