The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31
COLORADO BRIEFS.

ton is arranging for pure food show
to be held at Coliseum hall from April
10th to May End.
Oil was encountered on the 18th
inst. at a depth of 800 feet in well No.
2 of the DeBeque Oil and Develop
ment Company at DeBeque.
The Republicans of Colorado Springs
have nominated Judge Ira Harris for
mayor, his competitor on the Demo-
cratic ticket being Curtis ]. Smith.
John C. Hughes, prominent pio-
neer resident of Trinidad, died March
23rd. He was senior member of the
firm of Hughes & Bro, extensive lum-
ber dealers.
The present session of the Four
teenth General Assembly expires by
constitutional limitation April 9th. 1t is
high time for both houses to get down
to bnsiness.
The Colorado Press Bureau of In
formation at Denver will publish TO-
600 copies of revised edition of the
pamphlet. While You Are Looking
About in Colorado"
The Portland hotel at Gillett was
burned on the night of March 2lst, the
loss being estimated at about $3,5OO, on
which there was no insurance. The
ilIe was cduseu ny IL idiup eAPiooi'H-
Gen. w. T. Clark. formerly of Den
yer, who was adjutant general for
| General Mcpherson during the Georgia
campaign. was run over by cab in
Chicago March oath and had his skull
fractured.
Passenger representatives of lines
reaching Colorado common points hello
a meeting at Chicago March goth and
| nfGt a
During the tourist season last year the
rate was S25.
There continues to be a scramble
for lands in Montrose county under
the main ditch from the Gunnison
tunnel. In four days the entries COW
cred 5000 acres, leaving about 25,OOO
acres yet open.
A committee is actively engaged in
the work of securing pledges for the
planting of 5000 acres of sugar beets
near Littleton in order to secure the
erection of a factory by the Littleton
| Beet Sugar Company.
The three children Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Y. Howard of Longmont, Alice,
Helen and Ray, aged five, seven and
nine years, all died within the same
week of scarlet fever, the last to die
being buried Sunday, March 22nd.
In the District Court at Creede
| March Gath the county commissioners
by their attorney, James ID. Pitcher,
obtained judgment against William G.
| Cove, the defaulting county treasurer,
in the sum of S6,747.93, together with
interest from November is, 1902.
The District Court having decided
that Emma NJ Herey, late superintend-
ent of schools of Arapahoe county, is
no longer entitled to the Office since
the Rush amendment has abolished the
county. Miss Herey has appealed the
case to the state Supreme Court
Mapar wrieht of Denver has appoint
/ ed the following named ueivaa.-- 90
the thirtieth annual conference of
Charities and Correction. which con-
venes in Atlanta. Georgia, May 9th to
18TH: Father Malone. John f. Carroll.
Clarence E. Hagar. Mrs. Bertha H.
Butler. Rev. 7. A. Uzzell, Mrs. Izetta
George and c. l.. Stonaker.
The first annual musical festival of
! Colorado Will be held at the Broad
way theater in Denver April 18th and
I 18th. The oratorio of Elijah will be
given on the first night and on the .af-
| ternoon of the second day there will
be a free organ recital at Trinity NJ.
Z. Church by John j. Mcclellan of
| the Mormon tabernacle at Salt Lake.
The first case under the new juvenile
law came up in the Ell Paso County
| Court at Colorado Springs a few days
| ago when sentence was passed upon
| George Newman, the thirteen-year-old
Denver forger. Judge Orr suspended
the usual reform school penalty. on
condition that the boy attend school
regularly and report periodically to the
| court.
Miss Ellen NJ. Stone. the captive
missionary, whose ransom from the
Macedonian brigands cost SOS, 900,
quite captivated the hearts of the
Denver people who heard her lecture
few nights ago. They think she is
worth more than the $4,000 that her
captors first demanded. If she were
again in similar straits that sum coulu
easily be raised in Colorado alone.
The Morgan County Independent
| Telephone Company will expend s50,-
600 in building extensions in northern
| Colorado. and a double copper circuit
4 between Fort Morgan and Greeley
| This will connect the principal agri-
| cultural districts and practically com
| bine the Fort Morgan company with
the Northern Colorado Independent
| Company. and both companies will
| work together
Congressman II. NJ. Hogg of Tellu-
ride, who has the appointment of one
| candidate for admission to the Naval
Academy at Annapolis, together with
| three alternates, announces that the
| examinations for entrance to the acad-
emy will be held on the third Tuesday
in April. All applicants for the ap-
| pointment should send their names to
| Mr.. HogF at Telluride at once. Ages
of candidates must be between the
years of fifteen and twenty.
Franklin Ballou. for many years
| prominent figure in the mining world