The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-08-16

were forced to run home from Ce-
bolla on batteries. The battery ig-
milton did not work very well and we
sent our better half and "chauffer,'
Ernest Chinery, ahead for some help.
Remaining with the Lizzie alone un-
til after dark, when some Montrose
men appeared from the east and
helped us get started we tried to
negotiate the Hill without lights. un-
successfully Result, rolled off and
made two and half revolutions down
grade sideways, and through wire
fence into Mr. Carpenters meadow.
Landed very nice and safe wrong side
up but unhurt, The other motorists
helped US out and our only damage is
couple of busted bows and broken
windshield We always was, lucky
Some of our people were badly
scared up when the dailies arrived
Tuesday, reporting bad Santa Fe
and Colorado Southern wreck east of
Pueblo Our old friend Evan Brown,
express messenger on the C. & S.,
was reported killed in some of the
papers and badly injured in Others
A telegram received by his relatives
assured them that he was alive and
not seriously hurt. Evan was caught
under an overturned safe and would
have been crushed had it not have
been that one end of the safe struck
on a pile of express and thus held
TIE weight off him, Needless to say
that his host of Gunnison friends
were greatly relieved by his message.
The wreck seems to have occurred
from conflicting train orders. Sew
eral persons were killed and many
injured
1t takes just one trip over the
Black mesa to make any person an
active denouncer of the County Com
missioners who have neglected that
highway as has been done this year.
A mere trifle of energy and work
would make an ideal road of the pres
ent cow trail. When one considers
the hundreds of thousands being spent
on the Blue mesa and realizes that a
very few men in comparatively few
days could make a better highway
over the Black than will be obtained
with all the profiigate expense on the
other route, it is enough to madden
one
A Mexican named Revolla, working
on the road gang near Curecanti was
drowned last Friday when he went in
swimming in the river His body was
not found until Thursday. Under
taker Adams, in charge of the case,
went after the body Thursday morn
ing and at this writing he has not re-
turned. Word is that he went off the
grade with the hearse and help must
be sent to get him back. Revolla was
young fellow not more than twenty
years of age.
Mrs. Rowland entertained delight
fully for her little niece, Miss Don-
thy Mauer, in honor of the little la
dy's fifth birthday, last Monday after
noon at La Veta. Twelve of Miss Dor
othy's little girl friends attended
The affair was a one o'clock luncheon
with games and dancing afterwards
Miss Rose Newman of Salida, was
over for the occasion and PLAYED the
piano and entertained the little girls
An all school picnic and hike at the
Palisades will be held Saturday un.
der the supervision of DIR. johnson
A large party is expected to attend
The bunch will start from the school
at two O'Clock and hike over to the
Palisades where they will play around
until time to have a $50 supper a,
the Island. Tags were sold Friday te
cover the expense of the supper.
Lennis Urine, daughter of Mrs. Ju
liza Urine, was playing around La Vets
Hotel last Tuesday when she fell. of
the steps and broke her arm. The
fracture was a simple one and .tb.
little girl will be all right in two o,
three weeks.
Mrs. Jorgensen, Miss Josephine Zu
gelder, and Miss Avis Eells, who hav,
been in Denver for short stav or.
expected to return from their tr;r
Friday. =
Miss Rose Newman, sister of Mrs
Verne Mauer, is spending short tim,
with her from Salida. Miss Newman
visits Gunnison each summer.
There was large attendance from
Crested Butte and Gunnison at tn,
Piskin dance Saturday night. Every
body had very good time.