The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-01-31


Feb. 22-2s-.Annual Winter Sports Car
ntval at Steamboat Springs.
Jan. 22-24-Annual meeting Colorado
Metal Mining Association at State
Capitol building in Denver.
Fire destroyed the government
seed-extracting plant at Fraser.
The Greeley police raided gamb-
ling den and arrested six men.
A-large amount of ice has been put
up at the reservoir south of Brandon.
Land in the vicinity Of Grouse.
twenty miles north of Fort Collins. is
to be tested for coal.
The sale of stock at the Denver
Stock Show donated to the Red Cross.
netted that organization about $685.
900.
Twenty pure bred yearling Hereford
heifers were sold for an average of
$3.50 each at the Denver stock show.
for the benefit of the Red Cross.
X. L. Mills. of Denver, received
cable message from his son. Lieut.. H.
A. Mills, announcing his safe arrival
in France Lieutenant Mills in In the
signal corps.
A purse containing $1,000 in checks
and cash was snatched from the hand
of Mrs. M. B. Harper, a resident of
the North side, as she was passing an
alley on Court street in Pueblo.
Lieutenant George Beach, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Beach of Fort
Collins, an aviator in the service of
the United States, was killed in an
accidental collision of planes in Italy.
Governor Gunter issued proclama-
tion calling upon the people of the
state to substitute the pinto bean, a
Colorado product. for meat on meat
less days.
Overcome by his exertions while
enacting the role of Santa Claus. Max
Schenck, IS. . teacher at the State
Teachers College, dropped dead from
heart disease at a children's party at
Greeley.
Paul Baird. charged with assault to
kill his step-son, Ray Desermia. who
was nearly beaten to death. pleaded
not guilty in the West Side Court in
Denver. His case was set for trail
Feb. 25.
According to q statement received
by Governor Gunter from the Navy
Department. war operations are being
held up because of inadequate ship
ping and the rate of production OF
steel ships.
A. L. Luce. who recently gave up
position In q drug store at Sterling
and Joined the United States Marines.
was fired upon by an unidentified
man when ON his way home. The bull
let passed through his cap.
Lieut.. Daniel ]. Mahoney. formerly
Denver and a graduate OF the first Of
ficers' training camp at Fort Riley.
married Miss Helen Cox. daughter of
Gov. James Cox Of Ohio in Dayton.
Otto Wahman, aged 2S, a German
farm hand working in the dry land
section south of Fort Morgan, was
given ten hours to get out of the
country for unpatriotic remarks he is
said to have made about the govern
ment.
The Colorado Metal Mining Confer
ence. in its final sessions in Denver
completed plans for advancing legis-
lation against the wildcatter. for dol
lar silver, for modifying the excess
profits law and for stimulating the oil
and mining Industries.
At the annual meeting of the West
ern Stock Show Association in Denver
the following directors were re-
elected: E. M. Ammons. Charles G.
Smith, Charles MacA. Wilcox. John E.
Painter, George w. Valentine and A.
E. de RicQles. Charles A. Gebhard was
elected as a new member of the di-
rectorate.
The United States food administra-
ton has arranged a nationwide speak
ing tour, with the week beginning
March 10 assigned to Colorado. Ed
ward F. Trefx, publicist of Chicago;
DR.. Alexander Cairns. noted educator.
and Mrs. Gordon Smith, woman pub
licist. will be the speaking team.
Harold Underhill, 24-year-old son of
&C. w. Underhill, Denver. private in
the United States marines, was doing
guard duty at the United States navy
torpedo station at Newport. r. l.,
where nearly a score Of persons were
killed in an explosion. according to
a letter received by the father In
Denver.
Mystery surrounds the death OF
Rachael Mcleod, 65 years old. and an
unknown man, whose bodies were
found in the Womans home in Lead
Vile following fire there. The
throat of the man had been gashed,
and three open razors were found be-
side the corpse. The Mcleod woman
apparently died from suffocation.
Because of an order in the form of