The Ordway new era., 1909-10-15
COLORADO ITEMS

the Cripple Creek district.
Phillip Griffith. an Independent op.
orator. recently completed the deepest
hole ever drilled In tho Florence oil
field. drilling 4.Ol5 feet. but no oil was
struck.
Earl u. weiscr. 4 drug clerk. recent.
ly killed 250-pound cinnamon bear
while hunting deer near Turkey creek.
twenty-five miles southwest OF Colo
RADIO Springs.
The Portland Mining Company has
declared another quarterly dividend
OF cents per share. payable October
18th, IL totals 100000. and Will bring
the amount paid In dividends TO 3S.'
Ii7.OSO.
Colorado members OF Congress have
received word that the yearly allot-
mcnt OF seeds has been determined.
'sicy Will each receive 10000 packages
OF vegetable leeds and 1000 packages
1i flower seeds. Requests for samples
should be made OF only one member.
Clinton Oliver. secretary Of the Col.
orado National Apple exposition. has
received two OF the twenty silver tro-
ply cups to be given ns prizes for
various fruit exhibits at the exposition
In the Auditorium the first week In
January.
Officials Of the Denver Il Rio
Grande are said to be watching close
ly experiments being conducted by
other railroads IN the use OF gasoline
and electric cars for suburban serv.
ice. with view to installing one OF
the two varieties on the Denver-I.it-
Teton line.
At meeting OF the committee
which has in charge the Western
Slope Development Congress to be
held in Grand Junction November llth
and 18th. II was decided TO unite with
the Western Slope Stockmen's Asso-
citation, which meets about the same
time. and hold the meetings Jointly.
Sylvester Wilmoth. sheriff OF Gar
field county. died at his home In Glen.
wood Springs on the 5th inst. from
cancer OF the stomach. He was born
near Elkins. W. Va. fifty-eight years
ago. He came to Colorado In 1885 and
located in breckenridge. Five years
later he located on ranch near New
Castle. where he made his home since.
Three former students OF Colorado
College have received high honors at
Harvard. according to word received
by President Slocum. Carl A. Head
blom. n former football star. has won
a $500 scholarship. and W. q. Smiley
and l.. W. Bortree have been awarded
scholarships OF $3.50 and $l25 respec.
lively.
The ranch house Of Barrett Little
field on Slater Fork. in Routt county.
has been burned. II contained several
thousand dollars worth Of valuable
furnishings and Is complete loss.
Mr.. Littlefield is owner Of the famous
Littlefield elk PARK containing proba.
bly, the largest herd Of captive elk In
existence.
! That a lessee OF a mining claim Is
relieved from fulfilling the terms OF
the lease when to do SO would be un.
remunerative, was the ruling laid
down by Judge Allen in the District
Court at Denver, when he found for
the defendant in the suit brought by
Jacob and Henrietta Schloss against
the Western Mining Company Of Lead.
vile.
Approximately $4,000 acres Of land
were sold by the State Land Board on
the 9Th inst. The sales were made
principally in small tracts, Of which
about 1880 acres were In Costilla
county. The lowest price obtained
was 50 an acre. while two quarter.sec-
tions in Routt county brought $45 an
acre. Other lands sold were in Pueblo,
Rio Grande. Otero and Logan coun.
ties.
For the first time since its founda-
ton the State School Of Mines at Col
den is out Of debt. The freedom from
Indebtedness is due to the receipt Of
the Thomas F. Walsh and John Hays
Hammond contributions and the in
crease In receipts from student regis
tration. The board Of directors has OF.
fered a prize. of $50 for the best criti
cism by a graduate Of the plans for
the ore testing plant to be erected.
On his return to Denver from trip
Of inspection throughout the north
western part Of the state, Fish and
Game Commissioner Holland said that
extremely few deer are being killed
during the open season this year. The
fact is not due to lack Of hunters, as
2,607 licenses have been issued in
Denver alone. Due to favorable
weather conditions, the deer are stay.
ing in higher sections Of the country
and have not yet sought the lowlands.
The number Of summer visitors tc
Colorado during 1909 is estimated by
j. Keating. baggage agent at the
Union depot In Denver, at 100000.