The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-08-20
COLORADO NOTES.

Ine Genflemen'S Dr1yluS Park ASSo-
ciation, recently formed at Greeley,
park near the city.
The horse show at Colorado Springs
August Goth to 22nd, is expected to be
one of the finest affairs of the klno
ever held in the state.
The Colorado Federation of Wom-
ans Clubs will hold its annual meet
ing at Victor and Cripple Creek, Sep
Rmber 10th, 18th and 18th.
The open season for deer and ante
lope with horns, grouse, prairie chick
ems, wild turkeys and sage chickens,
began in Colorado on August 18th.
The drill corps of Colorado Command
cry, No. /, knights Templar, OF Den
yer, will compete for prizes at the trl-
ennial conclave in Louisville, August
| 26th to 2Sth.
"The sightseer who comes to Colo
RADIO and does not take in Grippe
Creek has missed half the show" Is
what a Kentucky editor says or the
great gold camp.
The old Tabor opera house at Lead
vile, erected by II. A. W. Tabor dur
Ing the palmy days of the camp. mas
been purchased by the Leadville Lodge
of Elks and will be greatly improved.
Colorado football teams are already
beginning to arrange dates for next
falls contests. The Denver Athletic
Club will have n team in the field as
usual but the Denver Wheel Clup
may keep out.
Colonel Phil Trounstine died at Den
yer on the 10th instant of hemorrhage
| of the bowels. He was buried on Tues
| day, August 18th from his late resi-
dence, the ceremonies being conducted
by the Grand Army of the Republic.
The Rio Grande Southern for the
| fourth week in July earned S14,loo, an
| increase of S131 over the corresponding
week of last year. For the month 1t
earned S43,9S0, an increase of Sl,449
over the same month of last year.
| The Denver & Rio Grande proper, for
| the fourth week in July, shows net
| earnings amounting to S331,Ooo an IN
crease of S24.7O0 over the same week
of the preceding year. For the month
| of July the earnings were Sl,O23,ooo,
| an increase of S101 300 over the same
month of last year.
The American Microscopiqal Society
will meet in Denver August 29th and
Both. Indications are that about 100
microscopists, representing many parts
| of the United States, will be in attend
ance at the meeting. Twenty papers
| and discussions and some clinics Will
occupy their time.
At the meeting of the Scientific asso-
| citation in Denver this month Curator
Ferril of the State Historical and Nat
ural History Society, will endeavor to
| call attention to the necessity for the
publication of an up-to-date botanical
work for the Rocky mountain ana
western plains region.
Ivy Baldwins two-thousandth bal
loon ascension at Elitch's Gardens in
Denver on the night of August 18TH,
was illuminated by fireworks which
he set off in the sky. But in coming
down he struck n barbed wire fence
and got badly scratched besides hav-
ing his balloon ruined.
| Louis r. Enrich has offered the
Chamber of Commerce the use of his
| extensive lawn and grounds for the en-
| tertainment of the American Associa-
| ton for the Advancement of Science,
which meets at Denver, August 24th,
should that body accept the invitation
to visit Colorado Springs.
The gross earnings of the Rio
Grande Southern for the fiscal year
ending June Both were S539,529, an in
crease of S14,392 compared with the
preceding year. The net earnings
no, an lhtleuot VA
S9,214 and the total net earnings were
| S259, ,445, an increase of S11,9J3.
Three prisoners escaped from the
Larimer county Jail at Fort Collins on
Saturday. August 10th. They were
Mike Berry, Charles Ides and Ed. Mon
roe, all of them awaiting trial for bur-
| glary. A fourth prisoner Jake Tbom-
as, awaiting trial for horse stealing,
was bound and gagged by them and left
in the prison.
Diego Adobaca, one of the oldest set
tiers of Las Animas county, died at
the residence of his son, j. j. Alobaca,
on the Apishapa, August 10th, at the
ripe old age of 1OS years. He was hale
and hearty and did work out in the
fields up to week before his death,
when he was taken sick in his bed for
the first time in his life.
It. V. Biddle, living on the Beulah
road about six miles southwest of Pu-
eblo, was killed by a belt of lightning
that come down the chimney of his
house, on the afternoon of August
10TH His wife, infant daughter and a
friend visiting at the time, We're
stunned by the shock but We're other
wise not injured.
Within a few weeks an attempt will
be made to telegraph and telephone
from the top of the Equitable building
in Denver to the summit of Pixies
Peak without the aid of intervening
wires. The American Wireless Tele-
graph and Telephone Company, which
has recently invaded the West, will
conduct the experiment.
Extensive preparations are being
made for the second annual fair of the
Colorado-New Mexico Fair Associa-
ton, which will be held at Durango
the second week in October. The fair
will last four days, one day being de-