The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-04-04
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

Mght At all, in my opinion. for 1t Will
all be over inside of three months"
Gen. John Chase told his listeners at
= meeting for draft age men at tho Y.
M. c. A. lecture room in Denver. He
explained that he meant that Foch
was such man as Grant, not . mere
tactician. but man who could think
in millions as easily as in tens
Executive and administrative OFF,
cials of Colorado are to be given ev-
cry opportunity to roll up thoir
sleeves and help start the third Lib
erty Loan with financial bang. They
will be given a chance to cooperate
with other citizens in the big drive
for the sale Of war bonds through a
proclamation issued by Governor Gun
ter, setting apart April 6 Is . Holi-
day.
The resignation Of Philip B. Stew
art Of Colorado Springs, chairman Of
the Republican state central commit
tee. was received by John F. Vivian.
secretary of the committee. accord
| ing to an announcement made in Den
yer. Stewart gave as his reason his
expectation Of being called to Wash.
ington to be assigned to government
war work as he has offered himself
for special service in France.
Cresson Consolidated Gold Mining
and Milling Company has declared the
payable April 10 to stock of record
March 81. The total monthly pay
ment is $122.OOO and this brings the
grand total to $6,173,162. Golden Cy-
Gle dividend of cents a share is also
payable April 10. 1t totals $4,000.
State Treasurer Robert H. Higgins
told the members of the Denver Real
Estate Exchange at their regular
weekly luncheon that he is planning
to make it possible for $1,0SO,00O of
state funds on deposit in the country
banks throughout the state to be sub
scribed to the third Liberty Loan.
Mrs. T. C. Mcdonald, chairman of
the Denver committee of the Father
less Children of France. has been
chosen by the American branch OF
the organization to 60 to Europe to
visit the homes in the devastated
fields of northern France.
Walter Walker of Grand Junction
has been appointed member of the
State Board Of immigration, to take
the place made vacant through the
enlistment of H. U. Wallace in the
engineering corps of the United
States army
Leadville reports that the Pingrey
Mines Company is rapidly rounding
out its plans for the extensive devei-
opment and concentration of the de-
posits of molybdenite recently &C
Quired by the concern at Climax.
The Corbett Creek distrIcr-a lew
miles northwest OF Ouray. is beginning
to receive some attention after con-
siderable period of inactivity. The
Teller, on the upper Quartzite, has
been reopened under lease
Charles H. Bussey, 6S years old. a
cripple Of Denver. attempted suicide
by turning on a half dozen burners on
a gas range in his room. slashing his
wrist and cutting his throat from ear
to ear with a razor.
A rich strike was recently made az
the 60O-foot level Of the Dante mine on
the.southern slope of Bull hill, by Fred
| Cobb, on a block of ground Isubleased
from the Big Toad Gold Mining and
Milling Company.
With the new Crawford mill at Iron
ton in working order. the district will
have five milling plants in operation
the coming season-the Barstow.
Treasury, Genesee, Vernon and Craw-
ford.
The original will of John William
Wright, Colorado pioneer, who died
March 1s. was filed for probate in the
Denver County Court. The document
is dated Oct. 10. 1887, and remained
unchanged.
H. d. Hudson, who has a fruit tract
at Penrose, but lives at Hudson. has a
patch Of 400 acres Of wheat.
Information is wanted by Mrs. M.
Ryan, of 1899 Champa street, of the
whereabouts of Michael F. Ryan, Sec
retary of the Social Welfare Brother
hood. He was last seen in Denver on
March 9.
Opinion is expressed by farmers of
the Montrose valley that the coming
crop season will be the best in many
| years owing to the great amount Of
moisture and the fine condition of tho
soil.
Alamosa stockholders in the Feder-
al Petroleum Company. operating in
the Electra. Texas, oil field, are elated
over the bringing in of a 10O-barrel
well on their property.
At Buffehr's Spur. where the Molyb-
denum Products Company Is erecting
a large and substantial milling plant,
| onerationS are vet in the constructive