The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-01-05
20 YEARS AGO
Copied from the Files of tho Elk
Mountain Pilot

January z, 1902.
Ed Allen came in from Ouray today
and will be employed at the Augusta.
Miss Marie Patchen left for Villa
Grove Saturday to visit with relatives.
Carmen Saunders came in from
Denver Monday and will be employed
at Anthracite
Mrs. Harriet Wieland and Miss An
ME Harris were visiting in Gunnison
Thursday and Friday.
Miss Irene Trevarthen came up
from Gunnison Sunday and will visit
with Mrs. J. D. Walker for several
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. E Goodenough, Mr..
and Mrs. Jos. Rowland and Mrs. Mary
England came up from Gunnison to
attend the Masonic banquet.
The Pilots business has recently
grown to such proportions that we
have this week added to our equip
ment large Peerless job press, per-
forating machine, numbering ma
chine, one hundred pounds additional
news type, number of fonts of job
type and a lot of miscellaneous print
ing pharaphernalia.
The Augusta tunnel was the scene
of shocking accident which occurred
at ten o'clock Friday morning, and
whereby Gus Johnson and Robert
Norris were fearfully injured. DIR.
Rockefeller responded to the call for
help and was accompanied by num-
ber Of men and teams. The injured
men were at once brought to town
Johnson's injuries were bad frac.
ture of the skull, the sight of one
eye destroyed, his left arm crushed
into shapeless mass and his left leg
broken. He succumbed to his wounds
and quietly passed away Sunday eve
ming. He was "a years of age and
was popular with his fellow miners
Norris worst injury was to his
fright lung. A piece of rock the size
of walnut, was driven through hi.
shoulder down into the lung where il
was found and removed. His skull
was fractured, his right arm severely
lacerated and his face fearfully
Burned; but he is getting on nicely
and chances of his recovery are bright
Bob is one of our most popular boys
and we all pray for his early recovery
In history of the Elk Mt. Mining
district contributed by E L. NJ, we
note the following, some of whom are
still residents of the city: Crested
Butte Bank, conducted by Metzler
Bros; Mrs. d. ]. Applegate, millinery
and ladies' furnishings; Miss May
Young, confec tionary and select gro
ceries; Miss Sylvia T. Smith, Milli-
merry, toys and notions; Miss Clara
Brown, millinery and dressmaking;
Ross G. Son, complete line of station
cry, books, periodicals, cigars and
confectionery; Elk Mountain House,
under management of Chris Diel;
City Restaurant R. R. Kelly Prop;
Kerr Restaurant, Mrs. Agnes Kerr,
Prop; Livery Stables, Chas. Julian,
d. v. Miner, and Baxter & Davis; Sa-
looms, there were thirteen; Bottling
Wonks, Mrs. M. ]. Boyle, Proprietress;
Dairymen, C. B. had three, A.
Bray, S. j. Martin and Philip Schnei-
der; The Fair, owned by Mrs. Esther
Harley; Chestnut House, first class
hotel; M. Welch & Co., meat market;
Jos. H. Block, county commissioner,
insurance; E. R. Warren, U. S. min
eral surveyor; Carpenters, John Ross,
Jos. A. 'Studhalter, and d. ]. Apple
gate; BARRIERS, A. L. Taylor and ]. w.
Blakemore; Karl Schaefer, boot and
shoemaker; John .McCosker, black
smithing and wagon making, hard
ware; Secret Societies, A. F. A. NJ,
X. of p, T. o. o. F., w. O., W., St:
Mary's and St Joseph's societies, the
Rathbone Sisters and Rebekahs;. Fire
Department, about forty volunteer
pemhers q w Tbop,peop cb;of