The Elbert County tribune., 1900-03-22
COLORADO NOTES.

hold an examination III
Pueblo some time In the sprins " n
iect clerks for the local land offices.
Tbese examinations will be general
throughout the country. The dates Oh
Examinations have not been set.
The following state agents Of the
Humane Society have been appointed
for the week ending March 10: Hen
nv Parr, Pagosa Springs; Miiiiam
Walters, Pagosa Springs; L. Il, barger,
silver Gin; ID. g. luncheon, Vaiverde'
Edward ]. O'Neiil and Charies r.
White, Denver.
The companies which had policies
out on the life OF Frank L. Iyier' tne
Kansas City man who was burned 10
death near Alpine. Colo, last summer,
have given up the attempt 10 proFe
that the case was another frnker
swindle and will pay up.
Over one hundred residences are now
under course of construction at hocky
Ford and arrangements nave peen
made for the erection of new business
blocks. The American Sugar Beet
Compauy is pushing work on the sugar
factory. 100 additional men having
been put to work during the week.
The Mutual Life of New York has
paid its $4,000 policy, held py tne
Metropolitan National bank as secui-
ity for n debt, to the receiver OF tne
hank. and the smaller policies Will De
paid In a day or two. Detectives nave
been working on the case for months
but have not been able to suDstantia'e
the fraud theory.
Notes and papers representing money
cannot be taxed in Colorado N they
are the property of one not residing III
the state, even though the loans were
originally made here. Thit is the opin-
ion handed down by the Court OF AP-
peals In the case of Seth w. Hathaway,
administrator of the estate OF Euwn
French, deceased, appellant, versus Ar
mand Choury, treasurer OF oos'ii"
county.
A political convention called by the
labor unions of the state met AT fu-
eblo on the 18th. The first days session
was a stormy one, developing the Pres-
ence of two factions and resuiteu III
split. 1t appeared to be contest pc
tween the Denver men and delegates
from the rest of the state, the Denver
contingent being opposed to putting up
an independent state ticket next ia'i'
They were out voted and bolted-
An attempt was made to wreck the
Kansas City local on the Union IA
cific between Magnolia and watkins
Saturday morning by piling ties on the
track. The engine was damaged anu
the train delayed several hours. Some
time ago a rail was raised near the
same place and an accident narrowly
ayerted. A grudge against the com
pany seems TO be the cause, as hock
Island train had passed over the roau
few minutes before.
The National Beet Sugar Company,
| now erecting half million dollar
sugar factory, fifty miles east of PueD-
10 on the Missouri Pacific railroad,
have 800 ment at work and expect TO
complete the factory by October LIST.
This company proposes to raise Its own
beets, and has prepared about 4,OOo
acres of ground for this years crop
Two trainloads of experienced beet
growers will leave April list for Sugar
City. with their arrival will be gin
the planting of the first beet sugar crop
in Otero county.
The Gillett townslte, water works
and electric light plant have been
transferred to the Golden Crescent Wa
ter and Light Company. one of the
companies controlled by the Woods In
vestment Company. Harry Woods
| states tnnt an OIlltt VIII Dt ODtntu
the city, and the company Will start d
real estate business. The town Is to
be improved by the new owners The
Woods syndicate has Increased Its
holdings in the district until now 1t
owns more land than any other COM
pany or Individual. 1t has just COM
pleted a deal whereby some sixty
acres OF the Arequa townsite, including
the Gold Dollar and Mabel NJ. mines.
situated between Beacon and Raven
hills, pass into its hands. The consol'-
datIon is said to have been In the
neighborhood of half a million dollars.
Companies the control of which is held
by the Woods Investment Company
now own the Gillett, Arequa, Cameron
and Lawrence townsites. The enter
prise and progressiveness of these peo-
pie Is astonishing. Notwithstanding
their tremendous purchases of last
year, almost every week brings newr
Of further acquisitions. The syndicate
long the most powerful in the district,
is rapidly becoming one Of the most
powerful in the state.
The Denver Republican says: Grand
Junction will be colonized by Nor
mons. An influx of families from the
city of the saints Is now certain. For.
ty families have already made arrange
ments to take up in the Colorado beet
sugar town. Many other families OF
the same faith are said to have decid-
ed to follow the forty now on the way
to Grand Junction, and that Grand
Junction will soon be so largely popu
lated by Mormons that they may bt
able to control Its politics Is now
thought to be highly probable. The
Grand Junction sugar-beet factory IL
preparing to do a much larger business
this year than last. Grand Junction
citizens who were in Denver yester
day express the fear that too large ar
Influx of Mormons would take the po
litical control of affairs out of The
hands of those who have lived il
Grand Junction for years. An enfor
will be made to guard against this
The Mormon colonists Will be direct,
connected with the beet industry anf
to the Introduction of the beet sugal
business into that section can be Mt
tributed this Influx of population al
well as the coming of many other new
families.
Probably the most important move
ment inaugurated by the club womer
of Colorado, and one of the most i'm
portant public works undertaken By
women anywhere received its prelim
mary impetus when the committee or
the preservation of the cliff dwelling
met with the chairman, Mrs. Gilber
McClurg, at Colorado Springs las
|. week. This committee was appoint,t
over year ago by the Colorado Fed
GRAFTON of Women's Clubs. Since tina
time Mrs. McClurg, who has made th
study Of the ruins her life work, ha
visited the canon. has settled the term
of lease with Ignacio. has secure,
its confirmation from the Indian agen
and has canvassed the matter of