Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-28

MOTEL CHATS
DIR. &. j. Reynolds IL CoioradoS Springs
was smoking M after dinner cigar in
The Morton yesterday and between
puffs chafted for q few moments on
Coiorado's beautiful winter resort Said
he: In the past three years Colorado
Springs has made vast strides in the
way Of improvements. | don't know
how many sandstone blocks have been
put up in that time, but they cost sew
cral millions You know they are made
Of the red stone which Is quarried near
Manitou and which 10 very eft, Tut
turns hard ~ flint when exposed to the
atmosphere. We have one 81 the finest
systems 1T electric railWays In the coun-
Colorado City, the old capital Of the
state. and TO North and South Cheynne
canons- Al South Chcynne IL looks ~
though camp had been struck that
will make Cripple creek rustic. Gold
Any amount Of il in eight and more tor
the asking. The Cripple creek country
is just back OF Pixies Peak, near FIoris-
SAINT and three miles from the springs.
There is "A camp that is q camp. But
Colorado is q state Ut surprises. and the
coming known. Ophir viii be Colorado
before long. The cattle industry is
booming and the stock st.l commands
the highest prices. Crops! You kuow
Colorado well enough TO know nobody
pays attention To crops. Too elow a
way Of making money. John G.. Shields.
formerly a wholesale grocer in Grand
Rapids. is in the same business in
(s.iara.ar 1.,.t al Ia. ka
is interested in Cripple creek mines.
which are paving big money. Even
servant girls have interests in mines
and grow rich
Senator Peter Doran wandered into
the Morton yesterday afternoon. just
from Lansing. where be incidentally at
tended the obsequies Of the legislature
and laid out Mr. Corbett. not the pugil-
list. but the superintendent Of the West
ern Union Telegraph company, by the
defeat 81 the telegraph bill. Corbett
told the senaf lr that he would never
forget him il the bill was not brought
up. This made the Grand Rapids cham.
pion crazy. and he set out to have the
bill brought up and defeated. When
Senator Doran got the floor an effort
was made to have a 10: ~ bills read. and
the clerks would have still ben at IT,
Doran slipped around and ha,l Senator
Earl move 10 suspend the rules. he sup
porting the motion aud speaking against
the bill. Ii was defeated, after 4 tilt
with Senator Burt, who also opposed
the appropriation for the cottages at
the soldiers's home for inmates wives.
\ little judicious irony and few wires
pulled and Senator Doran had the
measure put through. In speaking Of
the defunct legislature he said: There
was lot Of bills passed. come good. and
more that were bad. Eight hund. ed
thousand dollars more were appropri
ated 10y this legislature than 10y any
other. but it can't be helped. helped
pass the bill letting the military 60 to
Chicago for encampment instead Of
Island Lake. The boys wanted To zee
the fair. and why not crafty Them"
With his usual modesty Senator Doran
declined to talk on what he had done
for Grand Rapids.
DIR. G. ii. White 81 Reed City dined
at The Livingston yesterday. DrWhiie
takes care OF the injured on the q. X. A
]. at that point. Its fortunate that the
doctors practice is not confined to that.
as there are no accidents on that branch
IL the road.
c. III. Force. a resident al Lowell. who
ptaked his faith and dollars In tho nov
electric power plant. is at Tho Living.
ston.
ID. S. Goodyear. a Hastings hardware
dealer. and NJ. L. Cook az the Hastings
Banner dined at The Livingston ycster.
day.
IL n. l.. Benton in half az good a. his
name, he in the best man in Pentwater.
MIR. Benton is at The Livingston.
james Dempsey. member Of the de
funct legislature from Marquette. was at
the Morton yesterday.
q. NJ. Oleson. q leading Big Rapids
merchant. IN quartercd at The Living
eton.
SwEET's-Mark Williams, Flint
Morton-R X. Black.r. Manistee: !
=. Stearns. j. G.. Gernsolps. Ludington;
A. w. Wells. St Joe; W. J. Reed, Jack
son: |. Goldberg, Kalamazoo; r. L..
Mersfield. Detroit; Thad n. Preston
Ionia.
LIvISGTCS j. Kline. Schoolcrasi.
+. &. DAVIS jackson; -. NJ. Ol.aon. Big
Rapids: q. III. Force. Lowell. Is Good
year. NJ. L. Cook. Hastings. G.. III.
White. Reed City; y. L. Benton. Pcnt
water.
THE KrST r. 4. Mcf;uf'in. Jackson.
NJ y. Fitzpatrick. Lansing. J. W. Ferg
hines. Muskegon; =. J. Arner. Hs,tor
Springs. W W. Ferguson. Detroit.
Thomas Cross. Bongots.
Eagle Miss NJ r. Bronson. Plain
well. j. NJ. Cullen. L. Anderson, Detroit
Clarendon Charles Beck. Milford.
=. VI. Sprayer. Grand Haven: r. 7. Har
rison and wife Cooper-viile: X l.. Pyers.
J. 4. Mclaughlin. Rockford: II. Y Stan
ton. woodville. j. .. Wencham. Lake
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BRfpcK STRsrr Hovss s. G. Burn
ham. Detroit. X r. lilnmsn. Sparta, :.
l.. Stprtevaut. Hartford, G 4. Illie
Coopsrssiiie. H. Whitney. Cedar
springs. \. II. GoonTich. Holland. Frank
Wilcox Saginaw; the Rev. julie Gould
Nnfeff. GreenViile.
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