The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-08-01
Pithy News Notes
From An Paris of
Colorado
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Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
Aug. 22-c4-Colorado State Firemens
Convention at Georgetown.
Sept. Fifty -sixEA annual CONFER
encs se Colorado II. E. CAsrsn az
Delta
Sept. 4-5--shoe Dealers Association
meeting in Denver.
Sept 1s-Beaver Park fair at Penrose.
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Sept. 2s-2s-Lincoln County Fair, at
Hugo.
Property valued at $4,000 was left
by Mrs. Charlotte Seldom Moffat, who
died July in Denver
Fred E. Moore of Boulder. who went
with the Colorado boys to Camp kear-
ny, was killed in an accident at Sher-
man, Cal.
Thos. M. Hunter of Denver was
elected president of the Colorado Pho
neer printers Association, and Joseph
G. Brown, secretary.
The Federal Trade Commission will
meet in Denver for several weeks be-
ginning Sept. 5, according to word re-
ceived from Washington.
Judge Charles Cavender. Judge of
the Fifth Judicial district, died at st.
Joseph's hospital. Denver. Death fol-
lowed an operation for gallstones.
Frederick j. Chamberlin. prominent
in charitable and war work. has been
elected chairman of the Denver Red
Cross, to succeed Lawrence c. Phipps.
who resigned.
The license of ]. D. Best 4 Co. of
Denver. dealing in flour and mill feed.
was suspended by the food administra-
tion and fine Of 5000 imposed for vio-
lation Of the food laws.
All workmen in the Ohio and Colo
RADIO smelter at Salida who work
steadily during the month will be
awarded q bonus Of IS. according to =
bulletin posted at the works.
Several hundred delegates from five
Rocky Mountain states will be in Dom
yer Sept. 4 and for the first conven-
ton Of the recently organised Noun
tion.
The Third Congressional District
convention. held in Denver. designated
by vote of 161 to 1Os both Congress
man Keating and Major John A. Mar
tin to 90 on the primary ballots as
candidates for Congress.
John Clifford Ferguson, who was
the first Trinidad boy that enlisted in
the navy after declaration of war. was
on the cruiser San Diego when that
vessel was sunk by q submarine and
was among the thousand rescued.
The nineteenth annual convention
of the Gideons. the Christian CONNER
cial Travellers Association Of America.
opened at the Central Christian church
in Denver with n reception. religious
and memorial services and luncheon.
The Gold King group Of famous old
producers and six claims lying be-
tween the Gold King and Sunnyside
taken over by a new company formed
to purchase and operate them on
large scale.
The rainbelt district around Ebert
has its usual big crop Of everything.
with larger acheage of all crops than
ever before. The winter wheat is be-
ing harvested. and 1t is estimated that
bushels to the acre.
Red Mountain district continues to
send down an occasional "S. O. s."
call for miners and tho the magnet.
like wage of five bucks day" is Of
fered there is seldom response and
as q consequence there are only two
men working at present in the raise"
at the Summit mine, where big ore is
In sight.
Colorado has been asked to furnish
45O volunteer student nurses for the
government service
At the assembly in Denver, the DEM
ocrats ignored Congressman Ben c.
Hilliard. and named E. " Holland.
294; ]. Leo Stack, 200: James R. Kill
liam, 176. and William L. Morrissey.
174, to go on the primary ballots for
congressman from the First district.
An increase of 500 applications for
free wood for ranch improvements and
cording from the national forests of
Colorado has been made this year but
the applications called for 100000 feet
of wood less than last year. reports
now being gathered from this forest
service district show.
OF the 2.7OO men to be provided by
Colorado in three draft calls in August,
532 will come from Denver. The date
of the first call is Aug. 5, when 1900
men in the state will be called to the
colors for general military service. l.
500 of whom will go to Fort Logan.
and 700 to Camp Fremont, Cal. In the
second call. Aug. Is, 500 men will be