Gilpin observer., 1903-02-26
COLORADO BRIEFS.

The postoffice department has issued
orders establishing free delivery SER
vices at Rocky Ford, June 1.
General Funston and his aide, Lieu
tenant Burton Mitchell, will leave
Denver for Vancouver barracks,
March Z.
The present bonded indebtedness of
the city of Denver is S1,131,61S, OF
which amount $412,00O will be paid
during this year.
The Colorado Springs Chamber OF
Commerce proposes to put an agent on
the road to secure tourist patronage
during the coming season.
Complaints of starving animals are
coming in to Humane Society headquar-
ters at Denver from many parts Of the
state since the late storms.
President Roosevelt has accepted the
invitation of the Denver Chamber of
Commerce to visit Denver during his
coming western trip in the spring.
The Womens Club of Colorado
Springs will consolidate with the Fed
GRAFTON of Women as the Colorado
Springs Federation of Women's Clubs.
The Pixies Peak Power Company,
whose electrical power plant is located
at Skagway, east of Victor, is soon to
begin extensive improvements at the
dam.
Two new churches were dedicated
at Pueblo February 22nd. one by the
Methodists, costing about $4,000, and
one by the United Brethren, costing
about $4,000.
Complaints are being made by stock
men to the State Board of Animal Pro-
lection that reports of cattle starving
to death in this state have been great
ly exaggerated.
A runaway freight train on Marshall
Pass occasioned a terrible wreck at 2
a. m. February 21st. Harry Goldwa-
ter, fireman, of Salida, and Nelson Van
Pelt, brakeman, were killed.
Twenty horses were burned to death
in fire which destroyed the stables
of the Continental Oil company in
Denver on the night of Feb. 10Th. The
entire loss was about $4,000.
The Park Center Land and Water
company has bought all the water
flowing from the mouth of the Cripple
Creek drainage tunnel and will use it
to irrigate large tract of land south
of Canon City.
Rev. Marvin A. RAIDER, the young.
active and popular pastor of Grace M.
E. Church, Denver, has resigned to
accept missionary appointment in
the Philippines and will sail from San
Francisco April 4th.
The Colorado Croatian Slavonian
Society of St. Jacob has Incorporated
at Denver, Its headquarters are in
Globeville, and it's object is to teach
Slavs and Croatians the English Ian
guage and provide sickness and death
benefits.
The members of the Pueblo Busi-
ness Mems Association are consider
ing a project for establishing a college
at Pueblo and propose to enlist the
services of DR.. William Bayard Craig,
former president of the Drake Uni
versity of Iowa.
Gen. William ]. Palmer of Colorado
Springs, who has constructed a $1,000
bath house at Wagon Wheel Gap. is
said to be arranging for the purchase
of the McClelland hotel at the hot
springs which gives the Gap its promi-
nence as a health resort.
The new wagon road from Loveland
to Estes Park is being constructed as
rapidly as the weather will permit and
another road is to be built to Estes
Park from Lyons by means of money
furnished by the Burlington railroad.
by Boulder county and by the citizens
of Lyons.
Superintendent Argo of the State
School for the Deaf and Blind at Colo
RADIO Springs. states that should the
Legislature allow the requested apprO-
priation of $59,500 for the institution.
s25, 900 gymnasium will be built, with
an equal amount devoted to building
improvements.
The state oratorical contest between
representatives of the University of
Colorado at Boulder, the University
of Denver and Colorado College at Col
orado Springs was held at Denver,
February 21st, and was won by Clyde
o. Epperson of the University of Colo
RADIO. Charles c. Stanley of the Uni
versity of Denver taking second place.
Gen. Thomas p. Stewart, command
er-in-chief of the Grand Army of the
Republic, and large party of the Of
ficess and leading members of the or
der and of the Woman's Relief Corps
and Ladies of the G.. A. r., stopped
over in Denver February 18th on their
way to San Francisco to arrange for
the coming national encampment.
They were delayed in reaching Denver
and missed the reception prepared for
them, but took part in a great camp
fire in Trinity M. e. church at night.
d. Il. Newcomb of La lara, special
agent of the Humane society. sold 423
head of wild Texas ponies at Alamosa,
Feb. 18th. getting for the first car
load S605 per head; second. $4.10;
third. $3.10, and the balance. $2.10. OF
these 1853 head were sold for the own
ers. So far Agent Newcomb has sold
1000 head of these ponies. and there
are probably 1000 head still running
wild in the San Luis valley. Five
hundred more are reported to be in the
pinon hills around La Veta. Many
h1reae raid "a. lxa