The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-10-16

of these 10 the need for an OrganiZa-
ton. In order to be successful a Co
operative Organization must be founded
on definite, well-felt need. There
must be some real service to perform
some economic saving or Improvement
to result. The call for organized eff
fort should come from those desiring
to form and unite with the association.
Local conditions must be such as to
make organized marketing advisable,
A Farmers Cooperative Exchange
should not he called into existence I'M
less there is some real service to per-
form-either because of lack of local
marketing facilities, or of failure ito
secure the full market value of their
produce, or for other vital reasons
or because 1t can perform that service
with greater efficiency and with less
wastefulness than existing agencies.
A total Of 1920 has now been al
lowed to weak" school districts from
the special $4,000 fund created by
the Twenty-second General Assembly
since 1t became operative last May.
Bent county, apparently the weakest"
of all counties in regard to school rev.
enues and property, has received "a
40 Of this total for twelve different
districts. Other recipients of this fin
ancial aid were: Custer county, 1850,
Sept. 9th; Eagle, $3.50, Aug. 4th; FL
PasO, $72O, Oct. 9Th; jefferson, $500,
Oct eth; Larimer, 1920. May 9th !;
Washington, $500, in September, and
Yuma, $40. Sept. 18th. The special
To, To oil Il OF fpfc Tn mn Y.
ing teachers the salaries required by
law after they have exhausted all other
legal means of raising revenues for
school purposes.
The greatest building boom in the
history of Haxtun is in progress.
Eleven business buildings are being
erected, and twenty-three other build
ings. The scarcity Of skilled labor is
proving a drawback In the demand for
new business houses. During the past
six months Haxtun has had ninety-One
new buildings, and most of them are
substantial houses, ranging in price
from $1,000 to $4,000. A new hospital,
theater, bank, clothing store, pOstOf-
flee and meat market are among the
business blocks going up.
Business men of Colorado and of
America have awakened to the fact
that one of the easiest ways in which
they can save several million dollars
for the state and the country Is
through active support Of National
Campaign which has been launched
against tuberculosis, according to
Philip p. Jacobs, secretary of the Ma
tional Tuberculosis Association, who re-
Gently addressed meeting of the Colo
RADIO Public Health Association In Den
Yer.
A $4,000 school building, to be
erected at Monument. Colo, for the new
~ consolidated school district, was au-
thorized at bond election In which
citizens Of the former Hustled, Monu-
ment, Pring and Stout districts parti-
cipated. The building will he erected
this fall and will be occupied ut the
spring semester. The structure will he
modern both In construction and equip
ment.
The discovery of a rick vein Of ore
on the southwest slope of Carbonate
hill, about one-half mule from the city
limits Of Cripple Greek, is reported by
John l.. Macdonald, pioneer prOspec-
tor OF this district After finding rich
float mt the surface, Macdonald dug II
trench, for distance OF few rods.
His efforts were rewarded by opening
mp what appears to be one Of the rich
est veins of ore uncovered in the east
end of the district for years.
One hundred and twenty-one drug
samples In n total Of 3O6 submitted to
the food and drug division Of the State
Board OF Health between April 18th
and Sept. LIST last, were found to be
adulterated. n report prepared for the
board by Food Commissioner Wilbur
F. Cannon indicates The 3OS samples.
principally Of medicines, came from
sixty-three Colorado towns.
Selling of patent medicines contain
ing 10 to 70 per cent alcohol for use az
beverages Is contrary to the state pro-
hibitiOn law and should be followed by
court convictions, Attorney General
Victor +. Reyes said In replying to
queries from lawyers in Huerfano
county. ut seems to US that the mat
ter Is solely one Of evidence" Mr..
Reyes wrote, land II you can prove the
making of sales under circumstances
showing that the druggist knew, or
ought to have known, that the article
was purchased for use as a beverage
and that 1t was 70 used and produced
intOxicatiOn, you are entitled to con-
viction." Mr.. Reyes also cited cases
In which II was held the sale Of jana
lea ginger for beverage purposes was
Illegal.
Business men Of Boulder initiated q
movement for state bond issue of
$25, 900, 600 for good roads at lunch
con of the Boulder Commercial AssO-