The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-04-29
COLORADO'S CAPITAL.


w. X. Manis of Center, Saguache coun-
ty, water commissioner for district No
~, vice Michael White. resigned, and
Meloney C. Soniat of New Orleans to
he commissioner of deeds for the state
of Colorado in the Louisiana city.
Labor Commissioner Smith has been
asked to investigate the failure of the
old Chase Coal Mining Company with
view to collecting wages due about
100 miners. They received about ten
per cent. of their due when the COM
pany ceased operations. The men
claim that there is still due them about
500 on the average
The Denver land office has received
IA letter from Washington directing at
tention TO the new law concerning the
making of final proof in taking up gov
ernment land. The law previously was
that in proving up" on stone and tim
Der lands the atiidavits and proofs had
to be sworn to before the officers of
the land office The new law allows
the making of proofs before any prop
erly accredited judge or clerk Of a court
of record.
Notaries public We're recently APP
pointed ms follows: Walter S. Bah
cock. Minnie c. McCIary. Geoge X.
Markey, William b. Shattuc, Walter
n. Snellgrove. Slmien NJ. Vessel Den
yer; Allen T. Briggs Gulnare =. o.;
Colin s. Campbell Fountain; George
=. Davenport, Greeley; Charles G.. Gra-
ham, Colorado Springs; Wade III.
Haley, Rifle; Marion NJ. Meredith. Rye;
William j. Miller, Mancos; Domenico
Ozzelo, Starkville; George II. Patter-
son, Loveland; Jacob y. Pettingell.
sulphur Springs; Luther w. Rood.
Hotchkiss; Vidal Shoblo, Trinidad; Ell
len Ray Sullivan, Cripple Creek; Daniel
w. Thomas, Victor; Thomas " VIII
son, Boulder; Sut. II. Wood, White
Cross.
According to the sanitary bulletins
of the State Board of Health the num-
Der of deaths in the state during the
month of March was TS3, and the rate
of mortality to the entire population
was 1878 per 1000 The deaths from
diphtheria during the month numbered
30. from smallpox l. from scarlet fever
% and from typhoid fever Z. In the
county of Arapahoe the total of deaths
was Pol, and in the city of Denver 224.
The report says: Compared with Feb
ruary the month of March shows an in
crease of five cases of diphtheria, three
cases of scarlet fever and siXty-three
cases of smallpox and "A decrease of
nine eases of typhoid fever" Boulder
had 10 deaths during the month. Colo
RADIO Springs "a. Lendville II. Pueblo
G2 and Cripple Creek Il.
Two mounted beaver. a doe antelope,
mountain sheep head, seven sheep
horns and several of the latter un-
mounted We're received n few days ago
by State Fish and Game Commissioner
Harris from Deputy Warden James
Bush who confiscated the specimens
in Glenwood Springs. Florence. Salida
and Colorado Springs. They are worth
several hundred dollars and will be
sold at auction. the proceeds going to
the fish and game fund. The speci-
mems We're confiscated in taXidermists'
shops. Curator Ferri of the State
Historical society has not been arrest
ed for having in his possession num-
Der of specimens of song and insect
killing birds. 1t Is probable the
charges will be withdrawn upon the
showing that the birds were wanted
purely for exhibition purposes in the
rooms of the society.
The st. Louis fair commission of Col
orado is considering Il proposal submit
ted from st. Louis people. This is to
present. as n part of the Colorado eX-
hibit, n relief map of the state ten feet
by eight feet. showing ali the noun
tains and valleys, the streams and hills
and correctly locating the mining sec
tions. and to send relief maps of the
principal mining localities of the state
such as Cripple Creek, the San Juan
country, Clear Creek and Boulder
counties, defining accurately the loca-
ton of all the principal mines and mills
and smelters. The maps will cost
from 81 600 To 81 300 pach and If made
will be copyrighted by the state. The
commission thinks that these maps
would be in demand among universities
and colleges, and by securing n copy
right all the proceeds of sales of these
maps would come to the state, thus re
ducing the cost of the exhibit. The
proposal to take n tribe of Navajo In
dians from southwestern Colorado to
the fair is likely to be adopted.