Gilpin observer., 1901-07-04
COLORADO NOTES.

The hotel at Idalia in Arapahoe coun.
ty, John Mccoy, manager, was burned
June 2Sth.
The President has signed the COM
mission of J. S. Olney as postmaster
at Crested Butte.
Fred G. Folsom will coach the foot
ball team of the state university al
Boulder during the season of 1901.
With the opening of the d. & r. G.
line from Texas Creek, Westcliffe and
Silver Cliff have made their second de-
but into railroad society.
Mrs. NJ. A. Shute, secretary of the
State Board of Horticulture. will have
charge of the horticultural department
of the state fair at Pueblo next fall.
There is n very pretty rivalry be-
tween Boulder and Colorado Springs
in the matter of Il quarto-centennial
celebration. Good advertisement for
both.
The county commissioners of Ell Paso
| county are considering Il petition for
franchise to construct an electric rail
way from Colorado City to the Garden
| of the Gods.
On June 25th there We're fourteen di-
vorces granted in the Arapahoe county
court at Denver, releasing twenty
eight uncongenial people. Doubtless
most of them will try, try again.
| To be described as beautiful and ac-
complished and to get her half-tone
portrait published all a Colorado girl
has to do is to be married and send
her photograph to the Denver dailies.
Ex-Governor ]. B. Grant is preparing
| to erect n fine residence on Pennsyl-
vania avenue. between Seventh and
Eighth avenues in Denver. 1t is re-
| ported that the cost will be about $780,
| 200.
The purchase of the mineral artesian
well at Montrose for hospital purposes
has been completed and contract for
| the erection of a hospital to be I'M
ished by October 1st has been let for
$4,000.
| In the District Court at Fort Nor
gan Frank Gibson was sent to the pen
! itentiary for nine years for burglary,
, and ]. w. Stacy. was sent to the state
reformatory for two years for the same
offense.
At its recent session in Columbus,
Ohio, the supreme council, United Com
mercial Travellers, granted charters for
councils at Trinidad and Pueblo and
also charter for the grand council of
Colorado.
During a sudden squall of wind at
| Pueblo, June Both. Mrs. j. w. Mitchell
was struck by a falling limb from a
dead cottonwood tree and dangerous)-
hurt. She was taken to St Mary's
hospital. A babe that she held in her
arms escaped almost entirely unin-
jured.
| At Pueblo June Doth the temperature
as shown by the thermometer was 1881
degrees at $3.50 p. m, which was rec
ord-breaker. The hottest day previous
to that was in July. 1888, when the
mercury rose to 1927. But no pros
trations We're reported as would have
been the case in any eastern city.
A Denver daily says there is a move
ment on foot to send to the Pan-Amer-
lean exposition the four star athletes
of the State Interscholastic Associa-
ton, Annis, Johnston and Van Fleet of
East Denver and Martell of Central
High School. Pueblo. The money for
expenses, it is said, is being raised by
subscription.
Carl Hahn. machinist in the en-
ploy of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company at Pueblo, has invented a
| W bt W iiluli iit
estimates that one gallon of liquid air,
which can be manufactured for %
cents, can be made to run a bicycle go
miles on a smooth road, and an auto
mobile 100 miles.
] Up to June 25th the Colorado Springs
| base ball team of the Western League,
had won nineteen games and lost
twenty-four, while the Denver team
I
seven. Des Mones is the only team
behind Denver, and Kansas City
stands at the head with thirty-four
games to its credit having lost but
fifteen.
| Information has been received in
Denver that Professor George c. Til
den. the eminent mining engineer for
merly of Colorado. and nephew OF
Samuel j. Tilden, has lost his reason
while pushing some difficult work in
South America for an English syndi-
cate. For seven years Professor Til
den was professor of analytical chem
istry and assaying in the Colorado
School of Mines at Golden.
According to statements received in
Denver from Washington no attempt
is likely to be made by the Treasury
Department to impose fine on Con.
tractor Mcintyre because of his failure
to complete his contract on the Denver
mint anywhere near on time. The
First National Bank of Denver Is now
engaged in finishing McIntyre's job
Meantime there are no indications that
the building will be in use short OF
many years.
The corner stone of the new First
Methodist Church building at Colorado
Springs was laid June 9th by Bishop
Warren in the presence of large
gathering. The church will cost ap.
proxmately $4,000, exclusive of the
organ. for which special fund OF
about 5000 will be provided. The