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Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
SPORT.

The Australian swimmer, Long
worth, covered 12l yards in one min
ute and five seconds at Sydney, n.
S. w. This is new worlds record.
Kid Mccoy, the one-time clever light
heavyweight, is to try the come
back" stunt again. For some time past
there have been mumbings about Kid
McCoy's financial condition. Broke
again." said rumor.
frankie Burns of Jersey City, the
national bantamweight champion, and
All Lynch, bantamweight champion
of Canada, fought fifteen rounds to a
draw at New Haven. Lynch was sew
eral times in distress, but rallied anil
finished strong.
Jack Daugherty, the former jockey.
of San Francisco. knocked out
young" Scott, of Memphis, in the
fifth round of fight held before the
Irish h-American Athletic Club in Kan
sas City. The fighters are feather
weights.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
GEN e RAJ.

Four persons are dead and one Is
dying as the result of drinking wool
alcohol by mistake at Horton, n. Y.
Chicago.-Twenty-seven members of
the Chicago American baseball club
have departed for Mineral Wells, Tex.
Washington.-John Lee Carroll, gov.
ernor of the state of Maryland from
1876 to 1850, died at his home. in
Washington.
Damage to strawberries and other
| crops i'll Louisiana, as a result of re-
cent cold weather will reach half a
million dollars.
Mrs. o. II. p. Belmont has an.
nounced that she would open within a
short time a school in New York for
teaching girls to farm.
Hazleton, Pa. Supposed to have
been caused by the explosion of a
lamp, fire burned two houses at One
dia and five persons perished.
AS the result of mutiny, seventy.
seven students. mostly third class
men. at the Lexington, Virginia Mill
=
President Taft has accepted an invi.
tated to attend the dedication cere-
monies of the National Home of the
Printing Pressmen and Assistants
union in June next. The home is now
being completed at Hale Springs,
Tenn. Col. Theodore Roosevelt and
w. j. Bryan also have been invited.
Mrs. Maldwin Drummond, formerly
Mrs. Marshall Field. Jr., of Chicago.
was robbed of fortune in jewels
aboard a transatlantic liner. Dia.
monds, pearls and other gems to the
value OF approximately S130,00O dlsap.
peared from her stateroom on the
steamship Amerika of the Hamburg.
American line.
Edward Mahoney, district passen-
ger agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul railroad, says that two solid
steel trains Of the most modern con-
struction, carrying Milwaukee" sleep.
ing cars, will be operated each way,
from Chicago to Seattle, beginning
May 2Sth.
Increased activity in the securities
OF the so-called Gould railway compa.
MES served to again call attention to
rumors of further absorption of these
properties by Standard Oil-Kuhn Loeb
interest. a step which was marked re.
Gently with George Gould's announce.
ment of his forthcoming retirement
from from the presidency of the Mis-.
souri, Pacific.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
w EST ERN

For fully fifteen minutes recently 1t
in twenty years.
Governor Carroll vetoed the Oregon
primary bill which had passed bota
houses of the Iowa Legislature.
The President has rendered TO Rep
resentative Albert f. Dawson of Iowa
the office of secretary to the Presi'
dent
Premature explosion of dynamite
blast on the bank of the Columbia
rived at the Dalles, Ore, killed four
workmen.
The first considerable furry OF
snow in San Francisco in fifteen years
gave the youngsters OF the city a
chance to play for few minutes at
snow ballng. The heights around San
Francisco remained white for half an
hour.
With worlds records broken for rap
id and low cost of construction, the bor-
ing of the great five-mile Elizabeth
tunnel, the most important feature OF
the new s26,0O0,000 municipal water
project of Los Angeles has been COM
pleted.
Information has been received in El
Paso of the wreck of El Paso & South
western-Rock Island Chicago express,
near Pasturea. n. NJ. The engine and
four cars left the track and were over
turned A number of passengers were
injured.
Blowing out one side of the build
ing and wrecking the safe, robbers
stole between 1000 and $4,000 from
the First State bank OF Barry, Texas
The robbers escaped with stolen rig
which was found abandoned at Cor
sicana.
Announcement was made by Harri-
man officials that work would begin
Immediately upon 103 miles of railway
between Spokane and Aver junction
for the Oregon Railway and Naviga-
ton Company, part of the Hartman
system. The cost will be s4,000000,
The House passed the new capitol
building bill, which makes Olympia
the permanent capital Of Washington,
establishes the group plan of construc-
ton and provides for the immediate
erection by the State Capitol Commits
sion of Temple of Justice, to cost
$35O,000
A battle lasting three hours was
fought at Reno, Ney., between a posse
OF state police and band OF Indians
suspected of the murder Of four
wealthy ranchmen in January. Four
Indian bucks, two squaws and two chill
dren were killed and one squaw and
three children captured.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
WEEKS NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS

