The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-11-13
'cmrusn1AL STATE 1T110.


the service viii soon be changed to
.Sbow II to the Marines" II the appli-
cnnts for enlistment keep on trying 10
get by the willy recruiters. II happens
often that men who are anxious TO set
IN the Three in One" service Will try
methods not up to regulations to be-
come q member. John w. Wilson. OF
Lincoln, Nebraska. found out TO his
sorrow that the Marines are always
wide awake, he has tried to enlist In
several localities but could not pass
the eve test, having defective vision
OF the right eye. Wilson came to Den
yer and decided he was ready to slip
by the local recruiting station ana
after taking the required distance for
the eye test, he made the mistake OF
reading the letters too fast which
caused the Sergeant to sit up and take
notice. Wilson was then required to
call letters at random through mark
er and fell down. He then volunteer
ed the information that he had card
test and had studied the letters for
two months 30 he could pass and that
he was sorry that he was detected
II small boy or young miss, wear
ing the pin Of Modern Health Cru
sader," comes up and taps you on the
shoulder with the grave Information
that you are breaking some health
rule. you'll know that the Health In
spector" is after you. Fifty thousand
school children In thirty-nine counties
of Colorado have put their heads ana
hearts into a health campaign which
Iins been inaugurated by the Colorado
Public Health Association and which is
ginning in vigor every day. The cru
sade Is growing SO rapidly In juvenile
popularity that the youngsters In the
various schools have hit upon the
scheme of appointing their own
''henlth inspectors" to enforce the pro
visions of the new game"
Jack Rounds, alleged notorious west
ern slope bOOtlegger and mOOnshiner.
was arrested recently while operating
an Illicit still at Grand Junction and
turned over to the federal authorities
by United States Deputy Marshal Will
liam McClelland for trial before Judge
Lewis. Rounds was hut recently re-
leased from jail at lontrose. where he
had been held for hOtOleggiDg. Several
gallons Of mOOllshine intended to he
sold during the recent lntermOuntain
fair and Stock show was seized and
the still was In operation and dropping
liquor when Rounds was taken into
custody.
Continued dry weather for the past
month, I,u~ hoor aomourhat nm 70 vnra h1,
for fall plowing and the planting Of
winter wheat and rye. The planting OF
these crops is practically complete and
in most districts there has been suf-
ficient moisture to bring the grain up
partially. Farmers report that little
damage has been suffered by these
crops 30 far, and good rains In the
next week or two will bring them up
in fine shape. The acreage planted ev-
identity In considerable short Of that
planted last fall, though detailed re-
ports on planting have not yet been
gathered by the State Cooperative
Crop Reporting Service.
Only three applicants presented
themselves at the court house in
Canon City for the special federal ex-
animation preliminary to appointment
as ennmeratOrs In the government
census work In Fremont county next
year. The census Will begin January
2nd and must be completed in thirty
lays. as II will require about twenty
enumeratOrs to collect the census da-
IA. another examination will have tn
be held TO get the required number
necessary to do the work.
Present Indications are that the CEN
sus report for next year will show n
population of at least 100000 for
Colorado. compared with 790,O24 for
1910. This would mean an Increase OF
nearly 3S per cent In the past ten
years. The estimate OF the census bu-
reau places the population Of the stnte
now Mt above 100000. and those Of
the state immigration department show
about the same figures.
The greatest problem which the
world faces today is that Of phys cal
efficiency. says DIR. James A. Miller,
head of the Rockefeller Foundation in
France. who recently has been in Den
yer and Colorado Springs studying
health problems In Colorado. due to
the outdoor life Of the West, children
of Colorado normally measure and
weigh more than eastern children"
says Dr. Miller 1.-The state has the
natural advantage of wonderful cli-
mate which Is conducive to outdoor
life. With proper interest in public
health matters, and believe the peO-
pie of this state are alive to the need
and are going to push health programs
Colorado can produce wonderful gen.
eration.'
No damage to the apple crop of the
Grand valley has resulted from the
cold and snow according to fruit grow