Gilpin observer., 1907-06-20
COLORADO MEMS ITEMS

The fruit crop in Colorado Is comlre
out on top despite the frosts and bad
reports.
Peter Christianson, a prominent
business man of Morrison, recently
died after an illness from paralysis.
o. w. Yeager died of Brights dis
ease, aged fifty-one. He had been an
honored citizen of Longmont for years.
The Sisters in charge of st. Fran
els Seminary at Longmont are super
intending the furnishing Of the build
Ing, and expect to open the school Sep
tember LIST.
The new hotel committee at Boulder
has decided to name the new structure
the "Boulderado." being made out OF
the words Boulder and Colorado.
Work is beieng pushed rapidly.
Pueblo captured the 1908 convention
of the State Federation of Colored
Women's Clubs. President Ida-Joyce
Jackson Of Colorado Springs, and other
| officers. hold over until next year.
Denver girl was kidnapped on tho
main business street the other day and
spirited away" to Pueblo. The girl
is II years old, but didn't call for help
until she was. 100 miles from home.
Costello and Stevenson. two Oak
Creek merchants before the County
Court charged with the illegal sale of
| liquor, were discharged, the jury con-
| sidering the evidence against them in
SUFFICIENT to sustain the charge. The
defense offered no evidence.
fire at Robinson, near Brecken-
ridge, which originated In a mine
boarding house last Sunday, destroyed
| ten buildings and for a time threat
ened to wipe out the entire place. LOSS
| $4,000. Elmer HOFFMAN was Sc
verely burned while trying to save his
property.
Perahps the largest fish ever caught
| In a running stream In Boulder county
| was landed by l.. e. Avery. The fish
| was caught in Boulder creek about
three miles from town. 1t was a rain
bow trout, twenty-five and one-half
| inches in length. and weighed four and
half pour.
The Wellington association is con-
structing n dam for the purpose Of
storing water on the high ground north
west Of Boulder for irrigating pur-
poses. The dam is to be about 600 feet
long, have a base of 100 feet and be
fifty feet high. The reservoir will
cover about thirty acres and will irri-
gate several thousand acres.
]. H. and E. C. Williams are going
to make 600 acres of desert land bloom
with fine products, according to plans
and specifications recorded at Trini-
dad. The papers state that three
reservoirs. with combined capacity OF
34,500,000 cubic feet, together with
numerous bitches. will be built. The
land is near Aguilar, and has never
been used for anything except the
grazing Of sheep.
What is said to have been the first
frame building erected in Fort Col
Inns, is being moved to make room for
a hardware store, 75x125 feet, which
Judge Jay Boughton is building. The
old building was erected in the win
ter of 1928 by Judge Boughtor. he
doing most of the work on 1t. II was
built for the use OF the secretary Of
the colony, and later used as printing
Office. When Judge Boughton was
elected county judge in 1876 he occu.
pied 1t as a court room and Office.
| Andrew j. Macky, a wealthy banker
Of Boulder. died last week and after
providing for number Of relatives,
he willed the remainder Of his fortune
to the State University, and for the
purpose of building a hospital and
home for dependent children aud
widows, the latter to be erected at
Boulder. The bequest 10 the univers-
ity provides for the erection and main-
tenance of a Macky building to be
devoted to some branch Of education.
The sum OF 100000 is available for
this building and $4,000 for the chill
1ren's and widows home.
| The Anti-Saloon League claims to
have secured evidence of violations OF
the gambling and Sunday CLOSING laws
against nearly every salOonkeeper in
Arapahoe county. and District AttOr-
ney Smith filed twenty-nine complaints
In the County Court. The men for
whom warrants were issued are:
Charles Lawlin, Fort Logan. fou.
cases; Harry Livingston, Fort Logan.
four cases: II. Ulind. Fort Logan, two
cases; Patrick Slyney, Fort Logan;
James Buck, Petersburg; c. A. Hort
man, Petersburg, five cases; Frank a.
Beandle, Petersburg. seven cases: J. 4.
Crawford, Littleton, two cases: Henry
Heinev, Littleton. two cases: Lewis
Steckline, Sullivan.
f. II. Chase. feeble old man OF 76
years, was taken before Judge Lewis
In the federal court in Denver recently
on bench warrant issued because he
die not appear before the federal grand
jury when summoned. The old man
lives In Pagosa Springs, and although
b. has made his home in Colorado for
thirty years he told the court that he
had never before visited Denver. He
explained his failure to obey the sum-
mons to his lack of money. He pre-
sented such a pitiable appearance that
Judge Lewis dismissed him without
punishment. He testified before the
grand jury and was allowed three days
witness fees In addition to five GEMS
per mile mileage.