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Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

Notice Is hereby given that at the
general election to be held on the third
day of November. a. ID. 1908. there Will
be submitted to the qualified electors
of the State OF Colorado the question of
amending the Constitution OF said
State.
The authority for submitting such
question is found In Senate BiIi No
i4o, which Is. In words and figures.
AN ACT
To Submit to the Qualined Electors
OF the state OF Colorado an Amend
Incnt to Section 30 OF Article of
the constitution of the State OF Col
orado.
70 IT Enacted by the General Assembly
OF the state OF Colorado:
Section !, There shall be submitted
to the qualified electors of the State OF
Colorado at the next general election
for their approval or rejection. the fol-
lowing amendment to tho Constitution
OF the State OF Colorado. which when
ratified by n majority of those voting
thereon. shall be valid as n part OF the
constitution.
the constitution of the State OF Colo
rado shall be amended 80 M to read NJ
follows:
Section 40. Except ms otherwise pro-
vided In this constitta lon no law shall
extend the term of any public officer.
or increase or diminish his salary or
enolumcnts after his election or ap-
the adoption OF this amendment. T S the
sal iries OF the following designate
public officers, including those who
may then be incumbents OF such offices.
shall be na herein provided, Wig:
Tha governor shall receive an an
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

NAL condition 1t will extend to point
considerably above the ground. Under
the weight of n person descending II
expands to a length sufficient to per-
init the user to pass hand over hand
or slide down until he reaches safe
landing. The strips being galvanized.
they are prevented from rusting or de-
teriorating, while the hollow tube al
lows a current of air at all times to
pass through and thus cannot easily
become overheated.
In use person grasps the tube and
slides down, the strips being fat and
leaving the tube just sufficiently rough
to permit Of an easy grip. while the
surface is not uneven enough to injure
the hands. The speed With which a
party descends can be regulated read
lily by the grip, a firm pressure causing
the tube to be compressed so as to form
a shoulder and preventing the hands
passing too quickly over the surface.
The tube being compressible, 1t will
occupy, when not In use, much small
er space than an ordinary rope capable
Of accomplishing the same object II
would also be much more durable than
the rope.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29
ARTICLE v.


Entitled Legislative Department, ("
section thirty, concerning salaries of
governor and judges.
Each ballot must have printed on it.:
For the amendment concerning sal
aries of governor and judges.
Against the amendment concerning
salaries of governor and judges.
ARTICLE XI.
Entitled Public Indebtedness, sec
tion three, providing for the creation of
bonded Indebtedness on behalf of the
state to the amount of 1913, ,457. "a, for
the purpose of funding all outstanding
legal warrants of the state for and prior
to the year 1897, and to provide for the
issue and payment of said bonds.
Each ballot must have printed on it,:
For the amendment to section of ar
ticle XII of the constitution funding the
state indebtedness.
Against the amendment to section 8
of article XII of the constitution funding
the state Indebtedness.
ARTICLE XIV.
Entitled Counties, section fifteen,
concerning the fees and compensation
of county, precinct and other officers.
Each ballot must have printed on it,:
For the amendment to section Is of
article Ia, concerning the fees and com
pensation of county, precinct and other
officers
Against the amendment to section Is
of article IA, concerning the fees and
compensation of county, precinct and
other officers.
In testimony whereof, have hereun-
to set my hand and affixed the great
seal of the State of Colorado, at the City
of Denver, this 10Th day of Sept, A. D.
1908. TIMOTHY O'CoNNER,
Secretary of State.
CCEAI1
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29
The voting places for the several precincts

The voting places for the several precincts
will be as follows:
Precinct No. l-CentraI City and Quartz
Valley-at the Campbell house, Eureka street,
Central.
Precinct No. 2-Central City and Lake
Gulch-Edmundson building.
Precinct No.3-Central City-Granite House,
Lawrence street, Central.
ing, Mountain City.
Precinct No. EAST Observation-Disclosures
building, Nevadaville.
Precinct No. 6-West Standardization
house.
Precinct No. 7-Russell Gulch-Union hall,
Russell.
Precinct No. s-Black Hawk. Missouri Lake
and Mountain House district-City Hall,
Black Hawk.
Precinct No. 9-Black Hawk, Dory Hill,
Hawk.
Preinct No. lO-Gilpin, Perigo, Moon Gulch,
Rollinsville, Baltimore, Mammoth and Boul-
der Park section-Gooch's hotel. RollinsvilIe
Precinct No. li.Apex, Elk Park and Pine
Creek district-Miners' hall, Apex
In witness whereof, have hereunto
set my hand and official seal at
ISEALl Central city, Colorado, this LIST day
OfOctOber, A. ID. 1903.
FRITZ J. ALTVATER,
County Clerk.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29
nuA! salary of seven thousand nv. hun

