Gilpin observer., 1904-06-23
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Senator H. L. Roberts, died at Idaho
Springs June 10Th.
The assessment of the corporations
in Boulder county has been raised
Sill ,455 over last year.
The school census Just completed in
Pueblo county shows 14.789 persons Of
school age, being 451 less than last
year.
Superintendent Frank Harris Of the
Burlington railroad recently placed
$4,000 trout in the North fork OF the
st. Vrain river at Lyons.
An immense cinnamon bear from
Pagosa Springs is one of the Colorado
exhibits at the st. Louis Exposition.
Bruin weighs over 800 pounds.
The school census just taken shows
that there are 45,171 children Of school
age in the city of Denver. This is a
gain of 1923 over last years figures.
Subscriptions to the Gunnison tunnel
have been coming in rapidly and the
full $4,000 acres will, it is confidently
expected, be pledged in few days.
The summer school of the Colorado
Normal School has begun work with
All excellent attendance. The school
will continue six week, closing July
22d.
Rev. Robert F. Coyle, pastor Of the
Central Presbyterian Church of Den
yer, has accepted position as member
Of the board of trustees of Colorado
College.
The labor unions of Denver are ar
ranging for picnic on July I'd, for the
benefit of the wives and children of the
deported miners of the Cripple Creek
district.
Strawberries and cream for all and
free swim in the big pool at the hot
springs were the great attractions at
Glenwood Springs on Strawberry Day,
June 18th.
Corporations must, pay taxes upon
their franchises under the revenue law
of 1902, according to the decision hand
ed down by Judge M. S. Bailey of FIRE.
mont county.
Edward Gibbons, the seven-year-old
son of Dennis Gibbons of Denver, who
was bitten by vicious dog few days
ago, has been sent to Chicago to be
treated at the Pasteur institute.
The total assessed valuation of cor
poration property in Pueblo is about
$3,500,00O The property Of the Santa
Fe is valued at $1018,994, and that OF
the Rio Grande at 81, 472 ,190.
A large excursion of Denver printers
with their families and friends visited
the printers home at Colorado Springs
on Sunday the 18th inst. 1t was great
event in the history OF the institution.
Detective Samuel H. Enrich. who
was convicted of the murder Of Will
liam Malone, a saloonkeeper, in Den-
yer, has been sentenced to a term of
fourteen to sixteen years in the peni.
tentiary.
Harry White, a ranchman living two
miles from Longmont, was killed on
the 18th inst. by stroke Of lightning
while at work irrigating a field. He
leaves widow and two children, the
youngest but nine days old.
w. w. Wolf and wife of Boulder
have returned from trip to Palestine,
having gone as delegates to Jerusalem
with a steamboat load of other dele
gates to the International Sunday
School convention, which was held
there last May.
Beekeepers in Boulder county are
we'll pleased with the outlook for big
crop of honey this year. H. c. Moore
house has $50 stands of bees, all doing
nicely and from the present outlook he
will be able to ship carload Of honey
by September. Other beekeepers report
similar prospects.
Leslie w. Popejoy has withdrawn his
claim against the w. S. Stratton es-
tate from the probate division Of the
County Court in Colorado Springs and
announces that he will institute q suit
for $S,000,000 in the District Court. He
alleges a partnership with Stratton at
the time his great discoveries were
made.
Prospecting for oil has been COM
menced near Longmont again by
Adolph Zang of Denver and George
Smith of the Emerson gold mine. A
derrick has been erected about nine
miles east Of Longmont and the inten-
tion is to go at least 5000 feet deep.
Other parties are also building a der
rick in that vicinity.
Mrs. Mary Esterbrook was killed by
lightning at Pueblo on the afternoon
of June goth while standing on the
sidewalk talking to her husband. Mr..
w. d. Esterbrook, who was also hurt.
but not seriously. A little girl, the
daughter of B. s. Baker, who was
standing about twelve feet away. was
made unconscious and remained SO for
about four hours.
Judge Peter L. Palmer in the District
Court at Denver refused the motion OF
The Rocky Mountain News Publishing
Company for new trial in the suit
Of Florence Fridborn. who was recent
y awarded a judgment of s1,250 for al
legged libel. The application of attor-
neys for Miss Fridborn for new trial
uag qlSn dqUiad Tho dafandapf uaya
notice Of appeal. and was given nine
ly days In which to prepare bill OF
exceptions.
Alexander Sutherland the man who
led the charge of the famous Light
Brigade" at Balaklava. Is living
III the city OF Denver He