The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-05-08

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Creek as q mine electrician, he -
dulgsd his little fancy In picture shows
until the police sent him to jail for
six months. Several days ago. Sheriff
Won Phul received 4 letter from Chief
Of Police Rynex at Schenectady, n. T.,
asking for a picture of Mann. Won
Phul suspected he had been up to his
old tricks, and forwarded = photo
graph Sure enough, 1t was the clip
ping Mr.. Mann who was stopping with
the New York police, and they said
he had been shipping off young ladies'
braids and curls again.
Reports received by tile State c.
operative Crop Reporting Service indi-
cate in a general way a better sup
ply of farm labor at this time than
Was available at this time last year
Marked shortage has been reported IN
some sections, particularly In parts q
the San Luis, Arkansas and Cncom-
pahgre Valleys. General reports indl-
cate that the labor supply is from .
to 10 per cent greater, but still ap-
proximately 10 per cent below normal
There is a surplus of labor reported
in many of the towns, but difficulty
is encountered in getting people from
the cities and towns TO go into ths
country and undertake farm work.
The price being paid for sugar beets
this season. $40 ton flat, has stimu-
lated the interest of farmers in this
crop, with the result that Colorado will
have, IL conditions remain favorable
] no rnla
largest sugar beet acreage in its his
tory this year. There will be 4 very
marked increase In acreage in the
Northern Colorado district. with small
er increases In the Arkansas Valley
and on the Western Slope, according
to reports received by the Cooperative
Crop Reporting Service.
Sergt T. A. Day and l. n Hagood.
recently discharged from the army.
have reached Kremmllng, in a small
car Of universal reputation, being the
first tourists to arrive in Middle Park
In 1919. They came from La Grange,
No., looking for homestead locations.
They drove through Wyoming to
Baggs, thence to Craig. Colo, from
whence they went to Grand junction
and Montrose, then to Glenwood
Springs and WOlcott and State Bridge.
The members of the Congregational
church were surprised at the annual
meeting and banquet at Montrose WHOM
G. b. Akard, vice president of the
First National bank. announced that
he and his wife would place q meme
rial for their dead daughter, Mattye
Shirley Akard, In the new Congrega-
tional church In the shape of pipe
organ to cost between 5000 and x1O-
600.
A cafeteria for the employees OF the
Swift Company's packing plant at th0
stockyards has been opened in Den
yer. Meals may be secured for "a to
2S cents and the profits will revert to
the employees, Who own the restau-
rant Girls at the plant will act as
servers during the meal hours, which
last for an hour and half There
will be three shifts at each meal %
that the total organization can be fed
In competition with 1000 contest
ants, Miss Bernice Brown of Barr
Lake school, four miles east OF Brigh-
ton, has won the $50 Victory bond
given by Samuel D. Nicholson, state
chairman of the Victory Loan drive,
for the best essay on THE Price of
Peace Miss Browns teacher, Miss
Evelyn Hartman, YVES awarded an emf
nent service badge for the interest she
created among her pupils in the work.
Within three weeks at the outside,
work upon the Improvement of the Big
Thompson canon road, the main gate
way to Estes Park and the Rocky
Mountain national park, will com
mence. The plans for the work drawn
by the engineers Of the state highway
commission were returned to the com
mission by the federal roads bureau
engineers.
Blossom Sunday was celebrated in
the Grand valley and autos and inter
urban cars were crowded with people
driving into the orchard district in rec
Ognition of the day. The fact that
clouds were lowering. AS per the wea-
ther mans forecast, failed to discour-
age the blossom hunters or diminish
the crowds. The trees were in full
bloom and there are thousands Of con-
tinuous acres in the Grand valley
planted in fruit trees Blossom Sun
day" Is an annual event
Three new sugar factories have been
determined on by the Holly Sugar
Company, all 20 be erected on the
western slOpe-one at Delta, one At
! Montrose and the third at Olathe
Work will begin at once upon the Del
ia factory, which, according to plans,
will cost over $1.25O,OOO. Beet grow