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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21
CANYON OF THE GRAND RIVER
one OF Natures Greatest Wonders,

value Of the products Of the various
workers In iron reaches into millions
OF dollars,
An extensive branch Of the Griffin
Car Wheel works Of Chicago the larg-
est establishment Of the kind in the
world. Is located at Denver The
wheels are made exclusively or Colo
RADIO iron and form no small part Of
the rolling stock Of all the great rail-
way systems trayersing the western
half of the continent,
one of the most courageous enter
prises in Denver is that Of the two
large paper mills and sulphide fiber
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21

al Bank Of Commerce himself one Of
the big sugar men Of Colorado. to
representative Of the News a few
weeks ago.
Had II not been for tn useful les
sons we learned from those sturdy
pioneer sugar producers in Utah, we
probably would not have manufactured
pound yet We watched their ex-
perlments visited their farms and the
factory at Lehi and saw that the sue
cess you folks We're making there could
be duplicated in Colorado, so we went
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21

teryals, the pioneer farmers built tho
homes, cultivated the lands ana at
the foundations for the splendid apr
cultural development Of today Bu
the extension Of agriculture in gen
eral way and the planting Of cercaH
upon the uplands except to very
limited extent, did not occur unit
about 1870, which usherel in the rail-
road era.
SUGAR IDEAS FROM UTAH
One of the more recent triumphs for
Colorado Is the sugar beet industry
which she learned so well from Utah
Said President Boetcher Of the Nation.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21

district proper was only known as the
cattle range of Mr.. j, A, Myers a
wealthy real estate dealer and capital
list of Denver BY one of those simple
occurrences which we choose to call ac-
cident, one Of his employees found gold
bearing float, and dug a prospect hole
upon a bed of trinlng value. During
the ten years following and ending in
1901 not less than $lOOOOO,OOO in gold
have been taken from the mines Of the
district. A large portion of the coin
has returned to the mines for the de-
yelopment Of still greater fortunes. but
vast sums have been diverted to the
highways OF commerce and exchanged
for the utilities that have added many
years Advancement to the state,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21

aoncral source of Nllor supply
have been especially useful In
ug out the lines of pioneer travel
1ding The way TO th. meat gold
liver discoverias of 'ho state, ana
.osable In recent yo Iu afford
ltos for the railway through the
aln canyons To- .Na mining
and beyond tbo. o the new
Of industry I'm the . All the
.ua streams have .N. source in
ulrol portion Of Oh. .'o lowing
west north and ."u Their
auos are the creeks .I smaller
NUS that rise along 0N. mountain
lroughout the entire tenn,
rIAL CENSUS or COLORADO,
official census gives Denver city
lation Of 133S59 compared with
for 1890. But every I.gol Den
and all appear to bo .oyal-will
that the city has lGoo.o inhabi.
He viii add too that It is
Ing at the rate Of 10000 year
.opulatlon Of the state from 1860
0ades Is shown a8 follows.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21
IN PERRY PARK.
Forty Miles South Of Denver

plant for the manufacture Of news print
paper and paper for commercial use.
These mills were completed in 1892 at
a cost Of $4,000 the sulphide mill IN
1898 at a cost Of S25O,O0O, and the COM
bined plants constitute one Of the larg-
est establishments Of the kind in the
United States, These mills furnish Il
large part Of the supply for the Denver
trade, besides having large market
throughout Colorado and the adjoining
states,
The cotton mills with 10000 spindles
and 900 looms have reached an annual
product Of 100000 yards. Brown
sheetings canton nannels bagglng.
outing flannels and ladies' dress goods,
the latter to a limited extent are the
manufactures. Altogether there are
not less than 800 establishments in
Denver where the various articles man
ufactured enter into the commerce Of
the country
AGRICULTURE.
During these earlier years, as imml-
grafton increased settlements multi
piled along the rich valleys of Boulder
Creek, the st, Vrain, the LITTLE Thomp-
son. the Big Thompson, the Cache La
Poudre, the Platte river and others Of
its tributaries forming the Platte val
ley which with the Poudre, forms the
great agricultural center Of Northern
Colorado, within the counties Of Arapa-
hoe Jefferson, Boulder, Latimer and
Weld, and now extending from the
base Of the mountains to the northeast
ern limits Of the state all this rich
section Of country being traced by the
lines of the Union Pacific railway, the
pioneer builder and among the earliest
promoters of agricultural development
in the state. 1t was upon these his
toric grounds that, while still the saw
age red man held dominion of the
plains the spirit of agricultural en-.
terprse first found permanent ohld-
ing and in the valleys Of all these
streams, scattered about at wide in
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21

