Gilpin observer., 1903-06-25
COLORADO BRIEFS.

The president on June 18th appoint
ed Earl H. Reaugh postmaster at Ala
mosa and William G. Sloan postmas-
ter at Amethyst.
An investigation into the fall of the
Michaelson building in Denver a few
weeks ago has led to the arrest of the
architects, contractor and city building
inspector.
The widely-known Hotel de Paris at
Georgetown, kept for SO many years by
the late Louis Dupuy. with its wine eel
lar and library, has been purchased by
Denver investment company.
The railroad assessment for Boulder
county, exclusive of the Colorado Il
Northwestern road. has been raised
from $943.168 in 1902 to 1914, 115 for
this year, being an increase of $3O,947.
The school census of Las Animas
county shows 8,721 registered children
within the scholastic ages, being an
increase of 1,O1O over last year. or
this, more than 500 are registered in
Trinidad
The Grand Junction Chamber of
Commerce has decided to hold grand
Fourth of July celebration in connec-
ton with the Western Slope Veterans
Association, which will meet July End,
3rd and 4th
The Minnequa steel plant at Pueblo
paid its May wages few days ago,
amounting to $324,000. This is, by
$4,000, the largest pay roll in the his
tory of the institution. About 1900
men are employed.
The members of Upton Post. Grand
Army of the Republic. have erected a
granite monument on the federal
grounds park in Pueblo. 1t is sur
mounted by four fifteen-inch shells
! used by the Union army in 1864.
AS one of his duties, President D. H.
Moffat OF the Denver, Northwestern &
Pacific railroad has to sign his name
22,500 times to the issue of first mort
gage gold bonds issued by the COM
pany. each bond representing $1,000.
Three hundred members will attend
the twelfth annual convention of the
National Association Of Elocutionists
in Denver, June 22nd to 26th, inclusive.
These will represent teachers of elo-
cution in all parts of the country.
On June 18th bad accident hap
pened to the stage en- route from Red
Mountain to Ouray. The stage upset
with eight passengers on board and
went down an embankment nearly 200
feet. No one was fatally injured.
Several bears and one lion have been
recently trapped in Estes park. The
best catch was made by E. ]. Mills,
who. in one cluster of traps, caught a
cinnamon bear. two cubs and a fox.
Mr.. Mills will keep the cubs for pets
| The Pines" beautiful tract of 100
acres near Monument. will be convert
ed into a cemetery this summer 1t
has been bought by the Monument
Park Cemetery Association, recently
incorporated. Colorado Springs is the
nearest large town.
The physicians of Fort Collins have
organized the Fort Collins Hospital
Association and filed articles of incor-
/ poration. The Franklin-Corbin build
| ing on Remington street has been Sc
cured and will be fitted up as an Up
to-date hospital
The officials of the Pacific Jurisdic-
| ton of the Woodmen of the World
have sent $1,000 to Portland. Oregon,
for the benefit of the sufferers from the
| flood at Heppner. In addition to this,
an appeal for more funds has been
mailed TO every lodge in the jurisdic-
| ton. and the head officials expect a
ready and generous response.
| ne SOlOI ih6o hSiehohs' <h'
sociation is negotiating with Manager
Burns of the Millionaires baseball
team to send the Midland band in In
dian costume to the National and
American Baseball League cities at the
close of the regular baseball season,
and have the Millionaires play series
of games with the league teams.
The Colorado State Dental Associa-
ton at it's meeting in Denver June
18th elected the following officers for
the ensuing year: e. w. Varley Of
Pueblo, president: +. Y. Herbert OF
Denver, secretary; II. w. Bates OF
Denver. secretary; William Smedley of
Denver, treasurer. Next years meet
ing will be in Colorado Springs.
The Denver Tramway Company has
announced a pension system which
provides that employees reaching the
age of seventy years, who have been in
the employ of the company for TWEEN
ty-tive years, shall be retired on part
pay Employees between sixty-f1ve and
sixty-nine years who have served the
same length of time may be retired for
physical debility.
The board of trustees Of the State In
dustrial School met at Golden on the
18th inst, and joseph Dennis, who was
appointed to fiil the vacancy caused
by the death of George II. Kimball,
took his seat. On motion of MIR.
Dennis. John r. Schermerhorn of Den
yer was chosen president of the board
and Thomas Downen of Pueblo. secre-
tary.
Felix Cronk. prisoner In the coun-
ty Jail at Glenwood Springs. commit
ted suicide by taking morphine on the
night of June 10Th. dying the next
evening. He was brought to the jail
for safe keeping from Rio Blanco coun-
ty. where he had killed a man named
Roberts at Rangeiy He escaped and
was arrested near the Utah line and