Gilpin observer., 1909-09-16
STATE NEWS ITEMS

Cawker City, Kan, took noverdose
of morphine at Pueblo and was found
dead
Greeley is much concerned over the
rumor that the Union Pacific has pur
chased the Denver. Laramie & North.
western road.
Walter Hooney, a machine tender
at the Gunnison tunnel, was instantly
killed by a slab OF rock from the roof
of the tunnel falling on him.
Joseph Devine, marshal of Pryor, =
mining camp, was shot and almost in
stantly killed by Michael Peyton. q
miner. Peyton did not resist arrest
and is now in Jail.
Owing to the muddy condition OF
the grounds the fair which was to have
opened at Littleton this week, was
postponed until September sOth, Oc-
tober list, and End.
interest in the Knights Templars'
conclave to be held at Boulder Sep
tember Gath and 25th, is pronounced
Everything points to the most sue
cessful conclave in the history OF
northern Colorado.
The Lincoln County Fair was one of
the most successful ever held in the
eastern part of the state. The attend
ance broke all previous records, there
being at least 5000 people on the
grounds in one day.
The chief attraction at the Canon
City Fair was the giving away of five
tons Of fruit to visitors. This was
accomplished from stand erected for
the purpose under a large tent near
the entrance to the grounds.
The county fair opened at Canon
City with an attendance of 10000 peo-
PIE. the largest opening day in the
history Of tho fair. The weather was
Just right. The rain put the track in
good shape for the racing, which was
the best ever held in Fremont county.
Disappointed in love, Miss Maggie
Hoover, the 19-year-old daughter of
Mrs. Clara Hoover, former matron at
the city jail. in Pueblo. took strych-
nine and died as she was being rushed
to st. Mary's hospital. She was found
on the floor in convulsions by her
brother Frank, and DR.. PEARS, city
physician, was called.
Because of lack of funds, st. Paul
M. E. church, South. Denver, has been
forced to abandon its plans to enter
the institutional field and build a new
church with clubrooms, library, gym
pasium and home for working girls.
A new church will be built, but on a
smaller scale. It viii be located some
where on Capitol hill
Gen. Edward Moody McCook, twice
territorial governor of Colorado, The
man who paved the way for Sher-
mans march to the sea, and former
minister to Hawaii, died in Chicago
Sept. 9. The end came at the Chi
cago Baptist hospital, after long suf-
ferring from Bright's disease. His
New York. was at his bedside.
A long string of farm wagons
piled high with watermelcns pulled
into Greeley the other morning. con-
verting the day into feast of water
melons. The fruit is only small
part Of large crop raised on dry land
west Of Kersey. So superior are the
dry land melons, SO great the demand
for them, and SO small the expense
Of cultivation that growers have
netted 5000 per acre.
The body of William Doherty, q
well known ranchman Of Trinchera,
who was drowned near that place,
was recovered several miles from the
scene OF the drowning. Doherty and
his brother attempted to cross an ar
Ioya near their home, when the rig
was overturned and both were thrown
into the current. After desperate
struggle, Joseph escaped, but his
brother was swept down with the
flood. He was 2S years old and is
survived by seven brothers and five
sisters.
Land adjoining Gill, sold for $3.50 an
acre. without water. The purchaser
was a man who had been q tenant on
the land for years and he will quit
farming and do market gardening.
Fifteen years ago Gill and the sur.
rounding territory was open range. 1t
Pacific line. The Union Pacific is
erecting depot and business men of
Greeley are building big warehouse
Contracts have been signed in Den.
yer by the Greeley-Poudre irrigation
district and the Laramie-Poudre Res
ervoir & Irrigation Company for the
construction OF the greatest irrigation
system in the West. not excepting
government projects completed or un
der construction. 1t will require ex
penditure of about s5,O00,000. This
is the largest enterprise undertaken
by d. A. Camfield of this city, his as
sociates OF Denver and Of the East
The project has been fully financed
and construction of the reservoirs
bitches and the great tunnel through