yer was forty-ninth in point OF size,
OF the fifty seven counties in the state,
forty-two show increases in population
since 1890 and In some of them the
percentages Of increase are very large,
namely: Otero, las per cent, Archu'-
eta, 1862 per cent; Bent 1922 per cent;
Mesa HIS per cent Delta l'G.j per
cent. Morgan, lOi1 per cent Monte
yuma, 100 per cent Prowers 9l2 per
cent; HInsdale $3.50 per cent and San
Miguel $40 per cent The fifteen
counties showing decrease are Baca,
Cheyenne, Clear Creek. Custer, Dolores,
Eagle. Kiowa, Kit Carson, Ouray, Park,
Phillips, Pitkn, scdgwick Washington
and Yuma
COLORADO'S RAILROADS.
The growth Of that portion Of the
United states west Of the Missouri riv-
er Is due not so much to the attractions
Of gold. the charms Of climate or the
fertility Of the soil as to the railways,
which have made these natural adyan-
tages available and Of benefit to clyiliz-
alton The pathfinder Of the many
great lines which now thread mountain
and plain was the Union Pacific rail
way. built over a barren unoiyiIi2ed
waste, since transformed through It's
aid to immigration and industry, into
q country richly productive and Won
dcru in It's boundess possibilities Of
wealth
Then came the Denver and Rio
Grandc and Rio Grandc Western, now
under one system. with their marvellous
push and enterprise bringing wealth
and glory to the state Right well Is
70 called the Scenic Line of the World"
II has scaled the cliffs penetrated the
canyons, climbed the mountains, leap
uI rivers and traycrs.d the valleys Of
Colorado so completely Chat there Is
scarcely any scene of grandeur 80 hid
Iu by nature that n has not been
brought plainly and easily into view
Din addition to these there are
number Of other railroads am doing a
nld work iu Oh. development Of
III. 'ate
FROM GOLD .. SILVER.
owing the aIl.r Inc railways
reunited rich .. If cold and
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21
CAMPS TOTAL PRODUCTION
CAS- per smelter Returns,)

Estimated for 1901 ..,,.,,,.,...26,5O 500 600
TOTAL STATE PRODUCTION
The following table OF mineral pro-
duction for Colorado beginning in 1859
and ending in 1900 is embraced in the
annual report of Commissioner II. l..
Lee in charge Of the Colorado Bureau
Of Mines
Gold ....... ........ .s251, SIS, 1854
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SQUAW AND PAPOOSE.
;ftc<>; 1t5<tGtt5>>G< tSStSttStt1<>1<<T<T
to work with a win and this year we
will produce an estimated total Of 1855
100000 pounds"
FINANCES OF THE STATE.
The following from the abstract OF
assessments by counties epitomlzes the
growth In assessed valuation from 1871
The silver star., 1901-02-15
pT. REV. MANDELL CREIGHTON.

time. The great long hands acted as
II there were some force restraining
them. Occasionally they would spring
into harmony. but would catch again
a moment later. The head janitor. Mr..
Smith. was sent up to make an investi-
CATION. To reach the tower It 10 neces-
sary to climb to the head OF the stairs.
then. through q small door. to lad
der. and up that to another door, and
20 ON until q fourth ladder has been
climbed. when the machinery Of tho
clock IL reached. Opening the last door
and stepping Into the apartment. the
walls Of which are the four faces OF
the clock. that are twelve feet across.
he found that swarm Of birds had "a
ken refuge In the clock tower. Some
Of them had crawled into the works OF
the clock. and psrching on the more
delicate parts. had put them out Of
order.
The silver star., 1901-02-15

fee to the British legation Mr.. Came
well was selected as chief Of stan to
Sir Claude Macdonald, and placed in
charge Of the work of fortifying the
position held by the besieged foreign
ers. The building and maintaining Of
all the barbados and Notifications
during that long siege Of fifty-six days
were directed and superintended by
Mr.. Gamewell. So apparent were his
fitness and ability for this work that
the military, who had first held back
and rather objected to obeyinE a civ
ilian. were glad to serve under this
preacher-soldier. Sir Claude MacDon-
aid. Maj. Conger, DR.. Martin, Mr.. Nor
rison. the correspondent Of the Lon
don Times. and all the others VINO
were besieged, have praised in the
highest terms his skill and energy.
Col. Scott. Of the English relief force,
after inspecting the works, said Of
Mr.. Gamewell: HE is worthy q place
In the royal engineers: while Sir
Robert Hart. quoting DR.. Arthur H.
Smith. says that he was "a represen-
tation Of limited omnipresence." No
man In Pekin was 80 constantly un-
der fire and so continuously exposed
as was Mr.. 0amewell. but he came
through the siege untouched. 1t is ac-
knowledged that to this missionary
engineer more than to any other one
man do the besieged In Pekin owe
their preservation. rt-,.s,.
The silver star., 1901-02-15

