Gilpin observer., 1909-04-29
STATE NEWS ITEMS

24tn, $l5,UUU In bonds were voted for
new school buildings, one in town and
two in the country.
Judge James Garrigues at Greeley
has approved the petition for issuance
of $3,OOO,0O0 in bonds by the Henry
lyn Irrigation district.
M. Craffey has begun the erection in
Denver of the largest broom factory
west of the Missouri river, represent
ing an investment of 100000.
R. X. Ingledow, employed in the Glo-
rietta shaft of the Vindicator No. 2
mine at Victor, was caught in cavein
on April 23rd and sustained very Sc
rious injuries.
Vernon McKelvey, a ranchman, has
begun the construction of small
reservoir to cost $1,000 on his ranch
near Lucerne. The water will be used
to irrigate 600 acres of land.
George X. Hart, Rio Grande engi-
neer, has brought suit at Pueblo for
$4,000 damages against the road :or
injuries he alleges he received in .Au-
gust 1907, on the Celtic branch.
Former Adjutant General Bulkeley
Wells has been given recognition of
his services to the state by being
placed on the retired list, with the
rank of brigadier general.
Unless their demands are met IA
vorably the Brewery Workers of Den
yer will walk out on May 1st. They
expect the Bottlers, Wagon Drivers
and other brewery employees to accom-
pany them, thus making a complete
tie-up in that line of business.
State Printing Commissioner George
Hosmer announces that the bill for
printing during the last legislative ses-
sion amounted to S29,133.27. 1t cost
$1,632 to print the report of the Bar
ela-Beshoar contest. The largest item
in the bill was $500, for 1000 ready
reference files.
The bill regulating the practice of
veterinary surgery has been signed
by Governor Shafroth. Veterinary
surgeons must hereafter pass examina-
tions given by a state board, or bear
the certificate of some recognized vet
erinary college, before they can prac-
tice in the state of Colorado.
TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars will be
offered for prizes by the Chamber of
Commerce of Denver and other COM
mercial bodies for the Colorado Ma
tional Apple Exhibition to be held in
the Auditorium from December 9Th to
18th, according to Secretary Clinton
L. oliver of the Colorado State Horti-
cultural Society.
The executors Of the Stratton es.
tate have turned over to the trustees
for the Myron Stratton home about
$4,000, 900 worth of securities, all OF
the estate except $780, 900, which is re.
tanned in view Of the litigation still
pending. The action thus taken in
court means that the Myron Stratton
home will soon be built A site for the
home is now being selected.
Two appointments have been made
and five retirements ordered in high
places in the Colorado National Guard
Adjutant General John Chase, with
the approval of Governor Shafroth,
named Charles B. Carlisle, son of
| James Carlisle, former state treasurer,
to be inspector general, and DR.. T. E.
Carmody to be surgeon general. The
appointments take effect at once.
Never in the history of northern
| Colorado was there as much snow in
the foothills as now. Irrigationists
who have been investigating the depth
say streams will run bank-full by carly
summer, and fill every reservoir in the
entire region. In Estes Park and at
the headwaters of the Poudre snow is
banked five to ten feet deep in the
foothills and farther back it is twenty
to thirty feet deep.
The United States government
wants fifty clerks for the forestry SER
vice, many Of the positions in this
state being open at the present time.
Werner w. Campbell, secretary of the
board of civil service examiners, an
nounces that examinations for the po
J sitions will be held in Denver on June
| 10th. The applicants will be examined
in the ordinary common school studies,
stenography and typewriting.
At Greeley April oath the Weld
County Fair Association elected thir
teen directors and the stockholders
recommended that Chester Blunt be
made president and d. j. March, man
ager The association will be capital
lied at $4,000. The plan Is to make
the fair an annual event, and to put
the association on strictly business
basis. This years fair will occur Sep
tember 1st-4th, when the Northern Col
orado Circuit race meet is scheduled
at Greeley.
Governor Shafroth has signed s. B.
PIT, by Senator Irby, making it obliga.
tory for railway corporations which
have named their general headquar-
ters in their articles OF incorporation,
II filed in Colorado, to keep them here