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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21
Beet Growers Get $500, 900

Greeley-Checks aggregating ST.
$4,000 were mailed out to the beet
growers of Weld county by the Great
Western Sugar Company. This repre-
sents payment for beets delivered to
the various factories from Nov. Is to
Dec. Is. The Greeley factory distrib-
utes $4,000 of this amount to its 800
customers; the Windsor factory sends
out $390,00O: and the Eaton factory
pays $425,000. According to factory
officials, there are about 10000 tons
of beets yet to be paid for, which will
add 100000 to this amount, making
the total paid out by the factory to
Weld county farmers for beets during
the entire season over $3,600,000. This
is divided between approximately l.
400 families who deliver beets to the
factories.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21
GRAZING FEE TOO Low
ACCORDING TO CHIEF FORESTER
HENRY S. GRAVES.
Report Deals With Road Construction,
Summer Homes, Grazing of
Stock and Power sites.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver-In view of the fact that
there are 100000 acres in Colorado
in the national forest, the annual re,
port of Henry s. Graves, chief for
ester of the United States Forest
Service, is of special interest to the
residents of the state. Some of the
subjects include the construction OF
roads and trails, the development of
summer homes, the increase and sup
ply of lumber, the grazing of live
stock. water and power sites, and
other topics.
1T has become plain says the re-
port, that increase of the benefits de.
rived by stockmen from national for
est administration with no commen,
surate increase in the charge for the
grazing privilege has created a situa-
ton which calls for readjustment
The proposal under consideration in
wolves a moderate annual advance for
three years. If the plan is made eff
Effective it will be put in operation
March l, 1917, and should eventually
| bring the grazing receipts to more
than 100000 a year"
There were issued in Colorado last
year 3,56S grazing permits. The num-
Der of stock grazed included 317,S01
cattle and 10,lS9 horses. Five hun
dred and fifty-four permits were is
lsued for sheep and goats. The num-
ber grazed were 902.14G sheep and
979 goats
Reference is made to the federal ap-
preparation of $4,000, 900 for the con-
tstruction of roads within the national
forests. Amounts available for work
in Colorado are shown in the following
items: Schools and road money from
forest receipts for 1916. $59,21S.60; for
1917, s63,995.06; bonds and trail
money expendable by the secretary of
agriculture for 1916. $23,6S7.44; for
1917, .sa2,O1s.s1.
The total amount of timber cut from
the national forests in 1916 was 664,-
$4,000 board feet The timber sold in
Colorado amounted to 57,3S0,000 board
fee ct, valued at $3O6, ,540.1O. The
amount of timber cut was T,055,O00.
worth s6S.57212. There were granted
3.657 free permits to cut timber for
9,627 900 board feet worth $14, ,556.14.
The number of fires suppressed in
Bthe national forests during the calen-
dar year 1915 was 6,324 against 7,01S
hin 1914.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21
BANKS SHOW HUGE GAIN
INCREASE OF Sc, e,a6s,ss7 IN DENVER
1916 SAVINGS.
Prosperity of Denver People Shown in
Every Line of Civic and
Private Life.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-Evidences of Denvers un-
precedented prosperity during 1916 are
coming like an avalanche through the
medium of annual totals and account
ings. The evidences have been here
for many months, manifesting them
selves through all avenues of trade
and industry, but even the most conf
dent and assured Denverite must exper-
ience thrill of surprise and gratifica-
tion when he observes some OF the
proofs in the aggregate.
Never before in the history of Den
to the new and remarkable record in
the number and volume of savings &C
counts. In twenty-four banks the de-
posits aggregate $31,924,939 for 1916,
as against $25, ,o61, ,562 in 1915, an in
crease of $6,363.377. or approximately
20 per cent. The adding of 25, ,233 new
, accounts during the year, many of
which were deposits of women and
children, gives the figures a signifi-
cant aspect The total number of ac-
counts is 10000.
lpulh LILO yOai settlcis liohi Ill
parts Of the United States took up
public land in Colorado to the amount
of 2,327, ,9S7 acres. Most Of these were
taken in 320-acre tracts, the maximum
now permitted as homestead entry.
1t is a striking parallel in Denver's
financial year that, while her savings
were unprecedentedly big, her dis
bursements indicate corresponding
increase. There is not branch OF
civic and commercial life that has not
felt the influence OF prosperity. Den
yer has bought more automobiles, built
more houses and worn better clothes
than ever before.
Estimates based on close calcula-
tions by experts show that the total
value of automobiles bought during
the year is approximately sl3,6oO,0O0.
Total financial transactions OF the
Denver postoffice furnish another en-
phatic proof OF prosperous conditions.
They will show a gain of more than
$1,000,000 over the record of 1915. 1t
is expected that the total business will
amount to more than $9.000.000 for the
year In the postal savings bank of
the Denver postoffice, approximately
$535,00O was deposited, a gain OF be-
tween $4,000 and 100000 over the
amount deposited in 1915.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21
Arizona.


