The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-05-16
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

O0lyp anu Te0eTV41Ou OF mineral @uO
oil rights lies with the commonwealth.
That II the effect Of decision hand
cd down by the Supreme Court. It
means that persons who, prior to
1917. purchased something like 100000
acres of land containing mineral or
oil possibilities, must either give q
quit-claim deed to rights below the
surface or submit to the cancellation
of their certificates of purchase.
Four professors at the Colorado
State School of Mines at Golden failed
of reappointment at the meeting Of
the board of trustees. They are c. r.
Burger and g. e. F. Sherwood of the
department of mathematics. and ]. G.
Bailar and c. D. Test of the depart
ment of chemistry. DR.. v. G. Alder
son. president, notified the four a
week ago that II they would tender
their designations he would recon-
mend acceptance. but the resigna-
tions were not presented.
The nose elaborate Masonic cele-
bration Of Ascension day ever known
in Colorado was held Sunday at the
Denver Auditorium, when Coronal
Commandery No. SO, knights Tenn
plar, entertained the grand command
cry of Colorado and its officers, four
Denver communicates and those OF
twelve cities of the state. Coronal IL
the youngest commandery in Colo
RADIO.
Colorado gained LAT farmer citizens
when the United States Department
Of the Interior formally designated as
open to homestead under the 64O-acre
grazing act $4,000 acres of land in Moi
fat county and at the same time ac-
cepted LAT out of 1853 applications for
the land, according to an announce
ment made by NJ. D.. McEniry, chief
Of the United States general land Of
flee in Denver.
Gilbert Payne. son of a wealthy far
mer living near Byers. and his 1s-year-
old wife have been separated some
time. Mrs. Payne, who has been ltv-
ing with her father and mother near
Byers. was alone with her mother
when Payne and his brother Milton
entered the house, took Mrs. Payne to
a large touring car nearby and spirit
ed her away.
Denver and the rest of Colorado
were well represented in the list Of
men who qualified at the third Off
GERS training scnool at Camp Funston.
Kan. sent out by the committee on
public information from Washington
Seventy-one Colorado men were on
the list, and they now are eligible for
appointment as second lieutenants.
Charged with violation of the Mann
white slave act and also with imper-
sonating United States army officer.
William L. Clark. alias DIR. Cook. who
was arrested at Fort Worth, Tex, was
sentenced at Denver to serve two
years on each count in the federal
penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan.
the sentences to run concurrently.
THE United States may have to fur
nish 1O.OOO,O0O men before we have
fought our way clear through to VIC
tory" declared Mai. Henry D. Jump.
member OF the medical reserve corps
and chairman in charge of state activ-
tiles of the Council of National De-
fense, in an address to Denver physi-
clans and surgeons.
In report filed in the United
States District Court, Special Master
in Chancery L. ]. Stark finds all is
sues in favor Of the defendants in the
mining claim case of Rufus C. Elder
and Frank E. Mann, against the West
ern Mining Company, Samuel D. Mich
olson and others, involving 100000
damages.
s. Harrison White, justice of the
Supreme Court Of Colorado, with twen-
ty-three other men and women from
the state, left Denver for Philadelphia
to participate in the win-the-war-for-
permanent-peace convention to be held
under the auspices OF the League to
Enforce Peace. Judge White is ma
tional committeeman of the league.
All of the former officers of the
Western Stock Show Association have
been reelected and consist of former
Gov. e. M. Ammons, president; Henry
Gebhard, vice president; ]. A. Shoe
maker, treasurer; Fred P. Johnson.
secretary, and Robert r. Boyce, as
sistant secretary
Colorado has 25,149.454 acres of pat
ented land, with cultivated acreage
in 1917 of 4073.250 acres, according
to. statistics prepared by Howard D.
Sullivan, statistician for the Colorado
immigration board. The figures are
being prepared for the annual year
book.
Thomas ]. lyman, for ten years war
den of the state penitentiary will en-
ter the Democratic primaries for gov
ernor. he announced in Canon City.
Earl R. Hoage and Larry H. Fitzger-
aid were appointed labor examiners by
ROadv Kenehan TJnited States labor