Gilpin observer., 1920-04-01
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


established west Of Grand Junction q
few miles by II. A. Tawney, one Of
the biggest sheep men of the commu-
nifty. He has been experimenting In
crossing the COtswold sheep with the
black Karakule sheep, the hardy wire
wool sheep from Europe, with aston
ishlng results. He has secured larger.
healthier sheep with a finer and gloss
Ter wool, but the black spots which
come in the wool makes his problem
one of further breeding to eradicate
this feature.
Collections of the state fish and
game department from fishing and
hunting licenses and minor incidental
sources set new mark during the
fiscal year which ended November
30th last, reaching total Of $113,-
612.69, according to figures just COM
piled by state examiners. Resident
fishing licenses brought the largest
share of the collections, the receipts
from this source being $6S, ,102.9O. Big
game license receipts were next with
total Of $27, ,4e5.
The Norwood school bond issue car
ried at the election by q vote Of three
to one. The amount of the issue voted
is S2S,00O, which will be added to the
$4,000 issue voted last fall and used
for the building Of a new school house.
The bonds are to draw G per cent in
terest. The district valuation of the
Norwood school is $973,830 and the
present school tax Is ten mills. Two
and seven-tenths mills additional tax
will be required to pay off the extra
bonded Indebtedness.
The Colorado state treasury is facing
deficit which can only be avoided
by continuance of inheritance tax re-
ceipts at the 1919 rate, according to
state officials. The 1919 inheritance
tax total was almost $1,OO0,OOO, al
though only $4,000 as estimated for
the entire biennial period. This unex-
pected figure was due to the settle
ment of an unexpected number Of large
estates. Receipts are now very much
slower.
A years gain in resources of 26l
state and savings banks and trust
companies Of $17,294, ,925.3S is shown
in an abstract report by State Bank
Examiner Grant Mcpherson. The gain
Is on total resources for the close of
business February %, 1920, compared
with March 4, 1919. Resources Of ma
tiOnal banks are not included in the
report, which shows total. resources
for the state institutions of $12O, 1O9,-
S99.76.
Alex Miller, the deaf mute who is
held III the county jail ut Greeley,
though no information has yet been
filed against him, will probably not be
arraigned before the May term Of the
District Court and possibly not until
the November term, according to AS
sistant District Attorney +. ]. Green,
who said that the arraignment and
trial may occur close together without
the formality of n preliminary hearing.
The beet growers Of the Western
Slope won a decisive victory over the
Holly Sugar Corporation when that
company agreed to pay the growers a
minimum price Of $40 ton for the
1920 crop, based upon SO sugar and
Sill ton additional for each 81 over
50 that the seaboard prices Of sugar
average during the four months Of No.
vember, December, 1920, and January
and February, 1921.
The Red Cross official who discov-
cred the Grand Duchess Olga hiding in
boxcar near Odessa is no other than
Neil McGregOr, husband of Mrs. Nina
McGregOr, formerly Miss Nina Coates
of Denver. Word to this effect has
just been received In letter from Rus
sian Red Cross headquarters to Mrs.
McGregor now visiting In Greeley.
The home of Sam Richie, miner ut
Rockvale, was completely wrecked
when bomb placed by blackhanders
exploded. Sam MatOre, son-ln-law of
Richie, was the only person In the
house at the time. Matore had been
sleeping, but Just before the explosion
went into the kitchen to get drink of
water. He escaped injury.
Manitou park, for years famous
resort In the Pixies Peak region, is to
become the site next year for a sum-
mer military school and camp for boys.
This was virtually assured when Col.
]. W. Wilson, head of the New Mexico
Military Institute at Roswell, and Maj
f. T. Spencer of Denver, associated
with him, obtained an option on 3,48O
acres comprising the park from j. s.
Wilson, the owner.
Petitions have been sent out to the
in six Of the school dis
tricts surrounding Saguache proposing
consolidation of the district with the
town schools Of Saguache. 1t Is not
planned to erect new buildings at this
time, since 1t Is thought that the old
ones will accommodate all pupils who
may be added to the enrolment
through such action.