Gilpin observer., 1906-08-30
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS
Labor Day September Sd.

The State Fair at Pueblo opens Sep
tembcr 10th and lasts five days.
The Western Slope Fair will be held
at Moptrose, September 18th to 21st.
About 800 teachers will be employed
in the schools of Denver for the COM
ing year.
James G. Pierson, driver for a stor-
age company, fell under a slab of mar
BILE that was jostled off his wagon near
tho United States mint in Denver, and
YVES instantly killed.
The Denver Trades Assembly is
making preparations for an immense
parade on Labor Day, Monday, Sep
tember Sd. 1t is expected that 10000
people will be in the line of march.
Manual training has been adopted as
a part of the curriculum of the high
school at Boulder. Prof. J. c. Chester
has been appointed director, and con-
tract let for an extensive outfitting OF
tools.
According to the Denver Union Wa
ter Company, the amount of water
used daily in Denver is $50 gallons to
each inhabitant of the city. And yet
there are many dirty looking people in
Denver.
The Grand Valley National bank OF
Grand Junction has been made a
United States depository. This is a
distinction enjoyed by but one other
bank on the western slope, the First
National of Montrose.
L. w. Lewis, the negro who was
blown up by premature explosion in
the stone quarry near Starkville, was
taken to Trinidad and had his right leg
amputated. He lost both eyes, one OF
his hands and his left foot.
George E. Corbin, Sr., member Of the
Corbin Dairy Company, died at his
hCme in Denver August 21st, at the age
of seventy-nine years. Mr.. Corbin was
cousin of Major General Corbin and
was one Of the wealthiest dairy men in
the state.
The famous evangelist, Billy Sunday,
ard his assistants, viii hold big re-
vival in Salida, beginning September
goth. Mr.. Sunday, known as the base
ball evangelist, at meetings at Canon
City two years ago added over thou
sand converts to the churches.
Attorney General Miller, in a COM
munication to Governor Mcdonald, an
nounces the opinion that the county
to naturalize citizens under the new
law passed at the last session Of Con-
gress.
The cooperative creamery at Rifle
at present produces 1000 pounds of
butter per week and can not supply the
increasing demand for it's product
having to scour the adjacent country
as far as Basalt and Carbondale for
cream.
1t is rumored that the Colorado &
Southern will shortly start town
south of Cheyenne, directly between
Cheyenne and Fort Collins and which
will be called Lone Tree. This would
indicate an intention to soon build a
line in that district.
The dam and headgate at the outlet
| of Timberline lake on Beaver creek
some thirty-five miles west of Fort Col
Inns, have been carried away by 6
| cloudourst and with them went 10000.
600 cubic feet of water that was being
held back for late irrigation.
Henry o. Morris, Pueblo agent OF
| the Colorado Humane Society, notified
mounted policeman that hereafter
when cows or horses being taken to
the pound refused to be led or driven
into commission for the purpose.
George Gaskill, a barber, was run
down and killed at Denver August
| goth, by an automobile driven by Gil
bert H. Denton, president of the Vul
can Iron Works Company. Mr.. Den
ton claims that he was running slowly
| and that the bicyclist was on the
wrong side of the street, coming di
rectly toward him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. c. Williams
l.ewly-married young couple of Den
yer, on their way to Korea as mission
| aries, were on the steamer Manchuria
| VIXEN 1t ran on the reef at Rabbi
Island, near Honolulu Monday. Bott
were recent graduates of the Uni
| versity of Denver. They were safel,
rescued from the steamer.
The Santa Fe Company. will spent
about $4,000 in enlarginy the station
at La Junta and in providing better
ACCOMMODATION for passengers anC
baggage. Another story story will b'
| added to the station, making 1t thre,
stories in height. A portion OF tn;
additional space will be utilized foi din
ing and sleeping rooms.
| Rev. Cyril Ross and wife of Canon
| City, for several years missionaries OF
/ the Presbyterian Church in Korea
were passengers on the steamer Man
| churia. which ran aground on a rect
near Honolulu. Mr.. and Mrs. Ross
were compelled to leave Korea on the
outbreak Of the war between Russia
and Japan. Mrs. Ross is daughter
of Albert Shank Of Canon City.
State Gamc and Fish Commissioner
j. NJ. Woodward, accompanied by Dep
uty Charles A. Purinton, arrested Ru
fus Denton and Clarence Roback neal
Mccker. charging them with killins
deer and grouse out of season. The
accused men were fined $25 and costs
each. They were employed by cat
tie company which leases grazing lane
from tho federal government.