Gilpin observer., 1900-08-02
COLORADO NOTES.

is fully thirty per cent. over last year.
At Victor last Tuesday morning
heavy rain fell, accompanied by an
electrical display that necessitated
shutting down the power houses.
Rural free delivery service will be
established in Colorado, August 10Th,
as follows: La Junta, Otero county,
one carrier, area covered tifty-two
square miles, population served, 125;
carrier, Paul Baker. Longmont, Boul-
der county, one carrier. area covered
forty-fOur square miles. population
served, 740; carrier, X. Nj. Titus.
William Baxter, a ranchman, unmar-
ried, living in Routt county, shot and
instantly killed William Polmear, his
neighbOr. The murdered man leaves
a widow and n family of small chill
dreh The trouble is said to have orig
mated over stories circulated by BaX-
ter, and that when he was called down
by Poimear, who is small man and
was unarmed. Baxter shot him.
The secretary of state collected
$2OG5.65 on the Goth in fees for incor-
porations. The 100000 mark will soon
bereached. The principal firm incorpor-
ated is the Stratton Cripple Creek Min
talized at $4,000, 900, and paid fee of
$1,5O2. The company is Wyoming
corporation, of which Winfield S. STRAIT
ton is the Colorado agent. Its Colorado
office will be in Colorado Springs. The
incorpOrators in Wyoming are w. S.
Stra ton, w. A. Ramsey, w. A. Bald
win. The shares are of the par value
of 80 cents each, and there will be 20,-
100000 of them. A board of five trus-
tees will manage affairs. The trustees
for the first year are w. S. Stratton,
w. A. Ramsey, w. A. Baldwin, James
III. Emerson and ID. III. Rice. Business
will be carried on in Utah, Idaho, Mon
tana, Oregon, Washington, California.
Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Old
Mexico.
The G. a. II. department council of
administration met OH the 25th at the
state capital. An appropriation of 5000
was voted TO defray the expenses of
the department commander and his ad-
jutants on their trip to Chicago to the
national encampment August 9th. The
important business of the meeting,
however. was TO fix the date and place
for the next department encampment.
There was considerable rivalry for the
honor of having the encampment of
1901. 1t was decided to meet in Pueb-
10, April 10th, 11th and 10Th, 1901.
April 10Th is the last day of the next
department encampment, which will be
the anniversary of the surrender of
Fort Sumpter. Pueblo's claims were
presented by Upton Post and Relief
corps. The council Is in excellent fl
nancial condition and ordered that $500
be invested in government bonds. AL
ready more than 81 900 has been thus
invested and there is still more than
$1,000 in cash in the treasury.
Game and Fish day will be celebrated
at Steamboat Springs September 18th
and 14th. The executive committee
having in charge the celebration is COM
posed of James ii. Crawford, chair
man; G. IL. Leckenby. secretary; J. n.
McWilliams. Il. A. Metcalf and Is. l..
Jefferson. They have succeeded in
raising by subscription large amount
of money and fully 1000 will be ex-
pended in giving the visitors good
time. The principal feature, of course.
will be the wild game barbecue, and
arrangements are being made to make
this feature even more successful than
last year The hunting will be in
charge of the Steamboat Springs Gun
Club, in which are some of the crack
shots of the state. The barbecue will
consist of bear, deer, elk, feathered
game and fish. Preparations will be
made to feed 5000 people. The gath
ering of the meat will be a big job,
but will be done in strict accordance
with the law. Outside sportsmen will
be utilized, mt least such as wish to
join in the hunt under the direction Of
local guides.
A meeting of the mayors of the diff
ferent cities and towns In the Cripple
Creek dist ct was held in Cripple
Creek on the 9th inst. Among the
things which came before the meeting
were the following resolutions, offered
by Mayor w. j. Donnelly of Victor,
which we've unanimously adopted. The
resolutions, which We're given out to-
day, are as follows: Resolved, that
the mayors of the different cities and
towns whose names are hereunto np-
pended, viz, Cripple Creek, Victor An
acOnda, Goldfield, Altman, Cameron
and Gillett, use every means in their
power TO enforce the laws of the state
of Colorado and the ordinances of their
respective cities and towns with refer
encc to gambling and games of chance;
and be II further resolved. that the un-
dersigned as mayors of the cities and
towns whose names follow their sigma
lures, instruct the city and town mar
shals of their respective cities and
towns to notify all owners of games Of
chance and gambling devices, also all
persons In any way connected with or
Interested in such games of chance, or
gambling devices, that ON and after the
hour of midnight on the fourth day of
August, A. ID. 1900, all gambling shall
cease, and that any games of chance
or gambling devices found In operation,
or gambling devices of any nature
found In the possession Of any person
whatsoever, on and after the above
mentioned date, shall be seized and
dealt with according to law The de.
termination of the officials In the differ