The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-11-26
COLORADO ITEMS


The Northern Colorado Poultry AS
ISOLATION will hold its annual show De-
cember 14th to 18th at Boulder.
The Woodmen of the World will In
vest a considerable amount in the mu-
nicipal bonds of Boulder, La Junta
Greeley and Fort Collins.
There are thirty-one prisoners in
the Weld county jail at Greeley. the
most in the history OF the institution;
and three of the number are women.
The United OH Company at Flor
ence has just struck a fine producer,
the oil standing 2.22l feet in the well
and giving promise OF a big output.
The Burlington Interurban Railroad
Company officially announces that
within the next month 1t will begin
grading for its road from Hudson to
Greeley.
BY vote of .S23 to 596, every pre-
cinct in Mesa county outside OF Grand
Junction affirmatively answered the
question. Shall this district become
anti-saloon territory"
Reports from the mountains west OF
Boulder indicate that already this year
more snow has fallen on the upper
ranges than during the entire winter
season of last year.
Plans for handsome hotel in the
central part OF Pueblo's business dis
trict are under consideration by A. B.
Hulit general contractor for the
Kansas. colorado Railroad Company
and his associates.
Plans have been perfected at Den
yer for the revival services to be held
at the auditorium during the first two
weeks in March and to be conducted
by the famous evangelist, Gypsy
Smith of London. England.
AT a meeting OF all attorneys in the
county. the Morgan County Bar Asso-
citation WAS organized. with l.. C. Ste
phenson. president: c. c. Rickle. vice
president: Irving Van Bradt. secre-
tary. and F. E. Pendell treasurer.
Superintendent Casey Of the Boul-
der schools has Issued an order to
teachers not to assign home work FOR
the children in grades five and six to
exceed thirty minutes. and In grades
seven and eight not TO exceed sixty
minutes.
The total tax levy on property own
ers OF Grand Junction the coming yeas
will amount to SIS mills. The mu-
nicipal and school taxes are each 20
mills. county tax IFS mills. n slight de
crease over last year. while the city
tax shows a small increase.
The Montrose Commercial Associa-
tion is taking steps towards inducing
the land owners Of the Uncompahgre
valley to sign the new contracts with
the government for the completion OF
the Gunnison tunnel at an additional
cost Of about $40 an acre from the orig
inal estimates by the government.
December 5th is the date set for the
meeting at Grand Junction of the
Grand Valley Water Users Associa-
tion to vote on ratifying the contract
made with the government for the con
struction of the Highline canal. All
members of the association will be al
lowed to vote according to the land
they hold.
In the United States Court at Den
yer Thomas A. Mostyn of Ouray was
found guilty of Illegally fencing pub
lie land and fined $50 by Judge Lewis.
John Schwend. indicted Jointly with
Mostyn last May, was discharged. The
two men are wealthy cattle dealers
and have large herds in the Pleasant
valley country in western Colorado.
At chapel exercises at the Colorado
college in Colorado Springs $1.010 WAS
raised in fifteen minutes among the
faculty and students. with which to
send Harry +. Ewing. formerly a stu
dent at the institution and secretary
of the college Y. NJ. C. A.. to the for
eign missionary field He will go to
Japan and Korea and will probably re
main there permanently at the expense
of Colorado college students.
At meeting of the Interdenomina
tional Missionary Society OF Pueblo. a
which nineteen Protestant churches
were represented, II was decided to be
gin active work among the foreign ele
ment in the hopes OF Americanizinl
them as fast as possible. 1t was ar
ranged to open a day nursery and 6
night school for boys and girls. Moth
ers' clubs will be organized and every
effort will be made to get the foreign
ers interested in local subjects.
N B. Hames and other prominent
citizens of Colorado Springs and Colo
RADIO City are organizing a Good Roads
club. to be composed of prominent bus
iness men of Colorado Springs, Colo
RADIO City and Manitou. for the purpose
of influencing appropriations to built
a state road from the eastern bound
aries OF Colorado through Colorado
Springs. Ute Pass, Teller. Park ant
Lake counties, to connect with Senate
Taylor's Grand Valley state road
which leads to the western hOundarie.