The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-12-04
81 YEARS AGO
Cspisd from the Filss Of the Elk mt.
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Pilot, Thea Prtateo In urWte
From May 81. to August 9. 1888.
Mrs. Gile is suffering from very
bad attack of erysipelas. :.
The c. c. & I. Co. paid out about
$4,000 here last Saturday.
Dan Mcdonald has returned after a
winter spent in New Mexico.
Edgar Johnson and VIM. kaufman.
Of Irwin, took In the Buttes this week.
( The Cumberland mine on East
Brush Creek. Is building . new house.
Isaiah Harley is building a shaft
house at the Little Gertie in Elk
Basin.
Professor Carol is very sick this
week with quinsey so there is no
school. lr.
Crystal has two saloons, which is
bright evidence Of the prosperity Of
that town.
Tom Starr caught q trout that
weighed 31a pounds in Taylor River
the other day.
Miss Matte Brown, Of Gunnison,
is visiting Miss Josie Hanson in
Crested Butte.
Sheriff Shores went to Irwin on
Tuesday. We expect he was after
jurors for district court.
Allen McCann, the genial host Of
the La Veta Hotel. was married last
Saturday. 30 Miss Minnie Smith.
Married:-Mr. James B. Carrel, Of
Willoughby. Ohio. and Miss Hattie A.
Hornstein, of Crested Butte. Colo
Orc packing has commenced from
the Daisy mine. Jack Thomas has
got the contract for his jack train.
Miss Mollie Harper and Mr.. F. w.
Livesey were married at the brides
residence in Gunnison last Sunday.
The horse race ON August 6 will be
very exciting. Many visitors from
Irwin. Gothic, Gunnison and Aspen
will be present.
VIII Connolly. County Judge OF
Mesa County. was married last even
ing to Miss Ella Florida, = daughter
6f Martin Floriia. m
Someone broke into Tim Dowling's
saloon Monday night and tapped the
till for ten dollars and carried off
two suits Of clothes.
Miss Lizzie McWilliams is assistant
- As-- tall -, tho v>riv,no rry achCO1
While yet a pupil she devotes part
of her time to teaching.
Smith Whipp and others have
opened up a good claim in Wolverine
Basin. and we understand they will
soon commence shipping ore.
Messrs. G. w. Pickett, Willis Nc
Glothlin and his father. Gus. Erick-
son. Tom Duncan and D. P. Adams
are among the late arrivals in Gothic.
Joseph O'Neil and Miss Larkins
were married at the Catholic Church
Friday evening. July 27. The bride
has only been in this country from
Scotland about three weeks.
w. M. Hanlon, father of the Hanlon
brothers, who are mining on Yule
Greek. died in Denver last week. He
was an old resident of Colorado, and
a native Of Ohio.
The great horse race came off last
Monday afternon and Julian's horse
Button won in two straight heats
against the Watson mare. The town
was full of people from the neigh
boring towns and the day seemed like
holiday.
The Daisy mine in Redwell Basin
shipped three carloads of ore last
Tuesday to Denver. Last week three
car loads were shipped and in fact
the mine has shipped three car loads
every week since It began shipping
this summer.
George Brown, Elmer Strickler, S.
p Spencer, Dave Sampliner and Char
ley Schaefer are planning hunting
expedition over on the Muddy. They
are all tenderfeet in hunting bear
except Postmaster Spencer, who can
smell bear track far enough off to
keep out of shooting distance.