The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-10-06
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.


James F. vandewark has been elect
ed president of the Ft. Collins Cham
Der Of Commerce.
Arvada will hold q celebration over
the completion Of its arteslan water
works plant. October ~.
Otero county now sips from the ST.
200 Hearst cup presented at the Ma
tional Irrigation Congress for the best
display
A long-hoped for cyanride reduction
mill is to be built at the junction Of
Jim and Left Hand creeks. in the
Boulder district.
Five hundred and fifty hunting IL
censes have been issued at Steamboat
Springs and the deer are becoming
alarmed.
A movement Is on to raise a fund
in the Arkansas valley for a suitable
monument In honor of the late Sena-
tor George w. Swink.
The Colorado State Bankers associa-
ton went on record against the bank
guarantee law. Guy l.. B. Adamson
was elected president.
A new Ignite mine. on Lou creek.
north OF Ridgway insures Montrose
against shortage of coal. The vein Is
thIrty-five feet thick.
At the Durango fair Thursday a bull
let from a shooting gallery pierced
three inches of wood and passed
through the face OF a lady visitor.
Professor Leslie F.. PAUL of the
Colorado Agricultural college has been
appointed county horticultural inspec-
tor to succeed F. Y. Moseley. resigned.
George McLagan and Walter Saun-
ders have sold the Bank Of Commerce
to c. w. Harrison and Frank 8. Leyhs
of Tucumcari. N. Y. who will as
sumo charge at once.
Stocksr. the promising proposed full
back OF the Colorado Varsity team.
was thrown in practice and his neck
10 badly wrenched that II may disable
him Is a player this season.
The stock shipments from the
Steamboat Springs district continue
ty-five carloads Of cattle and twenty.
five carloads Of sheep daily.
In order that Judge James E. Garri-
CUES may take up his camDaign for
the supreme bench. Judge J. w. Shea
for OF Colorado Springs will hold court
in the district court at Ft. Collins Oc-
tobsr s.
George Smedberd. who. with his
wife. has been stopping at the Ant
lers. At Colorado Springs. was arrested
Thursday on the charge OF embezxling
$1,000 from his employers at Wheel
ing. w. Va.
The Chamber Of Commerce Of Colo
RADIO Springs. has received reports
from several sources that the chances
for Colorado Springs securing the Ma
tional Dry Farming congress In 1911
are bright.
In the interest Of sport and TO In
crease the attractions Of Colorado no
deer should be shot In the state for
five years. Is the opinion OF Thomas J.
Holland. state fish and game commits
sioner.
The recruiting headquarters for the
United States navy. covering five
Rocky mountain states. will probably
be removed to Denver from Salt Lake.
A branch office has been opened and 1t
eral office quarters will be issued In .
few days.
Mayor Speer OF Denver Tuesday re-
ceived from the Japanese consul in
San Francisco q beautiful silk banner.
inscribed ON which in the quaint char
acters Of the language of Nippon Is a
resolution Of appreciation Of and
thanks for hospitality and kindness ex-
tended by city and people to the Jap
anese commercial commissioners dur
ing their visit to Denver last winter.
Preliminary surveys for tie line OF
the Uncompahgre 4 Gunnison Valley
Electric Railroad. which is to run
from Montrose to Delta tarough one
OF the richest sections of this valley
are being made. Local men au,l Dem
yer capitalists are furnishing the mon
ey to build this road. 1t viii! tap the
rich section OF potato land which is
now too far from the railroad to be
profitably cultivated.
After a country wide search for a
year for her three grandchildren, left
in her care by their father at his
death. Mrs. Emma Lee or Yale. OKLA.
has finally located them In the Colo
RADIO State Home for Dependent and
Neglected Children, where they were
committed by the Denver juvenile
court The mother of the children
Mrs. Sarah Lee. Is in Colorado Springs.
Elmer Sipe. Denver young man is
plaintiff In 100000 damage suit
against the city of Fort Collins. on
trial in the district court. In Septem-
ber, 1908. Sipe was employed In the