The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-04-03
COLORADO NOTES.

Over 100 homestead claims have been
filed in the Pueblo land office during
this month, on lands located principally
in the counties of Otero, Huerfano and
Las Animas. This is the largest num-
ber of claims of this character filed
in the land office for any previous
mouth in the past five years.
A boiler explosion occurred Friday
at Laws upper saw mill on West creek
by which the engineer Willard Hell
sey, was instantly killed. The force
of the explosion threw the unfortunate
man II distance of over 400 feet across
n deep ravine. Large fragments of
the boiler were blown from 300 to 400
feet. The engine was wrecked, blown
from its bed and the mill rendered a
ruin. A lumber hauler and his team
were slightly injured. There We're no
other casualties. The dead engineers
father resides in Victor. The explosion
was caused by the water being allowed
TO run too low in the boiler.
A sugar beet plant will soon be in
operation in the Arkansas valley under
the control of some of Pueblo's bust
ness and professional men. Over 200
acres of land under the Bessemer ditch
have been selected and will be planted
in beets next May of this year. The
acreage will be increased from year to
year and the farm will be under the
management of S. b. Schmidt, an eX-
pert on sugar beet culture. The Pu-
eblo Farm Company has been incor-
pOrated for this purpose with n capital
stock of $4,000, divided into 1000
shares. The incorporators are Frank
lin Tuiteman, G. b. Schmidt and Henry
A. Dubbs, who, with John f. Vail and
G. X. McHarg, will act as directors OF
the company.
Harper NJ. Orahood, department COM
mander of the Department of Colorado
and Wyoming, G. A. r., elected at the
last encampment, has made announce
ment of the following appointments:
Thomas j. Foote, assistant adjutant
general, Denver; Marshall S. Craw-
ford, assistant quartermaster general,
Denver; Charles Grabert, department
inspector Leadville; II. NJ. Minor,
Judge advocate, Longmont; G. A. Ham
ilton, chief mastering officer, Denver;
a. S. Holbrook, chief of staff, Colorado
Springs; George X. Iimball, senior
aide, Golden. Each post commander
of the department is requested by Gen
one comrade suitable for aide on the
department staff and one for assist
ant inspector.
Ex-Governor Alva Adams and Mrs.
Adams are in Washington en- route
from an extended visit in Cuba to their
home in Colorado. Governor Adams,
in an interview, said that his visit to
Cuba had convinced him that the island
Oh .,f 1. Init tnI
States. 'It is rich" he said, ''in agri-
cultural and mineral resources, sEsl
with the protection of American laws
extended to capital, will become n
profitable field for investors. What
impressed me greatly was the cheap
freight rates upon products shipped
from the island to United States ports.
Rates on sugar are but II cents n hun
dred pounds from Havana to New
York, n marked contrast to our west
ern freight rates. With equitable
laws Cuba should become one of the
greatest wealth-producing regions of
the republic"
!. T. Cleary and Dewitt Cleary, ac-
cused of cattle rustling in the western
part of Douglas county, We're tried be-
fore Justice Crawshaw at Castle Rock
on the Both. The case attracted much
attention. A number of the witnesses
examined admitted completely in the
killing of cattle but claimed that the
Clearys We're the prime movers. l. L.
Clcary, the father, conducted n saw
mill and boarded a number of men.
and ii was to his boarding house that
the stolen beef was taken, but he
swore that he was absent and knew
nothing of it until later his son, De
witt, admitted that he and Newton
BuZbee, n son-in-law of Cleary. had
killed the steer. The effort of the de-
fense seemed to be to shift the blame
to young Cleary, who is not yet of age.
/. +. Cleary was bound over in $500
bonds and Dewitt Cleary in $1,000.
The father will probably be able to
give bonds. The prosecution was CON
Quoted by the Colorado Cattle Grow
crs' Association. represented by Ralph
Talbot of Denver. George Il. Dunn
and l.. G. Withaup We're for the de-
fense- If either of the prisoners gives
bail he will be arrested again on other
charges.
The first session of the state confer
ence of charities and corrections at
Pueblo was filed with enthusiasm and
many important questions pertaining
to the betterment of Colorado state
institutions We're discussed The ses-
sion was called TO order by Judge lie
Fevre. John II. Gabriel of Denver, Il.
o. Pfeiffer of Cripple Creek and Rev.
Il. L. Newton of Pueblo were appoint
ed a committee to name n time, place
and officers of the next meeting of the
conference. The committee recon-
mended Boulder, November 1s to 20,
1900, with James IL. Baker, president,
and G. l.. Stonaker, secretary. This
was unanimously adopted. w. l..
Rees. chairman of the board of county
commissioners of Pueblo. read paper
on County Charities, or the Admins
IL