The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-24
COLORADO NEWS


ated by the town. drawing its water
from large springs.
short distance west OF Fort Nor
gan a Union Pacific train ran into
herd of about 1875 antelope. a few days
since. killing two OF them.
Invitations have been issued by the
University of Colorado for a confer
ence of principals and superintendents
OF high schools OF the state at Boulder
Jan. LIST and End.
The taxpayers of Denver on January
18th will vote on the question OF is
suing about Sl.000.000 OF school bonds
for the erection of new school build
ings. repairs and additions.
On January 2Sth Leadville will cele-
brate its thirtieth anniversary by a
"home coming" OF Leadville pioneers.
There will be high old times''-about
two miles high.
The thirty eighth annual session OF
the Colorado State Teachers Associa-
ton will be held in the East Side high
school at Denver. Dec. 2sth. goth. Both
and 31st
The Colorado Telephone Company
has decided to expend between $780,
900 and 100000 for improvements and
extensions in Denver and throughout
Colorado and New Mexico.
Manager A. b. Hulit OF the Kansas.
Colorado Power and Transmission
Company. expects the road to be COM
pleted from Pueblo to the top of the
Royal Gorge by May LIST next.
A snowslide at the Tom Moore MINI
at Eureka. San Jaun county. on the
afternoon OF the 10th inst. killed VIII
liam Mondell. foreman. aged fifty-five,
and destroyed the large mine boarding
house.
The Few sewer system at Fort Nor
about 100000. Work has been going
on for four months and sixteen miles
OF pipe have been laid. This covers
the entire town and all additions.
Colorado College is planning a sum
mer school of surveying to be con
Quoted In Manitou park every June. as
part of the work Of mining and civil
engineering II will cost $4,000. OF
which 81 900 has already been donated
by Denver man.
Stephen n. Bennett. pioneer
nearly eighty-three years old. and
brother-in-law OF ex-lsieut. Gov.
Brush. died at Greeley on the 10th
inst. OF disease incident to old age. Mr..
Bennett came to Greeley over thirty
years ago.
John +. Godding. late president OF
the State Bank OF Rocky Ford. con
victcd OF receiving deposits after the
bank was insolvent and sentenced to
eight TO ten years in the penitentiary
at Canon City. was received into that
institution on the 18th inst.
The Grand Junction Railway Com
pany will advertise at once for bids
for the construction OF the terminal
stations. plans OF which were recently
decided upon. Ties and other equip
ment for the construction OF the road
will begin to arrive, soon after the
first OF the year.
The new town OF kuner. nine miles
east OF Greeley. has notified c. s. Nor
ey, president OF the Great Western
Sugar Company. that 1t will donate
eighty acres for building and furnish
water II he will establish sugar fac
tory there kuner town has a large
cultivated area tributary to It,
The tax list for 1908 shows that
there are 10000 taxpayers in Weld
county. against 1921 last year. or
these. at least 5000 pay on real estate.
More than ninety-eight per cent. of the
taxes for 1907 are paid. and the amount
for which property will be sold for de-
linquent taxes will not exceed $4,000.
Tho affairs OF the Colorado State
Bank Of Durango are now said to be
practicall. settled. b. n. Freeman,
president of the bank. and his asso-
ciates have turned over to the receiver
cash end securities to the amount OF
S115, 900 in purchase OF the bank assets.
which in addition to the cash collected
by the receiver. is sufficient to pay the
total liabilities OF the bank, which at
the time of suspension were $350,000.
The Denver Reservoir Irrigation
Company has Just let contract for the
completion of the Stanley Lake dam.
one OF the chief works OF the project,
five niles north of the city limits OF
Denve" Kenefick & Quigley. OF Kan
sas City. have undertaken the work
for $i.t'. 900. To date on dams. canals
and tunnels for the system. the irriga-
ton c ,mpany has let contracts calling
for an expen iiture of about 81, ,G20, 900.
The Colorado Museum Of Natural
History, situated in the City Park. at
Denver, has received most valuable
gift from Mr.. Henry NJ. Porter OF this
city consisting of what is known as
the Mary Kimball Pratt" collection
of fossils, Indian relics, minerals.