The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-07


The smallpox epidemic at Cerrillos
New Mexico, is being stamped out.
l.. w. Waldo, who tried to cross Bo-
reas from Breckenridge to Como. has
not been heard from and it is feared
that he perished.
j. Q. Snow was fatally wounded at
the Vulcan mine at Gunnison on the
18th. Trouble between union and non
union miners brought about the shoot
ing.
The Senate has passed bill author
lzing the New Mexico Legislature to
create an additional Indebtedness for
the purpose of completing the new
capitol.
The Reorganized Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints of Denver
has adopted resolutions opposing the
seating of Brigham II. Roberts as con
gressman.
A shipment of polo ponies has been
made from Cheyenne by Charlie Hir-
sig via Denver to Akin, South Caro-
lima, where there is polo club OF
northern men.
Governor Richards has finished sign
Ing the bills passed by the recent wy
oming Legislature. All of the bills
passed have become laws. not single
bill having been vetoed.
Conductor Carlyle of the Santa Fe
road had both legs crushed, an arm
broken and suffered internal injuries
while making a pilot bar coupling on
a freight train at Canoncite, ON the
Glorieta pass. He was removed to the
Las Vegas hospital.
Two grey wolves measuring five and
u half feet from tip to tip were re-
Gently captured near Castle Rock by n
Castle Rock man, and huge eagle
measuring six feet two inches from TIP
to tip of its wings was trapped a few
days ago near Elizabeth.
Governor Thomas has cabled the
promotion of Cecil b. West to Manila.
II was the belief of the commander-in-
chief of the Colorado volunteer forces
that Colonel McCoy's judgment in the
matter is good, and he was governed
accordingly in making the appoint
ment.
Charles Creek, n well-known stage
man and proprietor of the Canon City
and Silver Cliff stage, was shot on the
25th at his home at the Half Way
house, on Oak creek, by his son Ar
thur, aged is years. Father and son
had been having trouble for some
years, the old gentleman frequently
administering severe punishment.
The secretary of the interior has ap-
proved the selection of $685. acres of
school land in the Pueblo land district
by the state of Colorado for school
purposes. The land was selected by
the state in lieu of school sections in
cluded in Indian reservations. 1t com
prises some of the valuable irrigable
lands in the valley of the Arkansas.
d. r. G. Brown and his partner, Mr..
Blair, have sold their interest in the
Midland Terminal railway to A. o..
Carlton of Cripple Creek, and the con-
sideration S250,000. Mr.. Carlton, it is
said, furnished the bulk of the money
for the construction of the line and
that with his recent purchase gives
him the controlling interest in the
property.
Mr.. Beckwith. secretary of state of
Colorado, has taken the first steps to-
ward enforcing a claim against the Pull
man Palace Car Company for SS,OSo.
alleged to be due as tax upon the IN
corporation under the laws of Colorado.
The company paid n fee based upon a
capitalization of 100000. but its real
capital is S54,000,000 The attorney
general has been asked for an opinion
in the case.
Edward Sucho. former employe of
Joe Waters sawmill, was found
frozen to death nine miles north of De
BeQue. Sucho left town with the in
tention of going to the mill for his
blankets, and rode part of the way on
horseback. Abandoning the horse, he
made the rest of the trip on snow
shoes. A violent storm was raging
and within a few yards of his destina-
ton he became confused and fell,
never to rise again.
The State Forestry Association at a
meeting in Denver, elected at officers
for the current year: William n. Byers,
Denver, president; II. Nicholson, Den
yer. vice president; d. W. Working,
Denver, secretary and treasurer. On
motion of State Engineer Field the res
Olutiops asking for forestry bureau
under the supervision of the secretary
of the Interior passed by the National
Irrigation Congress, recently held al
! Cheyenne, We're endorsed.
Professor Elmwood Mead, who has
lust returned from Washington, says:
II shall resign my office as state en-
gineer for Wyoming during the sum-
mer and devote my time exclusively
to irrigating work in connection with
| the National Department of Agricul-
ture" He also states that the con
! gressional appropriation for the de
partment insures n permanent irriga-
| ton bureau in the West. The west
ern office of the bureau will be estab-
l lished at Cheyenne.
! Bids have been opened at Sheridan
wyoming, for the construction of the
temporary barracks of the Sheridan
military post. The temporary struc
lures will accommodate two troops OF
cavalry and will be built of wood
Subsequently permanent buildings OF
brick and stone will be erected and the
most will be made one of the most sub