Gilpin observer., 1907-08-22
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Smith Payne, aged fifty-four. mine
watchman. expired suddenly at Cripple
Creek while engaged in putting up
stove pipe at his residence. Apoplexy
was the direct cause Of death.
Adjustment of the insurance on the
Golden Cycle mill in West Colorado
City will soon be made, according to
General Manager Harvey McGarry.
The beard Of underwriters met in Den
yer.
Thirty tenderfoots from the East,
some in fantastical cowboy and cow
girl makeup, rode into Cripple
Creek from the Skeleton ranch near
Woodland Park. Thirty-five miles
away.
The structural steel for the new ho-
tel at Boulder, receipt Of which was
delayed because of the switchmen's
strike, has reached Boulder, and work
on the hotel has begun anew, but now
there Is a scarcity of brick.
The first carload of early Greeley po-
tatoes to leave for market was shipped
by ]. Gervin of La Sale to Denver.
They brought $3.50 hundredweight
and were Of superior quality, the car
bringing between $3.50 and $500.
At the Country club dinner dance
was given by Miss Evelyn Walsh of
Denver and was attended by about
fifty guests, among them being the
elite Of Colorado Springs and Denver
society. The function, though informal,
was one Of the most brilliant of the
present season.
Mamie Poulson of Leadville, aged
ioft In f0,
eight hours as the result of getting a
fish hook in her eye. The child was
out fishing and in casting the line the
hook caught in her eye. The hook was
removed, the child suffered untold ag-
ony until the operation was performed.
Mrs. Charlotte Garbe died in Fort
Collins at her home on Riverside ave-
nue., aged seventy-nine years, from old
age. Mrs. Garbe was born in Germany
In 1929 and came to the United States
when child. She came to Fort Col
Inns in 1879. She leaves a son, VIII
liam, and a daughter, Mrs. Lottie Dan
dewark.
The ice famine at Fort Morgan has
caused the forming Of a company to
Immediately build an ice plant and
work on the structure was started at
once. The building will be so by $50
feet and cost about $4,000. l.. Offer,
j. E. Williams and E. l. Cook are the
projectors and expect to supply local
consumers this summer.
An inquest was held over the body
OF Wallace Rogers, a miner employed
by the Granite Gold Mining Company
at Victor. Rogers was caught by a
falling rock. His lower limbs were
crushed and he died five hours after
the accident at Red Cross hospital. He
was twenty-eight years Of age and
leaves widow and infant child.
The first car Of the Fort Collins
street railway has arrived from Den
yer and is being fitted for use on the
West Mountain avenue line. 1t is
brand new. having just been turned out
OF the shops in Denver expressly for
service. 1t is attracting q great deal
Of attention. Another car, duplicate
Of this one. is expected In a day or
two.
Michael O'Grady Of Evans has
brought suit to foreclose a mortgage
on a large amount Of Evans property
valued at many thousands Of dollars,
against the heirs-in-law Of E. NJ. Per-
kins. The Perkins mortgage was or
iginally given to s. R. Hufsmith and
covers an undivided one-half interest
in several blocks of Evans property
and was assigned to O'Grady, who
property.
The Ell Paso County Cattle Growers
Association will hold another meeting
to take further action with regard to
the cattle quarantine In this county.
State Veterinary Surgeon Land has
notified the executive committee that
the quarantine has been placed on the
cattle by the government as a precau-
tion against mango. This disease, 1t
is claimed. is not prevalent here, and
vigorous action will be instituted in an
effort to relieve the embargo.
The body of George Walkenshaw,
the young boilermarker who was swept
to his death while fishing In the Grand
river near Grand Junction, was recov-
cred. Two small boys, who were fish
Ing In the stream, discovered the body
floating on the rifle in an elbow OF
the river. They secured a boat,
brought the body to shore, and 1t was
taken to an undertaking establishment.
The remains were sent to Salt Lake
for burial. A reward Of $50 offered
for the recovery Of the corpse will be
paid to the boys.
Mrs. Frank Winters was robbed OF
a purse containing $40 while attending
the mission services at the Catholic
church In Georgetown. A strange wo-
man entered the church and took a
seat by the side Of Mrs. Winters. After
remaining for few minutes, she
snatched the purse and made for the
door. An alarm was given and the
woman was overtaken before she could
leave the church. The money was re-
turned and the guilty party allowed to
depart. She refused to divulge her
name or where she came from.
The discovery that the State Board
Of Equalization has reduced the as