Gilpin observer., 1901-08-15
COLORADO NOTES.

ePPAOaShAhS AIShNSA lSoeA'NA'
The Gentlemen's Driving Park Asso-
citation, recently formed at Greeley,
propose to construct a fine driving
park near the city.
The horse show at Colorado Springs
August Goth to 22nd, is expected to be
one of the finest affairs of the kind
ever held in the state.
Z. Il. Clark, Cripple Creek police
man, was killed on the night of the 9th
instant by accidentally coming in con-
tact with live electric light wire.
The drill corps of Colorado Command
cry, No. 1, knights Templar, of Den
yer, will compete for prizes at the trl-
ennial conclaye in Louisville, August
26th to 2Sth.
"The sightseer who comes to COLO
RADIO and does not take in Cripple
Creek has missed half the show" is
what a Kentucky editor says Of the
great gold camp.
The old Tabor opera house at Lead
vile. erected by II. A. w. Tabor dur
ing the palmy days of the camp. has
been purchased by the Leadville Lodge
of Elks and will be greatly improved.
Colonel Phil Trounstine died at Den
yer on the 10th instant of hemorrhage
of the bowels He was buried on Tues
day, August 18th from his late resi-
dence, the ceremonies being conducted
by the Grand Army of the Republic.
The Rio Grande Southern for the
fourth week in July earned $14, 4,1Oo, an
increase of S131 over the corresponding
week of last year. For the month 1t
earned $439S0, an increase of S1,449
over the same month Of last year.
The colored people of Fremont and
Pueblo counties celebrated Emancipa-
ton Day at Florence, August 9th.
There was an excursion train from Pu-
eblo which brought several carloads or
visitors, accompanied by the Pleasant
Grove Band.
Captain G. III. Hilton, Jr., who served
during the war with Spain and during
the Philippine insurrection with the
| Colorado regiment and the Thirty
| ninth infantry. United States volun-
| teers, has received notice of his ap-
pointment as first lieutenant in the ar
tillery branch of the regular army.
The Denver & Rio Grande proper, for
| the fourth week in July, shows net
earnings amounting to $331,OOO, an In
! crease of S24,1 over the same week
of the preceding year. For the month
of July the earnings were $1,O23,SOo,
an increase of $1O1, 300 over the same
| month of last year.
At the meeting of the Scientific asso-
| citation in Denver this month Curator
| Ferril of the State Historical and Nat
ural History Society, will endeayor to
call attention to the necessity for the
| publication of an up-to-date botanical
work for the Rocky mountain and
| western plains region.
Louis r. Enrich has offered the
| Chamber of Commerce the use of his
| extensive lawn and grounds for the en-
| tertainment of the American Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Science,
| which meets at Denver, August oath,
should that body accept the invitation
to visit Colorado Springs.
| At last reports II. b. Palmer, the
| gunner who was dangerously injured
| in firing a salute at the Boulder Quar-
to-Centennial celebration, was doing
well in the hospital at Boulder, and
likely to recover. He has lost one
arm and three fingers of the other
hand and is in danger of losing one
eye.
Three prisoners escaped from the
Larimer county Jail at Fort Collins on
Saturday, August 10th. They We're
l
| roe, all of them awaiting trial for bur-
glary. A fourth prisoner, Jake Thom-
as, awaiting trial for horse stealing,
was bound and gagged by them and left
in the prison.
Il. V. Biddle, living on the Beulah
road about six miles southwest of Pu-
eblo, was killed by a bolt of lightning
that come down the chimney of his
house, on the afternoon of August
10th. His wife, infant daughter and Il
| friend visiting at the time, were
stunned by the shock but We're other
wise not injured.
Within few weeks an attempt will
be made to telegraph and telephone
from the top of the Equitable building
in Denver to the summit of Pixies
Peak without the aid of intervening
wires. The American Wireless Tele-
graph and Telephone Company, which
has recently invaded the West, will
conduct the experiment.
Extensive preparations are being
made for the second annual fair of the
Colorado-New Mexico Fair Associa-
tion, which will be held at Durango
the second week in October. The fair
will last four days, one day being de-
voted to Indian sports. II is expected
that there will be several hundred
Utes and Navajos present.
The Manitou City Council has passed
an ordinance to the effect that after
sundown all burros which are kept
for hire shall be banished from the
city, to remain in exile until morning.
The ordinance applies as well to dogs,
cats, parrots or any other beast or
bird that may become troublesome
during the night time by reason of un-
earthly noises.
1t Is estimated that between 10000
and 1000 people participated in the
"log rollings at Boulder Saturday,
August 10th. of whom nearly G.OO0
came from Denver, taxing railroad IA
cilitles to the utmost for their trans
nnrini ilnn rhn log rOllinrs Mt Glen.