The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-01-29
COLORADO NOTES.

done in the eastern part of the state
during January
Inc Chautauqua assembly at Boul-
der will open July 4th and close Aug
1 ust 9th, being five weeks in duration.
1t is reported that n hundred acres
/ of Fuller's earth three feet thick has
been discovered fifteen miles south
west of Pueblo.
The Loveland Electric Light and
Power Company has been organized
and proposes to build an electric light
| plant at Loveland
The Denver park commissioners will
receive bids up to February 4th for the
privilege of selling refreshments, ETC.,
in City and Lincoln parks.
Otto Mears the wizard of the San
Juan" is enjoying social distinction in
Washington. He is to be one of the
thirty-siN members of the inaugural
ball committee.
George Trepey, who was probably
the oldest man in the Cripple Greek
district, died at Altman on the 10th
inst. He was born on February s, 1911.
He served through the Civil war.
pair of mountain lions reached
Denver few days ago from the Meek
er country. They will be mounted and
sent W tllt 81. LOUIS luiT. Wtic
shot by John Campbell of Meeker.
The "chutes" and all the other big
wooden structures at Chutes park in
Denver Were almost entirely destroyed
by fire ON the night of the 21st inst.
They are said to have been insured.
Mary Collins, the nine-year-old
daughter of William Collins of Golden,
was burned to death n few days ago
while playing, together with other
children, with a toy stove and using
kerosene oil to make blaze.
Colorado Springs stood third in a re-
cent compilation of twenty selected cit
les in point of gain in percentage in
building progress for the past year.
The figures reported for the Springs
are: $S50,00O in 1899 and 81, 1886, 600 in
1900
A citizens club has been organized
at Fowler for the purpose of syStemat-
ically advertising Fowler and vicinity
and securing the location of industries
adapted to that locality. John j.
Brown was chosen president and f.
A. Boggess secretary.
At an auction sale of sheep belong
ing to w. S. Hansen of Collinston.
Utah. ]. G. Massey of Fort Logan,
Colorado, paid $3.50 for Ramboulete
Rambouletes from +. III. Harding of
Waukesha, Wisconsin. for S1T5 each.
Two-cent postage stamps amounting
to $50 in value were recently found in
the old brewery building, now being
remodeled at Florence, and turned
over to the postmaster. They xre
part of the spoils secured by man
named Howard, who robbed the post
office July 13, 1899.
Mrs. John A. Marsh. widow of the
late Hiram Hosmer Marsh, who con-
templates establishing n college of ap-
piled sciences at Monte Vista. in honor
of the memory of her late husband, is
now having stone delivered on the
grounds for the proposed college build
ings, and expects to push the work of
erection in the early spring.
At special meeting of the county
commissioners it was decided by an
unanimous vote to submit to the tax
payers of Ouray county the question of
refunding the entire Indebtedness of
the county, which amounts to over
100000. 1t will be undertaken on
four-per-cent. basis. A special election
is to be called for the purpose.
The contract for the construction of
the Rio Grande Sangre de Cristo rail
road, to run from Moffat station in the
San Luis valley up the side of the San
gre de Cristo range of mountains eigh-
teen miles to the flourishing mining
camp of Crestone. has been given to
Chapman Il Wharton, n San Luis val
ley firm. Several thousand ties have
been cut and work will begin at once.
A petition has been circulated at Ou-
ray praying the present General As
sembly as n solution of the present
coal trouble to pass a law authorizing
the opening and working of Colorado
coal lands miners being employed
from the ranks of fair labor, wages to
be So per day, eight hours to consti-
tute a days work. the product of the
coal fields to go upon the market at
the actual cost of production.
The city council of Fort Collins has
passed an ordinance authorizing the
issue of S105, 900 in water bonds to run
twenty-four years. the city retaining
the privilege of redeeming them in ten
years. These bonds will be used to re-
fund the present issue. and will draw
four per cent per annum in gold. The
entire amount will be taken at par by
the First National Bank of Fort Col
Inns.
Il. C. Burnham and his brother DR..
Z. S. Burnham of Boston. who have
been hunting near DeBeque for three
weeks. returned recently from the Lit
tie Alkali. bringing with them as tro-
phies of the hunt two full-grown lions
fine specimens of their kind, weighing
about 800 pounds After a long chase
of several days with horses and dogs
the kings of the forest We're brought
down, after trying to evade their pur-
suers by jumping from tree to tree.
The large livery barn of VIII Morris
at Sterling was burned on the 22d in
slant together with fourteen head of
horses, harness, saddles, wagons, a