The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-25

sick list.
Earl Mullin was business visitor
from lola Tuesday.
Pat O'Conner is visitor in town
ON Grand Junction.
Wallace Moore was in town Tues
| day from his ranch on Mill creek.
The small child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Rcger Nelson is quite ill with pneu-
moniab
Wednesday Miss Mamie Corum re-
turned from week spent at Pitkin
visiting her brother and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Valdez were ar
rivals from Pitkin Wednesday and
are registered at the Mason House.
| Mrs. Minnie Schwalb is suffering
from an attack of La Grippe, and is
being cared for by Mrs Belle Cooper
at her apartment.
The friends of Mrs. A. Bray will be
glad to know tht she is convalescent
and is now able to sit up for time
each day.
Victor Wright went to Sapinero
Tuesday to bring back bunch of
cattle for the Crews and Warren
ranch south of town.
Mrs. Shores, who has been visiting
her sons Fred and Jay Hall for sew
eral weeks, expects to leave soon for
her home in Missouri.
Having visited several weeks with
Mrs. Hugh Smith returned Monday
to her home in Pitkin.
Mrs. Harriet Hendrick from lola,
has accepted position at La Veta
Hotel. Her small boys are being
cared for by Mrs Nelson.
Miss Florence Sheridan arrived last
week from Pueblo to accept posi-
tion as housekeeper at the F. j..
Scheid ranch on the Gunnison.
Carl Rosenbaum is hauling poles to
town from his ranch at Spencer.
His mother accompanied him in
Monday to pay visit to her friends.
Clyde Rising left this week for Pu-
eblo where he will undergo an army
examination in regard to his health
which has been below par for some
time.
Two of our popular grade teachers,
Miss Emma Myers and Miss Kate
Walker, spent the weekend on Tay-
lor river at the home of the latters
aunt, Mrs. Kate Redden.
Denver Richardson and wife were
up from Montrose to attend the
Shopmen's ball last Friday night
They visited with relatives till Mon
lay before returning home.
Thomas Crews is confined to his
bed at the home of Mrs. Oscar Nell
son in west town, with what the at
tending physician fears is pneumonia
We hope to see him up again soon.
Rev. j. Craig Watt of Crested
Butte, was in town over Tuesday on
his way home from Montrose. He
stopped over to hear DR. Writ on the
Near East questions The Empire en-
joyed pleasant call from him.
The old rails on the South Park
line from here to Parlin are being
taken up and C. M Carter has pur-
chased quantity for laying track
in his mine above Ohio City. They
are being transported up there now,
and will be laid in the tunnel, be-
ginning next week.
The managers of the Shopmen's
ball wish to acknowledge with thanks
the interest in their ball shown by
the Montrose people. Thirty-six
tickets were sold in that place and
several were in attendance from
there. We might add that all re-
ported having a fine time.
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This office printed Joe Howland's
new sunshine cards for 1923 this
week. The past year was another Of
the many when the sun shone every
day in the year. When you are in
La Veta next, read the record and
see if you think there is any other
part of the state or nation that can
beat the record.
On Wednesday evening w. S. Hem
derson, Mayor of Pitkin, who is at
tending grand jury sessions this
week, came to the Empire office and