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

The fellow who stole piano out OF
/ Denver nome may have to face the
music.
| Wiley is to have new sugar factory
to cost 81 100000. Wiley will be Just
too sweet!
| Denver will have $50 voting ma
chimes at it's next election. Heretofore
two have been doing the work.
! The contract for the construction of
the Catholic church at Boulder has
been let. The cost of the building will
be $17,750.
Three Colorado couples were wed in
Cheyenne in one day recently It's
wonder Colorado people wouldn't pat
ronize home industry.
The commissioners of Mesa county
have purchased eighteen voting ma
chimes which will be used In future
elections. They cost 5000 each.
Only one marriage license was is
sued in Montrose during the months of
April and May, which is something
that has not happened in twenty-five
years.
The State Agricultural College has
Informed Montrose farmers and citi.
zens that they will be given farmers
institute beginning August 10th. The
college will send four speakers.
While working on the top of a 40-foot
ladder on the roundhouse of the Den
yer & Rio Grande at Grand Junction,
Harry Wilbur, young machinist,
tainted and fell to the ground, being
rendered unconscious. His condition
| 10 serious.
Governor Buchtel gave the address
OF the evening at the graduating exer-
cises Of the high school at Loveland,
held in the Presbyterian church. The
exercises were attended by the ca
pacity of the house and diplomas were
awarded to five.
A charivari party attacked the home
OF Sid Butler at Rifle the other night
to make Sid, who had just been mar
ried, "set 'em up" Sid paid no atten-
ton to horns, cow bells, ETC., but when
one of the party began to sing he
"loosened" quickly.
|. At a meeting of the Denver Trades
and Labor Assembly it was decided to
have the different unions assist an
antitrust oil company which is buck
ing the Standard Oil Company in Den
yer. and has already succeeded in low
ering the price of oil.
Mrs. Mary Sheehan, wife of Jerry
Sheehan of Montrose, fell down stairs
at her home on the Sheehan ranch west
OF town, and sustained concussion of
the brain. Her injuries may prove
fatal. Mrs. Sheehan has lived near
Montrose for twenty-five years.
For seven days Quincy Brown, a
Colorado & Southern brakeman, who
sustained fractured skull by being
knocked from top Of a car, has been in
an unconscious condition. During all
of this time he has taken no nourish-
ment, but in spite of this the physi-
clans in attendance hold out hope for
his recovery.
/ About half Of the thirty resorts fined
for violating the Sunday closing ordi-
nance were closed at Silverton. The
other half remained open, as was their
usual custom. The Italians, in trying
} to resent the action Of the enforcement
) OF the law bought several kegs Of beer
on Blair street and imbibed freely OF
the liquor in open air.
Frank White. colored, became en-
ragged at Scott Williams. another negro,
in ball game at Colorado Springs
and, 1t is said, struck him on the head
with stone, inficting serious wounds.
White tried to make his escape and
was pursued by mob of 200. He
was caught while hiding under the
bed in a rooming house and was ar
rested.
After living four years like hermit
and existing only upon bread and wa
ter, James McClair was brought in Di-
vide to Cripple Creek by Sheriff Won
Phul and placed in the county Jail. Nc
Clair wears his beard and hair long, a
leather strap resembling sandals for
shoes, and a womans jacket in place
/ So No k-s, h4A let tn,
a cave about one mile from Divide.
A letter from Durango says that 500
farm hands can find ready employ
ment in that country. Labor is scarce
and they can secure work at from $40
to $50 per month and their board. 1t
has only been within recent years that
farming and agricultural industries in
this part Of the state have taken such
great strides, and as a result a large
number of additional men will be
needed this season to handle the crops.
A fight over electric light rates at
Manitou has resulted in the contract
for lighting the town for the next five
years being awarded to the Manitou
Electric Company, OF which DR.. w. A.
Bell. now residing in England. is the
head. The Manitou company's rival
was the Pike Peak Hydro-Electric
Company. The original bids submitted
were rejected by Mayor Nichols be-
cause of technicality, and the second
bids submitted did not change the re-
suit.
While walking along the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad tracks near the
Fifth street crossing, at Grand juno
tion, John Harris, a tramp. was stuck
by passenger train No. 1 and hurled
twenty feet rolling down a steep EN-.
bankment. He scrambled to his feet,
however, and began running at the top
of his speed In the afternOou he