The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-05-01
Pithy News Notes
From Au Parts Of
Colorado

western Newspaper Union News Service.
The miners strike has been settled
at Leadville on the basis of a mini
mum wage Of -, q cut of so cents
day.
Fifty-one Seniors will be graduated
from Colorado college at the COM
mencement exercises in June, accord
ling to the official list reported by the
registrar.
AS result Of woodtick's bite re-
ceived about two weeks ago, Fred
Yale. farmer residing near Collbran.
became infected with blood poisoning
and died at Grand Junction.
James H. Chatfield, for many years
Justice of the peace in Littleton and
widely known throughout that district,
ts deed in HoQuiam, Wash, according
ito information received from there.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
all of the buildings Of the Sunnyside
mine at Eureka except the transform
er house, with 4 loss estimated at
$25O.0OO, that is partly covered by in
1urance.
A most ambitious project for the e1-
termination Of 100000 prairie dogs
I'm a territory Including about 5000
square miles in Fremont, Teller, Park
fsed In Canon City.
In 1918 there were IA, LOS, ,3O7 acres
OF patented land in Colorado assessed
n grazing area, Of which a very small
amount IL in cultivation. Much of this
land, perhaps 40 per cent, will ulti-
mately he far.ed.
A veteran OF the Mexican war Of
1846. OF the Civil war Of vi, and Of
various Indians wars OF more recent
years, Joseph Harris, colored, of
Canon City. aged 81, is still able to do
\ days work in field, street or garden
that would discount that OF many a
man younger by q score Of years.
State officials have estimated that
the inheritance tax from the Werner
z. Reed estate. which is variously
placed Mt from $4,000, 600 to ,$2O. 600, :
600, will double the amount Of any
previous single inheritance tax paid
into that department. The tax is ex-
pected to be in the neighborhood of
$75O,OOO.
Delta Is to have new $65,OOO fac
tory soon. 1t will be mill for max
ing potato flour. The company has
been Incorporated as the Farmers Pro-
duoe and Milling Company. A half
block of city lots on Kellogg avenue
has been purchased for $4,000, and
ground Is to be broken inside Of three
weeks.
Confessing to the shooting Of Jacob
Alelhnger, proprietor OF store at
Rush, Earl and Tom Combs, cousins,
are In the county jail at Colorado
Springs, where they will face charges
of deliberate murder. The two men,
attempting to rob the store, shot Mel
linger through the back and then tried
to escape.
The chimes of the midnight bells
had not ceased their echoes In Duran
go Sunday night when Durango and
La Plata county "went over the top"
in subscribing their allotment OF $245,-
100, establishing a record for prompt
ness than can be eQualed. but cannot
be excelled, La Plata is the first cOun-
~ In Colorado, II not the first In any
state, to raise its quota.
John w. Spencer, supervisor Of the
Batflement forest, with headquarters
Grand Junction, has made reQuisi-
tion upon the federal government for
1O5, ZOO black spotted trout which will
section of the state. Another requisi-
tion. about one-fourth as large, will be
made upon the state government. The
hatcheries at Glenwood Also will make
IL volunteer contribution.
The town of Byers, In Arapahoe
county, 10 enjoying an unprecedented
: building boom. Several new business
structures are being built, AZ well a.
number of homes.
Charging his former partner in the
automobile business not only with
stealing his wife and breaking up his
home. but also with attempting to
steal his youngest son, w. ]. Woods,
3s. stepped out of his garage door in
Sterling and shot George Dykes, 81,
five times, firing once, 1t is said, while
Dykes lay on the ground. Three of
the bullets took effect In the right leg,
one in the body and one penetrated an
ear and grazed Dykes face. None. 1t
is said, will prove fatal.
Archibald COwie, former manager of
the Beaver Park Land and Water COM
pany, editor and publisher Of the Pen
rose Press and the head of many other
organizations and projects connected
with the town of Penrose and the Bea-
yer Park district, and who pleaded
guilty to the charges of embezzlement
and of padding the pay rolls Of his
company, was sentenced by Judge
James L. Cooper Of the Fremont coun-