The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-28
COLORADO BRIEFS

drank heavily mineralized water. They
were all taking gold cure.
A new ordinance in Denver requires
the owner of an automobile to take
out Il license and display the number
of the vehicle in large figures
Plans are being perfected to reor-
ganize the Denver Gas and Electric
Company and take it out of the hands
of the receiver. A stockholders meet
ing will be held May 18th.
A colonization scheme is being
planned in Pueblo by c. G. Nikirk,
city agent for the Santa Fe railroad,
and others, by which 100 Swedish fam
lilies will be placed on farms in Pueblo
county.
During her recent visit to Denver.
Mrs Ella Wheeler Wilcox, the poet and
newspaper writer, was given recep-
tion at the Woman's Club Building by
the ladies of the Denver Women's
Press Club.
The board of directors of the Fesu-
val of Mountain and Plain has an
nounced that no festival Will be held
this year. A committee has been ap-
pointed to arrange for great mid
summer festival in 1904.
The land office at Washington has
confirmed the transfer of the Denver
Pacific railroad land grant in Colo
RADIO to the Union Pacific. The amount
involved is about 5000 acres. The
transfer was made at the Hugo oihce'
Johu X Shireman was elected secre-
tary of the Colorado State Fair Associ-
alton at a meeting of the directors at
Pueblo April 18th. He succeeds
Charles A. Galloway, who becomes
Of ha Amusement
Company.
Mrs Hearon, president of the board
of managers of the Colorado Cottage
Home in Denver, an asylum for unfor-
tunate and erring girls. which has re-
Gently been closed, announces that the
institution has only temporarily sus-
pended operations.
The George W. Cook drum corps of
Denver has changed its title 20 the
Cook band. 1t is now seventy strong
and is equipped as full military band
and drum corps The band will have
a conspicuous place in the coming ded-
ication services of the Worlds Fair
site at st. Louis.
Mayors and trustees of the suburban
towns surrounding Denver met at the
St James hotel April goth and decided
by vote of twenty-one to five TO resist
annexation until the Supreme Court de-
c.des the territorial limitations of the
city and county of Denver. Globeville
voted to come into the city.
The Denver & Rio Grande railroad
has selected the engineer who shall
pull the Roosevelt special over its line.
Engineer Rice has been selected to
bring the trains from Denver to Pueblo
with his engine, No. 731. From Gu
chara Junction to Trinidad b. j. Syl-
vester with engine No. 623. will have
charge of the train.
The Denver, Northwestern and Pa
cific Railroad Company (Moffat road)
has secured an injunction from Judge
De Frances court at Golden restrain
ing the New Century Light and Power
Company from doing any further work
on their reservoir site in Gore canon
which will in any way interfere with
the right of way OF the railroad.
Colorado Springs was visited by a
terrific wind storm Saturday, April
18th. At times the wind. which blew
straight from Pixies Peak. had We
locity of fifty miles an hour. Trains
were delayed and the cog road to the
summit of Pixies Peak was again
blocked by snowdrifts. At Windy
Point the train came near being blown
off the track.
Congressman Brooks has received
word from the Agricultural Depart
ment at Washington that Professor a.
B. Waite. the specialist of the bureau
who recently Investigated the pear
blight in this state, will accept the in
vitation to attend the convention of
the State Horticultural Society in the
fall and give a demonstration OF aow
to treat the blight.
The land under the Gunnison tunnel
set aside by the order from Washington
embraces the land lying on the east
side of the Uncompahgre river. begin
ming at point about four miles east
and twelve miles south of the town OF
Montrose and continuing north, fol-
lowing the contour of the mountain un-
til the Gunnison river is reached,
probable distance of about thirty miles.
The plans for the monster reservoir
to be built in the vicinity of Fort Lup-
ton were filed with the state engineer
April 22nd by the Fulton Irrigation
Company The reservoir is to contain
1856, ,727 900 cubic feet of water and the
basin will be supplied from the Platte
through the Fulton ditch. The presi-
dent of the company is Emil j. Rieth-
mann Emmett Bromley is secretary
and the engineer is d. l.. Thompson.
Samuel w. Jones, representative in
| the Fourteenth General Assembly from
| Summit county, died at st. Anthony's
hospital in Denver April 21st of con-
sumption. Mr.. .ones was in Denver
| last winter to attend the sessions of
| the Legislature, but was unable to be
president after the first few meetings
He was practically carried into the
House chamber to cast his vote for
| United States senator. but after the
senatorial fight was settled he did not