Lieutenant S. B. West, L. S. A., of
Port Davis, Alaska was frozen to
death while stalking trail five miles
from Tishou.
Suicide by poison as method of of
ficial execution is provided in bill
submitted to the Nevada State Legis-
lature by the code commission. The
suicide clause, which is part of the
proposed criminal practice act drawn
up by the commission, provides that a
criminal condemned to death may
take his choice between hanging and
suicide. If he elects the latter meth
cd. the state Will furnish him bottle
of hydrocyanic acid, one drop of which
will produce instant death, and permit
him to take the poison. If he fails to
do so, hanging will be resorted to. p
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
MiIIiken Gets Flour Mill.

Milliken.-Articles of incorporation
for the organization of the Royal Mill
ing and Elevator Company, with a cap.
italization of $25O,OOO were filed with
the state secretary in Denver with
George A. Hodgson as president; DAY.
id Roberts, vice president and general
manager; R. NJ. Benton, secretary
treasurer, and J. w. Haskett and
George B. Lang as the other two di-
rectors. The purpose of the company
is to erect FIGURING and cereal 1lill
at Milliken, on the Denver, Laramia Il
Northwestern railroad, with a daily
capacity of 500 barrels. Work On the
erection of the mill, which is to cost
in the neighborhood of $4,000 will be
commenced at once, and the mill will
be completed in time to take care of
the present years crops.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
Ruef Must Go to Pen.

San Francisco.-Whata appears to be
the last hope of Abraham Ruef, po-
litical boss of San Francisco during
the regime of Mayor Eugene L.
Schmitz, of escaping his sentence OF
fourteen years in San Quentin, was
dissipated when the State Supreme
Court vacated its recent order grant
ing Ruef a rehearing. Ruef was con.
victed on one of the seventy-odd indict'
ments charging bribery of supervisors
returned during the bribery graft in
vestigation in 1907 financed by Ru.
dolph Spreckels and conducted by
Francis ]. Heney and William j..
Burns.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02

The agricultural appropriation bill
has been reported to the Senate. 1t
carries s16,9S0,I96, an increase of
s256,6S5 over the amount of the bill
as it was passed by the House.
So probable is it that an extra ses-
sion will be necessary to get action on
the Canadian reciprocity agreement,
that President Taft has fixed April 4th
as the date such session may be
called.
The House completed the naval ap-
preparation bill and will pass it. AS
agreed to when read for amendment, it
provides for two new battieships, two
fleet collers, eight torpedo boat de-
stroyers and four submarine torpedo
boats.
During January 36,361 immigrants
were admitted to the United States
24.120 men and 1924 women. OF this
total 6,054 were Hebrews, the largest
number of any race. Southern Italy
furnished the next largest number.
5,377.
The new Japanese treaty of trade
and navigation was ratified after a
two hours executive session of the
Senate. While the apprehension OF
Western senators that the treaty
might let down the bars TO coole la
Dor was not entirely removed, these
senator's contented themselves with
expressing their solicitude. They in
terposed no objection to ratification
Two resolutions asserting the exist.
ence of monopolsuc control of the cof-
fee market by Brazilian producing
interest. and American and European !
Interested with them, and calling re-
spectively upon the president and the
attorney general to report whether
any investigation of the matter has
been instituted by the government,
have been introduced in Congress.
The House committee on insular af-
fairs has unanimously agreed to a re-
port on the Martin friar lands resolu-
tion, completely generating the Phil
ippines commission and all other Off
GERS connected with the transaction
complained of, "of al criticism for
selling and leasing public lands and
friar lands to persons not citizens of
the islands, and in tracts greater than
specified in the statute of 1902"
President Taft has made 1t plain
that he will not be deferred from his
determination to call an extra session
of Congress to secure action on the
Canadian reciprocity agreement by
any vote which the Senate may take
on the question unless it is plain to
him that such vote is real test on
the merits of the agreement and not
merely an attempt to avoid an extra
session.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
Minor Mention.

