The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-04-17
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a United States army tank to climb,
crawl, caterpillar or whatever 1t II q
| tank does, to the summit of Pixies
peak this month in the interest Of the
Victory loan, according to the Union
Pacific press bureau. Railroad men,
army Officers, makers of war muni-
tions, automobile men, gasoline pro
ducers-all are interested. Men on
snow shoes will take water treated
with an anti-freeze solution to Glen
Cove inn. half way mp the peak, and
to the summit. and they will also carry
supplies. The highway Is usually
opened June Is and in April the tank
may encounter snow, blixxards and
temperatures 40 below zero, though II
is not believed there will be any snow
up to Glen Cove. The tank that will
tour Colorado after thee limb will be
transported BY special train, with .
Pullman for the crew. fiat cars for
equipment and the tank will be un-
loaded at many towns for demonstra-
ton There will also be q machine
gun firing blank cartridges so that in
tank charges the people will zee just
how 1t worked over in France to down
the Hun.
Employees OF the Downtown Mines
Company at Leadville have posted
notice saying that they would not &C.
cept the reduction In wages announced
by the company several days ago. The
notice, dated April 5, reads as follows:
"Notice to Downtown Mines Company:
This 1t to certify that we, the e.
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pany. Will not accept the reduction OF
wages posted by the said Downtown
Mines Company, to take effect May 5,
1919, on account of the present cOndi-
tons. Committee" Just what will be
the outcome of the condition here d
unknown, but the miners say that they
will walk out II no agreement 10
Englewood voters adopted an $4,000
bond issue for the erection of a new
high school building. The vote was ap-
proximately 3 to in favor of the
move. Work on the new school will be
started this spring. and 1t is expected
It will be ready for occupancy by the
opening Of the fall term. The struc-
ture will probably be two stories In
height, with q basement. 1t will be
one Of the most modern school houses
In the state, according to present
plans.
Without knowing that his name was
being considered for the position, and
never making application for same.
Rev. c. w. Gray Of Mead. while not
even residing in the state and having
been gone for twenty months. was sp-
pointed by the governor of Pennsyl-
vania as chaplain Of the prison at Phil
adelphia at a salary of 81 800 q year.
He will continue his pastoral year at
Mead and return to the East In the
fall.
The Victory Loan campaign will h.
formally launched in Denver at q Pa
triotic rally and mass meeting to be
held in the auditorium the evening
Of April 22nd. which will be addressed
by Billy Sunday in the first of se-
ries OF speeches to be delivered by
him over the United States under the
auspices and at the request Of the
United States treasury officials hav-
ing the national campaign In charge.
The hunt for bootleEgers in Colora-
do 10 not to be relaxed because Of the
action of the Colorado Legislature in
the closing days of the session, Colo
mel Allen. head Of the department. has
announced. Instead, the force along
the Wyoming Colorado line will be in
creased and the commander states that
the law evaders will find 1t a more
difficult task to get liquor to Denver
than in the past.
Walter Melbourne, a farmer living
in northern Weld county, has been
placed under $1,000 bond in District
Court on the charge of having liquor
In his possession. According to the Of
ficers, who located the booze In Well
bourne's harm. he says he stole forty
pints Of whisky from bOotlegger's car
which sailed in his neighborhood.
Under the vigorous drive for the Sal
walton Army home service. made by
Assessor william T. KeOgh and Mrs.
Edward Traylor. $475.7O was collected
at Breckenridge. and draft for that
amount has been sent to the Salvation
Army at Denver. The quota to be
raised In Summit county was $500. but,
as usual, the county went lover the
top"
The remarkable growth of Baca
county, Colorado, in the past two yeara
is emphatically proved by the increase
In bank deposits. On Dec. 27. 1915, de-
posits in all the banks of the county
were $27l, ,661.13 On Dec. 81, 1913, the
amount was $4s5, ,S0S.s6.
The City Council of Lafayette has
granted the use of the city park as a
playground and athletic field for the
use OF the schools. A baseball dia-