The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-11-01
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
vs.t.rh Newspaper unio. News Service.

=, meeting at Denver.
Nov 11-Is-Automobile Show at Dem
Nov. 22-24-Rural School Conference In
Denver.
X. o. B. H. 1. T. 8. is an Indian. who
robbed Wicked Snake.
The Woman's Club of Denver 10 to
have "courting parlor."
Shortage of freight cars has sent
the price Of potatoes up slightly.
Great Western Sugar Company
ton.
Denver has 25,521 persons among its
bond patriots. who oversubscribed its
quota over $1.50O.000.
Trio charged with stealing calves
given preliminary hearing and bound
over for trial at Pueblo.
Coloradoans oversubscribed the
states allotment more than 100000
for the second Liberty bonds.
1t is reported that nearly 500 spe-
cial policemen ia Denver will lose
their stars within the next ten days.
The Denver Firemen's Protective
Association invested the money in its
treasury. amounting to $500, in Lib
erty bonds.
Six Colorado men drafted for the
national army will be discharged from
Camp Funston as soon as release pa
pers can reach them,
The school children Of Gilcrest, a
small farming town in Weld county.
demonstrated their patriotism by buy
ing 500 Liberty bond.
James Milligan, SO years old. 4 pio-
neer mining man Of the state and
resident of Victor for twenty years,
died after an illness Of several months
One thousand pounds Of potatoes
from twenty-five pounds Of seed is the
record Of a city war garden-that OF
Leonard E. jackson at the north end
Of Colorado Springs.
Mayor Speer and Manager q Rev
enue Pitcher OF Denver paid $4,000
into q Denver bank, representing the
city's per cent payment on $5o0.ooo
worth of Liberty bonds.
The increases in both Colorado's
bean and potato crops exceeded ex-
Fpectations this year. says w. H. Kerr.
chairman Of the Committee on Mar
kets of the State Council Of Defense.
Lauretta jackson. II. who was tax
en- into custody in Denver In company
with Raymond Stuart upon advice
from the Chicago police authorities.
was released to go to her home in
Chicago.
Twenty-Five members Of Congress,
bound from Washington to Hawaii.
were guests Of the Civic and CONNER
cial Association in Denver. with pub
lie addresses by the visitors at the
Auditorium.
Chairman W. H. Kerr Of the Com
mittee ON Markets of the Colorado
Council Of Defense reports the states
canning industry working at full blast.
Double shifts are being worked in all
large canneries.
The second Bent county boy to lose
his life since enlistment was Richard
Inskeep. son of Mr.. and Mrs. John c.
Inskeep of Hasty. who died at Camp
Kearny. Linda Vista, Cal, o. cerebro-
spinal meningitis.
District Attorney Samuel w. John
son of Jefferson county filed with Gov.
]. c. Gunter a petition asking for the
recall of Robert H. Dickinson. school
commissioner of District No. 9s in the
Westminster neighborhood.
With the arrest in Kansas City by
federal officers Of R. ]. OMeara and
M. C. Lusaught, and, In Denver. OF
George F. Lammars and c. X. West,
government agents believe that the
men responsible for tho shipment OF
liquor into Denver are now in custody.
The output made in September
from the Dillon mine of the Granite
Gold Mining Company totaled seventy
two cars, with ore content between
2,4O0 and $500 tons. The average
value of this ore was close to one
ounce gold, possibly little less than
500 ton.
The September output made by
Carnduff and Duncan of Victor,
lessees of the Granite Gold Mining
Company. on the Dead Pine mine ON
Battle mountain, totaled twelve cars
or between $50 and 400 tons Of ore.
with an average value Of about one
ounce gold to the ton.
Operating through the Hayden shaft
on Yankee Hill, the May Queen Leas-
ing Company. composed of Davis Har-
ris. p. c. Madsen and associates. has
opened the biggest body Of zinc car
Donate that has been discovered at
Leadville since the wonderful depos-
its at the Wolftone were found sew
eral years ago.
The sixth contingent Of Camp Funs-