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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28
Notice OF Town Election.

Notice is hereby given that the
regular annual election for the
election of officials in and for the
town of Crested Butte, Ciunnison
county, Colorado, will be held on
Tuesday, the 4th. day of April, 4:
d. 1899, when the following named
officers will be voted for;--
ONE MAYOR for the term OF
one year
THREE TRUSTEES for the
term of two years each.
ONE MARSHAL for the term
of one year.
ONE TREASURER for the
term of one year.
ONE CLERK AND RECOR-
DER for the term Of one year.
ONE POLICE MAGISTRATE
for the term of one year. ,
The Town Board has designated
as polling places, in Precinct No;
|, embracing that portion OF SAID
town lying South of Elk avenue,
the Town Council room in the
City Hall building; IN Precincss
No. 2, embracing that portion OF
said town lying North of Elk ave
nue.. the building known and des-
ignated as the Kramer building,
situated on Elk avenue, between
Third and Fourth streets in the
aforesaid town of Crested Butte.
The boards of registration Will
meet at their respective places des-
ignated to revise and make list
Of registration on Tuesday week
and on Monday next prior to said
election day.
Witness my hand and the seal OF
the said town of Crested Butte this
9th. day of March, A. d. 1899.
Seal Clerk.
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WAMTEDl |

Reliable man for Manager of
Branch Office I wish to open in
this vicinity. If your record is O.
x. here is good opening. Kindly
this paper when writing.
A. Il. MoRRIs, CINCINNATI, O.
Illustrated catalogue A cts. postage
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28

Henry Watterson is asking too
much when he urges the Demo
cratic party to drop silver, swallow
imperialism and undertake cam
paign with trusts and franchises as
the sole planks. lie is very anxious
to accept the defeat received by
silver in 1895 as final. but that is a
natural consequence, because he
was an opponent Of the white metal
from the beginning, and hopes TO
GET rid of the question in an easy
manner. To keep the expansion
question out of the next presiden-
tial campaign would be an utter
impossibility Expansion is either
right and polite, or wrong and
impolitic.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28

The hcarse hoot Of the coffin
trust could he made as silent as the
grave if the country would assume
stiff upper lip and resolve to adopt
cremation.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28

Friends of higher education will
rejoice TO hear that The chewing
gum trust did not materialize.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28

This is the season when spring
suits, winter oyercoats, duck trou-
sers and ear mufs are in demand
in the northern Mississippi valley
repion.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28

I5's natural that Italy, "tho boot
OF Europe, " should be brought in to
begin the kicking down Of the
Chinese wall for the grand final
assault of the powers.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28
CHAPTER NO. 80.
An Ordinance Regarding Annual
Appropriations.

Be IT ORDAINED by the Board of
Trustees of the town of Crested
Butte: That there be and is here
by appropriated from the revenues
of the said town of Crested Butte,
to defray the expenses of the said
town for the fiscal year ending
April l 1900, the following amounts,
to-wit:
Water and Light fund 600.
Fire and Police fund. 80. 1850.
General fund ........ $500.
Total. ...... ST, 900.
Passed and adopted March 20,
1899.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28

Spain has signed the treaty.
When Aguinaldo puts his name
down the bird of peace will again
90 into business.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28
Registration to day.

Thomas y. Reed has dropped
the government lines until congress
meets again.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28

The press dispatches Of last
Wednesday contained nine reports
of the advance Of wages in as many
eastern factories. The calamity
howlors cannot derive very much
satisfaction from this fact.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28


