Gilpin observer., 1909-04-22
COLORADO ITEMS

meeting in Pueblo elected Robert Hig-
gins president and S. F. Reno secre-
tary.
A pie company in Denver has in
stalled an expensive motor-driven de-
livery wagon, dispensing with the serv-.
ices of six horses.
A large delegation from Colorado
will attend the convention of the Ma
tional Retail Grocers, to be held in
Portland, Ore, June End to 7th.
Leadville bakers held conference
and decided to raise the price of bread
from four loaves for quarter to three
loaves for quarter, owing to the in
creased price of flour.
The National Safety Vault Company
has let contract for the erection of a
$4,000 building in Denver inside of
which will be constructed vaults cost
ing $4,000.
The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
company has put corps of surveyors
In the field operating from Palmer
Lake and Monument, with view to
Strengthening several bad curves along
the line between the two points.
Nine of Grand functions ten saloons
closed their doors at midnight of April
18th, not to open them again for two
years, at least, after doing the biggest
days business in their history. The
other claimed the right to run to May
9Th.
The oldest church bell in Greeley,
which rang for service for the Trinity
EniSrnpa1 oh fp, IA i,t1 -fon
has been taken from it's tower for re-
pairs. The bell was presented to the
church by Mary o. Bradford of Cleve-
land, Ohio, August IL, 1875.
Jesse l.. Nusbaum, Greeley boy
twenty years old, supervisor of the
manual training department in the Las
Vegas Normal school, has been ap-
pointed first assistant in the govern
ment Archaeological museum and school
at Santa Fe, N. NJ.
The new city administration of Trim
idad has appointed ]. l.. Boulden city
marshal to succeed Luke Egan, W. o.
Nichols auditor to succeed H. E. Null
nix of Denver, and John Nigro chief
of the fire department, vice Robert
Dougherty, resigned.
The national pure food convention
will be held in Denver August oath TO
9th. Many prominent national and
state officials will attend the meetings
of the convention and it is certain
that DR.. Wiley, father of the pure food
laws, will be. present and deliver an
address
A pamphlet describing Routt county
and 100000 acres of free homestead
lands there awaiting settlement has
been issued by General Traffic Man
ager w. F. Jones of the Moffat road
The railroad. forest reserves, coal
fields and other physical features of
the county are shown in the folder.
civil service examination for tho
positions of food and drug inspectors
will be held at the federal building in
Denver on May 5th and 9Th by the
Civil Service Commission. Questions
as to experience and practical points
will be asked. The salaries of the
inspectors range from $1,000 to 1,SOO
JarGine, who holds the state record
for the half-mile run, won the 1Ols
mile trial heat at Colorado Springs
for the Marathon" to be run Memo.
ria. Day at Denver. He made the dis
tance in 1:12:14. Jamison was Sec
ond, and half dozen others also quail
flied, since they came in within fif-
teen minutes Of Jardine.
Notices are being received by Colo
rado merchants from hosiery and
glove agents of foreign houses asking
the people to petition their senators to
not only defeat the Payne bill, which
was withheld from the vote of the con.
gressmen, but to appeal for cut in
the Dingley tariff rates ON hosiery and
gloves at the same time.
Beginning this spring the Humane
society is to carry on active work in
the education of children regarding the
treatment of dumb animals, and w. r.
Callicotte of Glenwood Springs has
been appointed an agent of the society
especially for the purpose. Mr.. CALI
cote will travel through the state on
visits to the various schools where he
viii give lectures upon the subject.
Group No. l of the Arkansas Valley
Bankers Association has been organ.
ized at Rocky Ford, thirteen banks out
of twenty being represented The fol-
lowing officers were elected: S G..
Scott of Las Animas, president; Chas
w. Beerbohm of La Junta, secretary,
and Jno. r. Cunningham of Rocky Ford,
treasurer. The association will decide
on the character Of chattel mortgages
to be taken on growing beet crops.
The Colorado Prison Association has
authorized Secretary William L. Col
Inns to visit the state penitentiary of
California to investigate employment
given the convicts there despite the
fact that a legislative committee will
do the same. The association wants