The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-12-12
COLORADO ITEMS.

L latte canon Illhy cohie w go ~,
able agreement to avoid further uti-
G gltioh.
A. II. Petit and w. II. Cheairs OF
Sterling engaged in n shooting ARRAY
the other day which may result fataliy
as both We're severely wounoeu.
Cheairs was the aggressor. charging
Petit with insulting his wife
President Ristine of the Colorado
Midland railroad, who is now he-e.
said to-day concerning the build ng or
the Midland into Routt county, that ne
had read the account which appeared
in the Republican, and that it was true.
Surveys had been made and the route
outlined, he understood, was practical.
Judge d. C. Beaman, who framed the
game law which is at present on the
statute books of Colorado, says that in
ten years the elk will be but memory
in Colorado. so far as hunting is con-
cerned, and in twenty years the deer
will be unknown in this state as a
game animal.
The Gibson district school near
Greeley has been closed owing to an
epidemic of diphtheria among the
children. Several of the pupils have
been suffering from what was sup
posed to be severe tonslitis, but which
proved to be diphtlieria in an advanced
stage. One. death has already been re-
ported.
Charles II. Sawyer. frozen stiff and
on the point of being devoured by
coyotes. was found in the large field
of the Veto ranch, five miles south of
Golden. Sawyer was acting as fore
man of the ranch for T. NJ. Skinner OF
Denver. He started to go to town
Saturday to purchase provisions, and
on his way back it is thought that his
horse ran away with him.
The Creek murder case, on trial in
the District Court Mt Canon City since
December 1st. was given TO the jury
at o'clock Monday night. After sew
eraI hours of delberation n verdict
of voluntary manslaughter was re-
turned. Arthur Creek shot his father
February 2Jth last. The bullet, which
was fred from 40 caliber revolver,
took effect fn the abdomen. The elder
Creek died from the effects of the
wound and young Creek was held for
his murder.
rirry miners employed at the North
ern company's coal mine, four miles
above Cardiff. went on n strike at noon
Wednesday. They demand an increase
of S1.50 per yard for digging. They
have been receiving $3.50 per yard and
now demand SIS. They notified the su-
perintendent of their demand day be-
fore yesterday. Receiving no reply
they took summary action. There are
no Indications of rioting. Last week
the miners in the Midland mine short
distance away, were given an increase
of 81 per ton. The striking miners
have been putting out about 300 tons
of coal per day.
Five miners employed on the Cres-
ton lease on the Jack Pot claim, Grip
pie Creek, owe their lives to the pres
ence of mind of Joe Williams, the engi-
neer. AS the men We're being lowered
down the shaft the brake bolt broke
and the cage descended rapidly for
Snort distance. An electric hoist IN III
operation on this property, and the
engineer Immediately put on the re-
verse current. slowly lowered the cage
to the 4OO-foo level and held it there
by manipulating the current until the
men We're able to get off. The leasing
company, in recognition of this service,
gave Mr.. Williams an order for the
best suit of clothes money could pur-
chase in Cripple Creek.
Parties just in from the Grand En-
campment district report great activity
in the great Wyoming mining camp
with continual new strikes. The
Encampmcnt company has almost
perfected the organization Of n
of 100000. The smelter will
be located at the town of Grand
Encampment and will be Of water
power, the Allen pipe being used, the
water being taken from the north fork
of the Grand Encampment river and
carried one and one-thrd miles. The
smelter plant, which will include con-
centratiag machinery, will have Il ca
pacity of sixty tons, with practicable
enlargement to 120 tons.
The Western Colorado Educational
Association was in Sc son at Sai1a
last week. A significant and import
ant action by the association was a res
olutio1 to the effect that school boards
be empowered to levy ten-mill tax
for the purpose of establishing libraries
in every school. ard that such libraries
should be selected under the supervis-
ion OF a state board. The liveliest in
st was manifested in these matters
and the leaders of the association are
determined to make themselves felt in
the coming legis ative Clec ions and the
session of that body to follow. A de-
term'ned effort to amend and improve
our school laws will lie made by tie
mem bers of the association. For the
ensuing year the following officers
were elected: President. DIR. G. T..
Chadsey of Durango; vice president,
Professor ]. w. Hamer of Walsenburg;
secretary, Professor II. ]. Browns
comhe of Aspen; treasurer, Mrs. NJ. /.
Sisson of Salida; executive committee,
c. e. Elliott of Leadville j. f. Heating
of Pueblo and Mrs. S. d. Wilson of Du
range.
The seventh victim of the Rio
Grande wreck above Salida is dead,
and one more is not expected to live.
An investigation of the responsibility
for the terrible disaster is being made.
Jvrnmou tha colored portpr 0f the