nues s1A1Iy OF o0V9n tnOu9on0 nVe num-
0r9o dollars. and a further sum y
twenty-five hundred for the payment
OF private secretary.
The Judges of the supreme court
shsI each receive an annual salary
lars
The Judges of the district court shall
eacn receive an annual salary of five
THOUSAND dollars.
section 3. Each elector voting at
such election and desirous of voting for
or against said amendment shall de
post In the ballot box his ticket
Whereon shall be printed the words
For the Amendment concerning salar:
les or Governor and Judges" and
against the Amendment concerning
salaries OF Governor and Judges" and
shall Indicate his choice by placing a
cross opposite one or the other of said
groups of words; providel however
that when voting machines are used
suitable provision shall be made to uf-
ford every elector an opportunity to
vote Tor or against said amendment
section 4. The votes cast for tho
ADOPTION or rejection OF said Amend
ment shall be canvassed and the result
be determined by the laws OF the State
Tor the canvass of votes for Represen-
tatives In Congress.
Approved April Is. 1907
In testimony whereof. / have here
unto set my hand and affixed the great
seal OF the State of Colorado. at the
city OF Denver. this 29th day OF Sept,
TIMOTHY o'coNNER.
tSeaL) Secretary of State.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

reverse side Of each Of g I'D bonds. Only
such an amount and number of said
bonds shall be isa'.e.. as may be neces-
outstanding warraI.ts of tie State as
prescribed in this Act
Section z, Whenever the bonds pro-
vided In this Act are issued, 1t shall be
the. duty of the State board OF equali-
zation to levy and assess a special tax
sufficient in amount to- meet the semi.
bonds, which tax when collected .h1Il
bonds. known as Funding Bonds. SER
les OF 1901 and for the Stass re
ten years from the date of their issa-
BILE property Of the State as shall crs-
ate an annual fund equal to twenty
(2ol. per centum of the whole amount
1908. Sinking Fund" All taxes for
OF sueh bonds shall be eSied and coi
lected as other State taxes and shall
be paid into the State Treasury in cash
kept by the State Treasurer as dis
tinct fund under the respective heads.
to be used In payment of interest on.
their purchase as hereinafter provided.
and for, no other purpose whatever;
remains to h the eredt Of shs ntePess
fund after the full payment of the in
terest maturing In any year. the State
be transferred to the credit Of the
Funding Bond. Series Of 1903. Sinking
ad maS Seonfng be- to- tbs bs
bonds issued under this Act; but not
Section 8. The Treasurer shall in
clude in his biennial report a statement
of the interest collected in pursuance
n Anf tha a natl n1e In
amount. If any. carried to the sinking
fund, and how invested. When any OF
unsT this shs Se the
duty of the Treasurer to cancel the
same; SO that they can be plainly iden-
cancellation to be made in the regis
try books cf both the State Treasurer
and the state Auditor. and they shall
office. and any such purchases and
cancellations shall also appear in said
Section 0. For the payment of the
coupons representing the first years
interest accrued and due on bonds is
urer is hereby authorized and directed
TO- apply y any money at that time In his
snn eands DS belonging to the gsnsiral Tsy
interest on bank deposits; and so much
money as may be necessary therefor,
funds foy ss Of gu. said %
est.
Section 10. The Governor and Attor
ney General are authorized to pre-
scribe the form of the bonds to be is
sued under this Act. and the coupons
attached thereto subject to the provis-
ions contained in this Act
Section IL. This Act shall not be re-
vised. amended or repealed until the
total amount of the Indebtedness here
In provided for is wholly paid and dis
charged.
Approved April 9th. 1907.
to set my hand and affixed the great
seal of the State of Colorado, at the
city of Denver. this 29th day OF Sept.
A. D. 1905
TIMOTHY O'CONNoR,
(SeaI) Secretary of State
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29
which you have written in the blank
space at the head of the ballot.

