Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-08

tic arrangement Of the first items in
the local column of a country newspa-
per. THE City of Victor Possesses"
among other things, seven churches.
Eight schooIhouses A perpetual blue
sky. Cribs is remarkable, as skies else
where are VIGOROUSLY transient.) Two
daily newspapers. Ten Thousand popa,-.
Iaticn. A mountain of gold behind it:
The most attractive store fronts in the
state. A $250.000 shaft house over the
gold coin mine. The largest hardware
and supply house in Teller county. A
four-story friedrich building, paying!
two per cent per month on the invest
ment. A 100000 clubhouse for miners
exclusively with all conceivable mod
ern equipment-the only thing of the
kind in the world" Here are a few OF
the things the city of Cripple Creek
possesses: Ten school buildings.
Three daily newspapers. Five-story
brick buildings. The latest style auto
mobiles. Thirteen thousand popula-
ton. Churches of all denominations.
CVictor claims only seventy. . No
tramps; everybody prosperous. i Dust
in the streets which pan gold. a COM
nlandery of Knights Templar. "A lodge
of every secret society known fhis. is
not so wild an eXaggeration as ii may
seem--the miners are Unsuitable Join
ers'). An unsurpassed summer and
winter climate. A 100000 residence
owned by j. Maurice Finn. Three hun
bred trains arriving and departing
daily. A mountain electric road-the
wonder of the world, The brightest
members of the legal fraternity in the
state. An, unlimited transient restau-
rant service at moderate prices The
purest water anywhere to be found.
liberty-loviug, law-abiding and good
natured community. Energetic, wide
awake merchants and the latest fash
ionably trimmed store windows: The
Daily Press. the only daily newspaper
in the world conducted by and in the
interest of organized labor" 1t is
worth while pausing here to remark
that the organization of labor has real
1y arrived at a surprising stage of de-
velopment in the Colorado mining in
dustry, so that the scale of wages IS
practically unaffected by the large
number of tramp" miners who are
constantly applying for jobs. ,s.
Miscellaneous items follow that, are pos
governed so directly by the verb POS
sesses' in the heading Cripple Creek
has been more generous to the greatest
number of poor men than any other spot
on earth. Zone wonders where these su-
perlativeiy numerous poor men conf
from, since according to a previous item
everybody is prosperousp From tn
summit Of Raven, Hill can be seen four
hundred miles of the Sansre De CriSto
mountain range, spoken 81 ~ slpo |
world cribs range is Actually about one
hundred miles, iongl w. IL Strattqfh
who sold the Independence mine 10 = |
BRITISH corporation for Sll@1-~S.' was
once as poor MS the other prospcctorS
when a slice of bacon and u few Soua |
biscuit looked pretty good to MIN inns
is reassuring: "our climate Is Sihgu.atiHi
inviting DAYS and nights delightfully."- |
cool and no horrid bugs Or MOSQUITOES
This is reminiscentia and suggestive q |
personal experience: during the carry
DAYS of Cripple creek--before the fire
lodging accommodation was so. crowded |
that often three different men slept IN
the same bed in twenty-four hours, eitch
being allowed eight hours for Which tiey
paid 81 apiece; now the most sumptuousl
quarters comparing favorably with any
in the large Eastern cities, rent Tor slao
TO s. II week" And this is thrilling:
Last December the most remarkable
battle ever fought in the world with mr.
arms took place 1909 feet below the sur
face in the independence mine way
down in the bowels of the earth ore
tnleNcS were SOuSlnS T1Cl orc rum III.
golden vein when the mines force LOT
atchmen encountered them. pitched
battle ensued resulting in one guard be-
ing shot twice in the arm ana thieves
landing in the pententiary for. long l
terms" In Connection with the occaSioni
Of this most remarkable and most san
culinary battle, it may be added that ore
stealing is 50 common in the district thatI
it is never safe to leave ore in cars over
night where thieves can get at 1t.
The towns of the Cripple Creek district
have all the "toughness charae
teristic TO the typical mining camp. as
any frank citizen will testify. But evenI
on this subject the buoyant idealism of
the Chamber of Commerce scribe does
not desert him, and he gives his beloved
home region this certificate of chivairy.I
"A woman is safer on the streets of any /
city in the Cripple Creek district at any
hour of the night than she would be on /
State street in Chicago or Broadway in
New York at any hour of the day. II is
4 remarkable fact that no court in the L
district records the case of a man insult
ing woman, and true that hundred
would spring to her rescue in case one
I'D The gentleman is evidently a Pick
wickian But whatever he may be,
Note the resourcefulness of his further
mingled laudation and information:I
NO locality in the country of equal size
consume so many ten-cent cigars. The
miners receive from 50 to $40 per day and
can afford the best of everything. MOI
where in the world can such charming
scenery he viewed all about yoil mol
is more. Hastily dressed the
Attest cut frook and garment is percepti-
ale everywhere. our tailors are generally
10 their business in the most fashiona bie l.
concerns. The dump composed OF the
waste matter from the extensive Port
and workings. II dropped into the rapids /