The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-01-06
COLORADO BRIEFS.


number, cost Montrose county 81, ,257 80
in 1902
Great preparations are being made in
Denver for the inauguration of Gov
ernor Peabody January 18th.
Secretary of State Mills on Christ
mas Eve received gold headed cane
from the employees of his office.
Gunnison county spent $4762.95 in
1902 in caring for forty-four poor per-
sons, twenty of whom were women.
Denver building permits in 1902
amounted to $4,512,551, gain of more
than S500,000 over the building busi-
ness of the previous year.
The Western Surgical and Gyne-
Geological Association, at its recent
meeting in St Joseph, Missouri. voted
to come to Denver in 1903.
John w. Quick. proprietor of Pu
eblo livery stable, committed suicide on
the morning of December 9th by
shooting himself through the head.
Denver's Charity Organization So
ciety has received the bronze medal
from the Paris Exposition for the third
best showing for organized work
The Colorado Worlds Fair board
still adheres to its plan of erecting
permanent Colorado building on the
grounds of the st. Louis exposition.
The school at Bennett in Arapahoe
(or Adams) county has been discon-
tinued for want of funds until the
Rush amendment controversy is set
tied
The two rival Trades Assemblies of
Denver have agreed to unite into one.
which will be in afIiliation with the
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Colorado State Federation of Labor
The Huerfano county poor report,
filed with the secretary of state, shows
that forty Mexicans. all very old, have
been paid $40 each, quarterly, at to-
tai cost of $1,000
Major Ralph Hartzell, a young Dem
yer lawyer. was married at Canton,
Ohio. December 30th, to Miss Mary
Barber a niece of the late President
William Mckinley. They came at once
to Denver
Lottie Du Pell. described as a beauti-
tul French girl. seventeen years of age.
committed suicide at Victor December
9th by taking carbolic acid. Her
mother committed suicide in the same
manner six months ago.
DR.. Henry H. Howland. fifty-three
=
room at the Drexel in Denver on the
afternoon of December 9th. The cause
of his suicide appears to have been de-
spondency occasioned by i'll health.
Theodore Rand, seventy years old. a
rider in the pony express service in the
early days. died suddenly at Atchison,
Kansas. December 27th. Rand carried
the mail from Box Elder to Julesburg.
Colorado. from April, 1860, to Novem-
Der, 1861
A regular meeting of the Lincoln
County Cattle Growers is called TO meet
in Hugo January 7th and the sheep
growers association will meet the fol-
lowing day at the same place. Dele
gates 10 the national will be selected at
the same time.
]. II. Jackson of Colorado Springs is
being prominently mentioned for the
position made vacant by the recall OF
DIR. Grassland as minister to Liberia.
Mr.. jackson was formerly editor of
Western Enterprise" leading col
ored paper OF this section.
Mrs. Orman. the wife of Gov. James
b. Orman. gave reception at the fam
lily residence in Denver on the night
of December 30th. at which she was
assisted by Mrs. James II. Peabody.
wife of the incoming governor, who
was thus introduced into the official
sphere in which she is to move for the
next two years.
Capt Cecil A. Deane of Denver,
originator and former custodian of the
State War Relic Museum at the capitol
building. has recently returned from an
exploring tour among the cliff dwell
ings in northwestern New Mexico.
where he made large collection of
relics for the Brooklyn Institute OF
Arts and Sciences.
Tho annual reunion of Colorado pio-
neers at Denver on the night of De-
cember 30th. was largely attended and
as gay as any that have preceded it.
Among the speakers were William N.
Byers. A. G. Rhoads, Levi Booth. An
drew d. Wilson. Mrs. Harry T. Sales.
Mrs. Birks Cornforth and Mrs. Fannie
D. Hardin. Everybody danced.
A young woman in Denver received
n large garter through the postoffice
as Christmas present and wanted to
have Uncle Sam. through The postof-
flee inspector. institute summary pro-
ceedings against the man who insulted
her by sending it. The inspector de-
cided that the act was not a misuse of
the mails although 1t might be of the
female.
The Oxnard beet sugar factory at
Rocky Ford had its most successful
run in the year just closed. 1t COM
menced operations for 1902 in October
and the run will continue until some
time in February. During the pre-
vious season a total of 10S. 900 tons of
sugar beets was handled, this season it
will probably exceed 100000 tons. The
plant has a capacity of 1000 tons a
day and is being pushed to the limit.
The dispute between the Atlantic
and Pacific jurisdictions of the Ancient
Order of Foresters in regard to the
control of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming
and New Mexico has eliminated in the