Gilpin observer., 1900-02-01
DOlNGS AT DENVER.
Xtems of Interest From the City and the
State Capitol.


Items of Interest From the city and the
State Capitol.
Some of Denver's bakers are being
fined for selling under-weight loaves
OF bread.
The various posts of the G. A. II. in
this city are talking of putting up Ia
building to be used by all Of them.
The people in and around Henderson
have taken steps to secure church
privileges for poor farm people as well
as for the community at large. They
will ask the Board of County Commits
sioners of Arapahoe county for n site
for a church building on the southeast
corner Of the poor farm, near the en-
trance. Having secured the site, they
hope to secure such aid from the
church and charitable organizations of
Denver as to enable them to put up a
building. The site selected is suffi-
ciently close to permit the attendance
of the poor farm inmates. 1t is to be
a strictly non-sectarian organization.
Governor Thomas has received from
Washington a telegram stating that
Spanish war claims to the amount of
$4,000 which are due the state have
been settled and that the balance await
further proof. "This money will of
course go into the military fund.-" said
General Overmyer. "The military
board will make such use of it as it
may decided upon, but there has been
no discussion of this yet The whole
claim of the stste is for 900, and
think that we will receive consider.
able part of what has not yet been al
lowed, but not the whole of it. The
claim Is something like that put into an
insurance company after loss. The
full value of everything is given. but
there is no thought of getting it all"
Options on forty acres of land lying
on the hill back of the paper mills, to-
gether with several blocks in the plat
of Manchester, have been secured for
the location of the works of the Den
Yer Smelling Company. II. II. Joral-
man, who is at the head of the project,
is in New York securing money and
has reported progress that practically
assures the success of the undertaking.
This company some months ago Sc
cured an option on the old county poor
farm at $120,OOO, and it was later re-
ported that all negotiations in Denver
We're off and that site in Grand June
'ioh Nouiu bt iSNtpttu ~
Harrison have been carrying on the ne
gotiadons for the property at Man
chester. The price Of the site in South
Denver will be something in the neigh
borhood of $4,000, and the company
will have land not only for the works,
but for the homes of the workmen.
The religious scrupIes of Attorney
General ID. NJ. Campbell are inyulner-
able to the demands of common duties
of the position he holds in the state
government 1t has developed that he
did not go to Rocky Ford last Sunday
with the governor to inspect the land
sought by the Oxnard Beet Sugar Com
pany, as instructed by the land board
The same scruples kept him at home
last fall when several members of the
board visited lands in the vicinity of
Lamar, where the Great Plains Water
Company wanted 10000 acres of
school property. Mr.. Campbell will not
travel on Sunday and positively refuses
TO perform any duties on the Lords
Day that can be accomplished at an
other time. These junkets TO the bar
rem lands he holds in the light of du-
ties that can be performed on week
days as well as on Sunday, and as
long as the Sabbath is designated for
them he will remain at home.
Denvers moral wave continues to
reform this wicked city. Following the
order which abolished the dance halls
of Market street the police officials
who patrol that district are to enforce
the ordinance requiring the inmates of
the small houses to conceal themselves
from public view. Great latitude has
been allowed the females of the disrep-
utable section during the past six
months. 1t has been no uncommon
sight to see the half-clad creatures rush
into the street and drag unwilling Pc
deStrians into their dens. The shutters
have been taken off many of the
houses and the inmates sat behind the
open curtains in attitudes calculated
to attract attention from pedestrians.
Yesterday they We're notified that all
houses would be closed up tight. The
windows must be sanded, curtains
drawn and the shutters closed. The
shutters will be kept up by means of
a chain attached to staples and II pad
lock. Chief Farley asserts that the or
der Will be enforced permanently.
The location of the shops of the Colo
RADIO n Southern road has been official
ly announced from headquarters of the
company. The shops will be on the
east bank of the Platte river, near
Seventh street. The plant will consist
of three large buildings and half IA
dozen smaller structures, and the en-
tire improvements will require an ex-
penditure of S4J0,00O. Six miles of
track will be constructed to connect the
lines Of the railway with the new plant
and 1t has been decided to build four
miles of track In the freight yards be.
tween Third and Fourteenth streets.
The Colorado 4 Southern shops will bc
the finest and most complete works of
the sort west of Chicago. The shops
will be entirely Independent so far as
heat, artificial light and power are con-
cerned. An electrical plant will be