Gilpin observer., 1910-01-20
COLORADO NEWS

ing two bowling alleys for the associa-
ton.
The tax roll Of Routt county for
1909 shows an assessed valuation of
$4,O26,490, an increase over the pre-
ceding year of half million.
The Colorado & Wyoming Lumber
Dealers Association will hold it's an
nual meeting in Denver January %, &c
and 81 at the Albany hotel.
The Union Pacific has begun in
junction proceedings in the United
States Court at Denver to enforce it's
claim to 400-foot right of way
through the city of Greeley.
Governor Shafroth has declined to
include good road legislation in his
call for the special session of the Leg
islature. In reply to committee
which called on him he said that he
favors the legislation, but he hopes to
have the special session disposed OF
as quickly as possible and he wants to
minimize the number of bills to be con-
| sidered.
Owing to a strike of the pressmen,
Denver was without it's big daily news
papers for day and a half, Friday
and Saturday, the 14th and 18th. The
two evening papers, the Post and
| Times, missed both days and neither
the News nor Republican were print
ed Saturday morning. The strike was
adjusted in time to get out the usual
Sunday papers.
One of three large timber wolves,
which came within fifteen feet of Ros-
coe cottage, near the Victor mine on
Bull hill, in the Cripple Creek district,
was killed few days since by Frank
Roscoe, president of the Roscoe Leas-
ing Company. The animal measured
five and three-quarters feet from tip
to tip, and weighed seventy-two and
half pounds.
| The people of Delta already have be-
| gun to perfect an organization to take
charge Of exhibits for the apple show
at Denver next year. The new organ
ization which is being formed will be
entirely independent Of all existing as
sociations, and will work entirely in
getting exhibits and stimulating the
Towers to save their best fruit for
this purpose.
The Grand Junction & Grand Valley
Railway Company, which is building
the interurban line from Grand juno
ton to Fruita. and which owns the
Grand Junction electric light plant,
has been granted a franchise to light
| Fruita. Farmers are endeavoring to
induce the company to furnish current
for domestic use. as the district be-
tween the two towns il thickly set
tied.
Professor w. ]. Morrill,, of the for
estry department of Colorado College.
has made public letter from Clifford
Pinchot, warmly commencing the
work done by it. Mr.. Pinchot says:
81 firmly believe the work about to be
started is going to be tremendously
beneficiaA to the cause of forestry, to
the fore& service and particularly to
those members of the forest service
who will attend the course"
That the Denver postoffice does a
million dollar business a year is the
cause for the recent raise in box rent"
Is the statement Of Postmaster Sours
at the state capital. Many of the ap-
plicants for boxes have been surprised
to find that the box rent increased
January 1st. Denver has now one OF
the leading postoffices in the country.
The gross receipts for 1909 were over
a million dollars.
In estimating the attendance at the
Denver Cattle and Horse show, Col
w. e. Skinner stated that the suspen-
sion of the publication Of the newspa.
pers Friday afternoon and Saturday
morning caused loss of over $1,000
to the management. His figures for
the week. by days, are: Sunday, 5000;
Monday. 10000; Tuesday. 21,OOO; Wed.
nesday. 10000; Thursday, $4,000; Fri
day, $4,000; Saturday. 1000. Total,
10000. Last year the attendance was
about 10000.
A box Of prize apples has been
shipped from Denver to President Taft
at Washington by f. A. Swenson. OF
the Antlers' Orchard Development,
Company. The apples took the firs,
rize at the apple show. They were
sold at auction to Mr.. Swenson. who
bid $3.50, which is believed to be the
highest price on record paid for box
of apples. The fruit was raised on
the farm of Il. A. Fleming at Silt
Colo, and is of the Winter Banana
brand.
The Farmers Unions OF Colorado
and five other Western states are fig
uring strongly on building factory to
make woolen goods from Western
wool and to retail 1t from the chair
o. cooperative stores already estab
lished. There are upwards OF 100000,
COO pounds Of wool produced annually
in the West, and the commercial or
ganizations OF the West are consider
ing proposition to build warehouse