Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
western Newspaper Union News Service.


Capt. Gerald NJ. Sommers, said to be
wanted in Denver and several other
Western cities for passing worthless
checks, was arrested in Los Angeles
after attempting to pass forged
check upon a hotel proprietor there,
according to dispatch received from
Los Angeles.
Bryant Nubey, who was supposed to
have been killed in Mexico, was remar-
ried to his wife, Mrs. Grace Lane ut
Loveland following her divorce from
her second husband. Nubey recently
escaped from Mexico after two years
Imprisonment, and succeeded in get
ting into California.
Golden has organized a commercial
club with Herman f. Coors as its pres
ident. e. A. Phinney and Harry d.
Martin, u Denver undertaken who lives
in Golden, have been elected vice pres
idents; c. E. Quaintance, secretary,
and Grover Taylor of the Rubey Ma
tional bank, treasurer.
The annual field day of the women
Of the University of Colorado will be
held on May Goth, and in connection
with it there will be dance-drama
that promises to become the feature of
the days program. Contests that have
been scheduled include tennis, archery,
baseball and certain track events.
San Juan county-the Silverton dis
trict-is in line for a large gain in
mine output during 1920, compared
with last year, when several of the
larger properties, such as the Gold
King and the Sunnyside, were practi-
cally out of commission by reason Of
destruction by fire, the influenza cpl
demic and shortness of labor.
C. H. Wolfe, Greeley bee expert, de-
clares that bee dealers are opposed to
the daylight saving plan. Bees, ac-
cording to Mr.. Wolfe, refuse to come
out until the sun reaches certain
height and warns the hives. If the
owners work around the hives before
that time it puts the bees in bad
humor. Since the bees refuse to OBJ
serve the new time the extra hour in
the morning would be Of no value to
the owners, he said.
Every reservoir in the Poudre valley
will be completely filled this year as
the result of the recent blizzard. Be-
cause of the drouth last year, the res
ervoirs were drained to the limit and
unusual precipitation was needed to
refill this season. At the present time
both the Platte and Poudre rivers are
running big heads Of water in spite of
the fact that most Of the ditch COM
panies are diverting water from the
river for reservoir filling.
Details of the 81, 100000 paving pro-
gram adopted by the city council,
which have been in preparation for
months, were finally made public when
the city commissioners ut special
meeting, held in the council chamber,
went on record in favor of paving four
main thorOughfares of Colorado
Springs in the near future; authoriz-
ing the city attorney to draw resOlu-
ton pertinent to paving, which will
embOdy the plans and specifications
Of the city engineer.
Several county assessors have made
partial reports to the State Immigra-
ton Department on agricultural statis-
tics for 1920, and the tabulatiOn of
these reports in the office of the de-
partment will be begun about May 1.
Such reports received to date indicate
that the total acreage in cultivation
this year will be somewhat greater
than that reported last year, though it
is yet too early to make any forecasts
regarding the various crops. All ad-
vance reports indicate slight decrease
in the acreage of winter wheat, but n
possible increase in spring wheat, corn
and sorghums, and possible slight in
crease in both oats and barley.
One hundred thousand dollars is be-
ing spent in improving the Y. Nj. C. A.
son in Estes Park. The first confer
ence will be for students of the Rocky
Mountain states and will be held June
IL to 20. The twenty institutions
composing the conference are expected
to be represented by $50 students
The report on the activities of the
national forests in Colorado, made by
the district forester to the State I'm
migration Department for use in the
1920 edition Of the Colorado Year
Book, shows that more than 100000
people spent their vacations in the ma
tional forests of the state I'm 1919.
This number included persons from
every state in the Union and from %
foreign countries.
Reports now being compiled by the
State Immigration Department for pub
lication in the 1920. edition of the Colo
RADIO Year Book show total of 5000
public schools in Colorado, compared
with 3,124 for 1919. The decrease is
due to consolidation of many rural
schools during the past twelve months.
The number Of teachers employed is