How consistent and altruistic
New Jersey is in her position on
the trust question is made apparent
by a remarkable resolution intro
duced in the legislature and adop-
ted by a unanimous vote. 1t is
recited in the whereases that a
combination of all the important
coal-mining companies and earring
railroads in the country is about to
be effected, and that "all or nearly
all of such companies are. within
this state or doing business in it,"
1t is further promised that such a
consolidation as is threatened viii
be detrimental to the people and
specially injurious to the wage
earners, and that it ought to be
"made a crime of the highest
degree" New Jersey and West
Virginia are the only states whose
lax incorporation laws render the
formation of all kinds OF trusts
delightfully."- simple and easy, and
until the reports of coal trust
gained currency no one in New
Jersey had whispered the need of
antitrust laws or the expediency of
of checking somewhat the reckless
practices of spectators and pro
moters who care nothing about the
principles Of sound consolidation
or the consequences of initiation
and wildcatism in corporate organl-
zation. But the moment New Jer-
sey herself was touched sweeping
antitrust resolution was passed
without dissenting vote! Trusts
galore for other states, so long as
they bring fees to New Jersey, but
not one affecting her own people
directly. How can poor New Jer-
sey change her laws without losing
the fees? How can she keep trusts
out of her own sacred ground while
remaining a Mecca for agents OF
outside trusts who want only a
fictitious donliciIe.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28

were: It. e. Songer, Homer EnSe
and John Mathieson.
Moved by Arnott, seconded by
Williams, to adjourn Ayes al.
MARIE L. BLOCK, Clerk.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28

a new powder that.will prove to
be boon to The miners has been
manufactured, thoroughly tested
and found to be Just what was
desired. II is smokeless and viii
explode when warm or cold. II is
n wet process and can safely be
stored in water. No poisonous
fumes follow the discharge, and
the miner can go 90 work as soon
as the shot is fred This new
explosive removes many dangers
from the work of a miner.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28

{ y MARIE l.. BLOCK,
| Seal Clerk.
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23

than to plant at least one-sixth OF each
hundred acres to forest Smaller farms
might devote at least enough to forest
trees to create maple grove for sugar
and to supply the home need for tirewood
and lumber. =
DIR. Fernow Of the agricultural depart
ment at Washington reports that the>to-
tal yearly consumption of wood in the
United States is not less than 25,O0O,-
OOO,OOO cubic feet, or an average Of fifty
cubic feet to the acreage Oh basis Of
5O,WO,OOO acres Of wooded land in the
whole country. This land has an aver
age of 1000 cubic feet I'M acre. Hence it
is easy to calculate that, ut our present
rate OF timber consumption. the supply
will last only forty years. This is a Gu
rious coincidence, that our wood supply
and our coal supply will be exhausted in
just about the same period of time. But
we cah replace our timber, while we can
not replace out coal. In Germany and
Austria, however, where the forest laws
over 35 per cent. all acre. With this ra-
ito Of increase we shall not be able to
catch up with the consumption. unless we
can stop useless waste. The secretary Of
agriculture reports that the government
has now 100 acres under public manage
ment Economic changes i'll numbering
will be the result. A study Of fire pre-
'ehtloh anu hre Hsit'hS Is pelhs ha0e'
in order to lessen the waste caused by
forest fires. Wood supply is becoming IL
matter of such importance that the de-
partment deems it wise to give it more
special attention.
1t il certain that the next generation,
even if electric heating comes about, will
use more wood than we do. TO avoid
economic disaster, we must make prepa-
ration for the needs of our children. DR..
Orion Nreyi6pnt Of the American Assoc
citation for the Advancement of Science,
believes that by 1850 we shall be once
more in great need of firewood.-E. L. 7.
in New York Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
The Presentations of Looting.

care you trying to run the 'Cheno' out
of business?" said to one of our soldiers
coming into camp, after the taking of
Pasig.
no. Why?' he replied, bluntly. lay
ing down his load of Filipino knick-
knacks.
Nothing, only l didn't know but that
you were going to set up secondhand
shop" said. what are you going to
do with all that stuff?'
"Blowed if l know. But say, didn't
you ever do any looting?"
confessed my weakness.
We'll" he continued, II just took this
why. l don't want it. Don't you want
one of these candlesticks?'
THANK YOU said. "But what are
you going to do with that priests robe,
and that virgin, and that old fish-oil
lamp, and that rice-spoon, and that pima
dress, and that old carved box. and those
"oh, IN take care of the bolos, but I
guess I'll drop the rest; but l tell you
looting is passion. The boys ali get it
after we take town. We swipe every
thing and then throw everything away
but the knives. Looting, though, is ire
sistible. 1t comes on you and you Just
go ahead and tear down everything, and
what you can't carry off you smash.
Why, we've got enough loot in our camp
to furnish village of 10000 Filipinos,
and when we advance we will leave it
just as they did, so the 'Chenos' will get
it any way, only we have the fun of
swiping the stuff
And off he went, leaving everything
but the knives and the friar's gilded
jacket-for 1T has become a matter Of
pride among the boys to show some tro--
phies Of victory Manila Correspondent
in Leslie's Weekly, 81
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
CAVE OF ALADDIN RIVALED.
Wonde rful Discovery of Gold Made in
British Columbia.


