Gilpin observer., 1899-08-31
i DENVER GOSSIP.

The wife of Matt Adams, recently
parOled from the state penitentiary
Is said to have fallen heir to 100000.
The sale of seats and boxes for the
coming Festival of Mountain and
Plain has been phenomenal, already
200 of the 300 boxes having been dis
posed Of for the season. Orders for
seats should be sent in at once to Sc
cure desirable locations. Many orders
have already been received from ad
joining states and the interest in the
Festival is on the increase daily.
The 1900 men of the Thirtyfourth
volunteer infantry, now at Fort Logan,
will journey to San Francisco over the
Union Pacific railroad. That road
was awarded the contract by the quar-,
termaster's department. it being the
lowest bidder. The bid of the COM
pany was: For passengers, first
class, or for the officers, S45; second
class, or for privates, $3.50: for camp
baggage by carload or 10000 pound
lots, 81 per hundred.
The board of capitol managers has
selected the portraits of Bella NJ.
Hughes, Kit Carson, Chief Ouray, Ben
jamin II. Eaton. General Denver, Will
the windows in the top of the dome of
the state house. Nine other persons
will be selected at the next meeting
of the board. 1t has been decided to
extensively decorate the state house
IN honor of the return of the Colorado
troops when they arrive in the city.
Broadway side of the building will be
decorated in sixteen-foOt stars, four
teen-foot flags and an abundance of
bunting across the entire building. The
pillars will be wrapped in bunting.
The system of providing the mounted
mail-carriers of the city with horses
and carts will be changed in a few
weeks on recommendation of Postmas-
ter TwOmbly and Assistant Postmaster
Wick Roy of this city. At present the
eleven mounted carriers OF the city
have received $50 a month extra for
livery hire. 1t was found upon maui
ry that horses and carts could be pro-
vided by contract for the mounted car
riers at much lower figure Bids
were invited from local lIyerymen.
Postmaster Twombly recommended to
the department Mt Washington that
Ssur years contract to furnish horses
and carts be let to the Pratt & Fergu-
son Livery Company at 1894 year for
each outfit. The saving under this
system is about 81 200 Il year.
Several thousand dollars were
pledged to the free train fund at the
meeting of the special finance commit
tee and invited citizens held Saturday
afternoon mt the First National Bank.
Senator Il. o. Wolcott made liberal
offer. which was taken under advise
ment by the committee. and word was
he. also, would lend Il helping hand.
Those who We're in attendance ex-
pressed themselves pleased with the
result of the meeting. Governor
Thomas, who took a prominent part in
the deliberations, promised his person
al support to the movement He told
the committee that he would give his
own time to assist in raising the fund.
PROFESSOR Cornell, who is chairman of
the special finance committee, is san
guine of raising the $4,000 lacking.
The tourist business of Colorado this
summer will undoubtedly break all
records and bring the total number of
visitors to between 10000 and 30
600. Travel to the state for August
exceeded that of any other month of
the summer, the total number of tick
cts deposited with the Terminal Lines
Passenger Association up to and in
Guiding August Both being 4.72O.
About 1,20O We're deposited at the
three joint agencies last week. making
a total of probably 5000 for the
month. This shows that the August
travel has not fallen off as in other
years. The tourist travel for this sea
son into the state far exceeds that of
any previous year. the grand total of
tickets deposited up to the 10th being
1i.G34. This includes only tourist
business from the Western and South
western Passenger Association districts
and does not include the regular
travel from the West and North.
The maid of honor contests through
out the state closed on Saturday night,
and the secretary has been advised of
the election of the following: Ouray
county, Miss Rosa Burns. Ouray; San
Miguel county. Miss Belle Il. Watson.
Telluride, unanimously elected; Chaffee
county. Miss Clara l.. Able. Buena
Vista: Delta county, Miss Susie Win
ton. Delta: Boulder county. Miss Kate
Dickey. Boulder: Costllla county, Miss
Frieda Meyer. san Luis; Conejos coun-
ty, Miss Sophia Chacon. Concjos; Park
county. Miss Henrietta Sumner. Fair
play: MonteZuma county. Miss Lila
Il. Wilson. CorteZ; Lincoln county.
Miss Muriel Dickinson. Hugo. The
secretary of the Festival directors re-
quests that all the maids of honor who
may he elected to send in their photo
graphs to him ut once for insertion In
the souvenir program now being pre-
pared.
When the First Colorado regiment