The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-25
COLORADO BRIEFS.


fields OF Otero county
The president on June 18th appoint
ed Earl II. Reaugh postmaster at Ala
mosa and William c. Sloan postmas-
ter at Amethyst.
An investigation into the fall OF the
| Michaelson building in Denver few
| weeks ago has led to the arrest of the
architects. contractor and city building
inspector.
The wldely-known Hotel de Paris at
Georgetown. kept for SO many years by
the late Louis Dupuy, with its wine eel
lar and library. has been purchased by
a Denver investment company.
The railroad assessment for Boulder
county. exclusive of the Colorado
Northwestern road. has been raised
from ss4316s in 1902 to s974.115 for
this year. being an increase of s3o.947
The school census OF Las Animas
county shows s.721 registered children
within the scholastic ages. being an
increase of 1.010 over last year. or
this. more than 500 are registered in
| Trinidad.
The Grand Junction Chamber of
Commerce has decided to hold a grand
Fourth of July celebration in connec-
ton with the Western Slope Veterans
I
| 3rd and 4th.
The Minnequa steel plant at Pueblo
paid its May wages a few days ago,
amounting TO s324.oo0. This is. by
$4,000. the largest pay roll in the his
tory of the institution. About 1900
men are employed.
The members of Upton Post. Grand
Army OF the Republic. have erected
| granite monument on the federal
grounds park in Pueblo. II is sur
mounted by four fifteen-inch shells
used by the Union army in 1864.
AS one of his duties, President d. II.
Moffat of the Denver, Northwestern &
Pacific railroad has to sign his name
$500 times to the issue of first mort
| gage gold bonds issued by the com
pany. each bond representing $1,000.
Three hundred members will attend
the twelfth annual convention of the
National Association of Elocutionists
in Denver. June 22nd to Goth. inclusive.
These Will represent teachers of elo-
cution in al parts of the country.
On June 18th bad accident hap
pened to the stage en- route from Red
Mountain TO Ouray. The stage upset
with eight passengers on board and
went down an embankment nearly 200
1
Several bears and one lion have been
recently trapped in Estes park. The
best catch was made by Il. J. Mills.
who. in one cluster of traps. caught
cinnamon bear, two cubs and a fox
Mr. Mills will keep the cubs for pets.
THE Pines.' a beautiful tract of 100
acres near Monument. will be converg-
ed into a cemetery this summer. 1t
has been bought by the Monument
| Park Cemetery Association. recently
incorporated. Colorado Springs is the
nearest large town.
The physicians OF Fort Collins have
organized the Fort Collins Hospital
Association and filed articles of incor-
poration. The Franklin-Corbin build
ing on Remington street has been Sc
cured and Will be fitted up as an Up
to-date hospital.
The officials of the Pacific Jurisdle-
tion of the Woodmen of the World
have sent 81 600 to Portland. Oregon.
for the benefit of the sufferers from the
flood at Heppner. In addition to this.
an appeal for more funds has been
mailed TO every lodge in the jurisdic-
ton. and the head officials expect a
ready and generous response
The Colorado Springs Merchants AS
sociation is negotiating with Manager
| Burns of the Millionaires baseball
team to send the Midland band in In
dian costume to the National and
American Baseball League cities at the
close of the regular baseball season,
and have the Millionaires play a series
of games with the league teams.
The Colorado State Dental Associa-
ton at its meeting in Denver June
| 18th elected the following officers for
the ensuing year: f.. w. Varley OF
| Pueblo, president: F. Y. Herbert OF
Denver, secretary; II. w. Bates OIL
Denver, secretary; William Smedley OF
Denver. treasurer. Next years meet
ing will be in Colorado Springs
The Denver Tramway Company has
I announced n pension system which
provides that employees reaching the
age of seventy years. who have been in
the employ of the company for twen--
ty-five years, shall be retired on part
4 pay. Employees between sixty-five and
sixty-nine years who have served the
same length of time may be retired for
physical debility.
The board of trustees of the State In
dustrial School met at Golden on the
18th inst. and joseph Dennis. who was
appointed to fin the vacancy caused
by the death of George II. Kimball,
took his seat. On a motion of Mr..
Dennis, John r. Schermerhorn of DEN
yer was chosen president of the board
and Thomas Downen of Pueblo, seere-
tary.
Felix Cronk. q prisoner in the coun-
ty Jail at Glenwood Springs. commit
ted suicide by taking morphine on the
night of Jurc 18th. dying the mex,
evening. He was brought to the jail
for safe keeping from Rio Blanco coun-
ty. where he had killed man named
Roberts at Rangely. He escaped and