The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-04-17
'Pitty News Notes
FROM An Pans Of
Colorado


Repairs will be completed at the oil
well of the Lincoln County OIL Com
pany at Hugo, and drilling will be re-
sumed at once.
,A>foot 0< SNOW fell on the level and
drifted in some places to 4 depth of
four and five feet covered all of Weld
county last week.
The latest word received in Denver
relative to the departure of the Eighty
ninth division for America sets the
date Of embarkation as May 10th
Only one barberry bush, the kind
that causes wheat rust, was found In
Sterling by agents from the Depart
nent of Agriculture, and destroyed
The Steamboat Springs Commercial
Club has been organised. So anxious
were the business men to get the or
gAnization perfected that q constitu-
tion was adopted and all preliminary
work done the first night
TIE Moffat tunnel measure, the
45,O0O.00O highway bond resolution
and the bill for increased industrial
compensation benefits have been
signed by Gov. Oliver H. Shoup, thus
completing the course of legislative
enactment.
Ouray county has announced its
plans for the extension of the work
from Ouray TO Silverton. This road is
gradually taking Its place as one of the
leading scenic highways In the state,
cutting through the sheer cAhon of the
Uncompahgre river for q distance Of
many miles.
Tie wage controversy between
Painters, Decorators and Paperhang-
-est Union No. III and the Master
Paintefs' Association at Colorado
SpEansA has been settled on the basis
Of Q 75-ceot wage scale. This settle
ment 10 q compromise. an SO-cent
scale having been asked, to end the
strike which has been in force since
March 1st
Num- il the first Weld county town
to set dates for its fall fair. The Num-
festival will be held Friday and Satur-
day, Sept 10 and 70. The fair commit
tee will offer $500 in cash prises to
kesp up the reputation Of the festival
~ the best exhibit of dry-farming pro
ducts in northern Colorado. The fair
Is n Joint enterprise OF the Commercial
Club and the FArmers' Union.
Additions which will give more than
an acre Of new show space in connec-
tion with the stadium at the Denver
Union Stockyards, and that will cost
between $125,O00 and 500, 100. are be
ing planned by heads Of the Stock
yards Company. The addition will be
In the form of q new building. imme-
diately adjoining the present stadium
1t will be ready for 1920 stock show.
Fire Of unknown origin started In
the big grocery and meat market OF
the Miners Association, Lafayette, de
stroyed The building and its contents
as well as the grocery store Of John
Gordon and the residence Of william
wehman, causing loss of $780, 500. The
Miners Association estimates its loss
At %6O00. with 5000 insurance. Cor
AGn'S loss js 5000 with 100 insur
aDW Tbe Wehman residence wal
wsfth e. 500.
. Co,0nel Barney, recruiting officer In
charge Of recruiting In Colorado and
Wyoming. has been definitely in
formed that he can promise service Ia
China, Hawaii, the Philippines or Pan
ana. and all enlistments are for three
years fiat, with no reserve. Likewise
he In enlistinx men for duty in France
and on the Rhine in the American Ex
peditionary Forces. Colored men
without previous service can now en-
list In the cavalry service In the Phil
ippines-
Ii cost the state 81 .2Oe.17 to carry
ssoators and representatives. to and
from the State Legislature, according
to figures complied by State Auditor
Arthur II stong. The most Of this
amount was spent for railroad fare.
With an allotihent of 800 pounds in
The drive for used clothing for Europ
can relief, the citizens Of Lafayette
contributed 1,500 pounds. The Lafay.
ette chapter Of the Red Cross Ii the
banner chapter of the Rocky Mountain
division. In every drive made during
the war 1t never failed to oversub-
scribe its quota and is the only chap
ter In the division which has never
failed to complete every allotment OF
work assigned it.
A big business deal was closed at La
Junta when w. 4 Andrews and son,
Harold, took = tsn-year lease on the
Building now occupied by the Public
library. and will put in another drug
store, In addition to the one they al
ready own. TIE new store will be one
Of the finest in the state, and will be
up-to- date in all details. The fixtures
will cost about $4,000. and when the
budding u ready for occupancy 1t will
be one Of the show places Of the val