The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-07-17
Pithy News Notes
From Al Paris of
Colorado

Weetefo dsWopAper Unio0 MOVIE esfSso~
Anderson L. Mason, pioneer Of Colo
RADIO, and one Of the first settlers on
the land where Denver now stands,
died at his home In Jamestown at the
age of 70.
Every cent Of the $40 600 appropri-
ated by Congress for the United States
mint at Denver will be spent to i'm
prove the mint's sweep cellar, accord
Ing to Thomas Annear, superintend-
ent.
The total acreage OF corn grown In
Colorado in 1909. according to the esn-
sus report, was 628,o59 acres. In 1919
five counties In the eastern part Of the
state have more than $4,000 acres Of
corn in cultivation.
The per capita assessed valuation of
property in Colorado for 1918 was 81
B0z04, compared with $1,z7aS0 for
1917. Jackson county leads In this re-
spect, with $4,70e.79. and Huerfano
county has the lowest. $78s.8S.
San Juan county, the smallest coun-
ty in the state save Denver, has pro-
duced since 1873 metals to the value
of about &65, 1000 600. the chief value be-
Ing in gold, approximately $2hOOO,OOO
This Is one OF the leading metal pro-
ducing counties In the state.
The returned United States service
men of Summit county have laid plans
for the perfection Of an organization
known as the post Of the American
Legion Of Honor The members will
elect Officers the middle Of this month,
or as soon a. their comrades in the
l15th engineers reach Breckenridge.
Funeral services were held at Gree
ley for DR.. George R. Pogue. prominent
Greeley physician, who died at Pueblo
at the age Of 50 years. DR.. Posue had
devoted his entire professional life to
the study Of Tuberculosis and he died
of the disease from which he had aided
scores Of patients towards permanent
cure.
John Mccoy, 10 years old, was cleo
trocuted in the lessee mine, two miles
from Breckenridge. He was discov-
cred in an unconscious condition by
one Of his fellow workmen, who ran
clan. A 44O-volt wire was found on
burned.
Six Colorado counties, Weld, Morgan.
Logan, Adams, Warrington and Yuma
have more land planted In corn this
year than was planted In the entire
state. These figures, although not yet
complete, Indicate that the acreage de-
voted to corn in tie state this year will
more than double that Of 1900 and con-
siderably larger than that of last year.
The first attempt ever made to ail
an airplane over Pixies Peak will be
made about July 20 when the flying
circus from Ellington field performs
at Colorado Springs. Lieut. G. c. Nc
Mutt, the Dsaver aviaear, WHO made
the Denver flight during
the Liberty loan drive and also made
many spectacular flights In Denver
and along the route, Will attempt the
feat
The loophole by which many auto
owners have escaped the paying OF
their automobile licenses was closed
when the Supreme Court rendered q
decision against Samuel Ard of Logan
county, asserting that he had violated
the motor vehicle law by not paying
his iIcense- AVd had been fined by the
District Court In his home county but
had appealed the case on the ground
that the state wAs using the police
power to produce revenue, and that
therefore, the law authorizing the II
cense fee was unconstitutional. He
also coutended that the tax placed q
burden on some and exempted others
thus creating class legislation"
A suitable appropriation for the d.
velopment Of the Rocky Mountain Ma.
tional park will be made by Congress
at the next regular session. Positive
assurance to this effect has been
given Representative Vale by Repre-
sentative J. w. Good Of Iowa, chair
man of the committee on appropria-
tons
A. T. Ransom and Ted Dobbell. Colo
RADIO Springs men, were held up and
robbed Of % on the Denver road By .
lone robber, who overlooked their
watches and billbooks. His haul would
have been worth $500 to him II he had
searched his victims carefully. He was
wAs unmasksd and stopped RansOm's
drew his revolver.
Thirsty Denverites can now imbibs
pure Denver water from thirty-si1
new bubble fountains, gift Of an un-
nuwn donor, just being installed at .
total cost of 1880 The new stand
ards designed by Henry Read, are
bronsed, with a white bowl and foun-
tAin- Dogs have q private drinking cup
at the base The new fountains are
being Installed along Fifteenth, Six
tssnth. Seventeenth and Eighteenth
0tre0tR.