Gilpin observer., 1904-08-04
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

The Santa Fe depot at Fowler was
destroyed by fire on the night of July
9th.
r. s. Lewis has been appointed post
master Of Canon City to succeed Guy u.
Hardy.
Miss Mary Aldrich of Denver is one
OF the lucky drawers of homestead
In the Rosebud reservation.
President Meyer of the Western Fed
Grafton Of Miners says that the coop
erative stores at Cripple Creek and
Victor will be reopened for business.
The fall circuit of the Arkansas val
ley Racing Association will hold races
In Leadville for three days. August IL,
IL and 13, under the auspices of the
new Leadville Racing Association.
A. B. Hall, farmer living near
Sterling, was killed July 9th while
passing from one part of his farm to
another upon the Burlington track,
stepping in front of train that he
failed to see.
Among the successful Colorado
drawers of land in the Rosebud reser-
vation in South Dakota are Charles w.
Meyer of Denver, w. R. Montgomery
of Colorado Springs and John D. Coop
er Of Colorado City.
| Walter Wellman, representing the
New York Herald, the Chicago Record
Herald and the Philadelphia Press, one
of the best-known newspaper men OF
the country, has been looking into af-
fairs at Cripple Creek.
E. E. Edwards, dairyman living
near Florence, saw mass of boulders
that had been washed on the Rio
Grande track at Chandler creek and
tagged No. train with his coat in
time to avert smash-up.
| Harry Hunter OF the Big Creek
ranch near Pearl, in Larimer county.
lassoed big cinnamon bear near the
| ranch a few days ago. He afterwards
tied the bear, loaded him into the
wagon and took him to the ranch.
At Boulder, July 30th. Richard w.
Morgan, a representative in the Gen.
eral Assembly of Colorado, while act
ing as deputy sheriff, shot and killed
a Mexican at Lafayette. The Mexican
resisted arrest and shot at Morgan
three times, killing his horse.
The postoffice at University Park. the
site of the University of Denver, situ-
|
which was discontinued a few months
\ since, has been reopened with ]. G.
Shattuck, widely known in educational
and A. o. U. w. circles, as postmaster.
| DR.. Anderson, president of the State
| School of Mines at Golden. returned
| from his eastern trip a few days since
and brought with him bride, who was
Mrs. Nellie Pond Bryant of Chicago.
where DR.. Anderson formerly was pres
ident of the Armour Institute of Tech
nology.
| DIR. T. D. Bancroft, who has been
in Colorado Springs for some time ne
| gotiating for the construction of
free home for consumptives, has Sc
cured an option on 11O acres directly
west of the Portland mill in Colorado
City, and expects to commence actual
construction in the fall.
1t is estimated that over 100000 tons
of sugar beets will be harvested this
year in the Chache La Poudre valley
tributary to the Fort Collins sugar fac
tory. The average tonnage. which last
year was about nine tons to the acre,
is expected to reach from twelve to fif
teen tons this year.
The coroners inquest at Salida Au-
/ 6uot ~ lhlO Tie uSdlu WlllldIu
| Champ, who was shot and killed the
day before at Poncha by James Ra-
| gan, resulted in a verdict of self-de-
fense. There was only one witness,
Hugh French, who testified that
Champ fired the first shot and that
Ragan fired in self-defense.
The Western Slope Fair at Montrose
next fall promises to be a great event.
1 V1nnnru mr. Hhorol Of
| fered. The management has divided
the days. September goth will be
Montrose and Children's Day; Septem-
ber 21st will be Western Slope Day;
September 22nd will be Ouray Day,
and September 23rd will be Gunnison
Tunnel Day.
The application for supersedeas in
the case of Samuel Enrich, the detec-
tive who murdered William Malone in
Denver. was denied by the Supreme
Court July 30th This means that the
sentence Of from fourteen to sixteen
years in the penitentiary for Enrich
Will begin Immediately. Deductions
for good behavior would bring this SEN
tence down to about eight years.
! Benjamin Hennick, thirteen years
old, and Charles Kendall. eight years
old. while herding cows north of Irv-
Ing Place, Pueblo, were startled by the
sudden appearance of a large gray
wolf among the herd. A dog belong
Ing to the boys gave chase and over
took the animal. The dog was too much
for the wolf and injured 1t SO that the
boys were able to kill it with stones
On August I'd Howard H. Robinson,
manager Of the Summit house, on
Pixies peak. broke all records for the
1 climb on foot up the peak, according
to the figures Of B. NJ. Rastall, West
ern Union operator at the top, making