Gilpin observer., 1900-10-18
COLORADO NOTES.

cleaning n holster few days since, mad
two fingers broken and his forearm
badly injured.
An effort is being made at Florence
to form n company to erect new
opera house that will cost $4,000 and
seat 1000 people.
1t Is expected that the Colorado
Springs and Cripple Greek Short line
VIII be completed into Cripple Creek
In less than month.
The laborers in the new smelter at
Ouray went out on a strike on the 18th
inst, making the second strike at the
works within a month.
John Abeel of Empire, Clear Creek
| county, was found dead on the 18th
inst, in a prospect he had been work
ing on Lincoln mountain.
The new Transcontinental Passenger
Association has decided to make Den
yer its headquarters, and has elected
James Charlton chairman.
Chancellor Buchtel of the University
of Denver, who is making a tour among
the Methodist churches of the state, to
raise funds for the university, reports
| good success.
The First Church of Divine Science
has arranged to erect Il fine church
building, 65XS7 feet in size. on its lots
at Seventeenth avenue and Clarkson
streets, Denver.
City Treasurer Sours of Denver has
received 500, 64S on the sale of Den
yer water bonds, and the city will prob
ably try to negotiate for the purchase
OF the present water plant.
The rural free delivery routes near
Greeley are being mapped out by In
spector l.. A. Thompson. These are
the only petitions for free delivery in
| the state that have not already been
established
G. A. X. has announced the appoint
ment of eX-Department Commander III.
U. Dodge of Boulder as Il member of
the executive committee of the national
council of administration.
The annual convention of the Nation
al Live Stock Association will be held
| at Salt Lake next January. A vigor-
GUS effort will be made by Colorado
| people to secure the convention for
| Denver in 1902.
According to the weather bureau up
! to the 9th instant there had been an
| accumulated excess of temperature
during the year of 593 degrees at Den
| yer and it has been correspondingly
warm in other parts of the state.
Patrick McAtee has offered a re-
| ward of 5000 for the Arrest and cOnvic.
| tion of the rutfian who assaulted his
sister, Annie McAtee, few nights
since. Miss McAtee is still alive, but
has not fully recovered consciousness.
| The late Kemp G. Cooper, formerly
manager of the Denver Republican, left
| no will, and w. II. Robinson was ap-
pointed administrator of his estate by
| County Judge Steele. Mr.. Cooper left
about $4,000 in personal property.
| A committee of the prominent citi-
zens of Looveland, interested in secur-
| ing beet sugar factory for Loveland,
recently visited and carefully exam
ined the big plant of the Colorado Su-
| gar Refining Company at Grand juno
| ton.
| AS the result of a quarrel, John II.
Lawrence was shot and killed by his
neighbor, Henry Dillman, on the morn
ing of the 18th. near Brighton. Dill
man first shot his victim in the arm.
and then followed him n quarter of Il
mile and fired several more shots.
The Northwestern Oil and Coal Com
pany have ordered machinery with
which to drill for oil in Routt county
man living in Pueblo, had his left leg
broken few days since while loading
coal at Larimer.
More activity is being manifested at
present in the Florence oil fields than
has been apparent for many months
past. Work has been resumed by the
Independence Oil Company, and the
United Oil Company has five drills GO
ing.
The Congregational Society, at its re-
cent meeting at Boulder, took up the
proposition of Mr.. II. l.. Melendy of
Chicago Commons to erect at New Cas-
tie. Garfield county, Colorado. a hall,
reading room and baths, and pledged
$500 toward the $1,000 needed for the
enterprise.
| State Engineer McCune reports the
contract for the Dotsero Glenwood state
road has been let to Kyle Il Peters and
Henry Morrell. for the sum of $40, 600.
| The road is thirteen miles long, and
will not only cut off twenty miles of
winter service.
The new sugar refinery at Rocky
Ford began operations on the 10Th inst,
marking an important event in Arkan-
sas valley industries. 1t employs sew
eral hundred men in the refinery, be-
sides additional large numbers outside
harvesting beets. The refinery at Su-
gar City will begin in two weeks.
General Geo. w. Cook, who has re-
Gently returned from Chicago. is sure
the Grand Army encampmcnt will
come to Dener next summer. He says:
Il saw the general passenger agents
of three of the principal western
roads in Chicago and they assured
me that there would be no difficulty
about rates. | know that we will get
rates that will be satisfactory to ev-
cry q. A. II. man in the United States.
! and | look for 10000 people here. or