The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-04-03
Pithy News Notes
From AHPasts Of
Colorado

The average wages of school teach
srs per month In Colorado vary from
1854 in one-tea cher schools to $1O6.45
In high schools.
Teller county ranchers estimate that
10000 worth of cattle have died in
that county during the winter from
stock growers.
The total receipts of the 1850 school
. districts in Colorado for the scnooi
year ending July !, 1915. were $l1.-
j12.1j5.05. Expenditures for the same
period were s9.s9c. .699.13.
To Perry Majors. Montezuma
county rnDcher. belongs the honor for
raising the biggest pig in the San
Juan basin. The porker dressed 1876
po6nds and was sold for $94-24.
J. c. Cessna. %, local manager OF
the GilpIn County Light. Heat and
Power Company. was electrocuted at
Central City on pole when his hand
slipped and came In contact with II
Empowered wire
The production of dry beans in Colo
RADIO has Increased from AZ, 600 bush
els in 1916 to nearly 100000 bushels
In 1918. The increase has been due
almost wholly to the Introduction OF
the Mexican pinto bean.
Breaking through barred window
and making off with five sacks Of
high-grade. an unknown number OF
men attempted to rob the Ibex Min
ing Company of quantity Of high
grade ore, valued at $1,000. AZ Lead
Vile.
Agreements for the 100000 col
onixing corporation announced recent
ly M being in the process OF forming
10 develop 10000 acres Of land ada
cent TO Denver have been signed by
all the Henry l.. Doherty interests and
other land owners. and articles Of In
corporation will be filed in a few dayx.
With his left arm and two fingers
off his right hand gone and left on the
battlefield Of France. and one OF his
legs - badly shot up that he walks
with limp. and three other wounds
in different parts OF his body. Otto
Schmultzer Of JohnStown has recently
returned home after seeing war in Its
worst form.
Fire, which threatened the whole
business district OF Windsor, destroyed
the Shand Demont building on Water
street. containing six stores, n restau-
rant, a photographers studio and four
apartments. The loss is estimated at
$4,000. Several firemen were in
1ured. The explosion Of a Kerosene
lamp started the fire.
Two La Junta Boy Scouts were pub
liciy presented with awards given by
the United States Treasury Depart
Inent for their work during 1918 sell
ing War Savings and Thrift Stamps.
Morey Goodman. IL years old. received
q button for his efforts. Willford Bur
well received button and ace medal
for selling 800 worth of stamps.
Liquors and tobacco taxes from this
district. consisting OF Colorado and
Wyoming. will be more than <SOO.O0O.
according to Deputy Internal Revenue
Collector Charles o. Berry. Returns
had to be filed at the office or be in
the mall Wednesday night. Taxes on
liquor stocks In Wyoming were large
ly responsible for the amount Of the
collections.
Mrs. William A. Campbell. wife ol
a prominent Colorado Springs physi
cian, is the. second victim OF the sleep
ing sickness in that city. She has
been suffering from the ailment fol
two weeks and has been consciou,
only Mt brief intervals. The other vic
tim, Miss Bessie Nash, who has beer
suffering for month, is unchanged
Attending physicians are not worried
over the condition of their. patients.
When registration day for th'
spring quarter OF Colorado Stat'
Teachers College Mt Greeley arrived
eight young men students who arr
keeping bachelors hull' appeared IL
q body Mt the desk of Miss Heller
Payne, head of the domestic science
department. I'VE want to learn Il
cook" the spokesman said. VIII yol
teach us?" So n male class OF eiKh
meet twice II week.
Mayor F. r. Smith has been reDom
mated on the Citizeps' ticket, whici
will be the only one in the field. Las
year WINS u pronpeTou" ohe io' nuh
non, Colo, with the new Farmers Co
operative grain elevator, gener,
store, Libby. McNeill & Libby pickl,
factory and the plant Of the Boulder
Creamery Company. The town coun
ell has passed an ordinance for
bond issue of $4,000. 5000 to ,,
used In extending water mains and th'
rest on electric lighting. the town hav
ing a contract with the Fort LuptOI
Light and Power Company. nine mile,
away. Land is changing hands n
from 800 10 $3.50 an acre. and bee
and wheat prospects are excellent.