The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-03-11
Local and Personal

Jack Gunther went to Gunnison on
last Sundays train.
Tom Arnott Is another who is on
the sick list this week.
Mrs. H. H. Mccormack was an out
going passenger Tuesday.
Commissioner w. H. Whalen went
to Gunnison Friday on business.
Rn6fessor F. ]. Schommer made a
business trip to Gunnison Friday.
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Bill heads, letter heads, envelopes,
cards, etc. printed at the Pilot Office.
Johnnie Mcintyre of Smith Anthra-
cite was seen on our streets Monday
Geno Eccher was in town from the
ranch Friday. He came up horse
back.
Mrs. Clint Sampson made her regu-
lar trip to town from Jacks Cabin,
last Friday.
John Yoklavich and Frank Kuretich
arrived home from Minnequa hospital,
Pueblo, Thursday.
Prayer meeting was held at the
home of Rev. ]. Mat. Clark last
Wednesday evening.
John Starika came home from Pu-
eblo Friday. He left Mrs. Starila
down there at Minnequa hospital.
Herman Voss and Jimmy Snyder,
who have been down around Trinidad
the past couple Of months, came home
Monday
Frank Fisher has bought the two
houses on Elk Avenue, occupied by
the William Manley and Fred Miller
families.
Mrs. w. j. Doig came up from Gun
nison Saturday for q visit with her
daughters Mrs G. v. Benson and Miss
Lillian Doig.
Mrs. C. L. Ross arrived home
Thursday, after . month spent in
Denver. Her mother. Mrs Jessie
Kerr, accompanied her home.
Tho rotary came in again Sunday
morning to clear the Smith Anthra-
cite branch Several slides came
down Saturday blocking the road
again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jaynes have been
stopping at tho Elk Mountain since
Mrs. Jaynes arrived from Salida last
week. They have been unable 30 FAR
to get up to Smith Hill.
Mr.. d. D. Shaw Of the l. C. S., who
has spent tho past tsn days IN our
city departed for Gunnason, Leadville.
and Telluride, Tusaday. He expects
to be in Crested Butte again April 1.
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Friday night while Skating at the
rink Tim Morgan had the misfortune
to fall and sprain his arm and shoul-
der. He suffered intense pain for
several hours but is able to be about
again now.
Harry Gibbs and c. A. Botsford
came down from Irwin last Thursday
morning and Mr.. Botsford took the
noon train for his home at Silver
CITY, New Mexico. He has been up
at Irwin the past two weeks inspect
ing the Mogollon Company's mines
there.
Last Thursday afternoon about
thirty-six men from the Peanut mine
went up and shoveled out the rotary
in about forty-five minutes. The sec
ton men had been working there for
a couple of days with little success,
when the railroad company decided
to put on larger force and get it
done quickly. Who says we havn't
got expert shovelers?
It never rains but what 1t pours.
Last week Mr.. H. C. Berry had sew
eral deals on to sell the Elk Mountain
House, when Mrs. M. A Jaynes came
in from Salida, talked it over and
closed the deal. Mrs. Jaynes has been
running the boarding house at Smith
Hill for the past year with great
success and we wish her the same in
this new venture She takes posses
sion April 1.
Peter R. Fisher who left here a
couple of weeks ago for Pueblo and
Denver is now in a hospital in Cres-
tone, Iowa With his wife and chill
dren he left Denver and when near
Cpastone iumned from a fast going