The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-06-04
COLORADO NEWS
A camp of Spanish War Veterans is


Hermann Pfeiffer. a former Denver
| fireman, has inherited one-siNth of
$1,000,0O0 estate in Germany.
The Elks' club at Canon City has
| signed an agreement to quit the sale of
liquor to its members or others pend
ing decision by the state Supreme
| Court.
Harry Dowell OF Greeley. formerly
of the Victor schools. has a SNOWFALL
bush in his yard upon which three
fourths OF the blossoms are bright
scarlet.
One year in the penitentiary for
! stealing chickens was the sentence
| given to ii. p. Walker, a negro, in Dis
trict Court at Leadville. He pleaded
guilty.
Company C OF Ault is preparing
to send a rifle team to the state en-
campment at Golden next July. The
team will consist OF eight men under
Lieutenant Swone.
The Ohio association of Boulder is
making preparations to give the Ohio
delegates to the Democratic National
Convention a great outing after that
convention adjourns.
The Rev. ]. Thomas Grove. for ten
years rector of ST. Luke's Episcopal
church at Fort Collins has resigned to
take effect July LIST. He will accept a
West Virginia pastorate.
The Pioneers Society of Colorado
| and the Sons of Colorado are consider
ing a proposition to purchase the
Chamber of Commerce building in
Denver as permanent headquarters.
Six Greeley Business men. happy
over the rain of Saturday and Sunday,
have computed that the fall, which
was 2.75 inches In the Greeley dis
trict. means that each acre received
315 tons OF water.
The Fruit Belt Power Company. an
auxiliary of the Central Colorado Pow
er Company. has announced that work
will be started on the Grand juno
ton street car system about October
list.
The school board OF district No. ],
Pueblo. will employ physical director
to conduct athletics. 1t has arranged
for an athletic field in one OF the
parks and for the use of the Mineral
Palace.
Preston Smith. known as the cham
pion broncho buster OF Middle Park.
was almost instantly killed May 23rd,
while breaking broncho on Trouble
some ranch, few miles from Sulphur
| Springs.
Walter f. DAILY. chief OF the Colora-
do department OF the naturalization bu-
reau. has left Denver TO make tour
of the courts In Nebraska, Utah and
Colorado TO attend hearings in the nat
uralization cases.
Florence people will make n Tag
Day OF the Fourth OF July. when
big celebration will be held by the Bus
mess Mems Association for the benefit
OF the public library. They VIII try to
tag and tax everybody.
The tri-county fair board held meet
ing at Aspen and elected w. S. Cope
land president and Charles DALEY sec
retary. 1t was decided to have straw
berry shortcake day, probably to be
/ held June goth.
The general announcement of the
eleventh annual assembly of the Colo
RADIO Chautauqua Association. to be
held at Boulder July 4th to August
14th. has just been issued. II Is
book of forty-iour pages.
The new Carnegie library at Lamar
was dedicated Sunday. the twenty-sec-
ond anniversary OF the founding of the
city. The library is n beautiful struc-
ture of white pressed brick, and stands
in the center OF the City park.
For the first time In the history of
the town Lyons now has a Sunday
mail. Though the efforts of the Lyons
Commercial Association n star route
from Longmont via Hygiene was estab-
lished by the Postoiiice department.
Joe Cozzi. n fifteen-year-old italian
boy of Aguilar. has been sentenced to
term in the state reformatory at
Buena Vista. He was the leader OF an
organized gang Of boy thieves.
DIR. Victor C. Anderson. president Of
the Colorado School OF Mines. has
started on his European tour OF inspec-
tion. accompanied by Mrs. Anderson.
Dr. Anderson will study methods in
vogue in mining school of the old
world.
Denver will soon have a camp-meet-
| ing ground on which there will be
tabernacle. cottages and space for
tents. The members OF the Denver
Methodist Camp Meeting Association.
the officers and trustees were chosen
for which the officers and trustees
were chosen at a meeting of the Meth
odist ministers will be the. promoters
of the project
The United OIL Company at Florence
has just started another oil we'll to
pumping. IL Is S,OOO -leet ueep anu
there is 900 feet of oil in the hole.
| The well is expected to maintain
production CT seventy-tive barrels a
| day. This company has had remark
able success with its drilling ventures
| in the last few months, more wells
having been brought in than in year
previously.
Governor Puchtel has granted re-
| ouisition m the yoyernOr of Michigan
for the return of S. w. Morris, alias
Krank Shercliffe, alias Kid Mccoy.
alias Kid Burke, who is wanted III
| Ieadyilla for q murder committed fiji.