Gilpin observer., 1920-06-10
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


diti0ns later in the season. There was
some damage caused by severe winter
weather in certain districts on the
western slope, but so far the loss from
late frOsts has been negligible In por-
tions of the peach-grOwing districts on
the western slope the crop will be
short because of the severe winter, but
generally the outlook is for a crop of
normal proportions. The outlook for
apples Is excellent on the western slope
and In the Canon City district, where
most Of the commercial production of
the state is made.
The Colorado Cooperative Crop Re
porting Service will publish prelimin-
ary estimates this month on the acre
age devoted to spring wheat, oats, bar
ley and alfalfa for the state, base,
upon partial return from county as
SCISSORS and upon percentage estimates
from reporters. Present indications
point to very much increased acre
age of spring wheat and to only slight
changes from last year in the acreages
devoted to oats, barley and alfalfa.
More complete estimates of the acre
ages devoted to all crops will be pub
lished in August, based upon practi-
cally complete returns from county as
SCISSORS.
Grand valley fruit growers have
learned sad but nevertheless true news
about the 1920 fruit crop. 1t was be-
lieved that the apples had escaped
damage from the winter cold, and all
varieties but one did escape, but the
popular Winesap suffered almost COM
plete extinction in that valley, 1t is
declared, so far as the 1920 crop is
concerned. The winter cold damaged
the buds so that they had no vitality,
and although they bloomed as usual
the blooms fell off and the trees will
be bare Of fruit
Ranchmen along Muddy creek in
Grand county have bought the tele-
phone lines Of the Mountain States
Telephone and Telegraph Company in
that district and have organized the
Muddy Creek Telephone Association.
They will extend the lines from
Kremmling, twenty-three miles north,
to the Martin postoffice at Whitleys
peak. Fifteen phones will be connect
ed with the new lines.
Carlos NJ. Cole, superintendent OF
Denvers public schools since 1915
died at st. Luke's hospital in that city
His death, which came unexpectedly,
was due to influenza. his attending
physicians declared, contracted while
he was in a weakened condition fol-
lowing an operation for appendicitis
The proposed new highway over Ber-
thOud Pass, between Empire and Fra
lzer, Colo, a distance of twenty-seven
miles, will cost about 100000, accord
ing to the survey made by crews work.
| ing under the direction of A. e. Palen,
senior highway engineer of the United
States Bureau Of Public Roads.
The whole town of FOsston, on the
branch line of the Union Pacific rail-
road to Briggsdale, was totally de-
one large building, which includes the
postoffice, public hall, church, tele-
phone exchange and general store. The
loss is estimated at $4,000.
The Senate has doubled the appro-
priation for the Rocky Mountain Ma
ti0nal park, according to dispatches
from Washington. Senator Phipps'
amendment increasing the appropria-
tion from $4,000 to $4,000 was adopt
ed by the Senate.
James f. Creel, father of Charles A.
Creel Of Arriba, is dead at the age of
SS years. Creel was born in Virginia
and came to Colorado nearly forty
years ago. He made his residence in
the northern part of Lincoln county.
Building permits for the first five
months of 1920 represent $2,211, $3.50
more than for the same period Of time
a year ago, according to the monthly
report issued by Frank NJ. Ladd, city
building inspector of Denver.
The state school fund was enriched
by $149,4SO as the result of the June
sale of state school land. The State
Board of Land Commissioners sold o.
$40 acres for that sum. The average
price per acre, $3.50, is the highest
obtained by the board for months. Con-
siderable rivalry developed in the bid
ding for certain parcels of land. The
highest price was realized for tract
of irrigated land in Weld county. Fer
this the board obtained $17O an acre.
A ten.pound son was born to Mayor
and Mrs. +. w. Slower at their home
in Fort Collins. In addition to being
born the son Of the mayor of Fort Col
lins, the new arrival has been named
William Charles-William for his pa
ternal grandfather, pioneer and the
first president of the Poudre Valley
Bank Of that city, and Charles for his
maternal grandfather, Congressman
Charles b. Timberlake.
The Bells Vista hotel, erected in the