The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-06-25
COLORADO NOTES.

DIR. Cherrie and associates are build
Ing a ten-ton ice plant in Canon City.
An active canvass is to be made in
Pueblo for the state fair fund. The
sum of $4,000 has already been
pledged in large amounts.
The postofficcs Mt Florence ana
Rocky Ford. Colorado. have been ad-
vanced by the Postoftice Department
from third TO second-class offices.
Dr.. Barton o. Aylesworth, president
of the State Agricultural College,
spending Il months vacation in Hi
nois.
Great preparations are being made at
Cripple Creek for the meeting OF the
Trans mississippi Commercial Con-
gress, July 10th to Goth.
Several hundred boys have gone
from Denver and ether large towns in
the state to work In the beet helds in
the Arkansas valley and near Love
land.
The annual election of the American
Association for the Advancement OF
Science will be held in Denver August
oath to 30th. This association has af-
filiated with it several other societies
The Denver postofiice is in receiptxT
two up-to-date stamp cancelling M
chimes, which will cancel 1000 letters
a minute The machines heretofore i'll
use Cancelled only half as many per
minute.
Governor Orman has asked Attorney
General Post for an opinion on the
constitutionality of the law providing
for a commission to arrange for rep
resentation of Colorado at the St
Louis worlds fair.
At Trinidad n largely attended meet
ing of business men and property own
ers was held and strong and active
taxpayers league formed. Committees
We're appointed to assist the county as
SCISSOR in the work of assessing the
property of the county under the new
law.
An excursion of the Denver Cham
Der of Commerce and Denver Real Es-
tate Exchange, III strong, visited the
Cripple Creek district over the Snort
Line on Saturday, June 18th. They
found the roads too muddy after the
snow storm to get about as they
would have wished.
Denver preachers and newspapers
are having a lively discussion over the
celebration of the Fourth of July.
Some of the former as well as many
other citizens, want to do away with
firecrackers, pistols and toy cannons.
Others do not, and the latter class
seem to be on the winning side.
The cadets of the Denver Manual
Training and East and West Denver
High Schools marched over from their
camp at Idaho Springs on the 18th in
stant to accept the hospitality of Cen
tral City. The command was nearly
200 strong and the boys were feasted
and given reception and dance.
1t is understood that Captain ]. 3.
Coghlan of ''Hoch der Kaiser" fa1
and commander of the Raleigh at the
battle of Manila bay, has decided to
make Manitou his permanent residence
when he retires from the navy next
autumn. He has purchased ground
and will build n handsome house.
G. A. Shafrer of Paonia on the 18th
instant brought to Delta live noun
tain sheep, fine buck about year
old, and shipped it by express to DIR.
Frank Barker of the National Zoologi-
cal park, Washington, ID. c. 1t was
one of two Lane & Decker contracted
to capture for the Smithsonian Insu-
tuition.
One of the six large boilers in the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company's air
compressor at the Starkville mines
near Trinidad blew up at 8 o'clock on
the morning of the 1th, resulting in
the death of Night Engineer William
Pollard and Martin Passementi. fire.
man. Barney Cervelli, another fire.
man, was frightfully scalded and may
die.
A Denver paper says: Statistics COM
ing to County Superintendent Herey
reveal the fact that for every teachers
in Arnp
seventy-five aspirants. 1t is bad in
other parts of the state, but the teach
ers seem TO want employment in or
near Denver. There We're forty-five
applicants at headquarters yesterday
morning seeking Information or np-
plication blanks.
At Il recent meeting of the Western
Slope Fair Association at Montrose
the subscription committee made such
a favorable report that it was deciSsd
to enlarge many features of the np1r
Arrangements will be made witiS'the
railroads to run special trains from
the neighboring towns and cut rates
will be made from all points. The
dates, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, September. 18th, 18th,
10th and Goth, were approved.
The corporations of the state are not
tumbling over themselves in their eff
forts to be the first to pay the fiat tax.
The files of the secretary of states Of
flee show that there are about 10000
incorporated companies in Colorado
supposed to pay tribute to the Golfers
of State Treasurer Chipley. Up to
date only about 700 of them have paid.
OF the scores of railroads, but one has
paid its tax. the Mexican Western
road, Incorporated May %, 1891, with
S20.OO0,OOO capital stock. Its tax is
$1,000. The 20 corporations have paid
Int 4l,1A In.