Gilpin observer., 1902-03-27
COLORADO BRIEFS.

| county, mas been discontinued. Mall
now goes to Beulah.
The National Irrigation Congress
will meet this year at Colorado Springs
on August 11th, 18th, 18th and 14th.>
The Civil Service Commission an
1 nounces special examination to be
held in Durango April 23rd, for the
positions of clerk and carrier in the
Durango postoffice.
] w. p. Pearson, a coke washer work.
| Ing at Segundo, near Trinidad, went
to the spot where his wife had met her
lover, James Bolton, clandestinely, and
shot him down before her eyes.
The State University Glee and Man
dolIn Clubs left for Greeley Wednes-
day night. They will also appear at
Loveland and Longmont before start
Ing on their southern trip.
L. H. Skelly, r. d. Miller, ]. D.
YOman and w. L. Jesseys, druggists
of Loveland, pleaded guilt to violation
of the local option law in the District
Court and were fined 5000 each.
| Mr.. John +. Carroll, one of the ablest
writers and best-known newspaper
men of the West, has been given the
business. management as well as the
editorial control of the Denver Times.
Forty houses are to be built on the
Empire farm, five miles south of Ala
| mosa, to be used by families of Rus
slams, who will locate this spring and
raise sugar beets. There will be fam
lily to every forty acres.
Hon. William Rathmell. judge of the
Ouray County Court, and Miss Minnie
NJ. Holiday, superintendent of schools
OF Ouray county, were quietly married
at the residence of the brides parents
Rev. George NJ. barley officiating.
The Denver & Rio Grande train run
ming from Pueblo to Salida killed fine
deel just east of the Royal Gorge.
At Parkdale Engineer f. G. Greenman,
engine No. 910, ran over mountain
lion, cutting it in half. 1t was trying
to cross under the train.
Andrew Carnegie has promised
100000 to erect a library building in
Denver on conditions as to site and
| continuance that are practically al
ready fulfilled. William l.. Palm, a
Denver lawyer. alone and unaided, in
terested Mr. Carnegie and secured his
| aid.
Among other public improvements
that the residents of Canon City are
striving for is a union depot. The city
now has three lines of railway, with q
fair prospect of securing an extension
of the Colorado Springs and Cripple
Creek Short Line from the great gold
camp lying thirty miles to the north.
The banner land sale in the history
of the state land office was made Mon
| day by Deputy Register Redman, con-
sisting of forty acres near Greeley, for
| $3.50 per acre. The purchaser was
Jasper Riggs of Greeley. There was
| no water right with the land, but it II
| in the heart of the famous potato re-
gion.
| The employees of the American Sui
phur and Mining Company at Creede
| had q general celebration over the vic
J tory of the company in securing the
cancellation of the lease to the sui
phur beds by the state land board to
Dennis Brennan and A. L. Moses Of
Creede and W. o. Stratton of Monte
J Vista.
| A Typographical union has been or
ganized in Grand Junction. Deputy
Organizer Charles L. Fluke of the San
Miguel Examiner promoted the move
ment. ]. NJ. Kennedy was chosen pres
| ident. X. NJ. Horn vice president and
William Fletcher secretary and treas.
| urer. The new organization has seven
teen charter members.
Jack Johnson, foreman of the Empire
Tunnel and Mining Company at Empire,
ten miles above Idaho Springs, was
killed by blow behind the ear deliv-
cred by Clark Cleveland, a miner. John
son, who is about sixty years of age,
was drinking in saloon with Clark
Cleveland's father and other miners
when quarrel was started.
II. c. Huntley sustained broken leg
and three other miners We're injured at
the Callie mine ON Raven hill, near
Cripple Greek, by falling timbers. The
men We're timbering the shaft. The
bolt rods holding up the lower set Of
timbers We're loosened, releasing the
heavy timbers. The injured men had
narrow escapes from death.
There was meeting of represents.
tive cattlemen and sheepmen from
Saguache county at Del Norte Tuesday
last, for the purpose of taking steps
toward preventing the invasion of Sag.
uache county by travelling herds of cat
tie and sheep. The claim is advanced
that the Saguache range is fully oc-
cupied by the herds of those men who
live in Saguache county.
Tenderfoot mountain. three miles
east of Dillon, Is said to be the rem
devious of the largest herd of deer
seen in this country in twenty years.
Heavy SHOWS on the ranges north have
driven the deer almost into town and
they are frequently seen mingling
with the cattle on surrounding ranches.
1t is estimated that there are not less
than 100 head in the bunch.
The Rio Grande car repair shop Mt
Glenwood Springs was burned March
22nd, and with 1t n freight ear con-
tanning two oil tanks, which was
standing In the shed. The fire was
started by hot ashes dumped from n
locomotive beside the building. One
Of the tanks Of the car had been emp