The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-17
STATE NEWS ITEMS

ated to conduct a vaudeville theater
at Greeley.
1t IS stated that Mayor Speer is plan
ming for municipal news weekly in
Denver to contain reports of the va
rious departments of the city govern
ment.
Tho Grand Junction city council has
by unanimous vote instructed the chief
of police TO wipe out every house Of
ill-fame within the city and see that
they remain closed.
The Denver school board has called "a
special election to be held on January
18th for the purpose of voting on a
bond issue of 100000 to provide for
the erection of new schools.
On. the night of the Sth inst. fire
destroyed the shaft house and build
ings OF the Mesa Mining & Milling
Company at Unaweep. entailing loss
of $4,000. There was no insurance.
Another 5 per cent. dividend has
been declared by Richard II. Malone,
receiver of the defunct Fidelity Saw
ings Association of Denver. This divi-
dend means the disbursing of Sal. 900.
anu makes total of 40 per cent. paid
to depositors.
Railway mail service to Walden,
Colo. from Laramie, Wyo., will soon be
turned over TO Laramie. Hahn's Peak
u Pacific railway. going by train to
within thirty-five miles of Walden and
then by star route. AT present seventy
miles is covered by stage.
The scientific students and members
OF the University Scientific Society
of the State University are cooperat-
ing with the office OF state dairy COM
missioner for the purpose of purifying
the milk and milk products which
are produced in Boulder county.
Calvin Phillips. who killed his faith
er-in-law. George Banbridge. July 4th.
and who was found guilty OF murder In
the second degree. was sentenced by
Judge Garrigues in the District Court
st Greeley on the 9th inst. to not less
than 10 nor more than Is years in the
penitentiary.
There is still talk at Fort Collins OF
Secretary OF Agriculture James Wilson
becoming president of Colorado Agri-
cultural college. While II has not been
definitely decided who will succeed DR..
h. o. Aylesworth. and probably will not
for several weeks. there are rumors
that MIR. Wilson will be chosen.
At Cripple Creek on the 9Th inst
Charles Hathaway. head timberman
at the Vindicator main shaft, was
drawn into the shave wheel at the
head Of the gallows frame and seri-
Id. L.. - hA
Cripple Creek District Pioneers Asso-
citation.
Weld county claims to lead the
state IN the increase of votes cast at
the last election. In 1906 the county
cast 500 votes. and this year 10.7O0.
Estimating from the vote OF two years
ago. Weld county people claim that
the population was then 10000 in that
county. and according to the vote
this year. 3S 900.
Work on the Riverside reservoir in
Larimer county has been completed
and 525 cubic feet OF water a second
is now being run into this. the largest
reservoir in the county. The Riverside
Irrigation Company has completed I'll
ings on the reservoir site of Wildcat
creek and will commence construction
as soon as possible.
Mayor Speer Of Denver Is said to be
consulting with railroad authorities
with view to having the railroads
running into the city cultivate every
waste spot OF ground, grow grass. plant
trees and shrubs and have high walls
OF shrubbery running along the outer
edges OF the tracks from the city lin
its close into the depot. and to have
the depot itself a beauty spot.
At Cripple Creek Tuesday William
Campicn, a brother of Andy J. Cam
pion. n commission man of Denver. sa
down In a chair in the lobby OF the Ma
tionai hotel and went to sleep. A few
minutes later a porter discovered tina
Camp!on was dead. The coroner's au
topsy disclosed the fact that death wa,
Campion was butcher, thirty-fou
years cid. He leaves a widow.
At a meeting of Pueblo business
men Tuesday night $1,000 in stool
subscriptions were pledged from
Pueblo to the KansasColorado Rail
,oad Company. The meeting was en-
thusiastic and several thousand dollar
of stock were subscribed by those pres
ont. The road proposes to erect a hand
some hotel station and office buildin,
in Pueblo and the money raised II
the city will be applied to that struc
ture.
Colorado Springs will establish |
precedent in the West by segregatin,
the seyes in the public schools. Be
ginning February l. 1909. the boy
will b. separated from the girls IL
recitation classes in the high schools
as an experiment. and II the result
are saIisfactnrx the idea will be car