The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-03-13
COLORADO NOTES.

denly stricken with blindness the other
day.
The First Presbyterian church of
Fort Collins has purchased the resi-
dence of ex-President Aston Ellis of
the State Agricultural College us
parsonage.
On his way home from the Pueblo
insane asylum, William Arundale, a
Middle Park ranchman, was crushed
under the Silver Plume train on the
Colorado & Southern railroad at Elk
creek. There was no witness to his
death. The conductor, in his report,
says that Arundale crawled under the
train, deliberately intending to commit
suicide. Mrs. Arundale is sure it is an
accident
Judge Stimson of Teller county has
handed down n decision in the case
of Alonzo b. Boylan VS.. the city of
Victor. Judge Stimson's ruling rein
states Mr.. Boylan as police judge of
Victor and declares that the city coun-
ell had no authority to remove him
from the office. Some weeks ago Mr..
Boylan was removed from the office
of police Judge upon a charge of ap-
propriating about $1,000 belonging to
the city to his own use.
A petrified forest has been dis
covered within six miles of Grand
Junction. j. b. Baum, n prospector,
while doing development work on his
claims in canon on Pinon mesa, ran
across several fine specimens of petri-
fed wood. Members of troop A made
Il prospecting trip through the canon
recently and discovered one tree
fully three feet in thickness. They
brought back with them fine specimens
wi tft, hnt- Ia hn
state armory.
The gentlemen who loaned the
money for the mobilization of the ma
tional guard at the outbreak of the
Spanish-American war are said to be
preparing to demand the repayment
of the loan. Considerable difficulty
has been experienced by the state in
securing the money from the govern
ment. About $4,000 of the claim has
been allowed and the remainder is eN-
pected soon. But none of this money
has been paid to the citizens who ad-
vanced the funds for the mobilization
Hence they are kicking.
Mrs. b. f. Jay, corresponding secre-
tary of the Woman's Club of Grand
Junction, has n letter from Andrew
Carnegie, who donated 5000 to the
club for the establishment of L.
Stylllp ne IL TtiuN TO pay III
vouchers sent him for the construC-
tlon of the building The building com
mittee will at once select the plans,
let the contract for n library building
and push the work to completion. so
that before the close of the summer
Grand Junction will be the proud pos
SCISSOR of "A handsome public library.
Sam Strong has filed his answer in
the suit alleging breach of promise
brought against him by Nellie Lewis.
The amount of damages asked by the
plaintiff was S250,OOO. Strong denies
ever having promised to marry her or
that she ever requested him to marry
her. He denies the allegation of the
plaintiff that he promised TO marry
her while on their trip to New York,
either there or on their return to this
city, but in his answer admits having
had immoral relations with the plain
tiff.
The Burlington people are doing all
in their power to rush the grading on
their Brush Alliance line north of
Sterling Every train from the East
adds to the laborers and grading out
dts now ut work in the canon south OF
Sidney, at which point there is much
heavy work to be done. Shaffer X
Green's large force of men, teams
scrapers and supplies. five cars in ALL
arrived there this morning from Ne
braska. They go to work mt once on
two-mile contract of heavy grading
on the Cedar, ten miles northeast of
Sterling. Work is expected to com
mence soon on the line west of Ster-
ling.
The Denver & Rio Grande has de-
cided to do away with narrow gauge
trains on the first division. Beginning
Sunday night train No. 10, which
leaves at 9:45 o'clock in the evening
will ne made up entirely of standard
gauge cars. 1t will be split at Pueblo.
part of it making connections with the
Marshall pass narrow-gaug train, go
ing west by way of Salida, and part of
1t going over La Neta pass to Alamosa,
connecting at that point with the Du-
range narrow gauge train. Train No.
16, which will now be on the broad
gauge rails, will leave Salida at 1915
p. M, and arrive in Denver at o'clock |
the following morning. No other
changes are contemplated.
There is n rumor that the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad has entered the |
Platte canon controversy in earnest,
thereby complcating more than ever
the dispute between the Colorado &
Southern Railway Company and the |
Denver Power & Irrigation Company.
The Rio Grande surveyors have return
ed recently from the canon. where they |
have a line over the route which the |
Power company has asked the Colo
RADIO & Southern to select The pur-
pose of the survey is not given out, but |
railroad men say that should the Rio |
Grande company file on it, and the
Colorado & Southern road be defeated |
In its right of way through the reser-
voir site, the Cripple Creek short line
would prove expensive to build.
The j. C. Teller railroad tie case that |