Gilpin observer., 1904-05-26
Flag Day Proclamation.


Flag Day exercises and observance,
which other states as well as Colorado
are commonly adopting, Governor Pea
body has issued a proclamation call
ing upon the loyal citizens of the
state to observe Tuesday, the 14th day
OF June, 1904.
Colorado has always been first in
honoring the stars and stripes, and
the observance of Flag Day is grow
ing here in general interest. The
proclamation issued by the governor
reads as follows:
THE flag Of our country, more than
any other emblem in the world, stands
for honor and safety at home and
abroad. The anniversary of the birth
of our country's standard should,
therefore, be celebrated by all liberty
loving and patriotic citizens with the
display of the stars and stripes on all
public buildings, business houses.
schools and homes; and particularly
by such exercises of a patriotic nature
in our schools as to imbibe in the
uinos Of our youth that great love for
bur national emblem and for the i'm
portant principles 1t bespeaks, as to
Insure to the generations yet to come
the pure, true and American govern
ment of our fathers.
"Now, therefore, I, James H. Pea
body, governor of the state OF Colo
rado. do call upon the people OF the
state to observe Tuesday, June IA,
1904, as Flag Day. and do urge the
mayors of our various cities and
towns to especially at this time aid
their citizens in commemorating the
day, to the end that we shall the
-%w ~ fo cN
lives as to honor that glorious banner
that honors us; and thus, with fer
vent and patriotic purposes will we
ever IN following the path of our coun-
try's flag, follow in the footsteps of
our country's God"
The new crematory at Riverside
cemetery in Denver. which has been in
process of erection since last October,
Frank B. Gibson, the architect, has
built nearly all of the crematories in
the West
Gov. James H. Peabody has tele-
sraphed United States Minister Powell
Clayton, who is stationed in the City
of Mexico, to investigate the case OF
the incarceration of Timothy ]. Lee,
brother of Police Captain Frank Lee.
Timothy Lee, Denver man who was
employed as an engineer on the Mexi-
can Central railway. is in custody at
Zacatecas, Mexico. He Is sick and he
fears his prospects of getting out alive
are very slender and SO seeks the aid
of his government. Lee was engineer
upon O train that was wrecked April
30th near Zacatecas. The fireman and
fifteen passengers came to their death
in the accident. Lee will not remain
lcng in custody II his relatives In this
city are able to help him.
Questions of water rights similar
to those which have been brought to
the attention of the Federal Supreme
court in the Colorado-Kansas water
suits are apt to arise between the Unit
! ed States and Canada, according to
| a letter received by Assistant Attorney
| General II. ]. Hersey from Attorney
| General N. c. Miller. The attorney gen.
eral is now in Washington, District
| of Columbia, representing this state
in the legal controversy. The separate
ditch companies that take water from
! the Colorado and Arkansas rivers have
| filed motions to dismiss. The Supreme
| Court announced that decision would
| be reserved as to these motions until
| the case was decided upon Its merits.
| This would indicate according to Attor-
rey General Miller, that the court will
/ not decide upon any feature OF the case
until all the facts and the law have
been presented. The rulings of the
court and its final opinion will make
new law relative to the arid states
upon the subject of irrigation. Every
member of the Supreme Court has
shown great interest in the case.
states the attorney general in the let
ter. They have asked numrous ques-
tions about the conditions in the arid
lands. Incidentally. the attorney gen.
eral learned that the question Of water
rights between the United States and
Canada would eventually arise on ac-
count of the water taken from the
great rivers on the boundary lines. II
Is presumed that the st. Lawrence, the
Red river and the Columbia are the
rivers referred to.