The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-11-20
cUg1N1li1AL sfAa. IfKan

and 0pefated by farmers themselves
In the more important agricultural
counties in the snte TIE reports
usaAe by county assessors early this
year Indicated tiat there were approxi-
mately $500 such farm tractors In :se
state on April lsf. aud later reperts
from dealers show that the numbev is
now perhaps 1000 greater tAsn The
assessors showed.
Ground has been broken at Bri9h-
ton for the erection Of the rev wheat
products plant Of the Midland Cereal
Products Company. which II to be 10
| czted opposite the Great Western Su-
| gar refinery. The building will b..
constructed of steel. concrete and
giass. and when ready for operation
II will cost about sls0O0O. Part of
the plant equipment will be twO huge
grain eievat0rs Norman 4 Two
good. contractors Of Denver, are In
charge Of the construction.
One thousand Of Denver's poor and
helpless will eat Thanksgiving dinner
this year AZ the guests Of Superin-
tendent A. h. Boiler of the Denver Res
| cue Mission, and of the charitable
the dinner fund, according to AN an-
nOuncement made by Mr. Boiler. Last
year the mission gave out 400 tickets
and this year the number IL to he ill.,
creased by six hundred. A thousand
Denver business men have been asked
to aid In the work.
Plans are under way for a landing
field and one OF the finest aviation
stations In the West. to take care of
the travel that Is expected in the
northern part OF the state next sea-
son at I.oveIand Sportsmen inter
ested in aerOnsuticx say that flights
will be common then In the Estes
Park region and around the horn
from Denver to Greeley, through
I-Ongmont, LOveland and Fort Col
Inns.
Jesse Harris, former mayor of For;
Collins and one OF the mOet noted
horsemen In the United Suites, died at
Ft Collins OF neuralgia of the heart an
ailment that had kept him Inactive In
public life for many years He had
been a member Of the state board of
agriculture. Of the penitentiary and re-
formation board and was elected may
or Of Fl Collins In 1911 by the greatest
| ma jority ever pOlled by u candidate
The MichigaD-C Colorado Copper Com
pany Of Bedrock. in the west end of
Montrose county. will erect n 1lO-ton
oil flOtatiOn mill at their mines In
stead of the 1OItOn mill as original
" planned. The company has recent
ly increased their holdings In claims
and expects to increase their output
Mt least 100 per cent by spring. THIS
mill will he the first unit in series
of mills whici, they expect I" CON
struct ss the output IL increased
Between 400 and 600 more people
this year visited the Mesa Verde Ma
tional park during the open season.
which closed ON Nov. 1st. than slil last
year. according to the official regis
ter. which shows that 2.312 people, EN-
tered the park This does not include
several hundred more people from
nearby points who have been occasion
al visitors, but merely represents the
ma jority Of tourists. -t
File your statement now you may
the admonitiOn directed by State En-
gineer A. J. McCune In notices being
Issued to holders Of water rights or
claims who must file supplemental
statements in his offices before Jan
uary 1at, next under act of the last
Legislature. This Is the first and last
notice the state engineer will Issue.
The lsupdry mark on collar he
was wearing led to the detection Of
w. L. HaxelwOod, &c, walter. who
confessed, according to Deputy Chief
Of Detectives Washington A. Rinker.
at Denver. that he broke into n jew
elry store at Sterling. Colo, and stole
81. 800 worth of jewelry.
The Windsor Beet Growers AssOcia-
ton will demand $40 Il ton for sugar
beets for the 1920 season and One-half
Of the profits the Great Western Sugar
Company may make through the opera
ton of It's Windsor plant. This would
be equivalent to $l2 to $14 per ton for
beets. The price paid for beets for
1919 was $40 per ton.
Governor shoup has officially en-
dorsed the health educational work
which Ia being carried on by the Colo
RADIO Public Health Association and the
campaign which the organization has
launched to raise &15O,OOO for its work
| in 1890 by the sale Of health bonds and
Red Cross Christmas seals from De
| cember 1st to l1th.
A warning Of n counterfeit $50 bill
has been sent out by secret service
| department, and experts are working
on the case. Operatives claim the bill
to be the most dangerous counterfeit
discovered since the surplus 800 Mon