The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-05-16
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado

Western Newspaper Union News ssrvics
COMING EVENTS. =
May 14-16-Colorado Sunday School
Association annual convention AZ
9ion Of cqIor:S Women S,.,a in Denysr; saU%:u-
ton % st teMas9o0spain coiorsao sp9inss. s.A'e
Sept. 2s-2s-colorado State Fair at
T. J. Ladd. near Stoninston, is to
plant eighty acres in beans.
A mutual telephone company has
Meeker.
Ordway sent east five carloads OF
beans and seven cars of alfalfa meal
in April.
Finishing work is being done on
new hospital for contagious diseases
at Colorado Springs.
The orchards in Canon City district
now present scene Of beauty. and
those of Otero are not far behind.
Dewitt M. Warren, 81. well known
early-day mining man, who came to
Colorado In 1860, died at his home in
Denver.
County records show that already
9O3 automobile licenses have been Is
sued in Montrose county. This beats
all former records.
One of Huerfano county's numerous
coal camps sails under the name of
Ideal, and its people bought Liberty
bonds to the amount of $4,000.
With promise of aid from the fuel
administration in financing the pro
posed Moffat tunnel under James
peak, much encouragement was felt
among Denver boosters.
Donald ]. Mcdonald. 5s. pioneer Of
Clear Creek county and former mem
Der of the Colorado Legislature. died
at Idaho Springs from asthma. He Is
survived by his widow.
Ten thousand Denver people heard
Paul Perigord. French hero. tell In WV
i'd story. of bleeding France. and part
America is playing in war trenches at
the Denver Auditorium.
The location of the Red Cross build
ing to be erected at the recuperation
camp in Aurora was staked out prac-
tically in the center of the site. The
structure will be 100x125 feet
Sixty-five candidates took the super
excellent master's degree at stated
assembly at the Masonic temple of
Denver Council No. /. Royal and Sc
lect Masters. York Rite Masons.
Roosevelt tunnel at Cripple Creek
advanced $40 feet In April and the
flow Of water is 5000 gallons a min
ute. The tunnel made 212 feet In the
Cresson drift and 1876 in Portland lat
eral.
The garden grounds at the State
Soldiers home, Monte Vista, have
been cleaned up, plowed and planted
and water turned into the irrigation
ditch. The new cottages being built
are approaching completion.
A total OF 3.993 women in Colorado
have registered for definite service
and preparatory training necessary to
insure efficiency in industrial, profess
sional public and social service incl
dent to the demands of the war condi-
tions.
A twofoot streak of $92 ore. which
widens into eight feet of $1O1 values,
has been disclosed in the seventh
level on the Cresson mine by diamond
drilling. according to the monthly re-
port of the consulting engineer of the
company.
Farmers living within twenty-four
hours of military post who desire
the services of soldiers in farming,
may secure furloughs for the number
of men they desire. according to the
provisions OF general orders No. 81 of
the War Department.
Weld county will furnish 1874 men
on the draft call for May 25.
Basing his calculations upon a state
population of. / .022.639. and upon the
valuations placed upon property hold
ings-both real and personal-Edward
D. Foster, state commissioner Of immi-
grafton. fixes the per capita wealth
of the state at $1,27639.
Portland and Golden Cycle COM
panies, which have enormous dumps
at their Colorado Springs gold placer
plants. will shortly begin extensive op-
erations to remove the potash which
experts say is found in the dumps to
the amount Of to 10 per cent.
Inheritance tax collections for the
current biennial period are approach
IT The half-million-dollar mark. The
semi-monthly report shows that the
collections now total $4s9,255.s1 more
than estimated by the General Assem-
bly, for the whole biennial period.
The concentrate shipments from
the Telluride station for April were:
Smuggler, Humboldt and Black Bear.