Gilpin observer., 1903-09-24
COLORADO BRIEFS.

viii put in district Office at La jun
Ia.
A scarcity Of farm hands to get in.
the crops is reported in nearly ALL
parts Of northern Colorado.
The undertakers. cemetery manag-
ers and hackmen, of Leadville, have
combined against Sunday funerals.
Denver people are among the chief
mourners over the fact that the early
frosts will shorten the cantaloupe sea-
son in the Arkansas valley.
County Judge Ben B. Lindsey OF
Denver will address the Missouri State
Conference of Charities and Corrections
October 7th. on the juvenile problem.
William G. Rice. manager Of the
Stratton mining properties in the Grip
pie Creek district, died at Colorado
Springs September 18th OF cancer Of
the stomach.
The Phillips County Agricultural
and Horticultural Association will be
incorporated and stock sold at IS per
share. The fair will be held about the
middle Of October.
According to the report Of tickets
still uncalled for at the joint ticket
agency in Denver there were still be-
tween 5000 and 5000 tourists in the
state on the 18th inst.
At a meeting of the business men of
Of Boulder September 18th a commit
tee was appointed to endeavor to Sc
cure reversal of the order raising the
freight rates between Boulder and
Denver.
The comptroller of the currency mas
authorized the Citizens National Bank
Of Glenwood Springs to commence
business. The new bank will employ
a capital of $4,000 and G. H. Bell will
be cashier.
DR.. Walter w. Branson, formerly OF
Golden, died few days ago at Palm
Beach, Florida. Dr. Branson served
for some time as superintendent of the
State Industrial School for Boys, sue
ceeding w. H. Myrick.
The men employed in six of the Dem
yer custom clothing establishments
went out on a strike on the 18th inst.
One cause of the strike is the demand
for free workshops. but other questions
are said to be involved.
The earthquake of September 9th in
the northern part Of Colorado extend
ed to Grand Lake and vicinity, and
lasted from ten to fifteen seconds,
causing houses to rock and creak. 1t
Travelled in western direction.
Mayor Wright of Denver has been
requested to act as the Denver mem
ber Of the Sir Thomas Upton testimo-
NAL committee and receive voluntary
contributions toward a silver service
to be presented to Sir Thomas.
Charles voIke, arrested together with
George Marshland and kid" Farmer
ot to 70 hoU cnufogCQd
the stealing of ore to the amount of
$500 worth from the Independence
mine in the Cripple Creek district.
A Salt Lake dispatch says that c.
Sum Nichols, newspaper man who
started a number Of papers in Kansas.
Colorado and Wyoming since the close
Of the Civil war. died in that city on
the 18th inst. at the age OF sixty years.
Henry Davis, the Denver snake
tanner, is just recovering from the bite
Of copperhead snake. He was bitten
September 1st and for several days
was in very bad condition. But he
will keep on handling snakes just the
same.
The United Oil Company's well No.
on the Anderson ranch, near Boulder.
is now pumping about twenty-five bar
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OF the company that has been success
full and it will probably lead to further
exploration.
The Rev. W. H. Marble, formerly Of
the Congregational church at Boulder.
died at Boulder on the 18th inst. at the
age OF 81 years, leaving two children
not yet of age. His wife. much young
er than he, died a few weeks ago OF
appendicitis.
The new Carnegie Library Board has
been organized at Idaho Springs with
Mayor George Riley as president.
Steps are being taken to go ahead with
the building as soon as possible and
1t is expected that the library will
open with 5000 volumes.
At q meeting held September 14th 1t
was decided by the unions Of Pueblo
to assist the striking miners Of Grip
pie Creek district by giving to them all
the money made on the Labor Day
celebration, after all bills are paid.
This Will amount to more than $500.
A. Mccormick has been appointed
master mechanic of the Cripple Creek
Short Line, to succeed Owen Owen,
who leaves to take similar position
on the Moffat road. Mr.. Mccormick
comes from Fairbury. Nebraska,
where he was master mechanic on the
Rock Island.
1t is said that nearly all the large
hotels OF Denver were crowded and
compelled to turn away many guests
on the night of Sept. 18th. The rush
was occasioned by the meetings Of the
Masonic Grand Lodge and Homoe-
pathic physicians. together with some
large excursions.
The records OF the Colorado Springs
joint agency of the Western Passenger
Association shows that the tourist
business of the past summer has ex-
ceeded the high water mark made last