The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-11-29

| LOT eastern points,
w. H Whalen was down from
Crested Butte Monday on business.
Mrs. Mabel Thompson arrived Sat
urday morning from Salida to visit
friends few days.
Mrs ice McDermott is on the sick
list this week Many friends wish
her speedy recovery.
Arthur Johnson stopped off Tues
day morning from La Veta, Colo, be-
fore going on to his saw mill near
Lake City
Louis A. Thomas left Tuesday eve
ming for trip to Pueblo possibly
Denver, and Alamosa. He expects to
return next week.
Miss Juanita Pittser and Miss Jo-
sephine Doyle came in from Denver
Wednesday morning to spend Thanks
giving with home folks.
Mamie Louise Howard left Tuesday
night for Salida to spend Thanksgiv-
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Lindsey.
After several weeks of illness Jim
Cox is able to be out again. Mr.. and
Mrs. Cox and children are planning
trip to Arizona as soon as Jim is able
to travel.
The next meeting of the Monday
Afternoon club will be held with Mrs.
Gladstone on Dec. 3, instead of at
Mrs. O'Leary's, on account of the ill
ness of the latter.
Mr.. and Mrs Ed Lindsey and lit
tie daughter Lorraine, came over from
Salida Saturday to visit Mrs. w. L.
Richardson and take in the turkey
shoot at the Cap and Ball.
Mrs. Bette Reid arrived Sunday
morning from Salida, where she had
heen called on account of the sudden
illness of her daughter, Mrs. VIM.
Walters. who is reported much better,
Saturday evening hard times
dance was held in the club house at
lola. An excellent crowd attended
and supper was served in the hotel at
midnight Everyone there reports an
excellent time
A common error is made in consid-
a~ing the sale of Christmas seals as
\ Red Cross activity. The fact is
that money derived from the sale of
Christmas seals goes to the National
Anti-Tuberculosis association.
DIR. Louis Weiss called Monday and
advised us that he was going away
for the winter. He refused to an
nounce his plans but we have reasons
for expecting an order to forward his
Empire to California very soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Hazelhurst left
Sunday evening for an extended east
0rn trip. They will stop off in Chi
"ago to visit their son Gerald and
wife, and go on from there to New
York to visit relatives of Mr.. Hazel
bursts.
The Maccabees held their monthly
meeting at the home of Mrs. Chas.
Hazelhurst Wednesday night, last
week. and after business affairs had
Neen gone over delicious refresh
rlents We're served. All spent very
enjoyable evening.
Mr.. VIM. Wooten. of Paonia, was
passenger on Saturdays train en-
goute to Cheyenne, Wyo., where he
exrects to purchase large number
of bucks from the Corriedale Sheep
Co. These bucks will be put with
the hocks of sheep owned by Mrs
Ina Wooten and Porter Nelson, of
the North Fork valley.
Plans for the Community Christmas
Tree received momentary set back
when Theodore Kreuger decided to go
on his vacation just at the time the
tree must be secured, and for while
no substitute for Mr.. Kreuger seemed
available to secure the tree. Ar
rangements have finally been made
with Nate Anderson to bring tree
to the ten-mile bridge from where
it will be hauled to town by the local
committee Securing the tree and
the right kind of fixings for. it will
this year cost the committee more
than last year This calls for more
contributions to the Community
Christmas fund than were received
last year. If your organization has
not taken this matter up, do so at