which you have written in the blank
space at the head of the ballot.
Don't forget to use the blotter on
your ballot after marking the same.
8. To Prepare Your Ballot on Other
Questions.-When Constitutional
Amendment or other question is to be
voted on by official ballot, make your
cross X in ink in the square Immediate
ly following the answer eyes" or mo-"
or For" or Against" as you may de-
sire to vote.
a. Do Not Destroy or Take Away a
Ballot.-1f you spoil a ballot, return it
to one of the judges, who will give you
another. You cannot have more than
two extra ballots, or three in all. 1t is
criminal offense for voter to take an
official ballot away from the polling
place.
5. Folding Ballot-Before leaving
the voting booth fold your ballot with
out displaying the marks thereon, in
the way it was folded when received by
you, so that the duplicate stub can be
removed without exposing your vote.
g. Time Allowed to Prepare Ballot
You cannot occupy voting shelf or
compartment already occupied by an
other; nor can you occupy said shelf or
compartment more than five minutes,
when other voters are waiting to oc-
cupy the same. You cannot remain
inside the enclosed space or rail more
than ten minutes.
T. Depositing of Ballots.-Y our bal
lot being marked and properly folded,
return and give your name to one of
the judges of election and hand him
your ballot. When your ballot has:
been returned to you, put it in the bal
lot box, with the official endorsement
on said ballot uppermost, and forthwith
retire from the rallied space
s. To Obtain Assistance in Preparing
Your Ballot.-Any voter who declares
under oath to the election judges that
he cannot read or write, or from phys
ical disability cannot prepare his bal
lot without assistance, may receive the
assistance of any two of the election
judges or clerks, who are of different
political parties, in marking his ballot
Any voter who declares under oath
that he cannot speak or understand
when spoken, the English language,
may receive the assistance of two in
terpreters Zone from each political party)
selected by the judges.
You cannot vote unless you are
REGISTERED.
The Board of Registry will meet
again on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 1908, and if
you are not registered then, it will be
necessary to swear in your registration
on Monday, Nov. 2, 1908. Then if you
are not registered it will be impossible
for you to vote.-
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29
CONsTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

Notice is hereby given that at the
day of November. A. D. 1908. there will
be submitted to the qualified electors
of the state Of Colorado the question
Of amending the Constitution OF said
State.
The authority for submitting such
which Is. in words and figures follow
ing. viz:
AN ACT
To Submit to the Qualified Electors of
the State of Colorado an Amendment
to Section Is of Article XIV of the
Constitution of the state of Colorado.
Compensation of County Precinct
and Other Officers
Be 1t Enacted by the General Assembly
of the State of Colorado:
Section !. That there shall be sub
mitted to the qualified electors of the
Assembly, for their approval or rejec-
ton. the following amendments to the
which when ratified by a majority of
those voting thereon shall be valid as
n part of the Constitution. that is to
say:
Section Is of Article Il of the Con-
stitution of the State of Colorado shall
be amended to read as follows:
viding for and regulating the compen-
sa:ton Of county. precinct and other Of
law classify the several counties of
the state according to population and
shall grade and fix the compensation of
tfr officers within the respective
classes according to the population
thereof. Such law shall establish
scales of fees to he charged and rol-
lected by such of the county. precinct
and other officers as may be desig-
mated therein for services to be per-
formed by them respectively; and
whore salaries are provided. all fees
perGnisites and emoluments shall be
paid into the county treasury.
Section p Each elector desiring to
vote on snch amendment shall deposit
in the ballot box a ticket whereon shall
be printed the words For the amend
cerning the fees and compensation of
county precinct and other officers
and Against the amendment to section
IL Of article II concerning the fees and
cor7nensltion of county precinct and
other officers" and shall Indicate his
anproval or rejection of the same by
placing n cross apposite toppos!tel one
or the other of said groups OF words
Section 3. The votes cast for the
adoption or rejection of said amend
ments. or either OF them. shall be can
vassed and the result determined iu
the manner provided by the laws OF
the state for the canvass of votes for
representatives In CoH~~ass
Approved April srd. 1907.
In testimony whereof l have here
unto set my hand and rffixcd the great
seal of the State of Colorado, Mt the
citv OF Denver. this 29th day OF Sept.
a. ID. 1908.
TIMOTHY ocoNNgR,
tseal) Secretary of state.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29
TO VOTERS.
Read the Following Instructions
Concerning the Ballot.
How to Mark Your Ballots on Election
Day-What Assistance You Are En-
titled To-Look at the Ballot in this
Issue.