Rev. Frank D. Gamewell, the hero of
he siege Of Pekin, is a striking ex-
ample of that peculiar genius Of adapt
ability that marks the American peo-
pie. Born In South Carolina. he was
educated as civil engineer at the
Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute and
Cornell University. but later was grad
uated from Dickinson college, Penn
sylvania. and entered the Methodist
ministry. going as . missionary to
Pekin. China, In 1881. His trouble at
Pekin was not Mr. 0amewell's first ex-
perience with Chinese uprisings. In
1884 he was appointed superintendent
Of the Methodist mission in Szuchuan.
the great empire province In western
China. says Leslie's Weekly. Two
years later the Chinese broke out, at
tackled and destroyed the mission prop
erty. and Mr.. Gamewell, with his lit
tie band OF missionaries, after sustain
Ing siege Of eighteen days In . Chi
nese yamen. succeeded in escaping.
but only with their lives. This ex-
psrience made Mr.. i0amewell the first
to appreciate the signs of the rising
storm In Pekin last spring. and II was
due to his warning that all the mis-
sionaries were gathered In the Metho-
dist compound In safety when It broke.
His early training made him easily the
leader In the construction Of the mis-
sion defense. and when It became nec-
essary to abandon the mission and
The silver star., 1901-02-15

taken with very distressing pains -:
my stomach.
Il seldom had passage Of the bow.
els naturally. consulted anothss
physician with no better results. The
disease kept growing on me, until
had exhausted the ability Of sixteen a
kochester's best physicians. The las
physician advised me to give up M
work and 60 south. after he had treat,
ed me for one year.
Il was given thorough examination
with the X-ray. They could not svel
determine what my trouble was. .Sons
Of your testimonials in the Rochestea
papers seemed to me worthy Of con.
sideration. and l made up my mind u
try q bottle OF Peruna. Before thu
bottle was half gone noticed a change
for the better. am now on the tifth
bottle, and have not an ache or pail
anywhere. Ny bowels move regularly,
every day. and l have taken ON eight
cen pounds Of fesh. l have recon.
mended Peruna to q great many ant
they recommend 1t very highly. !!
have told several people that IL they
would take q bottle of Peruna, ant
could then candidly say that 1t had moi
benefited them. would pay for thu
medicine. C. Lockhart.
Mr.. w. P. Peterson, of Morris, Ill.
says:
Il was nearly dead with catarrha
dyspepsia and am now a well man, bet.
ter. in fact. than have been for TWEEN.
ty years or more.
''S.nce got cured by your Peruna !
have been consulted by a great many
people,"
II you do not derive prompt and sat.
isfactory results from the use Of Pc.
runa, write At once to DIR. Hartman
giving . full statement of your case
and he will be pleased to give you hi
valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman. President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbia
Ohio
The silver star., 1901-02-15
Rich lMAo,hArlon.
usw naisas 1siss - Fssalshsd No,
LA2or1sls fnassss.

