The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-07-03

Dry Farming Congress at Denver
The Colorado chapter of Hibernians
will hold its third annual picnic July
at Toland.
The cornerstone for the new Ger
man Congregational church at Love
land has been laid.
The National Association of Station
ary Engineers held its annual picnic
at Eldorado Springs.
Four TRUSTEES at the Buena Vista re-
formatory escaped. Two were ca
tured at Colorado Springs.
After June 80 the penalty runs
against those who are subject to the
federal income tax and who failed to
pay it.
While preparing to retire shortly
after 8 o'clock, Samuel Thomas, Go
dropped dead from heart disease in
his room in Denver
Fears are entertained that the coun.
ty bridge on the road leading to Ord
way from Rocky Ford will go out be
fore the present high water subsidies.
Tuesday morning at $50 the first
water was turned into the great High
Line canal of the Grand Valley prof.
ect, which has been in course of con-
struction for the last four years.
Under the direction of County Agri
culturalist w. H. Lauck and four stu
dents of the State Agricultural Col
lege. a farm management survey is
being conducted throughout Ell Paso
county.
Colorado railroads are rushing their
new passenger tariff sheets for filing.
as the new rates go into effect Thurs
day. July l. in compliance with the
recent order of the State Utilities
Commission.
That wild animals in the foothills
and mountains to the west of Love-
land are more in evidence than ever
before Is the concensus of opinion
among those who spend considerable
time in the hills.
While his 5-year-old son, Myron.
stood a few pacos away and watched,
Clarence F. Bergen, 80, proof clerk
for the Woodmen of the World, shoot
and killed himself in the bedroom of
his home in Denver.
Jack" Burns beat the divorce court
to the legal separation of himself and
wife, Nellie Burns, when he presented
to District Judge Butler, through his
attorney. bill of sale" turning her
over to the Denver court.
BY filming Fire Captain Adolph Grae-
ber fifteen days pay, Commissioner
of Safety Nisbet of Denver decided
that the game of black jack" which
was played at the city hall station
two weeks ago wasn't played for
fun"
The next convention of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and En-
ginemen and the ladies' auxiliary of
that organization will be held in Trim
idad during the month of August.
1916. according to the decision of the
convention which ended after a three
days session at Pueblo.
Prof. James II. Brewster of the law
faculty of the University of Colorado,
who failed to be reappointed to his po-
sition by the Board of Regents, issued
statement declaring that he had
been removed on account of his sym
miners in their recent strike.
In an address at the Loveland
chautauqua, Senator Thomas p. Gore
of Oklahoma upheld the foreign pol
icy of the administration by declaring
that while he advocated universal
peace, peace with honor" is the only
solution of the situation with which
the government is at present con-
fronted.
A mysterious girl, tall and pretty,
wearing white duck dress and wide
brimmed blue sailor hat. created a
stir during the ceremonies attending
the funeral of Harry Edgar Hillen in
the Walsh Mortuary chapel in Denver
when the record closed for the youth
who was hanged last week for the
killing of Thomas Chase
The purchase of the Blue Bird Min.
ing Companys property in Cripple
Creek and the construction of a low.
grade ore plant with a capacity OF
about 200 tons a day is being con.
sidered by o. II. Shoup and B. II.
Hopkins of Colorado Springs and Mel.
son Franklin and w. j. Price of Grip.
pie Creek
Margaret Much. the 15-year-old
North Denver High School girl who.
according to the story told by her
companions, was kidnapped from a
buggy by group of Fort Logan sol
diers Friday night, and who was
found wandering in a dazed condition
Saturday morning, was still delirious
Monday from the shock of her expe-
rience, and unable to cast any light
IN the identity OF her abductors.
Mrs Minnie Howard, negress, 5;
years old, living on a farm near Pu
eblo, was killed when she fell from