l. To Obtain Ballots for Voting-Give
your name and residence Gf requested
so to do) to one of the judges of cleo
ton, who, on finding your name on the
Registry List, will admit you within the
guard rail and hand you ballot.
2. To Prepare your Ballott-Go alone,
without leaving the enclosed space, to
one of the unoccupied voting booths.
Mark with cross X your choice of
nominees in ink in either one of the
three following methods, but not other
wise:
First. "To vote a straight ticket,
write the name of the party ticket you
wish to voteiwith ink, in the space left
for that purpose at the head Of the bal
lot"
Second. If you do not wish to vote q
straight party ticket, place cross mark
X with ink, in the square Immediately
to the right of the names of the persons
for whom you wish to VOTE
Third. If you have written party
name in the blank space left for that
purpose at the head of the ballot and
desire to vote for candidate upon an
other ticket where there are two or
more offices of the same name, place a
cross Xsmark in ink opposite the name
of the candidate for whom you desire to
vote, on such other ticket, and draw a
line in ink through the name of the
candidate for whom you do not desire
to vote upon the ticket the name of
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29
Election Proclamation.
OFFICE OF THE
SECRETARY OF STATE,
OF THE STATE OF
COLORADO.


OF THE STATE OF
COLORADO.
To the Hon. Fritz ]. Altvater, county
clerk of Gilpin county, Central City,
Colorado:
ions of sections 10 and 20 of chapter
XXXIV of the general statutes of 1883
of the State of Colorado, notice is here
by given that general election will be
held in the several wards and voting
precincts in the state aforesaid, on
Tuesday, the Bird day of November, A.
ID. 1908, for the election of the following
officers, to-wit:
Five presidential electors for the State
of Colorado.
One representative in the LXI con-
gress of the United States for the state
at large.
One representative in the LXI con-
gress of the United States for the sec
ond congressional district.
One judge. of the supreme court for
the State of Colorado for the term of
six years.
Two judges of the supreme court for
the State of Colorado for the term of
ten years.
One judge of the supreme court for
the State of Colorado to fill the vacancy
of the unexpired term of Hon. Charles
+. Caswell, deceased. whose term of
Office will expire on the second Tuesday
in January, 1917.
One governor of the State of Co 10
rado.-
One lieutenant governor of the State
of Colorado.
One secretary of state.
One auditor of state.
One state treasurer.
One attorney general.
One superintendent of public instruc-
tion.
Two regents of the University of Col
orado.
One state railroad commissioner for
the term of two years.
One state railroad commissioner for
the term of four years.
One state railroad commissioner for
the term of six years.
One district attorney in the first
judicial district.
One district judge in the first judicial
district to fill the vacancy of the unex-
pired term of Hon. Allison H. DeFrance,
deceased, whose term of Office will ex-
pire on the second Tuesday in January,
1913.
One state senator twenty-sixth sena-
Of Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin and
jefferson to succeed Hon. Richard w.
Morgan.
One member of the house of repre-
sentatives, to represent the County of
Gilpin to succeed Hon. Fred S. Boil
singer.
Also such county and precinct officers
as are to be elected in the several coun-
ties.
Notice is also hereby given that at
the general election to be held on the
third day of November, A. d. 1908,
there win be submitted to the qualified
electors Of the State of Colorado the
question of amending the constitution
Of the state: To amend section thirty
-(30) of Article v; to amend section
three (9 Of Article eleven (XD; to
: amend section fifteen (15) Of Article
XIV of said constitution, as follows, TO-
wi:t :
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29
D,spELs FEAR OF FIRE.
simple and Easily OpePa&ed Elmer
9oncy Fire Escape.

Simple and Easily Operated Elmer
1eAcy Fire Escape.
Innumerable fire escapes have been
put upon the market. but the majority
are 80 complicated as to be useless
when an emergency requires their use.
One Of the most practical has been
patented by a New York inventor, an
illustration Of which is shown here
with.
This fire escape consists of a hollow
extensible and compressible tube com.
posed Of number Of fat strips braid
ed together. The strips are formed
of hollow noncombustible material
One end Of the fire escape Is secured
to stationary part of the building,
and In case Of fire the other end is
thrown out Of the window. In Its nor
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29
State of Colorado, County of Gilpin, ss.

