The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-14

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Metal Mining Association at state
Capitol building in Denver.
Denver caterers agree ON food regu-
lations.
Last increment Of draft quota or.
dered to mobilize Feb. 23.
Sterling voted $175.ooo bonds for
junior high school building.
The old American Netde boarding
house near Ridgway was destroyed by
fire.
A jackrabbit weighing eight pounds
was killed on Boggs Flats. near l.
eblo.
Fifty miners at the Empire mine at
Aguilar went on strike for higher
wages.
In the Park creek country above
Fort Collins ice eleven inches thick is
being stored.
Senator Shafroth introduced bill
at Washington for the erection of a
federal building at Sterling.
Littleton is boasting of = new mu-
nicipal improvement, namely. a $780,
900 sanitary sewer system.
City Engineer Bice of Loveland has
recommended the construction of re-
inforced water stand pipe to cost $10.-
900.
1t is stated at La Junta that the
Star Petroleum Company has financed
expenses for q well and is ready to
drill.
The Royal Gorge coal mine at
Canon City. with an output Of 1000
tons per month. was badly damaged
by fire.
]. L. Tannehill, a well known resi-
dent of South Cafion. was found dead
in his door yard by his children on
their arrival at home from school.
Roy Woodbury.. a stockman of Par
ker, suffered a possible concussion of
the brain when his automobile was
struck by tramway car in Denver.
William Yardley, 81 years old. sex
ton of st. Johns cathedral in Denver.
for twenty-nine years. died at his
home. Death was caused from hard
ening of the arteries.
The Moffat road was opened up
after being closed for thirty days by
snow and dee, and seventy-f1ve cars
of bituminous coal were hauled over
Rollins pass on Friday.
Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter Of
the President, will probably be the
soloist at one of the concerts dedicat-
ing the new municipal organ in the
Auditorium March 21-22.
An annual mountain states indus.
trial exposition in Denver for the pur-
pose of putting Colorado on the manu-
featuring map of the United States. is
urged by Alfred Benz, Denver manu-
facturer.
H. C. Highley. 27, coal miner at
Frederick. was stabbed to death in his
home at that place by William Grant.
40. whom Highley was trying to eject
from the Highley home. Grant il un-
der arrest.
Mrs. Ora Benson, 10. a bride OF four
days. attempted suicide by Staking
poison when arrested In Denver on
charge Of passing forged checks. Her
husband. Ralph Benton. and Ralph
Marshman we're also arrested.
Five thousand dollars worth of
bootleg" whisky was emptied in the
Denver city dump in the Platte bot
toms by the state prohibition officer.
1t was the first occasion where intoxi-
eating liquors seized by the state
bootleg squad were taken from the
vault at the capitol. having been used
as evidence in trials of bootleggers.
Twenty-six of the 476 employees of
the Denver postoffice have enlisted In
war service of Uncle Sam.
Relief for the potato situation in the
northern Colorado district is prom
ised growers through the United
States food administration. The 5000
cars of potatoes that must be moved
before March Is in order to prevent
spelling will be realized. according to
a report made by Frank L. Wood
ward of the Colorado food administra-
tion in a meeting of the Colorado
Council Of Defense.
The Colorado Land Board at its
monthly sale, disposed of $4,000 acres
OF irrigated and non-irrigable land,
and also made record sale in timber
disposals in Archuleta, Park and JEFF
ferson counties. Every tract of land
offered was eagerly purchased. More
than $50 farmers, ranchers and pros
pective residents Of Colorado attended
the SALE The timber land in Arohu-
leta county is in section 16, 35 north,
1 west. and contains 100000 feet.
The appraisal price Of this timber was
set at $4,000, or 50 per 1000 feet.
Spirited bidding resulted in the sale
price of $4,000.
Internal Revenue Collector Skinner
is in position to fill orders for regula-
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