Gilpin observer., 1900-09-20
COLORADO NOTES.

Pueblo has sent a carload Of food to
Galveston.
Many cities of Colorado are sending
funds to Galveston.
Denver people have already sub
scribed over $4,000 for the Galveston
relief fund.
The Union National Bank of Denver,
which failed in 1885, has now paid its
depositors in full.
Byron II. Fox, timberman at the
Smuggler mine, Aspen, was killed at
30 this afternoon by cave-in in the
sixth level. He was putting in set
of timbers when a rock weighing sew
eral tons tipped down. rolled over and
crushed him against the timbers.
The Broadway Temple Association,
founded by the late Myron w. Reed is
no longer in existence. The associa-
tion was practically dissolved last
June, when services in the Broadway
theater were discontinued, and now the
association has formally disbanded.
The horse show will be held at D. A.
c. Park. Denver. and a contract has
been let for the constructing of grand
stand with n seating capacity OF 400.
Ihls will, of course include boxes and
seating accommodations of every kind.
A round-trip rate of one fare has been
secured from the railroads.
The third annual exposition of the
Las Animas County Fair Association
was opened Wednesday morning with
splendid line of exhibits The agri-
cultural, fruit and poultry display are
especially fine. The main attraction
was n baseball game. between the local
team and Sopris. The score was IL to
in favor of the home team.
Professor C. j. Sealy, who recently
came to La Junta and who has been
much concerned over the fate of his
relatives in Galveston, has received
word from that city that his mother,
sister, two brothers, an uncle and other
relatives to the number of twenty-one.
in ALL have been lost. He is prostrated
with grief.
Nora O'Neil. fifteen-year-old girl
living near the track of the Rio Grande
eight miles west of Glenwood, saved n
passenger train from being wrecked the
other day. Just before the train
reached her home she discovered
landslide on the track and by energy
she tagged the train in time to stop il.
The grateful passengers made up
substantial sum to show their appre
citation.
A trammer at the Portland mine
named Tony Quincy fell from the end
of the trestle down the dump at 3
O'Clock Friday morning and dragged
his ore car after him. He rolled some
forty feet over sharp rocks to the bot
tom. Fortunately the heavy ore car
took a different route and this fact
saved Quincy from death. He escaped
with a sprained wrist and many
bruises.
Garfield, Pitkin and Eagle counties
was devoted to the arrangement of the
numerous exhibits, which bid fair to
eclipse all former exhibitions held at
Glenwood. The bountiful production
of fruit already is apparent on every
table. The display of agricultural prod
ucts Is also very fine and cOnclusively
shows that the district cannot be sur
passed by any. section of the state.
1t is reported that w. S. Stratton has
made another gift to the State School
of Mines, the amount with which he is
credited with giving the institution this
time is $4,000, this being the third do
nation to the school. Mr.. Stratton is
n member of the board of directors and
has always taken an active interest in
the welfare of the college. The gift is
entirely distinct from the one made a
short time ago. and will be used for
the erection of another building at the
school to be known as the StrattOn
building.
The Republicans of Arapaho county
have nominated the following candi-
dates: For state senators from Arnp-
ahoe county, Wolfe LOndoner, William
A. Hover, John X. Smith; for district
judges, Calvin L. Butler, ]. G. Stark.
weather, George w. Allen, I. f. Bar
mum, George p. Steele; for district at
torney, e. w. Hurlbut; for county
commissioners, Theodore Mott; for
members of the House of Representa-
tives, Louis Anfenger, w. w. Booth,
John Corcoran, Sidney Eastwood, Mrs.
John Glitch, Jr., DIR. w. NJ. Robertson,
Peter Whine. John NJ. Walker, Paul
b. Gaylord, Frank G. Goff. Joseph d.
d. Rivers, Ralph w. Smith and Will
liam II. Sanford; for justice of the
peace (second district, J. A. @. Rey-
nolds; for constable (second districp,
John Holmberg.
A deal involving the expenditure of
several hundred thousands of eastern
capital has been completed, wehereby
r. b. Crawford sold to B. II. Carpen-
ter, n representative Of an eastern syn
dicate, 500 acres of coal land in Mesa
county, half mile from the Palisades
and twelve miles east of Grand June
tion. The land contains four blanket
veins Of bituminous coal, making the
deposit practically inexhaustible. The
syndicate which Mr.. Carpenter repre-
scnts is capitalized at S1,O00,OOO. and
nearly half that amount will be spent
in developing the mines, installing ma
chinery and building railroad tracks.
Concessions have been promised by the
railroads which will enable the new
company to place it's product In Salt