Gilpin observer., 1902-01-23
COLORADO BRIEFS.

An oil exchange has been opened in
Denver.
Pueblo real estate men have organ
ized an exchange.
Cripple Creeks saloons are now
closed at midnight.
| A forger under arrest Mt Creede is.
believed to be Pat Grove.
Gene Born of Creede was fined $50
| for killing three mountain sheep.
Denver seems in fair way to have
two baseball mines the coming season.
The Legislature will convene in ex-
traordlnary session on the 9th of jan
uary.
The daughter of Major General Whea-
ton is soon to marry Frederick II. Nor
ley Of Colorado Springs
A new wagon road is to be built be-
tween Monument and Palmer Lake to
avoid the hills on the present route.
The effect on the value Of real estate
has been remarkable. Land has gone
up 300 per cent. in price and In some
instances even more. One farm was
just sold for $4OO pei, acre.
The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
paid $7,OOOOOO in wages in 1901, and
turned out a product, including 4,O43,-
$50 tons of, coal and 554,44O tons Of
coke, of about thirteen million dollars.
The deaf mutes of Denver are or
ganizing a church. They will rent
quarters for a church and employ q
skilled instructor from the Colorado
Springs College, who will preach to
them in the sign language.
Walter A. Stockman and Frank Nc
namara, two alleged horse thieves
who escaped from the Jefferson county
Jail, were captured by Douglas county
officers at the ranch of l.. u. Stevens
ten miles west of Castle Rock.
A new $4,000 hotel and new ma
tional bank with capitalization OF
$1O0,00 are assured for Grand juno
ton. The Reed Investment Company
of Colorado Springs is back Of both the
new enterprises. Work on the new
hotel will be commenced at once.
Excitement in the Debeque oil fields
continues undated and the hills for
miles around town are filed with pros
pectors and now piece Of governments
land on which the locators' stakes are
not prominent is a rarity. Prices on
real estate are rapidly advancing.
Foul air in the May Be mine on
Squaw mountain has added two more
NlCliluS W tut lSl VI taouaAaCo
in the Cripple Creek district. The un-
fortunate miners are John Wanner and
Gus Peterson. They were employed by
Lessees Davis and Bentley.
macaront factory has been estab-
lished at Coal Creek. The company is
composed of Italians and the machin-
cry was imported from Italy, the
freight alone amounting to $1,000. Ten
varieties are being made. The orders
already are taxing the plant.
]. w. Warren has donated 219 acres
OF valuable land two miles west Of
Loveland to the National Benevolent
Association Of the Christian Church for
the purpose Of establishing an industri-
al home for homeless boys. Suitable
buildings will be erected by the asso-
ciatiOn as coon as possible, and the
farm put into proper condition to be
utilized to the best advantage in the
support Of the home.
1t has just been learned that parties
are taking up the coal lands at the
head of Surface creek, near Delta.
Over 10000 acres are now staked and
the men are still at work. While no
definite information can be obtained,
Il Is thought that either the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company or the parties
who are talking of putting in the smelt-
er at Delta are securing the coal de-
posits.
1t is thought that Thomas I. Walsh
is back Of the smelter negotiations for
Delta, and that In place of building =
railroad to Pueblo from Ouray, as he
talked of doing some time ago, that he
will build smelter Mt Delta, construct
ing short road from Ouray and Tellu-
ride to Delta. The parties who were
here in the interest Of the smelter
would not say who they represent, but
claim that Delta is the natural location
for a smelter. and that they expect to
begin operations this season.
A large and enthusiastic meeting Of
farmers and business men was held Mt
Loveland on the 14th to discuss the
question Of tariff reduction on sugar.
There was no pre-arranged program,
but the discussion was open to all.
The interest taken by farmers in tho
subject was shown by the large unn[
Der who took advantage of the oppor-
tunity of saying n few words in be-
half OF this new industry and the ne
cessity Of protective tariff. At the
close Of the meeting resolutions were
unanimously adopted and ordered for
warded to the president and to Colo
radios representatives in Congress ask
Ing that no reduction in the duties ba
made.
A survey has been commenced by
the Denver Il Rio Grande Railroad
Company Of line over the route once
defined as the Pueblo GunMson & Pa
ciflc. The road as projected will run
south from Pueblo along the foothills
OF the Greenhorn mountains to St. Ma.
ry's, after which II will extend along
the Huerfano to Crestone, connecting
there with n branch OF the Denver &
Rio Grande New Mexico line from Moi.
fat. From there the line will extend
through Saguache county to Gunnisou
where the rich beds Of iron ore are he.