The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-10-08
COLORADO NOTES.


opened with an increased number OF
students.
Arthur @. Glenn of Pueblo and r. A.
Gordon of La Junta have been ap-
pointed railway mail clerks.
The location for the Carter museum
in Denver has been selected on the
brow OF the hill in the eastern end OF
the City park.
During the months of July, August
and September Denver people took out
permits to erect buildings to the value
of 1864, ,55G, which far surpasses any
three months since the panic OF 1898.
A forest fire near Rosemont on the
Colorado Springs & Cripple Greek
Short Line was subdued after burn
ing over about eighty acres. Thirty
men were called out to fight the flames.
Civil service examinations will be
held at Denver on November 10th and
at Pueblo and Colorado Springs on No
vember Goth for positions of clerks
and letter carriers in the postotfices in
these cities.
1t is hoped that arrangements can be
made to have Secretary of the Treas
ury Lyman j. Gage address the mem
bers of the Loyal Legion of Colorado
at their banquet in Colorado Springs,
October 18th.
Hereafter large American flag will
float over the heads of the worshipers
in the Central Presbyterian Church In
| Denver. Incidentally it has been
found greatly to improve the acoustics
of the building.
w. S. Stratton has transferred his
large real estate holdings in Denver to
the International Realty Company,
presumably for convenience in their
management. The amount of revenue
| stamps on the deed indicates valua-
ton of S425, 900.
| Guy Sexton of Denver, an inmate of
the state reformatory at Buena Vista,
escaped from the gang in the hay field
| September 26th. Sexton was serving
his second term, having been sent up
from Denver three months ago for
robbery, his sentence being indefinite.
The sixteenth annual convention of
the Young Mems Christian Association
of Colorado will be held at Canon City
on October 4th, 9TH and 9th. Christian
workers of all denominations are invit-
| ed, and will be given privileges of cor
responding members in the convention.
At Hahn's Peak, September oath,
George Herwlg, prominent ranchman
and sawmill man, comtted suicide by
shooting himself through the head with
| Winchester rifle. He leaves a wife
| and one child. At the time of his death
| Herwig was attending court and sleep
| ing in tent.
The annual New Mexico Colorado
| fair will be held at Durango October
Sth to 11th. The scope of this exhibit
tion includes the Animas valley of Col
orado and northwestern New Mexico,
the Mon,czuma valley, the Sliverton
! and Rico mining districts-in brief the
whole San Juan country.
Fire on the night of September 26th
! destroyed n large part of the stock OF
the Lamar Lumber Company at Lamar.
The lumber sheds and their contents
were destroyed but the coal bins, office
company estimates its loss at S12, 600
with only 1900 insurance
Chairman C. a. Parker of the Colo
RADIO Terminal Lines has not yet com
| pleted the table of tickets deposited
| with his agencies in Denver. Colorado
| Springs and Pueblo. but estimates the
number as being between $4,000 and
| 10000. Last year the number was
about % 600. Counting the number
of travellers coming from Texas and
other southern states and from Cali
fornia. Utah and other western points,
Terminal Lines Association, the num-
Der OF tourists into Colorado this year
is estimated at more than 10000.
The Florence Merchants Association
has received a letter from the Model
Woolcn Mill Company of indianapolis.
Indiana. stating that it is anxious to
locate ut Florence Mr.. Chenoweth of
the company says that the plant will
cost about $4,000 and will be first
class In every particular. 1t manu-
facturcs cashmcrcs. ilannels, blankets
and yarns for the trade. The mill
would he complete four-set affair.
The company desires to capitalize for
$4,000 and will ask the people of
Florence for n site and to subscribe
to $4,000 in stock. 1t proposes to en-
ploy 100 people.
1t is expected that the new Fort
Luptou condensing plant will be fin
ished' by November 10th and will have
its product oil the general market by
December LIST The condenser, oper-
ated under the name of the Colorado
Condensed Milk Company. will be the
initiative plant Of its kind in the cen
tral West and Will market condensed
milk, sweet cream and condensed cof-
fee, the latter product having spe-
cial Sl,l0o plant attached to the con-
denser. The condenser will have n ca
pacity OF 10000 pounds Of milk day
and will begin operations with sup
ply of 10000 pounds per day.
Governor Eaton has disposed of
three e-fifths of his capital stock in the
big Eaton reservoir. nine miles west of
Eaton. for 100000. The Individual
farmers on No. and No 3 bitches are
the purchasers. each taking about So
900 worthof stock. This reservoir COW
ers 700 acres Of ground and its capaci-