The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-09-30
COLORADO NEWS

NoioThuo WeatHeT just. Couiuht Dc
have itself long enough to show thu
President the best side.
The body OF ]. ]. Hagerman. whS
died at Milan, Italy. will be sent t.
the United States on September 25th
the date he and Mrs. Hagerman ex
pected to sail for home.
AS the result of large orders of coke
for the Pueblo steel works. orders
have been issued for the SegundC
coke ovens to be fired up and worked
full time. There are 500 coke ovens
in Segundo.
The Ohio Society OF Colorado. in or
der to duly honor a son OF Ohio, who
is the seventh President of the United
States from that state. sent a special
escort with the President to Mont
rose. President Taft at Denver had
completed one-fifth of his trip over
the country. having gone 2.505 miles
of the 1879 miles he must go before
his trip is over.
Land In jefferson county. near Den
yer. is increasing in value. as is
shown by the recent purchase of a
quarter section three miles north OF
the city. by Nathanitl Ketchel OF Den
yer. Ketchel purchased the land from
VIM. w. Wahl. paying $25.00O for it.
This same tract was on the market
two years ago for $4,000. but no one
seemed to want 1t at that price.
A committee from the local CONNER
cial bodies and the Rocky Mountain
Hotel Mems Association is planning
to make the convention that will be
called by Governor Shafroth to take
steps for obtaining lower tourist rates
from the East to Colorado the larg-
est and most representative conven-
ton OF Colorado people ever held in
the state.
A railroad survey party reported to
he closely allied with the Colorado a.
Southern. is making survey from the
little town OF Mesa to Palisade and
Grand Junction. The party have been
in the field nearly week, are at pres
ent working up Rapid creek. 1t Is
reported that the surveyors have
found new route that presents .
better line than the one usually fol-
lowed.
State Coal Mine Inspector ]. ID.
Jones has filed his semi-annual re-
port with Governor Shafroth. showing
an increase In production for the first
six months Of the year Of 40G.s3G tons.
The total production In the state
amounted to 4.s23.4l2 tons. The larg-
est increases shown In the report are
In Huerfano and Las Animas. 1898
tons and 1880 tons respectively.
Jones reports that all OF the mines
OF the state are making preparations
for = big season.
A movement In on foot to reopen the
Belle Vista hotel in Golden. which
would give Golden rs large and mod
err . hostelry A. any OF the smaller
cities In the West. The Belle Vista
was built twenty-five years ago when
'fhe hotel and the lavish style in which
It was conducted were fully = quar-
ter Of = century ahead OF the town
and its surroundings. After q brief
career II was closed and has since
been used ~ q student rooming
house.
Officers Of the Golden National
Guard company have taken prelimi.
nary steps toward its reorganization
into q corps Of engineers. On ac-
count OF having 30 many students.
who are taking technical courses. in
the ranks. 1t is believed the change
would be advantageous to the state
as well as the company. General John
Chase favors the plan and Captain
Bleil and other local officers are con-
fident they will be permitted to make
the change.
The $125.0O0 Temple Of Comemrce
TO be built by the Denver Chamber
of Commerce. adjoining the Ideal
building. on Champa street between
Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets.
will be started October 1st. Entirely
Norton have been accepted and the
work is to be pushed forward as rap
idly as possible. The building Is
five-story affair. with a roof garden
and will be one OF the finest struc.
lures OF its kind west OF the Missis
sippi river.
Denver.-A gigantic light. heat and
power corporation with a capital OF
325, ,00O, 900 and which will be a mer
ger OF the Denver Gas and Electric
Company, the Central Colorado rover
Company. the Northern Colorado
Power Company. the Denver Tram
way Power Company. the Pueblo
Light and Traction Company and the
Colorado Springs Hydro-Electric Com.
pany. Is said to be the master stroke
of financial genius planned by Presi.
dent Henry l. Doherty OF the Denver
Gas and Electric Company. to be an
nounced coincidently with the reor-
xanixation OF the Denver Gas and