The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-08-18
COLORADO BRIEFS.

ago IL is the second that mas Deen /
born there
Isaac p Van Wormer, well-known
Denver pioneer and prominent cattle
man, died at his home in Denver Au- !,
gust 18th. at the age offseventy-three
years.
The work Of the annual convocation |
OF the colored Masons at Pueblo came
to a close August 18th, by an open in !
stallation of officers and an elaborate
banquet More than 100 delegates
present. /
Jefferson Fry ranchman living
seven miles below Rifle, was drowned
on the 9Th inst. while bathing in the
Grand river. He was thirty-four years
of age and leaves a widow and three
small children.
a rural free delivery route has been
ordered established at Brush Morgan
county. September 18th. There will be
one carrier, who will have route
twenty-five miles long and serve Adv
people.
Congressman Hogg will introduce
bill at the next session of Congress TO
forbid entrance into this country OF
any who cannot show papers SIGNIFY
ing that he has not been prosecuted for
crime for period of five years
DIR. Hindman of Trinidad has pur-
chased the Staplin ranch, at the foot
of Spanish peaks. and will erect $25,-
600 summer hotel on the place. The
sale price of the ranch. which contains
500 acres. was 100000.
In the County Court at Pueblo
few days ago. before Judge Gibson. a
speedy divorce record was made when
a jury was sworn in, the testimony
taken and a verdict rendered in favor
of the plaintiff in five and one-half
minutes.
The election upon the electric light
ing franchise at Trinidad carried by a
vote of 500 for to votes against. In
two precincts there was no opposition.
Seven hundred and twelve taxpayers
were eligible to vote. Work upon the
100000 street railway was begun i'm.
mediately.
The first carload of nails produced
by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany at Pueblo was shipped August
Sth, and ]. w. Brooks. superintendent
of the wire mill, made an exhibit of
the first barbed wire manufactured in
the West. Samples of telegraph and
telephone wire are also exhibited.
Werner 2. Reed and o. H. Shoup of
Colorado Springs. and A. NJ. Johnson
of Denver have bought the interest of
Captain Arthur Hotchkiss in the State
Bank at Fort Morgan, and will reor-
ganize the bank as the First National
Bank of Fort Morgan as soon as the
necessary proceedings can be com
pleted.
The Colorado Midland railway has
settled with the different parties who
had secured judgment by stipulation
against them on account of wreck
near Cascade, ON June 20. 1902. Miss
Mary O'Rourke of Victor was paid 81
750. and Miss Estelle Lewis and her
mother. Mrs. Lewis, were handed
check for $4,000.
The Mormons of Denver are complet-
ing plans for the erection of a house
of worship at West Sixth avenue and
South Water street. The church will
be a two-story structure. and besides
the hall for religious purposes will
have also arrangements for an office,
Sunday school rooms and housekeep-
Ing rooms for the resident elder.
Out of fifty competitive poems an
ode composed by Mrs. Gilbert McClurg
Of Colorado Springs has been selected
to commemorate the opening of the
eleventh national irrigation congress,
which opens in Ogden, Utah, Septem-
ber 18th The ode will be set to mu
sic and sung by chorus of 200 voices
at the opening session of the con-
sress.
In the District Court at Cripple
Creek, Judge Seeds decided in favor
of the Democratic aldermen who were
ousted by the Republican majority of
the board In the decision all of the
aldermen, as well as the mayor are
restrained from in any way interfer-
ing with the plaintiffs, James E, Ham
ley, w. G. Schultz, and also r. F. Fer
guson, in the performance - their dul
ties as aldermen.
Farmers around Aurora. says the
Denver Republican, are up in arms
over the invasion of their ranches by
pot hunters, who in shooting at doves.
hit windmills, water tanks and cattle.
and lombard the houses of the ranch
men. So far the casualties are one
donkey killed; and the farmers COM
planning to the game commissioners
are unkind enough to say that there
will be other animals of the species
dealt with if conditions do not i'm
prove.
G. w. Patterson, director of the
Physical Culture Club of Denver, re-
Gently made record-breaking trip
from the depot of the cogwheel rail
road at Manitau to the top of Pixies
Peak and back. He made the ascent
in three hours and five minutes, and
after taking a rest of five minutes,
/ made the return trip in one hour and
twenty one and a half minutes, making
the round trip in four hours and thir-
ty-one and half minutes. breaking all
previous records by forty-five minutes.
City and County Attorney Lindsey
of Denver says the charter election
should be held September 22d An
.,v1ing the amendment he saws: "The