Gilpin observer., 1901-09-12
COLORADO NOTES.

The Democratic convention for Las
Animas county will be held in Tr1nl-
dad September Both.
General w. j. Palmer Of Colorado
Springs has given $500 to Command
ant Snyman for the Boer relief fund.
The Colorado Springs Y. NJ. G. A.
building directors have received glft
of $1,000 from n donor who desires
not to have his name published
A severe hailstorm at Berthoud, Sep
tember 9th, did considerable damage to
fruit, knocking it from the trees, and
also injured sugar beets.
On Saturday night, September sth,
the Hallack block at the corner Of
Eighteenth and Market streets in Den
er was destroyed by fire. Loss, nearly
100000.
The Fire and Police Board of Den
yer have decided to prohibit prize
fighting and have given the chief Of
police instructions to prevent the Civ
ing of any prize-fght in the city.
John Limberg, mine contractor,
was instantly killed September 9th
while at work on the Park lode of the
Denton Mining Company at Leadville
by the caving in of n heavy body of
earth.
well for the town waterworkS plant at
Eaton. An abundance of pure water
has been secured. The work of laying
the mains will be carried forward as
fast as possible.
Many Denver dogs have recently died
of disease which has been recognized
by local veterinarians as poliomyelitis.
If the disease is anything like the
name it must be doggoned hard on the
CANNES. No wonder they die.
The general merchandise store of G.
II. Cross at Minturn was entered by
thieves on the night of September 9th,
and about S1GJ worth of goods stolen.
On the Sunday night previous the res
taurant belonging to Mr.. Henry was
robbed of something over $500 in cash
At the rock drilling contest in Lead
vile on Labor Day, Hupps and Lind
Quist of Ouray broke the worlds rec
ord by driving the drill Az inches,
which beats the former record held by
Chamberlain and Andregg nearly two
inches.
The directors of the state fair to be
held at Pueblo September 23d to 9th
have received letter from Gunnison
county asking that arrangements be
made to allow the county to have
DullulnS Uldue from DaleS OIL nay III
which to place its exhibits.
In addition to his former donations
of the surface rights of his Austin
Bluffs land to the city of Colorado
Springs for park, General William j.
Palmer will also give Il right of way
over all the ground owned by the Colo
orado Springs company for Il boule-
ward.
oil nII 80 vNl4
RADIO. died suddenly at his home in
Beulah, Pueblo county, few days ago.
The deceased formerly lived in Pueblo
and his wife, Mrs. Clara Clyde Holly.
who survives him, was n member Of
the state Legislature in 1896 and the
author of the age of consent law.
Mrs. Helen Grenfell will make a
careful inspection of the public schools
In the North park, part of the state
that has not always received the at
tention it deserves on account of the
time required TO reach it from Denver.
John Erickson proposes to build n
$4,000 opera house at Florence.
The grand stand for the Festival Of
Mountain and Plain will be erected on
the site of former festival arenas at
ColfaX avenue and Broadway. The
seating capacity will be upwards of
place in the arena. All parades will
pass in review before the grand stand
+. l.. Dana and Charles Zobrist an.
nounced their intentions to build n
street car line to Prospect Lake from
Colorado Springs. The lake is about
mile and a half from the center of
the city and the parties intend to make
1t big resort. The building of this
car line will be the first step. 1t will
cost $50, 600.
During the storm at Loveland Sep
tember Sd, two men, William Clark
and Charles Wells, were hurt by
lightning stroke while under their wa.
gon, about n mile west of town. Their
dog was killed. Lightning struck
some hay stacks on the farm of A.
Rist, four miles west of town, and
about fifty tons We're burned.
The first annual fair of the Prowers
County Fair Association will be held
at Lamar on Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday, September 18th. 10Th and
Goth. A race track has been built.
On Frontier Day. the 10Th, there will
be broncho busting" and roping con-
tests for valuable prizes, cowboy
races, baseball, foot racing, in addition
to the regular speed program.
Earl Bishop, the eighteen year-old
son of n ranchman living near Agate,
in Elbert county, was attacked on the
porch of his home by mad wolf or
coyote short time since. There were
fifteen decorations on his left hand and
two gashes in his right thigh. 1t was
feared that hydrophoba might result
and the boy WAS hurried to Chicago to
undergo the Pasteur treatment.
At n meeting of the Cripple Creek
board of aldermen the granting of an
electric light franchise to IL. Il. Wade
OF Colorado Springs was carried by
vote of . to .. The franchise asked by