Gilpin observer., 1901-08-01
COLORADO NOTES.

opened successfully July 23d.
The plant of the Golden Pressed
Brick Company at Golden, which was
recently burned, will be rebuilt imme-
diately.
The Salt Lake Tribune says that the
accounting department of the Rio
Grande Western railroad will be
moved from Salt Lake to Denver Oc-
tober 1st
The comptroller OF the currency has
extended the corporate existence OF
the Western National Bank of Pueblo
Colorado, until the close of business
July 26, 1921.
The hail and wind storm in the vicin-
ity of Rocky Ford on the night of july
24th did n good deal of damage to can
taloupes and fruit, but fortunately on
ly hit a limited district.
The executive committee of the
Transmississippi congress at Cripple
Creek awarded the first prize of $50 in
cash for the best decorated building to
the fire boys of station No. 1.
All the county prisoners have been
removed from the Cripple Greek city
Jail to the county Jail. The new Jail
has capacity to hold 100 prisoners
and cost Teller county $4,000.
On the night of July 23rd at Grand
Junction safe blowers wrecked the
safe of the Book Cliff railroad depot
and another in the feed store of j. w.
Osborn. The amounts taken We're not
large.
AS Otto Mears has long been known
as the Wizard of the San Juan be-
cause of his wonderful road building
achievements. so Thomas +. Walsh
bids fair to be styled the San Juan
Monte Cristo.
The chlOrnation plant of the Ell Paso
Milling Company at Florence was COM
pletely destroyed by fire on the morn
ing of July 22d between and O'Clock.
The loss is estimated at 100000; in
surance. $4,000.
An eastern automobile firm is said
to be considering the project of estab-
fishing an automobile service at Colo
rado Springs and Manitou to carry
tourists to the Garden of the Gods and
other points of interest
A break occurred in the Victor city
dam on the southwest side of Pixies
peak about 4 o'clock on the morning of
July 23d and carried away about
twelve feet of the dam. also causing
loss of 100000 gallons of water.
me uReUt OF tne State lillu Olllct
who went to look after the fire on Mt.
Evans telephoned that it was eX-
tinguished 1t is the opinion of state
officials that the rains will put a stop
to the fires that have been reported so
frequently of late.
Extensive forest fires are reported in
Park and Jefferson counties. A great
fire has been spreading on Mount Ev-
q. of
pine. Another great fire has been dew
aStating the mountain forests between
Evergreen and Pine Grove.
A Toledo, Ohio, dispatch says that
w. E. Moses, the land script dealer of
Denver, has made claim to four is
lands near the mouth of the Maumee
river. The islands are valued at
S15O.0OO and are now claimed by the
state under the swamp act of 1850.
The recent opening with appropriate
ceremonies of the public library given
by Thomas f. Walsh to the people of
Ouray, which with the building cost
$4,000, was notable event in the
history of the state. Other wealthy
men may well emulate his example in
the way of giving.
J. +. Carney, foreman of the pipe
line construction gang. recently
brought to Loveland n skeleton which
was uncovered near n big dam west of
Loveland. The skull and jawbones in
dicate that it was an Indian. A stir
rup and bride bit We're found in per-
feet state of preservation.
The second reunion of the National
Society of the Army of the Philippines
will be held in Salt Lake City August
13, 1901. the anniversary of the cap
ture of Manila, and the Denver X Rio
Grande will run n special train from
Colorado at one fare for the round
trip. leaving Denver at s p. III. August
11th.
About thirty non-union miners left
Leadville July 24th for Rossland. Brit
ish Columbia, where they will take
the places of striking miners. The
agent for the company had consider
able difficulty in getting the men away
from town, but when the train finally
pulled out there was no demonstra-
ton.
The Denver Republican correspond
en-. at Florence writes that the apple
crop of Fremont county was never
larger than will be the case this year,
being fully one-third greater than that
of last year. The country for miles is
covered with fruit trees loaded down,
owing to the weight of the fruit upon
them.
II. II. Reid and w. L. Dunham,
who recently started to make an auto
mobile trip from Denver TO Cheyenne
and back. ran into n rain storm TWEEN
ty-five miles south of Cheyenne and
got so thoroughly wet that they con-
cluded to return by rail They aver
aged sixteen miles an hour while run
ming.
Eastern capitalists from Canton,
Ohio, announce their intention TO cs-
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