The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-07-29
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Ihe danger of serious water fam
| inc at Victor has been greatly re-
| duced by the recent heavy rains.
| Since the danger of water famine
| has become imminent in Denver, the
Denver Dairy Association has raised
the price of milk to 81 for fourteen
quarts.
The robbery of two powder houses
near Denver is thought to indicate the
presence of gang of train robbers,
who are laying IL supplies of dynamite
and caps.
county convention of the Arapa-
hoe Industrial League. to further
three constitutional amendments, will
be held in Denver on the third Sun
day in September.
Heavy rains were reported from
large section of both the Arkansas and
Platte valleys on the 11th instant. The
San Luis valley also came in for a
pretty good drenching.
The recent Arapahoe county printing
scandal has resulted in the appoint
ment of NJ. j. Mcnamara as auditor
and commissioner of supplies for the
county commissioners.
Oil has been struck by the Columbia
Crude Oil Company south of Florence
at a depth of 1,SOO feet The well Is
near those of the Florence Consolidated
and Keystone companies.
AT Colorado Springs a few days
ago, 1000 tickets We're received from
tourists in one day by the Western
Passenger Association. This breaks
the record for tenderfoot arrivals.
1t is reported that the Denver Horse
Show Association. which is planning
for big exhibition in September, will
try to consolidate its show with the
rough riders tournament to be given
by the Mountain and Plain committee.
Emile Berne, a striking machinist at
Denver. was fined So and costs by
Magistrate Thomas for applying the
word "scab" derisively to John Farm
berg, non-union boilermaker working
in the Union Pacific shops.
City Engineer Case of Colorado
Springs has recently returned from
Los Angeles. where he Investigated the
method of sprinkling streets with oil to
keep down dust. He will recommend
its use in Colorado Springs.
The Catholics of Victor have decided
to begin the construction of n new ST.
600 church. The edifice will be forty
three by ninety feet. built of pressed
have seating capacity of about 800.
In the Western League of eight cit
les the Denver baseball team on July
21st stood third. while the Colorado
Springs team held sixth place, having
won thirtythree games and lost forty
one. All the teams are playing ball.
The Leadville Lodge of Elks has let
the contract for rebuilding and enlarg-
ing the old Tabor opera house of Lead
vile. Thirty thousand dollars will be
expended making it one of the pret-
tiest places of amusement in the state.
An artificial waterfall, calculated to
initiate n natural one as closely as
possible, Is planned for North Chey
enne Canon at Colorado Springs. The
idea originated with ]. p. Brown of
the National Arboriculture Associa-
ton.
Laborers arc Aocklng to Denver in
expectation of finding work on the Mof'
fat road, and employment agents say
they are camping around the outskirts
of the city holding themselves in readi-
ness for the letting of the large con-
tracts.
The Colorado Terminal Lines Asso-
citation has agreed to grant round trip
rates of one fare plus 50 for the annual
state meetings of the Masons in Den
yer, the Woodmen in Colorado Springs
and the Odd Fellows and Red Men in
Denver
The cornerstone of the new city hall
at Colorado Springs will be laid on
Monday, August 18th, the ceremonies
being conducted oy the Order of Elks,
who have appointed 1. n. Stevens ora
tor or the day. Mayor Robinson Will
also make an address.
Cheyenne park, Stratton's new public
villa at the mouth of Cheyenne canon
at Colorado Springs, was lighted by a
network of electricc lamps for the first
time on the night of July 22d, in the
presence of several hundred people.
Band concerts will be inaugurated
three times week.
At mass meeting of colored citizens
in st. Johns Baptist Church. under the
auspices of the Young Mems Christian
Union (colored, resolutions were adopt
ed condemning recent cake-walk shows
and buck-and-wing dances, together
with all other "nigger' performances
that tend to degrade the race and hold
it up to ridlcule.
The Steel City Oil Company, operat-
ing a large acreage outside of Pueblo,
and controlled by Colorado Springs
capitalists, has encountered a small
flow of oil at 729 feet, the drills pass
ing through stratum of sand 40 feet,
which yielded frequent indications OF
OIL Drilling will be continued to 1000
feet If necessary.
The Pueblo City Council has passed
an ordinance granting franchise to
the Rapid Transit Electric Railway
Company to build and operate an cleo
trio line within the city limits which
shall extend to Beulah, twenty miles
west of the city in Pueblo county.
Work will be commenced soon and will
proceed rapidly until the line Is in np-