The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-30
COLORADO NEWS

The postofice at Heathton, Fremont
county, will be discontinued May 18th.
The Rockvale coal mine near Flor
ence on April 22d produced its record
tonnage 1,025 tons. The previous rec
ord was 1000 tons.
The directors of the McClelland Or
phanage and the Ministerial associa-
ton at Pueblo have decided upon the
erection of an addition to the orphan
age equal in size to the present build
ing 1t will cost 100000.
The forest service has announced
the following appointments in Colorado
reserves: Charley c. White. forest
guard, Wet Mountain reserve; George
Fleischman, assistant forest ranger.
San Juan reserve; Thomas w. Rob
bins, assistant forest ranger, Holy
Cross reserve.
Mayor Speer of Denver has appoint
ed the following prominent charity
workers to represent the city OF Den
yer at the national conference OF
charities and correction, which is to
meet at Richmond. Va. May 6 to
13, 1908: MIR. James II. Pershing. Rev.
DR.. W. s. Friedman. Mrs. S. Izetta
George, and Mr.. f. l.. Scholtz.
u. r. faTIet VI 1olueu, OWbcI Vi
what is said to be the finest nerd of
Jersey cattle In the world, including a
Jersey COW which holds the worlds
milking and butter record. discovered a
few days ago another record-breaker in
his herd. This Is a calf which yields
two pints Of milk day. There is said
to bo only one other authentic case ON
record In the United States.
Andrew McClelland. founder OF the
McClelland orphanage at Pueblo. has
just donated twenty lots to that insti-
tuition. which are to be sold, the pro-
ceeds to be used to build an addition
to the building. The plan Is to take
up a general subscription and 1t Is ex-
pected that enough money will be
raised altogether to double the ca
pacity of the present building.
The following patents have been Is
sued to Colorado inventors: Nj. L..
Brewer and l.. b. Miller. Denver, burial
vault; F. Garfield. Denver, can opener
NJ. s. Chenoweth, Denver. device for at
taching handles to doors. F. G. Goff.
Denver. treating animals: w. A. Hen
dry, Denver. filtering apparatus q.
II. Phelps. Downer. manuscript holder:
E. A. Smith. Loveland. beet puller.
Following the coroner's inquest at
Trinidad which inquired into the death
Of Joe Maniscolo. who was found In
shallow grave In a lonely canon near
Hastings recently with a bullet hole in
his head. Ave Italians were arrested
They are S. Cimino. Joe G!aigoso' no
sario Dispense. Vincenzo provence
and Guiseppa Bua. The latter Is
woman and claims to have been the
common law wife OF the deceased. The
Jury returned a verdict that Maniscolo
was murdered at the hands OF parties
unknown to them.
Cyrus NJ. Curtis of Littleton and his
brother. Rodney Curtis of Denver. re-
Gently commemorated the forty-eighth
anniversary OF their arrival In Denver
The city then had less than 5000 In
habitauts, most of them living In log
houses, prairie schooners. or tents
The business portion OF the city was
then at Auraria. on the west side OF
Clear creek. near It's mouth. Horses
were comparatively rare and all haul
ing WAS done by OK team The oniN
paper was the Rocky Mountain News,
published weekly on brown paper by
Byers 4 DALEY.
The Colorado Manufact cturers' Associ-
alton has completed plans for Its semi
annual trade excursion. which Will be
given May 5th. 9Th and 7th. and Will
include many Of the principal towns In
northern Colorado. The party VIII
leave Denver at 3 o'clock on the morn
ing OF May 5th in special Pullman
train over the Union Pacific. They
will spend the first night at Greeley
and the second at Longmont. return
Ing to Denver at o'clock on the even
ing OF the third day. Special enter
tainment has been provided for them
at points along the route.
Work has been commenced on the
California park irrigation project for
the reclamation OF 100000 acres OF land
north OF Craig. including about 10000
acres of the Craig gold placers. The
Great Northern Irrigation and Power
Company is back of this project. the
money coming from eastern and
Denver capitalists. j. X. Fitzpatrick
is experimenting the construction,
and states that with the force to be
put to work the canal will be com
pleted this season to cover some
5000 or 10000 acres subject to home
steading or entry as desert claims.
In the United States District Court
at Denver Harry Hokasona. Japanese
labor contractor has been awarded
Judgment for $9.415.1S against the city
Of Trinidad for excavation done by MIN
in connection with the recent exten-
sion of the Trinidad water mains. Ho-
kasona alleged that he had n contract
with the city naming specified rates
at which all extra work was to be
done. He says he did about 100000
worth OF extra work at the orders OF
the city engineer. part OF which the
city had paid. He sued for $1O.344.1O,
but his bill was cut down by the court.
The Denver and Interurban road ex-
poets to reach Boulder with its first
cars about May 18th. 1t will enter
Denver via the Twenty-third street via