The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-09-19
Pihy News Notes
From An Paris of
Colorado
N.s..rn N.N.pap.r Union New. Service.


Sept IT. Adams county fair ~
Sept 1s-Beaver Park fair at Psnrose'
Sept. 23-2S-Colorado State Fair Al
Pueblo.
Sept 2s-2s-Lincoin County Fair al
Sept. 2s-2S.-Grand County fair and
race meeting.
Oct Fourth Red Cross home service
institute at Denver.
About 10000 men in Denver regis
tered for selective service.
The Seldomridge saw mill on Black
mountain near Craig is operating with
a full crew.
Bandits broke into the Burlington
depot at Merino, blew the safe and es-
capped with $500.
The Colorado Mothers Congress
met at Boulder. with Mrs. ii. Il.
French, state president. presiding.
C. Schaefer OF Loveland is in the
Larimer county jail serving ninety
day sentence for boot-legging. He was
also fined $3.50.
The Deadwood mine of the United
Gold Mines Company has been leased
to e. C. Stumpff OF Denver for q per-
iod OF eighteen months.
Pueblo county farmers and their
families enjoyed the annual picnic OF
the Farm bureau at the city park In
Pueblo.
E. A. Lawrence, CT years old. pio-
neer of the Cripple Creek district and
y charter member of the Victor lodge
of Elks, died at his home in Cripple
Creek.
The sum of $1,270,000 has been ap-
portioned to Colorado as her share OF
the $170.5OO.0 900 to be raised oyer the
United States for the united war work
campaign.
Walter r. Chiles of Paradox, and
Oliver N. Goodson of Fort Collins. are
among the missing in action in the
casualty lists made public by the War
Department
Findlay l.. MacFarland will be gen
eral manager of the water plant when
the city assumes control In November.
according to announcement made by
the Denver water board.
Mayor w. F. r. Mills has suggested
that Denver auto owners show their
patriotism by not using their cars
Sundays and thereby aiding the gov.
ernment In saving gasoline.
Chief of Detectives John w. Rowan
was killed and Policeman John D.
Riley was wounded in battle with .
band of bandits who terrorized Den.
yer and Colorado Springs.
Lloyd Simpson Of Grand Valley. %
years old. has been killed in action in
France. He has two brothers. Frank
and Alexander. in France, and the lat
ter was wounded several weeks ago
Eighteen members of the old Cooks
Drum Corps, all Of them bandsmen In
the 18th infantry, have arrived safely
in Europe, according to message re
ceived by George f. Turner Of Den
yer.
Gov. Julius c. Gunter has beer
asked by the Civic and Commercial
Association to speak early in Decem
ber on reconstruction policies to come
before the Colorado Legislature thi,
winter.
Thomas N. Stewart Of Hugo ant
Ray Tallman Of Parker are amoni
those reported to be missing In actor
in the casualty lists from France
Ben Robinson of Louisville 10 alss
missing in action.
The State Board OF Teacher Exam
iners at the last meeting passed mo
ton insurine school teachers in th'
state against the loss OF their certifi
Gates because of entering any brancf
of the army or navy.s
Sunday morning. the Denver Tram
way Company began charging 6-cen
fare on all its urban lines and In
creased its fares on its interurbar
lines between Denver and Golden ant
leyden from 80 to "a cents.
Despondsnt because he had lost hi,
job on the Colorado Midland and HI
felt that he was too old to find an
other, j. d. Grice of Colorado Springs
for twenty years Il conductor on tht
Midland, committed suicide at hiI
home by shooting himself through tn,
heart
William Ross had both arms broker
and sustained internal injuries ant
one of his wife's eyes was gouged out
one of her arms broken and she suf
fered internal injuries when a motor
cycle in which they were riding col
lided with a telegraph pole between
Sterling and Iliff.
Persons In the new draft deemed
necessary in agriculture, industry ant
other occupations will be put into de
ferred classifications. according to 8
plan agreed upon by the war labor
policies board. provost marshal gen
eral. secretary of war, secretary OF ag
riculture and secretary Of labor