There are. 1,2O0 men on the pay
rolls at the Ajo mines.
1t is probable that the United States
Smelling, Refining & Mining Company
will show earnings of better than $lO,-
100000 in 1916.
Three feet of oxidized ore was un-
covered in the face of the tunnel on
the Venture Hill Mine Company
property at Jerome.
The Shea mine at jerome is to be
equipped Immediately with machinery
to develop the big copper-gold discoy-
cry recently made there.
For $4,000 Boston capitalists have
bought the properties of the Tucson
Copper Company, located 40 miles
west of Tucson in the Silverbell Min
ing District.
/, Advices from Bisbee are that-the new
corporation which is to develop the
News, Larremore, Monster and Howe
groups will be called the Gadsden
Copper Company instead of Warren.
Jerome Copper Company. -t....
The Shannon Copper Company is
now earning better than SO per share
per annum on its 100000 shares. For
the first nine months of this year
profits were $625.0O0, which is more
than sufficient to meet full year 8
dividend requirement.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21
Colorado,

Labor difficulties at the Evening
Star mine at Leadville, were settled
temporarily.
The Rifle-De Beque Oil and Gas
Company has discontinued further ex-
fields.
f. E. Van Vert has purchased the
lease and all the equipment of the
Ben Male Coal mine, on Trout creek,
five miles west of Oak creek, from
Charles Pitchford, the former lessee.
Mining activity recently in the La
Plata and San Juan districts has had
the effect of overwhelming the Du-
range smelter. The working force
there is operating to the full limit in
order to handle the shipments of ore
arriving daily. d. .r,-y
An important deal-has Just been
consummated for block of shares
of the Albert-Beacon Gold Mining
Company to syndicate of Minnesota
iron operators and capitalists. The
deal assures that recently incorporat-
ed Cripple Creek company a cash
treasury fund for operating purposes
of from 100000 to 100000.
The Isabella Mines Company of Col
orado Springs will pay IA special divi-
dend of one cent a share on Dec. 30.
to stockholders OF record Dec. 20. The
capital stock of the company is 3,000..
900 shares, of which there are $780,
900 outstanding. The dividend will to-
tai over $25,000. The campany has
$4,000 in cash in the treasury. 80
In the Royal Flush mine in the
Hahns Peak district, in Routt county,
ore has been found in the 400, 400 and
476-foot level. and three classes of ore
are being mined-first-class smelter
ore, second-class smelter ore and mill
ore. The firstclass ore will run 800
to the ton or better, the second-class
$50 or better and the mill ore about
SIS per ton.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21
Wyoming.

The Patterson well. on the south
side of the Greybull river, encountered
a strong flow of water at 55 feet.
1t looks'as if the next oil excitement
would cone from the vicinity of Pow
der river, where drilling operations
are commencing in good earnest. a.
Denver and Chicago capitalists re-
Gently. brought in well exec eding
three hundred barrels per day, in the
Powder River extension of the, Salt
Creek field
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21
Geo. w. Cook Die. at Pueblo.

