Gilpin observer., 1899-09-07

A telegram from William Jennings
Bryan accepts the invitation of the
Bryan Democratic Club to speak at
Grand Junction September 18th.
w. e. Pabor, who has been furnish
ing agricultural and horticultural mat
ter to the Denver Sunday Post for the
last few weeks. has been given per-
manent assignment to write two col
umns every week on Colorado rural
topics.
Arthur Blake, one of the best known
young men of Colorado Springs, fell
from cliff in North Cheyenne canon
and sustained injuries which, 1t Is
thought, must result fatally. Blake
was with party of young people who
were spending the day in the canon.
The smelter at Durango is working
only about half of its capacity. Very
Cew union men returned to work and
</new crews are being drilled on fur
mace and roaster work. All the coun-
ties in the San Juan report that all the
men who desire work are steadily EN-
ployed.
Figures prepared by representatives
of the geological survey show Colora-
dos output of petroleum for 1898 to be
444,3S3 barrels. representing in value
1867 AT. The Wyoming output was D.
475 barrels, representing $3S,325. The
total output of Colorado for 1897 was
3S4,93 barrels, and of Wyoming, 3.6oo
barrels.
A petition to President Mckinley
originated in jerome recently, request
ing the removal of Oakes Murphy, gov
ernor of Arizona. 1t is being sent
from Jerome through every postotfice
;,, All, yhn oh nUninSt the
governor are connected with his re
cent open letter denouncing fake min
ing companies.
Fifty-one carloads of range horses
went east from Wyoming one day Last
week, and this week twenty-siX car
loads were railroaded east from Man
Zanola, Colorado, all going to st. Louis
for sale on the open market. This
shows how western ranges are giving
up their horses, and it also gives warn
ing of gfeat shortage in the future.
The Colorado Sugar Manufacturing
Company, in an official letter, refutes
the exaggerated newspaper reports re-
garding the ravages of the sugar beet
caterpillar. The insect only appeared
in a small section of the valley and Is
completely stamped out there. The
great fields are untouched, and the
yield will be enormous from them.
The directors of the Rio Grande
Western Railway Company have de-
clared dividend of 1 per cent, pay
able September 30. in preferred stock
y the company, ut par, to the COM
Zhon stockholders of record September
10. The first dividend on the common
stock, per cent. in preferred stock at
par, was paid September %, 1898.
Roberto Fredo of Mesilla Park, New
Mexico, was convinced that severe
attack of rheumatism, from which he
was suffering, was caused by Cesnria
Velgado of la Mesa, who enjoys the
reputation of being witch. Fredo
took club and assaulted Donna Ce-
sarla, inflicting terrible injuries. He
was placed under bail to appear before
the grand jury.
Some idea of the magnitude of the
business now being handled by the
Union Pacific can be gained from the
of July. 1894, the Union Pacific han
died 24,000 ears at Cheyenne. During
the month of August of the same year
26,000 cars We're handled. During the
month of July. 1899, $1,000 cars were
handled at Cheyenne, and during the
month just closed the number will
reach 10000 cars.
Some creameries are adding pasteur-
iZers for skim milk which Is meeting
with much success and giving patrons
satisfaction. For feeding purposes the
pasteurizer settles one of the greatest
difficulties to the creamery industry,
particularly In the hot summer season
when it is almost impossible to return
the skim milk from the separator in II
sweet condition. Wherever the pas
teurizer has been introduced the patron
has become more satisfied.
In the Fort Collins district alfalfa
growers are buying nothing at all and
will not consider the purchasing of
fe2ding lambs and sheep at the prcs
N prices. They will not undertake to
Heed this winter at the prices asked
z and hardly lamb has been sold to go
to Fort Collins. This is peculiar year,
the most of the boys do not know
whether they are afoot or horseback.
and do not seem to care much which
/ 1t may be.
A tremendous rush of cattle from
shipping points in Colorado, Wyoming
Utah and other cattle raising states has
begun, and the principal railroads, es-
peclally the trunk lSles, have as much
us they can do to handle the business
Last Monday several of the passenger
trains on the various roads We're de-
layed on account of the number of
through cattle trains crowding the
tracks, and which IT. was impossible TO
keep entirely clear of the passenger
traffic.
Registers and receivers of United
States land offices in Wyoming have
been advised by Acting Commissioner
w. A. Richards of the general land
office that the future settlers may omit
furnishing as one of the proofs for
proving up on desert entries n certlfi-
nIn from Iln sInIn nnnlunnr of nnnra-