Gilpin observer., 1907-11-07
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

=. NAoHu JuuClOn proposes TO vote on
the construction Of mountain water
works system.
Pueblo expects to try the almost hu.
man voting machine" at its next elec.
tion.
G. D. Couch of Montrose, who
pleaded guilty of forgery, drew q SEN
tence Of three years in the pen.
The job Of alderman is SO undesir-
able in Boulder that recently vacated
chair in that august body is geing beg
ging.
The first cormorant ever seen in the
vicinity of Greeley region was cap
tured near LaSalle and given to the
Normal school museum.
1t is reported in political circles
that Judge Kerr has a very well devel-
oped judicial bee humming In his
gingham bonnet of the County Court
variety.
Over 6.5O0.000 trout are now being
placed In streams throughout the
state. This is almost 100000 more
than the lot that stopped the streams
last year at this time.
The dry farming system is to redeem
1000 acres Of arid land In the vicinity
OF Grand Junction under the Campbell
idea. It is getting SO in Colorado that
we farmers don't care a rap whether it
rains or not.
Gus Macy has just returned from
the San Juan country with two shag-
gy mountain lion pelts dangling to
his belt as trophies of few days
hunt. One of the lions measured ten
feet from tip to tip.
A large tract of land, including three
quarters of a mile of the Platte valley
between Pine Grove and Buffalo Park,
has ceen purchased by John Bond Of
Denver, who proposes to make sum-
mer resort of this place.
Miss Jean Whipple, president Of the
Junior class of Colorado college, and
one of the most popular students in the
institution. died at her home in Canon
City of typhoid fever contracted sew
eral weeks ago.
Vert Gregory, local station agent at
Florence for the Rio Grande for the last
three years. who resigned a week ago
to join the Office force of the new
Canon City Electric Street Railway
Company, was succeeded by ]. p.
! Stroube.
| Losing his balance while working on
the roof of the Rio Grande Western
pumping plant at Cisco, near Grand
Junction. E. E. Strand, a carpenter, fell
twenty-five feet to the ground Four
ribs were broken, he suffered minor
bruises and is in serious condition.
A summing up of the tourist bust.
ness in Colorado this year gives us a
leftover tourist population of 35,S47
dear souls who like Colorado SO well
that they have torn up their return
tickets and will stay right here in
this glorious land OF sunshine and ex-
hilarating climate forever and day.
October 31st DR.. ]. A. Weaver picked
saucer full of ripe Strawberries from
ais vines, and there has not been day
this month during which they have not
borne. On one plant were counted
eight partially ripe berries. The berry
crop yielded its first crop this season
in June, but the October berries have
surpassed the ones in June in quality
of flavor.
A Chinaman at Durango by the name
of Skeet took two shots at another
Chinaman by the name OF Joe. The
first shot took of the thumb. The other
shot went into the right side. The in.
jured man was taken to the hospital
and is not expected to live. The China
man who did the shooting is under ar.
rest. The cause of the trouble is not
known.
The Idaho Springs mining district in
Clear Creek county is fast coming TO
the fore with some of the best mineral
product that has been discovered In
Colorado since the state became noted
as the gold-bearing country. Within
the past three weeks no less than three
gold mines have turned out ore that
has been almost fabulous and the as.
says run into the hundreds Of thou.
sands of dollars.
Despite the financial furry in uncer.
tain Wall street, Colorado has in no
wise received a setback in its onward
march to prosperity and success. With
millions OF dollars dug from the mines
which, by the way, is the source OF all
finance. coupled with the equally large
resources Of agricultural products, this
state has but little to fear in the way
Of depression in money matters. Ev.
erybody Is standing up for Colorado on
both feet.
The Pierce Irrigation Company held
an important meeting recently when
plans were talked over for extending
the Pierce lateral twenty miles, eight
miles farther to Owl creek This calls
for an expenditure Of 100000 and
brings 10000 acres In the vicinity OF
Pierce and Ault under cultivation. The
Pierce lateral belongs to the Water
Su;piy & Storage Company system.
Forty farmers whose land is to be ben.
Gifted by the ditch are meeting all
costs. The lateral will be finished by
January 1st.
]. w. Tolleson, manager OF the Gil
crest Lumber Company OF Ault, was
found dead In his bed with a bullet
hole in his right temple and pistol
In his hand. Tolleson was capable
man. about thirty years old. and had
managed the Gilcrest office here for