Gilpin observer., 1920-06-24
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

i. P. Beckett of Great Divide has
been appointed postmaster at Craig ia
succeed v. c. Ledford, who has re.
signed.
Arthur c. McClung, u rancher living
fifteen miles south of Yuma, died OF
injuries received when he was kicked
by II horse recently.
Joseph Bell of Sterling, Colo, Bur-
lingtOn bridge worker, was killed by a
bolt of lightning near Lysite, Wyo.,
during thunderstorm.
George Fitch of Denver, who was for
several years teacher of science at the
Golden high school, has been appoint
ed superintendent of schools of Golden
to succeed w. II. Simons.
Two persons were killed and several
Injured In wreck of Santa Fe pas
senger train No. 4 near Rene, twelve
miles south of La Junta. Over thirty
passengers were injured.
John Trella, an employe of the Wolf
Park mine, was fined 500 and costs
in Justice of the Peace Court at Canon
City for having given away liquor at
the marriage celebration of his daugh-
ter.
Berthoud pass is open to automobile
travel. Rabbit Ear pass is still showed
in and is not expected to be opened for
month. The Midland trail west of
Kremming is passable, but in very
poor condition.
The Loveland Stock farms of Mount
hov nhne a
white Shorthorn heifer from the Max
well-Miller Cattle Company of Steam
boat Springs to use in its show herd.
The price paid was $1,S00.
Accidentally coming into contact
with a high voltage power line carry
ing $4,000 volts of electricity. Austin
J. owd, 26 years old, a resident Of Grip
pie Creek, and an employee of the Ar.
kansas Valley Light and Power Com
pany, was instantly killed at Cripple
Creek.
Members of the Colorado State Fire
mems Association have filed with Sec.
retary of State James p. Noland pc.
tition, signed by $4,000 persons, for an
initiative measure providing for the
installation of the double platoon"
system in all of the paid municipal
fire departments in Colorado.
The original plow used to lay out
the Greeley townsite in 1870 and por-
trayals of incidents in the history of
the "colony" were conspicuous in the
historical pageant during the two-day
festivities in celebration of the found
ing of Greeley by Horace Greeley, IA
nous editor of the New York Tribune.
Miss Mable Gillings, age "a, of Bill
West Thirty-siXth avenue, was prOba-
bly, fatally injured, and five other Den
yer girls were hurt when an automo-
bile in which they were riding was
overturned on the Denver and Colo
RADIO Springs road. Miss Gillings suf-
fered fractured skull and broken
shoulder.
Miss Carrie Shore, 20 years old, of
Parshall, Colo, was killed, and Miss
Hannah Pettingell of Hot Sulphur
Springs. Lieut.. Harold Beaton and
AXel Peterson of Parshall were slight
ly injured when the touring car driven
by Lieutenant Beaton plunged into a
gulch on the Dillon mail road, six
miles south of Kremmlng.
Boys hunting for frogs near Craig
discovered what they believed was a
doll floating in the water. They in.
vestigated and hauled the supposed
doll ashore They We're shocked to
find it was dead infant about Z
weeks old. They notified the authori-
ties and the coroner held an inquest
Coroner J. G. Clayton said that the
baby was probably dead before being
placed in the branch of Fortification
creek.
Colorado's financial balance June !
was $11, 120,G27.7T, according to the
quarterly report of State Treasurer
Harry T. MulniX OF this amount 3d.
6SS,215.45 is on deposit in 2GO banks
throughout the state. The balance is
invested in the various state funds. OF
these the school fund has SG,1SI, ,7S4.7 ~
aud the compensation Insurance fund
has S769, ,150.Si.
The total valuation OF Colorados
public utilities is 5000, ,195, 100. de.
crease of 50 2,5S2, ,010 from the 1919 as
sessed valuation, according to II report
by the Colorado State Tax Commission
The decrease is due largely to the fact
that the assessments of several rail.
roads have been greatly reduced dur.
ing the last year and through railroads
having n combined valuation Of Sl7O,-
970 having been dismuntlcd within the
last year. The value of the Mountain
States Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany was fixed at S12,5i5,ST0. an in.
crease of S225,900 over the 1919 valua-
| tion, while the entire assessed valna.
tion of all of the telephone companies
operating In the state was fixed AT
| SO .9S2, ,O50, or an increase of S259. 25O