Gilpin observer., 1900-07-26
COLORADO NOTES.

Three tramps stealing ride oil the
Rock Island passenger train were
killed at Bethune last Sunday.
Congressman Champ Clark of Mis-
souri, lectures at the Boulder Chautau-
qua on the 9th, and all ex xMissourians
in Colorado are expected to be there to
welcome him.
The reptiles and .ish must be placed
in jars or bottles containing three parts
of alcohol and one part of water. The
society cannot pay for these things.
but the donors will get credit for what
they send.
The Colorado telephone line has been
extended to the Holbrook country, a
distance of about ten miles from La
Junta. 1t is proposed to extend the
line to Las Animas, twenty miles cast
of La Junta.
All the skilled laborers, including the
barrel, roaster, concentrator and pre-
cipitating men, employed at the plant
of the National Gold Extraction Com
pany of Florence have just received
ten per cent. raise Of wages. The raise
affects about fifty employees.
The governor in few days will ap-
point the seven members of the com
mission to draft bills to revise the rev.
enue laws of the state. This commits
sion for the present will be unsalaried,
but it is expected that the next Legis-
lature will provide pay for the mem
bers. Among these who will be asked
to serve are Clay b. Whitford, state
senator from this county; C.J. Hughes,
Il. NJ. Patterson and Il. Il. Wells. Sen
ator w. S. Buckley of San Miguel coun-
ty has been decided upon as a men,
Der.
The Society of the Army of the Phil
ippines is preparing to hold a celebra-
tion on August 18th, the anniversary of
the fall of Manila. This will be the
opening day of the first reunion of the
Eighth army corps, which will be held
in Denver. There will be military sport
and addresses by prominent men. Gen
eral Hale has appointed committees to
take charge of the reunions of the
Eighth army corps, and these already
are at work. The matter will be one of
the principal entertainments for the
guests, and an elaborate program has
been arranged.
AS an added attraction for the State
Historical Society. Curator Ferril
wants to make a collection of Colorado
uOWeIS anu ItDtlleS ISL anu CltcplHS
things. The curator will ask the citi-
zens of the state to assist him in max
ing these collections. For the botani-
cal show he wants flowers and plants
of every kind, from the prairies, where
there are flowers peculiar to the sew
eral sections of the stale. and from
the river valleys and the mountains.
He wants not only the flower, but the
plants pulled up by the roots. If they
are pulled up. placed between sheets
of newspapers and allowed to dry.
they can be mailed to the sOciety's Of
flee in the capitol at little cost.
While V. H. Snooks was giving
kaleidoscope exhibition from the front
parlor of the Glenwood hotel, the eel
luloid film came in contact with one of
the electric wires which furnished light
for the machine. An explosion follow
ed, envelOping the room in flames and
setting fire to a number of heavy lace
curtains in the room. The porch of the
hotel both on the first and second floors
was crowded with people, mostly wo-
men and children. At the first sound
of the explosion and flash of fire, many
of the women tainted. None was in
jured, however. and owing TO the
prompt and splendid service of the hO-
tel fire department the flames were
checked inside the room. Mr.. SnOoks,
the operator. was quite badly burned
about the face. His machine is total
wreck. The escape of the hotel and the
many people there Is almost miracu.
lous.
A commission has been appointed by
Governor Thomas to represent Colo
RADIO at the Panamerican congress to
be held at Buffalo, New York, in 1901.
The commission will comprise w. A.
Rice, II. S. Smith and Thomas ii. Kane.
The governor also appointed William
NJ Bates as Colorados representative
at the Farmers congress. which meets
at Colorado Springs this September.
The Colorado Editorial Association,
while at Ouray, visited the Camp Bird
mine, and We're served with royal
banquet by Manager Benson in behalf
of Thomas f. Walsh. Lieutenant Gov
ernor Carney acted as toastmaster, and
responses were made by Judge Theron
Stevens, Mayor George A. Scott, DIR.
B. o. Aylesworth. Howard Russell of
Fort Collins as president, and l. n.
Bunting of the Grand Junction Senti-
mel, as vice president. The party We're
shown through the mine and mills and
at night grand ball and banquet was
given at the opera house.
The suga beet prospects in the vi
clnity OF RocSy Ford, over 1000 acres,
is said to be the finest ever known
by the American Beet Sugar Company.
which has factories in n number of
states This company has had corps
of experienced men in the field, edu-
eating the farmrr 20 grow beets. The
outlook Is so good at present that the
company is advancing the farmers all
the money they need to take care of
the crop. and they express themselves
as being satisfied that the Arkansas
valley can raise n sugar beet with the
largest percentage of sugar of any
place so far tried In the United States.
The company has offered one farmer
$1,000 for his crop of thirty acres. Re