Gilpin observer., 1900-01-04
DENVER GOSSIP.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM The
STATE CAPITOL.

reception was given to DR.. Henry
A. Buchtel, the new chancellor of Den
yer University, at the University Col
lege of Music last Thursday night, by
the Methodist Union of the city, that
was attended by hundreds of students
of the University and old friends. of
Dr. Buchtel, who knew him during his
former residence in the city.
The Denver and Arapahoe Medical
Society, by an almost unanimous vote,
have come out in favor of vivisection
and against the bill introduced in
Washington by Senator Gallinger to
prevent this practice. The result OF
this vote will be that the senators and
representatives from this state will be
asked in the name of the Denver and
Arapahoe society to do all in their
power to defeat the Gallinger bill.
The receipts of the office of Secretary
of State Beckwith are more than dou-
bic the estimate for the year made by
the auditor 1t was estimated that
the office would yield $4,000 for each
of the two years term of the secretary,
and appropriations were made on this
basis. In the first year. to the hour of
closing yesterday afternoon the receipts
have been $135,O52, $50 ,OG0 more than
the estimate for two years, and $S5, 900
more than the auditor thought the of
flce would earn during the first gear.
During the month of December there
has been received from new corpora
tions and the other sources of revenue
of the office $40 ,O57.65.
Executive sanction will not be given
to Attorney General Campbelrs
scheme to employ convicts in the gold
mines supposed to be located on state
lands near Cripple Creek. The objec-
tlons OF the governor are purely legal,
however. but carry with them disap-
probation of the plan to work the coal
mines near Canon City with convicts
or to employ them at all outside of the
penitentiary. Governor Thomas has
stated his position in the matter in a
letter to the attorney general, basing it
purely upon the absence of statutes
covering such projects. There is no
statute providing for such work and
the governor says there might be leg
lslative objection to it. Attorney Gen
eral Campbell still favors the scheme
but admits the force of the argument
or the governor, and says the project
will necessarily be dropped until n
statute covering it can be passed.
State Engineer McCune has deter
mined that his department will coop
crate with the federal government as
much as possible in gathering data for
the statistics on irrigation for the
twelfth census. The collection of irri.
CATION statistics will be in charge of f.
III. Newell one of the government hy-
drographers, and Mr.. Fellows will
have charge of the work in Colorado
so far as time will permit Mr.. Nc
Cune will also assist and will also en-.
Ip1vDr n hn or isti
plete as possible, because of the many
inquiries for information received. 1t
is the intention to give every ditch in
the state. Each stream will be taken
and the bitches will be given in order
from the source down. The positions
of each ditch, the quantity of water
carried in 1t and the acreage irrigated
together with other information, will
be gathered. Mr.. McCune believes
that the compilation of complete and
correct report will be of great benefit
TO the state.
The Colorado State Teachers Asso-
citation closed its session and adjourned
at o'clock Friday afternoon. Officers
were elected in the morning. commit
tees reported, and business was trans
acted without the lengthy discussions
that have been noticed at former ses-
'''H''' Inc ms ST pap'i VII
day morning was by Mrs. Helen Gren-
fel, state superintendent of public in
struction. She spoke on "The School
and the Home" and although she
praised the school she placed the home
first in Importance. The discussion
was opened by Bertha NJ. Andrews of
the Normal School. Mrs. Charles Dick
inson of Denver was also asked to talk
on the subject. Charles ]. Gilkison.
professor of the commercial depart
ment at the Agricultural College. read
paper on Commercial Courses in
High Schools He advocated the es-
adjustment of commercial high
schools in which advanced courses in
business could be taken. j. f. Cooper
OF the Normal School opened the dis
cussion. His views We're opposed by
Il. II. Cole of the La Junta high school
At the conclusion of the argument the
business session was commenced. The
committee on nominations made the
following report: For president, VIII
liam Triplett. superintendent of Gold
en- schools; director, three years. Il. ii.
Clark, superintendent of Central City
schools; auditor, ]. II. Gavin, East
Denver high school: director of Read
ing Circle, j. ii. Hays, State Normal
School. This report was adopted 1t
Is said that this has been one of the
most successful sessions eyer held by
the association. The attendance has
been larger. and nearly all of those on
the program for papers and discus
sions were present prepared for their
tasks.
Curator Fcrril of the State Histori-
cal Society has just returned from Il
three days hunt for specimens of Col
orado mountains birds in their midwln-
ter dress. He hunted above timber
line. near Alpine pass on the Gunnison
line Of the Colorado Il Southern, at an
altitude of 11,52l feet. He secured n
fine set of specimens Of the rosy finch,
a nrnttY nn1lYe bird TINT is nftcn cnllnd