Gilpin observer., 1905-08-10
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

The first basket of Rocky Ford canta.
loupes were shipped to Denver on the
I'd inst.
The convention at Montrose resulted
in the formation of a strong good
roads organization.
A full carload of cherries was
shipped from Fort Collins to a Kansas
City on the 5th inst.
The first dividend of twenty-five per
cent. has been paid by the receiver of
at Trinidad.
Daniel Meginnis, an old-timer who
mined at Central City in 1861, died of
apoplexy at Boulder on the 7th inst,
at the age of IS.
The Taos Indians who have been at
work in the sugar beet fields near
Rocky Ford have returned to their
home in New Mexico.
A severe snowstorm at Cripple
Creek on the 7th inst. left the ground
covered with two or three inches of
snow and hail for several hours.
The Denver unions expect to turn
out 10000 strong for the Labor Day
parade, which will be witnessed by
large number of the G. A. R. veterans.
The new canning factory at Rocky
Ford began operations on the I'd inst.
1t will work for the first three weeks
on beans, after which it will tackle the
tomato crop.
The Colorado Springs Automobile
Club has issued a circular announcing
that chauffeurs who violate the city
ordinance in regard to speed will re-
ceive no sympathy or support from the
club.
Governor Mcdonald will go to Port
land to attend the exercises on Colo
rado Day, August 22d, at the Lewis
and Clark Exposition. He hopes to
see as many Coloradans as possible
present.
Frank Fielding, aged nineteen, son
of Henry Fielding, well-known cattle
man of the Buena Vista district, was
dangerously injured by being thrown
from his horse on the I'd inst. Both
hips were broken.
On the night of July 30th the United
Oil Company at Florence struck oil
in well S4S at a depth of 1850 feet.
The oil arose 1000 feet in the hole
and from present indications the we'll
will prove good and permanent pro-
ducer.
The Weaver artesian we'll near Flor
ence is reported to be flowing 1,080.000
gallons every twenty-four hours. This
well, while being drilled for oil, opened
subterranean water body. There Is
enough water flowing to irrigate 500
acres of land.
Prof. Edward T. Hermanns, princi
pal of the West Denver high school,
was run over by an automobile on
the 7th inst. and had his left collar
bone broken. He was riding his BIZ
cycle and in some way got in front
of the auto.
Judge L. w. Cunningham of the Dis
trict Court at Colorado Springs will
shortly go to Pagosa Springs to hold
court for Judge ]. l.. Russell. There
are some criminal cases in Archuleta
county which Judge Russell does not
want to try himself.
The Canon City Hot Springs Sani-
torium Association has been chartered
with the secretary of state with capt.
tai stock of 100000 for the purpose
of erecting a sanitorium in Canon
City on the lines of the one at Battle
Creek, Michigan, and its branches in
various parts of the country.
Stephen Mains, living on Pat Hurst's
farm on the boundary line between
Weld and Boulder county, was found
dead in a tent on the 7th inst. 1t was
thought at first he had been poisoned.
but an autopsy revealed the fact that
death was due to alcoholism. The de-
ceased was 81 years of age and vet
eran.
Patents have been issued to Colo
radans as follows: Ira A. Cammett,
Denver, ore concentrator; A. Hoover,
Estes Park, washing machine; ]. G.
Leyner, drill bitt rotating mechanism
for rock-drilling engines; ]. S. Shep-
herd, Idaho Springs, wrench; H. S.
Sherman, Denver, electro-magnetically
operated reciprocating tool; John T.
Wilmer, Denver, can cap soldering ap-
paratus.
Colorado Springs capitalists have in
corporated the United States Sugar &
Land Company. placing the capitalize
alton at $2,50O,000. The directors are
]. r. McKinnie, c. NJ. MacNeill. A. J.
Bendle, y. II. Shoup, G. c. Hamlin and
f. C. Sharer. The company owns
II 900 acres of land in Kearney and
Finney counties, Kansas, and its pur-
pose Is to erect a sugar factory at
Garden City.
The Western Association of Metal
lurgists and Chemists will meet at
Denver September 5th to lth. The as
sociation has a considerable member
ship throughout the western states
and British Columbia and the gather
ing will be an important one. During
the stay of the delegates visits will be
paid to smelters of the pyritic, re-
verberatory and blast furnace types,
chemical manufacturing and refriger-
atlng plants, testing works, etc.
The conference of the Free Method
ist church at Colorado Springs re-
suited in the following appointments:
F. f. Stewart, Denver; A. j. McKin-