The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-05-23
Pithy News Notes
From An Parts Of
Colorado
Western Newspaper Union News Service.


Western Newspaper Union News Service.
\ COMING EVENTS.
June Race meeting at Denver.
'otk lion 'CMsssh Of coiorsd women o IN Denvsr.
July 1e-Republican State Conven-
tion . at coiorado I L Springs, s,.. Fair At
seR.; RGeblo. -Ss-c0i0rad0 STATE
Strawberries grow cheaper much
faster than eggs.
The Elks Lodge at Sterling will
build 100000 home.
An alfalfa mill and mixing plant WILL
be erected at Plateville.
Delta has decided to have celebra-
ton ON the Fourth of July.
One COW brought over $4,000 at =
Red Cross sale at Del Norte recently.
Building permits to the amount of
$5s,4O7 were granted in Pueblo during
April.
Joseph Hurtgen, Jr., has been ap-
pointed forest ranger in the Sheephorn
district.
An epson salts mine has been open
ed on the ranch of d. Sanderson. north
of Meeker.
The northwest quarter of section 9.
unimproved land near Otis. was sold
recently for $65 per acre.
A flag staff is to be erected in front
of the town hall in Rockvale at .
height of ninety-three feet.
The new Tramway loop now under
u%r Ot{o ut thn Int
Denver will be ready for use after
May 26.
Denver will supply 43S men Of the
1900 quota asked the state in the lat
est draft call issued by Provost Mar
shal General Crowder.
The Vindicator fIotation mill. located
in Cripple Greek. in April treated 90
ia tons OF low grade ore with head
value of s2.O4 per ton.
DR.. Charles A. Lory. president Of the
State Agricultural College. declined to
become q candidate for the Republican
nomination for governor.
San Luis valley last year planted
over 10000 acres in potatoes. Ex-
perts are advising that the same acre
age be planted this year.
o~mpany A, signal corps Of the Colo
~fado National Guard was mustered in
to state service in the auditorium Of
the public library in Denver.
From Placerville come reports that
twenty trucks are hauling carnotite
orc from the Paradox valley mine and
that = trip IL made every day.
From Littleton to Castle Rock the
counties and state have surfaced the
Colorado Springs highway and now
have = maintainence crew at work.
The State Council of Defense has
taken up the question Of compelling
all idle men to go to work and do their
share towards winning the war.
Mrs. Grace Livermore Wells was
granted . decree OF divorce from
Bulkeley Wells. wealthy mining man.
in the District Court Of Telluride.
The funeral of Mayor Robert w.
Speer was held Friday, with two serv-
Ices, the first at the Auditorium and
the second at the family residence. 800
Humboldt street, Denver. and was
largely attended.
Manitou Springs on May II presenr-
ed Its claim to being the most patriot
10 community In the United States
when 1t was announced that the city
had trebled its quota in the second
Red Cross drive.
Claiming that out Of gratitude Tor
her services as q nurse In the Arapa-
hoe County hospital Alfred Ernest
Blake promised to leave her hn prop
erty. Louise C. Murphy, now OF Los
Angeles, has commenced suit for his
$4,000 estate, according to dispatches.
A second story is being added to the
Lincoln school building at Delta.
Il A. Deter, 18 years old. employed
at the coke ovens being constructed
near the steel plant at Pueblo, was
killed when heavy beam steel
slipped. striking the young man On the
head and crushing his skull.
A red cedar. said to be the only one
of its kind In this part of the world,
has been planted in front OF the court
house at Pueblo The tree was i'm
ported direct from the Himalayan
mountains by c. L. Dittmar
fOOO AOmlnlstTatOT N. J. drant pre-
dicted q drop in the price of bread, fol-
lowing an announcement of a reduc-
tion in prices Of flour and substitutes
under pressure of the United States
food administration
The first arrests in Colorado for
boarding food in violation of the fed
eral laws governing the food admins
tration were made in Denver by Sc
cret Service Agent Rowland K. God
dard. when Norris Rosenbaum, his
aar Iaaoh Rnaor bn nm and IaooI,