The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-28
COLORADO NOTES.

sanitary sheep inspector at La Junta,
died suddenly May 10Th of heart fail
| ure.
st. Joseph's Catholic church at Gold
en- was dedicated Sunday, May 18TH,
with impressive ceremonies by Bishop
Matz.
| The old building at the county hos
| pital in Denver will soon be torn down
and replaced by new one to cost be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000.
The school census just completed at
| Colorado Springs shows an increase OF
| BIS over that of last year, the present
I number of children of school age be-
ing 6,102.
The greatest gathering of high school
students ever held in Colorado re
| sponded to the invitation rendering
n reception by the State University at
Boulder May 18th.
| The Colorado & Southern will build
a pavilion at Cycle park in Platte can
on, and put in n sidetrack. An unusual
amount of improvement is promised
in the canon this season.
| Twenty-siX persons have given $1,000
each toward the erection of the new
| Carter museum building Mt the City
park in Denver, and it is expected that
/
ture in August.
James II. Devore, who was shot by
his mother-in-law. Mrs. p. II. Perry.
in Harry's restaurant at Denver a few
weeks ago, died of his wounds at st.
Luke's hospital May 10Th. Mrs. Per
ry will be tried for murder.
The public schools of Central City,
with the exception of the high school,
/ hppn
weeks on account of the prevalence of
scarlet fever. The Sunday schools
Will also be closed.
The Pagosa Springs correspondent
of the Denver News says it is report
ed that n syndicate has been organ
lied to erect a 100-room hotel at the
| Springs, and that Il is rumored that
McPhee X McGinnity of Denver are
thinking of purchasing the property.
Most of the teachers of Colorado
Springs and Colorado City recently
made an excursion TO Cripple Creek
over the Short Line. 4 bontanlcal
| party of thirty students of Colorado
College also went up to the camp and
spent he day Mt Point Sublime.
The American Association for the
Advancement of Science will hold its
annual meeting in Denver August 24th
to August 31st. The association has
about 2.4OO members, among whom
are the presidents of most of the lead
ing universities and colleges.
1t is stated that Miss Nellie Lewis,
who secured judgment against Sam
Strong for $50, 900, and who was the
star witness in the trial against Sam
Strong just concluded in Denver, pro-
poses to incorporate her experiences
with Strong in n novel, which is TO be
written for her by man.
A Pittsburg. Pennsylvania, dispatch
of May 10Th, says that Rowe Pingrey
of Denver is under treatment at the
Pasteur Institute of Mercy hospital in
Pittsburg for rabies. Nearly n month
ago he WIS bitten on the hand by q
dog and hydrophobia developed. Three
weeks ago he was received At the
Mercy hospital for treatment and is
doing well.
There is no probability of an encamp-
ment of the Colorado National Guard
this year. After recent meeting of
the board Adjutant General Gardner
said: THE condition of the funds of
the state national guard will not per-
NIT of even considering encampments.
! believe, however. that the First reg
iment will accept the invitation of the
Boulder Chautauqua people for an en-
campment there this summer"
The chief of police of San Jose, Cali
fornia, has received a letter purporting
to be from Mertie NJ. Burger, the miss
| ing Pueblo school teacher. II is dated
in San Francisco, but gives no street
| address, and says: please notify
those Pueblo people who are so inter-
ested in me that am in the land of the
living and in this city. My health is
so poor l must have rest and l am TAX
ing it. / owe no one penny and l am
tired of this notoriety."
At recent meeting of the board of
control of the state industrial school
for boys at Golden at which but two
members of the board were present, II
+. Bell of Denver and Charles Landes
of Pueblo the resignation of Superin-
tendent b. l.. Oltss was asked for and
Immediately rendered. Mr. Olds was
appointed during Governor Adams last
administration by the board of control
which was then composed of Carlos
w. Lake of Golden. w. A. Smith OF
Denver and Charles LandeS of Pueblo
His administration has been generally
regarded as remarkably successful
The vacancy was filed by the appoint
ment of Frank G.. Merrick. who for
the past two years and half has been
Mr.. Olds' assistant.
Rev. DIR. Homer T. Wilson, Superin.
tendent of platform of the Colorado
Chautauqua. at Boulder Colorado, has
started upon a tour of Texas which is
to continue until the close of June, in
the interest of the Chautauqua- DR.
Wilson offers half of the receipts of his
lectures for the benefit of teachers who
may need assistance in coming to Boul
der during the present summer. His
generous offer has met with quite q
number of responses and he estimates