Gilpin observer., 1920-12-09
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
The Weld county commissioners
have voted to thoroughly modernize
and double the capacity of the Greeley
hospital at a cost Of $4,000.
Odell de Noya, Usage squaw, was
granted divorce from Wesley de
Noya, Osage brave, In the District
Court of Colorado Springs on charges
of cruelty.
The victory of the Republicans in
Colorado ut the polls in the general
Election cost $125,8S5.7s, according to
n statement of expenses filed with the
secretary of state.
A verdict of not guilty was returned
by West Side Criminal Court jury In
the case of Ralph Bitter, 16-year-old
Denver lad, charged with passing a
fictitious check for 5000.
The Denver & Rio Grande Western
Railroad Company has been incOrpor-
ated with capital Of $50,OO0 900 by
the filing of papers with Secretary of
State James X. NOland. Headquarters
of the corporation will be in Denver.
Official count of the ballot cast in
Colorado in the last election shows
President-elect Harding carried the
state by 68,312, according to announce
ment made by the state canvassing
board. The report shows Harding re-
ceived total of 173,24S ballots as COM
pared with 4,938 cast for Cox.
Colorado's first budget to be submit
Tod 70, 1t,
sembly by Governor Shoup in January,
under the provisions of the budget law
enacted two years ago, will not exceed
$3,SO5,714.70. Appropriations by the
General Assembly for the biennial Pc
riod must be kept within this sum.
Charles Taylor, sheepherder, who
was arrested on charge of attempt
ing to extort $4,000 at the point of
gun from his employer, Charles Lin
gelbach, n wealthy flockmaster of
northern Colorado and with holding
Mrs. Lingelbach as n hostage until the
money was forthcoming, committed
suicide by taking poison in the Weld
county Jail at Greeley.
Clinton r. Coles and John Okklre
Inns, charged with attempting to
defraud the Colorado Agricultur-
nj College out of more than ST.
400 by means of false bills for supplies
alleged to have been furnished to the
institution. Coles is Il vocational stu
dent at the college and Okkire is a
bOokkeeper in the secretary's office.
Citizens of Wray and Yuma, Colo,
have filed protest with the Public
Utilities Commission against the re-
quest for an increase in rates asked by
the Wray Telephone Company for SER
vice between the two towns. The pro-
test is made on the grounds that any
increase in rates would be excessive
and discriminating The company filed
request for rate increase several
weeks ago.
Following an alleged family quarrel
in which Charles A. Frost was arrest
ed upon peace warrant and later re-
leased on bond. Lee Parrish surren-
dered after he had shot and seriously
wounded Frost at his home. The bullet
graZed the right side of his face and
he was taken to a hospital Several
quarrels are said to have taken place
between Frost and his fathe, in law
during the past two months.
The veterinary division of the Colo
RADIO Agricultural College ut Fort Col
lins is the fourth largest institution of
its kind in the United States. 1t num-
bcrs its graduates among some Of the
highest-salaried veterinarians, as well
as some of the most noted In the
country. The new hospital and labord-
tory for this department on the college
campus is almost completed and will
be one of the finest and most mo lern
in the West.
Nine coal companies, operating In the
Routt county fields, have filed with the
Public Utilities Commission request
that the recently installed triweekly
passenger service over the Moffat line
be continued. The reason given Is that
curtailment of passenger service gives
greater service to the freight trains
and aids materially in the transporta-
tion of coal by affording more cars and
more service.
Colorado livestock took good share
of the prizes at the international Live
stock show in Chicago, which is de-
clnred the greatest stock show In the
world. 'Blayney's Domino" a bull be-
longing to W. n. w. Blaney of Den
yer took second prize in the two-year-
old class. In the senior yenrling bull
class. wyoming Eighth" was sec
ond, while Blayney's Hereford steer,
"Strlpe," was sixth In class of
thirty-siX.
In an effort to have legislation help
ful to the livestock industry enacted
by the present United States CONGRESS-,
a series of telegrams addressed to all
United States senator's and represent
atives from Colorado IN Washington