Gilpin observer., 1904-10-20
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

twenty-five persons have subscribed
$lOO apiece to aid in the building of a
canning factory at Loveland.
SNOWFALL bush in bloom is an
nounced as remarkable freak at
Greeley. Snowballs will soon be in
bloom all over the state.
The ground is being cleared for the
new Carnegie Library building in Dem
yer and the board will soon advertise
for bids for its construction.
Harley Laufman, a prominent young
ranchman living about eight miles
southeast OF Lamar, was killed in q
runaway accident on the 10Th inst.
The First National Bank of Meeker
has been authorized to begin business
with 100000 capital. G. c. Parks, pres
fdent; r. Oldland, vice president, and
E. E. Fordham, cashier. le
In the District Court at Denver Judge
Palmer has decided that the boys and
girls in the State Home for Dependent
Children are entitled to be enrolled in
the Denver public schools.
Minnie" Hudson, a Pueblo colored
man, known as successful gambler
and professional politician, died on
the 18th from the effects of wounds re-
celved in a fight in Kansas City several
years ago.
Hugh Anderson, a married man about
nfty years of age, was instantly killed
at Buena Vista on the 18th inst by be-
ing thrown under wagon loaded with
hay. He slipped while climbing on the
wagon and the team ran away.
The directors of the State Fair at
Pueblo will endeavor to have the Leg
islature come to the aid of the annual
exhibition. The organization is heavily
IN debt because of bad weather, which
cut down the attendance.
Roy E. Dixon, school boy eleven
years old, saved the Durango-Silverton
passenger train from being wrecked by
tagging it in time to prevent it from
striking rocX slide near Durango The
passengers made up purse for him.
A plot by which twenty-five prison
.ers expected to escape from the Weld
county Jail on the 18th inst, and, if
necessary. kill the jailer, was frus-
trated by one of the prisoners revealing
the whole affair to Jailer Eugene Will
liams.
The City Council of Colorado Springs
has determined to close the so-called
social clubs in that city, and all organ
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under the guise of club will be given
notice to cease the sale of liquir, or be
closed
Judge Ben B. Lindsey has been re-
nominated county Judge for the long
term by the Denver Democratic execu-
tive committee. His name will also be
on the Republican ticket The judges
work in the juvenile court is held to
place the position outside of politics.
The committee on awards appointed
by the Boulder Improvement Society.
which has engaged in a long campaign
for the improvement of public places in
the city, has awarded the cash prize to
the Mapleton school for the prettiest
ornamentation added to its grounds.
1t is stated that Mrs. Ella Perkins,
wife Of steel worker ar Pueblo. is
one of nine heirs to an estate in Pitts
burg, Pennsylvania, valued at $1S,O00,-
900. left by an uncle, Colonel Jacob Ba-
ker, of whom she and the other heirs
had lost sight, who died fifteen years
ago.
The bonds of Frank NJ. Downey. Su-
perintendent Joseph F. Milson, melter
and refiner, and A. B. Hodgson, as
sayer of the new mint at Denver, have
been received at the Treasury Depart
ment and approved. 1t is expected that
the coinage of gold will begin some
time next spring.
The Northern Colorado Independent
Telephone Company's holdings were
foreclosed at Greeley on the 18th inst.
by the public trustee of Weld county
under a deed of trust for SIG, 400. The
purchaser was Mort Parsons, supposed
to be a representative of the Bell Tele-
phone Company.
County seat contests are being car
ried on in Eagle county and Arapahoe
county. In the former the fight is be-
tween Eagle and Red Cliff. the present
county seat, and in the latter Littleton.
which become county seat when the
city and county of Denver was formed,
has numerous competitors.
At the preliminary hearing OF S. C.
Wilson, charged with the murder of
Herman Cheney, near Ridgway, Wilson
was bound over for trial at the Decem-
ber term of the District Court. His
bond was fixed at $1,000, which he
failed to give. and he was committed
to the county Jail at Ouray.
Miss Vera Dawson. teacher in the
East Denver high school. died on the
18th inst. from the effect of injuries re-
ceived in the runaway accident near
Golden on the Saturday previous.
Prof David c. Ring, who was hurt in
the same accident died about ten hours
before the death of Miss Dawson.
At its session in Salida on the 18th
inst. the Rocky Mountain Bill Posters
Association adjourned to meet at
Grand junction, May 27, 1905. Before
leaving the city each delegate was pre-
sented with rubber souvenir made
from the rubber plant which grows in
profusion in the vicinity Of Salida.
The roads of the Western Passenger
Association have decided to make the