The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-06-23
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Parties of schoolboys are being Or
ganized at Pueblo to work in the beet
fields of Otero county.
A class of fourteen graduated at the
Leadville High school June 18th. Pres
ident Slocum of Colorado College de-
livered the address.
The postoffice at Steamboat Springs
will, on July 1st, be advanced from
the fourth to the presidential class
and the postmaster receive S1,2OO per
year
The Greeley Club. very strong or
ganization of prominent citizens OF
Greeley, will soon move into luxurious
ly furnished quarters in the new Hawes
block.
An investigation into the fan OF the
Michaelson building in Denver few
weeks ago has led to the arrest OF the
architects, contractor and city building
inspector.
The widely-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 $943.16S in 1902 to $974,115 for
this year, being an increase of s3O947.
On the night of June 18th Governor
Peabody delivered an address to the
| graduates of the Centennial High
school in Pueblo. There were thirty
five graduates, of whom twenty-four
were girls.
The school census of Las Animas
county shows 1921 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 members of Upton Post. Grand
| Army of the Republic, have erected
granite monument on the federal
grounds park in Pueblo. 1t is sur
mounted by four ffteen-inch shells
used by the Union army in 1864.
AS one of his duties, President d. H.
Moffat of the Denver. Northwestern q
Pacific railroad has to sign his name
% soc 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 Elocuionists
in Denver, June 22nd to 26th inclusive.
cution in all 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
feet No one was fatally injured.
Several bears and one lion have been
recently trapped in Estes park. The
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who, in one cluster of traps, caught
cinnamon bear, two cubs and fox.
Mr.. Mills will keep the cubs for pets.
The county commissioners of Weld
county awarded the contract for the
construction of the county poor house.
to be erected about a mile and half
northwest of the city, to Chancellor a.
Robinson of Greeley for the sum of
$500.
Mrs. James II. Baker, wife of the
president of the University of Colo
RADIO, has been presented beautiful
pin set with diamonds and pearls by
the Woman's club of Boulder in ac-
acknowledgement of her services to that
organization.
THE Pines" a beautiful tract of 160
acres near Monument. will be convert
ed into cemetery this summer. 1t
has been bought by the Monument
Park Cemetery Association. recently
Incorporated. Colorado Springs is the
nearest large town.
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 series
of games with the league teams.
The board of trustees of the State In
dustrial School met at Golden on the
18th inst, and Joseph Dennis, who was
appointed to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of George H. 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. secre-
tary.
Grand Clerk John L. Wright of the
Women of Woodcraft, whose head
officers are at Leadville. has wired ST.
900 to the relief committee at Heppner.
Oregon. for the benefit of the members
of the Women of Woodcraft there who
might have been left destitute through
the storm 1t Is expected that the death
losses of the organization there will
reach s25, 900, which will be promptly
paid.
Mrs. n. X Smith celebrated her
ninetieth birthday anniversary at
Boulder June 18th. She has resided in
Colorado since 1860. Mrs. Smith
mother of Mrs. James p. Maxwell, Mrs.
C. NJ. Tyler. Mrs. e. j. Temple and
Mrs. G. A. Platt. all residents of Boul-
der and r. NJ. Smith of Longmont and
Lou Smith of Tacoma, Washington. All
of these children survive and the
daughters are among the most promi
neut ladies of Boulder.
The renort of the health commission