Gilpin observer., 1899-02-16
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

death in the North Park last week.
The postoffice at Ibex, near Lead
vile, was burned down on the 18th.
deaths in Denver, which breaks the
record.
David III. Moffat is credited with hav
ing cleared $25000O by the recent rise
in Isabella stock.
The Rawlins paint works have re
sumed operations again after shut
down of several months.
During the cold weather of last week
the water mains in the streets of Col
orado Springs froze in many places.
There is some likelihood of the re-
moval to Golden of one of the Black
Hawk reduction works, on account of
scarcity of water.
Mine operating at Anthracite and
Crested Butte was at a standstill on
the 9th owing to the inability of the
Rio Grande railroad to furnish cars.
Communication with outside camps is
practically cut off.
Leadville helped the Midland road
in the same way that the Rio Grande
had been favored On the 10Th 500
ihiSb SUI out NtiliS anu Put III a. Auii
day clearing the tracks OF ice and
snow. Plenty of coal was then
brought III.
The funeral services at Denver over
the remains of Rev. Myron w. Reed
were remarkable for great out
pouring of people of all classes. The
throng was immense. 1t filled the
Broadway Temple to overfowing. A
tho,, mo- ctOp1 in a
street outside, cold as the weather
was, unable to see or hear any of the
ceremonies, but 10th to leave the build
ing where the last honors We're being
paid the man they loved. In the serv
ices a Jewish rabbi, a Catholic clergy
man and several Protestant ministers
participated.
Announcement is made that the cast
iron pipe mills of the Colorado Fuel &
Iron Company at Pueblo will resume
in the course of the next few days.
They have large orders ahead. This
means the employment of about 100
additional men. 1t is currently report |
ed and generally believed that the COM
pany will soon begin the construction
of a fourth blast furnace with a capa-
city of 100 tons of pig iron per day. 1t
at present impossible for the furnaces
to supply all the crude iron that is re
qured in all departments of the plant
in operation on full time as they now |
are.
If the plans of the board of direc
ton, Festival of Mountain and Plain,
are carried out, and they resolved last
night to do it, the opening of the
twentieth century will see the Festi |
val established. not only as an annual
frn1in and of Cnlprn1o pannIn
but a grand exhibition of the resources
of the state and the ingenuity and in
dustry of its people. While it is pro-
posed that an entire week be given to
this exposition and fair, it is also rec
commended that the Festival of Noun
tain and Plain continue its special
features, but that the same be confined
to three days.
The judges of the Wyoming Supreme
Court who, by request of the Leg
fslature, have been for two weeks ex-
amining the revision of the statutes |
repudiated by the Legislature of 1896,
verifying the presence of all statutes
indicated therein, and eXpurgating for
eign matter Incorporated by the revis-
ors, have about concluded their work |
and will report tomorrow. The re-
vision verified and expurgated will be
ordered published as the revised stat |
utes of the state. The chapters on
revenue and municipal corporations
interjected into the revision by the
former committee have been eXpurg-
ated.
The Rocky Mountain News says: 1t
Is expected that there will be a great
shaking up among mining companies
recently organized and Incorporated
when the books of the secretary of
state have been thoroughly examined
by representative of the internal rev.
enue collector. The collector decides
that companies should pay govern
ment war tax at the rate of 81 per
1000 shares, whereas some of the new
ly fledged companies have tried to get
off with stamps costing only 81 in all.
Under the ruling of the collector, the
company Incorporated for 100000
should pay government tax to the tune
of $500.
Sixteen men on snowshoes made n
perilous trip over the snow from Lead
vile to Ivanhoe the other day. They
were paid n good price by the Midland
officials TO carry repairs for the big
rotary plow that had broken down on
the pass. They carried food, and We're
prepared to care for themselves. no
matter how deep the drifts or how diff
cult the route. There were ten tobog-
gans in the party, the material for the
rotary strapped TO the sleds. The route
from Leadville to Ivanhoe lay over
Mount Bassett, Il distance of eighteen
miles. The men took the short cut
There was nothing to guide them eX-
cept the mountains. According to the
reports received the party had several
thrilling escapes from death in the
drifts. The arrival of the party at the
plow was n signal for rejoicing. The
rotary was speedily repaired by the
crew, and 1t was soon enabled to re-