The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-05-26

Scott league and Oren Gray OF
Yampa bagged four bears in two days
last week.
September % has been set as the
date for the Lamb Day celebration at
Fort Collins.
The Greeley Public Fairgrounds As
sociation has been incorporated. not
for profit.
Costllla county commissioners will
build bridge across the Culebra. near
San Acacio.
Union Pacific graders are right at
Fort Collins door and the local yards
are being surveyed.
Lamar sportsmen have organized
trap club and have held their first reg.
ular shoot.
Lake Crosho, eight miles from Yam
pa, is to be improved with fine ho-
tel. launches. etc.
The town OF Limon has passed an
ordinance taxing real estate dealers
5000 a year.
The mail service from Craig to
Baggs. wyo.. will be changed back to
three times a week.
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artist, has started for London where
he will open wild west show.
| A Montrose firm is preparing to set
out an apple orchard at Olathe which
will comprise 1900 acres.
Miss A. 8. Jones OF Sheridan Lake
has invested in a gasoline plow and
put II to work on her land.
One hundred acres Of ground at
Steamboat Springs is being set witt
2.2OO. 900 strawberry plants.
The President has appointed Rob
ert C. Hall postmaster at Del Norte
and Judge C. Bailey at Wootton.
The Park County Cattle Growers
association will hold its annual meet
ing At Fairplay on the 2sth.
A boosters club has been formed at
Derby to acquaint the world at large
OF the advantages Of that section.
Yampa people will build good road
to Trapper's lake. one OF the most
famous resorts in the state.
Mrs. Helen Sill OF Gunnison was
elected department president OF the
w. II. C. at Grand Junction last week.
F. J. Hulaniski has sold the Ouray
Plaindealer to Walter Walker, former
ly city editor OF the Grand Junction
Sentinel.
The contract for the new Saguache
county court house. to be built at
Saguache, has been let to Sterling
man at $36.110.
Herschel Hendrickson. aged IA, OF
Ohio City. had his foot cut SO badly
by an az that he had to be taken to
Pitkin for treatment.
Peter Sites, bachelor pioneer OF
Boulder county. was found dead at his
place on Middle Fork last Tuesday.
He was about 20 years old.
Massachusetts, men have asked the
Federal Court at Denver to declare the
Hoosier Gulch Gold Mining Company
OF Summit county bankrupt.
Fort Collins poultry fanciers are ar.
ranging to hold a poultry institute
there on June Sth, when prominent
authorities will be present and give
expect advice.
John Holmes was oiling the engine
OF a big excavator near Pierce last
Tuesday when he was drawn into the
gearing and both legs crushed so bad
ly that amputation was necessary. He
died shortly after the operation.
The d. & r. q. is reported to have
leased its Calumet line from Browns
Canon for twenty-one years to David
Heaton, who will call 1t the Box Canon
railroad.
A baby was born to Mrs. Ella NJ.
Delaney Of Glenwood Springs in a
Pullman car Just as the train was
pulling into Fruita Friday night. Mrs.
Delaney was returning home to Glen
wood from the coast when the event
occurred.
At the special election as to the
formation OF the Elk River and Routt
county irrigation districts. both in
Routt county, the decision was In the
affirmative In both cases. Bonds will
| be issued.
The county commissioners OF Cone
Jos county will as the corporation OF
other counties in the San Luis val
ley in preparing. as the Antonito Ledg
er says. "the grandest agricultural dis
play ever witnessed by mortal man."
Tor the National Irrigation Congress
meeting at Pueblo.
Windsor dogs have been muzzled.
d. d. Porter. an eccentric prospec-
tor. who had lived In a cabin near
Texas Greek for . number Of years
was found dead Monday. Circum-
stances lead to the conclusion that he
committed suicide.