The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-06-23
COLORADO
STATE NEWS


field.
Flag Day was generally observed
throughout the state.
Work has started on the new two
story brick hotel at Brandon.
Rocky Ford Elks expect to take
steps soon toward providing u lodge
home.
The town opening at Brandon last
week Is reported to have been a great
success.
Mrs. Ayres, aged 85. a pioneer of the
Poudre valley. died at Fort Collins,
Tuesday.
A local branch OF the American Fed
Grafton OF Labor is being formed a.
Sterling.
A fine flow OF water has been struck
In the test artesian well being sunk in
Grand Junction.
Former residents OF Illinois living at
and near Fort Collins will hold pic
mic August 25th
Trinidad Episcopalians will endeav-
or to raise $4,000 to build a new
church edifice.
A ministerial Association has been
organized among the gentlemen Of the
cloth in La Veta.
The 1900 beet th.nners in the Gree
ley district have Just about finished
their Job for this year.
Horse. motorcycle and foot races
will be items OF the program for the
celebration at Stonington.
President Slocum of Colorado Col
lege accompanied by Mrs. Slocum has
departed for trip to Europe.
A. J. Denton has the contract for
carrying the mail between Meeker and
Buford. beginning July lst.
John Dieckman has been engaged to
carry the mail between westcliffe and
Rosita for the next four years.
DR.. l. E. Hastings of Golden. a pio
neer and veteran OF the Civil War
died At the age Of seventy-four.
Denver has delegate at st. Paul
trying to get the 1911 convention OF
the National Real Estate Exchanges.
Columbine lake. Grand county. will
be improved by Denver club for
| headquarters for sportsmen while
hunting in that vicinity.
The Denver. Laramie & Northwest
ern road has placed an order with an
eastern factory for lsA freight cars,
which will cost $1l3.G6l.
Report has 1t that Longmont will
have a union depot. which will be
used by the Colorado & Southern. Bur.
lington and Great Western.
The tenth annual meeting Of the
Northwestern Association OF Congre.
gational Churches and Ministers will
be held at Craig June goth to 22d.
A business house at Eagle has Of.
fered prizes aggrigating SIT for the
trout fanatics who can land a seven.
FOUNDER.
All the stock In the new canning
factory at Fountain has been sub.
scribed. and when the buildings are
erected they will contemplate capa-
city OF 100000 per year.
The big Baptist meeting Of this year
will be held at Cascade canon from
July 22d to August 1st. More than q
Thousand delegates are expected to at.
tend.
Fort Collins papers say that 1t is
until work will be begun on the scenic
highway from Fort Collins to Estes
| Park.
Frank M. Brown and his five-year.
old son have brought suit against the
Denver City Tramway Company for
$4,000 for the little boys loss of leg
when a street car struck him last Feb
ruory.
Colorado Springs parties are trying
to interest eastern physicians in a
plan to establish a sanatorium for tu
berculosis at Woodland Park. where
an option has been taken on q site
comprising ffty-five acres.
State chemists having examined the
river water at Grand Junction for IT,
phoid germs and found none. their at
tention was directed to the investiga.
tion Of distilled water sold In bottles
and there the trouble was discovered
The contract for the new white mar.
BILE postoffice In Denver calls for the
work to be done in twenty-five months
and the contractors will use every ef
fort to complete 1t in that time. The
marble company will begin delivering
the huge white slabs in September.
DIR. Lamb. state veterinarian, went
to Grand Junction to investigate the
cause of the poisoning of 200 head oi
cattle belonging to Austin Corcoran,
and found that the trouble was due to
the cattle having eaten wild larkspur.
Eleven of the herd died.
Ray Houser. topman at the Ajax
mine on Battle mountain, Cripple
Creek district, was possibly fatally in.
jured Thursday. He signalled the en-.
gineer to hoist the cage, 1t was car
ried into the shieve wheel, the cable