The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-06-03
COLORADO BRIEF S.


Bands have been engaged from AS
pen, Grand Junction and Leadville to
take part in the Strawberry Day festi-
val at Glenwood Springs.
Harry d. Zimmerman, the Colorado
Springs boy who ranked first in the
recent West Point examination, has
passed all examinations and will enter
the institution June 10th.
Blanche Innes, who stood first of
graduating class of ten in the Fruita
high school, has received a scholarship
in liberal arts at the University of
Denver from Chancellor Buchtel.
A few days ago a. b. Daniels of
Denver ran his automobile from Den
yer to Palmer Lake, tifty-two miles, in
one hour and fifty-two minutes. break
ing all previous records over the same
road.
The Democratic State Editorial AS
sociation met at Denver May 10Th ana
discussed plans for the coming polit-
ical campaign. There was large at
tendance from nearly all parts of the
state.
Ben Bowen, an eighteen-year-old
aeronaut, fell from a collapsing bal
loon at Manhattan Beach, in Denver,
May 26th, and was drowned in the
waters of the lake. \ large crowd wit
messed his fall.
Acting Mayor Clark, of Colorado
Springs, in view of the fact that a
number of children have been bitten,
has issued n proclamation requiring
that all dogs in n certain district must
be muzzled for the next ninety days.
The Cripple Creek school board has
reduced the salary of the superintend-
ent of schools from $500 to S2,25O
and the pay of the principals in about
the same proportion. Teachers in the
grades will receive the same as last
year.
Cass Damron, professional juggler,
shot and killed his wife and afterward
killed himself at Denver, May 9th.
He was the son of Judge C. \. Dam
ron of San Bernardino, California. His
wife was daughter of John Lowe of
Denver.
While working on a placer ditch at
Workman, in Lake county, Dan Nc
Dougald was struck by flying rock
from blast, May 9th. and had one
leg crushed and a bad hole torn in
his side. He was taken to the hospital
at Leadville.
On Saturday, May oath, at Denver
a baseball nine composed of state otfi-
cials and employees was defeated by
team of Arapahoe county officials and
employees, the score standing seventeen
to fifteen. The baseball craze hits all
classes this year.
The real estate committee of the Pu-
eblo Business Mems Association have
inaugurated series of weekly lunch
cons at which the business affairs of
the city will be discussed. The lunch
cons will be given every Wednesday at
the Grand hotel.
Catherine Whalen of Prince Ed
wards Island has received verdict
in the District Court at Leadville
against the Leadville Home Mining
Company for $500 damages for the
death of her son, Joseph by cave-in
at the Penrose mine.
II. S. Ferris, secretary of the Law
and Order League at Victor, was ar
rested n few days ago for vagrancy
on account of charges preferred by
Minor j. Acton, saloonkeeper, but
Acton failed TO appear TO substantiate
his allegations.
Gas continues to belch from the oil
well at Durango. 1t has been piped and
furnishes light for the workmen and if
the flow continues will be utilized for
fuel. The casing for the first 800 feet
has been put in. Oil seams continue
ing both oil and gas.
The charges of partiality preferred
against the faculty of the East Denver
High School by Mr.. Boutwell, in rela-
ton to marking the standard of his
son, who is one of the graduating
class, We're not sustained by the school
board The board, however, suggested
the desirability of u change in the sys-
TEN of marking.
Secretary w. NJ. Danner of the Den
yer Y. NJ. C. A. is the leader in n move
ment to establish a health farm" near
Denver, where consumptives can live
in tents and raise vegetables. \ six
ty-acre tract of land has been pur-
chased on the Denver, Lakewood x
Golden railroad, six miles west of
Denver. The place will be called the
Beehive"
Yee Wing, n Chinese merchant of
Colorado Springs, who has resided
twenty-four years in this country, has
taken out papers in the District Court
whereby his fourteen-year-old son, Yee
You Eye. will be allowed to immigrate
here The father has visited China five
times during his life here. He was CON
verted and for Il number of years has
been member of the First Presbyter-
ian Church.
Judge Lindsey of the Arapahoe Coun-
ty Court recently invited the Fire and
Police Board and chief of police of
Denver before him, and in the pres
ence of considerable number of
youthful offenders who are under the
surveillance of the court read the Off
cials Il sereve rebuke for their negll-
gence in failing to close wine rooms
and gambling dens by which the youth
of the city are being corrupted.
On Tuesday, May 9th, nearly 100
representative business men of Den