John Stokes, one of Pueblos oldest
citizens, Is dead.
Joseph S. Beaman, a pioneer of Gill
pin county died at Central City.
VIM. A. Lowrey. was recently held
up in Denver and robbed of SIS.
William c. Williams has been reap
pointed postmaster at Fowler.
Virgil w. Stoddard. a pioneer of
Loveland. died suddenly at his home.
1t is probable Denver will get the
National Republican convention in
1912.
Mrs. Alden Cantonwine, a pioneer of
Longmont, is dead. She was AZ years
old.
A baseball team is being organized
in Grand junction to play the Boston
Red SoX.
The Denver police are endeavoring
to put stop to gambling among
Greek residents.
Work on the new elevator at Wat
tenburg, capacity 10000 bushels, will
be commenced.
Mayor Ogden Whitlock, pioneer
and veteran of Civil War, is dead at
Colorado Springs.
In the Telluride mining section
there is from eight to thirty feet of
snow on the level
The last work on the Orchard Mesa
irrigation system, Grand Junction, has
been completed.
For every $4,000 tons of coal mined
last year in Colorado the life of min
er was sacrificed.
A branch of the American Breeders
Association has been organized by
stockmen of Colorado.
Freeman Butler, aged &c, pioneer
of that section, died at his home near
Windsor, of paralysis.
The Wellington section is enjoying
the novelty of sleighing for the first
time in several years.
Mrs. Mary ]. Highly, aged 10, and
one of the pioneers of the Greeley dis
trict, died of pneumonia.
Ernest Manson, aged 6S, a pioneer
of Gilpin county, was found dead in
bed at his home in Denver.
A dozen Russian families who left
Weld county for their native land are
returning to work in the beet fields.
The low rate on smudge oil made by
the railroads for the Arkansas valley,
will remain effective only until April
18th.
The students of the Grand Junction
high school have set March 18th as
the date for the first cross-country
run.
Drillers al the oil well, a mile east
of Lamar, have penetrated the oil
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
SENATE DEFEATS
POPULAR VOTE
PLAN TO ELECT SENATORS BY
THE PEOPLE is
DOWNED.
UnTc cTnnn "a Tn %
VOTE STOOD So TO 80
ATTEMPT TO AMEND BILL WAS
RULED OUT OF
ORDER.

Washington.-The Senate defeated
the resolution proposing an amend.
ment to the constitution to provide
that senators be elected by direct vote
OF the people.
Fifty-four senators stood for the
resolution and thirty-three against it
Though this division showed so large
a majority to favor popular election,
the number was not sufficient by four
to carry the motion, which required a
two-thirds vote.
Immediately after the reading of
the journal, the popular election reso-
luton was taken up. SO long had the
resolution been before the Senate and
so carefully had the membership been
canvassed by its supporters and Its
opponents, that it was recognized from
the moment the question was brought
up that it would go down to defeat.
Though it had been understood that
debate would be shut off on the meas
ure when called up, Senator Bacon.
who has opposed the resolution as al
tered under the Sutherland amend
ment, placing control of the elections
in the hands of Congress, hoped to
have an amendment adopted that
might render the measure acceptable
to some of the Southern senators.
His effort was to provide that federal
supervision of the elections should
apply only in those states wherein
the legislatures had failed to desig
nate the manner and method of hold.
ing the elections.
Vice President Sherman ruled the
Bacon amendment out of order and
the roll call was begun. When Sena-
tor Gallinger's name was reported his
answer was AYE" Looks of surprise
We're exchanged by senators, for the
long debates on the question had de.
veloped no more inveterate enemy to
the resolution than the New Hamp-
shire senator.
The clerk had received several more
responses before it occurred to Mr..
Gallinger that something was wrong.
He arose in some haste and had his
name shifted to the nays.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02

