Gilpin observer., 1914-06-18


Sept 23.-Inter-Co. Fair and Race
Sept a2-25.-Western Slope Fair. Mont
Sept -25.-Montezuma Co. Fair at
Sept. 2s-2s.-El Paso Co. Fair. calhan,
Oct. 1-3--Grand County Fair at
Oct s-s.Mcoio. New Mex. Fair at Du-
1sl5sLast Grand Council of North
American Indians at Denver.
Olney Springs will celebrate on July
Fourth.
Crested Butte citizens have definite
ly decided to have Fourth of July
celebration.
More than $5OO,OOO worth Of farm
products were harvested in Ouray
county for 1913.
The Hawkeye Club of Denver will
give a lawn social and musical enter
tainment June 10.
There were no bids submitted for
the $1,OOO.OOO Colorado state bonds to
cover the military bills.
Howard. the eleven-year-old son of
Marshal w. ]. Young Of Littleton, was
drowned in the Platte river.
Walter T. Durkee. retired cattle
lowing stroke of paralysis.
Denver's future lies in manufactur-
ing is the opinion expressed by New
man Erb, president of the Moffat road.
Uhla Sims and John Kochevar. both
of whom are insane patients, escaped
from the county poor farm at Pueblo.
The Golden Jubilee class banquet of
the Knights of Pythias was held at
the Albany hotel in Denver. Four
hundred knights attended.
Another building is to be added to
the structures at the sanatorium of
the Jewish Consumptives' Relief So
ciety, the cornerstone for the new
nurses home being laid Sunday.
Systematic padding" of payrolls In
the Pueblo offices of the Colorado
Fuel & Iron Company, which may
have extended over a period of years
and have resulted in defrauding the
company of thousands of dollars, has
been uncovered.
Since the resumption of drilling op-
erations a few days ago the Grand
Valley Oil Company of De Beque has
made good progress considering the
hardness of the formation through
which the drill is passing. The well
is now down 1885 feet.
Damage running into thousands of
dollars was suffered by farmers liv-
ing along Boulder creek south of
Longmont, when one of the worst hail
swept strip Of country two miles
wide and eight miles long.
For the second time the Lusk-Wheel.
er injunction suit against the city of
Denver to prevent the issuance Of the
$S,000,00O in bonds for the building of
new water plant came up before
Judge Lewis in the Federal Court, was
defeated and appealed again.
Samuel T. Brown, sheepman and
banker Of Trinidad. died at his Denver
residence. Mr.. Brown was the father
in-law of Julius C. Gunter, former
member of the old court of appeals,
who is now one of the attorneys in the
suit brought by William Barth against
Mrs. Barth Brookman for the dissolu
tion of the Barth trust.
The David H. Moffat estate, for
which Philip Argall and Sons are con-
sulting engineers, In charge OF various
mining investments in Gilpin county,
Leadville, Rico and Cripple Creek,
owns the old Victor group on Bull
cliffs, which paid 100000 per month
In 1905, when the control and interest
was transferred to Paris. The mine
afterwards played out" on account OF
forced draft" mining, and the control
returned to the Denver First National
bank on n loan Of some $4,000. The
total production Of the Victor-which
cost Moffat and Smith $51 900 in 1892
is placed at s2,500,000. from which
dividends of $1,250.OO0 were paid.
Rev. Father Persone, s. j.. celebrat.
ed the golden jubilee OF his priest.
hood with solemn high mass In Holy
Name church at Trinidad.
Measures of interest to Colorado Ia.
Dor will come before the state, labor
convention which will convene in Pu.
eblo Aug. II and last three days.
The Denver public utilities commits
sion, by resolution. directed that the
entire $S,000,900 issue of bonds for the
construction OF q municipal water sys
tenn be advertised at once SO that the
work Of building a new system may be
started.