Gilpin observer., 1909-04-22
WESTERN NEWS,

Judge George w. Bailey, former JUS
tice of the Supreme Court of Colorado,
died at his home in Fort Collins April
18th from diabetis.
w. A. Harris, former United States
senator for Kansas, has declined the
position of president of the Colorado
State Agricultural College.
Several thousand slot machines in
San Francisco into which it was de-
clared more than $1,OOO,OOO month is
placed will be abolished after July 1st
The highest price paid for cash
wheat in ST. Louis in thirty-one years
was reported on the 14th inst, when
sales of No. 2 red were made at $1.47
to $1.50.
The Cudahy Packing company at
Kansas City, Kas., has been indicted
on the charge of defrauding the gov
ernment out of $4,000 in revenues on
colored oleomargarine.
Governor johnson of Minnesota has
signed the anti-cigarette bill which
makes it a misdemeanor to manufac-
ture, sell or give away cigarettes or
cigarette papers within the state.
Hogs reached the highest local mar
ket quotations since 1898 at the Ma
tional stockyards in East st. Louis on
the 18th inst. The best grades sold
for $500 hundred weight
This years automobile touring sea-
son will probably result in more mo-
torists making the West the scene of
their travels than any previous year
since the automobile gained it's popu-
larity as touring vehicle.
The new speedway from Salt Lake
City to Saltair, distance of about fif-
teen miles, is expected to be complet-
ed about May 80. 1t will be entirely
free from curves and angles and when
completed will cost approximately
$4,000.
A prohibition bill has passed the
Missouri House for passenger trains,
making it unlawful to drink or expose
intoxicating liquors on passenger
trains in Missouri or to ride on a
passenger train in an intoxicated con-
dition. The penalty is fine of from
SIS to $25.
1t is stated that an army balloon
corps will be used during the maneu-
vers at Fort Des Moines Sept. goth to
26th. The aeronaut drills will be IN
der the direction of Captain Ouray and
the equipment will include dirigi5le
balloon of latest model. Attacks upon
an imaginary battleship will be made.
Donald Boyd was convicted at Mount
Vernon, Wash, on the 10th inst, of
kidnapping Patrick Mccoy, a wealthy
Seattle lumberman, In the woods near
Bow last autumn, with the intention
of holding him for a ransom. I'm
der the statute Boyd will receive an
indeterminate sentence of from 5 to
20 years in the penitentiary.
The Atchison, Topeka G. Santa Fe
Railway Company has applied to the
Kansas railroad commission for Ter
mission to isue $73,000,00O common
stock. The Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific railway also has asked permis-
sion to issue $220,000 refunding bonds
to take up the Choctaw, Oklahoma &
Gulf equipment trust bonds.
The lower house of the Missouri leg
islature,, by vote of sc to 81, passed
a resolution to submit prohibition
amendment to the vote
of the people November, 1910. The
measure must be acted on by the Sen
ate. If the amendment is adopted it |
will close all saloons, breweries and
distilleries in the state 1t is to take |
effect January /, 1913.
1t is stated that an investigation con.
Quoted by the Des Moines Tubercular |
Association, at Des Moines, Ia. has re. |
suited in the discovery that six out Of |
every ten children examined are in |
fected with tuberculosis. The major |
ity of the cases are incpient, but in |
many the disease has progressed far.
The association is considering estab- |
fishing a children's tubercuar camp |
this summer. 1t Is proposed to isolate |
Infected children to prevent further
spread of the disease.