Gilpin observer., 1920-03-18
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


The Grand valley of western Colo
RADIO. said by experts to be underlaid
with oil sand, is to be probed this year
by at least two companies. b. II. Kie-
fer and others of Fruita are planning
to put down we'll near Fruita. Inter
ests controlling the Werner Y. Reed
estate are reported to be contemplate
ing an oil well to be drilled near Iona,
Colo, on the Reed lands. Gas and oil
seeps in various parts of the western
slope contiguous to Grand Junction
have caused experts to believe that the
center of the supply is under the
Grand valley.
The 1ions' Club OF Longmont has
been organized with charter member
ship Of sixty-seven. All lines of bus-
ness and professions of the city are
represented. The club holds weekly
luncheon every Thursday noon. The
members are enthusiastic over the out
look for the future. j. s. Schey is
president Of the club, DR.. w. X. Ben
son, vice president; Charles Norris,
second vice president; DR.. s. b. Nc
Farland, third vice president; r. L.
Hudson, secretary, and G. e. Young,
treasurer.
report has just been received of
deal under way in Pueblo, backed
by several business men, which, If sue
cessfuly carried out, will give Pueblo
one of the largest and most complete
athletic fields west Of the Mississippi
river. The site for the field has al
ready been selected and leases have
been secured on all the land under con-
sideration. The deal will be pushed at
once In order to have the field finished
by summer so 1t can be used by the
games.
Colorado's road building equipment
is to be placed under fire insurance
protection at once, 1t has been decided
by the State Highway Commission.
Attention was called to the complete
lack of Insurance on $25O,O00 worth
of motor trucks. autos, graders and
other highway equipment belonging to
the state, when valuable state auto
mobile used by Thos. J. Ehrhart, state
highway commissioner, was destroyed
In the blaze which recently gutted the
Tom Roberts Garage in Denver.
Word has been received in Denver
of the death at his home in Omaha,
Neb.. of Colonel Samuel S. Curtis,
aged 80, formerly of Denver. He was
Colorado pioneer of 1857, when he
was engaged in mining In Gilpin coun
| ty. He was the first Republican post
| master and the second postmaster to
be appointed in Denver, having been
named for that office in March, 1860.
He was son of Gen. Samuel Curtis
Of Civil war fame, for whom Curtis
street was named.
Everyone in Colorado is interested
in roads. Practically all the public
service organizations are doing their
bit. The United States Forest Serv-
ice is doing Its bit. In 1912 1t built
one mile of road in 1919 1t built sixty
four miles of road in Colorado. Dur
ing the last eight years the forest
service has built PIT miles of roads in
Colorado at a total cost Of $772,O0O.
During the same period 1t has main
tanned 468 miles at 4 cost Of about
$4,000.
Three minutes after he had eaten
the evening meal, brought to him by
Jailer John McLachlan, Jacob Baker,
alias Jacob Becker. 81, a blacksmith,
held merely for investigation, COM
mittsd suicide at the city jail In Den
yer, by hanging himself in the cell
which has become known as "the hoo
doc CELL" following the escape there
from recently Of Virgil Trimbls and
two other prisoners.
| @. A. Mclaughlin, government hunt.
er, located in the vicinity Of Estes
Park, has bagged his fourth mountain
lion this winter. The last one he cap
tured was at the mouth of the Love
land Grand Canon. Mclaughlin, In
company with John Griffith, Of the
park. tracked the lion for ten miles
before It was located In the den and
shot.
Recruiting for the United States
army in the Wyoming division of the
| Denver district exceeded all other d.
visions for the past month except that
of the city Of Denver, according to
Capt. @. b. Cox. Captain Cox Is in
Denver to make his report to the Of
ficer in charge of the Denver district.
The division In which the captain has
charge Is divided into eight offices
In as many Wyoming cities. Each Of
the offices is in charge Of recruit
ing sergeant, who reports weekly to
Captain Cox.