The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-03-04
COLORADO NEWS


Kansas day was observed at Pueblo
January 2Sth by native Kansans with a
big banquet. This will probably be
made an annual affair.
The Boulder oil field is still attract
ing a great deal of attention and ar
rangements are being made to drill a
large number of new wells
Thomas F. Mahoney, former secre-
tary of the Longmont Commercial As
sociation. is TO be secretary of the
chamber of commerce at Rocky Ford.
To make the stale bear the expense
of political campaigns and stop private
contributions to campaign funds is the
purpose of bill drafted by Gov. John
f. Shafroth in person, which Will be
Introduced in the Senate by Senator
Campbell.
The committee OF is which is push
ing the charter form OF government
for Pueblo has decided to withdraw It's
application to the city council for a
special election, and will probably re-
quest that the matter come up at the
regular spring election.
The Denver & Intermountain Rail
way began running its cars by electric
power between Denver and Golden Feb
ruary lst. For the past fifteen years II
has used steam locomotives. II Will
install new, well furnished passenger
coaches.
Through solid trains from the Union
depot in Denver to San Francisco daily
and ready. unhampered outlet Tor
Colorado coal and other products to the
Pacific coast by September |. is the as
surance received by the Denver a Rio
Grande Railroad Company from the
Western Pacic Railroad Company.
The previous record OF 800 feet In 81
days In the driving OF the double track
tunnel In Pixies Peak granite in the
Cripple Greek district was eclipsed in
January by Superintendent James A.
McIlwee and his picked force OF ma
chine men and miners AT the portal
heading OF the Roosevelt deep drainage
tunnel and the new mark stands at 1876
feet.
Jonn Il. Driskell. a wellknown resi-.
dent OF Black Hawk for forty-t three
e
aged siNty-eight. He was member OF
the First Virginia cavalry and claimed
to have been parolcd In the Shennn-
doah valley when General Lee surrend-
cred. and that he was never released
from parole. He had rich relatives In
Virginia.
The American Machine 4 Manufac-
IN iynI nj
Boulder. the incorporators being j. H.
Wallace. W. T.. Whitacre and Il
Lindemann. It will build the Linace
motor car. and In addition will do n
general machine and repair business.
The company is capitalized at 100000
aud will at once commence the erection
of brick and steel building.
Petitions are being circulated In
each OF the six wards OF Canon City
By the anti-saloon people. TO secure
vote on the local option question at the
spring municipal election. For nearly
four years Canon City has been with
ont saloons and the prohibition advo-
Gates think that the experiment has
been so successful that they will have
little difficulty In keeping 1t dry under
the local option law.
NJ. b. Knowles OF Fort Lupton. one
OF the founders of Greeley and one of
the original Union colonists. celebrated
his eighty sixth birthday at his home
on the Sd inst, surrounded by his fam
lily. As n member of the society over
eighty years old he received q box of
flower and birthday letters. He was
the first school teacher in Greeley. the
first justice of the peace and a mem
bcr OF the city council In early days.
Three new members OF the State
Board of Health have been appointed
by Governor Shafroth. They are Dr.
Paul S. Hunter of Denver. DR.. Crum
Epler of Pueblo and Dr. ID. +. Wooding
of Denver. They are appointed for six
years and succeed DIR. w II. Davis of
Denver. who was president of the
board. DR. F. y. Carrier OF Canon City
aud DR. j. Tracy Melvin of Saguache
county.
The total production Of the Portland
mine. in the Cripple Creek distric: for
1908 was 9i.3ll .i32 net tons. of a gross
value of 1854 .0s0.79. The average
gross value per ton was sl9.i5. The
total production from the first ship
ment. April |. 1894. is 949.3s1.7i9 net
tons. of a gross value of SIS .469 ,442.51.
Four dividends. amounting to s4S0,000,
were paid last year. the company thus
passing the $1,000 900 mark. The total
dividends disbursed to date are $S.227,-
$50.
Another irrigation district has been
organized in Weld county. called the
Denver Greeley Valley irrigation dis
trict The district will get its water
from Clear creek. South Boulder creek
and tributaries. and from the Frasier