The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-23
COLORADO NOTES.

leu secretary OIL the state Doard OF
culture.
to a short time ago Governor Or
had not vetoed a single bill sent
i'm by the Legislature.
hnry n. Baker. n prominent Colo
} mining man, died short time
e at Newton, Massachusetts.
be first 1,S0O feet of the road being
It by the Florence Electric Street
lway Company has been comp!et-
be Cripple Creek Woman's Club
fntly held very successful ball
the benefit of the public library
ID. clearing upwards of $500.
company of Longmont men has
ln formed to prospect for oil in the
Vrain valley. Three thousand dol
has been raised to sink Il well.
The regents of the State university
Boulder have offered prize of $500
the best plan for n library build
which must be provided for soon.
Emerson King, bartender for j. 7.
llan at Salina. in Boulder county,
IS robbed of $S4650 of the saloons
Iney on the night of the 18th instant
a ma1Hd man with gun"
During The snowstorm on the 11th
=. there We're more or less serious
ions on several Colorado rail
), though fortunately without loss
Id Lyulph Ogilvie, son of the Earl
Hirlie and formerly well-knowu
lehman of Colorado, has returned
bm South Africa. where he served
the British army against the Beers.
II is reported that the pending con-
llidation of Colorado railroad lines
ill result in the abandonment by the
dorado and Southern of its proposed
Iort line from Denver to Cripple
reek via the Platte valley.
Pueblo people have filed upon 1920
tres of land in what is known as the
Iardscrabble mining district, fifteen
lilies southwest of Pueblo and just
buth of Boggs' flats. They will at
pee commence operations for oil.
Joseph Vidrich, who lived at 400
buth Santa Fe avenue, Pueblo, was
: IN over by train and killed while
'orking on n Union Pacific grade at
lock Creek, Wyoming, April 18th. He
as knocked off n bridge and fell
Xty feet.
on the 18th and 10Th the Denver
allies published column after column
{ kilograms from different places in
he state along the front range and
last of it, telling of n heavy and long
continued snowfall. The plains got
thorough wetting down.
Articles of incorporation for the Pu-
bio Colorado State Fair Association
ave been signed. The directors are:
4 Unhn .fThp 10
l.. l.. Gam, John f. Vail and AS
Try White. The capital stock is $780,
DO. divided into 5000 shares.
The Colorado grand lodge of the An
,ient Order of United Workmen, bet
er kiYRvn simply as the A. o. U. W.,
1t its session in Central City, April
|1th, adopted the classified plan of as
easements, which has BEEN under con-
liberation for several years.
On the 18th instant 1t was decided
" the public authorities of Fort Nor
ran to close the schools and churches
md prohibit all public gatherings for
he period of two weeks on account of
he prevalence of scarlet fever, al
hough no fatalities We're reported.
Thomas f. Walsh of IOuray recently
delivered lecture to the faculty and
tudents of the Washington ID. c.
seminary upon Tho Discovery and
Development of a Sold Mine" Mr..
Walsh illustrated ihis lecture with
Jews and maps ofIColorado mines.
A recent telegraph item printed in
he Denver dailie, announcing the ar
ival of Bishop Warren at Manila
ihould have real Bishop Warne, as
hat gentleman vas assigned to east
,rn work. Bisnop Warren went to
New York DUNG the present month.
The townfof st. Vrain, in Boulder
witch was plated in June,
1887, by W d. Suydam of Denver,
will be reOnverted into a farm. Out
IF 76S lots perhaps less than dozen
were sold and no houses We're built.
it will exist only as n
memory of a "busted" boom.
Captail William II. Sweeney, Jr., of
Canon Hty, has been appointed by
Governr Orman inspector general of
n. G. C., with rank of colonel. Cap
tain sweeney served as captain
the campaign of the First
CoIeado volunteers in the Philip
,fls
O.&. Miller, the Denver rupture
ure man whose picture once adorned
IL the newspapers, is now pursuing
he Gusiness in Chicago and has
ormed an organization to furnish one
ent meals for the poor. He can't be
,ept down, even if he has quit kit
ng" chec4s,l
In addressing the teachers and stu
Ients of the State university recently
President Baker spoke of the good
endered the institution by friends of
he university in the Legislature, es-
,ecially thanking Senator Ward and
representatives Neely, Marion and
'latt. He also stated that several
lew departments would probably be
Idded next year.
John p. Greenwood, late postmaster
It Goldfield in the Cripple Creek dis
rict, has been committed to the Arap-
lhoe county Jail in Denver to serve a
erm of six months Imprisonment for
he embezzlement of S643.9S. AS the
'ase is reported he seems to be vic
i'm of hard luck. An inspector dropped
.t,,, tod