Denver-Gen. Geo. w. Cook, for
mer congressman-at-large from Colo
RADIO, a state builder and organizer of
the famous Cooks Veteran Drum
Corps here, died in the state asylum
at Pueblo. He was 65 years old and
had lived in Denver since 1881. He
was born in Bedford, Ind, Nov. 10.
1851, the son of Lieut.. Samuel Cook
of the Union army, and Agnes Dodson
United States navy.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21


full of little
writer in ovew a
village rapidly changed For time
talked novel little back rooms sug
of artists
mmodae the visitors
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21


a worth much pearl
of
be
a back.
1t is impossible
of
n he to
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21
Woman Fined 500 for eootIeqsins

Alamosa.-The first conviction on
bootlegging charge in Alamosa since
the prohibition law went into effect oc-
CURED in the County; Court when Miss
Carmelita Maestas, resident of this
city pleaded guilty to charge of i'm
porting, liquor for the purpose of sale
or gtfts,She was fined 800 and costs
amounting to- SAC. by Judge Frank
Brownell
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21
wouia Handle lnherltanc. Tax.

THE state inheritance tax should be
administered by the State Tax Com
mission instead of by the state attor-
.ney general, according to a recommen-
dation contained in a report sub
mitted by the tax commission to the
governor and the state treasurer. In
support of the recommendation the
commission contends that its members
would be able to acquire much. yalu
able. information regarding the cash
value of the estate of a deceased per-
son. soH.-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21

pridetully. Peach ana nectarlne Color
Ing figures in the side panels. In the
ornamentation of the frieze and cell
ing the imagination of the decorators
to the borough president has run riot.
Rosy garlands constitute the frieze.
The ceiling ornamentation includes n
large wreath OF these blossoms, sur
rounded by gold-colored leaves, with
the torches of Hymen placed fairly
close together. In the extension,
where the brides and bridegrooms en-.
tor. fhprl iS n rnntn nnln of lilins of tho
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21
Potato Growers to Meet

Fort Collins-The potato industry of
the state will be discussed when the
Colorado State Potato Growers associ
alton holds its second annual meeting
during the sessions of the Farmers
congress, which will be held at the Ag-
ricultural college here Jan. 15 to 20.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21
Fire in Gale Threatens NederIand

Boulder-Nederland new water
system saved the tungsten camp from
probable total destruction by fire,
when with a sixty-mile gale blowing a
blaze broke out in small building in
the rear of the Club pool hall in the
main section. of town.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21
switchman Dies Under Cars.

Steamboat Springs. body of
Andrew Hays, switchyard employe of
the Routt Pinacle mine. fifteen miles
west of Steamboat Springs, was found
by other workmen. He must have
tried to board a moving train of emp
ties and fell between the cars.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21
THEY'RE
A LITTLE
DAZE 20 6ur
HAPPY


situated Even the aeu
ad
couples On day Mr. scul knoyng proces hourjshed
o
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21
Contests Filed far House Seats.

Six of the twelve Democratic candi-
dates running on the legislative ticket
from Denver in the recent election
who, on the face of the returns, were
defeated, instituted contest proceed
ings for the places of six successful
Republicans. Petitions charging ir-
regularities and inaccuracies in the
count, We're filed by eachgof the con
testors in the secretary of states Of
flee
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21

around Eighth and Chestnut streets,
Philadelphia, guaranteed their treaties
with William Penn, years and years
before the town became famous for its
scrapple.
The belts now belong to the Mu-
scum of the American Indian.
The arrival of these belts has
started some talk about what would
happen If we We're on wampum fl
nancial basis again and the bank roll
was in shells. The price of hard
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21

In the world. GreenwiCh village, with
its narrow streets, winding alleys and
old-fashioned homes and business
places, set up quiet resistance to the
onward march of progress that could
not be broken down. 1t has kept its
character and individuality and today
is the much-sought-for retreat of the
artist and seeker after the quaint and
curious.
The village of Greenwich has had
its tides of prosperity, with the result
mt ehh and flow For Il time it
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21
Man Hurt by cave-in. Dies.

