Gilpin observer., 1899-10-05

WORLDS record at the time.
The single hand contest excited fully
as much interest as the double hand
match. and soon after time was called
at o'clock yesterday morning nearly
1000 persons We're massed about the
of the contest:
William Wiborg, Denver .... 20 3-4
Richard Conley, Silver Plume. 10 5-16
Tony Sapp, Silver Plume. 80. 10 5-16
]. e. Pitman, Gold Hill .1S 7-16
l.. G. Thomas, Ward. .1S
X. j. Lyons, Altman. .........11 5-S
George Burns. Leadville. ..1 II SIS
r. II. Bowen. Denver. .... IL GIG
VIM. Roberts, Bald Mountain II 7-16
c. Il. Dahlin, Denver. II
n. Oates. Jr.. Bald Mountain. -1G 5-S
Dan McGowen. Prescott. AriZ..16 IA
s. r. Varney. Idaho Springs. .12 1916
John Krell, Black Hawk. -. IL 3-S
WibOrg is Il Denver stone cutter by
trade.
j. b. Manken. chief clerk of the pay
division of the general land Office has
been at Santa Fe, quietly looking into
the conduct of the National Forest re-
serves. He left last night for Flag
staff, Arizona, on similar mission. In
this connection it is current report here
gone into Washington of late against
the official conduct of w. II. Buntain,
superintendent of United States re-
serves in New Mexico and Arizona. Mr..
Buntains chief offense seems to con-
sist of his persistency in seeking to
have established n forest reserve of
six hundred thousand acres in the
White and Captain mounts in Lincoln
and Otero counties, through which re-
gion the Ell Paso & Northeastern rail
road is now building. Conservative
citizens of those counties say there is
really no objection to n reservation ac-
tually covering the headwaters OF
streams, but they assert Buntan's eff
forts to have twenty seven townships
Incorporated in the proposed reserva-
ton has provoked the riling of protests
from many influential persons includ-
ing capitalists. coal and lumbermen.
who reside in Pennsylvania, New York
and New Jersey.
A few eX-members of the First Colo
RADIO regiment have enlisted in the vol
unteer regiments being organized for
service in the Philippines. 1t is gen
orally the case with discharged sol
diers that they do not re-enlist until
their money is all gone. In Denver
the attractions of the carnival We're
added to the conditions calculated to
discourage the re-enlstment of MEM
bers of the local regiment. Lieutenant
]. A. Ryan, in charge of the local re
cruiting office in the Columbia hotel.
has been busy during the last few
days. Monday night nineteen men
were sent out to posts in various parts
of the country, where they will join
the regiments to which they have been
| n ncsiunp1. ('hpUnnnn which is I'm.
der the jurisdiction of the officer sta
toned here. seventeen men are ready
and will pass through Denver tonight
enroute to join their regiments. Appli-
cations for enlistmcnts are on the in
crease at the local office and the officer
in charge is well pleased with the out
look Men for both the colored and
white regiments are being enlisted in
this CITY. An eX-member of the Cali
fornla battery. w. p. Northcross of
San Francisco, was one of the men
who enlisted and went out with the
party last night.
If Governor Thomas takes the same
view of the improved condition of state
finances as do some of the state officers
with whom he was i'll consultation
Monday, there will be no extra session
of the Legislature. The governor
regarding the matter before the end of
the week. The state board Of equaliza-
tion met Monday and the financial con-
dition of the state was discussed In
executive session after. railroad repre-
sentatives had been heard for several
hours in objection to their assessments.
which they said were too high. com
pared with those of other property.
All the valuations are In and there IL
total Increase In valuation over last
yenr of about S15,OoO.OOO. or this in
crease about one-hnlf Is In I'll Pnso and
Teller counties. In round numbers.
this years total valuation of the whole
state IL S2O3. 100000. The representa-
tive OF the Rio Grande road yesterday
presented II statement intended to
show that even with the increased val
uation OF other property the railroads
of the state would bear more than their
share of the taxes. The increase In the
valuation Of the railroad property Is
about 13 per cent. above the compan.
les figures. while the railroads assert
that the Increase In the valuation OF
other property Is only ~ per cent.
The IL per cent increase In railroad
valuation includes the restoration OF
the 10 per cent. cut OF last year. State
Auditor Temple will soon present
statement which will show the prOba.
Bile income OF the state under the In.
creased valuations fixed by the equal
izlng board. This board will slightly
increase the valuation OF some and de-
Then per cent, the limit allowed by
law. will be added to the mgr .cgate
valuation OF the state, increasing Il to
about vC1o Ofn OOO