Gilpin observer., 1920-12-02
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Nine pardons granted by the Colo
RADIO state board Of pardons became
effective Thanksgiving day.
The Colorado Power Company is en-
larging its plant at Sterling; more
than $4,000 will be expended.
H. G. Smith has sold his ranch in
Norwood near Telluride, to the San
Miguel Development Company.
The Ralph W. Tenhaeff ranch Of
6,18O acres, near Fort Morgan, has
been sold to Eugene G. Eaton of 'Hax-
tun.
Plans are under way to rebuild the
Currie Canning Company ut Grand
Junction, recently destroyed by fire at
loss of $4,000.
Frank Peras, Mexican, is in Jail
in Trinidad in connection with the kill
ing of Guadalupe Hernandez, rail-
road section worker, which took place
at Gallinas on the Santa Fe railroad
Following community celebration
at Graylin Heights schoolhouse at
which his wife gave several readings,
John Kobler, 80 years old, wealthy
farmer living near Sterling, shot his
bride to death and killed himself.
Two paving districts, estimated to
cost n quarter Of million dollars each
and a storm sewer district for Univer-
slty hill that will cost $157 ,S94.54, have
been ordered by the city council of
Boulder.
Civic officials and business leaders
of Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexi-
co will convene the afternoon and
evening Of Dec. 8 and the morning of
Dec. 8 in Denver to discuss matters
Of education. The conference will be
held under the auspices of the depart
ment of the interior.
An increase of $3.50 year has
been granted the teachers in the Colo
RADIO Springs schools and the tax levy
for the school district has been set at
1899 mills, an Increase of IL mills
over the 1920 figures. The Colorado
Springs teachers have requested an ad-
ditional increase to bring the wage
standard up to that recently awarded
in Denver. School operation here will
cost 100000 in 1921.
Discovery Of suitcase, filled with
feiting paraphernalia, by police in a
small shack in Pueblo is believed to
furnish evidence against Roy Bohan-
non and Elmer Cameron on the charge
of counterfeiting. Bohannon and Cam
eron were arrested on a charge Of
holding up r. s. Writ, taxi driver.
When searched, spurious coins were
found in their possession. Charges
were filed against the pair for high
way robbery by the city authorities.
Contracts calling for the expendi-
ture of $4,000 in the construction of
steel cable mule bridge across the
Grand canon Of the Colorado, 5000
feet below the rim of the cafion, have
been awarded by the national park
service. The bridge will be con-
structed west of Bright Angel trail,
according to Arno b. Cammerer, rep
resentlng the service. Plans and gen.
eral specifications were furnished by
NJ. ID. McEniry. chief of the field
division of the United States general
land office.
Workmen have begun erecting the
framework for the walls Of the new
and larger machine shops at Utah
Junction for the Denver 4 Salt Lake
Railroad, the "Moffat road" The
building will occupy the site of the
shops destroyed in the fire of Nov. 8,
when the loss was $250,O00 third
Of a million dollars is being spent in
rebuilding and the purchase of equip
ment to take the place of that de-
stroyed. BY the first of the year the
construction and installations will be
completed -
Increases in the salaries Of the coun-
ty school teachers is assigned as the
reason for the increase in the tax lev
les for Montrose county for the year
1921. Other school expenses for next
year also helped to boost the tax rate.
Sentences ranging from five years
and one-hnlf to twelve years in the
state penltentiary were meted out by
District Judge A. f. Hollenbeck of the
Third judicial district to the four
| young men who held up and robbed
William Coss, son of J. +. Coss, pub
Usher of the Walsenburg Independent,
on the Walsenburg- Pueblo road All
four pleaded guilty.
The estimated production of pota-
toes In Colorado for 1920 is 11,1S0OOO
bushels, as compared with 100000
bushels in 1919. according to the Of
ficial report of the State Board Of I'm
migration. The quality of potatoes for
this year is figured at 90 per cent of
normal, compared with So per cent
last year and 90 per cent average for
the last ten years. In the United
States the production of potatoes will
| reach 421 o5o 600 bushels Inst vaov