Grand Junction.. P. ShQtt, car
penter, whose skull was fractured by
a cave-in in the Stokes mine at Palis.
9de. died in local hospital.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21

Boulder-Tungsten concentrates" co
per cent, SIS to ST. per unit. Crude
ores, 60 per cent, SIS; 25 per cent,
s9.4O to sl2; 10 per cent, $50 to $40
per unit.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21
Charities Cost Counties s74s. 1922.

During the year ending June 30.
1916, the counties of the state spent
$74S, ,12259 for the care of the poor,
the INDECENT insane, for the mainte-
nance of poor farmh free medical
service and similar needs. according to
the annual report of the State Board
Of Charities and Corrections, made
public by w. II. Thomas, the secre-
tary. The sum was an increase of
more than 100000 over the preced-
ing year. The amount paid under the
mothers compensation law was $15,-
SG5.5O. The total number of families
cared for was 1876, and the number Of
children cared for either in their own
homes or in public institutions was
about 400. About 81 per cent of the
mothers who applied for help We're
Americans. but the board also took
care of French, German, Irish, Aus
trian, Italian, Swedish, English, Mex
leah, Danish and Canadian women.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21
WESTERN
MINING AND OIL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
PRICES FOR METALS.

Bar silver ............. p 10
Spelter. per 100 lbs, st. Louis 1888
Lead, per 100 lbs, New York. 7.5O Il
Copper, casting ............ 32.S71a
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21
Greenwich Village Quaint Bit Of Gotham

New York quaint little community that has
city
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21

arrived at the park in an automobile.
The bear came from the estate OF
John D. Crimmins at Noroton, Conn.,, to
Join his sister, who had been sent to
the park two months ago.
The other Russian brown bear,
who has been named Sister, was put
In the cage with three ordinary brown
bear cubs because the weather was
bad. When Bill, as the new arrival is
called, was first placed in front of the
cage he gave two or three question
ing shifts and then began to mutter
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21
Municipal Marriage Chapel Proves to Be Popular

in
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21

Happenings i'm
the Metropolis
BIZ
Tipping With Wampum Doesn't Go in New York

New YoRK-Just
York
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21

Bill
legs
her
una
other
threw their
should popular
in nsocietyth
from the country home Mr. cunnn
Hyde
Thompson succeeded
t Gnne sfand :
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21
Bill Teaches Sister the Bear Hug and Trot

and the bear trot displayed for the dha
of
looking for all the world like chow dog
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21
state Gets s1,o6e ,46a Inheritance Tax

Colorado's state treasury received
s1,06a,463 in revenues collected from
Inheritance taxes. for the biennial
period of 19l5-1916, according to the
report which has been submitted by
Leslie e. Hubbard, state inheritance
tax appraiser. to Attorney General
Farrar, Tax or waiver, fees were col
lected on 3,51S estates at a cost to the
state of s24,2O0, a record unparalleled
in. the department
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21
leadviile Miners Get Wage Increase

general raise Of wages OF miners
in the Leadville district was an
nounced by the state industrial com
mission. The increase came about as
a. result of demands based on the in
creased cost of living and provides for
a raise from $3.50 to $3.50 per day for
hand miners, muckers and surface
men; $3S5 to 81 for timber men, and
from $40 to $3.50 lfor engineers,
blacltsmiths and similar crafts. About
l, 500" men will be affected. it was
stated.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.


DATES FOR COMING EVENTS. y
Jan. 16-Poultry Show at Denver.
Jan. 11-13-Poultry Show az Canon
City.
Ian. 2o-Athletic Club boxing contests
at Denver.
Jan. 20-27-Annual Wsstern Stock
Show at Denver. ~
Feb. 2-<-Y. NJ. C. A. Annual Conven-
tion at Colorado Springs. men
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-04
A Great Newspaper Awoks.

