Gilpin observer., 1907-06-27
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

The Fort Morgan brass band has re.
ceived call to go to Cheyenne Fron-
tier week.
John Wolf of Denver. retired
farmer, has purchased a home a.
Boulder and will occupy it.
A crook from Denver turned up In
Boulder the other day, but before he
coulo influence anyone he was shipped
back to Denver.
The Presbyterian church at Florence
was robbed the other day of 81 and the
trustees offer remard for the cap
ture of the thief.
The Shaw Dry Goods Company has
been incorporated at Greeley, capital
lied at $4,000, with. II. A. Shaw, John
Perkins, James Schryer, Ida Sanford,
Frank Wisncr as directors.
A Denver girl was kidnapped on tho
main business street the other day and
spirited away" to Pueblo. The girl
is II years old, but didn't call for help
until she was 100 miles from home.
The frontier committee of Chevenne
has presented a silver loving cup to be
| given at the Greeley harvest day fes-
tival. August %, for the best deco
| rated turnout. Weld county is put
| ting forth every effort to make its
| agricultural exhibit worth while. ID.
A. Camfeld offers a 500 banner for
the best agricultural exhibit.
According to the Rcv. Earl Hicks OF
ST. Louis, June 23d the weather is to lie
warm and showery, June oath warm,
but the 25th to the 9th the weather
is to be exceptionally cold for summer.
Whether or not this is to apply to st.
| Louis and vicinity only is not stated.
If it is to take in Colorado it might De
well for people to get out their winter
clothes for few days.
Arrangements have been perfected
at the electrical plant at Lafayette to
send current to Boulder to supply
| the southern part of the city with
| light. 1t is hoped TO have the north
ern part of the city ready for the cur
rent. soon. and after that the plant
here will no longer be used fof cleo
trio lighting, but will furnish power
| for the street car service for some
| time.
A corps of surveyors. headed by D.
w. Chambers of Boulder, is at work
near Palisade making a preliminary
survey for a proposed canal
to reclaim thousands of acres
| or land on the south side
| of the Gran: river. II. w. Lane ami
Judge c. p. Holbrook of Boulder are
interested in the enterprise. and Mr.
Chambers declared that If the canal IS
| found feasible it will be constructed
and will cost nearly 81 100000.
About one-half of the fall grain and
alfalfa crop in the vicinity Of Brusn
| was damaged by a fierce hail-storm
which visited that section recently
4 81 tl....
| to the southeast. The greatest damage
was suffered by strip of country
three miles wide and ten miles long be
| tween Brush and Fort Morgan. The
| beet crop was only slightly damaged
The storm was preceded and followed
| by heavy rain which will be bene
\ fetal to the district.
Police Judge ID. ID. Finch, one Of the
most prominent and influential Repub
| lican politicians in Trinidad, was sert
| ously, If not fatally injured in run
away accident. Judge Finch had one
| leg broken below the knee. the bone
protruding through the flesh. He also
had several ribs broken and 1t is feared
| that he is injured internally. His
horse collided with telephone pole
demolishing the buggy. Judge Finch
was thrown violently against the stone
| curbing. Judge Finch was at one time
| sheriff
Virginia Funkhouser. five years old
| who was sent TO the Pueblo orphanase
| L week ago, made her third attempt &c
| escape from that institution in order
as she says. to see her mother in Trim
| idad. where the latter is working tc
support herself and six other children
fath dip1 ahnuf
and the mother has since been strug
| Cling to exc out an existence. The
| child, early this morning, started out
| to walk to Trinidad. but was caught al
| the Union depot and returned. She
| had on two dresses. the outer, as she
stated. so that she might have n clear
one when she met her mother.
United States Senator Simon Gug
genheim paid Longmont visit re
Gently. He was met by Mayor Brad.
ley, Judge F. p. Secor and l.. l.. Breck
| enridge. +. NJ Downer accompanied
the committee in the drive with the
senator over the city. A reception
was held in the rooms of the CONNER
cial association, when the business
| men met the senator. Thomas Mo
| honey, secretary of the association,
| gave a short talk in reference to
United States geological survey OF the
country lying between Longmont and
the foothills, the object Of which 1.
to determine whether the gypsum beds
are large enough to warrant the man
ufacture Of cement.
For the purpose of personally
observing the route for proposed
high line canal. Secretary of the
Interior Garfield and Land Com.
missioner Ballinger took an auto spin
over the Orchard mesa and spent
nearly an hour viewing the land neaI
Grove Junction last week. They were
favorably impressed The high line
canal as proposed will cost 81 SOC, 900