The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-04-13


The Teller Indian institute will be
permanently closed by the govern
nent on July LIST.
In payment OF its first half of taxes
in Weld county for 1910 the Union
Pacific has rendered 21.39716.
One hundred Springfield rifles and
other equipment have arrived in Grand
Junction for Company F. c. n. G.
Jim Flynn of Pueblo has been
matched to meet jeff Clark in a box
LIZ bout at Joplin. Mo-. April IS.
Railroads entering Pueblo have
agreed to reduce fares during the avia-
ton meet April 10th. 18th and 18th.
Pierce wants to form a union High
School to be composed OF the Pierce.
Collins. Olive Branch and Harrison
districts.
The government Is asking for bids
,or carrying the mail between Cortez
and Moqui. the bids calling for two
rips week.
Over 5000 aliens were admitted to
Colorado during the year 1910. tho
largest number admitted in the history
of the state.
Paris green is being shipped into
northern Colorado by the carload in
the anticipation OF the big matches of
grasshoppers this spring.
Some 500 acres OF tomatoes have
been contracted for the cannery at
Ft. Lupton with 40 acres OF pumpkins.
75 OF beans and 75 Of sweet corn.
Postoffice receipts for the year end
ing March 3lst show a gain of nearly
81 900 over the receipts for any pre-
vious year. the total being $35.929.11.
Twenty-one carloads OF fine sheep.
have been gathered from the north
ern part of the state and made mp at
Fort Collins sent to the eastern
market.
In order to supply the rapidly in
,reasing demand and also because
crops we're short last season. 100000
acres near Greeley will be placed to
Alfalfa.
A heavy movement of Greeley po-
.atoes has been in progress for sever
ii weeks. practically depicting the
stock and leaving only few cars to
be sent out.
A mining prospector named John
Matter, living in the Whitehorn dis
trict. in the western part of Fremont
county. was adjudged insane and TAX
III to Pueblo.
The Denver Motor Club is making
arrangements for one OF the severest
endurance runs ever attempted In that
locality The date has been fixed for
June to 10.
The Grey Nuns Canadian order Of
the Catholic church is considering
Colorado Springs for the erection of a
sanatorium which will be built In Colo.
rado or New Mexico.
In less than a month-Monday. May
There will be an election in Den
yer to elect a member OF the board of
education to succeed DIR. p. v. Carlin,
whose term expires at that time.
Civil Service examinations for ac-
counting clerks will be May 10 and IL.
Positions with salaries ranging from
$1,000 to $4,000 a year will be filled
from applicants passing these exami
cations.
A contract for construction OF the
east end of the Pueblo & Southwest
ern railroad from the new town OF
Wilson to the st. Charles river will
be let Immediately. The road will be
thirty miles in length.
Charged with being implicated in
the robbery Of the st. Johns Mercan-
tile Company of Fort Lupton, when
over $500 worth of goods were taken.
Thomas Dillon, James O'Day and Glen
Rush were arrested at Louisville.
William G. Evans, president of the
Denver, Laramie & Northwestern rail
road. is in the East to resume nego-
tiations for financing the extension of
the road beyond Steamboat Springs,
where they were interrupted by the
death of Mr.. David H. Moffat.
The State Board of Coal Mine Exam.
iners announced the result OF the ex.
aminations held for applicants for the
position of coal mine inspector. Those
who passed the examination were
james Dairymple. Frank N. Oberding
James Wilson and George Mcfarland