Gilpin observer., 1903-03-05
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Half million fry have been Matched
at the Routt county hatchery from the
eggs of eastern brook trout.
Owners of = greyhounds in Teller
county are arranging for q. coursing
meet at High park in March.
The president on March Cd sent to
the Senate the nomination of John F.
Vivian to be surveyor general of Colo
RADIO. .
1t is stated the office Of the Colorado
& Southern at Pitkin will be closed
until the opening of the Alpine tunnel
after the heavy SHOWS of spring have
melted. ~
B. j. Crowley, laborer. was killed
by falling rock on the Moffat rail-
road grade in South Boulder canon,
February 22nd.F This is the second
fatality ongthat grade. t
AS a discourager of saloons Carrie
| Nation is not in the same class with
the Denver 'hold-ups. who have robbed
fifteen saloons since last october, ev-
cry one at the point of the revolver.
Clyde C. Phillips, clerk in Harrison S
drug store at Colorado Springs, was
|. held up by two men on the night OF
February 9th and the cash register
was robbed OF $50. s
4, At. the Bassick mine in Custer coun-
,ty, February Goth, G. N. Nicholson, a
miner thirty-six years of age, fell down
the shaft a distance of 1,400 feet, and
was instantly killed, every bone in his
body being broken, r. ns.4l
Colorado Springs. Typographical
INIT NN mill CT fhn &c nf
Commerce for donation of $4,000 to
assist in the movement that mas been
started to secure for the Springs the
headquarters of the International
union.
The Santa Fe railroad has settled its
tax dispute with the county commits
the taxes of 1901 on the basis of an in
crease of twenty-five per cent. over the
rate of 1900, the sum agreed on being
S15.7S0.66.
John F. Ritchie, a Denver police
man, was shot in the mouth and dan
gerously wounded by a hold-up whom
he endeavored to arrest in the act of
robbing the saloon of Hans Olson on
West Twelfth avenue in Denver, Feb
ruary 25tb.
Legislature from Fort Collins with
great number of signatures protesting
against the adoption of the proposed
game law which. if passed, will make
it possible to shoot ducks but four days
in the week during the open season.
The Loveland Business Mems League
has been organized with ]. M. Gun
ningham for president w. l.. Thorn
.lx-1-a Tor nd
treasurer, for the purpose of advertis.
ing the advantages of the town as
manufacturing and industrial center.
The members of the Arkansas Val
ley Press Association will be. the
guests of the Bessemer and Minnequa
Board of Trade on Saturday, March
14th. The business and literary ses-
sion will begin at 10 a. m. and iney
will be entertained at a banquet at
night.
While /. N. Stevens has assumed
the active management of the Pueblo
Chieftain, Capt. John j. Lambert, who
has been at the head of the paper for
third of a century, will retain his
connection with the Chieftain Printing
Company as vice president and mem
Der of the board of directors.
John F. Post of Georgetown, a vet
eran of the Mexican and Civil Wars.
died at st. Lukes hospital in Den
yer. February oath, at the age of
eighty-four. He was brother of G..
C. Post. late attorney general. and had
lived in Georgetown for more than
thirty years.
A state association of letter carriers
was formed in Pueblo, February 25th,
with the following officers: President.
w. S. Sperry, Pueblo; vice president,
d. E. Kerr, Denver; secretary and
treasurer, w. H. Allen, Pueblo. The
next state convention will be held at
Colorado Springs.
A big crowd, mass meeting. mob or
court of Judge Lynch gathered in Colo
RADIO City on the night of March End
and decided to drive A. H. Crane.
formerly recording secretary of the
Mill Workers and Smeltermen's s
Union. and member of the executive
committee, from the town. Crane was
accused of betraying the secrets OF
the union to Pinkerton officers. He
was escorted to the Rio Grande depot
and took the train for Pueblo.
The University of Denver celebrat-
ed the thirty-ninth anniversary of the
granting OF its charter on March End
by very enthusiastic meeting in the
chapel. at which George W. Richard
son. Bishop David H. Moore, who was
the first chancellor, and Bishop II. w.
Warren were the speakers. Tne sue
cess OF the movement to free the uni
versity of debt. leaving three-fourths
of million dollars worth of property
free of incumbrance. gave jubilant
tone to the proceedings.
The county commissioners OF the
late county of Arapahoe have decided
not to relinquish their Offices until the
full text of the Supreme Court deci-
sion, upholding the Rush amendment
nd InIx ho ~ ho