Gilpin observer., 1907-02-28
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

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Bureau for CnautauQua course to be
had in July.
A seventy-fve-thousan dollar addi.
ton will be commenced within two
weeks at the Glockner sanitarium at
Colorado Springs.
New paving, new sheds and a new
hotel are among the Improvements
which will be put in at the Denver un-
ion stock yards this year.
The contract has been let for the
new San Juan county courthouse at
Sjlverton. When completed the struc-
ture will cost about 100000.
Expert oil well drillers from Flor
ence will drill a number Of wells near
Mcntrose for company in which FIRE.
mont county men are interested.
The postal authorities have agreed
to the proposition to execute 10-year
lease on new building to be erected
in Manitou to cost $4,000 which will
be used for postoff1ce.
John Gonas of Colorado Springs on
the 18th inst, shot near Fountain a
monster gray eagle weighing twelve
pounds and measuring seven and one.
nalf feet from tip to tip.
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with the but of his shotgun James
Elmer Bethel Of Pueblo, aged eighteen
years, was killed by the accidental
discharge Of the weapon.
DR.. John G. Keith, for the past eight
cen years one Of the leading physicians
of Leadville, died at St. Louis ON the
16tk inst. Of paralysis. DIR. Keith was
q Civil War veteran and thirty-sec-
ond degree Mason.
The First Congregational Church So
ciety of Denver, formerly Myron
Reeds church. after selling its old
building on Glenarm street, is about
to erect new church at the corner Of
Tenth avenue and Clarkson street.
The Woman's club of Grand Junction
recently gave the annual banquet to
husbands of members. Mrs. L. G.
Hedges was toastmistress. Fully $50
guests were present. The responses to
the toasts were eloquent and witty.
The Society of the Order of the
Philippines, which has been in exist.
ence at Colorado Springs since 1900,
was recognized few days since by
the election of officers and the adop-
tion Of the regular national secret
ritual.
The locomotive of Colorado Mid.
land passenger train on the night OF the
18th inst. struck and killed a large
buck deer near Woodland Park. The
train was stopped and the carcass OF
the deer carried to Colorado Springs in
the baggage car.
More than $4,000 has already been
subscribed in Colorado Springs toward
the construction of a Deaconess hos
pital, which is TO cost 100000. The
institution will be run by the Dea.
coness' board oi the Womans Home
Missionary Society.
E. B. Mitchell, chief train dispatcher
for the Rio Grande at Pueblo left Feb.
Iuary 22i for Seattle, where he takes
a similar position with the Northern
Pacific. Before he left his associates,
from trainmen down to coral boys,
presented him with a $3.50 Elk charm.
The Boulder City Council has de.
cided to submit to the taxpayers the
proposition Of Issuing $4,000 in bonds
for new city hall. The city owns 100
feet on Pearl street and 1t is intended
to build on this ground IL the bonds
are voted.
The Longmont Library and Lecture
Association has just closed its third
year with flattering results. The asso-
citation con ducts lecture course and
maintains a public library, using the
proceeds of the lectures to purchase
books. The City Council has just
added $500 to the book fund.
The State University Glee and Man.
dolin clubs will begin their fifteenth
annual tour of the state March 9th and
will give concerts in Longmont, Den.
yer, Colorado Springs, Victor, Cripple
Creek, Pueblo, Trinidad, Canon City,
Salida, Leadville, Aspen, Glenwood
Springs and possibly Golden.
The Portland Cement Company will
soon begin construction of 81 frame
and concrete residences on the north
side of the river at Florence. The
town is growing rapidly and at least
90 houses will be needed within 20
days. The big addition to the mill
will be started April 1st.
A party OF Is Hollanders, represent.
ing 40 families. the vanguard of hun
dreds who will colonize Fountain val.
ley, south Of Colorado Springs. arrived
February god, preparatory to founding
homes in the valley. The scheme is
backed by the Fountain Valley Land
& Irrigation Company. an interest OF
the Castlewood Dam Company Of
Denver.
In the absence of United States Dis
trict Attorney Earl Cranston of Den.
yer. who left Monday for Japan, Robert
J. Pitkin, his law partner, has been ap
! ointed special assistant In the office.
Mr.. Cra1ston has been granted a
ninety days leave OF absence by Presi.
dent Roosevelt. He will visit his
father, Bishop Cranston, who Is sta
toned in Japan.
At the annual meeting OF the stock.
holders of the Montrose National bank
1t was announced that NJ. ID. Thatcher,
n Pueblo and Denver banker, and NJ. ID.
10y. cashier of the First National bank
of Florence have purchased controll-
ing interest in the bank and would
establish it among the chain OF banks