The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-06-06
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado

Colorado
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
tion Of co,orsd Women s,.,a IN Dsnysr; sonH:n-
Aug. a2-2i-Coiorado State Firsmsns
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Army worms have attacked the su'
gar beets in the Manzanola district.
Denver people subscribed more than
100000 to the second Red Cross war
fund.
John D. Rockefeller. Jr.. made
personal inspection of the mines At
Trinidad.
Colorado will get an army nursing
school, according to word received
from Washington.
The Vienna and Watrous Cafes In
Denver were closed for violations OF
the food regulations.
Denver's war gardens earned $s.11
per capita last year. according to
George w. Skouland.
Brighton has entered . new era OF
prosperity with q paid secretary Tor
its commercial association.
The employees Of the Union Pacific
railroad subscribed total OF 1886
to the Red Cross second war fund.
Rex Smith Of Glenwood Springs fell
. thousand feet with his airplane In
. tail spin at San Diego. but was not
killed.
A memorial service in honor Of the
dead soldiers Of the Confederacy was
held in st. Paul's Methodist church iu
Denver.
Another Colorado pioneer. David
Kerr, "a years old. died at Cameo. at
the home Of his only child. Mrs. Dan
isl Mcneil.
A fine rich streak Of orc has been
opened ON . lease in the Portland
mine controlled BY =. q. Fink Of
Canon City.
Offices Of all members OF the Den-
yer Real Estate exchange viii close
at noon every Saturday In June. July
and August.
Approximately $50 boys and their
'daddies" attended the father and son
war luncheon In the Y. d. c. 4. build
ing in Denver.
The Portland 0oaA Mining Company
has engaged two women chemists st
the Independence and Victor mills TO
replace men called Into service.
National army men are learning the
art Of trench warfare very rapidly.
according to Capt. Francois 6turpin OF
the French army. Who stopped In
Denver.
Mrs. Emma Riley. accused Of kill
ing her husband, Patrick Henry Riley.
in Denver on Sept. -, must stand trial
a. the result Of findings by alienists
that she y sane.
The Ouray sampling Works Of the
Mum Byothers has been running on
orc from the Bachelor district, which
10 maintaining . steady output under
the leasing system.
The first American soldier Of the
14sth Field artillery to gain promo
ton on foreign soil IL william Wright.
of Denver, who has been given the
rank of first lieutenant of Battery B.
Mrs. Mary Davis. 81 years old. vet
eran of the Civil war. who fought side
By side with the men Of tho Sixty
eighth Illinois infantry for nearly .
year, lies at the Denver county hospi-
tai seriously I'll.
"Plow another acre" is the slogan
featured in the "active" campaign OF
the Agricultural and Livestock Bureau
of the Denver Civic and Commercial
association in Its efforts to raise funds
to help the farmers of Colorado in
crease their wheat and bean-raising
production.
Arps Brothers and Murray, lessees
of the Mineral Farm property located
In the Ouray district. have opened .
12-foot vein CT ore which ID said to be
one Of the richest strikes ever made
in that district.
]. A. Green Of Sloan. has been
awarded q contract for carrying the
United States mail from Pueblo to
Sloan from July until June 80. 1922.
800 per annum.
The production Of ore in the mints
Of the Cripple Creek district for the
month of May 10 reported as amount
ing to 117,7O0 tons at an average value
of 1901 per ton and gross bullion
value Of $s43.410.
An appropriation Of $63.255 for COM
pletion of Rabbit Ear highway, to be
spent under direction Of the forest
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