The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-09-29

her son James PARSONS IN tne Mill
tary school at De Kalb.
Mrs E. H. Mcdowell left this
morning for Sapinero to nurse a
daughter of T. L. Crews, who is quite
i'll at her home there. -,.
PITKIN ITEMS
Game Warden Jennings made a
trip to Pitkin' Monday, up and back
on the train.
Jack Murray left Wednesday for
Monte Vista, to spend the winter at
the Old Soldiers home.
We regret to chronicle the illness
of Frank Dice who is suffering with
an attack of typhoid fever.
| Mrs. Frank Clarke went to Gunni-
son Wednesday to attend the BAN
quet of the Masons that night.
Mervin Ivy left Monday for Gunni-
son, where he will work on the rail-
road, breaking out of Gunnison.
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Ed Meyers came in Monday from
Canon City, where he has been visit
ing his family. He will spend the
fall here working his mining prop
erty.
Mrs. w. E. Bondurant and children
arrived Monday from Salida. The
little son, Victor, recently operated
on for appendicitis, came also and is
feeling very we'll.
DIR. E. M. Russell was called to
Pitkin Tuesday by the illness of a
small youngster, whose name we
failed to get However, the doctor
diagnosed the case as typhoid fever.
H. S. Crooks came up from Gunni-
son Saturday and took in the dance
here Saturday night. returning next
day to Gunnison. He was guest of
his nephew, w. H. Corum, while here.
The R. r. Williams company this
week took over the entire grocery
stock of Norwood & Norwood. Mr..
Norwood is retiring from the business
and has not yet decided just what
he will do.
Mrs. E. A. Price went to Gunnison
Monday, where she will spend week
with friends Mrs. Hugh Smith went
down Wednesday, and the two ladies
attended the banquet Of the Masons
Wednesday evening.
The many Pitkin friends of Miss
Elizabeth Nourse will be very glad to
learn that she has recovered from her
operation sufficiently to be able to
leave the hospital, and is expected
home this week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Anderson, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Anderson and an aunt
Of the boys, who is visiting them,
coming from Des Moines, Iowa, spent
Sunday in Pitkin. They enjoyed a
picnic dinner in the city park.
The refusal of Congress to remit
further the working of assessments
is improving the conditions in every
mining camp in the state. Pitkin is
doing whole lot of real develop
ment work through this means, and
in at least one case we expect to be
able to report very important and
gratifying new discovery soon.
The State Board of immigration
has just issued very good looking
and interesting year book, one of
which has reached our desk. 1t con-
tains much detailed information con-
cerning the state, its resources, op-
portunities and attractions. To those
seeking location in this state it is
a world of information. Anyone wish
ing to use this year book may do so
by calling at the Miner office.
The Roosevelt Mining and Electric
Company have just issued beautiful
"a page prospectous describing their
property here. The work was done
in the Gunnison Empire office and is
an extremely well executed. booklet.
Two thousand five hundred copies
were printed and will be circulated
-a~ts7i'v throuPh their widely scat
tered list of stockholders. Very few
mining companies have SO large and
well distributed list of members.
Their stockholders are found in prac-
tically every state in the Union.