The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-10-31
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Sept. $50, show . generous reaponsA
in the Rocky MouAtain regioa. Yhe
/ greater part OF the ctoth1Ag rscefvsa
10 already ON its way evsrssas. and
will reach Belgium In time to rslisvs
the need befare the extreme weather
ssts In. Returns, not all completed.
show the following results: Colorado.
174.476 pounds; Utah. 143.s74 pounds;
Wyoming. $3.50 pounds. New Mexico.
23,S9S pounds; not yet tabulated, 6.2es
pounds. Making total Of Se3. .71e
pounds, or 1SO tons.
An assay made Of ore taken from
ths Williams thaft at Cripple Greek
in ground controlled by the Dead
wood leasing pool shows. . syivanits
formation valued ct about e21l . ton.
Director Williams. who " In charge
of the ore-testins plant at the Schocs
Of Mines at 0olden, made the assay.
His assay was taken from the br6aa
Of the vein, and the assay Of ths
high grade ore has not yet been made.
According to Crippie Creea report
the ore vein. which b six to eight fest
ih width. is holding out well with de-
velopinent. and shipment Of the firR
carload was made q few days aS0.
The prices announced by the prise
fixing committee Of the United States
food administration for the week end.
ing Nov sho~ but little change orr
the previous week. An advance in the
price Of eggs from. o. cents to 65 cents
per dozen. All advance Of Z cents per
pou1d in the price OF Wisconsin dairy
tWin cheese and ~ aAvance Of 3 cents
Dsr can In the peice Of No. cans
cheap grade lares peas are the only
changes noted In prices to consumers.
althoegh there has heen slight varia-
tons N the costs to retailers.
Ntas Colombo beys are on the ca.
salty lists made public by tho war
dAeartnsnt Oot. "a. Lieut.. Eamas
Coleman. Mesa. was killed In action.
The others. are ameag the wounded.
degree undetermined. They are:
Nick Zapatoyfch and Maurice Rose.
Denvor; Wiliam N. Grant. Blame:
John W. Hinton. Delta: Elmer Leroy
Nses. Center; William Snsddon. Ia
veta: Charles Threewit. Joycoy. and
Jss zassila. 0epris.
The most rigid quarantine ever I'm
posed on the Western slope was put
In force at Montrose In an effort to
stamp out Spanish influensa An
epidemic 10 raging and the health au-
thorities have their hands full. San
Miguel county reports $50 cases.
Grand Junction 1853. Delta and Oiaths
Is each, Montrose 80. Silverton 800.
Ouray 2. There have been over -
deaths on the Western slope during
the past week. .-
Trinidad business men are forming
$4,000 corporation for the purpose
Of buying cows that are to be distrib
uted on shares auaoAg farmers to 10
appra0ed BY special committee. II
IL the plan Of the new organisation to
supply shout stx animals on n four.
year contract to each grower In the
,homesteadins districts of Las Animss
county who wants them
Influenza claimed the last member
Of the 0i0ia family in Denver when
Mrs. Lucia 0ioia died at her home
Salvatore 0ioia. the hnshana Of Mrs.
0tnia. died 4anAAy afternoon. and the
day bsfess. Jehn 0ioia, II. ssocumbed
to the taflucnsa. A baby boy was
born to Mrs. Gioia on Sunday after
noon and only lived . few hours.
Although he was one Of the last
men to leave the cargo ship Buena
Ventura when 1t was torpedoed sew
eral hundred miles off the coast OF
Spain. Marcus West Haynes. son OF
Mrs. Alice Haynes. OF Denver. 10 one
Of few OF the crew that endured .
weeks hardships and thrilling exps-
Fences and finally escaped.
In Ill health and grievins over the
death OF her father and mother who
died four years ago. Miss Tessie May
or, - years old. hung herself in the
basement Of her brothers house in
Denver.
In order to invest the more than So
100000 required to complete its War
Savings quota Of S20.zs3.56O by the
final date set by the government. Colo
RADIO will have to buy War Savings
Stamps at the rate OF 3l.5O every sec
ond-3sO ever minute. $500 every
hour or $119.60O every day-from now
until Dec. II. according to Vice Direc
tor Mead and Executive Secretary
Morsan Of the Colorado War Savings
committee.
To date Colorado has almost filled
the food Administrations order Ter
SCI. 900 pounds Of pinto beans at .
price which meta the farmers about
| 34,023.0O0. Tho price b below last
year Wholesalers receiving TN cents
and growers 6M cents \ pound.
Word Of the death Of William Wv
Ian from Spanish influenza and 'dou-
BILE pneumonia At Silver City. N. NJ.
was received by his sister. Mrs.. Leon
ard Dates. Mr.. Vivian was b mining