uew Daisss Dsiss 49, fusaishsd no.
Lazssasss tnaasss.
Balsac, the great French novelist,
had . remarkable Imagination, and
lived In . make-believe world that mo-
only got into his books, but into his
whole outer life as we'll. He woulG
writt stories of men who acquired
riches In improbable ways, and afte.
working their methods out upon paper
would set about realizing them him.
self, using for his capital the very
money which the stories brought him
He once drew plans for country house
gave them to a builder with instruc-
tions to carry them out to the smallest
detaih and went away on a vacation
while the work was going on. When
the villa was finished there was not u
single staircase In 1t anywhere, and the
forgetful novelist was compelled to nut
them outside. though he stoutly main
tained that outside stairways had been
part OF his original plan. When this
matter had been remedied he invited
party of writer's and artists to dine
with him in his new house. For
months he had talked Of nothing but
his plans for furnishing 1t, so his
guests were naturally eager to see the
wonders that he had been describing
with such enthusiasm. But when they
arrived at the grounds they saw moth
ing but mortar beds. piles of rubbish
and litter Of every sort that had been
left by the workmen. The garden.
which he had described as filed with
choice fruit trees, was occupied by a
heap OF old brick, while certain cor
ner which he had called the "hennery"
was given over to weeds and scrubby
pushes. Something was wrong, clearly.
In the house itself they found Balzac.
excitedly scrawling words and figures
upon the newly plastered walls. All
was damp and chill and bare Of furri-
ture. with the exception of the dining
room. Here few cheap chairs were
drawn about rickety table bearing q
poor array of poorer eatables. Quit
Ignoring their amazement and disap
pointment. Balzac showed them
through his villa and explained his
plans. On this wall a painting by Tt
tisn was to hang. on the opposite one
picture by Raphael: ON the third
space was reserved for couple oi
Rembrandt's portraits. while the door.
way was to be draped with a splendid
piece OF thirteenth-century tapestry
All were to be put precisely where Bal
zac had made his chalk marks. The
floor was laid out in like manner
Chairs of the time Of Louis Xv..'
mahogany table," "hand-carved side
board" Turkish and Indian rugs,
and SO forth. even to the ceiling. which
the novelist had reached with laddel
and inscribed chandelier of Venetian
glass" The treasures with which hi
had furnished his villa were scattered
through the palaces. picture gallerie.
and museums of all Europe. and, ever
though they could have been bought
would have cost millions of dollars
But in Balzac's quick Imagination the,
were already In place. and he sat dowr
and dispensed his humble dinner with
the grace of a prince who had al
things at his command.
The silver star., 1901-02-15
Fiouse o1 Representafives, l
Wash1ngt0n, Feb. T. 1899. I

610o1o ~ representatives.
Washington, Feb. 4, 1899.
The Psruna Medicine Co., Columbus,
Ohio
Oentjemea-"l have taleea Per,asa
now for two weeks, and find ! am
very much relieved. I feel that ny
cure will be permanent. ] have also
takee Il for 10 grippe. and take pleas
ure ln recommending Peruna q IN
sxceIleat remedy to al fellow suffer.
ers."-M. w. Howard.
Coaeressmaa howard's ho0e ad.
dross b Fort Payne, Ala.
A OsT people think that catarrh is a
disease confined to the head and
N nose. Nothing 10 farther from
the truth. II may be that the nose and
throat II the oftenest Affected BY ca
tarrh. but II this II 70 It 10 20 only
because these parts are more exposed
the other parts of the body.
Every organ, every duct. every cavity
Of the human body 10 liable to catarrh.
A multitude Of ailments depend ON ca
tarrh. This y true winter and sum-
mer. Catarrh causes many cases OF
chronic disease. whore the victim has
not the slightsst suspicion that catarrh
has anything to do with It.
The following letter which gives the
experience of Mr.. A. c. Lockhart IL .
case In point:
Nr. 4. C. Lockhart. West Henristta.
N. T.. Boz 50. In . letter written to
Dr. Hartman says the following Of
Pofuna:
About nftsen years ago l COM
msnced to b. ailing. and consulted .
physician. He pronounced my trouble
. species Of dyspepsia. and advised me.
after hs had treated me about six
months. to get . leave oe sbsence from
my business and 90 into the country.
I lid 20 and got temporary relief.
went back to work again, but was
The silver star., 1901-02-15
a Msx,cAM wAsH-pAv.

4 Nsssa sssss which Interests Trav.
To the American woman. accustomed
to washing her clothes In . tub In her
kitchen o. shed and hanging them out
ON the line 70 dry. the sight Of num-
bsr Of them at work 10 novel and inter-
esting. The Nsxicans have many
queer ways Of doing things.
and this 10 one Of them. No washing
II done In the houses. Once
. week-and sometimes once .
month-according to the clsanli-
ness Of the family. the woman
Of the house or her grown up daugh-
ters, or her servants. II she y rich.
take their soiled linen down 70 the
canal, where the wash tanks Of stone
ars built. The cleansing pro-
CESS u not up 70 American
standards Of tidiness. There 10 little
rubbing and the Mexican woman has
NO reason 10 complain Of backache. -
has her American cousin. after her
days work 10 done. She simply dips
her clothes few times into the canal.
then siaps them on the stones and
hangs them on the rafters Of the can
vas-covercd roof that protects their
heads from the suns rays.
The silver star., 1901-02-15
vANDERBILT'S START.
FOUNDER or FAMILY An TN
cELLENT BoArMAN.
HIS Dariag Placed Him n Hoes.
Whore He Mads his First start---ls
Was ah anportant Resort-Prsvsd
Fortanats Uadsrtakisg.
Especial Letter.)