sand and will shoot the we'll in a few
days.
Two thoroughbred Llewellyn set
ters, valued at $4,000 and belonging to
Chas. Woodford of Pueblo, have been
stolen.
Mrs. Eta Smart, cashier in dry
goods store in Colorado Springs. has
been arrested charged with theft of
$4,000.
The smallest baby ever born In
Mesa county is that of Mrs. c. Bower
of Creston. The girl weighs 2k
pounds.
An election providing bond issue
of $24,50o for the erection of new
high school building was held in Grand
Junction recently.
A. Hughes, farmer residing near
Boone, has been awarded damages of
SIS against the Twin Lakes Land and
Water Company.
Thos. jenkins and Eugene Hawkey,
two boys who were lost in the Royal
Gorge during "a recent snowstorm
have been found
The first day of the booster cam
paign of the Boulder Commercial AS
sociation resulted in the acquisition of
eighty new members, three being
women.
Through recent arrests the authori-
ties think they have broken up a band
of thieves who have stolen thousands
of dollars worth of goods from the
Burlington yards in Denver
A district meeting of the Religious
Educational. Association will be held
in Greeley April 9th to 10th. 1t will
be the first of its kind held in this
section of the United States.
With every bone broken in their
bodies, as result of an accident in
the Anchoria-Leland mine at Cripple
Creek, George Murcray and John Hook
have been brought to the surface.
In the Fuller crosscut from the
Roosevelt drainage tunnel at Cripple
Creek, crevice encountered is flow
ing 500 gallons of water a minute
This is the first watercourse met in
the crosscut.
The grand jury that held sessions in
Denver couple of months ago made
sad mess of things. Practically
every indictment of significance re-
turned by that body has been quashed
in the District Court.
A new organization, the Greeley
Commercial band. has been organized
and will work in conjunction with the
Greeley Commercial club.
The Weld County Poultry Associa-
ton has decided to remain a separate
organization and not become a part
of the Northern Colorado Poultry As
sociation.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
Train Robbed in ST. Louis.

st. Louis.-Two masked and heav-
lily armed robbers held up the express
car on an Iron Mountain train within
the city limits, escaping with several
packages and the money box, which
they removed from the safe after
binding and gaggng the messenger.
That the train robbers obtained a
large amount of money is believed,
though no approximation of the sum
has been obtained.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
Arkansas Valley Wants Farm.

Pueblo.-Pueblo business men and
farmers of the Arkansas valley are
moving in the matter of obtaining the
nection with the state reformatory at
Buena Vista. Representative II. A.
Mcintyre of Pueblo is preparing to
present to the General Assembly the
plan proposed by Arkansas valley peo-
pie, and he will, as soon as the bill
comes up, have complete figures show
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
FOREIGN.

The shaft of the silver mine owned
by Cyrus w. Baker of Denver, at
Winnipeg, is now down fifty feet and
the ore is improving in value.
The foreign office announces that
China's answer to four out of the six
points of the Russian note relative to
the treaty of 1881 is wholly satisfac.
tory and that the remaining two can
be easily adjusted. Further pressure
on China. it is said, is not contemplat.
ed
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
Home of Poultry Raisers.

Grand Junction.-The Grand valley
is becoming famed as the home of the
poultry raiser. Some fruit growers
are blaming the low prices of eggs to
the campaign for some new crop to
take the place of fruit in an off year.
Now everyone is experimenting with
poultry and the valley has been flood
ed with eggs with the result that the
price has gone lower than in twenty
years.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
Attempt to Stop Gambling.

New York.-The scheme of bet
ting syndicate to introduce pool sell
ing into baseball games of the Ma.
tional and American Leagues will be
promptly and thoroughly investigated
by federal and state authorities here
and it is not unlikely that it will be
stopped.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
Construction Work eeuins.

La Salle.-Japanese are loading
steel rails to ship for the Bent-Fort
Collins line. Steel will be laid imme
diately and construction pushed to
have this branch line ready for the
transportation of fall crops.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
Ladies Weld Spade and Pick.

Grover-Tired of waiting for the men
of the congregation to provide a new
church, the women of the Ladies' Aid
society began excavating for the new
building, each welding a spade with
good results. The unique sight drew
the men, who were rapidly impressed
on the excavation. The society will
push the work
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
Biggest Snow in 2e Years.

Fort Collins.-Prosperity for north
ern Colorado is assured by the biggest
snowstorm for twenty-siX years. 1t
has been showing several days and
there have fallen 1874 inches, accord
ing to the weather bureau at the ex-
pertinent station of the Agricultural
college
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
Converts Brave Icy Water.

Notwithstanding raging snow
storm and the bitter cold, eight con-
verts of the Christian church here, five
women and three men, waded out
into the Crystal river, Tending off ice
cakes with their hands, and were bap-
tized.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
Complete Road July list.

