The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-12-17
COLORADO NOTES.

Holyoke people now hello" on new
telephone line which they hope to have
connected with the long-distance line
before long.
| Hosea Townsend OF Colorado has
| been reappointed judge of the United
| States Court tSouthern districD of In
dian Territory.
| President Roosevelt has reappointed
| Walter =. Clark postmaster at Aspen,
and Amelia Williams postmistress at
| Glenwood Springs.
The City Council of Victor refused
to grant a license for n saloon in the
| Richileu hotel on--accou1t of 1t being
close 60 n church.
John Alfred has been feappointed
postmaster mt Leadville and John z.
| Scott, postmaster at Sterling has had
| the same good fortune.
| The Denver Daily News announces
| that it has; moved into its new build
ing, 171O172O Welton street bust
ness office will be maintained at the
old location.
John Jacobs. mayor of Florence, has
resigned. He is manager of the stand
ard Reduction Works at Colorado City
and says he is Unable to attend the
meetings of the council.
The Railway Mems Cooperative
Supply Association will start coop
erative store in Denver with cash
capital of $4,000. c. NJ Hubert is
president of the association
An organization has been effected
among the business men of Fort Nor
gan and prominent farmers of the
county for the purpose of securing II
beet sugar factory at Fort Morgan.
The Colorado Telephone Company
has Just completed AM extension of Its
lines from Livermore Larimer county,
TO st. Cloud, II distance of twenty
miles, where it reaches an important
cattle section.
Dean Howe of the University Of Den
yer has just received fine specimen
of ancient armor from Japan. lie WIS
sent by Charles II. Hewitt. IL former
student of the university. who is now
a missionary in Japan.
The postmaster general has awarded
the contract for carrying the mail in
the following named cities in Colorado
for the period of four years from July
next: Denver. George w. Mayher, It
So, T63: Colorado Springs q. Gaines.
81 $50.
Mrs. Pisko. who has just returned
from a trip to the Pacific coast. made
for the purpose of soliciting funds for
the establishment of n national Jewish
hospital in Denver. collected the sum
of $4,000. Last year she raised 3D.
900 in the East.
The Denver health department. is
sued 100 burial permits during the first
ten days of December, about twenty
five above the normal for similar
lengths of time. The excessive death
rate is attributed to pneumonia and ty-
phoid pneumonia.
A. j. johnson of Akron. Colorado.
died on the 10th instant mt Hot Springs,
South Dakota. Mr.. Johnson was one
of the pioneer attorneys of Washing
ton county, Colorado. He was register
OF the United States land office mt Ak
ron during President Uarrison's admin
istration.
AT Burlington. December 10th. Fred
Douglass. James w. Jones and Ed
ward Harrington We're arraigned be
fore Justice Boyler on information of
ID. III. Jones and Il. w. Morgan charg-
ing them with having stolen fourteen
head of horses. The defendants each
in turn waived preliminary eNnmina-
tion and In default of $1,000 bonds
were remanded to jail TO await trial in
the District Court.
The Colorado Fur and Feather As
Denver. in which TO hold its annual
exhibition. January 1918. 1902. The
exhibit will consist of all varieties OF
poultry, cats, pigeons, canaries. rabbits
and cage birds, and promises to sur
pass even the large display of last
year Entries are being made from all
portions of the state. The association
pays expressage both ways upon all
state entries amounting IN $50 Or
over
4 testimonial banquet and reception
Is to be rendered Bishop Matz by the
entire Catholic clergy of tie Colorado
diocese at the Brown Palace hotel. in
Denver, on January 7th. At the re-
ception 1t is expected every Catholic
clergyman in the state will be present.
Covers will be laid for about seventy.
The exercises will also include the pre-
sentation of testimonial to Bishop
MatZ as an evidence of the. high regard
in which he is held by the priests of
the diocese.
The Pueblo correspondent Of the
Denver Republican says that nj Il meet
ing of the beard of trade of ManZanola,
December 10th. proposition was pre-
sented by j. w. Beatty. II. o. Mclean
and T. j. Barlow from beet sugar
company the name of which the com
mittee refused to divulge to erect
sugar factory there upon guarantee of
n sufficient acreage of sugar beets to
keep the factory in operation. One cit
izen alone guaranteed 1000 acres, and
n canvass of the meeting resulted in
the assurance that from 1000 to 5000
acres would be pledged mt once.
A telegram has been received at
Cripple Creek by Secretary Arthur
Francis of the Transmississippi Con
gress from Governor Prince of New
Mexico. chairman of the congressional
committee of the cnngreSS. nnnOuncin.