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


Half million fry have been hatched
at the Routt county hatchery from the
eggs of eastern brook trout.
Owners of greyhounds in Teller
county are arranging for coursing
meet at High park in March.
General Funston and his aide, Lieu
tenant Burton Mitchell will leave
Denver for Vancouver barracks,
March Z.
The present bonded Indebtedness of
the city of Denver is $1,131,61S. OF
which amount $412,000 will be paid
during this year.
The Colorado Springs Chamber of
Commerce proposes to put an agent on
the road to secure tourist patronage
during the coming season.
Complaints of starving animals are
coming in to Humane Society headquar-
ters at Denver from many parts OF the
state since the late storms.
The Women's Club of Colorado
Springs will consolidate with the Fed
Grafton of Women as the Colorado
Springs Federation of Womens Clubs.
The Pixies Peak Power Company,
whose electrical power plant is located
at Skagway, east of Victor, is soon to
dam.
Two new churches were dedicated
at Pueblo February 22nd, one by the
Methodists. costing about $4,000, and
one by the United Brethren, costing
about $4,000.
Complaints are being made by stock
men to the State Board of Animal Pro-
lection that reports of cattle starving
to death in this state have been great
ly exaggerated
B. ]. Crowley, a laborer was killed
by falling rock on the Moffat rail-
road grade in South Boulder canon,
February pend. This is the second
fatality on that grade.
A runaway freight train on Marshall
Pass oecasioned terrible wreck at 2
a. m. February 21st. Harry Goldwa-
ter fireman, of Salida, and Nelson Van
Pelt, brakeman, were killed.
Twenty horses were burned to death
in a fire which destroyed the stables
of the Continental Oil company in
Denver on the night of Feb. 18th. The
entire loss was about $4,000.
The Park Center Land and Water
company has bought all the water
flowing from the mouth of the Cripple
Creek drainage tunnel and will use it
to irrigate large tract of land south
of Canon City
At the Bassick mine in Custer coun-
ty, February 26th. G. n. Nicholson, a
miner thirty-six years of age. fell down
the shaft distance of 1,400 feet. and
was instantly killed. every bone in his
body being broken.
The Colorado Croatian Slavonian
Society of St Jacob has incorporated
at Denver. Its headquarters are in
Globeville, and it's object is to teach
Slavs and Croatians the English Ian
guage and provide sickness and death
benefits.
John f. Ritchie. a Denver police
man. was shot in the mouth and dan
gerously wounded by hold-up whom
he endeavored to arrest in the act of
robbing the saloon of Hans Olson on
West Twelfth avenue in Denver, Feb
ruary 25th.
Petitions have been forwarded to the
Legislature from Fort Collins with
great number of signatures protesting
against the adoption of the proposed
game law which. if passed. will make
it possible to shoot ducks but four days
in the week during the open season.
Architect Roeschlaub states that the
Westminster College building at Den
yer will be completely repaired and in
fit condition for occupancy within the
next sixty days, The building was
erected about ten years ago and has
stood unoccupied.
The new wagon road from Loveland
to Estes Park is being constructed as
rapidly as the weather will permit and
another road is to be built to Estes
Park from Lyons by means of money
furnished by the Burlington railroad,
by Boulder county and by the citizens
of Lyons.
The Colorado State Letter Carriers
Association was organized at Pueblo,
February 26th. Delegates were pres
ent from Denver. Colorado Springs and
other cities and an enthusiastic meet
ing was held. The new organization
will be allied with the National Asso-
citation of Letter Carriers. 1t is the
first time Colorado carriers have been
organized
On change of venue from Lake
county the IS 200 damage suit institut-
ed by John Bowen and his wife agains.
the Colorado Midland Railroad Com
pany has been transferred to the Dis
trict Court of Arapahoe county. The
suit is to recover for the death of their
son William, who was killed little
more than year ago at the tunnel be-
tween Busk and Ivanhoe.
The office of the general master me-
chanic of the Rio Grande Western
Railway Company has been abolished
from March 1st. The place has been
held by John Hickey. with headquar-
ters in Salt Lake City. He will con-
tinue with the road as master mechan-
ic. General charge of the motive pow
er of the road is now given to Super
intendent f. Mertsheimer of the Den
yer & Rio Grande road.
The county commissioners of Doug
las county have reached an agreement