The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-12-28
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otats Werth while.
wsstsr. Nswseapsr vnssa Nsxs Service.
George Wann. IN old time assaysr.
died At Cripple Creek Of heart fall
ure.
Nearly every portion Of the State
has been. visited BY heavy snow ~
Gently.
The department has authorized tie
cstsblshment Of postal savings bank
at sasuachs.
Mrs.. Elizabeth 6opris. Denvsr's old
est pioneer. died recently It the aSs
Of pinety-seten year.. 80
Christmas Day the miners OF the
Cresson company at Cripple Creek.
viii each receive . i've dollar gold
piece.
c. W. Price. formerly OF Lincoln.
Neb.. and recently . resident Of Den
yer. has been chosen cashier of the
bank of Evans.
Work has begun IN the factory Of
the Greeley Chemical Company which
will manufacture insecticide for crop
destroying insects.
Mrs. J. N. Ross. aged 10. died sud
denly at Greeley from pneumonia
She leaves q husband. and has been
. resident Of Greeley for years.
William Bashmore. the Monarch
mine guard who WAS shot with his
own weapon by Bill Adams. = miner.
Tuesday night. died at Boulder.
At the closing session Of the most.
successful poultry show ever held in
northern Colorado. Fort Collins was
selected for the next exhibition.
The Hassell Iron Works Of Colorado
Springs has just been awarded . @10.-
600 contract for work On . sugar fac
tory at Huntington Beach. Cal.
The Farmers' institute IL to be held
in Loveland tho last week In January
and continue four days. There viii
be = poultry show in connection with
the institute.
Active work IL expected to begin
soon on the proposed northern Colo
RADIO interurban electric railroad from
Denver to Estes park. via Fort Lup-
ton.
Coin and old newspapers. evidently
buried by prospectors more than thir-
ty years ago ON the east slope OF
Pixies peak. hav been uncovered BY
Frederick Parker.
Using hatpins to defend their prop
erty, Anna Johnson and Gladys
Pressly. pretty school teachers OF Nil.
liken. saved their months wages from
a highway robber.
Eleven men claim the $500 offered
BY Fort Collins and LArimer county
for the arrest OF Lnoro Garcia. con.
fessed murderer Of Night Officer G.
q. Brockman Of Fort Collins-
BY . fire caused by detective flue.
the farm house Of Charles Thomas.
three miles northwest Of Fort Collins.
was destroyed. The loss IL estimated
at about $4,000 with $500 Insurance..
The coal mines Of Colorado pro
duced 10.076.s61 tons of coal last
year from 16S properties In operation.
Las Animas county heads the counties
Of the state with . production OF T.
b6s. 1856 tons. (,
Tho Colorado State Federation Of
Labor has commenced the circulation
Of petitions to initiate an eight-hour-
day law for women. Seventeen thou
sand names are necessary to get the
measure before the people.
The Empire Water 4. Power Com
pany has offered to sell all its land.
water rights. and reservoir sites in Ute
Pass to Colorado Springs. At . price
to be fixed BY appraisers. and the city
council 10 considering the PROPOSE
tton.
Governor shafroth IL lover one box
Of apples and short the name of the
dchor."- Governor ShafTo.h doesn't
receive presents. The name of the
sender being missing, he II forced to
break his rule or give tie apples to
some charity.
President Slocum Of Colorado Col-
lege has been asked to accept appoint
nient on the list Of college preachers
for Amherst and Smith coiieses:: For
years he has been on the list of Yale.
vassar. Wellesley and Mount Hol-
yoke<..
Mrs. Anna Anderson. = widow who
makes living by doing washing and
homework. at steamboat springs. lost
her pocketbook; containing $73. the
savings Of . year and TO have been
used rs final payment on q little home
she purchased three years Aso. q
Colorado state banks have ssined
32,7os. .S20.32 In total resources. over
1910. with 1872 state banks. savings
banks and trust companies IN Colo
RADIO under control Of the stata bank
Ing co@wissioper. the years business
was closed on December s.. showing =
grand total Of $4b.s22.sss.66 IN re-
sources. - II .''-'s -.