Gilpin observer., 1904-07-14


A committee of three from the grand
Jury have begun the examination of
the books of the state treasurer and
auditor. according to law. The report
Of the committee will be made when
the jury reconvenes on August 1st.
Despite the general belief that ear.
1ier in the season that the passenger
traffic to Colorado would fall far be-
low what it has been for years, the re-
port Of the Colorado Railway Associa-
tion's bureau for the month of June
shows an increase over the same peri
cd Of last year.
Governor Peabody recently named
two members of the travelling library
board. One was Mrs. A. NJ. Welles,
who was re-appointed. The other was
Mrs. Harry E. Churchill, who Is to
take the place of Mrs. Mary Bradford.
The governor also gave the women
room in the state house.
Reports are being received in the
state engineers Office concerning the
condition of the South Platte and the
Arkansas rivers. 1t is said that both
are high for the season Of the year
and that there seems to be no danger
of scarcity of water. The irrigation
conditions are reported better than
they were last year.
The shipment of pigeons and poul-
try into Denver from long distances,
without water and food, and cramped
and crowded in close quarters, must
stop at once. Such is the determine
tion of the State Humane Society,
whose attention has been called to sew
eral recent fragrant cases of extreme
cruelty.
The annual report of the federal
land office at Denver has been turned
over to the federal district attorney
for approval. The report compares
very closely with those of previous
years. The total amount of business
done was $9S,351 for the year closing
me 30th. There were 129 desert
land entries, timber and stone ia,
and 254 mineral applications.
Every day during the open season
there are filed in the Office of the state
engineer water rights and ditch
plats that show that a large
amount of ditch building is in
progress throughout the state. MANY
of these ere too small in themselves
to deserve mention. but in the aggre-
gate they go to show the speed with
which lands of the state are being
brought under irrigation and the pro-
ductive area of the state in an agri-
cultural way is being increased.
Charles w. Prince has been appoint
ed commiss ioner of Archuleta county
by Governor Peabody. He is to fill
the vacancy in the county board
caused by the discovery that E. NJ.
Briggs, who was elected to the office,
was not a resident 6f the county and
so could not serve. Briggs lives in
Edith, a town supposed to be on the
county line, which is also the line be-
tween the state OF Colorado and the
territory Of New Mexico. A recent
resurvey of the boundry made by the
United States engineers showed the
residence Of Briggs to be in New Mexi-
co and he was therefore incompetent
to serve as a commissioner of Archu-
leta county, Colorado. Price, the new
appointee. is a resident of Pagosa
Springs, and was highly recommended
to the governor.
The petition of the Deer Trail Land
and Cattle Company to segregate 2,0o0
a'iSS VI iahu III ATdpdnoe anu EiOeTI
counties under the Carey act was ia.
.vorably considered by the State Land
Board on the 9th inst, and the COM
pany ordered to deposit certified
check of 81 900 as evidence OF its good
faith in the enterprise. When this is
done the company will turn its plans
over to the state engineer, who will
rule on their feasibility. II approved.
the state will then mako nm insnaction
and send the plans on to Washington
to secure the approval of the govern
ment. The company proposes to build
10 chain of reservoirs sufficient to fur
nish one cubic foot of water per second
for each eighty acres of ground. The
water will be stored from the food