The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-04-25


Mrs. James Arnott has been quite
ill with la grippe the past week.
]. S. Kane made a flying business
trip up from Gunnison on Friday.
D.
Laurel w. Spann was up horseback
Tuesday on business, returning to
Jacks Cabin Wednesday.
Last reports Tuesday from Camp
Funston were that John Wieland is
again in serious condition.
Lewis Lucero, Sr., spent Friday
and Saturday in town on business re-
turning to Jacks Cabin on Saturdays
train.
Frank L. Bulky of Denver, came
in tuesday on business connected
with his many mining interests here
and at Smith Hill.
Jack Mattiri, who some time ago
had his collar bone fractured during
his work at Smith Hill, is recovering
rapidly from the injury.
Mrs. B. B. Richardson of Floresta,
returned on Friday from Rockvale,
and went up to Floresta as far as
the rotary could go on Monday.
Mrs, j. j. Genright went to Gunni-
son Wednesday for short visit,
leaving Mrs. Moffat in charge of the
Princiss Theatre during her absence.
M. Boni went to Gunnison Tuesday
on a short business trip. Mr.. Boni
will try to arrange to hear Governor
Gunter Wednesday night in his ad-
dress.
Joe Eccher and Herman Booker
both well known ranchers some ten
miles below town, drove in Tuesday
in light wagon, the first over the
road this spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Paste, Jr, left on
Thursday for an extended trip
through the western states. Thcy
will visit for several weeks in Salt
Lake City, going from there to CAL
ifornia-
A letter from Earl Daubs who is
in service at Camp Funston tells his
mother that they too arc having
snow and rain and the mud il knee
deep. Mr.. Daubs likes his new life
and work immensely.
B. F. Criswell of Denver, represent
ing the Independent Insurance COM
pany as adjuster, came in Monday
and paid in full the loss incurred by
the fire that destroyed the property
of Mrs. Mary Schneider last Thurs
day.
Mrs. ]. v. McClenathan with her
two sons left Wednesday for their
ranch near Glacier, where they in
tend to live this summer. Mr. Nc
Clenathan is building new cabin
and making various other improve
ments this spring.
Louie Yudnick sustained severe
injury last Friday when a piece of
coal fell where he was working at the
C. F. & I. mine, breaking the ankle
bone and badly crushing the sur
rounding tissue. He was attended
Immediately by DIR. A. Taylor.
L. F. Russell and family who have
been at Telco all winter left Tuesday
for Ohio City. Mr.. Russell has been
employed as -taker at the End
ner mill andshas carried the mail be-
tween Floresta and Crested Butte
since the railroad service was sus-
pended.
The rotary has at last reached Flor
esta and was working Tuesday clean
ing the yards in the camp. When
work was resumed on the road Mon
day short work was made of the re-
naming distance and no obstacle was
encountered so that by the afternoon
they had reached the switch.
Sandy Clark came in recently to
get his tiny daughter who has heen
living with her grandmother since
the death of her mother, and will
take her to his home near Fowler,
where he has ranch. They will stop
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Mr.. Clark's sister and then join his
wife whom he married some months
ago.
E. C. Middlebrook and family of
Gunnison, came up Wednesday last
week to be business residents here,
haYe. been busily engaged getting :
Tho ktore in readiness and announce I