The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-01-25

Hudson is to have a 100000 water
works system.
The city of Pueblo has purchased
two auto sprinklers.
Bon l. Look. Denver merchant, died
of pneumonia in the home of relatives
at Pekin, Ill.
Lewis N. Smith. 60, who was home
steading government claim near Di-
vide, was found dead in his cabin.
Jack" Cummings was convicted of
assaulting a 6-year-old girl by a jury
in district court at Steamboat Springs
John Joseph Driscoll, 15. died at
Mercy hospital in Denver of injuries
received in collision between two
bicycles
James F. Mcconnell, a Denver boy.
received the nomination for an ap-
pointment to Annapolis. He is IS
years old
A cantaloupe inspection bill was
prepared at meeting of Rocky Ford
citizens, and will be presented to the
Legislature.
Philip d. Armour III. of Chicago,
of the Armour Packing company, ar
rived in Denver to attend the stock
show
Recently there left from points near
Ault, Eaton and Lucerne, a special
train-de-luxe of potatoes. The train
consisted of forty4five cars, all espec-
tally equipped.
The Ohio 'and Colorado Smelling
and Refining Company of Salida
awarded increased wages OF twenty
cents shift for all employees on the
payroll, beginning Jan. 1.
A city-wide home ownership" cam
paign, as outlined at the annual meet
ing of the real estate bureau of the
Denver Civic and Commercial Associa-
tion will be begun at once.
San Miguel county mines shipped
gold. silver. lead and copper ores val
ued at s2,026,102 to the American
Smelling and Refining Company's'
plant at Durango during 1916
Two hundred or so erstwhile resi-
er at Denver on the evening of Mon
day. Jan. 20. for the annual banquet
and reception of the Kansas Club.
One of the most important strikes
that has come from the mines of Hins-
dale county in years has just been
made In the Good Luck group on
Hotchkiss mountain by Perry and
Price.
Harold F. Henwood. convicted of
the murder of George L. Copeland and
Sylvester l.. Won Phul on May "a.
1911, has applied for an unconditional
pardon. His application was received
by the State Pardons Board.
A watch and $3.50, all that re-
mained of $1,000 that he is said to
have received from his wife. comprise
the estate of John Lawrence Smith.
who was shot to death in Denver by
his wife, Stella Moore Smith.
Between forty and fifty supervisors
and assistant supervisors. who keep
watch over Uncle Sans vast national
forests in Colorado. South Dakota.
Minnesota and Michigan, will meet in
ing until Feb 3.
Dispatches received in Denver from
commanding officers of the Colorado
National guard at border points, grant
ing a thirty-day extension to officers
and enlisted men now in the state on
leave of absence, is taken to indicate
that the guard may be ordered home
at any time.
The death of ]. f. Mum, a govern
ment meat inspector. who was scalded
to death in the plant of the Western
Meat Company last October while
making an examination of the place.
is the basis of a suit for $1,000 filed
in the District Court in Denver by
Harold E. Mum, son.
For the first time in the history of
the Boy Scout movement, a city has
been designated as the headquarters
of a large district outside its own
boundaries. Denver has become the
center of the work in the Rocky Noun
tain region through the special &C.
tion of the national council.
Awakening of American mind to the
lack of proper military preparedness
in the United States, and the instill-
ing of greater patriotism are two OF
the most important functions of the
military training camps, according to
Wharton Clay of Chicago, a member
of the executive committee of the
Military Training Camps association.
who spoke in Denver at the Univer-
sity club
At Rico a surface tunnel has been
run on the New Year property to con-
meet with the air shaft Connection
has been made and drifting is proceed.
ing on a vein showing native copper
and some very high-grade lead ore.
some of which is said to Assay as