Gilpin observer., 1904-01-21
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Four more letter carriers have been
added to the force at the Denver post
office
The Agricultural College has been
admitted to the State Oratorical Asso,
citation.
! Quite colony of beavers has Just
been discovered on the Arkansas river
close to Florence.
The Colorado. Hardware Dealers AS
sociation will hold its annual couyen>
ton at Denver February 18th.
The Colorado Telephone Company
completed its line to Grand Lake jan
uary 14th and opened an Office.
/ Justice Ruby of Colorado Springs has
sentenced George Whitfield. coal
miner, to six months in Jail for beating
his wife.
The Longmont postofice receipts for
1903 reached the $4,000 mark, and free
mail delivery will be- inaugurated after
July 1, 1904. when the government fis-
cal year commences
/, A big well at Galien, on the Burling-
ton road, caved in on the 18th inst. and
the entire pump house and engine dis
appeared. The well was twelve feet
square and 300 feet deep.
: John Peterson was killed and Charles
Benson dangerously injured by an ex-
plosion of dynamite which they were
thawing out at the Grant smelter dump
in Denver on the 18th inst.
F! Charles Andridge, awaiting trial in
the county Jail at Lamar on the charge
of passing forged checks. broke hole
through the wall on the 10th inst and
made his escape.
The fifth annual exhibition of the
Colorado Poultry Fanciers' Association
was opened in Denver on the 18th inst
the leading varieties.
The postoffice at University Park, in
the suburbs of Denver, near the Uni
yersity of Denver, has been discontin-
ued and the Park people will hereafter
get their letters from the Denver Office
by carrier.
The second smallest baby born in
this state arrived at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. James w. Graham of Coal
Creek. few days ago. 1t weighs just
two pounds, but apparently is strong
and healthy.
John +. Shafroth, Jr.. son of Con-
gressman Shafroth, is about to enter
the preparatory school of the United
States Naval Academy at Annapolis.
He has been a student in the East Den
yer high school.
The Farmer Club of Longmont has
asked the City Council for a franchise
to run the apparatus for an independ-
ent telephone company in the streets
of the city. An exchange covering the
city and large farming territory is
Arrangements are being made for a
big coyote roundup in the neighbor-
hood of Evans January 9th. 1t is ex-
pected that upwards of thousand peo-
pie will cover an area of some fifteen
square miles in a section where coy
otes abound
Ex-Lieut. Gov. David C. Coates has
left Denver to take charge of the Amer
lean Labor Union Journal. the official
paper of the American Labor union.
The paper is printed in Butte. Mont,
and Mr.. Coates will make his head
quarters in that city.
Jake Zipperian. tried at Durango for
the murder of Matt Luxsinger at Pine
River last November, was found guilty
and sentenced to the penitentiary for
life. Motion for a new trial was de-
MED. Fifty days time was allowed the
defense to file bill of exceptions.
William A. Ellis, formerly night cap
tain at the Canon City penitentiary.
under Governor James B. Orman's ad-
and recently member of
the fire department at Pueblo. commit
ted suicide by taking carbolic acid at
a Denver rooming house on the 14th
inst.
]. Rogers, who was arrested at Red
Cliff under the belief that. he was
George Seigrist, wanted in Clear Creek
as one of the defendants in the
Sun and Moon conspiracy case. estab-
lished his identity and was discharged
from custody with many apologies for
the mistake.
The Denver Real Estate Exchange
has ratified the action of its advertising
committee in merging the Colorado
Press Bureau of Information with the
Colorado Bureau of Pub
licity. which is raising fund of $25.-
900 10 advertise the state at the st.
Louis Exposition.
The supervising architect of the
Treasury Department expects that the
Denver Mint will be turned over to the
about July 1st. when the
present government assay Office in
Denver will be moved into ii. The
coinage machinery will be exhibited at
the st. Louis Exposition before being
installed In the mint.
r. r. McGregor, for nine years chief
of the Fort Collins Fire Department.
has retired from the position and is
succeeded by John Cameron. A valuable
gold watch and chain were presented TO
Mr.. McGregor as token of the high
esteem in which he was held by the
members of the department.
Owing to alleged lack Of funds the
commissioners of Pueblo coun-
ty have discontinued the Office known
as the juvenile court officer and de-
posed the Rev. A. A. Hoslsin, who has
for several months been serving in