Gilpin observer., 1904-10-13
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

hSCi u tAC Olucl VI dOOu
to erect spacious and well-equipped
hospital In Pueblo.
The members of the Cripple Creek
Mine Owners association have issued
a positive denial of the charge that
they intend to reduce wages.
A new banking institution, the
United States National bank, has
been opened in Denver. w. A. Ho-
yer. wholesale druggist. is president.
Eugene Hughes, wanted in Greeley
to answer to the charge of an assault
with intent to kill his wife, was ar
rested at Cheyenne, Wyoming, on the
9th inst
d. G. c. McNeill, formerly Of Colo
RADIO Springs, has purchased the street
railway franchise of Colima, Mexico, a
city located on the coast of the Gulf
of Mexico.
F. S. Balster of Durango, with his
wife and three daughters, had narrow
escape from death on the 9th inst.
when a bolt Of lightning demolished
one end of his house.
F.. M. Grogan of Pueblo is reported
to have found gold within or near the
city limits and has shown one pan
of earth containing five colors, a mug
6SS anu oCN Ci al AuDASo.
A. A. Porter, man about eighty
years of age and for many years JAM
tor of the North Side school uuiiuins
in Golden, died suddenly on the 9TH
inst. while at work about the build
ing.
Frank Goetz, sentenced to the State
Penitentiary from San Juan county Oc-
tober 2, 1903, to a term of five years
had hiS n
tence commuted to from one to five
years.
The following postmasters have been
appointed for Colorado: l.. S. Alfred,
at Kit Carson. Cheyenne county, sue
ceeding John c. Murphy; Otis A. Wilt.
at Vulcan, Gunnison county, succeed
ing Grace L. Harvey.
The Colorado State Medical Society
at its meeting in Denver elected DR..
Frank Tinney Of La Junta president.
and DR.. ]. NJ. Blaine. Denver, secretary.
The next meeting will be at Colorado
Springs. October 1st to 7th, 1905.
The sugar factory at Fort Collins
began operations October 10th. 1t
will keep at work until it has con-
verted the entire seasons crop of
beets tributary to the factory, esti-
mated at 100000 tons, into granuia-
ted sugar.
Newcastle people have incorporated
the Grand Valley Canning Company
with a capital stock Of $4,000. 1t is
the purpose of the company to erect
factory at Newcastle this winter SO as
to be ready to handle next seasons
crop. c. A. Hahn is president of the
company and Samuel Doll, general
manager.
There will be no successor appoint
ed for the late Charles F. Martin. sec
reary of the National Live Stock as
sociation, until the national conven-
ton to be held in Denever next jan
uary. Mrs. H. E. Kennedy, chief
clerk in the general Offices Of the as
sociation, will attend to the duties of
the secretary.
For the first time in the history of
the Colorado Springs postoffice, the
amount of money order business for
the fiscal year ending September 80.
1904. exceeded the $1.000,00O mark.
years figures being $9OS.446.05, SO
that gain for the tweleve months
past was $102.34022.
The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Company will park the grounds
uTOunu IT'S ucpOl At SOiOl
The parking tract adjoins that being
improved by Gen. w. ]. Palmer, and
the entire territory. when improved,
will comprise park extending from
the depot more than mile north along
both banks Of Monument creek.
Several wagon loads Of apples were
given away on Apple Day. October
Sth, at the Douglas County fair in
Castle Rock. Visitors were also
treated to watermelons. Ned Corvin,
Douglas county man, succeeded in
riding Pinears. the noted Routt coun-
ty mare that has record of throw
ing fifty-four expert horsemen.
On October 1st the number of tourist
tickets on deposit in the Offices at Den
yer. Colorado Springs and Pueblo was
1886 under the number on deposit in
the three Offices October /. 1908. The
total last year exceeded $1,000. and this
year exceeds $4,000 tickets. This
heavy decrease in tourist travel is at
tributed to the Worlds Fair at st.
Louis.
George C. Bachelor. aged ninety
! two years. is believed to be the Oldest
truck gardener in Colorado. During
the summer he did all the work nee
essary on his little patch in Boulder.
doing the digging. seeding, cultivating
and irrigating without any assistance
Aside from the early vegetables he
has harvested a liberal supply of to-
matoes and 700 head OF cabbage.
! Pueblo is said to pay more per pupil
for education in the public schools
than any other city in the country. The
cost per pupil in District No. Is $66
per year, and>in District No. 20, $52 pei
year. These two districts comprise the
city Of Pueblo. and 1t was shown at the
business mems meeting that the cost in
othG. cities range from $21 to SAT.
Thirty-five of the principal cities of the