The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-11


Homer Grey has been kept from
work this week with a very bad cold.
Mrs. Edward Huff from Parlin, is
spending the week in town visiting
friends.
Mrs. John Steele entertained a
number of friends at cards Saturday
evening.
Carl Rosenbaum is spending a few
DAYS of this week in town attending
to business.
Mrs. Laurel Spann is reported quite
i'll at the home of her mother, Mrs.
7. j. Thompson.
Mrs. T. ]. Thompson and Mrs. Lau-
rel Spann entertained a number of
ladies at cards Wednesday at two
o'clock.
DIR. Russell was called this week to
attend little Kenneth Hargrove, who
appears to be suffering from a very
severe cold.
AL Haines and George Ronk from
Spencer, were business visitors this
week. They report about three feet
of snow at Spencer.
The d. L. Gray Coal Co. decorated
their office on Main street last week
with an attractive orange and black
ign which reads Coal, Ice, Transfer
Office.
Word comes from Cebolla that L..
\. Frank has for some time been con-
fined to his bed with an attack of
rheumatism. Friends and neighbors
hope to see him up soon.
All suggestion Of Christmas is now
gone since the fine, big Christmas
tree that gave so much pleasure dur
ing the holidays has been taken down
from its position on Main street.
Claude Powell is reported confined
to bis bed at his home here suffering
from dislocated knee, the result of
an accident which happened on the
Brunton ranch north of town, where
he has been employed.
Thomas Crews is breaking a way
over the Blue mesa this week with
about fifty head of horses, in hopes
to be able to take several hundred
head of cattle down to the lower val
ley to be fed this winter. a.
Mrs. Geo. Smith entertained the
Patterson family to dinner Saturday
evening, the event being in the ma
ture Of a farewell dinner to Mrs Pat
terson and daughter on the eve Of
their departure for California. Mr..
Patterson and SON rather expect to
follow in the spring.
Mrs. Mart Patterson and daughter,
and Miss Maggie Gallowich left Sun
day morning for Los Angeles, Calf
fornia, where they expect to remain.
Maggie will be missed around La
Veta Hotel where she has been SO
long and where she was deservedly
popular. However, she is entitled to
nice long vacation and evidently in
tends to have one. May they both be
favorably located is the wish of many
friends
Mrs. David Easterly, who we men
toned last week as visiting her grand
parents in Iowa, received telegram
Saturday at 10 a. m. announcing the
death of her grandfather at the age
of 50 years, which occurred Saturday
morning at Wapello, Iowa. He had
visited in Gunnison years ago spend
ing his time mostly with his daugh-
ter, Mrs Howard Marshall. 1t was in
response to his urgent request that
Mrs. Easterly took the long trip back
to see her folks, and she will never
cease to be glad she did so.
We wonder how many Colorado pub.
fishers will get paid for running that
"U. S. Government Underwear" adver.
tising. When it was ordered in this
paper, the New York concern was i'm.
mediately notified just what it would
cost for the time ordered and in.
formed that we do not carry charge
accounts for such matters. We didn't
expect to hear from them again, and
have not been disappointed-Cra
Empire.
That was our program and we are
still waiting reply. Dollars to
doughHnts their bills will not be paid