The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-06-19

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Sept. 21-24.-Trinidad. Colo.
! Sept. 2S.-Oct. 1.-Raton, New Mex
A fishing excursion by rowboats in
the swollen Gunnison river proved ia
tai to Frank r. Williams. leading
young merchant of Gunnison.
Colonel George 8. Newman, aged
| Denver mining man, owner of Mac
| Rose stock farm, and reputed million
| aire, is dangerously i'll at Hot Springs.
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Declared both constitutional and un.
constitutional by judges of the district
and juvenile court, the non-support
| law will be tested in the Supreme
Court.
At the rty-eighth annual COM
.mencement exercises of the Univers-
ity OF Colorado at Boulder. President
Livingston Farrand conferred 22S
| degrees.
The Thousand and One Club
campaign OF the Bible school of the
| First Christian church reached its eli
max at Greeley when 1,016 persons
| attended services. ... I'-,
The discovery of what is believed to
be platinum In ore taken from the
Sueno de Orc mine in the La Platas,
has aroused intense interest among
| mining men at Durango.
James H. Crawford; the pioneer who
| discovered Steamboat Springs and
built the first cabin in Hot Sulphur
Springs, and his wife, celebrated their
golden wedding In Steamboat
Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer Penrose of
Colorado Springs have announced
that they will construct a large swim
ming pool In Monument Valley Park
as gift to the children of that city.
The X. of p. monument was un-
veiled at Crown Hill cemetery. in
Denver. with q large number OF
Knights from the various lodges
present. Congressman Hilliard made
the principal address.
A man, believed from correspond
ence found in his pockets to be
1 Charles REVERE of Lincoln. .Neb..
dropped dead at South Broadway and
Louisiana avenue in Denver. He was
about eighty years old.
| Mrs. Grace Turnipseed, arrested In
Denver by United States Revenue
Agent Hendricks while trying ITO
smuggle morphine into the county
hospital to her husband. Thomas, was
fined $iOO. and costs.
The libel suit brought by District
Attorney John A. Rush against John
| c. Montfort and conducted by Special
!, Prosecutor Greeley w. Whitford was
thrown out of court in Denver with a
directed verdict of not guilty.
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:. Early season indications point to
| bumper crops of grain, a record-break
ing yield Of sugar beets and the big
gest crop of potatoes for many years
in Colorado, according to leading ag
| ricultural experts who have received
reports from various districts.
Eighty-five prominent business men
of the Trinidad Chamber of Commerce
! met for the first time since the strike
1 in booster session ito get their feet
| under the table and try to harmonic
all factions in the booster spirit ahd
to forget the past" according to Pres
ident A. l.. Branson of the chamber
Recommendation for the appoint.
ment of Mrs. ]. U. Vigil as postmis.
tress at Trinidad, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of her husband
has been made to Postmaster General
Burleson by Congressman Edward
Keating. The position carries sal
ary of about $4,000 year.
Live stock men of Colorado are be
ing warned by government experts to
examine carefully the feed on theiI
ranges this summer, as there is con
siderable increase in the growth OF
the poisonous plant commonly known
as death camas." Animals almost in
variably die after eating this plant.
Statewide good roads, including a
permanent paved highway between
Colorado Springs and Denver. to cost
$1,0o0,000, reciprocal plan for han
ding tourists and general policy OF
cooperation in the matters of mutual
interest dominated the big get-togeth
er meeting of the business men oil
the two cities in Denver
William II. Sharpley, newly elected
mayor of the city and country of Den
yer. made his first public appearance
when he welcomed the delegates OF
the National Association of Sheet
Metal Contractors for their anuua
meeting.
The Middle Western division. of the
engineering bureau of the United
States Department of Agriculture viii
establish headquarters in Denver un
der the supervision of Loren W. Page
of Washington. the director of the
public roads branch of the depart
; ment.