The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-02-18
COLORADO BRIEFS.

-Four hundred COlOrauO RepuDllcans
participated in a banquet at Denver
to the memory of Lincoln on the 18th.
| A day nursery has been established
| in Denver where small children of
working women will be cared for at
. cents per day.
William Radcliffe. whose property at
Grand Mesa Lakes was burned last
year, has induced Great Britain to pre-
sent his claim for damages to this gov
ern. He wants $4,000.
The Republican state central COM
mittee. at n called meeting. unanimous
ly chose ID. b. Farley of Colorado
Springs TO be chairman, in place of c.
ID. Ford. who has resigned.
The oil excitement has spread to the
western part of Colorado. Prospective
wells are being bored along the Grande
between Glenwood and Grand juno
tion and along the Roaring Fork.
A number of prominent citizens of
Pueblo have asked the court to compel
the City Council TO call an election for
a mayor to fill the vacancy now exist
ing. They hope thereby to break the
deadlock over the sewer contract.
| II. Inge and ]. f. Anderson, who
have been prospecting for coal about
| thirty miles south of La Junta. have
found two veins. one five feet and the
other seven feet in thickness. This has
coused quite stir here and other par
ties are organizing. 1t is thought the
belt extends for several miles.
A company of eastern capitalists is
being formed 10 tap the hot water
channel between the Buena Vista hot
springs and the Haywood hot springs
and will pipe the hot water into Buena
Vista. erecting magnificent hotel,
with the intention of making that city
Que of the leading summer resorts in
the state
Marshall Z. Felch. one of the oldest
and best known residents in that sec
tion of the state, committed suicide
at his home in Garden Park. eight
miles north of Canon City. at late
hour Sunday. The taking of his own
life had been hobby with Mr.. Felch
for more than year and is believed to
have been caused by i'll health.
The State Land Board will probably
hold a special meeting for the purpose
of passing upon "A number of coal and
oil leases. Thirty-two applications are
now on file. calling for 39.OiO acres of
land. They are distributed all over the
state, the majority of the acreage be
ing in Isarimer. Douglas. Jefferson.
Park, Weld and Las Animal counties.
Six charges of cruelty to animals
and six charges of violating the law
prohibiting the docking of horses tails
have been field against Joseph Hollo-
way and Charles Holloway. represent
ing the British government ON the com
mission appointed to purchase horses
for use in the war in South Africa.
The maximum punishment for the of
f,, 81, ,nI /.
years in the penitentiary.
w. A. Riley of Loveland. who has
been awarded the contract for grading
| and bridge construction of the twenty
five miles of railway for the Great
Western Sugar Company. is preparing
to put Il large force of men and teams
to work as soon as the frost is out of
the ground. The ground is frozen
about eighteen inches deep. The entire
road is to be completed ready for the
cars by July.
Some miners from Telluride. while
prospecting near the mouth of the can
on about eight miles from Delta. dis
covered petroleum oozing out of the
rocks at the edge of the Gunnison riv-
or. They also found n spot where nat
ural gas was coming up from the bed
of the river. They say they will sink
an oil well near the place at once and
will probably order the machinery
within a few days.
Work on the construction of n mon
ster packing plant, to be erected by
| Denver capital, near the Denver Union
| Stock Yards. will it is now practically
settled. be commenced within the next
| forty days The company. which is
| to include among its incorporators ID.
| ii. Moffat of the First National bank,
| Charles Boettcher and ID. c. Dodge of
the National Bank of Commerce, and
other prominent Denver men, Will prob
ably file its articles of incorpo"a-
tion within the next ten days, and
will begin on the plant.
A hunter and trapper who has been
operating in North park this winter
has brought to Fort Collins the pelts
of four gray wolves. The pelts and
bounty brought bin over 5000. The
stockmen of North park are paying II
bounty of $50 for each wolf scalp. The
necessity for extermna ting the ami
mails is growing greater every year as
the loss TO the owners of cattle by their
depredations is n serious matter. as it
is generally estimated that each wolf
destroys $500 worth of cattle during
its lifetime.
The Colorado Editorial Association
held it's annual meeting in Denver on
the 18th. Officers We're elected as fol
lows: President, j. T. Lawless. Sparks.
| Lamar; first vice president, Otto
Wangeln. Herald. Boulder; second
vice president. 6. f. Hosmer. Adver-
tiser. Trinidad: secretary and treas
urer A. Il. Pierce, A. o. L. w. Record,
| Denver; historian. George West,
| Transcript. Golden; executive commit
| tee. l. y. Bunting, Sentinel. Grand
| Junction: H. j. Holmes. Avalanche,
| Glenwood Springs; w. l.. Thorndyke,
Reporter, Loveland.
Along with the great increase of
| IahiiliIrr int tln oil q ri tnnl1ut In =