Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
COLORADO NOTES.

horticulture.
Up to short time ago Governor Or
man had not vetoed a single bill sent
to him by the Legislature.
Henry N. Baker, prominent Colo
rado mining man, died short time
since at Newton, Massachusetts.
Colorado Springs people will try to
get President Mckinley to address the
high school graduating class June 9th.
The Cripple Creek Woman's Club
recently held very successful ball
, for the benefit of the public library
fund, clearing upwards of $500.
A company of Longmont men has
been formed to prospect for oil in the
st. Vrain valley. Three thousand dol
lars has been raised to sink a we'll
The regents of the State university
at Boulder have offered prize of $500
for the best plan for library build
ing, which must be provided for soon.
Mrs. w. II. Buchtel Of Denver,
daughter of the late p. II. Barnum,
has offered four lots for the site of Il
negro orphan asylum provided $12,-
600 building Is erected.
Two great conventions have selected
Denver as their meeting place next Au-
gust One is the American Association
for the Advancement of Science, and
the other is the American Bar Associa-
| ton.
| Judge ]. B. Bissell, who retired from
the chief justiceshp of the Court of
Appeals last month after serving eleven
years on the appellate benches of Colo
RADIO, has returned to active practice of
his profession in Denver
Mrs. Mary L. Carr, national presi-
dent, and Mrs. Fannie ID. Hardin, ma
tional secretary of the Woman's Relief
Corps, recently went to Galveston, Tex
as, to attend the G. A. Il. and w. Il. c.
convention, department of Texas.
Pueblo people have filed upon 1920
acres of land in what is known as the
Hardscrabble mining district. fifteen
miles southwest of Pueblo and just
south of Boggs' flats. They will at
once commence operations for oil.
| Joseph Vidrich, who lived at 400
South Santa Fe avenue, Pueblo, was
run over by a train and killed while
working on n Union Pacific grade at
Rock Creek, Wyoming. April 18th. He
was knocked off Il bridge and fell
sixty feet.
Articles of incorporation for the Pu-
eblo-Colorado State Fair Association
have been signed. The directors are:
George Il. Ragden, John A. Thatcher,
G. l.. l.. Gam. John +. Vail and AS
bury White. The capital stock is $780,
0OO divided into 5000 shares.
Senate bill No. 63, IAN act prescribing
penalty of not less than SO nor more
than $500 for the sale of malt, vinous
or spirituous liquors in counties out
! side of incorporated towns and cities
without having n license therefor" has
received the governors signature.
Captain William II. Sweeney. Jr., of
Canon City, has been appointed by
Governor Orman inspector general of
n. G. c., with rank of colonel. Cap
tain Sweeney served as captain
through the campaign of the First
| Colorado volunteers in the Philip
pines.
| Several lakes near Greeley are being
seined in order to remove the carp,
which are being shipped to different
parts of the state. The black bass and
other game fish are being returned TO
the water. Frequently ton or more
of the carp can be caught at one haul
of the seine.
Governor Orman' has signed Senate
bill No. 200, regulating the use of wa
ter for irrigation, and settling the right
ty of $500 or sixty days Imprisonment
for any person who may open any
headgate or otherwise interfere with
the distribution of water.
The Victor lodge of Elks has started
n subscription paper 10 raise funds for
the care of the two children of James
Smith. who escaped death in the Gran
, ite mine disaster that made them or
phans. A large sum will be raised. as
the Victor people are coming forward
with substantial donations.
Mrs. Eleanor Hart, wife of Dean II.
Martyr Hart of st. Johns Cathedral,
Denver, died on the 18th instant after
having been an invalid for several
years. She leaves three daughters who
reside at home and one son, j. Wilson
Hart, editor and manager of the Book
seller and Stationer, New York.
DIR. A. ]. Overholt of Salida, has
sent to the state war relics collection
the mess chest used by General
Grants staff in his first battle. fought
indecisively at Bellemont, Missouri,
November Z. 1861. 1t went through
the Civil War and has since been four
times across the country between
Springfield, Illinois, and Colorado, but
is of such good material and construc-
tion as to be still in excellent preser-
walton.
The directors of the Garfield. Eagle
and Pitkin Counties Fair Association
met at Glenwood Springs April 18th to
arrange for the annual fair, September
18TH Goth and 21st. Many new fea-
lures We're added in the way OF field
sports. The entire state militia will
be invited to spend week on the
grounds, and the farmers have agreed
to furnish free of charge all the beef.
chickens, turkeys. fruit, vegetables and
pumpkin pie they can eat.
The postotiice business OF Cripple
Creek for the fiscal year shows the re-
ccpts of the office TO have been S3i,-
1iOO5. or this amount S31. 1883 was