The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

antonio ArmeE tnrOu8n JedlOuSy OIL
the wife of Armez ut Pueblo, escaped.
Pallejo, according to information gath
cred by the police. had lived with the
wife of Armez for several years and
was father Of her baby. an infant in
arms. A few weeks ago Armez mar
ried her and established home. Pal
lejo, 1t is said, swore vengeance, and
waited for Armez to return from work
at the brick yards and shot him to
death.
The project managers. engineers,
attorneys and chief clerks of the Unit
ed States Reclamation Service in Den
yer passed unanimously a resolution
offering their services to the secre-
tary of the navy or to the secretary
of war, to serve in any capacity the
country may need them, waving all
privilege of exemption on account of
age.
The issuance of subpoena for Pat
rick H (Reddy) Gallagher of Denver,
Jacob Fineberg's defiance of the grand
jury and his subsequent citation for
contempt of court and minute delin-
cation of the mysterious return of the
$4,000 Nolan gems by Leo Loewenheim
of Denver. were three features of the
Nolan grand jury probe at Brighton.
Denver children in public and pri-
vate schools will do their bit for the
Red Cross in February. when the cam
paign for junior memberships will per
feet the Organization of boys and
girls for active service during the war.
The campaign will be conducted from
Lincoln's birthday. Feb. ~. to Wash
ington's birthday. Feb. %.
In a suit filed in the United States
District Court in Denver by the Con-
tinental Trust Company against the
Juniper Coal Company of Routt coun-
ty an application was made for the
foreclosure of mortgage held by the
trust company against the coal con.
cern and the sale Of its properties in
Routt county.
As result Of the shooting Of
George Penoles, deputy sheriff, at
Starkville, Sheriff Marty proposes to
arrest approximately 100 Greeks. who.
he says. claim to be miners, but who
have not used a pick during the past
few years. He says they live off their
fellow countrymen by enticing them
into gambling games.
In the Red Rock district. thirty-five
miles south of La Junta, the Mustang
Oil Company's well is reported down
is expected within the next 100 or 200
feet. Gas was encountered in the we'll
at a depth Of 1900 feet, after passing
through water at 1.750 feet.
Cresson Consolidated Gold Mining
Company and the Golden Cycle Min
ing and Reduction Company declared
the usual dividends. These are ten
cents a share for Cresson. amounting
to 3122.000. and three cents a share
for Golden Cycle. totaling $4,000.
both payable Feb. 10.
| Antonio Armes. q Mexican. IS years
old, residing ON West Second street
near Greenwood in Pueblo, was shot
and instantly killed a. he was coming
out of an alley in the 800 block on
west Fourth street. The slayer of Ar
meg. Carlos Pallejo. made his escape.
After being married thiyty-five years
and becoming the mothef of his nine
children, Mrs. Anna Phillips was
granted a divorce from her husband.
DR.. Grover Phillips, by District Judge
Charles C. Butler in Denver on the
grounds Of cruelty.
Total dividends for the Cresson
Company will amount to $5.929, 1925
Feb. 10, when the regular monthly div
idend Of 10 cents a share will be paid.
The company's payments will pass the
$6.00O,000 mark In March.
The State Board of immigration has
completed the compilation of data for
a booklet on the states mineral out
put and a prospectus of mineral re-
sources, which will be published in
the near future.
Harold B. Denman, a Pueblo boy
who enlisted at Camp Kearny, Cal. is
under arrest in Los Angeles charged
with murder. 1t is alleged that Den
man and three companions fled from
Camp Kearny, and, after carousing in
Los Angeles, shot and killed a grocer.
P. j. Metz, whom they were attempt
ing to rob. 1t Is alleged that Denman
has confessed to firing the shot that
killed Metz.
1t is reported that the petroleum
prospecting well now being drilled at
Seibert struck strong flow of water
and that drilling has been stopped un-
til piping arrangements can be made.
Lew Ross of Montrose county
achieved the record Of producing &c.
900 pounds Of stock carrots and fif-
teen tons of squash to the acre during
the past farming season.
The will Of Samuel 8. Landon, pio-
neer printer and real estate man of
nenvar who died Ian % WAS filed