Gilpin observer., 1904-04-14
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Profit sharing by employees Is one OF
the features of the Great Western Coal
Company Of Canon City, just incorpor-
ated.
The members of the Church Of Christ,
Scientist, at Colorado Springs are plan
ming to erect a temporary $4,000 edifice.
They now occupy the All Souls Uni
tartan church.
Louis r. Blackstock, proprietor OF
the Blackstock hotel at Fort Collins.
died on the 9Th inst. as the result of a
surgical operation performed few
days before in Denver.
Winfield s. Hughes, charged with the
embezzlement of $3,164 while acting as
clerk in the city water department at
Colorado Springs, has been bound over
for trial in the District Court.
The statements of the two national
banks and one savings bank in Trini-
dad show that the total resources are
$25S2. .075. and deposits aggregating ST.
909, ,0S0. One of these banks has 4,2OO
individual depositors.
Col. L. c. Ellsworth, one of the pio-
neers and most prominent citizens OF
Denver, having taken a leading part
in many important public enterprises,
died at his home in Denver April 9Th
from paralysis.
The Steamboat Springs Commercial
Club recently paid tribute of respect
to Ex-Governor Routt by electing him
to honorary membership and making
him an honorary president of the Or
ganization for life.
The operating department of the
Denver & Southwestern road, which
has been in Canon City, has just been
removed to Denver and established in
the general offices of the road in the
Boston building on Seventeenth street.
1t is stated that Mary Rouse, the
twelve-year-old girl who accidentlly
shot herself in the neck at Brecken-
ridge, and who was taken to Denver
hospital where the bullet was extract
ed. is doing well and will recover.
Prof. E. r. Wolcott of the State
School of Mines has found evidences of
radium in the hot mineral waters OF
Glenwood springs. He says the radio
activity of the waters is greater than
that of any that he has previously test
ed.
The recent discovery of the tusk of
a mammoth near Golden by Prof. Geo.
L. Cannon of the East Denver high,
school, has awakened new interest in
the search for fossil remains along the,
foot hills. Colorado is rich in such
relics.
The first meeting of the Colorado
Racing Association will be held at
Trinidad May 31st and June LIST, I'd and
3rd. There will be each day two har-
ness events and three or more running
events for purses amounting to over
81, 900.
Secretary Haywood of the Western
Federation of Miners is in receipt Of
check for $1,000 from the Butte min
ers. The money in a portion Of the pro-
ceeds from a benefit recently given by
the Butte union, from which $4,000
Nas realized.
The knights Of Maccabees of the
World, at their state convention in
Denver elected J. A. Griffin Of Denver
state commander for the coming three
years. The ladies Of the Maccabees
elected Mrs. Murrea Marvin of Denver
as state commander.
The federal grand jury at Pueblo
made its report to Judge Hallett on the
9th inst, and returned twenty-one in
idictments. Most Of them are revenue
and timber trespass cases. Only q few
names OF those indicted were given out.
because many arrests have not been
made.
The Anti-Saloon League at Colorado
Springs is proceeding against q num-
ber of druggists for the sale of liquor
in quantities less than one quart. One
of the druggists, who has been fined to
the extent Of 5000. has appealed five
cases from the Police Court to the
County Court.
The loss by the fire at Granada on
the night of April 4th, which destroyed
the lumber yards of S. c. Gregory, is
estimated at $4,000 or upward, on
which there was $4,000 insurance.
Nearly the entire population turned
out and worked most of the night to
fight the fire and prevent it from
spreading.
On April 18th the rail mill at the
Minnequs plant resumed operations
and added to the working force some
thing over 800 men. At present this
department of the plant is working on
soft steel only, 1t being necessary to
start the great machinery of at an
easy gait until it is known that ev-
erything is in good working order.
The Commercial Club of Steamboat
Springs has forwarded to Senator Tel
Ter a strong protest against the setting
aside of the Park Range forest reserve.
The protest states that the reserve is
not needed for the conservation Of the
water supply, as there is already more
water in the streams than can be used.
Its effect would be to retard settlement.
]. II. Jones, who was sentenced one
month ago to six months confinement
in the county Jail at Colorado Springs
for wife beating. has been released on
pardon granted by Governor Peabody.
Jones wife importuned the governor
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