The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-05-01


Miss Navarelle Outcalt shipped two
Shetland ponies to Utah Wednesday.
Frank Holt was in town from Spen-
GER early in the week. He returned
home Tuesday
o. F. Werner, popular Ohio City
merchant, was noted in town Tues
day, having driven down in his Hud-
son coach.
The development of several new
cases of scarlet fever has led our au-
thorities to close the grade schools
for time.
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Hatch drove
down Saturday last from Crested
Butte for weekend visit at the E.
M. Nourse home.
Mrs L. Snyder of Crested Butte,
was a passenger for Pueblo Wednes-
day. She goes to visit her father,
who is in Minnequa hospital.
Joe Hyland lost a horse Saturday.
The animal was sick but short time
1t is a severe loss to Joe just now
when spring work is coming on.
Miss Gertrude McDonough will
leave for Salida Friday to have the
last attention given her nose which
has been under treatment for some
months.
Doc Shores was in town the last of
last week and the early part of this
one, attending to some matters in
court in which he is interested. He
left for Denver Tuesday night.
The heavy explosions noticed eve
nings for the past week, is caused by
the railroad trying to rmeove drift
which menaces bridges on the Bald
win branch when high water arrives.
S. w. Nelson was noted in town
first of the week from Waunita. Mr.
Nelson has been resident of that
district for many years and is an en-
thusiastic booster for the hot springs
j. V. Brown came down Monday
from Cochetopa, where he has spent
most of the winter at the McDonough
ranch, doing mine prospec ting for w.
c. Vern came down for the Odd Eel
lows celebration.
Little Gene Jones, daughter of Rev
w. I. Jones is scarlet fever patient
this week. As result the family is
in quarantine and the Community
church pulpit will be occupied by
some other speaker Sunday.
James Clamp, father-in-law of
Philip Easterly, from Ouray, was in
town this week, having come over to
inspect the arsenic deposits on the
Lake Fork. He says those properties
look very favorable considering the
slight development.
Mr.. and Mrs Roy Lenoard of Doyle
vile, were noted among those in at
tendance at the Odd Fellows enter
tainment Monday evening. Roy has
entirely recovered from his long siege
at the hospital, caused from being
gored by bull some two years ago.
His many friends here were glad to
see him out again.
Pete Piloni and wife came in this
week from Los Angeles, California
where they have spent the winter.
Both are looking and feeling fine and
enjoyed the change, but are glad to
be back and have gone to the ranch
near Baldwin. Mr.. Piloni is inclined
to think the situation in California
rather overdrawn by newspapers and
while it is very serious conditions are
greatly exaggerated, he says. Packing
houses and real estate men could do
much to help out the stricken stock
owners and fruit and vegetable pro-
ducers in the present quarantine. He
says fumigation is rapidly putting a
stop to the spread of the dread dis
ease among the live stock.
Mrs. Wightman's Sunday School
class of High School girls entertained
their mothers at their monthly Pot
Luck Supper, which was held at the
home of Wedabelle Lashbrook, Tues
day evening. Fifty-two were present
to partake of the delicious supper,
and to enjoy the pleasing program
which followed. The saxophone quar-
tette, consisting of Mildred Pearson,
Lamorah Anderson, Jean Mckee, and
Minnie Beals, rendered two delight
full selections. Marjorie Peck sang
THAT Wonderful Mother of Mine"
very sweetly. Much merriment was
caused by The Glass Prophecy, which
was written in verse by Wedabelle
Lashbrook. She also gave an humor-