Greeley. - The GreeleyHudson
branch of the Burlington railroad will
be completed by July 1st, next, also
the date set for the completion ,of the
ellington-Cheyenne branch. The in
formation was given out from reli-
able source. Work with a large force
of men is going on along the yelling
ton branch and active work on the
Hudson soon will be started.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
stop Making Gold Coin.

washingtoG-The mints will ston
making gold coins as soon as Presi.
dent Taft signs he bill which Con
gress has passed permitting the soc.
retary OF the treasury to issue gold
certificates against gold bullion and
foreign gold coin.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
Federal BuiIdino Soon.

Greeley.-It is expected that work
on the new federal building will begin
early next summer and that it will be
duplicate of the recently completed
federal building at Kearney, Neb.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
DenomInatlonaI Puzzle.

OSHoiH'Hdtiohai Tuxxto.
The wife of prominent Unitarian
clergyman is still wondering what her
cook meant. She was a new cook, and
there was every reason to believe she
was good cook. At any rate, she
had unquestionably served in good
families. and she brought the best Of
references. Nevertheless. her new
mistress did not hesitate to give her
n few instructions.
One thing want you to remsm.
ber, Nellie" said she. "is the way We
like our oatmeal. Don't leave It va.
terry. But we don't like 1t hard and
dry, either"
Trust me. num- responded the
cook, confidently. '1'll get It right,
never fear. I've worked in Unitarian
families before"
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
Potato Shipments,

Greeley.-Cold weather has no eff
feet on the shipments of potatoes out
here now, as the old method of heating
potato cars with stoves has been re-
placed by packing of paper and
straw with splendid results.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
Erie Starts camnaian.

Erie.-For the purpose of developing
thousands of acres of unoccupied farm
land in the vicinity of Erie into sub
stantial farming district the Erie Com
mercial Club will start an aggressive
campaign.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
Chinese Kill Jan,

st. Petersburg.-In fight near
Mukden between Chinese and Jap
anese who are enforcing anti-plague'
precautions along the Antung railway
several japanese were killed.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
Hammond Coronation Ambassador.

notwithstanding of State
Knox has announced that John Hays
Hammond would represent the United
States as special ambassador at the
court of st. James at the coronation
OF King George Y. next June.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
One Happy Condition.

Wireless is wonderful thing. isnr
It? It's going to take the place
of everything = telegraph. telephone.
thought transference-why, they even
transmit newspaper photographs that
way"
Eyes. but there's one thing thsyu
never do with wireless"
Whats that?"
"Wire-pulling."
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02

The society ladies of Montrose, who
compose the membership of the Civic
Improvement League, will turn scav-
engers this spring to demonstrate to
the public that it is possible " keep
city alleys clean and slightly.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
Strawberries Frosted

Amite City, La.-Damage to straw
berries and other crops in this vicinity
as result of cold weather the last
few days will reach half million dol
lars.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
Is Mennonite Minister.

Miss Anna j. Allebach is the drst
woman to be elected a minister Of the
Mennonite church in this country. a.
though there are two women In Hob
land acting In that capacity. She u
president Of the New York University
Philosophical society. Her ordination
took place on January Is In Philadel
Dhia
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
Bandits Loot Illinois Bank.

Sterling, Ill.-Robbers entered
bank at Walnut, ILL.,, and, after break.
ing into the safe, escaped with be.
tween $2,0p0 and $4,000.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
COLORADO STATE. NEWS

ing the residents in that valley be-
lieve they can save the state great
deal of money.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
WASHINGTON.

Confirmation of press dispatches
telling of battle between the Nevada
state police and twelve Shoshone In.
dlans has been received in Washing.
ton.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02

Have to Pull Them In.
Ella-There are Just as good nsh
In the sea
Stella-But you have to have . pull
to land them.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02

A woman always fears she won't be
in time for the bargain sale.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02

SOUTHERN IDAHO FARM BARGAIN
lmprov cd Irrigated Por ncre Sl7.50 cash, balAnQ4
S.05 annually eight years. Good buildings feneeAs
re- sns ,an M oor AZ
graip,, Write for full descriptiop and Phot9yrspfk
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02
Climatic ConversatIon

Climatic Conversation.
THE weather is always convent
ent topic OF conversation"
81 don't thtink SO. You are 30 often
compelled to think twice in order 70
select polite phraseology."
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-02

The measure OF what we love and
admire is the measure Of our own
worth.-Dobson.