The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-18
20 YEARS AGO
Copied from the Files Of the Ell
Mountain PiIet


C l. Lawrence expects to depart
for Denver tomorrow.
Died-This morning, the infant
son of Mr.. and Mrs Jas. Ogden.
S. C. Mosher returned from Salida
last Wednesday where he had been
on business.
Ed Allen came down from the Au-
gusta Sunday and returned on the
following day.
Chas. Esco came down from the
Painter Boy mine yesterday. via the
snow shoe route.
Mrs. Annie Lloyd and family will
soon depart for Sunlight, near Glen
wood Springs, Colo.
Martin verzuh and family re-
turned Monday from an extended
visit to Kansas City.
Tom Parman departed for Denver
last week where he expects to re-
main for the winter.
George Wilson has temporarily
closed his saloon. He departed for
Denver on Saturdays train.
Chas. Jamison left last Friday for
Tin Cup where he will probably
spend the rest of the winter.
A daughter was born to the wife
of c. P. Wilson this afternoon. The
mother and child are doing nicely.
Mrs. Chas Wilson was out for the
first time last Friday. We are re-
joiced that she is so much improved.
Mrs. Lightley and son of Gunnison,
spent several days visiting Mrs. Jos.
Lehman, sister of Mrs. Lightley, last
week.
There has been about 400 tons of
ice put up here. This is a large in
crease over the amount put up any
previous year.
Mrs. VIM. Kimball returned from
Denver Sunday She reports fine
time and says the weather is like
spring down there.
Geo. L. Miller has repainted the
inside of his store and made several
other improvements thus giving to
it a very attractive appearance.
VIM. Jones has resigned his posi-
tion at Floresta and has moved his
family down and now occupies the
Henry Beuton house on upper Elk
avenue.
Harry Tinkley rode down from
Floresta on his bicycle last week
This is rather a novel mode of travel
at this season of the year, in this
vicinity.
S. L. Whip, county treasurer,
came up from Gunnison Saturday
for the purpose of selling for taxes
boiler, belonging to the old Splane
saw mill
j. McCann and Geo. Schaefer went
to Gunnison last week. Rumor has
it that they went for marriage Ii
censes but we will not vouch for
this statement.
Savario Veccho, who has been liv-
ing in Hastings, Colo, has removed
to Trinidad and is there engaged in
a wholesale business, liquors, gro
ceries and macaroni.
The entertainment given at the U.
C. Church last Thursday night, by
the Smith family was a grand sue
cess. The church was filled with an
enthusiastic audience
A number of young men of the
town held shooting match Sunday.
The prizes were chickens. Mr..
Blakemore was the prize winner as
he carried off two fowls.
A. o. Mcdonald and Edgar Wilson
came down from the Anthracite
breaker Thursday night in the "mo-
bilee" to attend the entertainment
given by the Smith family.
Henry Purrier this week pur-
chased through Henry F. Lake, agent,
the Joe Ball ranch of 160 acres lying
mile east of Gunnison on the To-
michi creek road. The price was
$1,000.
F. ]. Rockefeller and John Risse
went to Denver Sunday. Mr.. Risse
will consult specialist in regard
to nervous troubles. Mr.. Rockefeller
has business connected with saw
mills and may later go to California.
The mail did not get in last Fri
day on account of wreck at the
foot Of Marshall pass. There were
about sixty passengers on board, and
about thirty of them were injured,
but none fatally. The cars all left