Gilpin observer., 1908-08-06

from Denver and Colorado common
points is $4S.25.
The grand council of the Red Men
of Colorado will be in session at Pueb-
10 Aug. 10th, 11th, 18th and delega-
tions from all over the state are eX-
pected.
Number 1, volume 1, OF the Rocky
Ford Daily Gazette, was published
July 2Sth, with John Frazier, editor
and publisher, and w. II. Butterfield,
assistant manager
One thousand dollars has been appro-
priated by the city council OF Den
yer to entertain the annual convention
of the American Federation of Labor
in September
Attorney-G General Herbert S. Hadley
Of Missouri, who, with his family, is
locaed temporarily at the e. III. Cook
home at Boulder, will address the ma
tional convention at attorneys general
at Denver August Goth, and will de-
scribe his fight with the Standard Oil
people.
Water Commissioner Autrey of
Boulder states that Notwithstanding
the heavy rains little of the flood
waters got into the storage reservoirs,
on account of the heavy flow coming
down at night after washing out the
headgates or choking the inlets with
debris.
In fight between two inmates OF
the Boulder county poor farm, T. X.
Bracken, aged about seventy-five years,
was knocked down and badly beaten by
an insane inmate name Jack holland.
Brack WAS taken to the University hos
pital, where it was stated that he
might recover.
l.. w. Felter will start from Canon
City on trip around the world Au-
gust Goth. He will sail westward from
Seattle on the 30th in the steamship
Minnesota, visiting in the Philippines,
Japan and China. In India he will spend
several months in studying the mis-
sionary work among the natives.
John C. Sitterer of Denver has been
elected professor of civil and irriga-
tion engineering at the University of
Wyoming in place of Herbert r. No.
well, resigned. Professor Sitterer is
graduate of the University of Ohio
and from the civil engineering de-
partment of the University of Denver
While driving across a dry arroyo
Wednesday night near Maitland, Huer-
fano county, John Wondergern, a six
teen-year-old boy, was caught by
flood of water, which came down the
arroyo in wall six feet high, and was
drowned, and his younger brother was
saved only by being washed into a
wire fence.
Ground has beer broken at Fort Col
Inns for a warehouse for the sugar COM
pany which will have a capacity of
100000 sacks, thus giving the factory
total warehouse capacity Of 350.000
sacks. A large storage plant is also
being built to be used in case of short
age in the city water supply, for flum
ing the beets.
By the flooding of the Gunnison tun-
mel on the 30th ult., as the result of a
cloudburst, fifteen men working in
the tunnel four miles from the river
| portal. almost lost their lives. But
for the timely warning they had, and
the noise made by the rushing of the
water through the tunnel, they would
have been entrapped. They were
working near the 700-foot air shaft
and made their escape through this.
! The State Normal summer school at
| Greeley has closed its sessions after
the most successful term in its history
over 300 students attended the school
and all did double work. The greater
number of the students were teachers,
principals and superintendents and
many were from the East, preferring
tn, Colorado school to the training
schools in their own state.
Grant NJ. Lucy, for two terms county
clerk of Routt county, died at Denver
July 2Sth at the home of James NJ.
| Marvel. Death was caused by stomach
| 10 hoI
and few days before his death un-
derwent an operation. Mr.. Lucy was
one of the early settlers in Routt coun-
| ty. Four years ago he was elected
county clerk Of Routt and reelected
two years ago.
The directors of the Kansas Colo.
RADIO Railroad Company had a meeting
at Pueblo on the 31st ult., and let a
contract for the construction of the La
Junta and Kansas divisions of the
road. The contracts were awarded to
| A. B. Hulit, who represents the North
ern Electrical company. and included
grading. ties and steel bridges. Mr..
Hulit announces that work will be be-
gun within ninety days.
A large party Of negroes have made
application at the Pueblo land office
for homestead claims at Elliott, fifteen
miles southeast of Fountain. The ne.
groes are headed by A. Lyle, a well
known colored man of Colorado
Springs. They intend to cultivate
land under the dry farming system
and II more Of the race can be in.
duced to join them. will organize a
, cooperative colony.
In anticipation Of the heavy business
expected to result from the completion
of the Western Pacific, the Denver q
Rio Grande is preparing to double track