The Monte Vista journal., 1898-02-19
COLORADO BRIEFS.
Eldorn is to Be Incorporated.

kOn region.
Homer H. Grafton has been appoint
Cd postmaster at Manitou.
A stock company il being organized
70 build brick hotel at Aguilar.
The Canfield fiour mill will soon be
started up by LOngmont company.
Denver now has truant officer who
Will see that children attend school.
A chapter of Daughters Of the Rev
olutI0n was organized at Greeley last
Friday.
The Colorado Editorial Association
held its annual meeting at Denver on
the 9th.
The strike at the BrOdhend coal
mines, near Aguilar, shows NO signs OF
early settlement.
A fair and racing association, with
capital OF $4,000, IL being organized
at Walsenburg.
A board OF trade has been organized
at Monte Vista, composed Of delegates
from four counties.
About 80 excursiOnists went from
Denver to Wall Street over the new
Ward railroad on the 18th.
Manufacturers OF powder nre seri-
ously considering the advlsability OF
building factory In Colorado.
Game Warden Swan Is preparing to
prosecute the men responsible for the
Wholesale killing Of trout at Twin
Lakes.
The Victor school board wants OH.
GERS appointed In Cripple Greek and
Victor to enfore attendance OF habitunl
truanfs from school.
A large proportion OF the fish In low
er Twin Lakes have died as result OF
the building OF n dam by the company
that now controls the lakes.
A street cnr on the Cheyenne canon
line nt Colorado Springs ran away
few days ngo and several persons mar
rowly escaped serious injury.
The State Board Of Arbitration has
decided the controversy between oper-
ntors and coal miners In the Lafayette
district In favor OF the miners.
The Denver officials have decided to
appeal to the Supreme Court TO re-
verse the decision Of Judge lie Fevre
In the water case, which was against
the city.
In q case from Otero county the
Court Of Appeals Inns decided that the
District Court cannot interfere with
county commissioners who cut down
Justices fees.
In an opinion handed down in the
Court Of Appeals, Chief Justice Thorn
son held that a druggist may sell
whisky to n customer for medicinal
purposes without physician's pre-
Ecription. This case came from Den
yer. and will have Important effects on
the enforcement Of the liquor laws.
Mrr. Harriet +. Wilson. who for sew.
eral years has published the Mascot at
Castle Rock. has sold that publication
TO a company Of which Mr.. II. c.
Wood Of the Nighthawk Echo Ii pre~i-
dent. Mr.. Wood h an experienced
newspaper man and will make a sue
cess Of the Mascot. Mrs. Wilson will
devote her energies to the EldOra
Miner. which she hns purchased.
The supervising architect Of the
treasury has practically decided to rec.
ommend to the secretary Of the treas
ury the acceptance Of the bid Of II.
FerEe Of Milwaukee for the construc-
tion OF the Denver mint building. In
Ferxe's bid he specified Platte canon
and COtopaxi. Colorado. granite as the
stone he would use. hut no samples
were submitted. II is possible that be-
fore awarding the contract they will
cali for samples.
some time ago State Engineer Field
wrote Attorney General Carr to the
effect that several Of the counties are
R..fs s.. sl...a n. -. 80
commissioners and supcrintendents Of
Irrigation. He concluded his letter by
asking how these could get their zala.
rIes. In n long opinion General Carr
says that they must he paid by the
counties which nre included In their
districts. that II the counties refuse,
suit should bc brought.
A big force Of graders h at work on
the electric line between Canon City
aud Cripple Creek. Orman X Crooks.
who have the contract for the entire
grading. have the IAy secured by
bonds Furnished by the Northwestern
Security Trust Company of Chicago
for the entire amount of the contract.
This guarantees beyond question the
completion Of the road. and II II now
expected that ears will bc running over
tur tue tTtu suuou tuy 10 tut Town
III Victor by the middle OF the coming
summer.
Cecil 4. ncnnc. custodian Of the
states collection Of war relies In the
basement Of the capitol. has completed
the compiling Of his catalogue. The
manuscript In now In the hands Of the
state printers. md the 3.n0O copies or.
sicrsd by the Board Of Capitol Mana.
gers will I. delivered Monday. The
board Of Capitol Managers has long
since appreciated the necessity Of a
catalogue OF the counties Of that de.
pArtmcnt. md nt Its Inst meeting nu.
thorixci It's printing. The book will
contain sixty pngcs. giving q brief de-.
scription OF i.sOI articles on exhibition
there.
Attorney u. q. Glenn Of Pueblo. who
represents the Eastern purchasers Of
the Chandler conl mine, which prot,-
crty was purchased from the Western
Fuel Company yesterday for a con.
sI,icrnii0n of ti25.O1O cash. says that
the purchasers will nt onc~ h.gin oisr.
ntiona at the mines. which have isrn
closed for the pnnt THREE years. The
property includes over s00 acres Of the
nnc~t coal land In Fremont county,
which II fully developed md equipped
with the tr~t machinery. For the pNu,
three years only the pumps have ls~n
kept Ia operation. which have kept the
shafts fire. from water.
The people nrr rapidly awakening
tO the fact that Colorado mt,sf In. rs.r,.