The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
COLORADO NOTES.

contemplating trip to the Philippines
this summer.
The grand jury in the United States
court at Colorado Springs returned
twenty-nine indictments.
Oil City will be the name of new
town that has been laid out in the oil
fields of Rio Blanco county.
Rural free delivery at Fort Collins
has been increased by one carrier, who
Will serve population of go.
Ex-Mayor johnson of Denver is n
cousin of Tom l.. Johnson, the newly
elected mayor of Cleveland, Ohio.
Ex-senator Wolcott is expected to
arrive in Denver within few days
to remain in Colorado during the sum
mer.
New postofiices have been estab-
Iished at Firder and White, Lincoln
county, with special service from
Hugo.
John + Farley, Denver's veteran
chief Of police, resigned his position on
the advent of the new Fire and Police
Board.
Colonel William r. Grove of Colo
RADIO has been appointed captain and
assistant commissary of subsistence
in the regular army.
The Newhouse tunnel Mt Idaho
Springs was driven 225 feet in hard
rock last month. which is regarded as
n remarkable achievement.
The Cripple Creek Woman's Club
recently held n very successful ball
for the benefit of the public library
fund, clearing upwards of $500.
The Boulder City Council has re-
scinded its order requiring all pupils
TO be vaccinated before entering
schools, as there is now no case of
smallpox in the school district.
George b. Tyler, representing
Hastings, Nebraska, company, is pre-
pairing to do extensive prospecting
with diamond drill in the Brecken-
ridge district this season.
Libel suits come high; but Senator
Patterson of the News and Crawford
Hill Of the Denver Republican have
plenty of money and can perhaps af
ford to do n little advertising.
C. NJ. Allen of Washington has been
detailed TO the Denver division of the
postOfiice department. For n number
of years he has been chief clerk in
the office of the first assistant post
master and is coming west for his
health.
Deputy State Engineer Field recent
ly visited Twin Lakes for the purpose
of arranging egress for a large guam
tity of water stored there. This wat
er goes to the Bob Creek canal and
100 miles over the country before be-
ing taken out for irrigating purposes.
Miss Lois Whittelsey of Los Angeles,
California, has written to Chief Farley
requesting the aid of the Denver police
in locating her brother. Charles Theo-
dore Whittlesey, who left Brush, Colo
rado. where he was working for the
Burlington, last September. Whittle-
sey's brother died recently.
The discovery of an elght-foot vein
of Ignite coal is reported to have been
made only three miles from Arvada,
near Denver. 1t was discovered at
depth of $50 feet by Charles Graves
and Il. C. Johnson, while working on
the property of DR.. r. Il. Smith of
Denver. 1t is thought that the vein
may be found to continue to Arvada.
The Pueblo city council has taken
the first step toward owning fire
houses by the city. The finance COM
mittee reported favorably on an offer
of SI.3O0, the price asked by the own
ers of hose house No. 3, on Broadway,
and the council decided to purchase
IT, 1t is the intention to purchase 9th
er houses now rented by the city.
The state board of health has re-
ceived n communication from the
health board at San Francisco com
mending the strict quarantine estab-
lished in Colorado against the bubonic
plague. The local board is urged to
continue enforcing strict regulations
against the importation of the disease,
which is now admitted to exist in the
Chinese quarters of the coast city.
An Abilene, Kansas, dispatch says:
Agents of Colorado colonies are
here inducing Russians in Marion and
Dickinson counties to go to Colorado
and raise sugar beets. They guaran-
tee them a steady income and offer to
contract for the product of their
farms. Ten families have left Her
rington this week to accept the terms
and it is expected that others will fol-
low"
The Denver News of April 10th prints
the following from Montrose: This
morning word was received that the
Telluride Miners Union had voted
unanimously last night for Montrose as
the place for the hospital. To-day DR..
Hall. representing Drs. Allen, Hall and
Clark. the physicians in charge OF the
Miners Union hospital at Telluride,
closed the deal with George II. Smith,
owner of the wells and bath house, for
the sale of the property. Drs. j. Q.
Allen and Verne Clark are both former
residents of Montrose and have en-
deavored for some time to bring this
project to a head"
Ensign Ivan c. Wettengel of the
navy, after serving in the Cuban war
and then commanded gunboat in
the Philippines for two years will re-
turn home to Denver this summer