Gilpin observer., 1900-07-19
COLORADO NOTES.
Senator wolcott has returned to Colo

Much-needed showers have fallen
over most of the state.
Grand Junction will celebrate Sep
tenber 18th as Peach Day.
Mr.. Stratton has made the State
School of Mines present Of $25, 900.
A Boulder family were seriously but
not fatally poisoned by eating impure
ice cream last week.
Consistent with its declaration as to
the economy of selling timber from
state lands while there is danger from
depreciation without hope of relief, the
State Land Board is turning down all
applications where the reverse is the
case.
1t Is said that the new agreement to
be signed August 1st between the San
ta Fe and Colorado & Southern rail-
roads will embrace the enlargement of
the Santa Fe yards in Pueblo and that
the Colorado road will attempt to do
much business in its old yards in that
city.
The next appointment of cadets from
this state for the military academy at
West Point and the naval academy at
Annapolis will be made by Senators
Teller and Wolcott. The appointments
OF cadets, two for each of the institu-
tions. are made alternately by sena-
tors and representatives. Senator Tel
Ter Will have charge of the eXamina-
ton.
NJ. Lindley of Chicago, manager of
the Century Mining Company of that
city, has been in Grand Junction the
past week investigating that point as
location for a smelter plant. He was
more than pleased with the outlook
and will advise the members of the
company he represents to locate
smelter in that city instead of at an
other point farther west.
The Federal Union of Pueblo, the
second largest in the city, has with
drawn from the Western Labor Union.
1t is thought by some labor leaders that
this is the beginning of the end of the
Western Labor Union influence in Col
Orado. The Pueblo union withdrew be-
cause it does not believe that it derives
benefit from the Western Labor Union,
the headquarters and offices of which
are located in Montana.
Ranchmen in water district No. 10.
who get water from the st. Charles
river. are preparing to make a deter
mined fight against the plans of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company to
divert an additional amount of water
from the river for the purpose of sup
plying the new reservoir which the
company is about to construct three
miles south of Lake MinneQua to sup
ply the rolling mills with water.
Pensions have recently been granted
Coloradoans as follows: William N.
Sheets. Georgetown, SIS; John Nj. Kortz,
Fort Collins, SO; Oscar Il. Chaplin,
Poucho, SO; Adam Jardine, Delta, $40;
Mary Il. Kortz, Fort Collins, $S; Mich
olas Mullen. Cripple Creek, SO; James
w. Kearns. Denver. SO; Edwin Squires,
Colorado Springs, SO; William II.
BrOckway, Greeley, $S; Charles Il.
Blanke, Golden, SO; Luke ii. Monson,
Fort Lupton, $50; Edwin A. Curtiss,
Trinidad. $S; John G. Furniss, Elmoro,
SO; Michael Hoolahan, Fort Logan,
SIT.
Roadmaster Ridgeway of the Colo
RADIO 4 Southern will soon make n trip
of inspection and location up the Purg-
atoire. river between Trinidad and
Stonewall, and before snow again flies
construction will begin on n new and
important Colorado Il Southern branch
railroad. The new road is to run up
the Purgatoire river, take in the Stone
wall region and the heavy anl virgin
pine lumber growths on the head of
POnil creek and will have San Luis
valley localities as early objective
points with Alamosa as an ultimate
terminal
The North Poudre Canal Company is
arranging for extensive improvements
to its plant, eight miles from Fort Col
li,;s. where it has five reservoirs in Op-
Grafton and is building sixth. The
plans for the completion of this sixth
reservoir We're filed with State Engi-
neer McCune last week. 1t will be the
largest and most expensive OF the sys-
TEN, and will add fifty per cent. to the
capacity of the .cOmpany's storage
lakes. The system covers several hun
dred acres. and provides water for the
entire North POudre district. Phila-
delphia capitalists control the enter
prise. State Engineer McCune person
ally will oversee the work on the new
reservoir.
A special to the Denver Republican
says: The toll gate on the Lyons and
Estes Park toll road was torn down
and destroyed by armed men Mt 2:30
O'Clock this afternoon. Trouble has
been brewing for some time between
the teamsters and the gate keeper, Mr..
Charles Knapp, the teamsters claiming
that the decision which Judge Bough-
ton made this spring still held good.
Judge Boughton declared that the road
was not n toll road, but the owners ap-
pealed the case, gave bonds and are
still collecting all the toll they can.
Monday afternoon Henry Hutchinson,
VIII Thorne and about twelve other
men who are operating n sawmill above
the toll gate. came down well armed
and while part Of the party stood
guard the others tore down the gate
and destroyed 1t. Mr.. Knapp and Mr..
Pendleton. the toll gate keepers, tried
to remonstratc, but the guns proved
gool quieters. The trouble resulted In
victory for the tcamsters, while the