The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-06-05
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dangerous task. Sergeant Major Louis
Whites, who has just returned to his
home in Denver after eleven months
of service In France, tells tale Of un-
remitting labor and danger that can
scarcely be exceeded by those related
by the men who carried the guns. Ser
geant Whites was a member of the
Fourteenth Engineers and ran an en-
CINE which carried supplies from Rat
tentout, near Verdun, to the front
lines. During the Argonne forest fight
he and his crew were on duty for sew
en- days and nights without relief and
were able to get only such rest as they
could snatch between times. Sergeant
Whites wears a wound stripe, the re-
suit of having been injured in the leg
with high explosive shell, which, o.
January Is. 1919. exploded under the
engine he was running. utterly demOl-
ishing 1t and wounding all the crew.
Lieut.. william Q. Sullivan, Of Tellu-
ride, originally a member Of Colo
RADIOS own 18th regiment, and later
with the Seventy-seventh division OF
New York, passed through Denver on
ant Sullivan wore a distinguished
service cross awarded for valor shown
while fighting In the ArSonne. Lieu
tenant Sullivan served with the bat
talon which, after five days severe
fighting finally rescued Major Whit
tlesey's lost battalion" in the Ar
gonne. While leading his men across
the Aire river in the Argonne forest.
be was wounded just above the heart
by sniper's bullet. In spite Of his
severe wound he refused 70 leave his
company, Of which he had been in
command since the wounding Of his
captain. Finally he was ordered to
the rear by the regimental commander
and for his heroic action In keeping
his men in hand was awarded the dis
tinguished service cross.
Following 4 hearing called before
Gov. Oliver n. Shoup in an attempt
death sentence now resting on Clifford
Sprouts, negro. to life imprisonment.
the chief executive granted a reprieve
of thirty days. Sprouts was convicted
by a Pueblo court of the murder OF
turnkey, w. W. Green, last October.
and sentenced to be executed June 20.
The contention put forth was that
Sprouts was without means to push his
case to the higher court.
After lying unconscious for four
| days with several ribs fractured, his
lungs pierced by broken bones, his
chest crushed to n pulp, and his body
badly bruised and battered, n. J. Nc
Kenan, farmer of keota, died as the
result OF an accident He was assist
ing In loading a large steel tank into
a wagon, using pair Of wooden skids
for the work, whenone of the skids
broke and let the tank, which weighed
more than ton. fall. catching him un-
derneath II.
Robert w. Cummings, 20, well known
Archuleta county rancher, committed
suicide at his home nine miles north
of Pagosa Springs by shooting himself
through the head with $3.50 Win
chester. Mr.. Cummings had been in
rather poor health Of late and had
acted very melancholy. He placed the
gun under his chin and completely
In an adjoining room.
Grand county commissioners have
recommended the Rabbit Ear road,
from Kremmling to Martin, for i'm
| provement by the state highway COM
mission, and federal road appropria-
ton Of So, 100 will be used on this road
this year. This In a link in the short
est automobile route between Denver,
| Kremmling and Steamboat SPRING..
The largest amount Of government
land open to homestead entry In any
land district in Colorado IL 4,6G8, 800
acres In the Glenwood Springs dis
trict, in Eagle, Garfield. Gunnison,
Mesa, Moffat, Pitkin, Rio Blanco and
Routt counties. More than two-thirds
of this Is in Moffat and Rio Blanco
| counties.
| The state highway commission has
received word that the snow blockade
on Berthoud pass has been broken and
the road is now open for travel. In
formation also reached the connie
sion that crew Of men II working to
| get through the snow on Battle noun
tain to open the road between Fairplay
and Breckenridge, with good prospects
that the task will be completed
shortly.
| Friends and relatives Of T. b. Col
man, "a, who Is missing at Colorado
Springs, hold out fear for his safety.
| as no trace of the missing man has
been discovered. Colman escaped from
St. Francis hospital, where he was to
have undergone an operation. The po-
lice have been unable to find a trace
| and believe he went to the mountains
where he may have died of exposure
William T. Smith, 20, who drove