Gilpin observer., 1908-06-25
COLORADO NEWS

Contracts have been let for the COM
pletion Of the Cripple Creek Y. M. c..
A. building
The state signal corps broke camp
at Bailey in the Platte Canon Sunday
and returned to Denver.
The temperature at Pueblo rose to 81
degrees in the shade on Sunday the
21st. 1t was so in Denver.
Railroad men predict that Colorado
will be full of tourists from this time
on until the season is closed.
A new industry has been started at
Greeley. 1t is the making of meshes
for fences and for use in concrete
work.
The plant of the Flint-Lomax Manu-
featuring Company in Denver was de-
stroyed by fire June Goth, causing a
heavy loss.
The new wagon road between Grip
pie Creek and Victor is finished, re-
ducing the Pike distance between the
two cities from six to four and half
miles.
The state will get $400 in inheri-
tance tax from the estate of Edward
p. George. George left 100000 worth
of property assessable under the in
heritance tax law.
Colorado has Japanese newspaper,
just started in Denver by T. Homa-
tani, with T. Ono as editor. 1t is a
four-column folio, published weekly in
Japanese characters.
John d. McGilvray, stone contractor
and formerly noted local politician of
Denver, was seriously injured in a run
away accident at San Francisco, his
present home, on the 14th inst.
The throwing out of the Patterson
delegation from Denver and the seat
ing of the Speer delegation was dra-
matte event of the Democratic State
convention at Glenwood Springs.
Under the supervision of Deputy La
Dor Commission Axel Swanson, all the
labor laws of the state enacted up to
Attorneys Melville, Sackett & Cal
vert. He has them for distribution.
The Fort Morgan Chamber of Com
merce has printed 10000 leaflets CIV
ing a description of Fort Morgan and
Morgan county They will be used
during the Democratic National con-
vention in Denver.
Roger c. Sullivan, Democratic ma
tional committeeman, from Illinois.
and chairman of the subcommittee hav
ing in charge arrangements for the ma
tional convention Of the party. left Chi
cago for Denver Sunday.
George Goode, known from coast to
coast as 4 crack shot and the winner
of several cups and many prizes, was
SO badly injured at Cripple Creek re-
Gently by the explosion of gunpowder
as to endanger the sight of both eyes.
Capt. E. l.. Berthoud, noted engi-
neer, explorer, pioneer and railroad
builder, died at Golden on the 14th
inst, at the age of eighty-three. Ber-
thoud Pass, named in his honor, and
the town of Berthoud, will long per-
petuate his memory.
Crops of many dry farmers near
Grover N Weld county, have been
badly damaged by nail and in many in
stances replanting will be necessary.
Garden patches were completely ruined
and young corn was cut to pieces, and
the fields where it stood must be re-
seeded. Four cows, one horse and two
mules were killed by lightning during
the storm.
Mrs. Julia James, who was shot and
seriously wounded by James Lynn.
who,at the same time killed her daugh-
ter Sarah, has left Pueblo with her five
children for Seattle, Washington, to
make their home with her sister. Mrs.
James has practically recovered from
the wounds Lynn inflicted. Lynn is
under conviction for murder with the
death penalty hanging over him.
Manager Kenne states that it is ex-
pected that the Greeley canning fac.
tory will be in operation by June 25th.
The thirteen hundred acres of peas are
looking fine and early peas will be
matured by June 21st. These will be
canned, followed by the later variety,
which will take the time of the two
hundred employees until the tomato
crop is ready. The cabbage crop is
to be made into kraut.
Denver is to have new bank. Work
men are engaged in changing and re-
modelling the main floor of the Ma
jestic building facing on Broadway,
and as soon as the work is completed
it will be occupied by the San Juan
Banking and Trust Company. Will
liam A. McCutcheon, formerly of
Texas, and Robert S. Brownley of New
York are the principal men behind the
new bank and the capital comes prin.
cipally from the East.
The water supply for Victor has run
very low by reason Of the unusually
long drought and the city reservoir in
the Pixies Peak district will be prac-
tically exhausted within the next week.
Arrangements will be made to connect
the water main with one or more of the
big mines and the mine water will be
used for ordinary purposes, but the do
nestle supply for drinking purposes
will have to be obtained from various
springs.
Among those who sailed from Boston
June 20th on the steamer Cymric ON
the White Star line, for London, were
President and Mrs. William +. Slocum
of Colorado College, Colorado Springs