The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-11-05
COLORADO NOTES.


Walter S. Rely of Denver, Theodore
%. Wilkenberg of Sterling and Clyde V.
Hummel of Montrose have been ap-
pointed railway mail clerks.
The annual report of the commits
sioner of pensions shows the number of
pensioners on the roll for Colorado was
S,l34; amount paid them, S944, ,O2o.
w. b. Starr has shipped in from New
Mexico 5000 head of lambs which he
will feed this winter in the vicinity of
Greeley for the eastern markets.
A serious car blockade has existed for
some time at Pueblo, there being miles
Of cars standing on the tracks which
the lines have so far been unable to
handle.
At Denver, Richard Thompson. aged
seven years, who has n record of hay
ing stolen two horses and buggies and
three bicycles, has been arrested again
for stealing n bicycle.
A. l.. Lawton, for many years prom
lnently connected with the Colorado
Springs Rapid Transit Company, died
at the Plankinton house in Milwaukee
October 2Ith of pneumonia.
At Boulder October 25th the jury in
the case of Ida Lamm and her hus-
band, Peter Lamm, charger with shoot
ing and killing "Curley" Ables last
August, brought in verdict of not
guilty.
The Leadville football eleven is pre-
pairing to make a western trip. The
manager has arranged for games at
! Glenwood and other western Colorado
towns. the trip to end in Salt Lake,
ifter having played an eleven in Ogden.
The recent attempt to photograph
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YER Plume from balloon was fail
ure owing to "A rapid current of cold air
causing the balloon to burst. The Den
yer Post announces that no further
trial will be made this year.
Seven members of the football team
of the Denver Manual Training high
school returned home from Boulder bat
tered. bruised and physically dilapi-
dated after their recent game with the
preparatory students of the State Uni
versity.
The registration in Teller county
shows that about $4,000 voters are en-
titled to cast their ballots on Novem-
Der 5th. The following is the number
registered in the principal towns of the
district: Cripple Creek, T,515; Victor,
4.043; Goldfield. 1.341: Independence,
S11.
AlHJOF IL. II. W llSOH. III tllhISe Vi lllt
Denver recruiting station, has received
orders TO stop recruiting artillerymen
and to get men for the Philippines. The
reason is that during the next few
months the terms of enlistment of
large number of men, most of whom
are in Luzon, will expire.
A Mormon church will soon be erect
ed in Denver, ground having been pur-
chased at the corner of South Water
street and Sixth avenue. The money is
said to have already been sent from
salt Lake to pay for the lots and n
building that will seat 800 people.
The Phillips County Cattle and Horse
Protective Association has just com
pleted a dipping vat for the purpose of
ridding the country of mango and other
skin disorders which have been affect
ing the cattle for some time. The ca
pacity of the plant is about 700 cattle
per day.
The fall meeting of the teachers of
the sixth normal institute was held at
Cheyenne Wells october 25th and 26th.
The officers elected for the coming
year are: Miss Cora Hamilton, pres,
ident; Miss Lucy VIII, secretary, and
superintendent Hobart, Trusley and
Thompson, vice presidents.
The county commissioners of Gilpin
county have decided to postpone for
another year, submitting the question
of establishing county high school, to
n vote of the people. The petition ask
ing the board to submit to the people
for vote the issuance of S25O,OOO bonds
for n county system of water works
was not acted on.
Mrs. Martha Ewart, the widow ac-
cused of firing two shots at j. IL.
Choate in the office of Wolcott 4,
Vale in Denver, last summer, will not
be prosecuted on the charge of assault
to kill, for which she was indicted. On
the request of the special prosecutor
appointed by the court the case has
been nolle prosecuted.
The Colorado Kennel club will hold
an exhibition at Coliseum hall in Den
yer, November 21st-29th. Secretary
w. II. Kerr says that the list of en-
tries is coming in very fast. No entries
will be received after November 18th.
Among the exhibits promised is lot
of Scotch terriers from the Nosegay
kennel of Webster Grove, Missouri.
President E. T. Jeffery of the Denver
& Rio Grande road has announced the
retirement of j. c. Metcalfe. general
manager, to be succeeded by ]. NJ. Her
bert, late general manager of the
Southern Pacific system under the
Hays regime, and for many years con-
nected with the Gould interests, partic-
ularly the Missouri Pacific system The
change becomes operative November
LIST.
In the Midland hotel at Denver. on
the morning of October 9th, Mrs. Mel |
lie Hardifer, wife of n Denver CON
tractor and builder, and William =.
Flanders, a hotel keeper of Lyons, Col !
md tn.