The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-04-10
'35 YEARS AGO
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March IS. 1884 to April 10, 1884.
Frank Adams was elected Mayor
Of Gunnison.
Mrs. Lou Hinkly has returned from
visit to Crested Butte.
Died. suddenly, while in his store
in Irwin. on March IA, 1884. Captain
Nathaniel Shurtleff.
Pat Bowling got his feet badly
frozen while walking to Crested
Butte the other night.
The name Of the Lewis Hotel has
been changed to that Of La Veta,
and will open by May 1.
Sandy Fraser is as proud of that
telephone machine as q little red boy
would be Of ten year old wagon.
Montrose now has two papers. The
Enquirer has been started by Mark
Atkins. Mark is daisy. You bet.
Word was received from Grand
Junction on Tuesday that Tim Dowl-
ing had been seriously injured in q
mine.
At the present writing we have
Henry Pauter, Jake Metzler, w. p.
Wallace, A. ]. Davidson and John
Davis as candidates for Mayor.
Uncle John Davis. Thos. Cassidy,
Patrick Bowling, and George Phillips
went to Gunnison last Sunday to col
ebrate st. Patrick's day on Monday,
the 18th.
/ Mr.. John p. Breen, is another VIC
tim for the Coeur d'Alene country.
We hope he may strike 1t rich and
return to the bosom Of his friends
In the Keystone State.
Is It SO that Major SowIes is going
to try to defeat Henry Pauter for
mayor, because Mrs. Pauter refused
to let him play cards in the store?
She has big job before her.
Col. w.. A. Wilder, Col. Geo. A.
Russ and Capt. Russell came up
from Crested Butte on Tuesday.
Messrs. Foot, Walker and Co. brought
them through, Ia snow shoeing.
Dick Collie is the happiest man in
town. His wife presented him with
fine girl baby few days ago. This
Is the sixth time that Dick has been
made likewise happy during his mat
rtrnout~I ~npnav
Married, in Ann Harbor, Mich,
March IL, 1884. at the residence
Of Mrs. N. J. Dygert, DR.. T.. J. For
han and Miss Frank R. Dygert The
newly welded pair will return to
Gunnison in about wekk and take
up their residence in Crested Butte.
Our city election on Tuesday was .
very tame affair. It resulted ~ fol-
lows: J. L. Metslsr. Mayor; T. w.
Ridsdale, Clerk and Recorder; s. r.
Spencer, Treasurer; A. j. Davidson,
Thos. Owens, John Davis, and George
Rohde. Trustees. There were only 6S
votes cast.
Charley Julian has fifty tons Of
ore to haul from the Bullion King
mine and Afty cords Of wood to de-
liver 10 the Wilder-McDonald mill.
Sam Mcdonald has twenty-five tons
Of Queen ore to haul to Crested
Butte, and orders for coal to last
for . month
News reaches ~ that our old
minor friend, J. H. Rockefeller, who
il down on the North Fork. has been
married to Miss Whacksnbush. She
Is said to own forty sows and . dos-
On or 10 Of Texas ponies. Rocky's
bosom friend, Levi Marshall was. 20
badly broken up over the news that
he proceeded to get gloriously inglo-
riously.
That was a sort Of you tickle me
tickle you game on Saturday night
when Joe Block and Charley Julian
nominated each other for the board
Of alderman. Some one has said that
they got ono vote apiece, and that
was their own. Ali boys, you have
been too long in this country to run
for office. You arc both too well
known.
We met John Philips, editor Of the
Elk Mountain Pilot, last Tuesday on
his return from an extended trip
throughout the east. John says he
talked coal grass, cattle, mines, and
othsr products Of the great Gunni-
son, to the best of his ability, and
thinks he has done some good for
the county. He returned rs he went
|-sing,e-thinking mountain scenery