Gilpin observer., 1908-04-02
COLORADO NEWS

VVuVuaDV NuWN
William ]. Bryan will address the
students of the University of Denver
Monday, April 9Th.
Some of the young men Of Greeley
are organizing a golf club and will lay
out links on the Country club grounds.
The State Normal school faculty will
furnish room in the Greeley hospital
Tor the use principally of Normal
school students.
c. E. Granger, manager of the Gree
ley, Eaton and Windsor sugar factor
les, has gone to Europe to get treat
ment for failing sight.
There has been approved to the state
OF colorado indemnity school land Sc
iections aggregating 47,O3S96 acres
within the Pueblo land district.
Indications are that the summer
school which will open June 18th at
the state university will be the larg-
est and most successful in the history
of the institution.
Mayor Rose, of Leadville, took
prompt steps to quarantine the city
against the immoral hordes driven out
OF Market street, Denver, by the ac-
tion of Sheriff Nisbet.
Pedro ]. Perea, one of the most
prominent Mexican pioneers of Las
Animas county, and veteran Of the
Civil War. died March 29th of pneu-
monia. He was seventy-five years of
age.
S. B. Scholz of Colorado Springs.
and associates have purchased $50
lots in Alamosa, and will, it is said,
erect fifty modern cottages at a cost
of more than 100000, during the
spring and summer.
Two hours after she had sold an old
mattress to a secondhand dealer at
Florence, Mrs. Minnie Layland of
Rockvale rushed excitedly back to the
store, tore open the mattress and ex-
tracted a roll of $500 in bills.
Trinidad was victorious in debate
and oratory and Pueblo won the con-
test in reading at Trinidad in the sec
ond annual literary contest between
representatives of the Trinidad and the
Pueblo Centennial high schools.
Governor Henry A. Buchtel has ap-
pointed a committee of three experts
to examine the books and accounts of
the state treasurer and the board of
land commissioners. They are John
L. Fetzer, c. F. Allen and J. NJ. Wood.
Two large bears have been added to
the geological collection of the city at
Mineral Park palace in Pueblo. The
bears are part of collection which the
commissioners say they will in time
make one of the best in the West.
The new Methodist church building
at Hillrose, Morgan county, was dedi-
Gated March Goth, Governor Buchtel
and Presiding Elder Carnine taking
part in the services. The church is t.
fine one, costing about $4,000, and is
the first in the town.
From Monte Vista and vicinity alone
over 500 cars of hogs have been
shipped since the first of the year. 1t
is estimated that there are still about
10000 hogs in the vicinity. The recent
advance will mean thousands of dol
lars to the raisers of these hogs.
Workmen who were unloading a car
of coal at Victor, consigned to the
Strong mine, found five sticks of dy-
Mantle in the bottom of the car The
coal canS from Broadhead near Wal
senburg, and the dynamite is supposed
to have been placed in the car there
by some former employe.
Fruit growers of the Arkansas val
ley are alarmed over the early budding
of trees in the lower part of the val
ley. Plums have already blossomed
and even apples are showing signs of
coming out. The warm weather OF the
last few weeks has caused the trees
to come out early and the growers are
fearful of killing frosts.
Three beavers have been placed in
City park at Denver and will be spe-
cial feature for the summer season.
Their home will be near the stream of
water back of the animal dens, which
is really the overflow of the small park
lake. Park officials say that several
beavers have been seen about one mile
from Englewood this spring.
A challenge has been issued today
to all the miners of Fremont county
by John DeSlavo, Coal Creek Italian,
inviting them to participate in coal
mining contest with him, and he Of
fers purse of $1,000 for the winner.
He claims to be the best coal digger
in the county and during his seven
teen years residence has averaged be-
tween Sc and 81 day
The Beaver Land and Irrigation Com
pany has selected the name Penrose
for the new townsite to be laid out at
Beaver park, near Canon City. The
place VIII be named after Spencer Pen
rose. one of the promoters of the ir-
rigation enterprise which is reclaiming
1000 acres of land. The townsite en-
braces GAO acres, or one mile square,
and Is In the center of the 1000 acres.
Harry b. Kerr of Denver has been
chosen to fill the position of superin-
tendent of Chicago's anti-cruelty So
ciety at a salary of $1,000. Mr.. Kerr
received his training as humane Of
ficer under T.. X. Whitehead, secre-
tary of the Colorado Bureau OF Child
and Animal Protection, and the record