Gilpin observer., 1902-05-01
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Colorado Springs people are cherish
ing hopes of a visit from President
Roosevelt next summer.
A new company at Grand Junction
will erect an extensive plant for the
manufacture and storage of ice.
Colorado railroads will be given
chance to exhibit at the ST. Louis ex-
position by the Colorado Fair commits
sion.
Ex-Gov. John l.. Routt is now in
Paris, France, with his family, but ex-
poets to return to Colorado about
June 1st.
Seven companies of the Eighteenth
infantry have been ordered to Fort Lo-
gan, near Denver. They are at present
in Texas.
Mrs. Grenfell, state superintendent
addressed very successful meeting of
the Clear Creek Valley Teachers Asso-
citation at Idaho Springs April 26th.
A new state fish hatchery is to be
established at Steamboat Springs.
There are already three in the state
at Denver, Durango and Gunnison.
The new chapel in the State Peniten-
tiary at Canon City was rededicated
Sunday, April 9th. Rev. Thomas ID.
UZZell of Denver was the principal
speaker.
Managers of the Chautauqua asso-
citation at Boulder report highly IA
vorable outlook and the Glen Park peo-
pie expect a larger attendance than
ever before
The fund that is being raised by the
cny itnl listc af tI,a tnI .itx fa
chase presents for the cruiser Denver
has reached 1896. 1t was to have
been $4,000.
Captain James Reed of Buena Vista
died of pneumonia at st. Anthony's
hospital, Denver, April 21st. He was
a Grand Army man and seventy-one
years of age.
The new steel bridge across the
Platte river at Brighton is completed.
The structure is 300 feet long and cost
the county of Arapahoe $4,000. 1t
has two spans of $50 feet each.
The census of School District No. 2
in Larimer county, including Loveland,
shows 1,115 pupils of school age and
places the district in the first class ac
cording to the provisions of the state
law.
Ground was broken April 25th for
the new 100000 city hall at Colorado
Springs. The building will be con-
structed of Colorado Trinidad sand
stone and is to be completed during the
year.
a. Nj. Hawley, secretary of the state
board of agriculture, has received the
appointment of statistical agent of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture. He will collect Colorado crop
statistics all over the state.
A Colorado zephyr blew Emil Strand,
the team of four horses which he was
driving, and a load of timber over the
bank near the Eagle Bird mine at Sill
yer Plume few days ago. Neither
team nor driver were badly injured.
The committee of Investigation on
the books of eX-City Clerk w. II.
Moore of Durango has completed its
work and the report shows Mr.. Moore's
shortage for the three years term to
be something in excess of $4,000.
The controversy between the Pueblo
county commissioners and the Denver
X Rio Grande company has been set
tied and the railroad will be granted n
franchise to lay its tracks to the new
zinc smelter over a route agreed upon.
The bill granting the city of Colo
RADIO Springs the right to buy 1000
acres of the forest reserve in the vicin-
ity of Seven Lakes, where the new
water works system is located, has
been passed by both houses of Con-
gress.
Isabella Dayton of Peyton. Colorado,
in the County Court of FL Paso coun-
ty has been granted Il divorce and IL
tie to 400 acres of land she decided TO
her husband. They We're married ex-
actly thirty days before she filed the
complaint.
President Van Horn of the Laramie.
Hahn's Peak and Pacific Railroad has
written from the Boston office to Vice
President Miller in Laramie. Wyo-
ming, instructing the company's Of
ficers to resume operations on the line
as soon as possible.
The Taxpayers League of Durango
has decided to institute legal proceed
ings against the board of county COM
missioners of La Plata county and
their bondsmen as composed for the
past two years to recover money al
legged to have been Illegally paid out.
The commissioners of Saguacne
county at the April meeting took up
the matter of Il display at the st. Louis
Words Fair and decided to ask Rio
Grande, Costilla, Conejos and Mineral
counties to join with Saguache in
display to be known as the San Luis
valley exhibit.
w. S. Stratton is rapidly completing
the attractions of Cheyenne park. at
Colorado Springs. which he will shortly
throw open for the use of the public.
One thousand new benches, each ac-
commodating four people, will be In.
stalled, while innumerable swings will
attract the children.
w. ii. Brown of Marble. who was
accused of blasting fish in the Crystal
river several weeks ago. was brought
before Judge Stevens of the District
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