Gilpin observer., 1904-06-02
COLORADO NEWS ITEns

Land Office at a salary of 1,200.
Judge Alvin Marsh, who was striken
with apoplexy a few days before, died
at the Homeopathic hospital in Denver
May oath.
The Salida City Council has author
izer the issuance Of $4,000 in bonds for
the purpose Of building new city res
| ervoir and otherwise improving the
water service.
The Denver School Board has decid-
| ed to erect a new manual training
| high school, the present high school
| buildings being insufficient to accom-
modate all the students.
Dan Collins, who held up a Pueblo
| lawyer, H. e. Robinson, and robbed
him of $40 and gold watch, has been
| sentenced by Judge Dixon to fourteen
| years in the state penitentiary.
| On May 25th the state engineer re-
| ported that all the irrigation bitches
| connected with the Platte river. includ-
| ing the Burlington and High Line, were
| full of water for the first time within
| year.
The cornerstone of the new Carnegie
| library at Idaho Springs was laid May
25th, with Masonic ceremonies. An ad-
| dress was delivered by Superintendent
Aaron Cove of the Denver public
schools.
The school census of Greeley, just
completed, shows 1878 persons between
the ages of six and twenty-one years.
being gain of 243 over last year.
There are thirty one more girls than
boys.
e. w. Rollins of Denver offers to be
one Of seventy-fve persons to give
$1,000 each for the purchase of a suit
able site for the new Denver auditori-
um for which the people have just vot-
ed to expend 100000.
Charles De Molli has filed a direct
Information in the District Court at
Pueblo charging %. Pagnini and Paul
Gregory, formerly Denver deputy
sheriff and now ranchman at La
Sale, with assault to kill.
Claude B. Lytle, for the past ten
months an employe of the Hefley-
Acularius Drug Company of Colorado
| Springs, has been arrested on charge
of systematically robbing the firm. It
is thought that he has stolen nearly
$4,000 worth of druggists supplies.
| A special election will be held at
Fort Collins June 9Th to vote on the
question Of granting franchise for
gas works. The the privilege is voted
Mr.. Frank English of Boulder, who pro-
poses to build the works, agrees to
complete the plant within two years.
| The first municipal election OF
Bowerman. held May 24th resulted in
the election of the Citizens ticket, the
following named being the first Off
cials: Thomas ]. Kane, mayor; ]. w.
White. F. o. McFall Andrew Short,
Do Toh Cha1 1v,I N
Dukeman, trustees.
At Canon City the memorial address
Sunday and the Grafton on Memorial
Day were both delivered by sons of
Confederate soldiers. One of the
speakers, the Rev. Mr.. Thomas, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church, is a
the Union army.
Richard Barton who was extradited
from Clear Creek county to Massachu-
setts and sent to the states prison for
swindling a railroad out of $2,100 by
pretending to be hurt on the lines
when his injuries were received else
where, has been pardoned by Governor
Bates.
Idaho Springs will invite the people
of the state to an "Inter-Mountain Fes-
tival" August 18th. The Newhouse
tunnel will be thrown open to visit
ors, who will be given a free ride on
an electric line running two and one
half miles underground. There will be
many other unique attractions.
The Fort Collins City Council has ap-
proved of an ordinance granting an
electric railway franchise to the North
ern Colorado Electric Railway Com
pany. The ordinance provides that
construction work on the line or lines
must be commenced within one year
and the railway completed within two
years.
Colorado College at Colorado Springs
will graduate a class of forty-two
young men and women this year. Great
preparations are being made for the
commencement exercises. which will
begin June 5th and last for three days.
Hon. Charles ]. Hughes, Jr.. of Denver,
will deliver the commencement address
June 9Th.
Friday, May 9th, was commence
ment day in many of the high schools
of the state. Tt Fort Collins there were
eighteen graduates; at Grand Junction,
nine; at the high school department OF
the State Normal School at Greeley.
thirty-seven; at La Junta, thirty-six;
at Idaho Springs. eleven; at Aspen,
ten; at Glenwood Springs, four.
A directors meeting Of the Uncom-
pahgre Water Users Association. held
at Delta, developed the fact that less
than 1000 acres will complete the
amount required by the government be-
fore it will commence, work on the
Gunnison tunnel. 1t is probable. how
ever, that some of the subscriptions
will be rejected, hence the directors are
trying to secure an additional 10000
9cres.
About 100 delegates were present at
the second annual convention Of the
Colorado branch No lO4 of the Nation