North Park union., 1900-08-10
COLORADO NOTES.

tember 18th as Peach Day.
At Victor last Tuesday morning .
heavy rain fell. accompanied by an
electrical display TINT necessitated
shutting down the power houses.
william Baxter, ranchman, unmar-
ried. living In Routt county, shot ana
instantly killed William Polmear, his
neIghbor. The murdered man leaves
a widow and II family Of small chill
dren. The trouble IL said to have orig
mated over stories circulated by Bax-
ter. and that when he was called down
by Polmear. who is a small man and
was unnrmed. Baxter shot him.
The secretary of state collected
$2.Oi505 on the 18th In fees for incor-
pora tions. The $2OO.OOO mark will soon
he ereached. The principal firm incorpor-
ated n the Stratton Cripple Creek siin-
Ing and Development Company capi-
talized at S1O.OOO.OO0. and paid fee Of
F1,5O2. The company Is Wyoming
corporation. Of which Winfield s. STRAIT
ton liz the Colorado agent. Its Colorado
office will be In Colorado Springs. The
inc0rporators In Wyoming are w. s.
Stratton. W. A. Ramsey. w. A. Bald
win The shares are OF the par value
Of 80 cents each, and there will be 2O,-
OOO,OOO of them. A board OF five trus-
tees will manage affairs. The trustees
for the first year are W. S. Stratton.
w. A. Ramsey, W. A. Baldwin. James
II. Emerson and ID. II. Rice. Business
will be carried on In Utah. Idaho. Mon
tnna. Oregon. Washington, California.
Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Old
Mexico.
The G. 4. II. department council Of
administration met Oh the 18th at the
state capital. An appropriation OF 500
was vos,d TO defray the expenses of
the department commander and his ad-
jutants on their trip to Chicago to the
national encnmpment August 21th. The
important business OF the meeting.
however, was TO fix the date and place
for the next department encampment.
There was considerable rivalry for the
honor of having the encampment of
1901. 1t was decided 10 meet In Pueb-
10, April 10Th. 11th and 18th. 1901.
April 18th is the last day OF the next
department encampment. which will be
the anniversary of the surrender of
Fort Sumpter. Pueblos claims We're
presented by Upton Post and Relief
corps. The council is in excellent fl
nancial condition and ordered that 500
be invested In government bonds. Al
ready more than $1,000 has been thus
invested and there is still more than
81 600 In cash In the treasury.
Game and Fish day will he celebrated
mt Steamboat Springs September 18th
and 14th. The executive committee
having In charge the celebration is COM
posed OF James II. Crawford. chair
man; c. II. Leckcnby. secretary; J. n.
McWilliams. +. a. Metcalf and B. l..
Jefferson. They have succeeded In
raising by subscription large amount
OF money and fully $1,000 will be ex-
pended in giving the visitors a good
time. The principal feature. of course.
will be the wild game barbecue. and
arrangements are being made to make
this feature even more successful than
last year. The hunting will be in
charge of the Steamboat Springs Gun
Club. In which are some OF the crack
shots of the state. The barbecue will
consist OF bear. deer. elk. feathered
game and fish. Preparations Will be
made to feed 5000 people. The gath.
ering OF the meat will be big job.
but will he done In strict accordance
with the law. Outside sportsmen will
be utilized. at lcnst such MS wish to
join In the hunt under the direction of
local guides.
The Taylor state road, which may be
n part OF Il great trans-continental high
way. and which has been hanging in
the balance for the past year because
the funds appropriated by the last Leg
islnture were not forthcoming. is ut
last assured. State Engineer McCune
has been Informed that the entire sum
will be available for the
purpose. as the money for road build
Ing Is in the internal Improvement fund
which cannot be touched for any other
purpose, even though the state treas.
ury be entirely empty. so far as the
other funds are concerned. State En-
gineer McCune has just returned to
Denver from Il trip over the proposed
route of the road. starting at Glenwood
and going through the canon of the
Grand river. He spent some time in
Glenwood Springs with Senator Ed
ward Il. Taylor. who was the author of
the bill which was passed by the last
and provides for an appro-
priation OF $35,OOO for the commence
ment OF the work. 1t was decided by
the state engineer. after he had thor
oughly discussed the matter with Sem
ntor Taylor that work be commenced
as soon as possible at Glenwood
Springs, the course being from that
point to Dotsero through the canon OF
the Grand river. covering distance of
twenty-five miles. This will require
about the heaviest work which must
he done on the road. 80 that most of
the further work will be much less eX-
pensive. The work OF surveying the
route through the canon will take d
month or perhaps six weeks. and ne
tual work will begin as soon as possi-
BILE thereafter. 1t Is estimated that II
will require about $17,OO for this
twenty-five-mile stretch. Most OF the
OF the $35. 600 after the $1T,-
600 road from Glenwood to Dotsero
has been spent, will he used In road
building on the east side of the CONT
mental Divide.
A meeting of the mayors OF the diff.
ferent cities and towns in the Cripple
Greek district was held In Cripple
Greek on the 9th Inst. Among the.
things which came before the meeting
were the following resolutions, offered
by Mayor w. J. DOnnelly OF Victor,
which were unanimously adopted. The
resolutions, which were given out to-
day, are as follows: ''Resolved, that
the mayors Of the different cities and
towns whose names nre hereuntO an
pended. viz. Cripple Creek. Victor, An
aconda, Goldfeld, Altman, Cameron
and Gillett, use every means in their
rnyyar tn onforcn Tho lo~u Of tl,., .t,t.,