Gilpin observer., 1920-02-12
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

cultural development of Routt coun-
ty is shown by the amount of money
paid in the county for grain. This
year the total paid to ROutt county
farmers by local firms for their grain
was $4,000, while in 1914 the total
was but $4,000. The figures for this
year will mount to much higher fig
ure. The Yampa Valley Milling and
Elevator Company has distributed
$180,00O in cash to the farmers of this
section for wheat, barley and oats
brought to the elevator and the
Farmers Cooperative Elevator Com
pany will pay out $1OO,OOO
The question of prohibiting foreign
immigration into the United States
for a period of five years has been
selected as the subject for the annual
debate between the universities of
Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado. For
the interstate debates with Texas and
Utah Universities the question, Re
solved: That the teachers of the Unit
ed States should unionize and affil-
| late with the American Federation of
Labor" has been selected. Twelve
debaters are now at work under the
direction of Coach Erskine Myers. The
four debates will take place in March,
The funeral of Capt. George X. Will
son, Pueblo man who died at
LeavenwOrth, Kan, was held with full
military honors at Pueblo within ii
few hours after the body arrived from
Fort LeavenwOrth. Captain Wilson
was colonel ON the staff of Major
General Billiard Of the First division
in France, but was denoted along
with hundreds of other regular army
Officers when he was returned to the
| United States after the war. He OBJ
| tained the highest rank of any Pu-
| eblo man in the war
Two Denver boys who are charged
| with sixteen different crimes, includ-
| ing burglary, larceny and horse steal
ing, in Washington, Adams, jefferson
and Arapahoe counties, are in the Lit
tleton Jail, following what is said to
have been freebooting life for the
last month. They were captured near
Deer Trail, Colo, by a small posse
led by Deputy Sheriff viii Kingsley
of Adams county.
The Holly Sugar Company, through
| it's vice president, S. w. Sinsheimer
| of Denver, has let Il contract for the
starting of construction on factory
| at Delta at once. The contract was
| let, it was said, following the coming
of California sugar beet men and rep
resentatives of the Midwest Sugar
Company of Hamilton City, Calf, to
the Uncompahgre valley.
The House has passed the second
1920 deficiency bill, carrying $SS,O0O,-
| 900. During hearings before the
| House appropriations committee ap-
proximately S29,O0O,OOO was cut from
the original estimates. Amendments
providing $9,OO0,OOO for naval repairs
We're defeated. Most of the entire
second deficiency was expended Incl
dental to settling war accounts.
The long mooted question of the To-
cation of courthouse, which will be
built here this year at a cost of $780,,
600, was settled at MOntrose when the
| county commissioners board agreed
to accept the proposition when busi-
| prsing half block for the new site
in exchange for the present site of the
courthouse.
A rich strike is reported made in
the Golden Cycle mine located on the
| south slope of Bull hill at a point
| about 1,500 feet from the shaft on the
| 1,7O0-foot level. Details are not yet
friva Mt IN, tha of
ore shoot in width, as it is claimed
that not enough work has been done
| to determine its full width.
Agriculturists of the western slope
are delighted with the appointment of
| II. A. Ireland as livestock expert of
the Uncompahgre Reclamation project
| to take up other work. Mr.. Ireland
is an expert agriculturist in addition
| to being livestock man and is
trained and practical farmer.
John Palmer, though 10 years old,
was husky enough to carry a trunk
from the depot to his home alone at
Somerset. While standing by the
stove warming himself after the Wig
orous exercise, he toppled over and
fell to the floor. When those near
rushed to his side he was dead.
A bond election for 100000 will be
held in Boulder March o to provide
funds for school improvements. The
money is to be used in building addi-
tions to three of the Boulder grade
schools. The schools are overcrowded,
the attendance having increased 450
since last fall.
The work of clearing off the site of
the new high school building has been
completed at Florence and the founda-
tions will soon be laid Work on the
building will be pushed during the