Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1902-02-27
COLORADO BRIEFS.

thing for February.
State Game Commissioner Harris has
| ordered about fifty Monaghan pleas
ants. which he will distribute in sew
eral Of the southern counties.
The railroads will make rate Of one
| fare for the round trip for the encamp-
| ment of the q. A. r.. Department of
Colorado and Wyoming. to be held at
Rocky Ford next June.
The school census for 1901 shows
162,17S children of school age in the
state. OF that number. 81 1856 are boys
and SO,842 are girls. There are 1865
men and 1878 women teachers.
Farmers living on Beaver creek, be-
tween Florence and Pueblo, tell of q
large mountain lion which has been
lurking in the hills of that neighbor-
hood. Several unsuccessful attempts
to kill the beast have been made by
the farmers.
Congressman Bell has introduced
bill for the relief of o. T.. holland of
Mancos. Colo, providing for payment
of $4,000, being the value of stock
killed and stolen by the Navajo and
Ute Indians and belonging to holland
between 1887 and 1892.
The home of the Misses Burns, SIS
tiers Of James f. Burns, president of
the Portland Mining company, at Colo
RADIO Springs, was entered by burglars
on the night of the 10th inst, and
silverware. jewelry and other valuable
property taken to the amount of 81 200
worth.
X. Inge and ]. +. Anderson, who
have been prospecting for ccal 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
belt extends for several miles.
The following postmasters have been
commissioned: William III. Davis, Flor
ence; William V. Roberts, Fort Col
Inns; Richard G. Dalton. La Junta;
Daniel +. Cooper. Lamar; Homer H.
Grafton. Manitou; James b. johnson,
Montrose; James w. Long, Ouray; Lib
bic Herman, Elizabeth; Carl FELTON,.
Swandyke.
The contract for the new passenger
and freight depot at Loveland has been
let and work will proceed at once.
The present depot building will be torn
down and new switches placed where
1t now stands. The new depot will be
placed on the east side of the track
next to the business blocks between
Fourth and Fifth streets.
Congressman Bell has filed with the
postoffice department an application
for rural delivery route from Paonia
to HOtchkiss. This route, as stated,
is about six miles long, and the petition
contained the signatures of about 100
people living along it. Judge Bell re-
quested that an inspector be sent out
as soon as possible to locate the same.
Harry d. Zimmerman of Colorado
Springs. who ranked first in the re-
cent examination for the West Point
cadetship, has received instructions
from Washington to report at Fort Lo-
gan on May LIST for physical examina-
ton. Mr.. Zimmerman is Il nephew of
Captain J. NJ. johnson. an attorney of
the Springs. Captain Johnson is a West
Point man and served in the Civil
War.
Petitions have been reaching Wash
ington from the citizens of Florence,
asking the Postoffice Department to In
terfere in the matter of the removal
of the Florence postoffice. 1t is claimed
the postmaster has located it in an in
accessible part of the town. The de-
partment informed Senator Teller that
the protests came too late. that per-
mission had been given the postmas-
ter TO establish his office where he has
and that the case would not be re
opened.
Michael Stassi. an Italian coal miner
who has been working at Hastings.
died in violent commissions last Friday
after having eaten breakfast that was
cooked by his wife with whom he had
had trouble. The woman has been ar
rested The body has been brought to
this city and an autopsy will be held
by Drs. White. Lenthial and others, as
soon as the report can be had from
chemist who has been employed to an
alyze the contents OF the stomach of
the dead man.
The biennial reports of the state au-
ditor. which is now being prepared,
will show that there are IA .2S6.417
acres OF agricultural and grazing land
in the state. valued at $5O,3S1 ,6SS. The
classifications are as follows: Agricul-
tural land. 1885, 1O1 acres, valued at
S30.9T1. HOS: grazing land, 1O,S6S, 800
acres. valued at $14,S4I 400: coal lands,
1G3, 500 acres, valued at 4.542. SO. The
returns made by the assessors in the
fifty-seven counties of the state show
that there are coal deposits in nineteen
counties.
1t is now assured that Pueblo will
have Il magnificent library building,
the gift of Andrew Carnegie. Acting
Mayor j. Il. Rizer. chairman of the H.
brary committee. of the Monday Musi-
cal club. is in receipt Of letter from
Mr.. Carnegie, through his secretary,
which states that Mr.. Carnegie will
give 100000 for n library building for
Pueblo. provided that an annual appro-
priation of 10 per cent OF this sum be
made by the council for the mainte-
nance of the library, which the coun.
all Ia. .lr 10, al ~,