Especial Lottery
The magnificent Vanderbilt French
wedding at Newport the other day has
called attention once more to the CO.
lossal riches Of the Vanderbilt family
and the means by which they have
been acquired. The great-grandfather
Of the groom at the noted ceremony
began life without penny. His son.
William X. Vanderbilt, added to .
large fortune left him. devoting most
Of his energy to the development Of
his railway holdings. Cornelius. the
third in line, worked along the same
lines to a certain extent, but dabbled
little In real estate as q side issue.
How Commodore Cornelius Wander
bilt, the founder of the line that bears
MS name. got his start in business is
little known. The fact that he made
his first $1,000 as the manager of q
hotel has but recently come to the
public knowledge This hotel was the
Bellonia, on Burnet street. New Bruns-
WICK, structure that Is still stand
ing. though very much dilapidated.
Here 1t was that the old commodore,
tnen young man, laid the foundation
OF the fortune that has made his fam
iiy celebrated throughout the world.
The old hotel has long been one of the
most interesting landmarks in New
Brunswick. At present 1t is tene-
ment-house, and in every way shows
the marks of time.
An Important Resort.
When it was managed by Cornelius
Vanderbilt, after known as "Commo-
dore" Vanderbilt, the Bellonia was one
Of the most important hotels and one
OF the best paying properties in the
state. The New York and New Bruins
wick Freight Company conducted a
line of freight and passenger sloopa
between the two cities, and New
Brunswick was the terminus Of the
stage coach route from Philadelphia.
At the Bellonia passengers stopped
and waited for the boat to New York
or the coach to Philadelphia. a. the
case might be. Vanderbilt frequently
said that 1t was his observation OF
the unsatisfactory methods Of trans
The silver star., 1901-02-15
ACker'S
English
Remedy

at this time 10 the friend 10 ned.
II will relieve the sufferer At once,
and BY healing membrane Of throat
and lungs prevent . further attack.
Don't delay one day, mothers. II
you havsn't AcKEa's get Il. AcKsa's
vill cure Coughs and colds In . day.
1.-Two d ~ childrsss ows shs,r live 70
Acxna's eNoLisM RsMxpv. Il rslievss
e oacs. IN nsver without 4,
MRS. =. @. WEBER, DuGalo.
Write 70 10 for testimonials and
free illustrated book on Coasunp.
ton.
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~ nalevi. Ass1as rspe1s1ss.,

We learn that .. 3. Baldwin. who
sailed for England some wssks since
70 nAke preparations, for his Arctic
trip, has safely arrived and that hs 10
busily engassd IN making arrange
ments to carry on - much scientific
work - possible during his sojourn In
the far north, says the Philadslphia
Times. In an Interview he 10 reported
TO have stated that. ~ Lieut.. Psasy
and Capt. Sverdrup are both In Green
land. he thought In all iproba abiiity hs
would proceed BY Frans Josef Land.
He expects to take twenty-five men
mest Of whom will be Americas. He
will have two ships. Of the whaler type.
both Of which will start at about the
same time. One Will return home after
the Arctic regions have been entered.
and the other will push % far north ~
possible. The date and point Of de-
pasture will depend upon the dsvslop-
neots Of ths coming spring regard
Inc rsary and Sserdrup.
The silver star., 1901-02-15

The most important diocese Of the
Church OF England lost Its spiritual
head when Rt. Rev. Mandell Creigh-
ton, bishop Of London. passed away.
Bishop Creighton vas born In Carlisle
In lslS and was educated at Oxford.
At the comparatively early age Of II
be was elected to the Dixie professor
ship Of Ecclesiastical history in the
University Of Cambridge. In 1885 he
rspressntsd Emmanuel Cellsgs. Cam
bsidgs. at the 3E0th anniyersary cele-
bration of Harvard College. He was
appointsl bishop Of Peterborough in
iool. and at tie death Of Archbishop
Benson. in 1897. he became bishop Of
loadoa. His administration Of both
6ioceses was Married by great ability.
H held himself somewhat aloof from
the strife Of Ritualists and Ant1-2it-
The silver star., 1901-02-15
n.sss lsssAss.s . CsesA.

Ths nrst mark Of irrssulArity Of the
clock In the tower Of the Union de-
va the disoord Of the hands on
four dials. fading north. south. east
. west, says ths psnver Republican.
sess are Fun ~ log STEEL arms that
1send fro0 the neebanibm II the esn-
Ths haa1s, eash q whieh y aboee
q ssst leae. dil ~ hsep ~ sems