Gilpin observer., 1904-07-14
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Tourist travel in Colorado continues
to be heavier this year than last.
Surveyors have begun the . ork of
locating a railroad line between Du-
range and Pennington.
Four Ute Indians. charged with tie
murder of Wap, the medicine man.
have been held for trial in the United
States court.
The annual rife practice of the Col
orado National Guard will begin the
first week in August, on the rifle ranges
near Golden.
An organization to be known as the
Colorado Liberty League has been
started at Denver and Cripple Creek
to oppose the spread of Socialism.
An immense picnic was held at
Rocky Mountain Lake in Denver July
I'd for the benefit of the miners de-
ported from the Cripple Creek district.
Mrs. ]. S. Sperry, who died at Pu-
eblo few days ago, had for twenty
years been prominently connected
with Humane Society and Red Cross
work.
The experimental station erected at
Knob Hill, Colorado Springs, by Nicola
Tesla, the electrical inventor, will be
torn down and the apparatus shipped
to the owner in the East
]. Brisbin Walker, editor and pro-
prietor of the Cosmopolitan Magazine,
has written to persons in Colorado Of
fering his services as arbitrator in the
adjustment of the difficulties now exist
ing in this state.
The expenses of the District Court
In Pueblo county have already exhaust
ed the appropriation and the county
commiss .oners are in somewhat of a
Quandary as to how it shall be sus-
tained for the remainder OF the year.
A petition is being signed by the
members of the Trinity NJ. E. church
in Denver, asking the Rev. Frost Craft
to reconsider his resignation, recently
rendered, and remain with the church,
over which he has presided for several
years.
Harry Martin, the Kit Carson county
cowboy who was injured in the bron-
cho riding contest at Hugo, July 4th,
died the next day. The horse was
pitching hard when 1t fell and turned
a complete somersault, rolling over its
rider.
For the twenty-eighth consecutive
time Mrs. B. T. Vincent, wife of DR..
Vincent of the Methodist Church of
Greeley, will conduct the department
Of women's work at the Chautauqua
Assembly at ChautauQua, New York,
this summer.
Charles r, Jones, who graduated
from the Colorado Agricultural Col
lege this spring, has accepted a position
with the government in the investiga-
ton of the boil weevil Mr.. Jones made
/ w nf onfOmnlnUv during his
college course.
In the District Court at Greeley
Judge Garrigues has sustained the con-
tention of the owners of Lake Love-
land as against the contention Of the
Loveland Sugar Company in regard to
four cubic feet of water per second
during the sugar manufacturing sea.
son.
Harry Davis, the famous Colorado
snake handler, was bitten by Gila
Monster at Elitch's Gardens a few
days ago. but liberal use of the or
thodox snake bite antidote and the use
Of cauteriZing iron by the surgeon
are expected to prevent any serious
result.
Appraiser ]. A. Elston is at work
upon a supplemental report Of the
Stratton estate, in order to ascertain
the exact amount due the state Of
Colorado as inheritance tax. The
amount of claims outstanding against
the estate will be deducted from the
estimated value.
The farmers along Beaver creek, in
Fremont county, have petitioned the
government for rural free delivery.
The petition has been signed by over
200 people, who claim that the service
reaching the Beaver Creek postoffice
Is such that 1t is impossible for them
to get their mail.
A $1,000 damage suit has been filed
against the city of Salida by Mrs. Helen
L. Johnson, who alleges that she re-
ceived personal injuries in the collapse
of grand stand on July 4. 1902. and
that the city authorities are responsible
for the accident. The case is set for
trial at the September term.
The property of the Colorado E,ec-
tric Power Company of Colorado
Springs and Canon City was sold by
Sheriff Grimes July 5th at public auc-
tion, w. S. Mitchell, representing the
Union Trust Company of Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania, mortgages, buying in
the title for the sum of $215 5,S71.10.
The Base Line Land and Reservoir
Company, a new ditch company to OPP
crate in Boulder and Weld counties,
has filed articles Of Incorporation. The
capital stock is $4,000, and headquar-
ters will be in Longmont. The water
to be used in the bitches will be taken
from South and Middle Boulder creeks
and Bear Creek canon.
The corner stone Of the new Sedg-
wick county court house at Julesburg
was laid July 7th. The Masonic fra
ternity was represented by Grand Wor-'
shipful Master Kililan, Grand Secretary
Todd and many visiting Masons. The