The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1883-07-07
COLORADO CORRESPONDENCE.
Denver, Colo, June 9th 1853,

The Grand Army people did not make
the contemplated change in the location
| of their camp which mentioned In my
last letter to the KEYSTONE. There was
= little complication regarding their
right to use the land which they had Sc
| lected for their site and the right to
which had been granted by its owner,
| The Union Pacific Railroad company.
The trouble came from some people who
set up some claim to portion Of the
land and who eviG ntNy did not con-
slider that the services rendered by the
by the members Of the compensation
for weeks residence. Work
upon the camp Was suspended until the
kicking propensities 81 the claimants
OF tile land were melified and subdued.
"van Dervoort" Is the man by which
the camps will he designated.
Commander Van Dervoort, during a
recent vi 1t to this city, stated that
! ne expected ut lenst one hundred thous-
and people would visit this city
dnring the encampment He thought
there would be ten thousand from the
country west of Chicago. There is an
intense enthusiasm among the veterans
on account of the Legislative recognise
1 ton OF the organization, by Colorado, in
the appropriation Of S5i 900 for its use
! and the fact Of the generous gift has set
| tied in the affirmative, whe her or not to
visit the state. In the minds Of thousands
Of members.
Only about three weeks now remains
before the Exposition opens. Mean
i while the work OF arranging space is
being done. Applicants receive no
tice Of their location by means Of dia-
gram OF the building with the particular
place marked upon it. very nice ar
rangement is being made III order that
every inch of the interior OF the building
may be utilized There will be no waste
room, for il the building WAS three times
ms long as at present, it would be filled.
Forth third Exposition, new building
viii be required. The Art Department
will be very important feature OF this
years exhibition Mr. G. Chamberlain,
who has been selected from the ranks Of
professional artists OF this city by its
members will have chnrge of this de-
partmeMt and win make splendid dis
30 ition Of the contributions thereto.
The gallery will be arranged upon n
style similar to that employed in eastern
cities and great taste is being displayed
ia the decoration. In the latter work,
Mr.. Chamberlain is having much assis-
ihsfc. ana the cutlery wftsn : arranged srnessd
will present very grand and pictur-
osque appearance. News from the exhi-
billions in the mineral departments Of
last year coiines your correspondent to
the belief that my predictions regard
ing its magnitude this year, were well
founded.
The Mosonic display will begin here
on the l4th Of August,when the convoca-
tion of the II ,yal Arch Chapter begins.
The session will last for three days.
The fol owing week. the Knights Temp
inr Will arrive. 1t is impossible to pre-
dict how many people the two occasions
i Will bring together but vt the Knights
Templars Terminal Conclave i'll San
Francisco, there are expected some six
thousand visitors and rs the majority
of them come from the East and via Dem
yer that numbers may be pretty clearly
considered an approximate estimate Of
I Sir Knights who will visit the Queen
/ city of the plains.
Denver people are much interested
and happily excited over the success
which has attended the experiments in
boring ARTISAN wells. The wells arc
being sunk in all parts of the city
and tho flow Of water very copious.
One OF the best wells yet struck s UNI
der the Tabor Opera House. The water
from this reaches to the fifth story of the
building. It is hoped that the subter-
ranean supply of water is SO grea tall over
the plains, that the artesian system may
be profitably applied to irrigation In
this city. the water discovery ia great
boom, rs the water furnished through
the pipes OF the Denver Water Company
IN of very poor quality and considered
by many, an unhealthy beverage.