The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-10-03
Pithy News Notes
From An Paris of
Colorado
Wss.srn Newspaper un,on News Service
COMING EVENTS.


Herbert " Howe of Pueblo, re-
ported az missing In the casualty hst'
is a prisoner.
William o. Mcconnell. son of Mrs.
NJ. b. Mcconnell of Colorado Springs,
is dead in France.
Phil Hornbein was named chairman
OF the executive committee OF the cen
tral state Democratic committee.
Herman Oaklsrs OF Brighton Is now
in training at Mare Island, Cal..' with
the United States marines.
The Fourth Liberty Loan quotas for
Colorado and Denver are $37 .lS3,25o
and 3l7.9l1 .750, respectively.
meseage to NJ. l.. Wilson OF Mont
rose informed him that his son. II. c.
Wilson, had died In the training camp
Mt Eustis. Va.
II you want to build 4 residence or
or structure you must first obtain the
permission of the war building re-
striction committee.
Word reached Victor that a hunting
party of four. led by Mancil Curran.
had gone over the bank in an automo-
bile in Phantom cafion.
A new road to the sulphur beds on
Trout creek in the Creede section
will be constructed to replace the one
which was washed out some years
ago.
Miss Nancy f Nix of Denver has
enlisted in the Red Cross service as
nurse and haa been assigned TO the
naval hospital, Fort Lyon, Las Ami
mas.
The food administration has forbid
den Quartering the pound piece OF
butter in packing as wasteful OF labor
and material The order is effective
Jan. l.
Horace Eugene Craig. formerly
student Of the South Denver high
school. was drowned in the Des Chutes
river. near Tacoma. while on a camp
ing trip.
In response to draft calls from their
different home states, as many as
twenty-six men came down in one
month from one mine alone in the
Sneffels district.
\ call to Red Cross service abroad
has come to Miss Agnes Leonard OF
Denver. Miss Leonard is a native of
Kentucky but has lived in Denver
since her school days.
A bill is now pending in Congress
20 provide for potash experiments at
present under way at the School OF
dimes testing plant In Golden and ut
the Portland mill In Colorado City.
Nominees on the Republican and
Democratic State and Congressional
tickets met In Denver to formulate
their respective platforms for the cam
pa.gn leading to the November cleo
tion.
The Public Utilities Commission is
sued an order, authorizing the Inter
mountain Railway, Light and Power
Company to increase its rates 30 per
cent for electricity in the city of La
mar.
Two Colorado marines were reported
killed in action In the casualty lists
made public by the War Department.
Sept 26. They are Lester W. Null
Inns. Pagosa Springs. and James o.
Owens. Bennett.
Though the Waish-McLean millions
are back OF It. the development Of the
Hidden Treasure mine In Imogene ba.
sin is at present limited to the work
OF one lone miner and this with plenty
OF shipping ore In sight
Private Harold Griffin, Montross.
died at Camp Grant, ILL.,. of injuries re-
cAved in = motorcycle accident.
Samuel Ard OF Logan county has
filed proceedings in the Supreme
Court attacking the constitutionality
having been fined in his home court
for running a car without license.
Sevsnty-fivs cases OF influenza have
been reported among the men taking
army training at the University of
Colorado at Boulder. The doctors in
charge state that no case is serious.
though some of the men are ILL.,
Colorado already is short 1000 men
for essential war industries and every
effort will be made to remedy this
condition and prevent any further
scarcity of all kinds of labor. accord
ing to officials OF the Colorado board
OF the United States Department OF
Labor
Clifford Johnson, alias VIII Harris.
who was held by the Denver police as
the principal in an alleged black"
white slave case. was turned over to
the federal officers. Johnson Is
charged with having transported a
young negress to Denver from Gas.
per. Wyoming.
John w. T. Nelson of Manassa, in
Conejos county. is reported killed in
France He was the son of Andrew
Nelson and was 20 years old. Nelson
enlisted in the Marines last January
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