The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-28
Pitlly News Notes
From AA Parts of
Colorado
western Newspaper Union New. Service.

striction placed on meats removed,
Johnstown is preparing to celebrate
it's annual Dairy Day" The date set
for the occasion is March 8th.
w. e. L. Harbour, a farmer near
Eaton, has discovered what he be-
lieyes to be "rustless" wheat.
Mrs. George E. Adair. proprietress
of a Pueblo rooming house. will prob
ably be called to Halifax. N. s.. to
The pattern and part of the work
room of a Denver saddle tree COM
pany, having a government contract.
was destroyed by fire.
A gold dust shower covered Ouray's
eleven feet of snow on Feb. 2O-and
its appearance is taken by some as an
indication of an early spring.
Raymond Miller, chairman Of the
Democratic State Central Committee,
formally accepted the resignation OF
Jesse r. Moler as secretary OF the
committee.
Unmolested by billiards. the Den
yer & Salt Lake railroad is now bring
ing 1000 tons of coal into Denver
every day and from eight to ten car
loads of lumber.
Buildings valued at $4,000 at the
Tomboy mine. Telluride district. were
burned by a fire which spread too rap
idly to be fought with the small fire
engines at the mine.
A telegram from Captain Coffin OF
Battery A, the members of which are
mainly from Larimer and Weld coun.
ties, announces the safe arrival of that
organization in France.
The Granite Cutters International
Association of America presented to
the Colorado Industrial Commission a
demand for improved working condi.
tions and an increase in wages.
Word has been received in Denver
of tue safe arrival in France of sergt
John L. Rush. James L. Walsh and Jo-
seph Carl Hoffman. Denver boys. who
sailed with the 16Sth aero squadron.
A sentence Of twenty years in the
penitentiary has been imposed upon
Gordon Spradlin Of Montrose county
recently convicted by a court martial
at. Camp Funston for evading the
draft.
Miss Grace Parker, national COM
mandant OF the National League for
Women's Service. New York. will be
in Denver March 4 on an inspection
trip to the Western field offices Of the
league.
Approximately 1,0OO, 900 articles, in
cluding knitted goods. surgical dress
ings and hospital garments were dis
tributed from the Mountain division of
the American Red Cross during the
month of January.
The Agricultural Survey of Colorado
undertaken with the cooperation OF
school children and teachers is we'll
under way. according to David w.
Thomas. field secretary of the Colo
RADIO Council OF Defense.
Three young Denver officers recent
ly promoted from second to first lieu
tenants have received further advance
They are Arthur johnson. Carl Shields
Milliken and Raymond McPhee.
Many families in Denver and
throughout the commonwealth are
ready to take into their homes Bel
gian or French girl refugee, in accord
ance with q suggestion sent out by
the state humane society.
F. D. Stackhouse. city auditor Of
Denver. in his report on the volume of
business done by the clerk and record
er for 1917, shows that there were q
781 weddings in Denver last year. The
bridegroomSproduced 36.952.5O for the
licenses.
More than twenty Denver and Colo
RADIO societies whose main platform is
preservation of patriotic principles,
banded themselves into a unit at the
state capitol to begin a war upon Sc
dition and all careless or unpatriotic
utterances and a constructive program
Of patriotic education.
Monte Abbott, alias Walter Smith,
who was arrested recently in Sapulpa.
Okla. on q charge, of having mur-
dered Jesse Love, truck farmer, at
the door of his home in Adams coun-
ty eight years ago, was brought to
Colorado and now is In the Adams
county Jail at Brighton awaiting trial.
Colorado farmers have signed the
agreement to sell 6,50O.OOO' pounds of
pinto beans to the government The
announcement was made by o. H.
Liebers. pinto bean commissioner. The
farmers will be paid cents a pound.
and as there are 100000 pounds of
the beans in the state the growers
will have no trouble in filling the gov
ernment order.
Grant Garman. son OF Harvey Gar
man, former state senator from Den
yer. has been made a corporal at Camp
rnv ir1s Vfoto