The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-27
COLORADO news

The Prohibitionists of Ell Paso coun.
ty will place full ticket in the field
this fall.
Pumpkin Pie Day at Longmont on
Thursday. the, 18th was a great success.
The attendance was larger than ever
before.
The semi-annual meeting of the Col
orado Osteopathic Association VIII
convene at Colorado Springs. Friday
and Saturday. August 2sth and 29th-
A committee of Pueblo business men.
after investigation, has reported favor
ably on the Allison Tennessee Pass
water project as source OF water sup
ply for the city.
The Colorado City council has passed
the ordinance requiring all saloon-
keepers to remove screens from in
front of the bars, and to keep the win
dows transparent
Because of indiscriminate shooting by
dove hunters about Florence, farmers
are placarding their premises against
hunting. Several cattle have been
killed by the hunters.
State Dairy Commissioner B. G. ID.
Bishopp Is preparing to file charges
with District Attorney Stidger at Den
yer against more than twenty peddlers
for selling unbranded oleomargarine.
James p. Grant, a graduate OF the
University OF Colorado last year. has
been appointed teacher of physics at
Foo Chow, China. He has left Boui-
der for California and will sail for
China in few weeks.
Colorado Springs club women will
tender a luncheon In the Antlers hotel
next month to the officers and mem
bers OF the executive board OF the Ma
tional Federation OF Women's clubs,
who will meet at Colorado Springs
September sth to 11th. inclusive.
1t is exactly 16.4oo PAGES from the
summit of Pixies Peak to the depot OF
the cog road, In Manitou, according to
a careful count made by Prof. X. Nc
Kay of Sanbury. o.. who recently
walked down the peak. The number
from the summit to the Half Way
house is 11,675.
The two-year-old boy Of Eugenio Vas
-quez, residing eight miles south OF
Trinidad. was bitten by a rattlesnake
few days ago while playing In the
yard. The mother saw the snake. but
gave her attention to the child. tied a
handkerchief around the boys leg
above the wound to stop circulation
and hastened with him to town.
BY far the most ambitious effort TO
water a large area by underground
streams will be that made by J. c.
Dodd of Grover, In Weld county. He
will sink well twenty feet In diameter
on his land. which will pierce de-
preston where the water boils up from
an underground stream. With pump
he expects to draw sufficient water TO
irrigate 420 acres.
Announcement is made by State
President George b. Lang. OF the Colo
RADIO Farmers Educational Cooper
ative union that the semiannual meet
ing OF the organization Till be held at
Pueblo during the week OF the state
fair. the meeting starting September
14th and continuing over farmers ana
union day. which has been set for
Wednesday. September 10th.
Pure Food Commissioner Cannon has
received notice that the Department of
Agriculture at Washington has de-
cided to allow state food commission
ers to aid in enforcing the national food
laws In their respective states by act
ing as federal inspectors with power
to collect and analyze samples and re-
port violations OF the law to the resi-
dent United States district attorney.
Since the resignation of John r.
Myers as manager of the Colorado work.
shop for the blind in Denver. Foreman
l.. c. johnson OF the broom depart
ment and his assistants have been run
ming the factory of the school. COM
mittee has been appointed to name
manager and is looking for the right
man. Meantime. everything Is re-
ported to be running smoothly.
The annual rifle matches Of the Col
orado State Rifle Association will be
held Sept. 10th and 11th at the state
rifle range near Golden. A number OF
prizes have been offered to competi-
tors and special merchants prizes
which have been offered to induce the
store keepers to enter the matches are
among the trophies. Pistol and rifle
matches will be held by the Colorado
national guard Sept. 18th and 18th at
the same range.
At Boulder on the 18th inst. an or
der was issued in the County Court
permitting the distribution OF $4,000
to the legatees Of the Macky estate.
conditioned that they waive all right
to contest the legacy of $4,000 be-
Queathed the city or county for hos
pital for sick and INDECENT widows and
orphans. Notice was given that the
attorney general would appear to ask
for a partial distribution Of the be-
quest to the state university for an
auditorium building.
one-half fare rates from Denver. Gree
ley and intermediate points to the
northern Colorado State Fair and Race