The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-13
FROM ELK MT. PILOT FILES.

FROM ELK Mt. PILOT FILES.
Nov. II, 1881.
Gunnison county polled 2,764 votes.
Last year the vote was 2,073.
Gunnison has Y. M. C. A.
1t is positively reported now that
the railroad will be completed to
Crested Butte this week.
Charles B. Hays, who was charged
with killing Frenchy and Jas. Lewis
alias Arizona Bill, has been released
on bail of $4,000 until the next term
of court. Messrs. Howard F. Smith,
John Songer, Pat DAILY, S. T. Mault-
by, J. Roy Stearns and A. Woodman
were the bondsmen.
The first bullion ever shipped
from Gunnison county, was two sill
yer bricks that Marshal Webb took
from the Pioneer Stamp mill the
other day, weighing respectively 81
and III ounces, said to be 902 fine,
coin value $1,152.2O, being the pro-
duct of the 25 tons of SO ounce ore,
from the Forest Queen dump. We
understand that Marshal Webb. who
represents his father here, claims
that the people and press here are
adverse to the Pioneer mill, which
we take the liberty to say Is mis-
take.
The Lord has been exceedingly kind
to San Juan this fall. Eastern min
ing experts have left, weather de-
lightful, whisky cheap. plenty of
game, good crop Of grass widows, no
Utes in sight, and no Denver orators
closer than Gunnison. Blessed San
Juan.-Muldoon.
Be sure and take dinner at the
Windsor hotel on Sunday. Bro. Ayres
has secured turkey, oysters, cranber-
ries, etc. Grand Duke Alexis, Red
Rogers and all the other moguls will
be there.
Mrs. Judge Miller has joined her
husband in Gunnison, where they will
probably spend the winter. The
Judge will have to walk turkey now.
1t is now definitely known that the
Gunnison extension of the Rio Grande
will be the one projected into Utah.
1t has not been heretofore known
to the public which one ofthe extern
sions would be built into Utah but
the matter is now settled. The Red
Cliff extension will be built through
to the Ute reservation and there con-
meet with the Utah line. 1t is
thought that the connection will be
made somewhere near Grizzly canon.
Nov. "a, 1881.
Gunnison is going to have water
works, gas and a park.
The Tin Cup Record has changed
hands, o. H. Violet retiring, and H.
Stephens Ehrman, (Gunnison Hank.)
will have charge of the paper in the
future. Hank says he is mo tender
foot either in the sanctum or hand
ling the pick and shovel" and from
the looks of the last Record we think
he is not far off. Success to the
new management.
Martin Fitzgerald came in from
the forks of the Gunnison and Grand
rivers the other day, where he has
ranch. He says there will be half
dozen railroad functions at that place
and that there is "bound to be a city
there" If there was metropolis
every place that there was "bound
to be" one in this country what
glorious time we would have. Since
we failed to get the capitol located
here, we have dropped out of the
race for metropolitan honors, and are
content to rely on sinking shafts and
running tunnels to take out the pre-
cious metal to build up these other
"bound to be cities"
The Denver Times of the 18th, says
"the steel for the South Parks ex-
tension from the tunnel to Gunnison
has arrived and will be shipped to
the front as soon as the track shall
be laid through the tunnel. Things
are beginning to look more favorable
for the South Park road than they
did last week. 1t was then stated
that nearly the entire force of work
men had been withdrawn, but it has
since been denied and is now said
that the line is to be pushed into
Gunnison this winter We hope the
report is we'll founded.
Guiteau has evidently made up
what mind he has that he is going to
be acquitted, and he is now at work
on lecture that he intends to de-
liver on a European tour as soon
after his acquittal as he can make
the arrangements 1t is more than
probable that the sanguine assassin
will make foreign trip after his
trial is ended but it will be into the