The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-09-21
DENVER.

Six years ago Denver was smart
town Of perhaps $4,000 or $4,000 in.
habitants. all very busy. Today it is
handsome. well-built, bustling city
Of three times that size, and doing an
immense trade-over thirty million
dollars per year. Besides tho resident
population, there are present here four
or five thousand tourists, coming and
going. during the summer season at
least. They spend q good deal of
money here one way and another. and
make hotel business good. David A.
Gage. formerly city treasurer Of Chica-
go..i managing the Grand Central. and
makes successful landlord. He was
ut one time considered among the
wealthicst, and certainly one Of the
most popular, men in the great western
metropolis; but the panic troubles Of
1873 broke him down badly. and he
camo here to begin over again. Mining
is and will continue to be. the over
shadowing interest Of this State. and
this city, which as tho great supply
center. will continue to grow and pros.
per. Towns like Lesdville may spring
up in night. ~ it were. and grow
amazingly for q time. but they must
soon reach the limit perhaps ultimate
ly die-while here there is the substan-
tisl basis Of commercial growth. Yet
it is not the place for professional men
or for the unemployed to come Every
avenue Of business is full. and many OF
the professions are overcrowded. OF
lawyers. for instance. Denver has nearly
200. which is three times rs many as are
needed. Since 1859 about So, O00, 900
OF silver have been taken out of the
mines OF Colorado. Last year the
amount mined was over $4,000, 900,
and this year it 10 expected to reach
~, 600. 600. There are mines IN all the
old districts. about Georgetown. Cen
trail City, Fairplay. and in tho San
Jaun region. paying well; not develop
ing sudden fortunes like the Leadville
carbonates. but which pay their workers
fair wages und profits.
There is considerable timber left in.
the world yet. A late report OF the
English Government on the timber
supply Of their colonies states that
Nova Scotia has 9,00e. 900 acres; Onta.
rio. lS0. 100000 acres; Quebec, 73.7ll,.
III acres; New Brunswick. 6,000, 900
acres; British Columbia, lie, 1000. 600
acres-aggregating total Of 37S, ILL.,
III acres. Forest fires have caused
much destruction in all these places.
In Australia stops have been taken to
replant portions Of forest land aud TO
protect the remainder. Baron Won
Mueller, OF Melbourne, is taking the
lead in this work.
Some recent statistics on the subject
of the cattle and sheep in some of the
important grazing regions Of tho world
arc as follows: Uruguay, with popu-
lation Of 0o,000. has 6.0o0. 900 cattle
and 100000 sheep: the Argentine
Confederation. with 1000, 900 inhabi.
tants, had in 1878. according TO official
announcement, $4,000. 900 head of cat
tie and so, COO, goo of sheep. There are
no available statistics for the table
lands of Brazil aud central South
America. Australia and New Zealand
are estimated at 6.00o, 900 cattle and
6l.0Oo.ooo sheep.
A negro lay on his back asleep q. Ss.
Ion. Co.. with his bare feet uplifted on
. log. A hunter made a wager with .
companion tina. he gould. a, twenty
PAGES, put bullet through one of the
sleeper's bi: toes He sho, and won
but the negro has sued him fer dam