Gilpin observer., 1900-03-15
COLORADO NOTES.

Fort Collins has purchased the resi-
dence of ex-President Aston Ellis OF
the State Agricultural College as .
parsonage.
The Paris Commission has received
two big contributions to the FUND De-
Ing raised for the exhibit at the IN
position. James Burns, the milhonalre
mine owner, presented cheek ior
1000 and the Portland Mining Com
pany gave $1,000.
The Civil Service Commission will
hold an examination in Denver and
Pueblo some time in the spring to Sc.
lect clerks for the local land offices.
These examinations will be general
throughout the country. The dates OF
examinations have not been set.
A political convention called by the
labor unions of the state met at Pu-
eblo on the 18th. The first days session
was Il stormy one, developing the pres
ence of two factions and resulted in
split. 1t appeared to be a contest be-
tween the Denver men and delegates
from the rest of the state, the Denver
contingent being opposed to putting up
an independent state ticket next fal!.
They We're out voted and bolted.
An attempt was made to wreck the
Kansas City local on the Union Pa
cific between Magnolia and Watkins
Saturday morning by piling ties on the
track. The engine was damaged and
the train delayed several hours. Some
time ago Il rail was raised near the
same place and an accident narrowly
averted. A grudge against the COM
pany seems to be the cause, as Rock
Island train had passed over the road
u few minutes before.
Judge Stimson of Teller county has
handed down Il decision in the case
of Alonzo b. Boylan VS.. the city of
Victor Judge Stimsons ruling rein
states Mr.. Boylan as police judge or
Victor and declares that the city coun-
Gil had no authority to remove him
from the office. Some weeks ago Mr..
Boylan was removed from the office
of police judge upon charge of ap-
propriating about $1,000 belonging to
the city to his own use.
The forty -five-year lease on Fremont
county coal lands granted to Wells,
Macon & Prentiss by the Mclntire land
board will stand as granted. although
the law at present provides for only
ten-year leases. Judge Moses Hallett
of the United States Court, the arbi-
tidlOl III llldtltI, 81 utNIuNu Ait"y'
The Thomas board, when it ascer-
tained that the original thirty-year
lease had been extended fifteen years,
set aside the fifteen-year extension on
the ground that it was Illegal
The Denver & Rio Grande has de-
cided to do away with narrow gauge
trains on the first division. Beginning
Sunday night train No. 10, which
OF n, in avnninp
will be made up entirely of standard
gauge cars. 1t will be split at Pueblo,
part of it making connections with the
Marshall pass narrowgauge train, GO
ing west by way of Salida, and part of
it going over La Neta pass to Alamosa,
connecting at that point with the Du-
range narrow-gauge train. Train No.
16, which will now be on the broad
gauge rails, will leave Salida at 1915
p. m. and arrive in Denver at o'clock
the following morning. No other
changes are contemplated.
The Gillett townsite, water works
and electric light plant have been
transferred to the Golden Crescent Wa
ter and Light Company one OF the
companies controlled by the Woods In
vestment Company. Harry Woods
states that an office will be opened in
the city, and the company will start Il
real estate business. The town is TO
be improved by the new owners. The
Woods syndicate has increased its
holdings in the district until now it
owns more land than any other CONF
pany or individual. 1t has just com
pleted Il deal whereby some sixty
acres of the AreQua townsite, including
the Gold Dollar and Mabel NJ. mines,
situated between Beacon and Raven
hills, pass into its hands. The consol'.
dation is said to have been in the
neighborhood of half a million dollars
Companies the control of which is held
by the Woods Investment Company
now own the Gillett, Arequa, Cameron
and Lawrence townsites. The enter
prise and progresSlveness of these peo-
pie Is astonishing. Notwithstanding
their tremendous purchases of last
year, almost every week brings news
OF further acquisitions. The syndicate.
long the most powerful in the district,
Is rapidly becoming one of the most
powerful in the state.
Probably the most important move
ment inaugurated by the club women
of Colorado. and one of the most i'm.
portant public works undertaken by
women anywhere received its prclin.
mary impetus when the committee on
the preservation of the cliff dwellings
met with the chairman. Mrs. Gilbert
McClurg. at Colorado Springs last
week. This committee was appointed
over year ago by the Colorado Fed
GRAFTON of Women's Clubs. Since that
time Mrs. McClNrg, who has made the
study of the ruins her life work. has
visited the canon, nas settled the terms
of n lease with IgHaclo. has secured
It's confirmation from the Indian agent
and has canvasscd the matter of II
road to the ruins and II rest house oa
the way. These things she laid before
the federation at its annual meetlns
last fall and the club wo men from over
the state were intensely Interested in