Gilpin observer., 1906-12-13
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS
wants a union depot.

licenses were granted in Weld county
from June 9th to December 4th.
The President has nominated Emma
g. Burke as postmaster at Sterling and
j. A. Bunker postmaster at Paonia.
The yearly poor report filed with the
Secretary of State by Kiowa county,
shows that there is one poor person
in the county and the cost Of caring
for him last year was $S3.43.
Emmett Ardell, son of E. A. Ardell,
CT Pueblo. has received an appoint
.ment to the United States naval acad-
;emy at Annapolis. Emmet is seven
teen years old and was born and raised
in Pueblo.
It Is now a violation of the city or
Idinance to plant cottonwood or box
elder trees in Denver. The cotton
from the cottonwood tree is strongly
Iobjected to and the boxelder is tabooed
as breeder of worms.
The Fremont County National bank
lat Canon City, formerly the Fremont
County bank, opened for business on
the third inst. 1t is capitalized at $780,
1000 and has 100000 in deposits and
$614,000 cash in hand.
The Democratic county committee
Iat Pueblo reports an expenditure of
little less than $1,000 for election en-
lpenses and the Republican committee
IA little more than $11.5O0, of which
900 came from Denver.
Felix Powers, an employe of the ST.
Ter State Canning & Produce company
lat Fort Lupton, was badly burned
about the head and face by the eX-
plosion of a can of hot pumpkin. while
lit was being run through the cooker.
For the sum of $22,50O ten Greeley
business men have purchased the j.
Armstrong 160-acre farm one mile
from the center of the city and west of
he State Normal School, for the pur-
pose OF converting it into fine coun-
fry club.
Edwin " Brake, state labor commits
6ioner, is preparing a factory inspec-
lion law to be introduced at the next
Legislature to protect the employees
from working in cramped quarters and
bee that the factories are kept in a SAN
btary condition.
The restaurant men and the church
people OF Denver have united in an
effort to procure the passage of an ordi-
nance abolishing the free lunch system
in saloons. Policemen are said to favor
it in the belief that it will reduce the
hobo CROP"
By n careful canvass Frank Lamper
of Weldon was found to be the largest
beet grower in the Greeley district.
Lamper farmed 23S acres Of beets.
from which he harvested 5000 tons
and for which he received $4,000 cash
from sugar company.
The deadlock in the Colorado
Springs City Council was finally broken
and liquor licenses were granted to
ten out Of fourteen druggists who ap-
piled. The four licenses withheld will
be Investigated by committee OF
three aldermen in regard to alleged vi
olations Of the liquor ordinances.
Figures from the state treasurer's
office show that collection of interest
on state credits during the past BIZ
ennial period has been S51 ,9S90C. Dur
ing the period from 10000 the collec-
tions amounted to $42,354.46, showing
an increase of $9,625.60 for the period
just closing.
e. NJ. Gets of Delta county, who Wis
tied the State Horticultural Department
, at Denver few days ago, reported
that C. ]. Leppart and numerous other
fruit growers of his section have been
raising strawberries up to within the
past two weeks. The berries have all
been full grown and suitable for table
use.
The Colorado Springs police have
arrested eight boys, charged with par
ticipating in the assault on Mail Car
rier f. T. Koupa on Thanksgiving day.
The cooperation of the federal authori-
ties in the prosecution is assured, and
the affair will be vigorously investi-
gated Carrier Koupa is able to carry
his route.
Formal application for an electric
railway franchise through Manitou has
been made to the Manitou town board
by w. C. Dotterer and Wesley Comp
ton, representing an eastern syndicate
which proposes to eXpend in the neigh
borhood of 100000 in the ccnstruc-
ton of a scenic electric railway from
Manitou to Crystal park.
John Crater, superintendent or
Mitchell park at Pueblo. was attacked
by one of the deer in the park, and but
for the timely arrival of two men t.t-
tracted by his cries for help, would
have been killed by the infuriated ami
| NAL. He escaped with a number OF
| decorations and bad bruises, inflicted
| by the hoofs and antlers OF the animal.
A third annual dividend has been de-
| clared by the directors of the Denver
Union Water Company, the dividend
being five per cent on S7,50O,000
stock. The dividend will be payable
January 1st, and will amount to about
IS a share. n total of $375.000 being
ready for distribution. The present Of
6cers of the company were reelected
by the directors.
| At Greeley on the Sd inst. n meeting
Of farmers, produce shippers, ond rep
resentatives of the Greeley Commercial
club petitioned to the Union Pacific for
more freight cars to move 1000 car
loads OF potatoes and other vegetables