The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-04-11

lew minute VlSlC at Ino Train
i Monday evening with Hon. John Ken
nedy, formerly representative and
later state senator from Ouray coun-
ty in Colorado legislatures. Senator
Kennedy's face is just as honest and
his Irish brogue just as sweet as in
tho days when he was unbeatable in
the county of his doption-and, sor-
ry to say, his politics are as un-
changed as his good and admirable
qualities. John has been managing
a property at Sheridan Junction, the
top of the world, and this is his
! first trip below timberline since last
June He was on his way to Denver
for a ten days visit with human be-
ings and vacation from snow birds
and angels singing.
o.
County Food Administrator Sar-
gent informs Empire this morning
that State Administrator Stearns
has announced that all wheat now
held by farmers and ranchers must
be delivered to elevators before May
1st. Mr.. Sargent does not interpret
this order to mean seed wheat, but
all in excess of that to be used for
seed. Mr. Sargent has written for
more definite instructions on this
point.
Mr.. and Mrs Thornhoff, father and
mother of Harold Thornhoff the pop
ular young butcher for the Williams
Mercantile store, spent Sunday in
Gunnison the guest of their son and
wife. Mr.. and Mrs. Thornhof live in
Salida and came over on the morn
ing train and returned the same
evening.
Mrs. Robert o. Barrett returned
Friday last from her honeymoon trip
to Denver and left Sunday for Ouray
where she will finish out her school
year. Bob" was successful in pass
ing his examination for the marines
and was to leave Denver Friday for
San Francisco.
Edgar o. Wilson, former deputy
clerk and now employed by the c. F.
& l. people at Crested Butte, was a
Gunnison visitor Sunday. Edgar said
he just couldn't get along another
week without getting some place
where he could put his feet on bare
ground.
While last Sunday was heralded
as go to Church Sunday" the at
tendance at the places of worship in
this city would not have indicated
it. Fine programs were given at
both the Methodist and Presbyterian
places of worship, Notwithstanding
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Chester
Seneff. Tuesday morning, April 8.
twin boys, DIR. Hanson assisting old
DR.. Stork. Mr.. Seneff tells Empire
that mother and babies are doing
well and that he is going to recover.
Ben Killey and wife, who were
called here in the case where dam
ages were sought from the Rio
Grande for cattle killed on the right
of way, returned Sunday to their
home in Grand Junction.
George Anderson returned this
morning from n business trip to Den
yer where he purchased a carload of
white face bulls, and had them ship
ped here They should arrive tomor-
row.
, DR.. Louis Weiss, owner of some
, of the best and most prominent
, mines in the Vulcan district, spent
f couple of days here during the
week and left for Denver yesterday
{ Mrs. Claud Lucero of Jacks Cabin
] is seriously i'll with throat trouble
: at the home of her mother, Mrs. Rog-
1 ers, in Gunnison.
Mrs, Henry Carpenter of Sapinero
spent a few days in Gpnnison this
. week, returning to her home yester-
r day morning.
Mrs. VIM. Spann returned Tuesday
from the Red Cross hospital at Sa-
! Ida, where she hes been for several
weeks.
John Starks, who spent the winter
in the southern part of Illinois, re-
turned to Gunnison Monday morning
r r. Mergelman and Jack Berg were
5 lola visitors to our city Tuesday.
Wifey-'I see by the paper that
in Sumatra a man can buy a wife for
: three dollars. Isn't that perfectly
: awful?"
5 Hubby-"Oh, don't know! A real.
ly good wife ought to be worth that