The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-14
COLORADO BRIEFS.


be erected in Denver by some of the
big eastern packers.
The stockmen and cowboys of Hugo
want President Roosevelt to stop and
accept their hospitality for twenty-five
minutes on the morning of May 4th.
The safe in the postoffice at New
Windsor was blown open by burglars
on the morning of the seventh instant
and a considerable sum of money
taken.
A big fair will be held in Denver. be-
ginning May 7th, for the benefit of the
House of the Good Shepherd. an insti-
tuition for the reclamation of wayward
or fallen girls.
An act of the Legislature provides
that portrait of Hon. Otto Mears, the
Pathfinder of the San Juan" shall
adorn a stained glass window of the
Senate chamber.
The first train from Denver in five
days reached Silverton April 9th car
rying some ninety sacks of mail. Dur
ing the same day nearly twelve inches
of new snow fell.
The Logan County Cattle Growers
Association has raised nearly $4,000
for a breakfast and entertainment to
be given President Roosevelt on the
morning of May 4th.
Mrs. Olga Kretschmer, police matron
at the city Jail in Pueblo. recently ex-
ercised her police authority by arrest
ing negro woman, whom she charged
with having stolen a number OF ducks.
Ralph w. Smith of Denver has been
appointed by the governor member
of the State Board of Pardons. He sue
ceeds to the vacancy made by the res
ignation of w. l.. Dayton.
Bricklayers' Union No. / of Denver
has issued notice to eastern unions that
there are already enough bricklayers
in the city. Denver builders have Deen
advertising in the East for workmen
The sixth biennial convention of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen Will
meet in Denver May 10th, and an at
tendance of delegates and their fami-
lies to the number of 5000 or more Is
expected.
w. e. Pahor Is still running the Pa
Dor Lake Pineapple at Pabor Lake,
Florida. 1t has been discovered that
pineapples can be profitably grown un-
der cover and Mr.. Pabor is again push
ing his colony plans.
During his late visit to Colorado,
George Gould with his party made a
brief visit to the steel works at Pu-
eblo and also visited the coal proper
ties of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company at Trinidad.
A small dog insisted on riding with
his drunk and disorderly master to the
city Jail in Denver few days ago,
jumping into the patrol wagon after 1t
was in motion, despite the policeman
in charge.
Acting Postmaster General Wynne
has authorized the postmaster at tort
Collins to increase the wages of three
clerks in his office July lst; one from
$500 to 5000: one from 5000 to 500, and
one from 5000 to $500.
Reports of the recent municipal cleo
tions show: Delta, high license; Gun
nison. Citizens liberal ticket; Golden.
Republican; Redcliff. non-partisan;
Fort Collins. high license mayor; AS
pen, Citizens ticket; Glenwood, Citi-
zens' ticket.
Anthony Bott has offered a free site
for the $4,000 public library building
to be built by Andrew Carnegie in Col
orado City. The site is on the south
side of the city. Other offers will be re-
ceived by the City Council before ac-
cepting.
Forty survivors of the battle of Shi-
loh are now living in Denver. They
held meeting on Sunday, April 9th,
the forty-first anniversary OF the bat
tie, and took measures to form a per-
manent organization, S. NJ. French be-
ing secretary.
Six girls. ranging in age from thlr-
teen to eighteen years, were before the
Police Court in Pueblo. April list, on
Of oh
fessed that for several months they
had been taking dry goods from the
large stores in the city.
A change of venue to Grand county
was granted by Judge Carpenter at
Denver in the injunction suit brought
by the New Century Light and Power
Company against the Denver, North
western & Pacific railway, for the pos
session of Gore canon.
The report of the national commits
sioner of education for 1901 shows that
the average number of days in the
school year in Colorado is 1fS as
against an average of III in New Eng
land and the Middle Atlantic states,
and 165 in California.
At Trinidad, Judge J. G. Northcutt
has handed down decision in the case
of the People versus Walter G. Moss,
manager of the Trinidad Opera house,
in which he sustains the defendant,
and holds that the law against Sunday
theaters is unconstitutional.
George Norris, the colored man who
took the money from the safe at the
Denver Club, was sentenced on the 3lst
ult. by Judge Mullins to serve from
one to four years in the penitentiary.
Thomas Harris, also colored, was dis
missed for turning states evidence.
Willis Sweet, who was resident of
Denver in 1879 and became well known
at Leadville and other parts of the
state, has been named by Senator Hey
burn of Idaho. who was requested by