Gilpin observer., 1907-01-10
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

1905 was only 7.03 per thousand. This
Is phenomenally low.
The Colorado Cattle and Horse
Growers Convention will meet at
Denver, January 21st.
Gilbert Hand, a Leadville express.
man, was instantly killed January LIST
by falling from the hayloft of livery
barn.
Antonio Sandoval, veteran Of the
Mexican war and of the Civil war, died
at Trinidad on the 3rd inst. at the age
Of eighty-nine years.
Pueblo is to have a mill for the
manufacture of linseed oil, farmers in
the vicinity having agreed to raise
several thousand acres OF fax.
Moving pictures Of scenes on Colo
RADIO railroad lines have attracted
hundreds of thousands of spectators In
the East during the past year.
The contract for building the new
auditorium at Denver, has been let to
H. w. Schluetor of Chicago, whose
bid WAS $416,000. The plans call for a
magnificent structure.
Reports from all parts Of Colorado
show tnat Christmas was celebrated
by lavish gifts to the unfortunate and
that all state and charitable institu'
tions were remembered by generous
donors.
The Boulder correspondent OF the
Denver Republican records that buds
on the pussy willows in the mountains
are swelling. dandelions and pansies
are in bloom in Boulder, and tulips
are already two inches high.
A gclf course above the clouds,
which will probably be the highest
links in the world, is contemplated by
the eastern syndicate which has Sc
sured franchise to build an electric
railway from Manitou to Crystal park.
The new cement bridge built by the
city of Salida which spans the Arkan-
sas river between the town and the
Rio Grande depot, has been opened to
traffic. This bridge was built at cost
of $4,000 and is claimed to be the
finest of the kind in the state.
The Colorado Veterans association,
composed of persons who served in
Colorado regiments during the civil
war; has been incorporated, the officers
being Milo H. Slater, president; Will
nam =. Baty, secretary and Sam q.
Dorsey, treasurer.
The comptroller of the currency has
issued certificate authorizing the
First National Bank of Hugo, Colorado,
to begin business The new bank is
capitalized at $4,000, with Gordon
Jones president. and Emmit l.
Thompson cashier.
While the mean temperature at Den
yer for thirty-five years has been
thirty-three degrees. it was forty de-
grees for December, 1906. Warm
weather was common to most parts OF
the state. But the snow and rain fall
at Denver was practically nothing.
Moses Londoner, youngest brother
of Wolfe Londoner. died at his home
in Denver few days ago. after an
illness of several years. Mr.. Lon.
doner was a man of considerable
wealth and was at one time one Of the
most prominent business men OF
Leadville.
Louis Schormeyer, at one time or
ganist Of the cathedral at Denver, was
found dead in bed in Santa Fe, New
Mexico, on the 4th inst, at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Charles E. Doll.
He was aged seventy years, and a ma
tive Of Munich, Bavaria, and came to
this country when young man.
The following notice was posted at
the Pueblo steel works January End:
beginning to-day ten and twelve-hour
common labor will be paid 16 cents an
hour instead of Is cents, and the rates
for other day and turn labor, which
are based on the rate paid for common
labor, will be adjusted accordingly"
The State Board of Pardons has ex.
tended Communication Of sentence to
Charles D. Fightmaster and Bert
Smith, two men sentenced to from
eight to fourteen years in the peniten-
tiary for a burglary committed in Tel
Ter county. The sentence now reads
from one to fourteen years, releasing
them on parole Immediately.
Lieut.. ]. H. Comfort, who is
recruiting for the navy in Denver, says
that applicants in Colorado are gener,
ally found to be stronger and in better
condition than those in most
sections, due, he thinks, to the climate
and a habit of outdoor life. He has
enlisted as many as seventeen to
twenty men in week, running, in
those weeks. fourth in the list in the !
United States.