The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-10-16
COLORADO NOTES.

Inc Northwestern VII anu COal COu-
pany have ordered machinery with
which to drill for oil inytoutt county.
@. w. Raymond, a Rio Grande brake
man living in Pueblo, had his left leg
broken a few days since while loading
coal at Larimer.
1t is expected that the Colorado
Springs and Cripple Creek Short line
Will be completed into Cripple Creek
in less than month.
Charles Rau, the thrteen-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Rau of
Trinidad, was killed on the 9th instant
by being thrown from a horse.
William c. Baragar, sentenced at
Denver to Imprisonment for life for
the murder of Alvina Bollen, was tax
en- to the Canon City penitentiary on
the 9th instant.
The rural free delivery routes near
Greeley are being mapped out by In
spector l.. A. Thompson. These are
the only petitions for free delivery in
the state that have not already been
established.
According 20 the weather bureau up
to the 9Th instant there had been an
accumulated excess of temperature
during the year of 593 degrees at Den
yer and it has been correspondingly
warm in other parts of the state.
Patrick McAtee has offered re-
ward of 5000 for the Arrest and convic-
ton of the ruffian who assaulted his
sister, Annie McAtee, IA few nights
since. Miss McAtee is still alive, but
has not fully recovered consciousness.
The third biennial session of the
Young Mems Institute, a Catholic or
ganization, began in Denver on the
Sth instant. Archbishop Ireland is at
the head oS the institute and 1t has
members in all parts of the United
States.
The earnings of the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad for the fourth week
in September showed considerable
falling off but officials of the road say
1t was not due to a small business this
year. the receipts of that week last
year being phenomenally large.
At a meeting of the prominent cit
iZens of Boulder it was decided that
there should be n reorganization of
the Texas Colorado Chautauqua, so as
to place it more closely in the hands
of the citizens of Boulder. A vote
of confidence was passed in favor of
the present board.
The county assessor has officially no.
Springs that the valuation of the city
approximately is $S,OO1,510, the assess
ment being made on a basis of one
third of the actual valueation. The
valuation last year was 0,152, $50,
the assessment being on one half val
uation.
The State Land board is arranging
to endeavor to secure more timber
Ia I-
II part of selections which can be
made by the state at any time 1t sees
fit. 1t is said that in Dolores and Mon
tezuma counties there are large tracts
of federal timber land which the state
will endeavor to secure.
Miss Katie Ewing, telegraph operat-
or at the Hotel Colorado. Glenwood
Springs, recently held direct telegraph
ic communication with New York city
and Mobile, Alabama, dispatching and
receiving messages for President e. l..
Russell of the Mobile & Ohio railroad.
1t is claimed that she has established
the long distance record for Colorado.
The state board of health has decid-
ed to make n meteorological examina-
ton of the Platte river. The purpose
of the examination is to investigate
at Denver and at the state line, with
n view to discovering just how much
the water clears itself in flowing that
distance. The board has secured the
services of DR.. Philip Hillkowitz to
make the examination.
A big mortgage has been filed in
the office of the clerk of Jefferson
county, at Golden. 1t is first mort
gage given by the Northern Coke and
Coal Company to the New York Loan
and Trust Company. The amount in
volved is S2,0OO,0OO and the record
consists of over 1000 words. Over
$50 in revenue stamps were required
for filing this instrument in Jefferson
county alone, and II will be filed in
nearly every county in the state.
The Colored Home and Orphanage
Association at Denver has been incor-
porated. The officers are: President,
z. Il. Spratlin, NJ. D.; vice president,
j. w. jackson: secretary, George s.
Contee; treasurer, Mrs. Lou Knight,
The association is considered one of
the most worthy charities of the city.
There are twelve children in the home
and more than thirty applicants who
cannot be cared for on account of the
lack of room.
General Geo. w. Cook, who has re-
Gently returned from Chicago, is sure
the Grand Army encampment will
come to Dener next summer. He says:
Il saw the general passenger agents
of three of the principal western
roads in Chicago and they assured
me that there would be no difficulty
about rates. l know that we will get
rates that will be satisfactory to ev-
cry G. A. X. man in the United States,
and L look for 10000 people here. OF
course these will not all be G. A. X.
people, for the rate will attract large
crowd of others from all parts of the
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