Gilpin observer., 1903-05-28

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will appear in bound form about July
1st. Attorney John c. Nixon has
charge of the work of editing and COM
piling the report.
The faculty of the School of Mines
have just announced that pupils wish
ing to enter the institution in Septem-
ber, 1904, may take their examinations
in solid geometry this coming June.
This has been done as almost every
high school has solid geometry in the
junior year and the pupils can pass
probably a better examination while
the study is still fresh in their minds.
Adjt. Gen. w. w. Ferguson has sent
written request to the secretary OF
war for a Confederate flag for the war
relic department at the state house.
General Ferguson says he does not
want the flag used by the Confederates
at the beginning of the war with cir
Gle Of stars on blue field. but the red
flag with the st. Andrews cross. car
ried by the troops in the field-the
one the Union boys always saw float
ing above the gray ranks of their ad-
versaries. The museum has no flag of
this kind.
At the request of the city engineer
the Denver Board of Aldermen has
passed an ordinance removing the
Platte water ditch, the city ditch, from
his control and placing it under the
jurisdiction of the park commission.
This is the ditch over which there has
recently been so much controversy
with the farmers Of Petersburg. The
engineer has refused to sell them any
water pending the passage of this or
dinance and it has been impossible for
4, So, Ia;r ta,, h.
ditch. AS soon as the ordinance passes
the Board of Supervisors it is expected
that committee of the farmers will
wait upon the park commission and
that a settlement of the various dis
putes will be effected
The Beekeepers' Association of Col
orado is wondering whether the Colo
RADIO Worlds Fair Board intends to
make any provision for an exhibit of
Colorado honey at the st. Louis
Worlds Fair. If any exhibit of this
character is to be made, the bee
ceive notice of the fact within the
next six weeks, otherwise they can
not arrange for the display. At the
Transmississippi exhibition, held in
Omaha in 1898, the first prize for hon.
ey exhibits was awarded to Colorado.
Members of the Beekeepers' Associa-
tion feel that an injustice would be
done for the state should the fair
board neglect to make provisions for
an exhibit at the St. Louis fair.
1t cost the state exactly $1S,629.03 to
send large part of the National
Guard to Colorado City in connection
with the mill strike in March. The
military board, on May GARD, audited
the last of the expense accounts. and
within a few days the entire sum will
have been paid to those who furnished
supplies and transportation. A total
of $500 was allowed by the board at
the same time. This was for food and
other supplies and for transportation
of the Denver companies to and from
Colorado City. The pay of the men
amounted to $10.S29.O3. All received
their money some time ago. With the
payment of the expense accounts the
entire expense will be settled. The
military board also approved the pur-
chase of 1000 blankets from the GOV
ernment. These cost the state $3.2S3.76.
They have just been received. The
blankets will be Immediately issued as
a part of the equipment of the guard
and will be an ample supply for all
uses for several years.
To provide for proper display of
the products of orchards of the state
at the Worlds Fair in st. Louis ar
rangements must be made before next
winter. Under the plan of the State
Board of Horticulture it will be neces-
sary to purchase $500 barrels of ap-
pies this fall and place them in cold
storage for the opening display when
the fair is ready for the public. No
other method of providing for this dis
play can be pursued, because the ap-
pies can not be obtained by donations.
There would not be enough and they
would naturally not be of the finest
quality. To prevent the confusion that
existed at the start of the fair in Chi
cago it will be necessary to make the
purchases early in the fall. With the
initial display obtained the State
Board of Horticulture promises that it
shall be kept up without great ex-
pense. When the new crops of fruits
come in next year samples will be sent
to St Louis by the growers and will
take the place of the first displays OBJ
tanned by purchase this fall.
Snowbound on the 22nd day of May
such was the rare experience of the
State Board of Equalization. The gov
ernor, secretary of state. state auditor
and treasurer and party on their tour
of inspection over the South Park line
Denver, Leadville & Gunnison). were
blockaded by snow at the mouth of that
wintry terror of railroaderl in the
Rockies. the Alpine tunnel, and for
two hours fingered in frosty duress at
an altitude of 10000 feet, while the en-
gine of their train tried to plow its
way through the obstruction. The snow
fell heavily all day. At the approach
to the tunnel the old snow of winter
was found banked up to the tops of the
cars. and new spring snow of almost
June falling in the cut. stopped the
steam-driven wheels and gave the par
ty an experience sufficiently unique to