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Steamboat Springs — 75 years ago

From the Jan. 22, 1932, Steamboat Pilot.

4-H Club membersproduce fine livestock

The 14 head of long yearling steers brought to Steamboat last Thursday for shipments to Denver were indications of what the younger generation of Routt County can produce. The calves belonged to members of the 4-H Clubs, which are operating under the direction of County Agent Floyd Moon. The six heaviest steers averaged 1060 pounds each. A. Seymour judged the group to select a ring of five to represent the Routt County clubs at the National Western Stock Show in Denver.

The club members can well be proud of their cattle, and the winners of the five best calves can be particularly pleased. The interest that the girls are taking in the calf-feeding project is outstanding, as there were eight girls and four boys who had exhibition calves in the shipment. Four girls and one boy won places in the ring of five picked to represent the county in the prize display at the show.

Robert Etzler, who superintended the handling of the cattle and accompanied the shipment to Denver, is to be complimented on the efficient manner in which he conducted the work.

Fire partially destroys house

The M. M. Burch residence on Oak Street was partially destroyed by fire Sunday evening. The interior of the house was badly charred and the roof on the one side burned. Practically all the furniture, clothing and canned fruits were saved and moved immediately into an adjoining empty house. Mr. Burch was in the house at the time the smoke was first detected coming from the upper part of the house. Quick action of the firemen prevented the flames from spreading over the entire building. A second flame started up during the night but was promptly put under control by the firemen.

A. E. Gumprcht began Monday to make an estimate of the damage for the insurance adjuster and he will proceed to make the needed repairs to the house at once. In the meantime, Mr. and Mrs. Burch will be located at the house next door where their furniture was taken.

Steamboat to send ski riders to Homewood seet

The Homewood Ski Club, with a course near Denver, will have an amateur ski jumping tournament Sunday, January 31. Requests have been made to the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club to send representatives to the meet. All jumpers who are able to qualify for any of the classes may communicate with C. E. Seymour or John H. Burroughs and arrangements will be made for the tryouts. It is the intention of the club to send out boys for several classes, and the ones who make the best showing in the tryouts will be sent to Homewood for the January 31 meet.

Homewood is to have a professional ski jumping contest on Sunday, February 14, with the promise of not less than ten of the professionals taking part in the tournament. Arrangements will be made to come to Steamboat Springs to give exhibition jumps. They are men who will take part in the Olympics at Lake Placid, New York, and also at the national ski tournament in California. Their competition on Howelsen Hill will be an opportunity for the best ski jumping exhibition in the world.

Crime situation in Fourteenth District

According to records in the office of District Attorney F. R. Carpenter, 146 persons were called into court for trial or investigation in the fourteenth judicial district of Colorado, including Moffat, Routt, and Grand counties, during the year 1931. The past year shows an increase of cases brought to court over 1930, with 85 cases called to the bar, and 1929, with a total of 86 cases.

Routt County heads the list with a total of 73 arrests in 1931, Moffat County next with 67, and Grand County had only 6. The big liquor raids by federal officers in 1931 account in part for the increased arrests in 1931.

Due to the fact that there were a much larger number of felony cases in Moffat County than in Routt County, the fees earned for Moffat County were the greatest in the district.