The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-02-24
COLORADO ITEMS

building.
The Denver Rock Drill and Machine
Company Is preparing to erect $780,
900 factory building in Denver.
The production Of the new oil we'll
Of the Fidelity Company in the Boul-
der district may exceed 100 barrels
day. according to present indications.
A carload OF hogs was sold on the
Denver market on the 11th inst. for
S8.75 per hundred. which is the record
price up to that date.
Asahel Sutton. for more than TWEEN
ty years cashier of the First National
Bank OF Colorado Springs, died sud
denly on the 18th inst Of angina
pectoris.
The body OF Reuben Dougherty. one
of the American victims Of the Pri-
nero mine explosion. was taken from
the mine on the 14th inst. bringing
the total OF bodies recovered to sixty
ak.
Judge Dixon Of the Denver County
Court has held the act regulating
horseshoers and requiring them to be
examined and pay license fee. which
was passed In 1897. to be unconstitn-
tionsl.
II ID announced that = new theater
and hotel will be built In Greeley ON
the old Catholic church property. at \
cost Of 100000. The structure will
be 100xlsO feet and will have = sext-
Ing capacity Of l,20o-
Andrew Carnegie, through q persoa-
al representative. sent TO Denver for
the purpose, has offered $4,000 for
the WIDOWS and orphans OF the Prf-
nero coal mine disaster. II the Colora-
do Fuel and Iroa Company will give
. similar amount and another $4,000
II raised by public subscription.
In . circular issued by Trinidad
miners Union. No 1873. Western Fed
GRAFTON OF Miners, charges are made
against the competency OF State Coal
Mine Inspector John d. Jones. Super
fntendent Fitzpatrick. and Nine Boss
Williams OF the Primero mine. and
against the management OF the Colo
RADIO Fuel 4 Iron Company in the Pri-
nero disaster.
City Attorney McKesson Of Colorado
Springs has sent notices to the direc-
tors Of every club in the town. includ-
ing fraternal and social organizations,
instructing them that the only legal
manner In which liquor can be kept
for club members In In separate lock
srs. II must be used by the owner
only, and cannot b givea away To fel-
low members- --- 'tzA- 49, 49,
The Colorado Fuel and Iroa Compa-
ny has just obtained contracts for the
San Diego 4 Avijano railroad OF Mex
leo for 5000 tons Of steel rails. to cost
about 100000. They will be used for
an extension OF that road. 1t will re-
quiro 200 freight cars to carry the
shipment to the Pacific coast. from
which place the rails will be distrib-
uted along the proposed road.
A feature OF Hobby night OF the
National Press Club at Washington
was the distribution by d. NJ. Aupper-
lie Of . supply Of apples from Grand
valley, Colo. Speaker Cannon. Champ
Clark. Dr. Wiley. as well as several
hundred other notable guests and
members OF the Press Club. munched
Colorado apples after Speaker Cannon
finished his speech.
An echo OF one Of the most sensa-
tional murder trials ever heard in
Weld county, when in 1895 Josiah Will
kinson was tried and acquitted OF the
murder of Richard Berry. a wealthy
farmer. is the suit filed by Bessie and
Fred Wilkinson of Pueblo. children OF
Josiah, to quiet title to a Greeley
house and lot which H. E. Churchill
claims as attorney fees for services
In acquitting Wilkinson.
The Boulder City Council. County
Commissioners and delegation from
the Boulder Commercial Association,
met at q luncheon with the manage
ment Of the Boulder Colorado Santa
rum and discussed plans for the en-
lGrgement of the institution to cores
Lond with the Battle Creek Santa
rum. The project is backed by the
Advent churches Of Wyoming. Colora-
do, Nebraska. Kansas and Missouri
The institution already represents an
outlay Of about s15O,000 and annually
pays out 100000 to $4,000.
James A. Warford, charged with the
murder of Chris Miller and Ike Leibo
in 1904. has just been released from
Jail in Canon City. where he has been
held since his trial. During the cleo
tion of 1904, Warford is alleged to
have killed at Goldfield. Colo, Chris
Miller and Ike Leibo. shooting them
dead as they sat on fence. He was
convicted and sentenced to life i'm
prisonment, but was granted neS
trial on a writ OF error issued by the
State Supreme Court. Securing n
change OF venue. his second trial IN
Canon City resulted in disagreement.
OF the jury. When released he was
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