The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-05-22
-Pithy News Notes
From Al Parts of
Colorado

, Capt. Harold ShOup, eldest son OF
Governor and Mrs. Shoup. who has
been In service overseas for two and
one-half years, has sailed from France
for New York
The third trail to the summit OF
Pixies Peak, said to excel both the
present trails in scenic attractions, will
be completed In time for the summer
tourist season.
Advance reports indicate that the
cultivated acreage in Colorado in 1918
will be the largest on record for the
state, the most substantial increase be
ing In acreage devoted to sugar beets
and wheat.
Denver schools will close for the
summer vacation on June 9th. A de-
lay of several weeks was caused in the
closing of the schools because Of the
enforced vacation of two months last
fall on account of the Influenza cpl
demic.
C. c. Lamb, acting president of the
Western Slope Livestock and Fair As
ISOLATION, has called q meeting of the
board of directors of that organization
to meet in Grand Junction May 23rd.
The fair will be held September 23rd
to 26th.
clifford S. Davis, the only Fremont
county man as far as known who has
been awarded the French Croix de
Guerre for extraordinary valOr in ac-
ton, has arrived at his Canon City
home after twenty-three months OF &C
tive service attached to both the
French and American armies.
The Brighton Farmers Union is clos
ing a deal for the Brighton elevator
which they are buying from the Null
lin interests. The new owners will
take possession June 18th. Mr.. Wilson
OF Fort LuptOn, former Kansas ell
evator man. will take charge of the
Brighton elevator for the farmers.
There are now more than $500 op-
portunities for the establishment of
factories, business enterprises and for
professional people, in the smaller cit
les and towns Of the state, according
to the annual opportunity survey con-
Quoted by the State Board of Immi-
grafton, which is now nearly complete.
Prof. Roosevelt p. Walker, for the
last three months field organizer for
the extension department OF the Uni
versity OF Colorado, has resigned and
will go to Athens, Ga. to become pro
lessor of English nj the University OF
Georgia. He is returning to a position
he held for several years before com
ing to Colorado.
One-half of the buildings in Fraser
Colo, were destroyed by n fire. Only
four buildings were left on the nortf
side of Main street, and the saving OF
these was due to quick trip by 4
Moffat road train from Tabernash
bringing fire fighters. How the fir
started is not known, for 1t was unde
good Roadway in small building wheI
discovered.
Jay Lynch, arrested for the murde
OF the sheriff and deputy ut Lamar
Mo-. confessed the killing to the sheriff
al La Junta. During the confession
he said he WAS member of the Dial,
Jones gang, which shot several Off
GERS at Colorado Springs and Denve
some months ago. but said he was no
with the gang at the time of thei
visit to Colorado.
A state convention of World Wa
Veterans will meet in Pueblo durinl
State Fair week, September 22nd Il
9th. This will be the largest con
vention of soldiers, sailors. and ma
rines that has ever been held in Colo
RADIO. More than 400 delegates will at
tend. The present plans are for tn
convention to be in session two day
and then to have SOLDIERS day" a
the fair following the convention.
The State Highway Commission ha
declared three roads to be part o
state highways. These are the Lin
coin road. running through Lafayette
as a part of state route No. 2; GreeI
street, running through Silverton, as
part Of state route Nos 4S and IS, an,
the road through Green Mountain
Falls as part Of state route No. IL
The commission also approved the bid
as recommended by the subcommittee
for the walsenburg- Trinidad contract
Sixty-nine men from the Colorado
colleges and universities died in tn
war, according to figures compiled TO
all the colleges in the country. TIL
figures include alumni, students ant
teachers who went to war. The death
among Colorado men so far tabulatet
follows: University of Colorado
Died OF wounds, seven; died of dis
ease, eleven died OF other causes, two
Colorado College-Wounds, eight; dis
ease, eleven; other causes, one. Sa
cred Heart College-Wounds, eight
disease, three. Agricultural College
Wounds, three; disease, five. Univer
sity of Denver-Wounds, five: disease
five. Figures for the Colorado Schoo
of Mines do not appear in the sum