Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-02-08
BACK FROM COLORADO
Mr.. Julius Pollock Returned from the
Centennial State.
His Impressions Of the Climate Of
That Loo ality Remarkable
Changes Since His Former Visit
in the S xties-EemOnetiz ton of
Silver Would Make the State
Boom Wheeling People in Dsn-
yer Are Prosperous.

yer Are Prosperous.
Mr.. Julius Pollock returned yester-
day morning from a short visit to
Colorado. He went to Ward, located
about eighteen miles from Boulder
City, to look at some mining property.
1t was Mr.. Pollocks second visit to
hat State. He visited Colorado in
1863, in search of health, and 'roughed
it for several months among the min
ers. Il would not trade those few
months in the Rocky Mountains" he
said yesterday, ''for all the doctors and
medicines in the country. l have
enjoyed almost perfect health ever
since that time. There is something
about the pines in that country which
has wonderfully bracing effect"
Mr.. Pollock is an enthusiast on the
subject of the climate Of Colorado, but
adds that one who expects to improve
in health must take abundant physical
exercise. He was also very much i'm
pressed with the remarkable forward
strides made by the State since his
former visit, a period of about 50
years.
Denver, as l remember it in 1863"
he said, consisted Of few hundred
houses. There was an absence of law,
and the conditions were the same as
those usually prevailing in the mining
camps. Human life was not held at a
great price, and no personal outfit was
complete without brace of revolvers
and a. generous quantity of ammuni-
ton. Gambling was the prevailing
passion, and the stakes were usually
high. Everything was wide open.
There were six or seven faro banks in
operation in as many adjoining build
ings. To-day, if you were to place
man in the heart of Denver, and tell
him he was in New York City, he
assertion. 1t is a busy, busting, en-
terprising city of 100000 inhabitants,
and with all modern improvements"
HAS Denver recovered from the eff
fects of the demonstration of silver?"
asked the reporter.
"The country is gradually improv-
ing and the business and trade condi-
lions are fairly good. The people are
all enthusiastic for silver, however.
They are clamoring for it's remonetiza
ton, and they say that this would
make Colorado one of the most pros
porous States in the Union, furnishing
employment for thousands of idle
men, and providing a good market
for the cereals and the manufactured
products of other States. With the
reconciliation of silver, Colorado
would boom. The silver mines are
practically abandoned, and without
the gold production the State would be
dead"
did you meet any Wheeling people
during your VISIT"
Eyes, met several, and they are all
apparently prosperous. Mr. R. Edgar
Hall is practicing law with Mr.. S. Will
liams. who is also from Wheeling. Mr.
Hall was recently married. | also
met Mr.. S. L. Carpenter, who is SON
in-law of Mrs. Emily Boyd. He is an
attorney also, and has lucrative prac-
tice. Mr. Richard Campbell, son OF
Hon. A. w. Campbell, is in one of the
offices of the Rocky Mountain News,
and was recently married to a daugh-
ter of the proprietor of that paper.
Mr.. Campbell, by the way, remarked
to me that he was one of the very few
persons in Denver who voted the
straight Republican ticket at the last
election. l net DR.. VIM. H. Hall, a
dentist, who was several years ago
located in Martins Ferry. He has
very recently moved to Denver, and
is very much pleased with the place"