Gilpin observer., 1920-02-05
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

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COMING EVENTS.
Denver Automotive Show will be held
in Denver. March to 6. at Stock
yards Stadium.
The shortage of cars, which has
held back the shipment of potatoes in
the Carbondale district, leaves hun
dreds of tons of the valuable tubers
still unmarketed.
The school board of Golden is to be
asked to call q special election on the
question of voting bonds to the, amount
OF $130,OOO for building a new high
school in Golden.
After deliberating twenty-five min
utes, the jury in the case of Giacomo
Corrente at Trinidad found him not
guilty of the murder Of his brother,
Sam Corriente, on Oct. 81, 1919.
The Farmers Union is considering
erecting a flour mill at Rifle. A big
meeting held there brought out eighty
two members and the determination to
build a mill seemed almost universal
H. A. Gitz, farmer near Monte
Vista, died, the victim of the influenza
epidemic, which has caused Monte
Vista authorities to place ban on all
public congregating and public amuse-
ments.
G. d. Jackson station agent for the
Colorado, Wyoming & Eastern railroad
at Walden, has figured that 400 cars
of cattle and thirty-four cars of sheep
have been shipped from Walden, He
bron and LaRand Colo, between Aug.
9th and Dec. 31st.
The purchase of six locomotives from
the Colorado Midland railroad by the
Mexican government has been completed
for Il price reported to be S150,O0O. The
engines are to be delivered as soon as
possible for use on the federally oper-
nted roads in Mexico.
The government is now building a
splendid road from Thompsons
Springs, Utah, to Moab, Utah, the To-
cation of the recent oil strike The
road is to cost 100000 for the thirty
seven miles when completed and will
he twenty-four feet wide on the flats,
eighteen on hillsides and sixteen feet
in deep cuts. 1t is being pushed rapid
| ly.
Sending his attendant on false
pursuit by declaring another patient
had planned escape and had Just fled
around Il corner of the building as
they walked from the dining hall to
u ward, Don p. BlackwOOd, former
Denver lawyer, who was committed to
the state hospital for the insane last
month, escaped from the state institu.
| iion Mt Pueblo.
Denver time will he set ahead one
hour on May / as n result of the City
Council passing the daylight saving
ordinance on final reading. The bill
carried by a vote of to and it is
understood that Mayor Dewey C
Bailey, who favors the move, will sign
the ordinance. Under the terms OF
the ordinance the clocks will be
turned back TO standard time Oct. l.
Leon NJ. Hattenbach, member of the
Senate of the Colorado Assembly and
city industrial commissioner, died al
the steering wheel of his automobile
while he was driving on WadswOrtl
street, Jefferson county, coming to.
ward Denver. Mrs. Hattenbach and 8
year-Old son, Leon, Jr, We're the only
other occupants of the car. Heart fail
ure was said to be the cause.
The construction of the consolidated
school building at Monument will be-
gin with the coming of spring weather
according to an announcement made by
the school directors at the office OF
the county superintendent of schools
Plans for the building are now being
drawn and the school board is prepar
ing to advertise for bids on the build
ing contract in the near future.
A report comes from Cripple Greek
that the Lincoln Mining and Milling
Company, which recently opened q
large gold ore reduction plant there, IL
now negotiating for the purchase OF
The Cripple Greek Short Line railroad
In the interest of better highways
and more attractions for tourists q
movement is under way to annex tc
Pueblo county portions of Custer
county, in the vicinity of the Rye ant
Beulah districts. 1t is said that Gus
ter county favors cedng the district
To Pueblo county and 1t is likely that
II bill will be presented at the mex
Legislature changing the boundaries
Of both counties.
Colorado National Guardsmen, who
were called for federal service along
the Mexican border, may receiv,
clnims against the federal government
totaling $175,000 as n result of Adjt
Gen. William A. Spangler's successful
efforts to have the cases reopened n
Washington. The claims were origl
nnlly disallowed, because Of mlsun
derstanding, according to messag,
received by the State Military Depart
ment which arose while the chief o.