The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-26
COLORADO BRIEFS.

dent on the 18th instant
Mayor Brown of Pueblo has appoint
ed Howard NJ Shoup chief of police
TO succeed Chief McCafferty.
A branch of the Hoo-Hoo was insts
tuted In Pueblo on the 10th inst. with
fourteen charter members.
The building trades propose to turn
out 3,10O strong in the Denver Labor
Day parade September 1st.
Police Magistrate Thomas has sus-
tanned the ordinance closing the barber
shops in Denver on Sunday.
A small band of Indians from New
Mexico surprised the people of Grana-
da in Prowers county few days since
by an unexpected call.
A good flow of water has been struck
in the artesian well sunk on the
grounds of the proposed Y. Nj. q. a.
health resort for young men near Den
YER.
Thomas Withers, Jr., of Denver, was
one of the successful candidates to
pass the mental examinations at An
napolis for entrance to the naval acad-
emy, class of 1906.
Denver ranks sixteenth among the
cities of the United States in the mag
nitude of its building operations for
July, the permits amounting to $44S,-
$40.
The Grand Junction city council has
granted TO the Teller Institute, the
school for Indians, permission to con-
meet with the sewer system of the
city.
A suit has been filed in the District
Court at Grand Junction for the re-
.fx = Of fy
that were on deposit in the Colorado
State Bank that failed last January.
Suit has also been brought against ex-
Treasurer w. c. McCurdy and his
bondsmen.
The Elks' fair at Cripple Creek
which closed ON the 10th inst. was
very successful. For the most popular
young lady Miss Blanche Burnsides
was awarded the diamond ring. Miss
Stella White the second prize, gold
mounted umbrella, and Miss Edna
Gregory n gold bracelet.
The Denver Republican correspond
ent says that work on the Eaton sugar
factory is being pushed. More men are
being put on and there seems no rea-
son to believe that the factory Will not
be ready for operation by the time the
beets begin TO come in. Almost 1900
acres OF beets are being raised for
this factory.
on the 10th instant ladies on the
north side in Pueblo met and organized
the Pueblo Civic Improvement Asso-
citation. There are twenty eight char
ter members of the organization, the
purpose of which is to take an active
interest In the work of general city
improvements. Mrs. Nj. A. Noble was
elected president.
The Democratic First district con-
gressional convention has been called
to meet in Denver Tuesday evening.
September 9th. The representation
will be as follows: Arapahoe, III dele
gates; Boulder. II; Jefferson. IL; Lari-
mer. -; Lake. 20; Logan. q; Morgan,
6: Park. Z; Philips. 5: Sedgwick, 3;
Washington, 5; Weld, 10; Yuma, o; to-
tai, 235.
Benjamin Tuck, keeper of the ami
mails at Elitchs Gardens in Denver,
died August 10th of concussion of the
BRAIN Mr.. Tuck received the injury
while bathing the day before in small
lake near the city. He dived from
considerable elevation into what he
supposed to be deep water but it
proved to be so shallow that his head
struck violently against the bottom.
Sixteen labor unions from Pueblo
have already signified their intention
to take part in the grand Labor Day
celebration at Colorado Springs Sep
tember 1st. Other organizations will
attend from all over the state and
Lieutenant Governor Coates, Senator
Bucklin and II. Il. Garman, ex-presi-
dent of the State Federation of Labor,
will be among the speakers.
The cornerstone of the new S11S.O0O
city hall building at Colorado Springs
was laid August 18th by the Elks. An
address was delivered by Hon. 1. n.
Stevens. During the >exerC ses the
roof of an adjacent stone shed col
lapsed under n load of amateur pho
tographers and spectators and Arnold
Ulger. a cigarmaker, and his three
year-old son We're injured, the former
seriously.
The Ell Paso Good Roads Association
has recommended that the city coun-
ell of Colorado Springs make tests on
a single block of the city streets with
oil, another test of disintegrated gran
lite, to be made on an adjoining block,
so that comparison may readily be
made An ordinance will be intro
duced requiring all vehicles weighing
LOCO pounds or over to use tires at
least four and one-half inches in width.
1t is expected that many of the
honey and bee supply exhibits on dis
play in Denver during the convention
of the National Beekeepers' convention
the first week in September, will be
taken to Pueblo for the Colorado
state fair, September 18th to Goth. The
Colorado honey crop on the Western
slope has been very large this year
and this state is fast taking lead
ing place among the honey producing
sections of the country.
Mayor Wright of Denver has ap-
pointed committee to consider the