Gilpin observer., 1920-09-02

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
Hugo, Colo.-The Lincoln County Fair
will be held at Hugo. Sept. 1890.
Oct. 1-2.
A falling tree crushed out the life
Of Wilbert A. Gardner, an employee OF
the Rocky Mountain Lumber Company
at Diamond Park.
Thirty persons narrowly escaped in
Jury at the Colorado State Firemen's
convention at Littleton when the sup
ports of a crowded grandstand col
lapsed, allowing the stand to fall five
feet to the pavement.
The condition of alfalfa in Colorado
on July 1st was the same as on June
timated output. The condition of all
hay In the state is also the same as on
June 1st, and the estimate of total pro-
duction is unchanged.
Obtaining a revolver from the truck
of her brother-in-law, Miss Helen
Brewer, pretty and Is years Of age, OF
Glenwood Springs, attempted suicide
by shooting herself. The bullet enter.
ed the abdomen. She was removed to
hospital where physicians say her
condition is serious.
The body of the 1s-months-old son
of Mrs. G. Schegel, a widow of Eagle,
was recovered from the Eagle river
following twO-day Search The boy
disappeared while his mother was
washing clothes. County authorities
dragged more than 300 yards Of the
river before the body was found.
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 COMMITTEES
of the National Council of Education
Miss Force is doing graduate work al
the State Teachers College this sum.
mer at Greeley.
The big firemen's convention held al
Englewood and Littleton was well-at.
tended and large delegations represent
ed from nearly all departments from
various cities and towns over the state
All entries were filled and several new
records set up. Both Englewood and
Littleton extended themselves in enter
tanning their guests.
AS the night jailer at the county jail
at Leadville entered the cell house tc
replenish the fire in the stove there
three prisoners who were in the corri
dor made rush for the open door an6
escaped. At late hour tonight they
had not been captured. The three mer
were awaiting trial in the District
Court on minor charges.
The Census Bureau has announced
the population Of incorporated places
in Conejos county, Colorado, as fol.
lows: Antonito, 937 in 1920, as against
6S1 in 1910. Lajara, 521 in 1920, as
against AS in 1910. Manassa, 9O6 in
1920, as against 7SS in 1910. Sanford
800 in 1920 as against 564 in 1910. San
Rafael, 293 in 1920, as against 261 In
1910.
A rich strike at the 1,s0O-foot level
of the Vindicator gold mine at Victor,
reported n few days ago, gives promise
of producing ore to run between Ste
and $3.50 n ton. The strike was made
at point about 800 feet south of the
main shaft, and seems to be a continu.
is in virgin territory, which was pre-.
viously believed to be practically
worthless.
Twenty-eight cans of brook trout
were received by the Sportsmen's AS.
sociation at Steamboat Springs from
the federal hatchery at Leadville, to
be placed in the fishing streams around
that city. This is the first of three
shipments expected in addition to the
shipments expected to come from Den.
YER through recommendation of Fish
and Game Commissioner Il. G. Parvin,
who has been negotiating for it.
Arrangements for the annual Boul.
der county fair are virtually completed
and indications point to the greatest
and best fair ever held at Longmont.
The fair will last four days, Sept. Z, 8,
o and 10.
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
half miles south of Fort Collins, which,
while they have broken no records, are
unusually fine crops. The wheat
threshed 74.16 bushels to the acre, and
the barley 80 bushels to the acre.
Partial reports of county assessors
Indicate that about $4,000 acres of DO.
tatoes were planted in Colorado this
year, compared with 92,5O0 acres last
year. The condition Of the crop on
July 1st was 90 per cent of normal, an
exceptionally high condition for this
season of the year. The estimated pro.
duction, based upon this condition and
the acreage given above, is 1907, 900