The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-27
Pithy News Notes
From An Pasks of
Colorado

Mountain States Telephone ana Ieie-
Sraph Company, is dead at his Den
yer home.
As soon as the frost is out of the
ground work will be started on the
electric light plant which is to be the
latest addition to Craig.
Government reports show that there
are now 4Oe,0OO hogs In Colorado,
worth $s,0S2, 900, as compared with
17B.294 in 1910. worth $l,56S,15S.
Eaton's town board is the first of
the Weld county towns to grant the
Union Pacific railroad officials re-
quest for universal speed limit for
all towns in the country.
The acreage of wheat harvested in
Colorado In 1918 was $4,000. rs com
pared with 34O,729 acres for 1909. The
increase has been largely in the acre
age devoted to winter wheat.
guilty TO killing II mountain sheep in
Glen cahOn near GlenwoOd Springs,
and was fined S1OO This is the first
conviction of its kind in IA, number
of years.
At the city election April LIST the
taxpayers will vote on bond issue
of $4,000 for the building of new
of $4,000 for the Improvement of
city parks.
Beavers are blamed for impurities
in Boulder's drinking water and state
officials will be asked for permission
TO slaughter n colony OF them at the
Lakewood intake to the water system
in the mountains.
lWillfOrd Burwell and Morey Good
man of La Junta have been awarded
buttons by the United States Treas
ury Department for their work in war
savings and thrift stamp sales. They
viii also each receive II letter of COM
meudation from officials In Washing
ton.
Louis Rachofsky, past exalted ruler
Of the Loveland lodge of Eiks, re-
ceived word from the state executive
committee of the order that the an
nual state convention would be held
in Lpveland this year, the last week
in August, during the Lnrimer county
fair.
The mystery surrounding the disap-
pearance OF John Breuss, 5S, wealthy
Garfield county rnncher. last NOvem-
her, was solved when his body was dis
covered buried four feet beneath a
manure pile on his farm. Three Mex
leans of the silt district are In jail ut
Glenwood Springs charged with the
mans murder.
Corp Henry Rendering OF La Junta.
20 years old, died In embarkatiOn hos
pital No. / at HobOken, N. J. He ar
rived in HobOken the first Of Fehru
ary, and was taken from the trans
port suffering from Influenza, which
developed into pneumonia. He Is sur
vived by his father and mother, and .
brother ind sister.
At countrywide meeting of the
farmers and stockmen of Larimer
county, the Larimer county farm bu-
reau was organized with more than Il
hnndred members. Farmers and their
wives from ali sections OF thez county
are Joining this bureau daily, and 1t
promises to reach membership of
several hundred before summer.
The hundredth anniversary of the
founding OF the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows will be celebrated by
Colorado members in Denver In OctO-
her. The selection of Denver for the
celebration and also the next conven-
tion to be held at that time, was the
main order OF business at. the clos.
ing session OF the Odd Fellows con.
vention.
The fossil remains of an antidelu.
Wan monster, half fish and half reptile,
believed to have lived millions of
years ago when the great Uintah ba-
ain was an ocean, has been discovered
in the elaterite deposits Of Indian can
on. The snake fish fossil was found
completely embedded between two lay
ers of elaterite, and had shiny. jet
black scales of . diamond shape.
Authorities of the United States inn
migration service have started to In
vestigate the circulation In Denver of
pamphlets, said to PROFOUND Boishe-
visit principles. The circulation of the
pamphlets has been under way for sew
eral days. Several Of the leaflets have
fallen into the hands of the officials,
and they are now consulting with the
Washington office with reference to
handling the situation.
Liquor interests in the hope of re-
versing the stand Of the nation on the
prohibition issue are seeking referen-
dunn elections In fourteen states, of
which Colorado is one. Announce
ment Of the movement was made by
the National Association of Distillers
and Wholesale Liquor Dealers In Gin
cinnati. 1t Is rumored that the cam
paign in Colorado will be directed by
a pcrsl form, ~ a attoruaya