Gilpin observer., 1902-05-01
coLoRADo's CAPITAL.

Governor Orman recently appointed
w. X. Manis of Center, Saguache coun-
ty, water commissioner for district No.
27, vice Michael White, resigned, and
Meloney G. Soniat of New Orleans to
be commissioner of deeds for the state
of Colorado in the Louisiana city.
Labor Commissioner Smith has been
asked to investigate the failure Of the
old Chase Coal Mining Company with
view to collecting wages due about
per cent. of their due when the COM
pany ceased operations. The men
claim that there is still due them about
$55 on the average
The Denver land office has received
a letter from Washington directing at
tention to-the new law concerning the
making of final proof in taking up gov
ernment land. The law previously was
that in proving up" on stone and tim
ber lands the affidavits and proofs had
to be sworn to before the officers of
the land office. The new law allows
the making of proofs before any prop
erly accredited judge or clerk of a court
of record
Notaries public were recently ap-
pointed as follows: Walter S. Bah
cock, Minnie c. McClary. Geoge II.
Markey, William B. Shattuc, Walter
N. Snellgrove, Simien NJ. Vessel, Den
yer; Allen Il. Briggs, Gulnare p. o.;
Colin S. Campbell, Fountain; George
P. Davenport, Greeley; Charles G. Gra-
ham, Colorado Springs; Wade II.
Haley, Rifle Marion NJ. Meredith, Rye;
William ]. Miller, Mancos; Domenico
Ozzelo, Starkville; George ii. Patter-
son, Loveland; Jacob N. Pettingell,
Sulphur Springs; Luther w. Rood,
Hotchkiss; Vidal Shoblo, Trinidad; Ell
len Ray Sullivan, Cripple Creek; Daniel
w. Thomas, Victor; Thomas V. Will
son, Boulder; Sut. II. Wood, White
Cross.
According to the sanitary bulletins
of the State Board of Health the nun.
Der of deaths in the state during the
month of March was 7S3, and the rate
of mortality to the entire population
was 1878 per 1000. The deaths from
diphtheria during the month numbered
80, from smallpox /, from scarlet fever
% and from typhoid fever I. In the
county of Arapahoe the total of deaths
Was 251, and in the city of Denver 224
The report says: Compared with Feb,
ruary the month of March shows an in
crease of five cases of Jiphtheria, three
cases of scarlet fever and sixty-three
cases of smallpox, and a decrease of
nine cases of typhoid fever" Boulder
had 10 deaths during the month. Colo
RADIO Springs "a. Leadvile II, Pueblo
62 and Cripple Greek II.
Two mounted beaver, doe antelope,
mountain sheep head, seven sheep
horns and several of the latter un-
mounted were received n few days ago
by State Fish and Game Commissioner
Harris from Deputy Warden James
Bush who contiscated the specimens
in Glenwocd Springs, Florence. Salida
and Colorado Springs. They are worth
several hundred dollars and will be
sold at auction, the proceeds going to
the fish and game fund The speci-
mems were confiscated in taxidermists'
shops. Curator Ferrl of the State
Historical society has not been arrest
ed for having in his possession num-
ber of specimens of song and insect
killing birds. 1t is probable the
showing that the birds were wanted
purely for exhibition purposes in the
rooms of the society.
The st. Louis fair commission of Col
orado is considering proposal submit
ted from st. Louis people. This is to
present. as a part of the Colorado ex-
hibit, relief map of the state ten feet
by eight feet. showing all the noun
tains and valleys, the streams and hills.
and correctly locating the mining sec
tions. and to send relief maps of the
principal mining localities of the state,
such as Cripple Creek, the San Juan
country, Clear Creek and Boulder
counties, defining accurately the loca-
tiOn of all the principal mines and mills
and smelters. The maps will cost
from 81 900 to 81 200 each, and IL made
will be copyrighted by the state. The
commission thinks that these maps
would be in demand among universities
and colleges, and by securing copy
right all the proceeds Of sales of these
maps would come to the state. thus re-
ducing the cost of the exhibit. The
proposal to take tribe of Navajo In
dians from southwestern Colorado to
the fair is likely to be adopted.