The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-02-25
COLORADO ITEMS

The Northern Colorado Poultry As
ISOLATION will hold its annual show De-
cember 14th to 10th at Boulder.
The Woodmen of the World will in
vest a considerable amount in the mu-
nicipal bonds of Boulder, La Junta.
Greeley and Fort Collins.
There are thirty:one prisoners in
the Weld county jail at Greeley. the
most in the history OF the institution;
and three of the number are women.
The United OIL Company at Flor
ence has just struck fine producer.
the oil standing 2.22l feet in the well
and giving promise of a big output.
The Burlington Interurban Railroad
Company officially announces that
within the next month 1t will begin
grading for its road from Hudson to
Greeley.
By vote of 1.s23 to $50, every pre-
cinct in Mesa county outside of Grand
junction affirmatively answered the
question. Shall this district become
anti-saloon territory?'
Reports from the mountains west OF
Boulder Indicate that already this year
ranges than during the entire winter
season of last year.
Plans for handsome hotel in the
central part of Pueblos business dis
trict are under consideration by A. b.
Hulit. general contractor for the
Kansas Colorado Railroad Company,
and his associates.
Plans have been perfected at Den
yer for the revival services to be held
weeks in March and to be conducted
by the famous evangelist, Gypsy"
Smith of London. England.
At q meeting of all attorneys in the
county. the Morgan County Bar Asso-
citation was organized. with l.. c. Ste
phenson. president; C. C. Rickle, vice
president: Irving Van Bradt, secre-
tary. and F. E. Pendell. treasurer.
Superintendent Casey OF the Boul.
der schools has issued an order to
teachers not to assign home work for
the children in grades five and six TO
exceed thirty minutes. and in grades
seven and eight not to exceed sixty
minutes.
The total tax levy on property own
ers Of Grand Junction the coming year
will amount to 67.s mills. The mu-
ntcipal and school taxes are each %
mills. county tax lis mills. n slight de-
crease over last year. while the cit,
tax shows 4 small increase.
The Montrose Commercial Associa-
ton is taking steps towards inducing
the land owners of the uncompahgre
valley to sign the new contracts with
the government for the completion Of
the Gunnison tunnel at an additional
cost of about SO an acre from the orig
inh estimates by the government.
December 9Th is the date set for the
meeting at Grand Junction of the
Grand Valley Water Users Associa-
made with the government for the con
struction of the Highline canal. All
members OF the association will be al
lowed to vote according to the land
they hold.
In the United States Court at Den
yer Thomas A. Mostyn OF Ouray was
found guilty of Illegally fencing pub
lie land and fined $50 by Judge Lewis.
John Schwend. indicted Jointly with
Mostyp last May. was discharged. The
two men are wealthy cattle dealers
and have large herds in the Pleasant
valley country in western Colorado.
At chapel exercises at the Colorado
college in Colorado Springs 5000 was
raised in fifteen minutes among the
faculty and students. with which to
send Harry +. Ewing. formerly a stu
dent at the institution and secretary
OF the college Y. NJ. C. A. to the for
eign missionary field. He will go to
Japan and Korea and will probably re-
main there permanently Mt the expense
of Colorado college students.
At meeting of the Interdenomina-
tiona! Missionary Society of Pueblo. at
which nineteen Protestant churches
were represented it was decided to be-
gin active work among the foreign ele-
ment in the hopes OF Americanizing
them as fast as possible. 1t was ar
ranged to open a day nursery and a
night school for boys and girls. Moth
ers' clubs will be organized and every
effort will be made to get the foreign
ers interested in local subjects.
N. B. Hames and other prominent
citizens of Colorado Springs and Colo
RADIO City are organizing Good Roads
club. to be composed Of prominent bus
mess men OF Colorado Springs, Colo
RADIO City and Manitou. for the purpose
Of influencing appropriations to build |
a state road from the eastern bound I
aries of Colorado through Colorado |
Springs, Ute Pass. Teller. Park and |
Lake counties, to connect with Senator
Taylor's Grand Valley state road, |
which leads to the western boundaries
Of Colorado. ~.
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