Gilpin observer., 1904-12-08
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

| Cattle shipments into Denver over
the Moffat road show continued in
crease. .f
| Lester Mclean, a prominent Den
yer lawyer, died suddenly on the night
of December 4th of heart disease.
Manual training departments are be-
inb established in many of the larger
district schools throughout the state.
The Crystal theatre on curtis street,
in Denver. was burned on the morn
Ing of December End, the interior be-
ing entirely destroyed.
The Colorado & Southern railway is
arranging to plant several million
young trout in the streams, already
we'll stocked, along its lines next
summer.
Harry Pierson was accidentally
shot and killed by DIR. A. w. Robbins
at Bayfield,, eighteen miles east of
Durango, on the End inst, while they
were shooting at a target.
| Four thousand one hundred men are
now employed in the, Minnequa steel
works at Pueblo, and the force will
probably be increased to 1000 or more
during the next six months.
Dunbar F. Carpenter, secretary and
treasurer of the Rocky Mountain Har-
ward club, Colorado Springs, wants the
address of all graduates of Harvard
University who live in Colorado.
President Slocum and the trustees
of Colorado College at Colorado
Springs are starting movement by
which they hope to secure an endow.
ment of $500,OOO for the college.
A movement has been started in
Denver to arrange for an extensive
display of electrical appliances dur
ing the convention of the National
Electric Light Association in June.
1t is stated at Pueblo that John D..
d. Rockefeller intends to build homes
in the Lake Minnequa reservation for
the steel workers. of whom there will
be large influx within the next six
months.
Ground has been secured in Denver
at the corner of Sixteenth and Lin
coin avenues for the proposed Y. NJ.
C. A. building, for the construction of
which the association hopes to raise
100000.
The United States Weather Bureau
in Denver is to be the central point
of river and flood signal service,
which will be established in New
Mexico, western Texas and southeast
ern Colorado. -.t. I.
The widow of William johnson who
I was killed by an ore car accident in
the Big Five mine at Camp Francis in
Boulder county last February, has
been awarded $3,50O damages against
the Big Five company.
The National Live Stock Associa-
ton meets in Denver January 10th for
five days session. The National
Wool Growers Association will hold
session at the same time and place,
convening on the 9tn.
The secretary of the interior has d.
rected the issuance of grazing permits
for 10, 400 head of cattle and horses in
the northern division of the White
River forest reserve in Colorado, not
more than 500 head to one owner.
A frame building for accommoda-
tion of officers necessary for the use
of the United States reclamation serv.
ice in connection with the construc-
ton and maintenance of the Uncom.
pahgre valley project is to be erected
at Montrose.
Corporal punishment. except in the
case of rebellion. has been abolished
in the State Industrial School for Boys
at Golden by Fred l.. Paddleford. In
the future the punishment will be
bread and water and milk diet and ex-
ira guard duty.
F. A. Falkenburg, head consul OF the
Pacific Jurisdiction of the Woodmen of
the World. with headquarters at Den
yer, has teen compelled to take va.
cation on account of i'll health and
overwork and will spend some time
in Los Angeles.
The Delta County Business Mems
Association is taking steps to secure
a sugar beet factory for Delta. More
than 100000 worth of beets were
grown this year and the farmers
pledge a large increase in case they
can have a home factory.
The intercollegiate football feud
which resulted in the withdrawal OF
the State University at Boulder from
the Athletic Association. has involved
the "co-eds" and three institutions
have notified the girls basketball team
that they cannot play with them any
more.
rhe Chautauqua reservoir at Boul.
der has been completed and will hold
1000 900 gallons Of water. 1t will
supply the high grounds south of the
creek, the university and surround
ings. The Sunshine canon reservoir,
with a capacity of 100000 gallons.
will supply the main part OF town.
The Rev. H. Martyr Hart, better
known as Dean Hart" dean of st.
Johns Cathedral in Denver. cele-
brated the twenty-fifth anniversary of
his service in that position December
End. He was given a grand reception
and presented with gold watch, an
automobile, loving cup and silver
table service.
A systematic plan will be put in op-
Grafton by the Board Of Charities and
Corrections of Denver county to re
lieve the congested condition of the
,orptx, pnor farr Nearly oO0 mn,