Gilpin observer., 1902-12-04
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Colorado has fourteen rural free de-
livery routes, averaging 1874 pieces of
mail dSaiy
Ellis Meredith, in the Denver News,
highly commends the present condition.
Of the State Industrial School for Girls.
Colorado Springs ladies are arrang-
ing to raise $1,000 with which to en-
ploy a coach for the Colorado College
football team next season.
In the District Court at Glenwood
Springs DR.. ]. w. Collins, dentist
at Rifle, was acquitted of the charge
of criminal assault on young woman
patient.
]. F. Wolf of Denver, who has had
three trials in the District Court at
Greeley on charges of obtaining money
by false pretenses, was finally acQuit-
ted of all charges.
The Commercial Club Of Lamar pro-
poses to guarantee any company that
wishes to build sugar factory 5000
acres of sugar beets for a term of five
years.
The vote on the Rush amendment
in Arapahoe county stood 1888 for
and 1880 against. The vote on the
Bucklin amendment was 10,755 for
and 21,075 against.
DR.. F. H. Welles of the Victor hos
pital, whose foot was amputated sew
eral days ago, will receive 100000 for
the loss of the member. He was in
sured in an accident company.
Nearly every large town in Colorado
had one or more football games on
Thanksgiving Day and the number of
players more or less injured will prob
ably foot up eleven or more to each
team.
Guy Russell, guard at the State
Reformatory at Buena Vista, was
found dead on the morning of Novem-
ber oath on the floor Of the tailor shop.
His death was caused by hemor-
rhage.
Philip Davis, the miner who, it is
believed, tried to blow up the house
occupied by Superintendent Griffith at
Tercio, short time ago, has been ad-
judged insane in the County Court at
Trinidad.
In the District Court at Canon City
Fred Shockley, the colored man tried
on the charge of killing a woman at
Chandler, was found guilty Of invol-
untary manslaghter and sentenced to
one year in the state penltentiary.
The Reed Investment Company of
Colorado Springs is preparing plans for
the construction of $4,000 one-story
| brick business block In Grand juno
ton. The block will take the place of
the hotel originally planned by Mr.. ".
| a. Reed.
The dolls of all nations will be ex-
hibited by the Woman's Club OF Den
ver December Sth, 9Th and 10th. Among
the attractions will be the information
al doll exhibit, which is collection OF
300 dolls gathered from all quarters
| of the globe.
A fire in the Belle Vista hotel at
Golden on the morning of November
25th, was extinguished before much
of the building was destroyed. but the
damages are estimated at about $1,50)
The postoffice. which is located in the
building, was not injured.
Hot Sulphur Springs will endeavor
to secure the shops and round houses
| of the first division of the Denver,
Northwestern and Pacific railroad.
| The owners of the townsite will give
twenty acres of land to the company
as site for the building and tracks.
Ell Paso county is $4,000 richer by a
decision rendered in its favor by
Judge Moses Hallett of the United
States Circuit Court, compelling the
railroads owning property in the coun-
! ty to pay the twenty-five per cent.
withheld by them from the 1897 levy.
| Fifteen minutes after the pupils had
left the Victor high school building on
the afternoon of November oath, an
explosion in the trench that was be-
ing dug in the street for big conduit
in front of the building broke the win
dows, injured the walls and desks and
made holes in the floor.
A company composed largely of Den
yer men has been formed to utilize the
water power of the Grand river in
Gore canon in the extreme western
end of Grand county. Engineers have
| just completed survey and find that
they can get fall of 300 feet in four
miles. There is about 1000 feet of
water in the Grand river at this place
Active work on the pipe line and plant
is to be commenced early next spring.
! A large number of farmers and busi-
1 ness men met at Lamar on the night
of November 29th to consider the ques-
ton of securing beet sugar factory.
w. C. Gould was elected president OF
the organization, L. Writ Markham,
secretary, and c. G. Hindleston, treas
urer. A committee consisting OF A. e.
Bent, M. Strain, w. J. Johnson, l..
Writ Markham and N. N. Mclean
was appointed to promote the enter
prise.
In the District Court at Denver
Judge Carpenter decided to the effect
that osteopaths may legally put the
word doctor" before their names.
The State Board Of Medical Examin-
ers prosecuted John T. Bass, an os-
teopathist. for practicing medicine
without a license. Judge Carpenter
decided that as Bass had not been CIV
ing drugs or using instruments in the
treatment of the sick he had not