Gilpin observer., 1920-04-08
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

state, compiled by the State Immigra-
ton Department, show that but six of
the sixty-One counties in the state hav-
ing banks within their borders showed
| decreases in their bank deposits dur
ing the year 1919. In the remaining
| counties increases were shown ranging
from per cent to 1876 per cent. The
largest percentages of increase were
shown by the following counties: Chsy-
enne, 1S5 per cent; Kit Carson county,
rs per cent; Baca county, 10 per cent;
Archuleta county, IS per cent; Logan
county, "a per cent; Yuma county, 50
per cent. The increase in bank depos-
its for the state as whole was in ex-
cess of % per cent for the beginning
of 1917. Increases We're shown in all
the agricultural counties, while some
of the mining counties showed de-
creases, the largest being for Teller
county.
The depth of snow at Ward Lake
March 31st was 127 inches on level,
or ten feet seven inches, a visit there
by Forest Ranger Robinson disclosed.
The ranger cabin was about buried out
| VI SlSut, Lie uCCpSSL SNOA ~
ported in the state before, 1t is said.
was on Cumbres Pass, where 126
inches was reported in 1915, following
one of the worst storms in the states
history. The rangers found the fol-
lowing depths near Ward Lake: Kiser
Creek, 90 inches Upper Surface Creek,
81 inches; Lower Surface Creek, 76
inches West Muddy, 4S inches; Hub
bard Greek, 3S inches; Upper Big
Creek, 60 inches; Lower Big Creek,
"a inches; Mesa Lake, 81 inches; Coon
Greek, GO inches; Upper Divide Creek,
80 inches.
Colorado's school fund has passed
the $6OO0OOO mark. On April 1 the
books of the state treasurer show the
fund has reached SCOTT 1851. On
April 1, 1915, the fund stood at $3,-
136,77O.35. In other words, the fund
has nearly doubled within five years.
The fund is invested in bonds and
other securities which net little bet
ter than 4 per cent, giving an income
Of about a quarter of a million dol
lars annually. This income is divided
among the counties for school pur-
poses.
Mrs. Ora Woolery, 35, mother OF
three young children, fell down a
freight elevator shaft at the Acacia no
tel at Colorado Springs, where she was
employed as a domestic, and died
shortly afterward as a result of her
injuries. The elevator Is automatic.
AS she stepped from the cage at the
third floor, which she mstook for the
fourth floor, the elevator continued up
ward and she fell backward into the
shaft. She was badly crushed in the
fall.
By the accidental discharge Of his
.3S- -caliber revolver when it slipped
from it's holster at the police station
at Trinidad, Archie Mccoy, night cap
tain of police, was shot through the
ankle, inflicting an injury which may
keep him out of service for several
months. w. E. Waller will serve as
night captain.
A letter to Postmaster Charles Nc
Cormac Of CrestOne, Colo, bOasting of
his escape from federal authorities
following the theft of $63S.49 and
other securities from the postoffice
safe, led to the arrest of Ernest Boyd,
20 years old, at Spokane, WASH, ac-
cording to telegram received In Den
yer.
One thousand dollars an acre is the
record return in Montrose County
among the potato growers reported for
1919. Frank #. Heath, one of the
farmers of the Bostwick Park district,
has completed his marketing and said
that on twelve acres the return will
average approximately $1,000 an acre.
The beet acreage for the Longmont
section has passed the 10000 mark.
and it is expected that before plant
ing season arrives total of approx
mately 22,OOO acres will have been
reached. This will be one of the larg-
est acreages ever grown for the Long
mont factory.
Eleven and three-quarters per cent
Of the school children in the Greeley
district are Of Russian parentage, ac-
cordng to a school census just COM
pleted. The census shows that there
are 1884 persons of school age in the
district, and fourteen foreign coun-
tries are represented. Seventy-two
gave Mexico as the birth Of their par
ents, and sixty-three Sweden.
Fountyuilty Of stealing $S,910 from
a cache buried in plgpen at Durango,
Henry Lance was sentenced to an in
definite term in the reformatory. Will
liam Lance, the boys step-father, was
found guilty Of receiving stolen prop
erty. The money was taken from n
hoard Of $4,000 buried by Reinhold
Thompson, dairyman, for whom
Henry was working.