Gilpin observer., 1909-08-19
COLORADO NEWS

Templar will be held at Boulder Sept.
ember 23d and gath.
Wyoming is negotiating to have her
twenty women convicts taken care Of
In the Colorado penitentiary at Canon
City.
The total net assessed valuation OF
Pueblo county for 1909 is $26,740,,
9S9.01. The valuation for 1908 was
S26,S23,639.
Capitalists from Kansas City and
Tulsa. Okla, are reported to be pre-
pairing to prospect for oil about thirty
miles south of Limon.
One thousand laboring men expect
to leave Colorado Springs in a special
train September 9th to attend the La
Dor day celebration at Pueblo.
Three cups will be given by the
Denver Chamber of Commerce to
Colorado dry farmers exhibiting at the
Dry Farming Congress at Billings,
Mont. in October.
On Friday night, August 2eth, the
city of Denver will give an elaborate
display of fireworks at the City Park
In honor of the delegates to the Trans.
mississippi Congress.
The honorary commercial commits
sioners of the Japanese empire to the
number of thirty will reach Denver
November 7th. at 2:30 p. m, and will
leave at 11:45 p. m. on the day fol-
lowing.
E. r. OMAHA of Leadville was
elected president of the Colorado Flu.
neral Directors Association at the
closing session of its annual conven-
ton at Leadville, and Denver was
chosen for the 1910 meeting.
The number of persons living on
the Chautauqua grounds at Boulder,
this season far exceeds that of any
previous year, there having been more
than 375 people on the grounds for
four weeks or more during the
session.
A wreck occurred on the Rio Grande
near Dulce on the night of the 18th
inst, when a double-header freight
ran into a mud slide in Navajo canon,
both engines turning over. Engineer
j. S. Thompson had leg broken and
was scalded, his injuries being dan
gerous.
The South Palisade Heights irriga-
ton district has been formed and i'm
mediate steps will be taken to build q
ditch. One thousand acres or more
are to be watered across the river
from Palisade, Just above the land to
be watered by the Orchard Mesa pro-
ject. A steam lift pump will be in
stalled to raise the water 800 feet.
At Lafayette on the 10th inst, after
= heated discussion over a resolution
introduced by Delegate L. D. Hosman
of the Denver typographical Union,
lasting several hours. the State Fed
Grafton OF Labor convention refused
to go on record as indorsing the So
cialistic party or the organization Of
a new political party. by vote Of
so to IL.
Two thousand former residents Of
Iowa now living in the Grand valley
assembled at Grand Junction on the
14th inst. to celebrate Iowa Day. The
exercises were held at the fair
grounds. Lieutenant Governor Clark
of Iowa made the principal address.
The visitors enjoyed picnic lunch at
noon and afterward helped to swell the
crowd at teh ball game.
Perry Klein. a Central City pioneer,
has presented the city with large
pencil drawing of Central City as it
appeared in 1860, the sketch being
made by Mr.. Klein from photograph.
1t shows about fifty cabins and a
dozen business houses, none of which
are standing today, as they were wiped
out by the fire OF 1874. 1t shows the
old quartz mill of Lyons & Pullman.
This was George NJ. Pullman, founder
of the palace car company.
At an election on the 10th inst in
the proposed irrigation district of Lin
coin county to take in about 10000
acres south of Limon and to be
known as the Big Sandy Irrigation
district, it was decided to bond the
district for s25O,0OO to carry out the
project. AS soon as the bonds are
disposed of, work will commence, and
it is thought 1t will be completed in
time to water next seasons crops.
The annual meeting of the Chautau.
qua Climbers Club at Boulder elected
the following officers for the ensuing
year: DR.. Hungerford of Denver,
president; Mrs. c. l.. Bradford, vice.
president, and Arthur Ridgeway OF
Boulder, secretary. Plans were made
for providing shelter along the differ
ent trails, making new trails, and nam
ing and identifying rocks, springs and
paths.
Through gift Of $1,000 by Chief
Justice Robert w. Steele of the SUI
preme Court, the building that is be.
ing added to the Steele Memorial hos.
pital in Denver, will be one OF the
best equipped in the country for the
treatment OF contagious diseases. The
money will be used entirely for fur.
nishings and equipment, and will add