The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-04-10
Pitiy Nsis Notes
From AZ Fasis u
Colorado

wsstsrn Nsw~apsr un'on Nsvs Service.
The source Of much OF Telluride's
bootleg supply was discovered when
officers raided room In the business
section and discovered lively young
still in operation.
There are In Colorado 257, ,es4 chill
dren between the ages of 6 and 20
years, according to the latest school
census. This includes 12o.284 boys
and 12s,64l girls.
There are forty-four railroad com
panies represented In Colorado. opsr-
ating an aggregate Of 6,b069e miles Of
main line track Every county except
Baca has some railroad mileage.
Dr.. ]. A. Jeannottes, Democrat. was
elected mayor of Lsadville. over Hyde
Heller, Republican, in one Of the quiet
eat elections ever held In that city.
The Republicans elected five Of the
SIX city aldermen.
Approximately 100000 acres of
excellent agricultural land in Colorado
would be irrigated. In addition to that
now being watered. II all partly con-
structed irrigation systems in the
state were completed.
A jury returned verdict Of not
guilty in fifteen minutes at Boulder
after an all-day hearing Of the case of
Victor 8. Sinners, returned soldier,
who was accused of killing an elk
near his cabin at Nederland.
The Republicans carrier the city
election in Trinidad by the heaviest
vote in recent years. e. d. Wright
was elected mayor by 1.1O0 majority.
The present city officials, with no pol
itics, were all reelected at Sterling.
Ksnneth, the 2-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs.. Roy Corey. fell from his high
chair at the family table in Olhthe and
struck on q pairing knife lying on the
moor with such force that the blade
was driven four inches into his brain.
BENJAMIN Fowler. 18-ysar-old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. T. E. Fowler, ran away
from home at Colorado Springs. He
was killed near Peabody. Kan, when
he fell from q passenger train on
which he was taking 4 ride and q pass
Ing freight struck him.
With q majority of two to one, the
two Improvement bond Issues carried
at the election in LOngmont. One ID
for $685. 900 for park work and the 9TH
er for $4,000 for . new city hall. On
" one city ticket was in the field and
Mayor Ray H. Kitely was reelected.
A. g. Hamel, supervisor Of the San
Isabel national forest reserve, has ad-
vised the Chamber Of Commerce Of
Florence that he has received the mon
ey appropriated for improvements on
the Florence municipal camping
grounds in the South Hardscrabble
cahon.
DR.. Abner J. Cobb of Denver, first
lieutenant in the American Red Gross
overseas service. has returned home
after seven months Of devotion to
work among Bulgarian refugees, wear
Ing the Grecian medal Of vnlor. the or
der of st. Thomas, conferred upon
him by the king of Greece. and will
take up again the practice of his pro-
fession in his home city.
Corp. Leroy F. Narshall of simla,
Colo, who died Of disease on Feb. 0,
has been posthumOusly awarded dis
tinguished service cross, according to
lannouncement made by the War De-
partment. The citation accompanying
the pervice cross reads as follows:
.For extraordinary heroism in action
near verdun, France, Oct. o. 1913 Cor
poraI Marshall voluntarily went for
ward to silence q snlper who was pour
ing q dangerous fire into his position.
He crept through the brush for dis
tance of 800 yards and then crossed q
machine>gun-swept area. killing the
saiper with his rifle"
Alfred T. Bell was elected mayor
of Englewood in the city election at
Englewood. He is head OF the Tax
payers ticket. Bell won by a vote
Of approximately 2 to l.
All the bodies of the thirteen miners
have been taken from the Empire coal
mine at Axuilar, following the explo-
sion that entombed them. Twenty-Five
years ago to the day a like explosion
occurred in this same mine, killing sew
eral men.
Thirty minutes after he had stolen
a motor car from in front of a resi-
dence In Colorado Springs, Burtch Wy
lie, 16, was killed when the car turned
over on the Pueblo road. His death
rounded out days toll OF motor acci-
dents in which two persons were killed
and four injured in that vicinity.
Returns from the Colorado SPRING.
election show the first use Of the re-
call in Colorado against city official
has failed, and Mayor Charles E.
Thomas was reelected by about 500
majority over Charles Chapman, who