The silver star., 1900-05-18
COLORADO norEA

oonzresa.onL District Convsnt5oQ was
bed IN tbs cty to-day a. the ofa11
ho4s,- II Vas called 10 order ~ 1O3o
Shss morning by Chairman Gus KrenR-
6ereragy Oscar Q. Mcneil read TIE
call afseT ~kich Mr.. Rrense an
no1rced that the first order Of boaansss
would Be -he selection of . tempo
nT Chairman y. B. y.Dcsc. q 1et-
lee county nominated Colonel Edw. =.
Brown of Cripple Greek the nom.nafson
h<lnS received with great applause
He uas ch1-@a temporary chairman bJ
aeciznzton-
c. L Dscks-son a Teller county wAs
chosen temporary secretary and ]. b
Manuel Of q Psso county and ].
e<ars ot Gilpin sz assistants
Tie chair Announced the Cscai cDro-
rztr-s<<-
At TIE Afternoon session reports from
the ysrio1s committees were read and
adopted sf,er which TIE business Of
nominating delegates for the National
conTsnrson 81 Philadelphia vas taken
up. D. B. Fa.riey II Colorado Springs
vas plaeed 10 po-ninzrieo by h Graf
toa OF Colorado sf-i1z--
Tie =eeend dominated Vas Dr. John
Grass Of Trinidad By II B-ztshaw Of
r f----- u Ay0-@g-A = -
placed IN uoninzf5on a. alternate fo-
Mr- Fzirlsy. and su three we're eject
Cd By zeriauaftOl-
For alternate fOr Dr. Grzs-- B@nja-
r1la Ritter of Du-suro. z J. McCa---
ney os siITe-7ou aud G. T. H1-ibur Of
Ourzy were ylzcs-d IL DOlnlnz-too- the
las. named being eiecreL
TIE Republicans Of the FIRST Con
the IIrh and elected dele-at-s 20 the
p. Thompson Bssulder county, and
Charles 6. Caveudsr. lake county. Al
tz-rares chn.-zn are Thomas II Dzvy.
Larirnsr county; william K Burehl-
nell Ararsahoe county.
WORK Eill so-0n t-e commenced By the
united forf>-@ Of the Midland and the
Cold-ado & Southern road= Of the three
tracks q the lines n snd about the
mines Al Lsatvllie To make the con-
nsc-ion between the Midland broad
gauge and The Colorado * Southern.
narrow gauge. roads VIII require the
building % about two miles Il new
rad. The rails for the new construc-
ton has already been laid down TO
LesdviHe, and work viii D. COM
Tnence-f a. son as lat-ore-s can b. &c
cured
An innovation In Kindergarten work
VIII te Introduced In school district No.
- at Pueblo by Superintendent keai-
ing He has planned 10 have the pupils
attending the kindergarten take an ac-
tive Interest in flower and tree plant
ing during the months between April
and September The idea is 10 have
the little ones plant their own flower
b<-ts and =hrubbe.y and give them
rhe,r individual attention. teaching
them the practical a. well a. the the
ore;icaI art of t<autifying their homes
and community. This kind Of work is
an experiment here. but Il Is thought
viii be successful
The Republican state convention met
at Denver on the 1o,h 20 select dele
gates at large 20 the national conven-
ton The delegates chosen were: Ed
ward .. WOlcotr- ArapahOe county:
Winfield 8. stra;ton. Fl Paso county:
David II. NOHaf ArapahOe county
David X. q. Brown. Plikin county. Al
ferns'es. r T.. Churchill. Weld county:
Earl p. Cce. Arapahoe county: Craw-
ford Hill. Arapahoe county: 2. W. Rit-
ter. San Juan county. The platform
adopted strongly lndOrses the admins
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 il began 10 flow
no one seems 10 know. but IL has been
noticed only recently. When II issues
from the ground there is some water
and very strong odor exists. The oil
Is dark in color. and considerable
quantity can he taken mp by dipping a
bottle In the water. About three years
ago company was formed for the
purpose of prospecting for oil. and Pro
fessor Arthur Lakes gave the company
at that time considerable encourage
ment and advised them 10 20 ahead
but lack Of funds prevented progress
The new company Is provided witt
ample funds 10 push the project.
The C3stlewood dam. near Castl.
Rock. has apparently resolved itself In
to big lenky rock pile from which nc
danger Is to be apprehended unless an
other heavy storm fills II full. Assist
ant City Engineer Ryan accompanied
State Engineer Mccunc on his recen,
trip to the dam. and lndorses all thn'
the other official snys on the matter Of
the necessity of rebuilding the dam be
fore the wnste gates may again h
closed. superintendent Alsop did jus
right In sending his telegram OF wnrn
Ing. even though the dam did not q,
out after ALL" said Mr.. Ryan. "Whef
the reservoir was full. the water pour
ing over both splllways and the dan
evidently moving. II was In very dan
gerous condition, and 1t would have
taken very little to have opened gar
which would have sent an Immense
body Of water down the valley. be
lisye thnt the leaks In the dam will
drain all the wnier out OF the lake, nnt
In that cnse 1t will have 10 he rebuiI
before II can be used at all. or course
until all the wnter IL out. II will be I'm
possible to say Just what repairs mr.,
necessary" Mayor Johnson receiyet
letter from Philip 8oldauf. foreman
at the dam, In which he said TINT IN,
water was seven feet below the leye
OF the spillway, and going down n
the rate OF mn Inch an hour. The may
or announced that the city would tax,
no steps mt present to compel the nut
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