The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-17
COLORADO NOTES.

Colorado during the campaign.
Cattle are said to be dying rapidly
In Yuma county of n disease much like
hydrophobia.
Some Colorado Springs people are
planning to organize company to bore
for gas and OIL
The next reunion of Rough Riders
will be held at Colorado Springs next
year. June 24th to 9th.
The slopes of Pixies Peak near the
summit are said to be covered with
billions of caterpillars. which make
walking almost impossible and choke
up the mountain streams.
Truck gardeners in the vicinity of
Pueblo report that the army worm has
done great damage to all sorts of gar
den produce in the last month or six
weeks. AS result the crops will be
exceedingly small this year.
Florence is to have an electric street
railway soon. The incorporation pa
pers of the Florence Electric Street
Railway Company have been prepared
and will be filed in Il few days. Cap
nal stock will be 100000. Thomas
Robinson, who holds the franchise for
The road. states that the matter is pro-
crossing nicely and that work will be-
gin as soon as the necessary arrange
ments can be made.
There will be meeting of Silver
Republican editors of Colorado imme-
diately upon the conclusion of the
meeting of the State Editorial Associa-
ton, which is called to meet at Ouray
July 1S-20th. Preliminary arrange
ments were made for the meeting at
session of the Siver-Republican edi-
tors in Denver about two months ago.
1t Is hoped that all editors of that po-
litical faith in Colorado will meet at
the time Indicated.
The governor in few days will ap-
point the seven members of the COM
mission to draft bills to revise the rev.
enue laws of the state. This commits
sion for the present will be unsalaried,
but it is expected that the next Legis-
lature will provide pay for the mem
bers. Among those who will be asked
TO serve are Clay B. Whitford, state
senator from this county; CD. Hughes,
T. NJ. Patterson and f.. Il. Wells. SEN
ator w. S. Buckley of San Miguel coun-
ty has been decided upon as a mem
ber.
The State Sanitary and Veterinary
Board met at the state capitol Satur-
day afternoon and discussed the con-
ditions of stock in the state. DIR. S.
Book. the state veterinarian, reported
that throughout the entire state as he
knew for the most part by personal in
vestiCation, there was no epidemic of
any kind among the stock. The only
sickness at this date. he said was
among the cattle in Yuma county,
some of which died of impaction of
the stomach He thought the pros
poets for successful year for cattle
men were better than for long time.
lcorrections, through its secretary, G. L.
Stonaker, has prepared a report of the
population of the various state institu-
tions. In the State Home for Depend
ent Children are fifty-two males and
twenty-eight females; In the Boys In
dustrial School at Golden, 161: in the
State Home and Industrial School for
Girls forty-three: In the School for
Deaf Mutes at Colorado Springs, 121i
in the State Reformatory, no; in the
Insane Asylum, 312 males and 1S2 fe-
males; in the penitentiary three females
and 525 males.
The crop prospects in the country ad-
jacent to Greeley We're never better
than at the present time. Small grain
will soon be harvested and the yield
promises unusually well. barring acci-
dent from hail or other unforeseen
handsomely. The first cutting of al.
falfa was splendid crop and FORUM
ately was well preserved. The second
cutting is now well along, with splen.
did prospects. so that it may reasona-
bly, be predicted that sheep feeding
will be carried on to n greater extent
than ever has been done in the county
before.
According to the reports of fishermen
from the GunnisOn river, that fine
stream will soon be ruined for trout
fishing, unless something is done to
prevent its pollution by the placer
mines. The protest of the fishermen
in regard to this abuse is beginning to
he strongly seconded by the people of
the town of Gunnison, who have here
tofore been very apathetic in the mat
ter but now realize that the admirable
kuitability of the stream for big trout,
hid many of them, will be seriously
Impaired, and that the placer mines are
doing that section little or comparative
iy no good.
The board of directors of the Denver
Chamber of Commerce have endorsed
the plan to have mining bureau and
a mineral exhibit under the auspices of
the chamber as permanent part of its
work. This project was suggested in
the report of the committee on
mines and mining, made last March.
If was proposed then that n bureau of
mines be opened, at which all informa-
ton possible regarding the districts of
the state together with specimens of
ore, should be kept for the benefit of
intending investors. and that this be
made headquarters for mining men.
The board of directors after adopting
the report, sent it back to the commit
tee, with the request that it consider
the matter further, and make recon-