The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-06
Pithy News Notes
From An Parts of
Colorado

Red Cross workers at OrdWay com
pleted 32,549 pieces of work and 81.
300 was handled by the chapter.
A proposition has been made ia
the city of Fountain by private cap
ital to install a $4,000 electric light
plant.
Gortoh E. Rushton. pioneer OF
Pueblo and owner of the largest jew
elry establishment in the Arkansas
valley. died Tuesday. following q
long illness.
Notice has been issued by the land
office at Montrose that on April Z,
1919, Twp. 12, south, r. 81 west. 9Th
o. M. which has been Withdrawn for
resuryey, will be reopened to entry.
Colorado has the greatest extent
md widest variety of mountain
scenery found in the United States. 1t
,as more than forty mountain peaks
above 14.OOO feet high and approx
mately 1926 above 10000 feet.
The r. o. T. C. and military train
Ing will be continued at the Univer-
sity of Colorado. both Governor
Shoup and Acting President Norlin
told students gathered at assembly
in Boulder.
Eight sons in the. draft. and all OF
them first-class scrappers, none beinS
over 81 This is the record OF the
Webb family of Boyero. The parents
are Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Webb.
There also are eight girls in the fam
uy.
The Denver & Rio Grande has be.
gun laying sixty-five-pound steel from
Montrose east toward Salida. The
steel will be laid until 1t meets the
heavier steel which has been already
placed on the Marshall pass part OF
the line.
Pablo Martinez. a, Mexican section
hand. who pleaded guilty to wreckins
Union Pacific fast train No. 1O9 last
October by throwing switch, was
sentenced to fifteen years in the state
penitentiary by Judge Bradfield at
Greeley.
DIR. A. L. Hayes, prominent Victor
physician and owner OF valuable
lease on the Vindicator property. was
seriously and possibly fatally injured
when an automobile he was driving
plunged off fifteen-foot embankment
at the south end OF town.
The public demonstration in honor
of the returned soldiers Of Fremont
county was held at the Y. NJ. c. A.
building at Canon City. when 100 OF
the boys in khaki" were entertained
at q banquet given by the welcome
home committee Of the local Red
Cross Society
A memorial avenue Of elm trees to
be called Liberty Lane" is to be
built this spring by the park commits
sion of Colorado Springs to com.
memorate the soldier and sailor dead
OF Ell Paso county. The trees will
extend through Monument Valley
park for three blocks.
Prof. Lowell ]. Thomas. holder OF
the chair of public speaking in
Princeton University. a native OF Vic
tor, Colo. was shot and seriously
wounded in a riot In Bremen. Ger
many. when an attempt was made
to assassinate him for an alleged at
tempt to split the SDartacan forces
in the national elections.
Freight rates on. coal from Pals
ade and Cameo to Grand Junction
are the subjects Of an appeal to the
Public Utilities Commission by two
Grand Junction consumers and three
Palisade and Cameo producers o'
coaI Tho rh n rva thot tho ro foo n re
discriminatory and force Grand
Junction consumers to buy from coal
producers in Somerset and Bowie.
Two aliens now in the county jail
at Leadville. Sam Nelson. Swedish
and Gus Lipkins, Russian, are to be
start east on a special train coming
from San Francisco to pick up en-
route all undesirable aliens who have
been ordered deported.
Thieves broke into the office of the
Climax Molybdenum Company at eli,
max. forced the company's safe and
escaped with registered Liberty bonds
OF the fourth issue valued at between
$1,000 and $1,000. The bonds were
the property of employees of the com.
pany that had been left in its safe foI
security.
A million-dollar copper enterprise
for western Montrese county was an
nounced by James N. Mcbride, rep
resentative of syndicate of Michi.
gan and Colorado mining men who
have obtained an option on the ole
Cash In mine. long owned by Mich
igan widow. Mcbride is on his way
to the mine to arrange for a flota-
ton mill which will employ 500 to
1000 men. Tho mine is the only
one with native vein of copper in
Colorado.