Gilpin observer., 1900-10-11
COLORADO NOTES.

vor of revision of the creed.
The homeopathic doctors of Colorado
met In annual convention at Denver
on the 4th.
Pueblo's four days street fair closed
on the 9th. 1t was very successful in
both interest and attendance.
The Denver Horse Show opened aus
piciously on the 3rd, attended by
large and fashionable crowd.
Engineer William Taylor of Salida
was killed in n wreck near Eagle Oh
the Rio Grande road on the 2nd.
G. w. Raymond, a Rio Grande brake
man living in Pueblo, had his left leg
broken n few days since while loading
coal at Larimer.
Charles Rau. the thrteen-year-o
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Rau of
Trinidad. was killed on the 9th instant
by being thrown from horse.
The third biennial session of the
Young Mems Institute, a Catholic or.
ganization, began in Denver on the
Sth instant. Archbishop Ireland is at
the head of the institute and it has
members in all parts of the United
States.
The earnings of the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad for the fourth week
in September showed a considerable
falling off but officials of the road say
it was not due to Il small business this
year, the receipts of that week last
year being phenomenally large.
Reports from three of the state insti-
tutions give the following populations;
State Industrial School for Girls, fifty
five, added during the month, five;
State Industrial School for Boys, 165,
added during the month, six: State Re-
formatory, lis, added during the
month, ten.
Miss Katie Ewing, telegraph operat-
or at the Hotel Colorado, Glenwood
Springs, recently held direct telegraph
lc communication with New York city
and Mobile, Alabama, dispatching and
receiving messages for President Il. l..
Russell of the Mobile Il Ohio railroad.
1t is claimed that she has established
the long-distance record for Colorado.
The Colored Home and Orphanage
Association at Denver has been incor-
porated. The officers are: President,
L. Il. Spratlin, NJ. d.; vice president,
j. w. Jackson; secretary. George s.
Contee; treasurer, Mrs. Lou knight,
The association is considered one of
the most worthy charities of the city.
There are twelve children in the home
and more than thirty applicants who
cannot be cared for on account of the
lack of room.
Miss Nora O'Neil, who so heroically
saved the Rio Grande passenger train
between Aspen and GlcnwOod the night
| of September 14th, has received an
elaborate gold medal from Engineer J.
Il. Lane. The officials of the Rio
Grande are making special efforts to
secure complete account of the act OF
Miss ONeil, and the probabilities are
that at an early date the young lady
will receive substantial acknowledge
ment from the company of the great
service performed by her prompt ac-
tion in time of danger.
As a result of the woodworkers'
strike at the Mcphee Il McGinnity
Lumber COmpany's mills and mills of
every company of the Denver Lumber
Exchange were closed on the 9th in
1 slant, and $50 members of the Wood
workers Union, No. 3, are out of work.
The strike only involves the wood
workers of the five mills. but the Den
yer Building Trades Council. compris-
ing seventeen unions, the members of
which are in the building trades. has
possible that other unions will be in
v"lyed.
The Colorado Christian Endeavor
Union at its session in Denver elected
the following named officers: Presi-
dent, ii. Il. Chapman, Colorado
Syringe: vice president, Rev. Il. A. n.
Wilson, Pueblo; recording secretary.
III. T.. Smith, Denver; corresponding
secretary, Miss Ella Queen. Denver;
treasurer, Bert IIittle, Greeley; Chris
tian citizenship committee: the Rev.
l.. Thompson, Denver; Miss Nellie Will
Jams, Greeley; missionary, Miss Jessie
Aiken, Colorado Springs; district vice
presidents: Northern, \. A. Reed;
Northwestern, G. Il. B. Ward, Grand
Junction; Southwest, r. j. ID. Sanchez,
Antonito, Mr.. Olmstead; Denver, Miss
Marion Cordingly; Southern, Rev. w.
j. Fisher.
Promises made by the Pixies Peak
Power Company that their plant
would be running by November 10,
will be fulfilled. The last of the ma
I chinery Is now arriving. How great
an enterprise the building Of this plant
has been few people understand. Half
n million dollars will have been used
when the machinery is all installed.
An instance of the magnitude of the
work Is in the fact that the company
brought fifty carloads of slaves from
California. Power will be furnished
for both electric divisions of the Colo
RADIO Springs and Cripple Creek Dis
! trict Railway Company, for the Eco
nomlc Gold Extraction works, for the
electric light systems of Cameron and
Gillctt and for purposes, except hoist
Ing, ON all of the important mines con
trolled by the Woods Investment Com
For many years the farmers of
northern Colorado have been troubled
with the rapid increase of wild oats
In their wheat fields and have been
driven to their wits ends to find II