Gilpin observer., 1905-04-13
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

dval for 1905 has been abandoned.
A band of gypsies has been telling
fortunes and gathering in loose
change at Bessemer.
Active work has been commenced
on tne foundations OF the new union
depot at Grand Junction.
This has been an excellent spring
TOT nlling irrigation reservoirs in Colo
rado. In this state water is money.
Thomas w. Jaycox has been ap-
pointed state engineer by Governor
Mcdonald to succeed Prof. L. c. Car
penter.
+. s. McNamara. purchasing agent
OF the Colorado & Southern at Denver,
has been appointed purchasing agent
OF the Cripple Creek Short Line.
A movement has been started to en-
large the Florence Crittenton Home in
Denver, which is devoted to rescue
work for women. The home Is now
crowded.
M. e. Sloan, official Of the federal
census bureau, Is in Denver. directing
and supervising the work of making a
census of the manufacturing Industrial
business of Colorado.
Tho Department OF Colorado and
Wyoming. G. A. R.. will hold its an
nual encampment at Denver May 18th
to 18th. National Commander Black
mar is expected to be present.
Governor Hoch, the fighting" Kan
sas governor, will be one of the speak
ers at the Epworth League convention
in Denver this year. His subject will
be The Problems We Face"
Benjamin Franklin of Fort Collins
will enter the employ of the reclama-
tios service May 18th as masonry in
spector, and will be detailed to the
Belle Fourche project, South Dakota.
c. E. Peters, manager of the Duran
go power plant, while riding on the
front end of street car at Durango
on the 4th instant, was injured by
striking his head against bridge and
died next day.
The country newspaper that James
Barton Adams is about to establish
in his mind-will be described in a pa
per to be read by the celebrated
Postscript Man" at the newspaper
gathering at Montrose next June.
Spontaneous combustion among a
new lot of green" Easter celluloid
novelties in the stock room Of the Den
yer Dry Goods Company at Denver
caused SIS, 900 fire and endangered a
stock worth several hundred thousand
dollars.
Five thousand electricians from all
over the United States will attend the
annual convention Of the National
Electric Light Association in Denver,
beginning June 9Th. The last two days
of the session will be spent in Colorado
Springs.
The State Board of Equalization will
be in session at Denver from April
10th to goth to hear arguments on as
sessments to be made by the board.
Those whose property is affected may
appear at that time and present their
arguments.
A southern Colorado interscholastic
oratorical contest will be held under
the direction of Colorado College and
Cutler Academy in connection with the
first annual track meet, which takes
place at Washburn field, Colorado
Springs, April 29th.
William Webster, postmaster at
Box Elder, in Larimer county, died
suddenly on the 9Th instant at the age
OF seventy-three years. He had been
postmaster through several admins
trations and was probably the Oldest
postmaster in Colorado.
The Lincoln County Cattle Growers
Association held it's regular quarterly
meeting at Hugo, April 5th, which was
well attended. Loco weed is flourish
ing in some parts Of the county to such
an extent that the associations time
was taken up mostly with this Ques-
ton.
BY an appeal to the District Court,
the Socialist party Of Boulder sue
ceeded in getting representation on
the list Of judges OF election at the
spring election. 1t was shown that
only two parties were in the field last
year and the Socialist party was one
Of them.
Mrs. Birdie Meats. accused of kid
naping. was acquitted In Justice Ru-
by's court at Colorado Springs, the
by's court at Colorado Springs. the
Judge holding that the mother had an
equal right to the child with its IA
ther, who was recently divorced from
the defendant.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Platt celebrated
their golden wedding at Greeley April
7th and Mrs. Plat received letter
of congratulation from her mother at
Mendoza, Illinois. who is ninety-seven
years old. 1t is not often that
mother survives the date of her daugh-
ter's golden wedding.
The Denver art commission has ad-
vertised for designs for an ornamental
wrought iron arch to span Seventeenth
street in front OF the union depot. A
prize of 500 is offered for the best
design received by April 21st. The
arch will be ablaze with colored elec-
tric lights at night.
Ninety-flve carloads Of fat sheep
and lambs were shipped out OF Lari-
mer county April 4th. or this number
forty-two carloads were billed to
Cleveland, Ohio, Buffalo, New York,
and Iarsau CITY Nau Ieraax L ,uaa