The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-12-09
COLORADO NEWS

| Denver building permits Tor the
month of November amounted to
$9s9.OO0.
The directors of the State Fair
Association met at Pueblo. and de
cided to hold the fair during the week
beginning September 19. 1910. immedi-
ately preceding the sessions OF the
National Irrigation Congress.
For the arrest and conviction of the
practical joker who took from his Of
flee in room 312. Kittredge building.
the diploma which was conferred on
him by the Rush Medical College in
Chicago. DIR. F. +. Crandall. Denver
physician. is offering a reward of $50.
Acting Gov. S. r. Fitzgerald ap-
pointed the following delegates to at
tend the sixth anual convention OF the
National River and Harbors congress
in Washington. ID. c., Dec. s. 3 and 10:
Charles J. Hughes. Jr.. Simon Guggen-
helm. A. d. Rucker, E. T. Taylor and
J. A. Martin, all of whom will be in
Washington. and Brooks Irione OF Col
orado Springs.
The Masonic Temple Association at
Trinidad has decided to erect new
building. II will cost $4,000. will be
OF two stories and the second floor
will be devoted to one of the finest
lodge rooms in southern COLORADO.
The demolition of the old building will
begin at once. There are four Ma
sonic bodies in Trinidad. two blue
lodges. the Royal Arch Masons and
the Commandery.
Free mail delivery was inaugurated
at Glenwood Springs December lst.
There is practically no tuberculosis
among the children of the Denver
schools. according to statements mado
by school officials. at the Free Tuber-
culosis exhibition. DR.. Rose Kidd
Beere. a truant officer. said that in
seven years experience she had
known Of but one case OF child being
excused from school because OF tuber-
culosis.
After twonty-seven years honorable
service In the Denver police depart
ment. Sergt Martin J. Casey is about
to retire from active service on nalf
pay, at the age OF sixty four. Until his
death the sergeant will receive half
pay from the police pension fund. OF
which he Is the second officer to take
advantage. The fund now consists OF
s55 900. To 1t all patrolmen subscribe.
In addition to certain city receipts
which are devoted to the purpose.
Indictments have been issued by the
federal grand jury mt Denver against
J. f. Weaver and +. ID. Bond. two
wealthy cattlemen. who reside in FL
Paso county. on the charges of secur-
ing 5000 acres OF grazing land from
the government by the use OF dummy
entrymen. Their scheme Is alleged TO
have been the use of negroes whom
they engaged to live in small sheet
iron shanties on each quarter-section
oil land after paying all the necessary
fees.
At "A mass meeting held In Greeley
for organization of an Associated
Charities and Relief association.
twenty-four persons were appointed to
serve as n board in divisions OF eight
for one. two and three-year terms re-
spectively. This organization will
handle all charity work OF the city
and the Adjoining country under the
Club. the Ministerial Alliance and
other civic organizations.
]. II. Brinkerhof. general superin-
tendent OF the Grand Junction rail-
road. operated Jointly by the Denver
& rio Grande and Colorado Midland
railroads between New Castle and
Grand Junction, has resigned to SUI
pervise the building of an electric
railroad designed to connect several
cities of the Grand Valley. This line
viii extend through the fruit belt. cast
and west OF Grand Junction, with the
newly-Duilt road in that city as nu-
cleus.
1t is stated that F. p. Ernest OF
Denver. owner OF the Mansions hotel.
Manitou. who is improving the prop
erty and drilling to pipe soda water
into the house. is so encouraged over
the outlook of his prospective bath
house that he will drill two wells to
2.2O0 feet in the hope OF striking
flow OF hot sulphur water. This is
greater depth than ever attained in
Manitou and the exploitation of the
hidden strata is awaited with great
interest
Colorado has formally protested
against the government sheep dipping
ard quarantine resolutions. which for
bid the shipment of sheep suffering
from lip and leg alterations out of the
state until cured. This protest was
lodged with DR.. Melville. chief of the
bureau of animal industry at Wash
ington, on behalf of the sheepmen Of
Colorado, by DR.. Charles E Lamb.
The sheepmen say that the regula-