The Elbert County tribune., 1900-01-25
COLORADO Notes.
A village improvement society has
been organized at Trinidad.


unknown hold-ups Mt 2 o'clock Weu-
nesday morning There were three men
I'm the salooa when the masked r"n-
bers entered. Ryan was ordered 10
hold M his hands. but refused. when
one of The hold-ups shot him throns,
the heart. The murdercrs escapci-
Ryan was formerly member OF the
Colorado volunteer regiment
In compliance with the report OF I'M
State Historical Society. Goyernc
Thomas has addressed letters TO sena
tors Teller and Wolcott and Congress
men Shafroth and Bell, the Coiorad
representatives in the national COR
gress Each of the four representatives
IN personally requested by the govern
or. on behalf of the society. TO use his
influence 10 secure legislation for ia.
preservation of the valuable cii1
dwellings in the Mancos canon In the
southwestern part OF the state.
Officers at Silverton raded five Chi
nese opium joints on Blair street, cap
turing fiye Cinnamon, seven pipes
twenty pounds of opium and other ~
ticles used in opium joints. The China
ucn were tried before Police Magls-
trate Watson to-day and each fined
S25 and costs. Officers are determined
TO break up these joints. anu other
raids will be made il they are not
closed. Many empty cans which hnc
contained opium were found III The
rooms. showing that the Cinnamon
had numerous customers.
A special meeting OF the Larimer
County Stock Growers Association
was held on the 18th to consider thc
ravages of wolves nld coyotes. which
are making much trouble among the
stockmen. A resolution was adopted
that the association will pay $50 per
head for each gray or black wolf killed
hereafter within the limits of the as
sociation's ranges, $5 per head for each
cub wolf and 30 cents per head for
coyotes. A fund to pay these bounties
will be raised by levying IA per capita
tax on stock owned by members of the
association.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron COM
pany Is preparing to make an exhibit
at the Paris exposition which will cost
the company not less than $4,000.
The exhibit will be the most costly
display ever attempted from the Rocky
mountain region. and elaborate plans
are now in progress. The intention is
to make display OF all the different
products of the steel plant at Pueblo
and also to include samples of the
crude material. Samples of the diff
erent Goals mined at the numerous
mines of the company will be on ex-
hibition and II is proposed to omit
nothing that Will add interest to the
display.
The state has taken steps to prevent
| the new Colorado Springs and Cripple
Greek district railway from entering a
railroad trust In deciding Monday TO
| grant the road the right of way across
n school section in the Grassie dis
trict, the land board voted to insert
provision providing If the company
shall ever be directly or indirectly CON
solidated with or absorbed in any other
line or system in conflict with the state
constitution respecting the conbina-
ton of parallel or competing lines
the right of way shall Herewith re-
vert to the state as though no right
of way had ever been granted. Attor-
ney General Campbell originated this
antitrust idea.
Only seven men went to work in the
Hidden Treasure mine at Lake City
Wednesday morning. and they were
mostly top men. The mine employed
nearly seventy men. OF these over fif.
ty are out. 1t is likely a few will &C
back. but not many. The men would
| EO Duth IL Juth isNdDS WIS
but the management will not let him
return. He was spokesman for the mer
in their grievances and was immedi
ately discharged. The trouble started
over employing foreigners, believed Il
be Italians, though they claimed to bt
Austrians- Since the trouble here lasi
spring there has been strong preju
dice against Italians and all mines
which had employed them signed nj
agreement to do so no more.
Preparations are In full blast al
Colorado Springs for the celebration OF
the twenty-fifth anniversary of Colo
RADIO College, and the dedication of the
new Perkins Fine Arts building JUS
nearing completion. period of foul
days, February 7th to 10th, Is to b,
devoted to this joint celebration, ant
every effort is being made to render Il
an occasion worthy of the growth OF
the college in the past and the promis,
1t gives for the future. The new build
ing contains a large and handsom,
auditorium and n valuable organ, tn,
gift Of Miss Elizabeth Cheney o
Wellesley, Massachusetts, has ALREADY
been placed in position. The uppel
floor Is arranged to meet the needs o.
the departments of music and fin,
arts. The program for the four days
festival includes choral and orgaI
concert, an address by Presiden
Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the Unfyer
sity of California, and the rendering O
a Greek play by the Greek departms n
of the college, under the supervision O
Miss Mabel Hay Barrows. The pla,
to be given Is entitled ''The Return o
Odysseus." 1t is an adaptation mad,
from the story of the Odyssey, and II
u faithful rendering of the old Greel
life. Its production by Colorado Col
lege is especially significant as bein,
the first time any such thing has beef
undertaken in this part of the West
An effort is being made to secure ,
special railroad rate from all pointl
within the state. and 1t is hoped tba
many high school students and other
will thus be enabled TO visit this cit,
In order to see the Greek play. Tw,
performances Will be given, the frs
Friday evening, February 9th, and tn,
second Saturday afternoon, Februar,
10th
When the State Board of EauaIiza
tion equalized the county boards n
equalization. the assessor of Boulde
county extended the tax roll In accord
nnce with the orders from the stat
board. When Assessor Ames of Den
yer started his suit before the Su
preme Court the matter of accepting
taxes was held in allegiance. Now tina
the Supreme Court has upheld Ames
the entire tax roll of Boulder count,
must be made over at cost to tn
county of about thousand dollars
II VIII take fully n month to make III
n new set of books. and until tn
new books are completed no taxes cal
De accepted by the county treasurer
AT meeting of the Victor council
FRIDAY night Police Judge A. b. Boy