The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-06-30
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Among the graduates at Wellesley
college June 23d were Blanche Fay
Emmons OF Denver and Mignon Baker
of Canon City.
In dispute over water rights at
Denver June oath Henry c. Wilde was
shot and killed by Oscar r. Ratciffe.
who is a water policeman. Ratcliffe
was arrested and placed in jail.
The Denver park board decided to
employ the First Regiment band. un-
der the direction of Albert Siggel, for
a series of concerts at City park.
Twenty men will be in the band.
Dr.. and Mrs, w. A. Bell have con-
tributed $4,000 to st. Andrews Epis-
copal church in Manitou. on condition
that the church raise $4,000 additional.
"A new church will be built with the
money.
The secretary of the interior on June
22nd issued two permits to Craze 205
cattle on Pixies Peak reserve during
the coming season, and permit to
John Ansler TO Craze forty in San lsa-
belle reserve.
The Minnequa steel plant at Pueblo
paid its May wages few days ago.
amounting to $324,000. This is, by
$l4 900. the largest pay roll in the his
tory of the institution. About $500
men are employed.
Martin Condor, superintendent of
the Penn mines on Reece hill at Lead
Vile, was instantly killed by stroke
of lightning on June goth. Condor was
forty years old and one of the pioneers
of the camp. He leaves a wife and
three children.
Major w. 5. Peck. prominent citi-
zen of Boulder, school director, mem
Der of the Masonic order, knights OF
pythias and G., "A. r., died. June 22d,
at the age OF sixty-four years OF can
Ger. He served during the civil war in
the Third Wisconsin infantry.
Frank Neville recently killed a 200
pound cinnamon bear while out riding
twelve miles west of Loyeland. using
32-caliber revolver. He fired several
shots while The bear was running and
when it turned 10 fight put bullet
through its heart.
Mayor JohE y. Donovan OF Long
mont having resigned his Office, the
city council met and elected S. c. Nor
gan to fill the vacancy Mr.. Morgan
was the Prohibition candidate for
mayor at the late election and lied with
/ Mr.. Donovan in the number of votes.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany will receive the larger part of
the order for 100 900 tons of steel rails
which is about to be placed by Il. II.
Hartman They will cost about 81
500. 600 and are for use on the Southern
Pacific and Union Pacific during the
coming year.
AT a meeting of Victor camp No $40.
Woodmen of the World. an assessment
of so cents was levied on each member
of the lodge for the benefit of the
Heppner. Oregon. flood sufferers. The
Woodmen order has been contributing
largely to the flood sufferers in various
parts OF the country.
w. X Coughlin, son of General SUI
rerintendent Coughlin of the Denver
and Rio Grande railroad. fell from a
freight train on the morning of jane
2ith and was instantly killed. He was
but twenty years of age and had start
ed in to learn the railroad business.
The accident occurred near Dresden.
Strawberry Day was deliberately eel
ebrated on Saturday. June goth. at
Glenwood Springs. it being estimated
that nearly 5000 visitors were present
Music was furnished by bands from
Aspen, Leadville and Redstone. Wis
itors were treated to abundance of
strawberries and free plunge in the
big swimming pool
Patterson Bros. structural iron con
tractors. have begun the construction
of the new c. T. & l. spike mill at
Pueblo. This building will be 100x1S6
feet and when completed will furnish
room for four self-feeding spike ma
chimes. which will give a capacity of
~ 900 kegs OF spikes or $4,000 pounds
each twenty-four hours.
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: +. Y. Herbert of
| Denver. secretary; H. w. Bates OF
Denver secretary; William Smedley of
Denver treasurer. Next years meet
ing will be in Colorado Springs.
Judge Lindsey in the juvenile court.
at Denver, announced recently that he
has from seventy-tive to one hundred
Jobs" for boys who are in the court
under probation. ALI of the positions
will be filled as soon as the juveniles
can be gotten together. The places are
offered by the sugar beet growers be
| tween Loveland. Fort Collins and
| Greeley.
The Denver Tramway Company has
announced pension system which
provides that employees reaching the
age of seventy years, who have been in
the employ of the company for twen-
ty-fve years shall be retired on part
pay Employees between sixty-five and
| sixty-nine years who have served the
same length of time may be retired for
physical debility.
Felix Cronk. prisoner in the coun-
ty Jail at Glenwood Springs, commit
ted suicide by taking morphine on the
night of June 10Th. dying the next
evening He was brought to the Jail
for safe keeping from Rio Blanco coun-
ty where he had killed man named