The Elbert County tribune., 1909-10-14
COLORADO NEWS

A movement has been started to es-
tablish a camp of Sons of Veterans in
the Cripple Creek district.
II is planned to begin. work in De-
cember on the new Burns theatre at
Colorado Springs. to be erected by
James F. Burns at a cost Of 100000.
A reward has been offered for in
formation in regard to the where
abouts of James Holck, former res
ident of Central City. who left in
1902.
Phillip Griffith. an Independent op-
orator. recently completed the deepest
field. drilling 4.015 feet. but no oil was
struck.
Earl B. Weiser. drug clerk. recent
ly killed a 250-pound cinnamon bear
while hunting deer near Turkey creek.
twenty-five miles southwest of Colo
rado Springs
The Portland Mining Company has
declared another quarterly dividend
OF cents per share, payable October
18th. 1t totals 100000. and will bring
the amount paid in dividends to $8.-
347,0s0.
Larry Dyer. Cripple Creek painter.
has fallen heir to an estate of s150.000
in Boston. 1t comes to him as the
only son of his father, who died few
days ago. Dyer left for Boston to
claim the estate.
1t is predicted by those In position
to be well posted that the output of
Boulder county tungsten mines for
next year will not fall far short of
$1.000,o0O. The production this year
will reach approximately half that
amount.
Officials of the Denver & 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 Denyer-Lit-
tleton lii Q.
At Lenando. mining camp eight
miles frcm Aspen on the Sth inst, be-
fore the eyes of her husband. who
was only few feet away, but was un-
able to help her, Mrs. William Long
was caught In the revolving belt of a
concentrating mill and almost in
stantly killed, her body being badly
mangled.
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 $500 acres were in Costilla
county. The lowest price obtained
was SO an acre. while two quarter-sec-
tions in Routt county brought S45 an
acre. Other lands sold were in Pueblo.
Rio Grande, Otero and Logan coun-
ties.
Denver was fifteenth among the ci-
ties of the country in the matter Of
the value of her building permits last
month, according to figures compiled
by Construction News. Denver was
one of the eleven cities of the
country to show a decrease from the
corresponding month, of 1908. the
006.625 for September. 1908, and
$S69.490 for September. 1909.
For tie first time since it's 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 b, 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
2,6O7 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 to
Colorado during 1909 is estimated by
j. Keating, baggage agent at the
Union depot in Denver, at 100000.
Every month since May showed de-
cided increase over the corresponding
month of last year. The Seattle fair.
the Grand Army encampment at Salt
Lake and the Elks' grand lodge meet
ing in Los Angeles are conceded to
have been important factors in the
making of a banner season.
The Colorado veterans held their
| twenty-fifth annual reunion at the
Charles building in Denver few days
since. The attendance was the light
est in the history of the organization.
Each year finds fewer of the men who
in the early days of the state history
marched back across the plains to
| fight for their country. Scarcely a