State of Colorado, County of Gilpn, So.
l, Fritz j. Altvater, County Clerk of Gilpn County
Colorado do hereby certify the above to be full and
correct list of nominations and proposed amendments the
constitution certified to by the Secretary of State of
the State of Cooaado and the several political conventions
and COMMITTEES to be voted upon at the General Election
be held November 3rd, A. d., 1908.
Witness my hand and official SEAL this 2st day of Oc-
(SEAL) tober A. d. 1908.
FRITZ J. ALTvATER County Clerk
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1924 descended from Scotch-Irish ancestry that
had furnished many names that stand high i'll
the patriotic history Of early American times.
He studied at Obern College and was ad
mitted to the bar at Norwalk, Ohio in 1916.
After the outbreak of the Civil War he went
to Iowa and purchased and published the Du-
buque Times, the only daily Union paper in the
northern half of that state This work was under
taken patriotic duty and perhaps as
valuable to the Union as any done upon
the field by men able to perform military serv
ice for which Mr. Stewart was incapacitated
At the close of the he returned to Ohio
and for a time controlled the Toledo CONNER
cial but afterward returned to Norwak and
resumed the practice of his profession
In politics Mr.. Stewart originally Wing,
but at the beginning of the became Re-
publican With the founding of the Prohib
ton party he allied himself with that organiza-
ton and has served in it faithfully ever since.
In 1876 Mr. Stewart was candidate for Vice
President, Green Clay Smith of Kentucky being
the Presidential candidate. He was three times
candidate of his party for governor of the state
Of Ohio and several times nominated for Judge
of the supreme court in that state He was
Grand Worthy Patriarch of the Sons of Tenn
perance and three times elected Grand Worthy
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GIDEON TABOR STEWART

Two neat little volumes, coming to the ed
toral desk of The National ProhibitioniSt, recall
distinctly a passage in the early history of the
Prohibition party. One contains the lives of
John Adams and John Quincy Adams fitting
into the series, "Brevties in American History;
the other is entitled Early and Late Poems,'
from which the lines below are taken
The author is the Hon. Gideon Tabor Stewart,
whom those acquainted with the early history
of the Prohibition party will recognize as one
of the foremost of the early day leaders, the
party's candidate for Vice President in 1876 and
the national chairman during the campaign of
1880
Mr.. Stewart was born in Johnstown, n Y. in
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A CANTEEN BULL RUN
Hosts of Beer Suffer Crushing Defeat in Eff
fort to Restore Saloon in Soldiers
Homes

WASHINGTON, May 6-(Special correspond
ence)-Ihere was "stand-up and knock-down
fight on the floor of the House of Representa-
tives this afternoon over the Prohibition ques-
ton, and while blows exchanged forensic
ally instead of physically the leaders of the
''wets' and 'drys' struck out straight from the
shoulder while their respective adherents ap-
plauded them to the echo.
The "drys' by decisive vote when the
strength of test came. The result is that no part
of any of the appropriations carried by the
sundry civil bill for Soldiers Homes is to be
Used apportioned for the support of any
federal, state territorial home that maintains
bar canteen where Intoxicating liquors are
sold"
AS originally reported to the House with the
sundry civil bill this limitation upon the appro-
pr1atlon struck only at state or territorial homes
On the floor Representative Tirrell of Massa-
chusetts today offered an amendment providing
that the word "federal' be inserted thereby pro-
viding for the abolition of the canteen from all
federal Soldiers Homes This is the amend
ment around which the "drys" rallied
Opposed to this proposition was the amend
ment offered by Representative Herbert Parsons
of New York to the effect that no canteens
should be allowed in Soldiers Homes without
the sanction of a majority of the inmates in
each such home" This would give them local
option instead of "Prohibtion' The Parsons
amendment was defeated by vote of 146 to 62.
The Tirrel amendment was adopted by a vote
of 1877 to 49,
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WOMAN'S PROHIBITION CLUB
State Organization Meets and Elects Officers
for the Insuing Year

The Woman's Prohibition Club of Illinois held
convention on Wednesday during the state CON
vention and elected the following officers: State
president, Mrs f. H. Parkinson of Chicago vice
president, Miss Eva Munson Smith of Spring
field; secretary, Miss Evelyn C. Piltz of La
Grange; assistant secretary, Mrs. Charles R.
Jones of Evanston; treasurer, Miss Lora Allen
of Shelbyville; chaplain, Mrs Alonzo E. Wilson.
of Wheaton, and musical director, Mrs. Eva Mum
son Smith of Springfield
The state club created new division known as
the Boys Prohibition Club, with Miss Elheda
Benz amin of Chicago chairman. The two dele
gates at-large to attend the convention of the
National Womens Prohibition Club at Columbus
Ohio. on July IA and Is are: Mrs w. E. Day
and Miss Elheda Benjamin. Mrs John Harper
and Mrs Dora Allen Sapp elected as ater-
mates.