The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-04-01
COLORADO ITEMS

hsSOCldtlOn DullulnR.
The Denver, Laramie & Northwest
ern Railroad Company will purchase
forty acres OF school land east of Den
Yer for a town site, the cost, 1t is said.
TO be 5000 per acre.
Active work was begun on the 18th
inst. on the Greeley-Poudre Irrigation
system when engineers started final
surveys for the building of the Nc
Grew a. Camfield reservoir and the ex-
tension of the Pierce lateral ditch east
ward.
The Pueblo Manufacturers Associa-
tion has made arrangements to pre-
pare an exhibit of Pueblo made goods
in n centrally located storeroom, to be
kept up several weeks in campaign to
have the people support home indus
tries
The following clerks have been ap-
pointed to the forestry service: War
ZEN NJ. Cox of Durango. to be located
at Sulphur Springs; Colonel Willis A.
Wood Of Durango, located at Fort Col
Inns: Sue Trainor OF Leadville, located
ut Leadville.
Colorado Springs delegates to the
annual convention OF the American
Federation OF Musicians in Mime
apolis May 10th to 10th. will endeavor
10 secure the projected national home
OF that organization for Colorado
Springs.
The following patents have been
GRANTED to Colorado inventors: >. X.
Pehrend. Denver. ore concentrator. G.
z. Denise. Denver. operating table. 3.
]. Munson, Fowler. super heater: X. +.
Murphy, Colorado Springs. pile driver;
&. II. Tessey. Leadville. gun sight; T.
IL. While. Grand Junction. box cover
ing machine.
The mine owners of Colorado whose
properties produce ores bearing zinc
and lead. intend making strenuous
fight against the proposal to reduce
the tariff on lead and zinc. bullion. pig
and scrap. They claim that a tariff re-
duction means an equal reduction In
the market price OF those metals and
would spell ruin to many mine owners
Of the West.
The Pueblo state fair directors have
decided to change the dates OF the fair
from September l2-is to September
20-25. by request OF fruit growers of
the Western slope. who believe they
can make better showing at the later
dates. They ask that one day OF the
fair be known as Peach day. and one
grower has agreed to donate three car
loads OF peaches to be given away to
visitors that day.
II is stated that Frank Shercliffe.
alias Morris. now In the penitentiary
at Canon City. has employed n lawyer
to appeal his case to the Supreme
Court. Shercliffc was convicted on a
charge OF numbering Leadville sa-
Ioonkeeper. fifteen years ago. On his
way to state prison he escaped from
Sheriff Bonner Of Leadville. and WAS a
few weeks ago brought back from
Minnesota. where he was acquitted OF
n charge OF train robbing.
The largest mortgage ever given In
San Miguel county has been filed at
Telluride. 1t is for $500. 900. given by
the Japan.Flora Mines and Tunnel
Company and runs ten years.
II covers the entire property
and is understood to have been
placed with the intention OF commenc-
Ing important development work. The
mine Ia owned by Philadelphia parties.
1t is close to the Tom Boy and Snug
Eler Union.
Warden Cleghorn of the penitentiary
gave complimentary dinner few
days since to Chaplain Blake and TWEEN
ty-two teachers. who have been con
Quoting the prison school successfully
for the last two years. All the teach
ers are convicts. some of them being
college graduates. and all the common
branches are taught. The enrolment
OF the school number 1875. among them
being those who have attended col
lege. while there are others who can
not read nor write.
f. ]. Tuttle has been appointed gen
eral freight and passenger agent OF
the Argentine Central Railway Com
pany. with headquarters at &4-15 Colo
rado building in Denver. vice C. A.
Johnson. resigned. effective April LIST.
The Argentine Central will open its
line from Silver Plume to the Waldorf
mine, Mt. Mcclellan and intermediate
points earlier this year than formerly.
probably April 18th. and 1t is proposed
to keep the road open the year around
henceforth.
When any person achieves notoriety.
good or bad. his or her name is i'm
mediately associated with Denver a
Denver paper prints the following
Sharon. Pa. special: James II. Boyle.
kidnapper of Willie Whitla. was mar
ried about a year ago to Hiss Helen
Faulkner OF Denver. The pair came
to Sharon year ago and were roy
ally received at the home of his
widowed mother. Miss Ella Boyle. the
kidnapper's only sister. was pleased
with her new sister-in-law and took de-
light in entertaining her when she WIS.,
tied here RnNle's wife made q favor.