The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-05-02
Pithy News Notes
From An Pasfs of
Colorado

Western Newspaper Union News Service
COMING EVENTS.
May 14-16-Colorado sunday Scheol
Association annual convention ae
'otk t}on Of coiorsd Womsn In psnysr.
Sept. 1S-2s-Colorado State Fair at
salida now has q Home Guard of $50
members.
Snow to the amount of forty-seven
inches fell at La veta during March.
Denver bid Godspeed to 366 draft
men AZ they departed for Camp Fun
ston. Kan.
All county food administrators Will
meet in Denver for . general confsr
ence Nay 6.
A war garden will soon take the
place of the Denver Country Clubs
polo field.
The postoffice at Manassa. Cone1os
county, was broken into and the safe
rifled of $40 in cash.
L. H, Shook, an Interurban motor.
man. committed suicide by shooting
himself at his home in Denver.
Odd Fellows in many cities through
out the state celebrated the s8th ami
versary of the founding of the order.
Nine million dollars has been loaned
to farmers residing in the territory
covered by the Wichita, Kan. land
bank.
The Mountain Top Mining Company
of Telluride shipped . carload of ore
to the Salida smelter which netted $6,-
23077.
Town of Mirage. In San Luis valley.
was assessed $4,000 for the Liberty
loan. but it ran up the steam gauge
to $1,000.
Denver federal building employees
have bought. within the last ninety
days, $4,000 worth of war saving and
thrift stamps.
The finding of q ten-foot vein OF
potash ON the old Lykins ranch In the
foothills near Longmont has caused =
considerable interest.
Major General Leonard Wood. rank
ing major general Of the United States
army, addressed q great patriotic mass
meeting in the Denver Auditorium.
Word has been received of the death
of Jacob schueler. SO. pioneer Of Colo
RADIO, at his home In Colorado Springs.
He had lived In Colorado fifty-seven
years.
Colorado people ON April 1srd had
invested more than "a. 100000 In
United States bonds Of tho Third LIB
erty losn-both Denver and the state
exceeding their quotas.
War department officials praised
Colorado's splendid record In volun-
tary enlistments. according to advices
from Washington. Colorado has sup
piled 4,422 voluntary recruits to the
regular army since April l. 1917. which
war department officials declare to be
one of the bsst state records In the
nation.
Nearly 5000 people. chiefly Masons
and their families. witnessed the pre-
sentation Of q Masonic service flag
representing the sacrifice of 1858
Masons In Colorado, from the Denver
Association of Masonic Officers to the
Grand lodge. and heard the address Of
Dr.. John H. Abernathy Of Okmulgee.
Okla. at the Auditorium In Denver.
Daniel Cronin, who. jury in the
district court in Denver decided. sold
bootleg booze containing 80 much
poison 1t resulted in the death Of Ed
ward F. Hanson. again is made de-
fendant in . $4,000 damage suit
growing out Of the Illicit vending OF
fatal joy Juice. Della Hasson. minor
daughter of the victim of Cronin's
bootleg poison. u the plaintiff.
Tho attorney generals office upheld
the rulings Of Judge Harry 8. Class OF
Brighton in resisting an appeal made
by counsel for Philip Cohen In the
Supreme Court for a reversal Of judg.
ment in the Model roadhouse robbery.
Cohen was sentenced to five years in
the penitentiary for taking $3.400
worth of diamonds from Mrs. Irene
Nolan while she was in the company
of the Rev. Garrett ]. Burke. early on
the morning of January 2.
Col. H. s. Graves, chief forester Of
the United States, who recently re
turned from France. where he went
last June to prepare the way and later
to direct the work of the tenth and
forest regiments. was q
visitor at Denver forestry head.
quarters and at a luncheon. told the
of the Denver forest office
that the two "lumberjack regiments"
are making name for themselves
and. in keeping with the spirit of the
allies in withstanding the terrific on
slaught Of the enemy. are working
night and day in the French forests
turning out lumber and other con-