Gilpin observer., 1902-02-20
COLORADO BRIEFS.

J in Denver where small children of
working women will be cared for at
cents per day.
The Republican state central CON-
mittee, at n called meeting, unanimous
ly chose d. B. Farley of Colorado
Springs to be chairman, in place Of g.
ID. Ford, who has resigned.
The oil excitement has spread to the
western part of Colorado Prospective
wells are being bored along the Grande
between Glenwood and Grand juno
ton and along the Roaring Fork.
A number Of prominent citizens of
Pueblo have asked the court to compel
the City Council to call an election for
a mayor to fill the vacancy now exist
ing. They hope thereby to break the
deadlock over the sewer contract.
X. lnge and J. F.. Anderson, who
have been prospecting for coal about
thirty miles south of La Junta, have
found two veins, one five feet and the
other seven feet in thickness. This has
coused quite stir here and other par
ties are organizing. 1t is thought the
Delt extends for several miles.
A company of eastern capitalists Ia
being formed to tap the hot water
channel between the Bueaa Vista hot
springs and the Haywood hot springs
and will pipe the hot water into Buena
Vista, erecting n magnificent hotel,
with the Intention of making that city
one of the leading summer resorts in
the state.
Six charges of cruelty to animals
! and six charges of violating the law
prohibiting the docking of horses tails
have been field against Joseph Hollo-
hp rln JnlI
ing the British government on the COM
mission appointed to purchase horses
for use in the war in South Africa.
The maximum punishment for the Of
lenses charged Is $1,000 fine and four
years in the penitentiary.
w. A. Riley of Loveland, who has
been awarded the contract for grading
and bridge construction of the twenty
five miles of railway for the Great
Western Sugar Company, Is preparing
to put a large force of men and teams
to work as soon as the frost is out of
the ground. The ground Is frozen
about eighteen inches deep. The entire
road is to be completed ready for the
cars by July.
Some miners from Telluride. while
prospecting near the mouth of the can
ON about eight miles from Delta, dis
covered petroleum ooZing out of the
rocks Mt the edge of the Gunnison riv-
er. They also found spot where nat
ural gas was coming up from the bed
of the river. They say they will sink
an oil well near the place at once and
will probably order the machinery
within a few days.
The seventh annual meeting of the
State Board of Charities and Correc-
ton opened at Colorado Springs on the
10th, President James II. Baker Of the
University OF Colorado, presiding. Mr..
!, Baker delivered his annual address,
fraught with items of great interest to
those in attendance. and Miss Jane Ad-
dams of Hull House. Chicago. spoke on
"Neighborbood Work. The noted
speaker was greeted with applause as
she arose TO deliver her address.
Eli Badaniz. an Austrian employed at
!. the steel works. Pueblo, met fright
full death while at work mt one of the
blast furnaces. He was engaged in
shovellng coal dust, when the cloud
became so thick about him that he lost
his bearings. missed his footing and fell
into the molten metal. His shrieks of
agony brought several of his fellow en-
ployes to the scene, but they were un-
able to rescue him. He was so terribly
burned that death ended his suffering
at O o'clock Sunday afternoon.
A hunter and trapper who has been
operating in North park this winter
hns brought to Fort Collins the pelts
of four gray wolves. The pelts and
bounty brought him over 5000. The
stockmen of North park are paying n
bounty of $50 for each wolf scalp. The
necessity for exterminating the ami
mails is growing greater every year as
the loss to the owners of cattle by their
depredatlons is n serious matter, as it
is generally estimated that each wolf
destroys $500 worth of cattle during
its lifetime.
Surveying parties laying out the
route OF the new Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company's railroad in western
Colorado have completed over half of
the survey and are making such rapid
progress that the people are congratu-
lating themselves on the near ap-
proach of railroad. Word reached
Denver parties says the News, that the
surveyors are past Paonia, in Delta
county, and have practically surveyed
the entire route in Gunnison county.
The road will pierce a rich territory,
opening new coal and ore fields to de-
velopment
Besides It's branch In western Colo
RADIO, which IL being rapidly surveyed.
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
intends to construct and operate other
branches In the near future. 1t has al-
ready made provision for fifty-two
miles OF new track In and around the
southern fields and Is also preparing
to build many miles of track around
the Iron mines mt Hartville, Wyoming.
Even without the acquisition of the
Colorado & Southern, the new track
thus laid would, taken together, form
an immense railroad system, requiring
many superlntendcnts and Il complete
outlay of rolling stock.