The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-06-07


now planted in gardens.
Three sons OF Peter j. Friedman of
Boulder. have enlisted in Troop d.
Several cases. of scarlet fever at
Sugar City. San Juan towns are full
of measles.
The union miners of Fremont coun-
ty are arranging to hold celebration
on July 4th.
Denver building permits this year
have gained over 100000 over same
period in 1916.
People at Rye put in good part of
Memorial Day in hard work improving
the cemetery there.
F. NJ. Waggener of Berthoud recent
ly purchased 1850 acres of land near
Hudson for $54.166.
The boilermakers and helpers en-
ployed at Florence have gone on
strike and quit work.
A new postoffice called Bassick has
been established just across the Ere
mont-Custer county line.
Harry G. Miller of Pittsburg, Pa.
near Brighton for $1S,65O
Ore shipments from the Silverton
camp during the first twenty-one days
of May totaled 121 cars.
The permanent organization OF the
Routt County Potato Growers Associ-
alton will take place on June 23.
The Masons had charge of the bur
ial Of Col. w. F. Cody buffalo BID
on Lookout Mountain on Sunday.
Mrs. Hannah s. Brown, widely
known in Denver as a philanthropist.
died at her home. She was 79 years
old.
The highest flagpole in the San
Luis Valley was raised at the Memor-
ial services at Alamosa City Park.
The staff is 112 feet high.
Articles of Incorporation for the re-
organized Colorado Midland were filed
with the secretary Of state. The new
company Is capitalized for $4,000, 900.
More than 5000 pounds of dandelion
plants were dug up by boys and girls
of Grand Junction and brought to city
hall in prize contest of extermina-
ton.
Wilfred J. Loeffler and Carl Wierum
OF Pueblo, and Walter G. Peak OF
Colorado Springs have been named as
alternates to the Annapolis Naval
Academy.
Convicts at work in Boulder canon
during April constructed coo linear
feet of road and an equal footage of
12-foot wall. The cost of the camp
was $1.67S for the month.
There are twenty-five carloads of
potatoes. purchased at Greeley last
fall. being held in silos and permitted
to rot, to keep prices up. according to
Secretary of State James II. holland.
A survey of livestock in Otero coun-
ty discloses $4,000 cattle, about 25,OO0
range sheep, 1000 hogs, 200 goats and
$4,000 chickens. The value of this
livestock is estimated at $l,25O,OOO
Canon City was the second town
in the state to meet its apportion-
ment in the raising of the Y. NJ. c. A.
war fund. Longmont was first and
went considerably over the amount
that it pledged.
The oil well on the Edward Jones
place near Byron is producing be-
tween 20 and so barrels of oil daily
Gas from the same well forces the
oil out thus doing away with the need
Of pump for the present.
Marguerite L. Skerritt, member of
one of the oldest pioneer families and
the first girl baby born in Englewood,
died at the old Skerritt home, where
she was born, forty-two years ago
Death was due to paralysis.
One hundred Veterans OF Foreign
Wars in Denver dedicated the recent
ly erected monument to the heroes of
foreign wars at Fairmount cemetery.
The monument. fifty feet high. repre-
sents soldier ready for action.
Word was received in Denver that
Roscoe G. Kincaid, former Colorado
boy. has been selected by the govern
ment to accompany the first American
military expedition to France as sec
retary to Maj. Gen. ]. j. Pershing.
John Bussehr Of Frawley, few
miles from Leadville. has written a
letter to a friend, using ink made
from molybdenum ore. Mr.. Bussehr
believes the ore is useful for many
purposes besides the hardening OF
steel.
The Rico Mining Company have
worked several men at the Syndicate
mine all winter and have shipped sew
eral cars of high grade silver ore and
it is said that there is still a small but
very rich streak on which present
energies are being expended
Western members OF the national
war council of the Red Cross Society
and delegates from nine states in this
region will attend conference in