The Springfield herald., 1900-05-18
COLORADO NOTES,

call, after which Mr.. Krenze an
nounced that the first order of business
would be the selection Of a tempo
rary chairman. N. 3. Vincent OF Tel
Ter county nominated Colonel Edw. f.
Brown OF Cripple Creek, the nomination
being received with great applause.
He was chosen temporary chairman BY
acclamation.
@. l.. Dickerson Of Teller county was
chosen temporary secretary and j. Il.
! Manuel of Ell Paso county and J.
Sears of Gilpin as assistants.
The chair announced the usual COM
mittees.
At the afternoon session reports from
the various committees were read and
adopted, after which the business OF
nominating delegates for the National
convention at Philadelphia was taken
up. d. B. Farley of Colorado Springs
was placed in nomination by Ii. Graf
ton of Colorado Springs.
The second nominated was DIR. John
Grass of Trinidad, by NJ. Bradshaw of
PitkIn. Il. p. Chinn of Dumont was
placed in nomination as alternate for
Mr.. Farley. and all three were elect
ed by ncclamation.
For alternate for Dr. Grass, Benja-
min Ritter of Durango, II. ]. McCart-
ney of Slverton and G. II. Hurlbut of
Ouray We're placed in nomination, the
last named being elected.
The Republicans of the First Con-
gressional District met at Denver on
the 11th and elected delegates to the
national convention. They are: John
b. Thompson, Boulder county, and
Charles C. Cavender. Lake county. AL
ternates chosen are Thomas III. Davy,
Larimer county; William X. Burchi-
nell, Arapahoe county.
Work will soon be commenced by the
united forces of the Midland and the
Colorado & Southern roads on the three
tracks of the lines in and about the
mines at Leadville. To make the con-
nection between the Midland broad
gauge and the Colorado & Southern,
narrow gauge. roads will require the
building of about two miles Of new
road The rails for the new construc-
ton has already been laid down to
Leadville, and work will be COM
menced as soon as laborers can be Sc
cured
An innovation in kindergarten work
will be introduced In school district No.
% at Pueblo by Superintendent keat-
ing. He has planned to have the pupils
attending the kindergarten take an ac-
tive interest in flower and tree plant
Ing uuTlEG IHe lHontuS bttWeth aliii
and September. The idea is to have
beds and shrubbery and give them
their Individual attention, teaching
them the practical as well as the the
oretical art of beautifying their homes
and community. This kind Of work Is
an experiment here, but 1t is thought
Will be successful.
The Republican state convention met
at Denver on the 10th to select dele
gates at large to the national conven-
ton. The delegates chosen were: Ed
ward o. wolcott. Arapnhoe county;
! Winfield S. Stratton, Ell Pnso county;
| David n. Moffat, Arapahoe county;
| David Il. G. Brown, Pitkin county. AL
ternates, R. f. Churchill, Weld county;
Earl B. Coe. Arapahoe county: Craw-
ford Hill, Arapahoe county; p. w. Rit-
ter. San Juan county. The platform
adopted strongly indorses the admins
tration on all points. The speech Of
Senator Wolcott was the notable fea-
| ture of the convention.
A company has been formed at Long
mont for the purpose of prospecting for
oil west of that city. Work will begin
as soon as the ground leases can be
made. Within the last two weeks oil
has been flowing out OF the ground in
several places. When it began to flow
no one seems to know, but it has been
noticed only recently. When it issues
| from the ground there is some water,
and a very strong odor exists. The oil
| is dark in color. and a considerable
| quantity can be taken up by dipping n
bottle in the water. About three years
ago n company was formed for the
purpose of prospecting for oil, and Pro-
fessor Arthur Lakes gave the company
| Mt that time considerable encourage
ment and advised them to go ahead,
but lack of funds prevented progress.
| The new company is provided with
ample funds to push the project.
The Castlewood dam, near Castle
Rock. has apparently resolved itself in
to a big leaky rock pile from which no
danger is to be apprehended unless an
other heavy storm fills 1t full. Assist
ant City Engineer Ryan accompanied
| State Engineer McCune on his recent
| trip to the dam. and indorses all that
| the other official says on the matter of
the necessity of rebuilding the dam be-
fore the waste gates may again be
closed. superintendent Alsop did just
| right in sending his telegram of warm
| ing. even though the dam did not go
out after ALL" said Mr.. Ryan. when
! the reservoir was full the water pour
| ing over both spillways and the dam
| evidently moving, it was in very dan
gerous condition, and 1t would have
taken very little to have opened a gap
| which would have sent an immense
body of water down the valley. l be-
lieve that the leaks in the dam will
drain all the water out of the lake, and
/ in that case it will have to be rebuilt
before 1t can be used at all. OF course,
until all the water is out, 1t will be i'm.
possible to say just what repairs are
necessary" Mayor Johnson received
u letter from Philip Boldauf, foreman