The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-09-04
80 YEARS AGO
Copied from the Files ~ tie Elk NJ.
Pilot, Then Printed In Irwin


Jan. 6, 1887, to March 8, 1887.
John Ross is packing the mail to
Irwin.
Mrs. Frank Samsel has been very
sick this week.
The White Pine Cone has suspend
ed publication.
Smith Whipp has returned from a
visit to Kansas.
Joe Thurlow had his leg put out of
place last week.
Prof. Carroll is suffering with q
sore throat this week.
Louis and Herman Click arrived in
town last week from the east.
Mrs. Tetard is visiting among old
friends in Wisconsin this winter.
Miss Mollie Harper, of Gunnison,
is visiting with Miss Nina Jackson
for couple of weeks.
Mr.. S. S. Metzler took charge of the
Bank of Crested Butte last Saturday,
and is already feeling quite at home.
Miss Lizzie McWilliams has re-
turned from Delta. near where she
has been teaching school. last Mon
day.
Edward R. Warren, the famous
snow shoe tumbler, has returned from
Colorado Springs, and gone to the
Domingo mine.
Erbine Groesbeck and Will Lloyd
were in town from the Augusta mine
this week. the first time since the
election last fall.
Prof. Carroll returned from Kezar
last week, where he went to visit his
bosom friend, County Commissioner
Amos X. Stevens.
Robert Dobson. employed at the
Anthracite mine has fell heir to
Sic. 900 from his father. He started
east this morning.
The Gothic Silver Record has sus-
pended publication. Miss Josie Craw-
ford deserves great credit In keeping
up the paper this long.
Miss Mary Block is deservedly the
happiest young lady in town. Her
father made her Christmas present
of a very handsome piano.
w. E. Jarvis was In town last Fri.
day. He is running saw mill about
three miles east Of Oversteg's ranch.
making lumber for Mr.. Axtell.
Al and Fred Johnson, Tom Bough-
ton and Joe Bray returned to Crystal
City Sunday after having had bushel
of fun at the Elk Mountain House
ball.
Frank Songer and Mr.. Wilson have
contract to get timbers for the An
thracite mine. They moved their
teams and camp up to the mine last
week.
Mr.. G. ]. Williams of Hannah.
Creek. was united in matrimony to
Miss Lou Haigler at Alonzo Hart
mans residence in Gunnison, last
Sunday.
Charley Hays, marshal of Grand
Junction, formerly of Crested Butte.
was married last week in Grand
Junction to Mrs. Mary B. Jackson Of
Fort Collins.
Died-On Tuesday morning. Jan.
a, 1887, at her residence on Maroon
street in this city, Mrs. Hattie E
Coburn, aged 40 years. Funeral on
Wednesday at 2 p. m.
7 Miss Josephine Frances Axtell, the
new Sabbath School Secretary elect,
of the U. C. church, departed this
morning for Gunnison where she will
visit her friend, Mrs. Rech, for a few
weeks.
Capt. Isaac Baney. for so many
years a resident of Irwin, took his
departure this week for Abilene,
Kansas, where he thinks of making
his future home. Chal Baney, his
son, went with him.
There is more inquiry for mining
property in this vicinity than ever
before, which is sure sign of great
activity here in the spring we
may truthfully say there has been
as many mining men in Crested
Butte this summer as in the summer
of 1886.
The boys snow shoe race was held
yesterday Those who entered for
the contest were Charley and Jesse
Lovesy, Jimmy ODonnell, Jack Smith
eran, Fred Miller, Jimmy Angus, Gus
Schaffor, Pete Barthel, and Willie Te-
tard. The first prize was won by
Pete Barthel. second by Jimmy An
uns and third by Charley LoYesY,