Gilpin observer., 1909-01-07
STATE news ITEMS

Years eve.
The cornerstone of the new $4,000
city hall at Trinidad was laid on New
Years day.
The juvenile band of Longmont will
play at the meeting of the National
Education Association in Denver next
summer.
The annual business session of the
Colorado State Editorial Association
will be held at the Albany hotel in
Denver Wednesday, January 18th.
The State Board of Health will con-
duct :ts semi-annual examination for
embaimers at the State house in Den
yer Friday, January Sth, at 100 p. m.
The State Land Board has granted
the Fort Lyons Canal Company right
of way through state lands and the
privilege of using 1880 acres for reser-
voir sites.
The cowboys of southeastern Colo
RADIO held their annual banquet and
dance at La Junta on the night
of December 30th. The town was full
of cattlemen.
A syndicate of eastern capitalists
has taken S17, 100000 of the new issue
of Denver & Rio Grande railway bonds.
The proceeds We're used to retire $l5,'
100000 short time notes.
The annual banquet of the alumni OF
the State Normal school at Greeley
was held at the Brown Palace hotel
in Denver on the night of December
30th, about eighty being present.
Secretary Watrous of the Boulder
Commercial Association is in commun-
ication with several large pottery man.
ufactures in the east and the coming
year gives promise of the establish
ment of one or more pottery works in
or near the city.
The State Home for Dependent Chill
dren at Denver has just received the
sum of $1,000 with which to buy toys
for the children. 1t is bequest of the
late Edward C. Howe of Telluride, a
young attorney, who died few
months since
Albert Cree of Manitou and ]. W..
Mullins of Denver have purchased the
Spencer property ON Canon avenue,
Manitou, for about $4,000, and it is
understood that Denver capitalists
are interested in proposition to con-
Struct 100000 winter hotel on the
site.
The Union Pacific railway will put
on another motor car, the second to be
put on the run between Greeley and
Sterling. By connection with north
and southbound trains at La Sale. this
will give two strictly local trains each
way every day between Denver and
Sterling.
A number of citizens have voluntari-
ly contributed the necessary funds for
the purpose of keeping the convicts at
work on the state highway until the
Legislature gets down to business,
when it is expected that a suitable ap-
preparation will be made to continue
the work. The highway will be COM
pleted to the New Mexico line by Jan
uary 18th, with favorable weather.
Major Augustus r. Stewart, a Con-
federate veteran of the Civil War and
a pioneer of Pueblo and Colorado, died
at his home in Pueblo on the 30th ult.,
after an illness of many years. He
was seventy-two years of age and had
resided in Colorado for forty-five years.
At the close of the war he settled in
Boulder and was treasurer of Boulder
county for many years before moving
to Pueblo.
Greeley has an organization of Span
ish-American War veterans numbering 6
thirty members, nearly all of whom
saw service in the Philippines. The
new officers are: Robert l.. Dye, COM
mander; George Robinson, senior vice
commander; Frank S. Reed, junior
vice commander; James Kendel of
Eaton, surgeon: Harry Summerville OF
Eaton, commander of the day, and ii.
L. Mattox, officer of the guard.
The postofiice authorities have
stopped the mails of the Colorado
Sales Company at Grand Junction. the
postmaster general having issued q
fraud order against the company
which it is alleged advertised exten
sively to send twenty-five useful house
hold articles for 25 cents. Several
women are alleged to have put up the
quarter. but never received anything
III return.
A rumor Is in circulation that the
Burlington railway, which recent,
bought the Colorado & Southern, soor
will commence the work of recon
structlng the old Denver & New Or
leans line from Denver to Pueblo, anC
that 1t will be used exclusively II
handling freight The line has beer
abandoned for years between Overtor
and Colorado Springs, but is used fol
light traffic between Colorado Springs
and Denver.
meeting was held at Fort Morgan
December 29th TO organize the bar o
the Thirteenth judicial district. Abou
twenty-five attorneys Of eastern Colo
RADIO were present and after deciding
to organize. the following officers wer,
elected: l.. c. Stephenson, president
S. Il. Naugle. vice president: IrYinl