The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-10-23
COLORADO NOTES.

seat 1000 people.
G. w. Raymond, Rio Grande brake
man living in Pueblo, had his left leg
broken few days since while loading
coal at Larimer.
The laborers in the new smelter at
Ouray went out on n strike ON the 18th
inst, making the second strike at the
works within n month.
John Abeel of Empire Clear Creek
county, was found dead on the 18th
inst, in n prospect he had been work
ing on Lincoln mountain.
The Denver Teachers Club is consid-
ering the desirability of petitioning the
Legislature to pass n bill for pension
ing superannuated teachers.
Herman Silver, formerly assayer of
the United States mint Mt Denver, has
been nominated by the Republicans for
mayor of Los Angeles. California.
The assessors valuation of property
in Pueblo is higher than last year and
the assessment smaller. The total val
uation of city property for 1900 is
$S,5SI ,562, an increase of SO61,S41 over
that of last year. =,
The annual convention of the Nation
al Live Stock Association will be held
at Salt Lake next January. A vigor-
Gus effort will be made by Colorado
people to secure the convention FOR
Denver in 1902.
The late Kemp G.. Cooper, formerly
manager of the Denver Republican, lett
no will, and w. f.. Robinson was ap-
pointed administrator of his estate by
County Judge Steele. Mr., Cooper lett
about $4,000 in personal property.
A committee of the prominent citi-
zens of Looveland, interested in secur-
ing a beet sugar factory for Loveland,
recently visited and carefully exam
ined the big plant of the Colorado Su-
gar Refining Company ut Grand juno
ton.
The Greeley City Council has grant
ed franchise to the Independent Tele-
phone Company. just organized. This
franchise has been secured after spir-
tied contest lasting over six months.
Lower rates are expected from the new
company.
Otero county alone will feed over
100000 lambs this winter. At Fowler,
Manzanola, Ordway, La Junta and
Rocky Ford extensive preparations are
being made for the feeding season,
and train loads of lambs are coming
into the county.
]. u. Schultz, proprietor of the
Princeton restaurant in Denver, depos-
tied 5000 or thereabouts in some
bank or bank vault in Denver, under
an assumed name. Then he died sud
denly and his family can't find where
he left the money.
As the result of quarrel, John III.
Lawrence was shot and killed by his
neighbor. Henry Dillman. on the morn
ing of the 18th, near Brighton. Dill
man first shot his victim in the arm.
and then followed him n quarter of
mile and fired several more shots.
More activity is being manifested at
present in the Florence oil fields than
has been apparent for many months
past. Work has been resumed by the
independence OIL Company, and the
United Oil Company has five drills GO
ing.
At n recent meeting Of the State Land
Board the communication of X. B.
Wallace of Monte Vista asking the
board to appraise all lands in the San
Luis valley was filed. The board de-
cided to have the county commission
ers cooperate with the state appraiser
November 10th.
Five drill teams of fifteen men each
from the cantons of Boulder, Salida,
Greeley. Trinidad and Cripple Creek
contested the odd Fellows prize drill
at the Denver grand encampment. The
first prize of $175 was awarded to
Trinidad; second, S125, to Boulder;
third. $40. to Greeley; fourth, $50, to
Salida.
A ten-ycar-old son of Dick Asmussen.
living at Churches, two miles north of
Semper. in Jefferson county, was ac-
cidentally shot in the head few days
since, but is in a fair way to recover
Another son of Mr.. Asmussen was in
stantly killed some time ago by an ac-
cidental shot, and he lost his wife and
twin children four years ago.
Colorado College. at Colorado
Springs, has received word that it has
been awarded the silver medal for it's
collection of minerals at the Paris ex-
position. The American exhibit, of
which 1t is n part, received gold
medal. President Slocum has sent an
order to Paris to forward the Colorado
collection to Buffalo as soon as the fair
closes in France.
There are 1,20O tons of sugar beets
in the sheds at the Colorado Sugar
Manufacturing Company's plant at
Grand Junction. Bulletin No. 3, by
Manager Cox, notified the ranchmen
that they must hurry in the beets, as
the big factory would be started Octo-
ber 1Stn, and kept running day and
night until the CROP of 1900 is convert
cd into granulated sugar.
Professor S. f. Emmons of the Unit
ed States geological survey states that
the field work in the Silverton region
has been completed during the sum
mer, and n sheet announcing the re-
suits will be issued in due time. Sheets
covering the Telluride, La Plata and
Rico district have already been pub
lished. The work in southwestern Col
orado is very complicated. 1t will
require years to cover the eutire terri