The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-30
COLORADO BRIEF S.

The sporting features of the Colorado
| New Mexico fair in Durango were an
| immense success.
The streets of large section of Cap
itol hill in Denver will be paved with
| disintegrated granite.
j. ii. Murphy of Denver has been
elected general consul of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen.
Sugar City is arranging for Beet
| Sugar Day" October 18th. Excursions
will be run from Denver and Pueblo.
The contract for the erection of the
Fort Collins sugar factory has been let
to the Kilby Manufacturing Company
of Cleveland, Ohio.
| Estes Park people hope that the
building of the new Moffat railroad
will lead to the speedy construction OF
branch road into the park.
The great Broncho Busting Contest
of the Festival of Mountain and Plain
| Committee will be held in Denver ON
| October 7th, Sth and 9th.
| A "masher," who insulted women in
| front of the Denver postottice, was re
| Gently given five months in jail Dy
Police Magistrate Thomas.
Mrs. Katherine Felt Hallett, wife of
| Judge Moses Hallett, died at Denver
| September 10th. Her death was the
result of an illness of several weeks.
| The Denver joint labor committee
finds that the Labor Day celebration
| has netted about $3.50, which amount
will be divided among the different or
ganizations.
| The Fort Collins school board has dis
posed of So, 900 bonds, bearing interest
| at Az per cent, to the First National
| Bank of Fort Collins. The money Will
be used for school buildings.
| The City Council of Goldfield has of
| fered II reward of 81 coo for the arrest
| and conviction of the party or parties
| who murdered City Marshal A. L. Kate
ON the morning of September 21st.
| In return for several street franchises
which 1t asks, the Denver iraiiiWay
| Company has offered to contribute
5000 for the Improvement of Congress
park, in the Capitol Hill district.
The Denver Athletic football team
has arranged to open the season with
a game with Colorado College at Colo
RADIO Springs October 11th. Its next
| game in the state Will be with the
| School of Mines October 2oth.
The trial of the county commission
e~s of Arapahoe county for maifeas-
ance in Office in connection with the al
!
printing contract has been postponed
| and may not come up until after cleo
| ton.
Col. Thomas Holland, who is in
charge of all the Salvation Army colo
MES in the United States, has been es-
| pecially delegated by Commander
| BOoth-Tucker to attend the National lr-
rigation Congress at Colorado Springs,
| October 9th to 9th.
The latest organizations to he formed
| by the students at the State University
are Alpine clubs, for the purpose OF
making regular and systematic trips
| into the mountains near Boulder. This
| form of exercise is especially popular
with the young ladies in the university.
| Prof. John Dietrich. superintendent
| of the Colorado Springs schools, and
| president of the Colorado State Teach
| ers' Association, has succeeded in secur-
ing the guarantee of expenses of the
annual meeting, which Will be held i'll
| Colorado Springs December 22nd, 23rd
and oath.
II. A. Shipman, former manager of
| Stratton's Independence, Limited, will
| go to western Australia to take charge
| of the properties of the Cosmopolitan
| Proprietary, Limited. The engagement
| is for three years and carries n salary
| of $1,000 for the first year. rising later
| to $4,000, together with all travelling
| and other expenses.
There was a very large attendance
| at the Emancipation Day celebration in
| Colorado Springs on September 22nd.
| There was n barbecue i'll the afternoon
| and speeches in the evening by Profess
| sor w. H. Jackson. Father Rice and
| w. l.. Grant upon Emancipation Day
| topics. Mayor Robinson welcomed the
| visitors to the city.
| The death rate for the city of Den
| yer during August, according to the
report of the Board of Health, was
| 1850 per 1.OO0. This is an increase of
| 1.S4 per LOCO over August of last year,
when the rate was 14.9G. The deaths
| last month numbered 210. The in
| creased mortality is attributed TO dry
weather dust and consequent contami-
nation of water.
Supervisor Lindquist of Denver. who
was injured in the runaway accident
last summer in which Alderman Kelly
was killed, has had to have his left
leg amputnted about four inches above
the ankle. The accident occurred
while party of ofiiials were on their
| way to visit the new dam of the Den
| Yer Water Company on the south fork
| of the Platte river.
| The trustees of the Union Printers
| Home at Colorado Springs have decided
to eXpend approximately $4,000 in i'm
provements to that institution. 1t is
proposed to build an additional story
to the hospital annex, with additions
to the dining room and kitchen. 1t is
also announced that the institution will
hereafter be known as the Union Print
ers' Home, the change being authorized
by the International Typographical
Union.
At La Junta September 23rd, farm
ers along the line of the Otero canal
voted on the proposition of bonding the
ditch for 100000. Every vote was in