The Chicago Daily News has been
Wilson Worshipper. 1t wanted MIN
nominated; it fought for his election
it supported him as President through
thick and thin; it hurled defiance at
his opponents it lambasted his critics
and then, one day. it woke up.
The Chicago Daily News could not
! swallow the dastardly surrender of the
rights of 100000 900 citizens to an or
ranized gang of 400 thousand men of
any faith or creed. The News now
says:
It was in his method of dealing with
the strike threat of the railroad broth
erhoods that President Wilson most
clearly disclosed his policy of govern
ment. That perilous policy OF follow
ing the line of least resistance is shown
here in it's perfection. Here also is
shown the destructiveness Of the form
Of craftsmanship which deals with a
crisis by postponing the day Of settle
ment and at the same time, by weak
ening established safeguards, augment
ing the elements Of danger contained
in it, Confronted by the fact that
leaders of certain railroad employers
had refused to arbitrate the question
Of higher wages and had rejected the
proffered help Of the Federal Board Of
Mediation ard Cancellation, President
Wilson chose to assume that the Ques-
ton involved was that Of the estab-
lishment of the eight hour day. though
| the eight hour day In reality had moth.
ing 10 do with 1t. He chose to assume
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-04
WEEKS MILLS

Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Clifford were q,
Coopers Mills Saturday. the guests o,
Mr.. and Mrs. Truman Ellis.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Wood were cal,.
ers at Hostile Valley Sunday.
Clarence Choate has gone to Aususta
where he has good position at the
M. !. H.
Gustavus Brown is visiting relatives
in Augusta.
b. NJ. Freeman was a business in Wa.
terville Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Weeks Of Aueus-
Ia were weekend guests Of their par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. J. White.
Alton Doe of Branch Mills wa. .
visitor at Rev. j. r. Halls a few davs
recently.
Mrs. Nelson Brown returned satur.
day from Taunton. Mass, where she
had been during the sickness and death
or her sister. Mrs. H. G. Howes.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. J. White were call
ers in Waterville Monday.
Ray Clifford has his new house ne.r-
ly completed.
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also, without making any effort to
prevent that threatened outcome, that
a nationwide strike tying I'D railroad
transportation from coast to coast
would result speedily unless he secured
by law within few hours a settlement
to the liking of the men who had enrf-
neered the strike order. Instead Of saw
ing to those men, This nation will mt
be coerced into passing law increas.
ing your wages without investigation /"
ne fastened to reward them for first
refusing arbitration and then setting
their scanty time limit of hours in
which Congress might establish by law
their minimum demand of a % per cent
increase in wages, VIGOROUSLY mis-
branded by the President the eight
hour day. The nations chief execu-
tive, rejecting all pleas to the contrary.
thrust aside the principle of arbitra-
ton, thrust aside all questions of right
ana wrong and yielded to a barefaced
noldup in derogation Of justice and or
uerly government. To give his action
snadowy excuse, he demanded one
tning while calling 1t another thing. A
stampeded Congress carried out his or
ders in Jig time.
here was shameless, destructive
surrender to threat Of force made
with deliberate purpose by an or
canned minority. On the part of the
Iresident 1t was at once a display of
umldity and craft. It established a
precedent both dangerous and humili-
atlns. Throughout the amazing trans
action the larger interests of the great
uhorganized American public counted
Tor nothing. The facts, known and m.
known, were ignored. The President
;; employed an easy method of pro1ectina
a present difficulty into the future. and
o! gaining profitable friendships for
himself while sowing crop of dragons
teeth for his country, whose interests
ne was set to guard. This appalline
aispiay OF unscrupulousness illuminat toe
IKE e. searchlight the character and
the thought processes Of the chiar
magistrate of the nation. The Amar;- :
can people should take warninr 1ror,
the painful eposure.
In the opinion of The Daily New. TIA
sarety OF the nation and the intsrr;.v
OF Its institutions cannot wisely he a. '
trusted to President wilson for an "e n
term. 01 announcer