Gilpin observer., 1906-05-10

| pie Of the East, many of whom yet
entertain the idea that Colorado is the
| home of only the buffalo and savage
| Indian tribes. The celebration will
serve to demonstrate to the entire
country that Colorado, although pne OF
the youngest states, is one Of the
| greatest in the Union. f.-'
1here are eighty divorce cases on
| the District Court docket at Pueblo.
The State Land Board has appointed
| w. T. Fairfax of Pueblo as timber COM
| missioner.
The Helen Hunt school in Colorado
| Springs won prize of S25 for the best
| showing of any school in the city on
F., Arbor Day.
The Twin Lakes people think they
| see good prospects of the building of
an electric line from Leadville to the
| lakes. H
j. ]. Harbeck, now at Nice, France,
recently cabled subscription of 1000
to the fund being raised for first-class
| hotel at Boulder.
| Delta is making a determined effort
| to secure the new Presbyterian Col
| lege that is to be located somewhere
on the western slope.
Mrs. Laura A. Lane of Florence, who
was thought to have perished in the
San Francisco earthquake and fire,
writes that she had a narrow escape
from death and lost all her household
effects.
| The commissioners of Fremont
county have decided to make a re-
| quest on Werden Cleghorn of the State
| Penitentiary to furnish fifty more con-
victs to work on the county roads this
summer.
| Fire caused by spontaneous combus-
| tion destroyed the plant of the West
ern Glass Company at Denver on the
4th. The plant is a total wreck, at a
| loss of $150,000. The loss is two-thirds
insured. About 200 are thrown out Of
employment by the fire.
| Unofficial returns from the school
| census show an increase in Cripple
| Creek of twenty pupils over last year.
Victor has lost 200. The outlying
| towns have gained practically all that
Victor has lost. Total decrease from
the district, 166. Total number OF
children of school age. 3,344.
Plans for the entertainment Of the
Missouri Pacific immigration Bureau
in Denver in June provide for state
dinner to be given by the Colorado
State Commercial Association on June
18th, trip over the Moffat road on the
following day and an automobile trip
through the city of Denver itself on
the morning of June 18th.
Perry Beeney. George W. Ball, sher-
in of Washington county, and Ezra
Stone appeared before Judge Robert E.
Lewis Of the federal court at Denver,
May I'd, to answer to an Indictment re-
turned by the federal grand jury
charging the two first with gross land
frauds, and the last with cutting tim
ber from government reserves.
| Counterfeit silver dollars bearing
the mark 20" of the New Orleans
mint, and stamped with the dates 1898,
1896 or 1901. are being circulated in
Denver, and a large number OF the
coins have been passed on tramway
conductors in the last week. The
coins are underweight, have scarcely
any ring to them, and most OF them
have been merely washed in silver.
1t is reported at Boulder that the
Colorado & Southern company will
electrify it's road between Denver and
Boulder and perhaps further north, and
will secure power from the Westing-
| mousse company, WHICH Is DdChluS tue
Henry deal in the purchase of the Boul.
der Electric Light & Power Company s
plant. and which is to put up o $1,000,-
900 electric plant at or near Lafayette.
The following new patents have
been issued to Colorado inventors: AL
fred L. Johnson, Denver, assignor to
Johnson Furnace & Engineering Com.
pany, Colorado Springs, furnace; Pc.
ter A. Mortensen, Sanford, whistle
Edwin A. Sperry, assignor, one-third to
w. G. Wilson, Denver. ore operator;
Jean F. Webb and c. N. Frederickson,
Denver. electric signaling system.
Durango is to have another tele.
phone line to Denver, an improvement
which is much needed, as the present
line Is overcrowded with business
much OF the time. The link necessary
to complete the short line lies between