Gilpin observer., 1900-10-25
COLORADO NOTES.

Winter may be said to have set in
quite generally in the mountain Sec
tions of Colorado on the Goth inst,
when cold weather and snow We're re-
ported over n large area.
Secretary Osborn has practically
completed the program of the conven-
tion of the State Horticultural Society,
which meets in the state house on No
vember 21st, 22nd and 23rd.
Warden a. @. butcher says there
have been no punishments necessary in
the state reformatory for the past five
months and no attempt has been made
by any of the inmates TO escape.
General II. c. Merriam, commander
of the Department of the Colorado,
says hard bread and bacon make the
best emergency rations for soldiers.
No new invention has proved their
equal.
BARRIERS from all parts of the state
are preparing to ask the next LegiS-
lature to establish license and exam
nation for BARRIERS, to shut off the
hastily educated students" of the bar
bers' colleges.
The canning factory at Manzanola
has canned 1000 cases of string beans
and 5000 cases of tomatoes. This week
pumpkin canning begins and 1000
cases will be pat up. Pueblo groceries
take the entire output.
The Denver boys who put small
garter snake in Il mail box for the fun
of seeing the letter carrier jump when
he put his hand in after the mail have
all been discharged after having been
pretty well scared by the prospect of
having to serve Il term in Jail
The comptroller of the currency has
approved the application of the First
National Bank of Sterling, Colorado,
to begin business with a capital of $780,
600. L. NJ. Kelly, Charles Vale, Geo.
A. Henderson, w. J. Powell and l.. NJ.
Judd are named as stockholders.
The Pixies Peak Belgian Hare Club
of Colorado Springs has been organized
with membership of forty. w. J.
Doyle was elected president. Charles f.
Leibold secretary and Il. c. Davis
treasurer. The club is making ar
rangements for hare show to be held
soon.
Thomas +. Walsh. owner of the
Camp Bird mine near Ouray. and Col
orado commissioner 10 the Paris Expo
tition. is said to have spent half Il mil
lion dollars on dinners, receptions and
entertainments during the past six
months. He has quite set the pace for
the luxurious French capital.
Joseph Shaklee. arrested at Greeley
and confined for some time in the Weld
county jail, has been taken to Denver
on the suspicion that he is the person
who murdered Mrs Lillian Bell and as
saulted Mrs. A. l.. Jessup and Miss
Annie McAtee. besides assaulting other
women on Capitol Hill. Shaklee is
mentally unbalanced.
Word has reached Montrose that JOS
eph Woods was murdered at Naturita
in Montrose county, by Austin L. Ions
way, Il roighboring ranchman. There
has been i'll feeling existing between
the farmers for some time, growing
out of II dispute over some land, cul-
minating in murder. The murderer,
while fleeing, me- his victims sons
coming to the home he had saddened.
| On learning of the death of their faith
er, the sons pursued the fugitive.
A half rate from all points in Colora-
do selling October 20 and good to No
vembcr |, to the Good Roads convcn-
lion. to be held October 80, has been
granted by the railroads centering in
Denver. 1t is quite probable that the
two cabinet officers will be presenI.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson to
talk on the general subject of good
roads, and Postmaster General Smith
to emphasize the fact that the only
thing which now stands in the way of
universal rural free delivery is the poor
condition of the country roads in the
nation. Hon Martin Dodge, secretary
of the office of road inquiry of the Ag-
ricultural Department, will also be
present.
Constitution Day was observed in
the many towns throughout the state
on Friday, October 10Th. In most of
the schools an hour was given in the
afternoon to appropriate exercises. in
Guiding history of the famous naval
battle in which the Constitution van.
quished the British frigate Guerriere
Constitution Day" was appointed by
the Society of the Daughters of 1912 in
Boston, which desires TO raise the S4O0,-
600 necessary to restore the old frigate.
In letter sent to all tn cschools In the
state, Mrs. Helen l., Grcnfell. state SUI
pcrintcndcnt of public instruction,
asked that the school children contrib.
ute something toward the fund. Small
sums were raised In n few of the
schools.
The Western Passenger Association
has given n rate of one and onc-iifth
fares from all points In the state, where
the full fare Is more than 30 Get ts on
account of the annual convention OF
the Woman's Home Missionary Society
of the Methodist Episcopal church,
which Is to he held nt Christ church.
Denver, on the 2Dth and 3Oth of this
month. The rate Is open to both dele
gates and visitors. y receipt for the
full fare coming should be taken from
the selling agent at the starting point.
Said receipt must he signed by Mrs.
G. NJ. Kellogg, secretary Of the con
vcntion, who. in ease there are fifty
such full fares, the Denver agent. Mr..