The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-12-30


G. B. Carpenter was up from Ce-
boiIa Tuesday.
r. S. Anderson was down from Sar-
gent Wednesday,
Chas. Rowser, of Ohio City, spent
several days in town. s
Mrs. E. G. Palmer has issued invi-
tations for bridge party Friday,
December 3lst.
A. l.. Jaynes of Crested Butte,
came down on business Tuesday, re-
turning the next day.
Tom Swan came down from Crested
Butte Sunday and is a guest of J. H.
Howland at La Veta.
Geo. Miller and e. A. Fitzsimmons
returned from their San Luis Valley
trip early in the week.
j. H. Rogers of Ohio City, spent
several days in town this week look
ing after ditch matters.
Mrs. Frank Comstock entertained
the d. A. r. ladies at a six o'clock
dinner Thursday. December 23d.
Hon. T. j. Thompson and wife
spent the holidays with their daugh-
ter Essie. Mrs. Laurel Spann, at
Jacks Cabin.
Mrs. Emma Gettler arrived from
Denver Wednesday and went up to
Baldwin to spend the remainder of
the winter with her husband.
Lawrence Kroll returned from the
Red Cross hospital this morning and
we are glad to report is feeling very
well after his siege of illness.
DIR. Quigley and DIR. Sullivan re-
turned Tuesday from Denver where
they had been attending the confer
ence regarding Normal School mat
ters.
Mrs. +. w. Livesay, of Ell Paso.
Texas, daughter of Mrs S. w. Harper.
is here on visit to her mother and
sister, Mrs. 7. j. Thompson. She ar
rived Thursday morning.
d. L Gray on Tuesday of this week
sold four lots on Upper Main street,
corner of Ruby Avenue, to Frank W.
Zugelder. who will erect residence
thereon in the near future.
Rufe Sarson and wife returned
from their holiday trip to Aspen this
morning. They say they had very
pleasant time and Rufe certainly
looks as if he had been well fed.
Frank Wright and wife got one of
those Christmas gifts that count.
Doctor Hanson says it is girl,
weighs 7h pounds and arrived Christ
mas morning. 1t is safe bet that
Frank will not make any kicks about
this present, or try to have it
changed.
1t will be news to many that three
days of bad weather resulted in the
Colorado State Fair failing to pay
expenses and they will be compelled
to go to the Legislature for relief.
So far as we have observed, this is
the first time the State Fair has
failed to pay. The requested relief
should be granted promptly.
Tremendous reductions in the price
of men and women's wearing apparel,
as we'll as shoes and practically every
line of goods were announced this
week in all eastern cities, Chicago
leading the cut. In many cases fifty
per cent reductions We're made, the
latter being particularly on shoes and
ready to wear garments. The so
called buyers strike is credited with
bringing about the reductions. At
least the papers are filled with pro-
tests against the policy of waiting
for drop in price, but it will avail
little in the face of existing financial
stringency.
A telephone message from lola
gives an interesting story. Riders
for cattle have been observing for
some time now that the prairie dogs
are active as usual on the mesa north
of the A. X. Stevens ranches. Also
up Steuben creek robins are spending
the winter with us, making their
homes in the cedars. 1t is very unu-
sual to see the prairie dogs out of
their burrows at this season and only
once before this have we known of
the robins staying with us over the
winter. About twenty years ago the