Gilpin observer., 1902-09-11
col. LoRADo BRiE EF 81

September 18th and continues for i've
days.
Seventy-five cars of cantaloupes We're
shipped from Rocky Ford on the first
two days of September.
Several destructive forest fires have
been in progress for considerable
time in the vicinity of Longs peak.
A good deal of damage was done in
the vicinity of Fowler by severe hall
storm on the night Of August 31st.
Professors d. j. Griffith of Ames Col
lege, Iowa, Will act as coach for the Ag-
ricultural College football team at Fort
| Collins this year.
ated crusade against street fakirs
who make a market-place Of the prin-
cipal streets of the city.
Large forest fires are constantly in
sight from Denver and it seems as If
the foothills of the Eastern range
must soon be entirely bare of timber.
! A party of scientists have been maxi
ing survey of the large glacier on
Arapahoe peak in Boulder county and
will later publish full description Of
! it,
The football team of Colorado College
at Colorado Springs has begun practice.
1t is reported that the University of
Denver will also have a team In the
| field.
The Otero oil well near Boulder was
shot on September 1st with sixty quarts
of nitroglycerine Oil rose to within $50
feet of the surface, Indicating yalu-
able we'll
| Denver fans" stoutly assert that the
| Denver baseball team will again win
the Western League pennant, though
beginning its series of home games at
fourth place.
| The Gates system of mercantile
houses, creameries and cheese factories,
has inaugurated $50 miles of barbed
wire fence telephone line on the Divide
east of Palmer Lake.
At Pueblo a few days ago Mrs. r. A.
Hartman and her four-year-old daugh-
ter received painful burns from the ex-
plosion of patent stove polish which
they bought from peddler.
The United States Geological Survey
party in charge of f.. NJ. Taylor and w.
II. Greathead has been running levels
| in Estes park from which to correct
the determination of the height of
Longs peak.
The State Federation of Labor has
sent out circulars all over the state,
calling upon workingmen to make elec-
ton day holiday in order that work
ingmen may attend to their duties ut
the polls.
| Several strings of cow-ponies have
been attracted by the large purses Of
fered by the Colorado State Fair at
Pueblo September 18th to goth, and the
relay races promise to be the best ever
held in the state.
The Denver horse show closed Sep
tember 9th, having been highly sue
cessful both in attendance and interest.
There was a grand display Of horses
and money enough was received to
leave surplus in the treasury.
| 1t seems likely that the new Lead
Vile electric power and railroad scheme
will be carried through. The company
proposes to build a railroad connecting
the mines and smelters of the district
and to furnish power to mining plants.
Arrangements are In progress for the
! fitting celebration of Emancipation
I Day at Colorado Springs, September
22nd. The inability of Booker I.
Washington to attend, owing to pre-
vious engagements occasions much re-
gret.
W. W. Price of Colorado Springs and
Webb Jay of Denver drove a fifteen
horsepower automobile from Colorado
Springs to Buena Vista in nine hours
on August 31st, but were delayed be-
tween Buena Vista and Leadville by
the illness of Mr.. Jay.
The August report of the sales of the
United States land office ut Denver Is
as follows: Total receipts from sales,
4S,000.55; the fees Of the Office, 81, Co.,
/ O5, q total Of SOL 10000. This Is an In
crease of $1,6O0.OO compared with the
corresponding month last year.
DR.. Adam e. Ford Of Denver pro-
poses to build sanitarium on the cot
tage plan near Custer City, in Custer
county. Log houses will be occupied
by distinct classes of patients, but the
institution is intended for the care Of
those afflicted with consumption.
At Colorado Springs, September 9th,
Charles Rohman pleaded guilty of
stealing a grip from the Rio Grande
depot and was given from three to five
years in the penitentiary. The severe
sentence was imposed because of the
fact that Rohman was already out on
parole from the Buena Vista reforma
tory.
The Denver News of September 9th
says: Charles Boettcher, president OF
the Great Western Sugar Company
yesterday announced that ground will
be broken at Windsor, September 10Th,
for the sugar factory, which is to be
erected at that place. The factory is
to be completed In time to handle the
crop of next year and will be nearly n
year in course of construction.
Frank @. Smith, for the last ten years
division superintendent OF the Rock
Island road mt Colorado Springs, has
been appointed general superintendent
Of the Colorado Springs & Cripple
Greek District railroad to succeed A. O.
Ridgway, who has been made general