The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-07-09
COLORADO NOTES.

June 2Sth.
With the opening of the D. & r. G.
line from Texas Creek, Westclif1e ana
Silver Cliff have made their second de-
but into railroad society.
Mrs. NJ. A. Shute, secretary of the
State Board of Horticulture, will have
charge of the horticultural department
of the state fair at Pueblo next fall.
There is n very pretty rivalry be-
tween Boulder and Colorado Springs
in the matter of a quarto-centenhlal
celebration. Good advertisement for
both.
The county commissioners of Ell Paso
county are considering petition LOT
franchise to construct an electric rail-
way from Colorado City to the Garden
of the Gods.
To be described MS beautiful and ac-
complished and to get her half-tone
portrait published, all n Colorado girl
has to do is to be married and send
her photograph to the Denver dailies.
Ex-Governor j. b. Grant is preparing
to erect a fine residence on Pennsyl
vania avenue between Seventh ana
Eighth avenues in Denver. 1t Is re
ported that the cost Will be about $780,
600.
At its recent session in Columbus
Ohio, the supreme council, United Com
mercial Travellers, granted charters FOR
councils at Trinidad and Pueblo and
also a charter for the grand council of
Colorado.
During n sudden squall of wind at
Pueblo, June Both, Mrs. j. w. Mitchell
was struck by a falling limb from
dead cottonwood tree and dangerously
hurt. She was taken to st. Mary's
hospital. A babe that she held in her
arms escaped almost entirely unin-
jured.
At Pueblo June Goth the temperature
as shown by the thermometer was 1881
degrees at $50 p. m, which was rec
ord-breaker. The hottest day previous
to that was in July. 1888, when the
mercury rose to 1927. But no pros
trations were reported as would have
been the case in any eastern city.
A Denver daily says there is a move
ment on foot to send to the Pan-Amer-
lean exposition the four star athletes
of the State Interscholastic Associa-
ton, Annis, Johnston and Van Fleet of
East Denver and Martell of Central
High School, Pueblo. The money for
expenses. it is said, is being raised by
subscription.
Carl Hahn, n machinist in the en-
ploy of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company at Pueblo, has invented n
machine to be run by liquid air. He
estimates that one gallon of liquid air,
which can be manufactured for %
| cents, can be made to run bicycle 25O
miles on smooth road, and an auto
mobile 100 miles.
Information has been received in
Denver that Professor George c. Til
den. the eminent mining engineer for
merly of Colorado, and nephew of
Samuel ]. Tilden, has lost his reason
while pushing some difficult work in
South America for an English syndi-
cate. For seven years Professor Til
den was professor of analytical chem
istry and assaying in the Colorado
School of Mines at Golden.
According to statements received in
Denver from Washington no attempt
is likely to be made by the Treasury
Department to impose n fine on Con-
! tractor Mcintyre because of his failure
to complete his contract on the Denver
mint anywhere near on time. The
First National Bank of Denver is now
engaged in finishing McIntyres job
Meantime there are no indications that
the building will be in use short of
many years.
The corner stone OF the new First
Methodist Church building at Colorado
Springs was laid June 9th by Bishop
Warren in the presence of large
gathering. The church will cost ap-
proximately $4,000, exclusive of the
organ, for which n special fund of
about 5000 will be provided. The
church will be one of the handsomest
in the state and will provide the larg-
nrt, tt,r 10
+. Barber is the supervising architect.
Work will be pushed rapidly and it is
hoped to have the edifice ready for oc-
cupancy by the first of the new year.
Among the plans for Improvement OF
the C. f. Il l. Co. at Pueblo is said to
he the construction of an enormous
reservoir near Beulah in one of the
narrow canons at that point. Engin-
eers of the G. f. & l. Company have
been making plans and drawings, and
1t is understood that the company will
accept their plans for damming n can
on near Beulah into which they can
turn the st. Charles river and tributar-
les, giving them n storage capacity of
billions Of gallons. This will be used
as a main reservoir TO supply their
minor reservoirs by pipage. The COM
pany has secured numerous water
rights and will secure others necessary
to complete the big scheme.
According to the Denver News Gov
ernor Orman is going to ask the next
General Assembly for larger apropri- |
alton for n suitable exhibit at the ST. |
Louis exposition. Incorporated in the |
message will be the opinion of Attor-
ney General Post stating that the bill |
is perfectly legal. In the preamble to |
his decision, says the News, Attorney |
General Post will dilate upon the bene-
fits to accrue to the state by making |
a proper exhibit, besides giving a re-