Gilpin observer., 1910-01-27
STATE NEWS ITEMS


torium February 23rd to 26th.
Walter A. Peterson has been ap-
pointed Swedish vice consul at Den.
yer to succeed H. R.. Salgaard, re-
signed.
The sale of Red Cross tuberculosis
stamps in Colorado during the holiday
season amounted to 25O,OO0 at cent
a stamp. or $4,000.
J. W.Austin, one of the pioneer placer
miners of Georgetown and the first
park commissioner of Denver, died at
the home of his son in Denver on the
18th inst.
A Milwaukee dispatch says that
Deacon" Koehler, coach at the Uni
versity Of Denver, has matriculated
at Marquette University as a medical
student. a. -
chapter house in Denver January 21st
In commemoration of the founding of
the Episcopal church in Colorado fifty
years ago.
A national park 100000 acres in ex-
tent and including Estes Park is pro-
vided for in bill prepared for intro
duction by Sentor Hughes and Con-
gressman Taylor.
Addison X. Ladue, former clerk Of
Lincoln county. having held that Of
flee for eighteen years, died at his
home in Hugo on the 18th INST, of
Bright's disease
A. F. Wuensch, a prominent Colo
RADIO mining engineer of Denver, died
suddenly of heart disease in the lobby
of the Alvarado hotel at Albuquerque,
New Mexico, January 22nd.
]. E. Maloney of Littleton has been
appointed secretary of the state high
way commission. The salary is $4,000
a year and the law requires that the
appointee shall hold a certificate of a
qualified civil engineer.
By vote of about 2k to /, the tax
payers of school district No. IL, COM
prising most of Colorado Springs,
voted to issue bonds of 100000 for
new buildings and $4,000 for sites.
Out of several thousand voters, but
354 went to the polls.
English sparrows are charged with
having eaten part of the brick walls
of house in Colorado City, necessitat
ing the application of cement cover
ing. Investigation shows that the
brick is made of shale containing fish
bones, evidently of prehistoric ages.
The poultry show at Denver was
highly successful and plans are al
ready on foot for larger exhibit next
year. An appropriation of $4,000 will
be raised to further the poultry indus.
try of the state and an attempt will
be made to secure the Auditorium for
the 1911 exhibition.
The Palmer estate has filed a plat
in Ell Paso county for the Randall
reservoir, to be built at some future
time, at an estimated cost of $449, 900.
The reservoir, which will have ca.
pacity of 100000 gallons, will draw
it's water supply from Jimmy Camp
creek, near the Palmer home at Glen
Eyrie. -4. .....-.
The Otero irrigation district has let
a contract FIR widening it's ditch. Ce.
ment headgates will be constructed
ty 500 cubic feet per second. which
will supply $4,000 acres. The farm.
ers recently voted for bond issue Of
$150000 with which to enlarge the
canal and build a storage reservoir.
Several parties OF Union Pacific
engineers who have been working on
surveys for a new line from Denver
| to Fort Morgan are reported to have
| completed their labors and to have
finally selected the route. This line
will cut thirty-eight miles from the
distance from Denver to Chicago via
Union Pacific and will serve an unde.
veloped country in Colorado immedi.
ately to the northwest Of Denver.
At meeting held in the Pueblo
Chieftain office at which eleven cities
were represented. the Colorado State
Baseball league was launched with the
election of A. D. Runyon Of Denver as
10 as secretary-treasurer. The new
league will be composed of eight
towns. which are Denver. Pueblo, Colo
RADIO Springs, La Junta, Trinidad. Fort
Collins, Cheyenne and Cripple Creek
At the meeting of the Retail Mer
| chants Association Of Colorado a,
Fort Collins, w. r. Cherrier OF Den
yer was elected president. The othel
officers are: First vice president, S
ID. Carlton. Pueblo; second vice presi
dent, John B. Thomas, Gold Hill;
third vice president, C. w. Zepp, For
Collins; fourth vice president. A. Il
Wadsworth, Grand Junction. Greeley
was selected as the next place o.
meeting.
In order to ascertain what Greeley
needs in the way OF new postoffice
Senator Guggenheim has asked thu
supervising architect Of the treasur.
to make report upon conditions ant
has also written to Attorney II. Z
Churchill at Greeley for statemen