Gilpin observer., 1920-07-01
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

tributed among the several states on
the basis of the number of men fur
nished the army. These goods are to
be shipped to a central point in the
several states and from there be dis.
tributed by each congressman in his
district. In the Colorado allotment
there are twenty-one field guns, how.
itzers and trench mOrtars; thirty-eigh,
vehicles, ninety-four machine guns ant
quite number of small guns ant
thousands of small articles. Manager
]. l.. Beaman of the State Fair hai
written each congressman from Colo
RADIO, urging that these goods b,
shipped to Pueblo at thet ime of tht
State Fair, Sept. 1925, where the,
may he placed on exhibition and ther
distributed from there. BY this ar
rangement the visitors attending tn,
State Fair will have an opportunity o
seeing the entire collection.
/ Partial reports from county asses
sors received by the State Immigration
Department show that the acreage de
voted to beans in the state this veal
is somewhat larger than early prelimi
|
quiries made during the spring tended
to show that the acreage devoted to
the crop this year would not be much
in excess of 65 per cent of last years
acreage, or about $4,000 acres, exclu
sive of those raised for seed. Such
returns as have been made by county
assessors up to this time indicate that
the acreage planted this year is AT
least 80 per cent of that for last year,
and may run slightly above 60yOOc
acres.
| With the death of one member Of the
city fire department and property
damage estimated at more than 5000,
900, Telluride witnessed the worst fire
in it's history. The fire, which started
in the new flotation mill Of the Snug
| gler-Union mine, one and one-half
miles east of Telluride, consumed the
entire building, in addition to destroy
ing the residence of Bulkeley Wells
president and general manager Of the
| mine, the mine office building, the
company store, an oil warehouse, three
| cottages, seven freight cars and an
| enormous amount of lumber and coal
| stored near.
The town Of Ault has been exonerat
| ed from alleged contempt charges by
| the State Utilities Commission. 1t hac
been charged that Ault had violated
| orders issued by the commission last
| September in regard to the operating
of municipal light and power plant
Tostf,nnpr nf 1yitpoSSoc amman Il I,a
| fore the commission brought out the
| fact that the town officials were in nc
way responsible for citizens plugging
| in" on the municipal power wires aft
| er the order to restrain had been Is
sued by the commission.
1t takes a courageous man to save
his burning house with buckets of milk
worth 10 cents a quart wholesale, but
David Easterly and Martin Van Voor
his, ranchmen on the Cornwall ranch
on Ohio creek, possessed the necessary
courage when their ranch home caught
fire. Twenty gallons of lacteal fluic
sufficed to dOuse the flames, which
Sad started on the roof
Pueblo post No. 2, American Legion
has established its headquarters in the
canteen used throughout the war by
the local chapter Of the Red Cross te
serve hot lunches to soldiers passing
through the city. The building has
been moved from near the Union sta.
tion to Court and Fifth streets. and has
been comfortably and costly fitted ur
as clubhouse for the Legion.
Owing to the failure Of materials tc
arrive, the ceremony Of laying the cor.
nerstone Of the new $500. 900 Sterling
hospital will not take place for few
weeks. In the meantime, efforts tc
raise the remainder of the money tc
meet the cost of thes tructure will be
redOubled, in the hope Of having the
fund complete when the cornerstone IL
hid.
Harry Falkner, 80, town marshal OF
Brighton, and former deputy sheriff
was shot twice by bank robbers. Falk.
ner was rushed to Mercy hospital. Den.
ver Falkner is believed to have been
shot by the lookout for the bank
robbers, who were on the point OF
breaking into the American bank or
Bridge street, at Brighton.
The hearts Of forty orphan children
and eight residents Of the State Odd
Fellows Home mt Canon City were
made happy when over 500 representa-.
tives of the triple link from all parts
| of the state assembled there to cele.
brate the first annual homecoming of
the order in Colorado.
Struck In the face with flying
piece OF jagged steel, the broken part
of an automobile fan, George Schaefer
mechanic employed in garage nj
Trinidad sustained fracture Of the
skull, the loss Of his left eye and a