Gilpin observer., 1899-09-21

A contract has been let for the build
ing of a municipal water plant for
Grand Junction.
A. w. Rucker has been offered and
has accepted the presidency of the
United States Monetary League and
will soon reopen headquarters in Den
yer.
An old-fashioned right-of-way con-
test is on at Leadville The Colorado
Southern and Rio Grande are laying
branches to the big mines and crossing
contests result
1t Is estimated that fully 5000 cars
of potatoes will be shipped from Gree
ley district this season. Some of the
freight agents place the output as high
as 5000 cars.
Joseph r. johnson of Victor has COM
menced a war against dance halls and
other places of ill repute in the city up
on the ground that he is kept awake
nights by the noise.
Greeley and Boulder gave a royal
welcome TO their returned volunteers
when they arrived Friday. Parade,
speech-making and dinner We're the
features of the day and there was n
great turnout of people from the sur
rounding country.
The Pacific Express Company has
forwarded to Governor Richards of
Wyoming a check for 81 600 as its con-
tribution to the relief fund being raised
for the family of Sheriff 'HaZen, the
Wyoming officer who was killed while
in pursuit of the Union Pacific train
robbers.
While there are 100 artesian wells in
the town of Roswell, New Mexico, it
is but recently that efforts have been
made to secure them upon farms. On
the Chisum farm, the pioneer ranch of
the valley, a spouter was obtained re-
Gently that flows 1900 gallons per min
ute.
President Osgood of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company, acting for
the board of directors, has sent the
stockholders circular explaining the
use to which the proposed increase of
$12,OO0,00O capital stock is to be put.
1t Is proposed to increase the present
output $4,000 tons of finished products
annually.
The Denver & Rio Grande roads fin
ancial report continues to show in
creases. For the first week in Septem-
W. thV hihSS Wclc PfC,ofts SolhpdA
ed with $47.7S5 for the corresponding
week of last year. Since July 1 the
earnings have been $4,7O2,0O0, COM
pared with 81 GA 500 for the same per-
iod last year, an increase of $S1 800.
Benjamin Laswell and Charles Walk
er, mining men and prospectors, have
bonded their mine, near Bear noun
tain, to eastern parties for $4,000
In lnr
its of corundum and vesuvianite, and
it is the intention of the persons bond
ing 1T to erect a large factory thereon
for the manufacture of sandpaper
A bad freight wreck on Sherman hill
west of Cheyenne delayed freight and
passenger trains Friday. The accident
occurred shortly after o'clock in the
morning. Train No. 10. the Pacific
coast fast freight. in charge of Conduc-
tor Woolston and Engineer Hodgeman,
was bowling along down the west side
of the hill when n wheel broke at the
Harvey side track. Ten heavily load
ed cars We're thrown into the ditch and
the track badly torn up. No one was
hurt.
Arrangements have been made and
Longmont will celebrate October 9th
on the first day of the Agricultural
Fair and race meeting. Mammoth ta-
bles will be spread in the City park,
and the people will be RECALLED on
pumpkin pie, apple cider and sand
wiches. The railroads will make lib
eral rates from all points in northern
Colorado and arrange schedule so all
can return home on the day Of the
feast.
There is more trouble between the
cattle men and sheep men of Logan
county. A courier reached Sterling
Monday morning from the northern
part of the county with the report that
sixty sheep, the property of the War
ren Live Stock Company of Cheyenne,
had been killed Sunday evening, the
herders being seriously beaten and
other damage done. Sheriff Ayres left
for the scene of the trouble with war
rants for the arrest of Hunter Smith,
VIII Reagan and two McIndaffer boys,
all said to have been implicated in the
killing. The complaint was filed by G.
c. Lemm, foreman for the Warren COM
pany In Logan county. More trouble
Is expected to grow out of this.
The Grand Lodge, knights of Py-
thias, In session mt Florence. Colorado.
| gave contest wednesday night In
third rank work. Those taking part
were Lignite No. Gi, Lafayette: Enter
prise No. 81, Denver, and Pueblo No.
~, Pueblo. The judges were w. G.
Ronald, Seattle; Everett Bell. Trini-
dad; Frank Madden, Greeley: DR..
Little. Canon City: Il. Il. Fenton.
Montrose. Ignite No. Ga was award
ed the first prize of 500 and Enter
prise No. 81 the second prize of $50.
At 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon the
drill between Ralph Talbot Uniform
Rank and Queen City Uniform Rank
took place, the former winning the first
prize of $500, the latter the second
prize of 500.