The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-12-31
STATE NEWS ITEMS


Gen. w. J. Palmer of Colorado
Springs is reported to be improving in
| health.
At the starch factory in Greeley, b.
d. Fisher fell head first into a big
vat of ice-cold potato juice and mar
rowly escaped drowning.
The Fort Morgan City Council or
dered the water commissioner to flood
a portion of the park in the center of
the town for the use of children for
skating during the holidays.
The Rogers Canning Company of
Rogers, Ark, has offered to establish
canning factory at Fort Morgan. II
the farmers will plant 1000 acres of
vegetables suitable for canning. the
city to donate a site of two or three
acres and give a bonus of $4,000.
At mass meeting at Pierce under
the auspices of the Commercial Club
the proposition of the officers OF the
Burlington Interurban Railway Com
pany to build into Pierce on condition
that $4,000 worth of stock be sub
scribed for and terminal sites provided
was accepted.
oWiuS W tut Idpiu luiihihS put VI
young pine trees on the government
forest reserve during the past few
years, orders have been issued to the
rangers in the Colorado district to pro-
hibit the cutting of Christmas trees
except where n necessity exists for
the thinning of clumps.
II the Indian school at Fort lewis
near Durango is discontinued by the
government an effort will be made to
secure the site and building for the
use of some state institution. There
are dozen buildings and 6.C00 acres
of land part of which is underlaid
by coal.
Herbert T. Herr. who. some time ago
went from a superintendency on the
Denver & Rio Grande railway to the
Westinghouse company in Pittsburg.
has been promoted to general manager
OF the entire mechanical engineering
department of the Westinghouse con
cern. Mr. Herr anG his wife, who was
Irene Viancourt. are both graduates
OF the East Denver high school.
The United States Sugar and Land
Company OF Colorado Springs. with ex-
tensive properties Mt Garden City. Kan
sas. will Issue 81 100000 In bonds for
the purpose OF onla.s ing the scope OF
its operations. Charles Hayden OF the
Boston firm OF Hayden. Stone & Co.
is n director OF the Sugar and Land
corporation. together with c. NJ. Mac
Nell and Spencer Penrose OF Colorado
Springs.
tc hA hf0haGf
ter section OF land in the United States
ever located as a homestead. and
which has been the subject OF much le
gal controversy. may again come up
In the courts as n result OF the as
signing by DR. A. G. Lewis OF Mani
tou to the Colorado City realty firm
OF Kinsman a Wolff OF his claim to
the I6O acres OF land on the summit OF
Pixies peak.
Grandma" Pctrie. said to be the
Oldest resident Of Mesa county and one
of the oldest women in the state, died
ut Grand Junction on the 18th inst. at
the age OF ninety seven. A week before,
she fell and sustained broken hip.
This injury. together with old age. was
the cause OF her death. She was a ma
tive OF Syracuse. n. Y, and came to
Grand Junction in 1888. living with her
son. Charles II. Pctrie.
The following officers were chosen
by the Colorado Scientific Society ut
its meeting in Denver on the 10Th
inst: Franklin Guiterman. president;
ID. w. Brunton, first vice president;
Charles w. Comstock, second vice
lob
retary; John w. Richards, treasurer.
w. F. Mills and George l.. Cannon
were chosen to serve on the executive
committee.
Senator Tully Scott OF Cripple
Creek is preparing a bill which he will
present in the next Legislature by
which 1t is provided that all state penal
and charitable institutions shall be
placed under one board. The bill ad-
vocates that the board be non-partisan,
subject to the appointment Of the gov
ernor and to consist of three members,
being modelled after the law In Mime
sofa.
A telegram from Senator Guggen-
helm states that the government has
selected as a site for the postoffice
building for Greeley. the corner OF
Eighth avenue and Eighth street. COM
monty called the Currier corner. Con-
gress provided $4,000 for the site.
and business men pledged an amount
sufficient to meet the difference be-
tween $4,000 and the price asked for
the site, probably $4,000.
1t is said that the automobile own
ers of Colorado Springs have prom
ised to contribute $4,000 toward the
proposed boulevard from Colorado
Springs to Canon City, provided the
road is extended to the Royal Gorge.
This ic in line with the resolution