The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-28

Jan. s-11-Ninth Anual Poultry Show
at Brush.
| Jan. 11-13-Poultry Show at Canon
Ian. 2o.-Athletic Club boxing contests
| at Denver
Jan. 2o-27-Annual Western Stock
Show at Denver.
Feb. 2-4-Y. M c. A. Annual Conven-
| tion at Colorado Springs.
Frederick is to have a new mill and
elevator.
During the past year, Colorado bank
deposits have increased $14 ,227 ,O23.
The total tax levy for the city and
county of Denver in 1917 will be II
nills
The business men of Otis have
raised sufficient funds for the equip
ment of a brass band.
Building permits issued in the city
of Denver during the last year amount
to- over $4.oOO,OOO.
| Sugar-beet growers, in Longmont,
are signing 1917 contracts. An in
crease in price of 81 ton is provided.
The ninth annual poultry show OF
the Northeastern Colorado Poultry AS
sociation will be held at Brush, Jan.
Sill.
The Burlington railroad has re-
newed its 1916 subscription of $4,000
to the Denver tourist and publicity
bureau.
With nearly 300 more fires to fight
in 1916 than during 1915, the Denver
fire department reduced the fire loss
$67, 7,O55.6S.
Railroad officials report the biggest
Christmas holiday travel for several
years on the reduced round trip rates
in Colorado.
Two miles of the 1S-foot concrete
pavement on the South Golden road
have been completed and thrown open
for public use.
Christmas cheer in the form of
cash was given to the employees of va
rious corporations and business insti-
tutions in Denver.
]. F. Hay. As years old, farmer and
hotelkeeper of Bennett, threw himself
before Rock Island train at Byers
and was instantly killed.
The Oklahoma Normal basketball
team defeated the Colorado Agricul-
tural College quintet at Fort Collins,
Colo, by a score of 3S to o.
Idledale, on Bear creek, has been
purchased by the Denver Motor Club
from M. l.. Baldwin for 100000. ac-
cording to Charles F. Roehrig, secre-
tary of the club.
The Rev. Irving p Johnson, who be
comes bishop of the diocese OF Colo
RADIO in the Protestant Episcopal
church on New Year day, spent
Christmas in Manitou.
Routt county bituminous coal
reached the highest price in the his
tory of the state when it was ad-
vanced to 81 ton. an increase in the
former price Of so cents.
Marked Improvement in the condi-
ton of United States Senator John f.
Shafroth. who has been seriously i'll
at Washington, was indicated in a
telegram received in Denver.
There were thirty-five fewer deaths
in Denver during November, 1916.
than in the corresponding month in
1915, according to the monthly report
OF the Denver Bureau of Health.
| ne SllNeTlOu ulStTlCt Sulppeu
cars of ore per month on the average
during the year ending December l.
The net average monthly return on
the shipments are estimated at s152,-
COO
Monsignor P. A. Phillips vas ofrl.
ctally named vicar general of the
Catholic diocese of Denver by Bishop
| NJ q
Hrady. who recently resigned from
the post.
Chicago's Mining World, quoting its
New York correspondent, says the de-
Inand for tungsten has been very ac
tive, with sellers reporting consider
able business done for delivery over
all of 1917 at prices ranging from
$3.50 per unit for ordinary grades to
SIS per unit for high grades.
The life Of guardsman on the
Mexican border itsn't nearly so dis
agreeable as some would have it
seem, according to Sergt. Frank
Stark of Denver, who is home on fur
Tough. "The climate is healthful and
bracing all along the border" he said,
'-and one cannot fail to benefit by the
military life and discipline"
The annual report of the United
Gold Mines Company of Cripple Creek,
which covers the work accomplished
during the year, was sent to stock
holders with their dividend checks. 1t
shows that in the first eight months
of 1916 10,7S3 tons of ore of gross
value of s21s,215.75. were taken out by
the lessees with a net return of s124,
S5004. The royalties in that perioG
amounted to s30.S53.41.
George Parker. 43, who underwent