Gilpin observer., 1901-08-29

ney is seriously i'll at Ouray.
The Colorado Springs horse show
which closed August 22nd, was de-
clared to be decided success. 4
| The first Colorado & Southern train
since the washout of August 3D. reach
| ed Buena Vista from Como August
25th.
President David Starr Jordan of Le-
land Stanford University, preached in
Calvary Baptist Church, Denver on
Sunday, August 25th.
The people of Arvada, on the Colora-
| do IL Southern line between Denver
and Golden, expect to have an electric
line into Denver this winter.
The Central City lodge of Elks is
preparing to hold fair and festival
from September 18th to 21st to raise
funds for the erection of Il building.
The proposed new power house and
plant of Stratton's electric street rail
way system in Colorado Springs will
cost about $150,OoO and will be one of
the finest in the West.
A Victor Ladies' Pioneer Club has
been organized by the ladies who came
early to Victor. Mrs. II. II. Atchison
was elected president and it was de-
cided to hold annual meetings.
The five large steam laundry plants
in Pueblo are endeayoring to effect
combination and have been consider
ing the erection of Il big plant to ac-
commodate the whole business.
Thomas e. Barr, founder of the
Peoples Pulpit work in Milwaukee,
will endeavor to reorganize the famous
Broadway Temple Association of the
late Myron w. Reed at the Broadway
theater in Denver
There was great rejoicing among the
baseball enthusiasts in Denver when
the Denver Western League team
climbed from eighth place to fourth,
leaving Des Moines and Colorado
Springs to fight for the BOBBY prize.
James a. Fleming, formerly of Den
YER, but now a wealthy mine owner
of Phoenix, Arizona, has been sued for
$4,000 damages by Miss Jessie NJ.
Graham, who alleges that Fleming
promised to marry her in 1890, and
has failed to do so. Miss Graham for
merly lived in Butte, Montana.
United States photographer A. S.
Fellows, who returned to Denver few
days ago from a trip through the west
ern part of the state, says that there is
more water in the rivers on the western
slope this year than there has been be-
fore for fifteen years. Mr.. Fellows
measured many Of the rivers while on
his trip.
In the District Court at Fort Morgan
Harry Smmington pleaded guilty
when arraigned for burglary and at
tempting to take the life of Sheriff A.
J. Calvert. Judge Bennett sentenced
the prisoner to Il term of not less than
twelve nor more than fifteen years at
hard labor in the penitentiary and he
was taken to Canon City by the sheriff
he tried to kill.
At Silverton August 24th, about 1:30
p. M, during n heavy rainstorm,
cloudburst occurred on Anvil noun
tain, flooding all the residences along
Bluff street from Twelfth to Four
teenth streets. Where the cloudburst
struck, huge boulders weighing nearly
a ton were lifted from out the ground.
This is said to be the first cloudburst
that ever occurred in the immediate vi
cinity of Silverton.
Among the men who came to Den
yer to attend the scientific gathering is
H. T.. Brewer of Yale University. The
professor was in Colorado in 1869 with
party of government men who spent
of the mountains. The expedition NAM
ed the three peaks on the west side of
South park Harvard" "Yale" and
"Princeton," and determined the
height of many of the principal peaks
of the eastern portion of the range.
The reservoir dam ten miles west of
Trinidad, which was washed out by the
big flood on the night of August 4th,
has been rebuilt and water is again
flowing in. Twice since the first flood
has the dam and pipe line been dam
aged by flood, but 1t is thought that
the danger is now all over. The city
will soon begin improvement in the
water plant and will necessitate an out
lay of nearly 100000. There is gem
eral feeling of relief throughout the
city that the trouble is over as lawns.
shade trees and gardens were getting
in bad shape.
A Denver News special says that at
Granite on the night of August 9th
robbers effected an entrance through
the glass door of the Hanson Grocery
Company's store, blowing open the
iron safe and extracting over $500 in
money and some jewelry. The money
taken was $3.50 in checks which had al
ready been endorsed and $50 in gold
and silver 1t Is evident that the rob-
bers used dynamite, as the force of the
explosion was so great that it com
pletcly demolished n huge oil tank In
the rear of the building. causing the
oil to be spilled over the goods, doing
considerable damage.
The lodge of Elks at Central City is
making elaborate preparations for n
fair and festival September 1ith to
DIST. The purpose Of the fair Is to OBJ
tain funds to build lodge room. The
Colorado & Southern railroad has Of
fcred 90 make a rate of one fare for
the round trip during the fair week
from Denver pnd all points on It's Clear