Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09

Census returns made public include
Pueblo, Colo, whose population is
given as 1900, decrease of 1,4S7, or
}3 per cent.
Approximately 10 per cent of the
$1,000 men employed in Colorado coal
mines will ask for an increase of $1.5O
i>day. 1t has been announced. These
compose class of men known as in
side and outside day labor and do not
include men who dig coal.
Miss Anna Laura Force, president of
the State Teachers Association of
Colorado and principal of the Lincoln
school in Denver has been appointed
chairman of the executive committee
Of the National Council Of Education.
Miss Force is doing graduate work at
the State Teachers College this sum-
mer at Greeley.
AS the night jailer at the county Jail
at Leadville entered the cell house to
replenish the fire in the stove there,
three prisoners who were in the corri-
dor made a rush for the open door and
escaped. At late hour tonight they
had not been captured. The three men
were awaiting trial in the District
Court on minor charges.
Two bears were killed within a few
yards of each other by ]. f. Naylor in
North Park while on camping and
fishing expedition. He found the ami
mails early in the morning within 100
yards of the camp and dropped one at
the first shot. The second one started
to run away and it took four shots to
bring it down, after it had run about
$50 yards.
Delta will hold it's annual flower
show Saturday, September 11th, when
locally grown gladiolus, sweet peas,
dahlias and asters will be put on dis
play. Many attractive prizes, have
been offered by the merchants for the
best flowers shown. After the exhi-
bition the flowers will be auctioned off
and the proceeds given to the City
Park fund.
The Cripple Creek Short Line, which
operates tourist trains between Colo
RADIO Springs and Summit, has closed
its season. The road was re-opened to
Summit on June 2Sth. On May 18th,
last, Judge r. IL. Lewis of the Federal
District Court in Denver, gave the OPP
orators Of the road permission to close
and the traffic to Cripple Creek and
return was annulled.
The condition of rye in Colorado on
July 1st was 90 per cent normal, COM
pared with 81 per cent on June 1st.
Based on this condition and an esti-
mated area of 122. 900 acres devoted to
the crop, the forecasted production lie
1,571,360 bushels. This accounts only
for the rye planted for grain, the total
acreage of rye being considerably
larger than that given above
The condition of barley in Colorado
on July 1st was % per cent of normal,
compared with 96 per cent on June 1st.
Partial reports of county assessors in
crop is about 10000 acres. Based on
this acreage and the condition of the
crop on July 1st, the estimated produc-
ton is 5,943, 200 bushels, compared with
100000 last year.
Remarkable yields of both wheat and
barley are reported from fields of
grain just threshed In Larimer county.
Fred Schmer has just harvested twelve
acres of wheat and six acres of barley
on the w. A. Drake farm two and a
hn1 mil nf fol,
while they have broken no records, are
unusually fine crops. The wheat
threshed 7416 bushels to the acre, and
the barley S5 bushels to the acre.
who was seriously injured August 2Sth
when he was crushed between two
tram cars mt the central car barns,
where he was working, died as the re.
suit of his injuries at st. Luke's hos.
pital in Denver.
Forrest Wood, IL years old, was
thrown off his bicycle at Boulder and
run over by II touring car, receiving in.
jurles which may prove fatal. In dodg.
ing two automobiles at u busy street
toihtI it Htuiitu HIS DlCyCle 100 IuT,
striking the hub of one of the cars
and being hurled directly In the path
of the other. His right arm was broken
and he suffered severe wound on
the head.
Partial reports of county assessors
Indicate that about $4,000 acres of DO.
tatoes were planted in Colorado this
year, compared with 92.500 acres last
year. The condition of the crop on
July list was % per cent OF normal, an
exceptionally high condition for tn
season of the year. The estimated pro
duction, based upon this condition anu
the acreage given above, is 1902, ,OOC
bushels compared with n final esti.
mate of II, ,O40. 900 bushels last year.
Apple growers of the Montrose dis
trict have voted unanimously to hold
a.