The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-08-21
ouruH1AI STATE ITElGs.


caped with several cans Of gold con-
centrates said to be valued at $1,000
q can from the Independence mill at
Victor. John Franklin, aged so, and
James Guri0ux, aged 20, victims Of the
robbery, are In the district hospital
Franklin, the Waterman, is said to be
In serious condition. GuriOux is suf-
fering from shock. The robbery was
discovered when the day shift went
on duty The Waterman and night
clerk were found locked in closet.
The elder man was unconscious and
his companion almost strangled by the
gag.
Announcing that they will take ad-
vantage of the recent reduction In
freight rates. the coal operators OF
the upper valley, In the vicinity OF
Palisade, will Increase their output
within the next few weeks. Enlarge
ment of the equipment already Is In
progress and the mines in that sec
ton expect to practically double pro-
duction during the coming year. BY
reason of the revised tariffs reducing
the freight rates by a considerable
margin, the local mines will be able
to compete with the Utah mines and
extend their trade territory to vari-
Gus parts of Colorado and Utah.
Fifteen cars of potatoes will be
shipped daily from the Montrose.
Olathe and Delta spud district, when
the busiest part of the season will
start. This IL the early potato harvest
and will continue at this rate for sew
eral weeks. The spuds are being
moved to the markets in refrigerator
cars, which, however, will not inter-
fere with the regular shipments OF
fruit from the western slope, about
which the growers were alarmed re-
Gently when a car shortage seemed
apparent.
The lives of at least four stunned
passengers from a wrecked automo-
bile were saved by Mrs. Henry NJ.
Jones, Jr., Of Danville. Ill, on the Flor
ence-victor highway when she dragged
them from the waters of Phantom
creek. Mrs. Tressie Wiggington OF
Brighton, Colo, a scnoOl teacher, and
Hubert Stevens of Jewell. Kan, were
killed and six others injured when the
car left the highway and plunged down
the seventy-five-foot embankment.
Bonifacio Basques was killed and his
father-ln-law, Rufacio Garcia, danger
ously wounded following a quarrel Mt
said to have been Juan Trajilla and
Joe Savas. The quarrel started In the
hall because the alleged murderers OBJ
jected to criticism by Garcia As to their
actions. II was finished in the street
an hour or 30 later, when Trajilla and
Savas are said to have drawn revolverS
and fired upon Basques and Garcia.
Greeley IL to have one mile Of paved
county highways on both the north
and the south sides Of the city limits
before winter sets in. Money for
these projects has been appropriated
by the State Highway Commission and
the location Of the two miles deter
mined by the county commissioners
Two Of the worst stretches Of the Lin
coin Highway between Denver and
Cheyenne will be eliminated by the
Improvement.
The net income Of the Colorado q
Southern railroad for the year ending
Dec. 81, 1918, was $1,376,371.1 6, with a
gross income of $3,s7s, S91 80. The an
nual compensation for the road al
lowed by the act that enabled the gov
eminent to take over the railroads Is
81, 4S1 piss. The net income Of the
road for the year 1917 was g, 49,
1921, and its gross income, $4,S56,-
O17.6O
One of the largest wholesale hard
ware organizations on the western
slope has been perfected by Montrose
and other western slope city business
men. This company will be known as
the Colorado Utah Hardware Company
and will have its headquarters and
main warehouse in Grand Junction,
with branch houses later in various
cities on the western slope.
Charles Ray, while making a blast
on the Gould reservoir. above Craw-
ford, Delta county, was killed when a
large rock from the blast hit him on
the head. Workmen were Mt long
distance from the scene of the blast,
but the rock hit him squarely on the
head with such force that he died
two hours later. He IL survived by a
wife and four children Of Rocky Ford.
Charles H. Bliss, prominent Greeley
farmer, has been elected president Of
the Industrial Sugar Company, to sue
coed John A. Hicks of Brighton. The
Industrial Sugar Company is $4,000
| 600 corporation controlled by beet
rotaors ond nr0aniyed IN huild inde-
pendent sugar factories through north
| ern Colorado.
Information has been received by E.
j. Waters of Clifton, that his son,
| Corporal Fred Waters, captured the
championship Of the marines at Guam