Gilpin observer., 1909-04-01
SCHOOL NOTES.

who belong to the organization known
as the High School Congress, in COM
pany with Supt. Momyer visited the
General Assembly this week. Mr..
Momyer gives US the following in
teresting account Of the trip up to
Wednesday noon.
The High School Congress, twenty
five dignified senators and represen-
tatives, boarded the mornings train,
Tuesday, for a three day holiday
trip. Base ball bats were in evidence
for the Congress readily resolves it.
self into two base ball teams and 3
games were scheduled for this trip.
Miss Gill of the High School and
Pres. Withrow of the High School
committee chaperoned the party as
far as Golden. The Sheriff also
kept an eye on the Congressman but
no arrests were made. At Golden
a game had been scheduled with the
Golden High school, but the town
was out Of gum boots and no game
could be played without boat, hence
the party took the inter-urban for
Denver. About a hundred men were
strung up on telephone poles from
Golden to Denver, not lynched, but
stretching wires. The wires were all
down and a large force will be need
ed for several weeks to repair the
damage done by the recent storm.
Arriving at Denver. the boys punched
together, and later visited the state
museum in the Capitol building. At
o'clock the Congress took the Park
Hill car for the city museum and en-
joyed very delightful afternoon
there. One exhibit of gold specimens
was estimated by Senator Shuck to
be worth a million dollars, but Sena-
tor Mccoy says he doubts 1t. Rep
resentatives Carbis and Reynolds
saw a snake that has lived for
two and half years without any
thing to eat except Denver water.
This water is something wonderful
but 1t is not in 1t with Central wa
ter even If it be good snake food.
The museums at the capitol and at
City Park are very fine and were
greatly enjoyed. Returning to the
city. appointment was made to meet
at the Albany at o'clock and attend
the circus in body. A committee
had selected two rows Of the best
seats in the pavilion and the boys
saw the whole show. Just before
the beginning all of the fellows
made tour of the circus stables
and saw all the horses. The Armour
teams were especially admired. Rep
resentative Carbis said they alone
were worth the price Of admission.
They were six fine grays that would
be hard to equal. Wednesday fore
noon the boys visited the Senate.
The Senate appeared to be playing
house and wasting time. Senator
O'Connell was one of the few ex-
ceptions.
A senator would get the floor and his
fellow members would ask him a
hundred fool questions, that were
plainly irrelevant and time wasters.
The whole push with few except
ions ought to be fired out and a new
bunch elected. At eleven the boys
adjourned from the Capitol circus to
the circus parade on 16 street, which
was the real thing. This letter was
written at noon Wednesday. This
afternoon we are to visit the House
OF Representatives. At two o'clock
we are invited to see how the Den
yer Post Is printed, at s O'Clock this
evening we shall see the stars
through the great telescope at Cham
berlain Observatory. Thursday morn
ing, we may visit the General AS
sembly again and Thursday afternoon
one of the base ball teams will play
the Industrial school on the Industrial
school grounds. We understand that
the Industrial school defeated Col
den high by score Of about 4 to1
and Golden defeated West Denver
high by a score Of about 8 to 1.
That means that we are up against
the hardest base ball proposition in
the high school class In the state
Neverless, Manager John Anderson
says we shall win, SO be 1t.