Gilpin observer., 1899-12-21
COLORADO ITEMS.

In Custer county Oh iAte.
Two men were carried down in
snow slide near Telluride on the 18th,
but escaped alive.
For two weeks longer the beet sugar
factory at Grand Junction will run,
and then the work for the year will be
completed.
President Mckinley has appointed
the following Colorado postmasters:
Charles Il. Wade, Buena Vista; John
f. Morgan, Colorado City; William T.
Harbottle, Salida.
Will Il. Wilson, secretary of the
Colorado State Grange, Patrons of
Husbandry, has issued the call for the
annual session, to be held in Denver
Tuesday, January 9th, and to continue
three days. The fifth and sixth de-
grees will he conferred in full form
on the evening of Wednesday, January
10th. All fourth degree Patrons are
urged to attend. and visiting Patrons
will be made welcome.
Judge Hallett decided upon case in
the United States Circuit Court the 9th
er day, and his decision was of such n
nature as to be of considerable I'M
photograph cannot be copyrighted I'M
show originality, in pose Or draping of
the human form. or to be fashioned
grotesquely by Photographic art from
some scene of nature.
The Colorado Fuel 4 Iron Company
is planning to build n nig hospital In
Pueblo. I'VE are simply working on
plans" said j. A. Kebier yesterday.
I'm all probability the building will be
built, n wing at n time in order to
avoid any great outlay. 1t has been
estimated that it will cost in the neigh
borhood of 100000. However, 1t is
difficult to judge of the cost at this
time as the entire scheme is in its in
fancy"
A dispatch from Victor says: The
second sensational shipment from the
tenth level of the Isabella company's
property left the mine late last Tues
day night 1t is now Mt local samp-
Ter. This shipment will. it is generally
understood. prove TO be the richest yet
marketed by this company. 1t Will be
the richest consignment of ore ever
sent out Of the great camp. The lot
is understood to amount to two car
loads. and is worth approximately
100000.
A telegram received at the Santa Fe
office in Denver from the agent of the
road at Lamar. says that the heavy
snow is driving thousands of rabbits
from the plains into alfalfa fields along
the Arkansas river People OF Lamar
are preparing for II big time December
Goth and 21st, when the annual rabbit
hunt will be in progress. Parson Uzzell
Of Denver will go to the spot at the
head of n select party of city officers.
who will travel in elegant style in IL
private car.
At recent meeting of the State
Board of Agriculture, DR.. Aylesworth
laid before the board a telegram from
the regents of the Nebraska State Uni
versity Mt Lincoln, urgently requesting
him to permit his name to go before
the board as n candidate for president
of that institution. The matter was
briefly discussed, and President Ayles-
worth and the state board being mutu-
ally satisfied with present conditions
here, Mr.. Aylesworth declined the Ne
braska offer.
Representatives of Colorado railways
met the other day and renewed the
pass agreement for another year. 1t
is claimed by passenger men that n
greater number Of passes are given in
Colorado than in any other state of the
Union in proportion to population. The
recent smelter combine gave the roads
an opportunity Of reducing the passes
by ut least fifty in number The list
of those to be decapitated has been pre-
pared and the work of defamation will
be at once commenced.
The management of the Florence &
Cripple Creek railway has ordered fif>
ty employees to remove their families
from Florence to Canon City, prepara-
tory to the opening OF the Canon City
& Cripple Creek branch. Less than
two miles of the road remain to be
completed. and it Is announced from
headquarters that passenger trains
will be running over the line by the LIST
Of January. Track laying is being
pushed from both ENDS and work upon
round houses and machine shops has
been started.
If the government gains It's injunc-
tion suit against the Elephant Butte
Dam Company, and the court holds
that the river Is navigable and that
navigation will be affected by the dam.
the people of Colorado who reside
along the Rio Grandc and use It's wa
ters for irrigation purposes will be
more or less affected by the decision.
for the government will then assume
control of the entire river and Congress
will provide for an equitable distrlbu-
tlon of Its waters and possibly for the
building of an International dam nt III
Paso, Texas.
The miners of Breckenridge for some
time past have experienced great in.
convenience on account of being I'M.
able to secure ears for shipment of ore.
While nj present the majority OF the
operators of the camp sell their product
to the local samplers, there are some
who ship direct to the smeltcrs nj Den
yer and Pueblo. There are now quite
n number of these shipments that cnn.
not he made because the railroad. It Is
said. Will not furnish cars. Even the
local sampler IL completely overrun
with ore and has TO unload outside the