Arizona republican., 1908-01-27

tie civilization effect on the Colorado country: it was aimed further west. Ev en ic 1870, twelve years after the pio- neers cabin was built, the population of Denver was less than 5000. Recent ly in the United States senate, Sena- tor Scott Of West Virginia made speech in which ke spoke of his old mining days tr Colorado. 'I went to the site of Denver" said Senator Scott. when there was no Denver there. when it v.as inhabited by the prairie dog. the fattlesnake and the owl"
 In 1870 the Denver Pacific and Kan sas Pacific divisions of the Union Pa cific reached Sle city, and the popu- lation figures began to jump. When President Grant proclaimed Colorado a state on August 3rd, 1876, Denver's population was about 25.OO0. It was B. GOO in 1880. and in the next ten years it increased to 133,S5 With popu-
 tion estimated today at 175,000 the city is confident that it wll have passed the 200. 900 mark when the next deCennial census is taken.
 Of course the Democratic convention will bring many thousands of dollars to Denver, directly. But the indirect benefits expected from it are far feat ures, In other words. in offering $100,- 900 for the convention. Denver is em- barking upon a gigantic advertising scheme. There is no cOncealment about that Besides the delegates themselves. visitors flock to political conventions. Nowadays convention is by no means only discussion and a choice oe candidates and a framing of a 2latform-it has become N a re- markable spectacle. Provision for the crowd of ''rooters' is made with no less care than for the delegates.
 Then there are innumerable "frills" which go along with, every convention receptions, and parades, and sight seeing parties. and such like. The en- thusiastic Denyerite will tell you that his town is strong on these.
 b First of all. they take the stranger to the basement of the capitol and show him a tablet which marks point exactly one mile above sea level. This fact of the city's altitude is it's chief pride-the foundation stone for all the other pleasant things which can be said about Denver. Next in i'm portance is the death rate. which un- like Denver's level, is very low. In 1900 it was only one and three tenths per cent. and some years it is lower than that. The average number of clear days a year is 314.
 Not counting the boarding houses and furnished rooms to let" there are forty hotels in Denver. It is not a difficult matter to house 50,000 vis- itors at one time. Why. then, asks Denver. should it get excited about taking care of the convention crowds? If there ever was city that was made by railroads, that city is Denver. It was nothing when the United States government decided to have a trans continental railroad built across the Great Plains and the Rockies. Backed by the government. the Union Pacific railroad was begun. stopped and begun again All sorts of obstacles were en- countered but the engineers and work gangs kept pushing on. Finally they got to Denver from both directions.
 Since the growth of the city and the growth of the railroad have kept pace with one another. Through bankrupt cy and congratulations the Union Pa cific passed until. in 1898, the present management took hold and began the