Gilpin observer., 1905-08-17
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

~ OoiOIduO springs Ou Iue 1Vtu luSt.
Watermelon Day at Rocky Ford
comes on Thursday. September 7th.
The fair lasts four days, beginning
September 5th.
Bee Crowley, fourteen-year-old son
Of David Crowley of Golden, was killed
by lightning August 18th at the
Churches ranch four miles north Of
Golden.
The Las Animas County Good
Roads Association has been formed
at Trinidad, with s. w. Busk as presi-
dent, and Mayor c. H. Nichols vice
president.
John Barbee, a we'll known pioneer
Of the Cripple Creek district, died at
Cripple Creek on the 10th inst, Of
| miners consumption, at the age Of
sixty years.
| Examinations for state teachers
| diplomas will be conducted by the
state superintendent of public instruc-
lion at the capitol building in Denver
| August oath to Goth.
Engineer G. w. Thompson was killed
on the 18th inst. by the overturning Of
his engine between Red Mountain and
6ilverton. The train remained on the
track and no one else was hurt.
Governor Mcdonald, on the recon-
mendation of Surgeon General M. H.
Root. has appointed DR.. Morris Kahn
of Leadville to be a captain and as
sistant surgeon in the state militia.
One hundred and sixty people at
Boulder have subscribed an aggregate
of $14 300 toward the erection of Y.
M. c. A. building. and there are 200
more people for the committee to see.
Governor Mcdonald has appointed
Clayton C. Williams and l.. F. Twitch-
ell as delegates from Colorado to the
National Irrigation Congress which
meets in Portland, Oregon, August
oath.
James P. Arthur, former state sena-
tor from Larimer county. and twice
mayor of Fort Collins, died at Fort
Collins on the 11th inst. of neuralgia
of the heart He was seventy-two years
of age.
Col. w. w. Ferguson, assistant quar-
termaster general of the. G. A. R. at
Denver and custodian of the war mu-
senm in the capitol building, has had
a siege of typhoid fever from which he
now seems to be recovering.
The Fremont County Good Roads
Association has requested the county
! commissioners to make requisition on
Warden Cleghorn of the penitentiary
for at least $50 convicts to be en-
ployed in matchmaking roads in Flor
ence and Canon City.
Sixty tons of hay, valued at 5000, was
totally destroyed by fire at the STRAIT
ton ranch, south of Colorado Springs,
on the 14th inst. as a result of the
carelessness of some small boys who
threw the lighted stubs of their cigar
,, cites on the haystack.
The delegates appointed by Cover
nor Mcdonald to represent Colorado
at the Transmississippi Commercial
Congress. to be held at Portland. Ore
gon. August 18th, are Arthur Francis
of Cripple Creek. F. NJ. Bisbee of La
Junta and H. P. Spencer of Denver.
Frank Mueller, who died at Foun-
tain on the Sth inst, at the age Of
eighty years, was one of the pioneer
ranchmen of Ell Paso county. During
the Civil War he served in the Third
Colorado Cavalry and was present and
took part in the historic battle of Sand
Creek in 1864.
d. Malando, a Mexican sheepherder,
was instantly killed by lightning at
Troy, a small settlement in the south
eastern part of Bent county, on the
18th inst, while sitting in his tent dur
ing a severe rain and electrical storm.
About a month ago another sheep
herder was killed near the same place
in a like manner.
A Rawlins, Wyoming. dispatch of
August 18th says: Guy Cooper of
Denver was brought here today from
Craig. Colorado, where he has been
locating coal lands. to receive surgical
attention to a shattered ankle, the re-
suit of his horse falling on him. He
suffered greatly during the rough over
land trip of 100 miles.
George Godfrey committed suicide at
the hotel where he was staying In Du-
range on the 18th inst, by taking car
bolic acid. He was to have started
that day for Salt Lake city in COM
pany with his fiancee. Godfrey was
the son of w. J. Godfrey. a former
member of the Durango City Council
and owner of the Vulcan iron foundry
of Durango.
The following patents have been is
sued to Colorado inventors: Joseph
H. Bailey, Pueblo. shoulder braces;
Marcellus p. Borg. Pueblo. ore Jig; Al
fred G. Burton. Denver. hose holder;
William Cooper, Denver, safety device
for hoisting mechanisms: John A. Fer
guson. Denver. wall; August Stenech.
Lafayette. monkey wrench; George z.
Turner. Denver illuminated sign.
Maude Fealy will close the season at
Elitch's Gardens, Denver. She opens
next Sunday night, August Goth, In
Madam Sans.Gene," a stirring drama
Of the Napoleonic days. The Glitch
season will end September 10th. Miss
Fealy holds all records at the gardens
for crowds, and 1t is expected that the
attendance for her last three weeks
will exceed any other three weeks in
the history of Elitch's.