The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-01-17
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mere on SATURDAY.
VIM. Redden was a business visitor
on Saturday, last week.
Mrs. H. C. Berry has been quite i'll
all week but is better at present.
Dallas Duncan and the G. H. Wise
family drove in on Saturday for sup
plies.
Mrs. Zilke Haymaker has very kind.
ly assisted at the hotel during Mrs
Berry's illness.
F. w. Rector, manager of the Tele-
phone company in Gunnison was in
Tuesday on business.
Mrs. G. H. Wise came up on the
train Tuesday to attend the Lyceum
number which was postponed.
A boy was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
George Saligor Friday the 11th.
Mother and son reported as doing
finely.
R. F. Cramer from Wilmington.
Del, who comes in regularly for the
Dupont Powder company, was here
Tuesday.
Patsy O'Neill and James Headly
are still on the sick list and have
been unable to return to. their work
at Smith Hill as yet.
Miss Annie Macolovich, the effici-
ent bookkeeper at Fishers Grocery
store has been on the sick list this
week with tonsilitis.
E G. Gladstone, VIM. Manley and
Joseph Arnott of the C. F. & !. COM
pany, left Tuesday for Pueblo on
some committee work.
Ranchmen in town Tuesday were:
Bot Ahren, Rudolph Schnellar, Henry
Elmer of Taylor river and Eldon
Hauser from Cement creek.
+, Joe Scoff Jr., is the new Colorado
Supply tore clerk, who came down
from the branch store at Floresta,
to work here during the winter.
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We understand that Mr.. and Mrs.
]. ]. Genright are spending the win
ter at Redstone. Mr.. Genright is
employed at the Thode saw mill.
George johnson has been quite i'll
for some time, but is reported to be
improving now and will return to
his work at Smith Anthracite soon.
Joe Yoklavich has accepted en-
ployment at the Irwin camp with the
Mogollon Mining company and made
the trip on skies with Mr.. Botsford,
Monday.
r Eldon Hauser came in from his
Cement creek station Saturday in the
heavy snow storm. He had pretty
hard time, according to the appear
ance of his team.
Miss Margaret Crary has moved
in with Mrs. Moffatt and Miss Nc
Carly in their little bachelor apart
ments on Main street, for the reI
mainder of the school term.
M. w. Hall and family who came
up from Gunnison a few weeks ago,
are nicely settled in apartments over
Robinson's store. Mr.. Hall is hauling
timber for the C. F. & l. mine.
Mrs. S. Pettruff and Mrs. T. w.
Wilson who have been visiting at
Smith Hill several days returned
here Monday and will visit indefi-
nitely at the Fred Gulliford home.
The switch engine was caught in
a snow slide Monday above Peanut
Lake and it took the crew and sec
tion gang all day to shovel it out.
"It's a privilege to live in Colorado.
Miss Helen Wolfe came in on
Wednesdays train from Cardiff,
where the family moved several
months ago. Miss Wolfe is staying
at the Espey home and will attend
school here.
The unpleasant results effecting
the little village at Smith Hill from
time to time, when the gas caused
by a combination of moisture and a
submerged smolder in the hill are
to be eliminated at once by the re-
moval Of the homes and boarding
house to a distant part of the town
where the gas is not noticed. The
gas has been a source of trouble for
years and recently has become more
annoying. The school building was
moved several weeks ago and work
was begun Tuesday by H. T. Smith