Gilpin observer., 1909-01-14
WESTERN NEWS.

William ]. Bryan will visit Florida
early in February and may go to Cuba.
1t is estimated that more than 200
motor cars are in use for renting out
in San Francisco.
One hundred automobiles have been
purchased by farmers of La Sale
county, ILL.,, during the past year.
All records for cold weather at Great
Falls, Mont, were broken on the 10th
inst, when the temperature fell to A
degrees below zero.
1t is reported at Winnipeg that the
Canadian Pacific railway will, this
year, spend $30,O00000 in construction
work on its Western lines.
Upward of $1O,O0OOOO will be ex-
pended by the American Locomotive
Company in the construction in it's pro-
jected plant at Gary, Ind, plans for
which are in preparation.
Suit for nearly s1,O00,OO0 has been
filed against street car companies on
behalf of the city of st. Louis. The
claim is based upon the non-payment
of tax of one mill a passenger.
The Illinois club, constituting with
its splendid art gallery one of the
most historical landmarks of Chicago,
was destroyed by fire on the 9th inst,
with loss estimated at 1925, 1000.
Confident that he will be able to
solve the problems of the economical
use of gasoline for railroad motive
power, E. H. Hartman will shortly
spend small fortune in experiments
at Omaha, Neb.
Billings, Mont, Idaho Falls, Idaho,
and Douglas, Ariz., are bidders for the
1910 convention of the Trans Mis-
souri, Dry Farming congress, and will
send large delegations to the 1909 con-
vention in Cheyenne in February.
A building with unique foundation
of gold ore will be that of the Exchange
National bank of Colorado Springs,
which is building seven-story $780,
600 structure. Ore from Bull hill
mines worth 81 to SO ton in gold is
being hauled there and mixed with
pure cement for the foundation.
The transport Thomas sailed from
San Francisco for Honolulu and Manila
Tuesday, carrying the largest number
of army officers transported across the
Pacific since the Spanish-American
war. Col. Walter S. Schuyler with SCI
men of the Fifth cavalry, will leave
the Thomas at Honolulu to take station
at the new army post near Honolulu.
The vessel will carry to Manila ninety
bluejackets and 800 recruits.
Fire at the Chicago stock yards on
the night of the 9th inst. destroyed
large part of the fertilizing plant of
Darling & Company, and burned large
stores of chemicals, causing eXplos-
ions AMI injuring number of firemen.
The loss was 100000 The water
froze soon after being thrown on the
building. Huge icicles formed about
the lettering walls and some of the
firemen encased in ice literally had to
have their arms and legs chopped
loose.
Alonzo Erastus Horton, founder of
the present city of San Diego, Cal,
and its Oldest inhabitant, died on the
7th inst aged ninety-five, as a result
of infirmities incident to old age. In
1867 Father" Horton, as he was un-
iversally known, surveyed and pur-
chased at auction for &c cents an acre,
$50 acres of land around the bay, upon
which San Diego now stands. On the
day of his funeral every flag in the
city was placed at half mast.
The highest bridge in the world is
soon to be built in Idaho across the
Snake river canon, 500 feet west of
Shoshone falls. The span of the bridge
will be LAO feet from cliff to cliff
and the roadbed will be $50 feet above
the water From the bridge one will
be able to look down at the falls,
which rival Niagara and rank among
the greatest natural wonders of the
Pacific Northwest.