Gilpin observer., 1904-08-25
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Phillips county boasts of a very
heavy potato crop this year.
Storms caused big rock slide on the
tracks of the Rio Grande in the Black
canon.
Heavy storms have done much dam
age in the vicinity of Trinidad. Sever
al bridges were washed out.
E. G. Cluss was drowned in stream
near Canon City the other day. 1t was
| very high at the time he attempted to
ford it.
Colorado Springs will have no official
| celebration of Labor Day, the local un-
ions preferring to join in the observ-
ance at Denver.
Bishop Warren dedicated the Metho-
dist church at La Junta Sunday. August
21st, and enough money was raised to
clear the debt.
The night Of August 22nd was very
| cold in many sections of eastern Colo
RADIO and light frost was reported at
Wray and few other places.
The Denver & Rio Grande Railway
Company has contributed $4,000 addi-
! tional to the fund being used to search
for victims of the Eden disaster.
Through the explosion of 1900
pounds of molten metal in ladle at
the Radrorf foundry in Trinidad Abram
| Garcia was badly burned amout the
hands and legs.
Several thousand dollars will be ex-
| pended by the Denver & Rio Grande
Railroad Company in the improvement
| of the grounds around the depot at
Colorado Springs.
Thursday, September 9Th, will be
Watermelon Day at the big fair in
| Rocky Ford. The first day, September
9Th, will be Old Settlers Day, the fair
lasting four days.
Mrs. William Noble, wife of mining
man at Twin Lakes, shot herself, prob
ably inflicting a fatal wound, on Aug
ust Goth. Her action is said to have
resulted from a quarrel with her hus-
band.
A general excursion of farmers from
all over the state to the Agricultural
College at Fort Collins, has been ar
ranged by Professor Carlyle for Octo-
ber goth. Preparations will be made to
entertain several thousand guests.
Rural free delivery routes to be
established September 18th in Colo
RADIO are: Lamar, Prowers county,
route 2, population, 450, houses on
route, 80; Prowers, Bent county,
route 1, population 460, houses on
, route, 92.
Bids were opened for the Otero
| county bridge, to be built opposite La
Junta, at the Office of the state engi-
neer August 22nd. The bids ranged
from $7.S23 to $8,499. and the contract
! was awarded to the Pueblo Bridge
Company.
Nearly $25O,OO0 will be paid the
farmers of the Grand valley, Colorado,
for their sugar beets alone this fall.
Four thousand acres of beets are un-
der cultivation in the valley, which
means a production of about $500 tons
of sugar.
The completion of the new wing Of
| the State Insane Asylum at Pueblo will
| somewhat relieve the crowded condi-
ton at the county hospital at Denver,
as twenty-five of the women of the in
sane ward are to be removed at once
to the new quarters.
+ The Nevadaville branch of the Colo
RADIO Fish and Game Protective .Asso-
citation has received a consignment OF
10000 rainbow trout from the state
hatcheries tC be placed in James Peak
and Lochmond lakes. near James Peak,
, Twelve miles from the town.
Close to 100000 head of lambs will
| be fed on peas in the San Luis valley.
| Colorado, the coming winter. An i'm
| mense acreage of peas has been grown
and the crop will be fed. without har-
| -vesting, to lambs which will be sent
| into the valley from northern New
Mexico and Utah.
| The establishment of the new plant
of the Dumont Powder Company near
| Pueblo, Colorado, means an addition
! to the production of the steel plant Of
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
Arrangements have been made for the
aforementioned company to manufac-
ture $500 sheet-steel cans per day for
the use of the powder factory.
| The second largest dam in the state
of Colorado is being constructed for
the Cascade reservoir in the San Juan
country. The wall will be 105 feet in
height and the water stored will reach
depth of 100 feet. The dam will
store 3.071 100000 cubic feet of water
or 5OO,OOO,OOO feet less than the
the famous Cheesman dam which
stores Denver's water supply.
| One of the most elaborate celebra-
tions ever planned in Colorado is be-
ing considered by the residents of
! Colorado Springs. to commemorate the
discovery of Pixies Peak. The CEN
tennial anniversary of Zebulon Pixies
| first view of this famous mountain
falls on November 6. 1906. and al.
ready the people of Colorado Springs
have begun preparations for a fitting
celebration of the day.
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