Gilpin observer., 1902-04-17
COLORADO BRIEFS.

MrS, CclNAtlnO Gnteia, WHO OIL NoprO.
sentative Garcia of COncjos county,
died at her home near Conejos April
10th of dropsy.
The Fort Collins Electric Company
has ordered new machinery for its
plant. and after May 1st will give a
night and day service.
The cornerstone of the new temple
of the First Church of Christ, Scien-
tist. was laid in Denver April 10th. 1t
will be a large building of beautiful
architectural design.
A flower festival will be held in the
City Park. Denver, May 1st to 4th, in
elusive. There will be a tent 50x2OO
feet long. A Maypole festival will be
held ON the opening day.
The new home of the Denver orphan
age was dedicated by very stylish
ball on the night of April 10th. Gov
and helped receive the GOO people who
attended.
A picture by the late Harvey Young.
of Colorado Springs, has been placed
in the Corcoran art gallery at wash
ington. This is deserved recognition
of his ability by the highest authority
in America.
, About 100 citizens met at the opera
house in Alamosa to organize a COM
pany to build and operate an electric
light plant. a plant to cost $4,000
with capacity of 1000 incandescent
and fifty arc lights will be built.
The presbytery of Pueblo, which has
just closed its session at Florence,
lr Of Ia
commissioner to the general assembly
of the Presbyterian church, which
meets in New York city on May 18th.
The highest temperature ever record
ed in Denver or Colorado was 1Oo; the
lowest, 20 below in Denver, and about
3S out in the state. These figures come
from some new government maps just
received by the weather bureau in Den
yer.
The Elks' Lodge at Pueblo has Sc
lected site for its building, which Will
be erected at the northeast corner of
Fifth and Court streets. at n cost of
$4,000. Plans will be drawn at once.
A large part of the money necessary is
already in hand.
The glee and mandolin clubs of the
State university returned to Boulder
April 11th, after more than two weeks
spent in tour of the state. They left
Boulder March 10Th and covered to-
tai of 1868 miles, stopping at every
town of Importance on the route.
The Girls Friendly Club at Denver
is the beneficiary of $4,000 from Mrs.
Lowthian, widow of Thomas Low
THAN, at one time wealthy mining
1,..
used TO build a permanent home as an
auxiliary to the City Temple work of
Dean Peck.
Mayor Wright of Denver has appoint
ed Mrs. J. f. CampiOn. Mrs. j. Is. Null
len. Mrs. Bertha Butler. Mrs. Izetta
George, Rev. ]. II. Houghton, G.. S.
Morey, o. S. Storrs and Clarence Ston-
aker delegates to the national confer
ence of charities and corrections at
Detroit May 2Sth to June Sd.
At Pueblo April 9th A. C. st. Clair
was sentenced by Judge Voorhees, to
not less than seven nor more than ten
years in the pententary, and G. 5. Dun
can was given from three to five years,
both for their part in a conspiracy
10 utter n large amount of forged pay
checks of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company.
Among the curiosities that Larimer
county hopes to take to St Louis is a
section of the sixty-foot vein of coal
that has been discovered in that coun-
ty. 1t is the intention to cut through
this vein and to remove cross section
of it in pieces which will be set up in
st. Louis. showing both the character
of the coal and also the wonderful
thickness.
A gold bar weighing 1.9T ounces has
reached Mayor Wright of Denver from
Thomas Walsh's famous Camp Bird
mine. to be used in making a badge
promised by the owner of the mine to
be worn on the occasion of the launch
ing of the cruiser Denver. The bar is
similar to that presepted by Mr. Walsh
for gold badge for Miss Roberta
Wright. sponsor for the vessel.
A Cheyenne correspondent says that
the men of Ladore. a little town in the
northern part of Routt county, Colora-
do, are sending communications to Wy
oming papers requesting notices to the
effect that Ladore needs women. There
are now ten men to one woman in the
town and surrounding country. and
half hundred marriageable young wo-
men can make ten-strike by settling
there. Girls raised in the country are
desired.
The Colorado Springs correspondent
Of the Denvers News says: "A syndi-
cate of capitalists whose agents are
now in this city is quietly engaged in
buying up all the available farm land
between Colorado Springs and Monu-
ment. with the intention of turning the
surrounding region into an immense SUI
gar beet plantation comprising approx
imately 10000 acres. This information
was given by one who Is assisting in
conducting the negotiations, and may
be considered as reliable"