Gilpin observer., 1903-10-15
COLORADO BRIEFS.

The fruit crop OF Fremont county il
larger this year than ever before.
Graders on the Moffat road who visit
Denver to spend their money are being
relieved of it by thieves and confidence
men.
An effort will be made to establish
bicycle racing tracks at Denver and
Pueblo to form circuit with Salt Lake
lCity.
The Yuma County Fair at Wray
closed October 3rd after highly sue
lcessful exhibition. Races and base
ball games added to the interest.
The official count shows that the ma
1ority against the Denver charter was
7,l97. There were 35,711 votes cast. A
new charter election Is now in order.
Arvada, in Jefferson county, will
hold another election on the question
of incorporation. 1t is becoming one
OF the most important suburbs Of
Denver.
Up to the Sth of October the second
crop Of Strawberries was still coming
into the market at Canon City, having
been constantly coming since the latter
part of August.
Tho Denver & Rio Grande railroad Is
building large plant at Alamosa to
treat railroad ties and bridge timbers
with a preservative solution or pickle
to keep them from rotting.
The Denver School Board will ar
range for the reorganization of the
High School Cadets, whose organiza-
ton was suspended last spring owing
to dissatisfaction with its conditions.
James A. McGonigle of Denver has
been authorized to expend 81 ,075 addi-
tional on the new mint for the purpose
of making certain changes in the open
ings between the boiler and coal vaults.
, The American Refrigerator Transit
Company, an adjunct of the Gould sys-
tenn. operating cars on the Rio Grande
and Missouri Pacific, has established
an Office in Denver and will extend its
service.
In the District Court at Grand juno
ton on October 10th the jury acquit-
ted w. T. Downing Of the charge of
assault with intent to kill District At
.torney Samuel B. McClelland. The de-
fense pleaded emotional insanity.
! The great factory of the American
Beet Sugar Company at Rocky Ford
twas started up October 9th. Important
additions and improvements have been
made in the plant, which has a capacity
of 1,2O0 tons of beets daily.
Work has been commenced on the
reservoirs Of the Fountain Valley Land
and Irrigation Company near Colorado
Springs. 1t is proposed to construct
three reservoirs at a cost Of $3.50. 900.
and erect beet sugar plant.
The Idaho Springs Board Of Alder
men has voted to set aside sufficient
ground owned by the city for the new
Carnegie Library building. The site
will be directly across the street from
the Colorado & Southern Depot.
T. D. A. Cockerell, of London, later
secretary of the Colorado Biological
Association. and one of the most noted
biological scientists in the world, has
been secured by Colorado College to
compile the fauna and flora Of Colo
radO.
Northwestern Suburban Line, which
will be part of the Denver Tramway
system; has secured right OF way into
Golden. 1t will be an extension OF the
present electric line between Denver
and Arvada.
A. B. Frenzel of Denver has offered,
through the Colorado Scientific Socie-
ty, a cash prize of $3.50 to the student
of the State School of Mines who shall
write the best paper on Tungsten in
Colorado" the prize to be known as
the Frenzel prize.
The handsome new 1900 Standard
Club house. being built by the United
States Reduction and Refining Compa-
ny at Colorado City for the benefit
of Its employees, is rapidly nearing
completion and will be ready for oc-
cupancy December 1st.
DR.. w. H. Spicer, a prominent Pueb-
10 dentist, was found dead in his Of
fee at 9 p. m. October 5th. Death re-
suited from an overdose OF chloro-
form taken to ease intense pain caused
by neuralgia. The coroner decided
that no inquest was necessary.
The Colorado Springs lodge Of Elks
opened their new $65.000 club house
October 3rd. A supper was given at
night The formal dedicatory exercises
will take place November II at IL o.
cloc kin the evening, when q gathering
of all the lodges In the state will be
held.
The comptroller Of the currency has
Jones, OF Stock Yards, Colorado. and
others, to organize new national
bank, to be known as the First Nation
al Bank OF Brighton, Colorado. The
proposed new bank is capitalized at
$25. 900.
The special election held at Delta
for the purpose OF deciding whether to
issue bonds for $4,000 for water
works system resulted in vote of 90
to in favor OF the issue. The bonds
will be placed at once and work start
ed whereby Delta will be supplied with
mountain water.
Articles OF Incorporation Of the I'm
ion Cooperative Mercantile Company
have been fled with the county clerk
of Pueblo county. The company is in