Gilpin observer., 1900-05-10
DOINGS AT DENVER.
Gtema Of Inter cat From the City and the
state Capitol.


these days. A section of suburban Den
YER Is overrun by snakes. long ant
short, wiggling fellows that make IN,
flesh creep, for there are thousands o
the reptiles that We're brought dowI
from the mountains by the flood from
the water cOmpany's dam last week
Rapid progress is being made in th,
setting out of trees about the stat,
capitol, and it is hoped to soon max,
the ground handsome park. Such Il
course will not in the least interfer.
with the commanding appearance oi
the building from distance, but will
rather enhance it, as the capitol will,
loom up far above the highest trees,
which are to be set on ground well be
low it.
The State Land Board Will try to So
cure the payment of almost $4,000
due the state on old leases The boar
has issued an ultimatum that all lcas
holders must make payments in fu,
by August 1st or suffer the penalty ul
having their leases cancelled wi,hou
further notice. On the leases wh'c'-
have been examined $4,000 is due
and the total amount to he paid to III
state is estimated at $4,000. Goyeruo.
Thomas thinks that most of this none,
will be collected without much difficul
ty. Many small leases were grantc,
by the board, the largest of 1.O2O acres
the only one amounting to more thn
one section. On half a dozen SINAI!
mineral leases granted the board SET q
higher rental than has been CHARGE.
heretofore. Previously royalty of IL
cents ton on coal or stone taken from
state lands has been the only leas
.hn httt ,1
have not turned out much coal
clause was inserted in the leases is
sued Wednesday of stone and Goa
lands charging 500 n year rental il,
addition to the royalty.
w. S. Stratton is now owner of III.
Catholic cathedral property. which in.
cludes two small stores on Stout street,
the fifth and sixth lots from Sixteenth,
street, the premises occupied by the
rectory, the church proper. and a row
of two-story stores extending one-half
block up Fifteenth street from the
corner-a tract of land 3O0x125 feet.
almost in the heart of the business
center of the city. The price for the
whole is $l69.OOO. A check for this
amount was placed In the hands of
representatives of Bishop Matz. The
deeds were placed on record Wednes-
day afternoon. The title for lots :
and q, nearest Sixteenth street on
Stout, passed from the Colorado Catho-
lie Loan and Trust Company and
Bishop Matz TO Mr. Stratton for x24.-
600. For the remaining ten lots
Bishop MatZ signed the deed both as
the head of the diocese of Colorado
and as an individual. The deal was
closed at S:15 o'clock in the afternoon
and the papers at once went on record.
Father Callahan and Attorney John II.
Reddin acted for the church author-
ties, assisted by Michael Finnerty. The
proceeds of the sale will leave about
$4,000 in the cathedral treasury. The
debt on the Logan avenue school will
be paid at once. The cathedral parish
already owns a site at Logan and Col
fax avenues on which there is ONLY n
slight debt, and with $4,000 in thu.
treasury new building can be begun
soon.
Denver people will be interested in
the following dispatch from Baltimore
to the Republican: City Solicitor
Whyte submitted an opinion to the
City Council tonight to the effect that
the position of superintendent of public
instruction should, under the charter of
Baltimore, be filled by n registered vot-
er of the city. The council took no ac-
tion in the matter but filed the opinion
for future reference. The members
of the School Board, which recently
elected James III. Van Sickle of Denver
to the position in question. did not
agree with the city solicitor and are
not inclined to recede from the stand
they have taken in the matter. The
solicitors position is based on that
clause in the charter which provides
fhat all municipal officials shall be reg
istered voters. The School Board con
tends that the superintendent of public
instruction cannot he classed ms IA m,I-
nicipal officer. President Joseph Pack
ard. who is himself one of the most
prominent members of the bar of this
city, declared tonight that with all re-
spect for the solicitor he believed II
could be shown by authorities that the
board was in the right. In the natter.
Thomas S. Baer of the School Board.
who Is also a lawyer. expressed a simi-
lar view. and II is understood that the
other members are of like minds The
whole matter will be discussed at a
meeting of the board tomorrow night
The Colorado Telephone Company
has completed arrangements For ex
tending its telephone system to all
parts of the state not previously GOV
cred. Il. B. Field. ST.. vice prcsitlen,
OF the company. has just returned from
trip to New York and Boston. where
he completed the financial arrange
ments for the extension. His trip was
even more successful than he expected
Not only Is the system TO he extended.
but the present lines are to he rein
forced In those parts of the state in
which the business has grown too
heavy for the old equipment. Two "N-
tensions of the service will he mad"
One from Greeley to the towns OF
Sterling. Fort Morgan. Brush and pos
sibly Akron. bringing all the large
towns Of the northeastern part Of til"
state into the long-distance system. The
ntl,nr lipn will hn frnn EInnwnnI