The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-08-17

The good heavy rain Sunday was
cry welcome and Gil gardens and
rops a world of good.
FreI Staples is suffering with a
oroken arm, sustained while woi king
at the o. C. coal mine.
F. .. Reed, Supt. of the American
xpress company passed through on
is way to Telluride Tuesday.
Leonard Glsdstone's car was struck
By another car last Sunday, near Ohio
City. Neither car was damaged much.
Mss Norma G.iblin left Monday
Tor Salida, where she will visit her
aunt. Mrs. N. Garrelts, for an indef-
finite time.
J. M. Foster of Paonia, was in town
Thursday. He will visit his daughter,
Mrs. Bid, at Cimarron, for a few
days and take in the fishing
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Mrs, Jerry Williams and daughter
Esther and Mrs. DR.. Walker left for
Denver the first part of the week and
expect to spend some weeks there.
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One of D. l.. McKee's fine, large
work horses was killed by lightning
Monday afternoon while standing in
the barn. No other damage was done.
iiaEvan Brown came in Tuesday for
his regular vacation with the home
folks. Evan looks we'll and we i'm
agine will enjoy himself a Whole lot
for the next few days.
Will Massa, commonly known as
Peggy" made Gunnison visit on
Thursday of last week, returning to
Salida Saturday He has almost re-
covered ON the assault he sustained
Mr.. and Mrs. Dowell and son Carl
haze been spending week with their
daughter and sister, Mrs. Fed Ellie
brecht. They returned to treir home
at Grand Junction the latter part of
the week.
Mrs. j A. Wis ,man left Tuesday
evening for Scott City, Kansas, where
her mother is dangerously i'll, as she
as advised by wire Monday. Many
friends here hope the news will prove
unnecessarily alarming.
Miss Hazel May will leave Friday
for Canon City, where she will visit
her mother a few weeks, before go
ing to Monte Vista, where she will be
supervisor of music in the public
schools the coming winter.
Mrs. ]. M. Roth and son Joseph and
Fsank Beals of Paonio, drove in via
omerset Wednesday. The will re-
turn Saturday taking Josephine Roth,
who has been attending the Summer
School here, back with them.
Mrs. Laura Lewis entertained Tues
day afternoon at Theatre party at
which the picture shown was "Just
Around the Corner Cosmopolitan
special. 1t was exceptionally good,
and about fifty ladies were present
to enjoy it. After the show they ad-
journed to O'Leary's and were treated
to ice cream.
We can hardly credit the drouth
with the existing shortage in the
baby crop, but it is true that we have
hardly had birth notice in the past
Two months. Possibly the stork took
the order issued by the, physicians
not to publish their names in connec-
tion with births, too seriously. and
has cut Gunnison off his visiting list.
R. E. Kirby of the D. & R. G. w.
bridge gang, met with an accident at
Almont Saturday, when he ran a
chisel in to his hand. He was brought
to Gunnison in passing car and DIR.
Russell fixed him up so he will be
good as new unless complications set
in. He severed a small artery at the
base of the thumb and lost consider
| able blood. e
H. w. Rogers and family left early
Wednesday morning, via auto, for the
lower country, where they expect tc
work in the fruit for time, then &C
on west with Los Angeles, California
as their ultimate destination, and will
spend the winter there where they
have asquaintances, and possibly may
make the coast their permanent home
We wish them the best of success.
| The l. T. C.. held a. mid-summel
meeting at the home of the president
| Mrs. Helen A. Stills, Tuesday after
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