The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-12-18
COLORADO NOTES.


a Denver firm of undertakers offers
to bury the paupers of Arapahoe coun-
ty at the rate of 100 for 1 cent.
The sheriff of Archuleta county, r.
B. Sanderson, has issued notice to sa-
looms to stop all gambling in Archuleta
county.
John Hopwood. while driving to-
ward Meeker, fell from his wagon and
was run over and instantly killed. He
leaves wife and child.
The Baxter shaft house, belonging to
the Utica mine at Ward, was burned
December 18th, together with consid-
cradle valuable machinery, the loss ap-
proximating S1,500.
The American Beet Sugar Company
shut down its factory at Rocky Ford
for the season December Sth. 1t has
worked $4,000 tons of beets and made
1850 tons of fine beet sugar.
A number of Italians of Ouray have
organized n patriotic order which was
Incorporated as the Society of George
Washington. Fred Scala, John Cresto
and Il. Zunella are the incorporators.
Mrs. NJ. Yoss of No. 10 Irving avenue,
Atlantic City, New Jersey, hasn't seen
or heard of her husband, Albert, in ten
years, and asks Governor Thomas to
itN--
Colorado.
The twenty-siXth annual session OF
the Colorado Teachers Association will
be held at the East Denver high school,
December 26th, 9th and 2Sth. Numer-
Gus papers of n highly instructive
character will be read.
The large meteor that passed over
Denver December 7th was seen by
Rev. Mr.. Earle of the Baptist church
of Aspen. Mr.. Earle says the meteor
fell several miles north of Red noun
tain. An attempt will be made to 10
cate it.
Acting Governor Akers of Arizona
has honored the requisition from Colo
RADIO for Antonio SemenZa, wanted in
Telluride for the embezzlement of
$500. Sheriff Fountain of Telluride is
after the man, who has been located at
Bisbee.
The Board of Health of Fowler is
sued an order ON the 11th instant clos
ing the schools on account of scarlet
fever One case was under quarantine.
All children are also required to bring
certificates of vaccination when they
re-enter school.
Fifteen horses We're burned to death
and three more injured beyond recov-
of the City Package Delivery Express
Company, in the rear of No. 1884
Champa street. Denver, ON the night
of December 18th.
The date for the annual poultry eX-
hibit of the Southern Colorado Poultry
Association at Pueblo, has been set for
January 18th. and the five days sue
ceeding that day. Officers of the asso-
citation plan to have an even larger
show than in previous years.
The discovery of nineteen-foot vein
of good coal near the surface is report
ed from Huerfano canon at n point for
ty miles from any mine now opened in
Huerfano county. 1t is near the line
of railroad proposed by the Denver and
Rio Grande from Walsenburg to Silver
Cliff.
John Craig, forty-one years of age,
went to County Physician Harry c.
Brown in Denver for a prescription to
control his thirst. From quart to
two quarts of whisky and thirty glasses
of beer per diem is about Craig's av-
erage capacity, according to his own
account.
George Batchelder, aged eighty-sev-
en- and wife aged eighty-three. old
timers in Colorado, are making prepa-
rations for grand celebration of the
siXtieth anniversary of their wedding,
January ., 1901. The celebration is TO
take place in Denver. Over 200 invi-
tations will be sent out.
Shortly after January 1st Simon
Guggenheim, head of the Philadelphia
smelter at Pueblo, will begin the cree
tion of n large building near the
smelter for the exclusive use of the
workmen of the plant as Il reading
room and recreation hall. A gym
nasium, baths, etc, will be features.
The contract for the new Carnegie
library at Grand Junction has been let
to j. T.. Stull for S4,696. 1t will be
erected on lot belonging to the Wo-
mans club, on Seventh street, and will
be of brick and stone and fireproof. The
building will be started at once and is
to be completed April LIST.
/. ii. Robeson, manager of the Peli-
can, Dives, 1:30 and Bismarck mines.
as has been his custom for several
years past, gave to each employe ON
the mine turkey for Thanksgiving.
Two hundred and twenty turkeys
We're distributed, amounting in the aS-
gregate to over 5000 pounds.
Lieutenant Governor Carney arrived
in Denver from Ouray December 10TH
and assumed the duties of the office
during the absence of Governor Thom-
as in Washington. His first official act
was to sign the requisition papers per-
hitting the return of George Rigler,
alias Rigley, etc, to Lincoln, Nebras-
ka.
Calvin Mortimer of Walsenburg,
Colorado, was sentenced to the peniten-
.IndGp
Las Vegas, for taking $3.50 from
gambling table and sticking it in his
own pockets. He was also sentenced
to In tlo iai 20,