The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-06-26
Hthy News Notes
Fyusi An Paris Of
Colorado


Western Newspaper Unseo News Service
COMING EVENTS.
THE Colorado Editorial Association
meet In Denver. July II. IL. 1913.
Logan county, which leads all otheI
counties of the state in the percentags
lof its land in cultivation, has approx
matsly 1890 farms, with a total OF
i61A7S1 acres. This county has approx.
imately 100000 acres Of wheat for this
1919 harvest.
Fire Of unknown origin completely
destroyed the warehouses of the West
slope Fruit Growers Association at
.Palisade. The loss is estimated at
$4,000. The blaze threatened to
spread to other buildings, but was
checked.
Lake county, Colorado's premier
mineral producing county, shipped met
ais to the value Of $40. 900 900 to the
lend of 1918. Silver leads in value.
with a production worth approximate
lly 1854 200. 900, and zinc stands second,
with about $s0.O0O,0O0.
An important strike of good ore in
a large ore shoot has been made at q
depth of 1900 feet In the Vindicator
mime on Bull hill at Victor. The dis
covery Is in a section of the mine
which has not been worked for several
years. 1t Is believed that the discov-
cry is the Old Lille vein that yielded
70 richly years ago. .s
Compulsory voting and a minimum
wage of 9125 for state employees are
two additional matters that Gov. OIL
yer H. ShOup will be asked to include
in the call for 4 special session of the
Legislature, to be assembled for the
primary purpose of ratifying the wom-
an suffrage amendment to the consti-
tuition of the United States.
George Engel. pioneer Douglas coun-
ity rancher. committed suicide by hang
ing near his home in Lower Lake
xulch, about eight miles southwest
from Castle Rock. Members Of the
family being unable to find the father
called for assistance from Castle Rock
and, after untiring search, he was To-
Gated in an unfreQuented gulch, hang
ing from a limb OF tree
H. +. vorbeck, commissioner Of H.
nance, estimates Grand functions
population at 5000. He declares ev-
cry house Is occupied and that the
habitable capacity of the city IL slight
ly less than 10000. The cIty's bonded
indebtedness Is $59S, 900. less the sink
ing fund, which reduces the indebted
ness to slightly more than 100000.
The assessed valuation il $7,067.719.
Fred Burnett, q farmer In Morgan
county. narrowly escaped death whea
his car skidded In crossing the Platte
river near Snyder. He was thrown
into the river and, owing to the shall
lowness Of the stream, escaped drown
ing. The car was upset in the river
and Burnett was pinned beneath the
car, but the river at that place was
only a few inches deep. owing to the
dry season.
George Bosko. convicted Of killing
Elton c. Parks and VIII T. Hunter on
the Rye road near Pueblo on the after
noon of April IL, was sentenced to be
hanged during the week beginning
Sept. -. Tom Bosko, brother of the
doomed man, was given life imprison-
ment. 1t is likely that appeal to the
Supreme Court will be made. The At
torneys have sixty days In which to
file their bill Of exceptions.
Judge Henry @. Hersey Of Denver
will hear the suit between the Lake
county and Summit county commits
sioners over the boundary between
those counties. The case is set for
hearing on September 10th at Lead
vile. Owing to the fact that District
Judge Francis E. Bouck Is a resident
Of Lake county, he decided that an
outside or nonresident Judge be asked
TO hear the case.
George w. Olinger Of Denver was
elected president of the Colorado State
Sunday School Association for the
coming year at the closing session Of
the annual convention Of that organixa-
ton In Pueblo. Twelve hundred dele
gates attended the meeting.
Cecil Roy McAtee. 9-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy McAtee, living four
miles north Of Fort Collins, was IA
tally injured in Rist canon, seventeen
miles west of that city, when he was
jolted from an automobile seat and
crushed between the machine and q
tree. The McAtees had spent the day
visiting relatives at the head of the
canon and were on their way home
when the accident happened.
Pay-as-you-enter street cars now
cover all traction lines in Colorado
Springs, and the service has been i'm
proved from three to ten minutes on
all routes. The cars have been in the
local barns for several months, but
the conductors refused to take them
out until they received wage in
crease. This became possible ten days