Gilpin observer., 1906-04-05
COLORADO NEWS I1EMs

Gil, has declared the franchise of the
Pixies Peak Hydro Electro Company
forfeited.
Ihe annual encampment Of the de-
partment of Colorado and Wyoming,
Grand Army of the Republic, will be
at Greeley, June 18th to 14th.
Il. l.. Phillips of Longmont, has been
awarded the contract for grading the
new Colorado & Southern branch from
RUNNERS beet dump to Black Hollow,
nine miles.
The Las Animas County Bar Asso-
citation gave banquet March 31st to
Judge Jesse G. Northcutt, who has re-
signed to his successor, Henry Hunter
of Walsenburg.
At a recent meeting at Colorado
Springs the executive committee of the
Pixies Peak Centennial celebration
elected Thomas F. Walsh director gen.
eral Of the celebration.
Miss katherine L. Craig, state super
intendent o. public instruction, has is
sued handsome booklet in which she
has compiled selections suitable for
use by the schools of the state in the
observance Of Arbor Day, April goth.
The Canon City Y. M. C. A. is plan
ming for the erection of fine building
as soon as the $4,000 bequeathed to it
for that purpose by the late F. A. Ray
nolds shall become available. 1t is
planned to raise large additional
fund.
E. R. Harper of Gunnison county and
John SaXton OF Pueblo have been con-
'stituted commission to go into Cone
jos county and check up on behalf of
the state the books of the defaulting
treasurer of the county, Charles H.
BrickenStein.
1t is announced that premiums ag-
gregating $1,000 will be offered by the
National Cattle Association in addition
to the premiums offered by the Colo
RADIO State Fair Association for the cat
tie exhibits at the State Fair at Pu-
eblo next fall.
Frederick l.. Starret. of Rochester,
New York, has accepted the call to be-
come general secretary of the Young
Mems Christian Association at Denver
to succeed w. G. Danner, who mas re-
signed to take charge of the Y. M. c.
A. health farm.
Congressman Bonynge has appointed
Robert c. Mulnix, son of Harry Mul-
nix, of Denver, as candidate for ad-
misSion to the Annapolis naval acad-
emy. If young Mulnix passes the ex-
animation he will succeed Thomas
WitherS, who graduates this spring.
Fourteen and fifteen-pound Canadian
geese are being brought intS Cheyenne
by hunters from Pine Bluff and
Smeed, stations on the Union Pacific
east of that place. The goose flight
this year is exceptionally heavy. Hun
dreds of ducks are also being brought
in from the stations mentioned.
DR.. Pistor, federal stock inspector,
reports 225 carloads of sheep shipped
from the northern Colorado district,
which includes Laraimer, Weld and
Morgan counties, during the week end
ing March oath. This means that 50,-
900 sheep were marketed. The inspec-
tor says $50 carloads more will be
shipped.
Reports received by Mrs. Martha
Shute, secretary of the State Bureau of
Horticulture, from horticultural inspec-
tors in several of the fruit counties, in
dicate large crops this year. Small
fruits are looking well all over the
state. There has been some freezing
of buds, but nowhere to any great ex-
tent.
The contract for building a bridge
for the Arkansas Valley Railroad Com
pany across the Arkansas river, east of
Lamar, has been let to l.. H. Manville
OF Lamar. The bridge will be 1,G00
feet long and constructed on piling
forty feet long. The contract price is
$40, 900, the bridge to be completed by
May 18th.
Howard H. Dawson, treasurer of
Dolores County, has brought in bill
against che state for the sum Of
$116.14, which he claims is due him as
per cent commission for the collec-
tion of state taxes since February,
1905. State Auditor Bent scouts the
idea of a State commission to county
treasurers.
Fifty sacks of high grade ore, aggre-
eating 5000 pounds, were confiscated
in a raid made at Cripple Creek few
days ago by Secretary Floyd Thomp.
son and Special Agent Harry Brown of
the Mine Owners association on an as
say Office conducted by Charles Ropp
at the corner of Fifth and Bennett ave-
nues. The ore is estimated to run
about ten ounces to the ton.
S. l.. Abernathy was instantly killed
by fall of coal in the Simpson mine
at Lafayette on the 31st ult. A few
before Abernathy was killed
he carried out three men who were
hurt by blast-Jack Davis, John Man
guson and G. S. Spooner. Davis was
cut on the head and internally injured.
for the tools, he was caught
by the cave-in.
That hen can live twenty-five days
without food was proven by the liber-
ating of two Plymouth Rock chickens
entombed in big snowdrift in the
storm OF March list, to which success
sive storms had added. When released
they Immediately began eating and
seemed none the worse for their i'm
prisonment, save that. they were re-
duced almost to skeletons.