British Columbia.
A wonderful discovery has been made
on the Hayes property, owned by Col. J.
II. Hayes, near Alberni, the mining town
situated ut the head of Alberni canal, an
inlet on the west coast of Vancouver
island, about 100 miles from Victoria, Il.
C. "A cave of unknown depth has been
discovered by miner while blasting,
which contains ore fabulously rich.
worth millions in gold.
William Moore, a prOspectOr, who for
several years past has been mining in
the mountain ranges of the west coast,
been working for some time past at
Hayes mining camp, brought the news
of his find to Alberni this morning, and
thence it was sent to the San Francisco
Call correspondent by special mes
senger on horseback to Nanaimo, whence
it was telegraphed to Victoria.
Moore says that On May 24, while he
was working OH newly-discOvered lead
about twelve feet from the surface, he
put in a shot intending to loosen the
rock. None of the debris coming ont he
was nonpussed and upon investigation
found that, instead of drifting upward,
his shot had broken an entrance into a
huge cave. The inner part of the noun
tain of ore in which he was working
was hollow and formed monstrous cav
ern. The foreman was notified, and up
on thorough investigation it was found
that a cave existed some twenty-five by
forty feet in width and height. and with
an unknown drift. A rope was procured
and Moore with miners lamp in his
hat, was lowered down some forty or
fifty feet, and there he beheld grand
and wonderful sight. The cave was rich
like Aladdin's. As he gazed at the glis-
tening walls, he saw ledge of ore such
as never has been found before on Van
couvers island, or for that matter in the
Northwest. Gold was showing in big
and little nuggets on its face, and it
was evident that when the cavern's
lodges were worked there was millions
in it for the lucky mine owner. Moore
broke off a nugget worth about SIS with
ease with his fingers, which goes to show
that the ledge is of slaty, crumbling ore
and easily worked. a further investiga-
ton was then made by Moore, he being
then lowered about eighty feet down into
the mysterious cave, revealing other rich
looking lodges which seemed to be equal
ly as rich as the top one. One of these
showed traces of having been worked.
Great excitement prevails among the
miners of the vicinity over the strange
E,,l
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
The Negro Question.

The negro question is not of recent
origin. The Had Of our woes began in
1920, when negroes were first brought to
the colony of Virginia and sold as slaves.
Slavery antedates history. The traffic
of Europeans i'll negroes existed half
century before the discovery of America.
The very year in which Charles V. sailed
with a powerful expedition against Tunis
to check the piracies of the Barbary
states, and to emancipate enslaved Chris
tians in Africa, he gave an open legal
sanction to the African slave trade.
When independence was declared in 177G
all the colonies held slaves. Slavery,
said the late Senator ingalls,, disappeared
from the Northern states ''by the opera
ton of social, economic and natural
laws" and 1.-THE North did not finally de-
termine to destroy this system until con-
WINGED that it's continuance threatened
not only their Industrial independence
but their political Importance In
course of years ''the peculiar institution"
assumed a sectional character. The war
between the states precipitated a crisis.
President Lincoln began then the work
of emancipation. LAS COMMUNICATIVE chief
Of the army and navy in time of war, l
suppose l have the right to take any
measure which may subdue the enemy.
l view the measure 1.-THE procla-
mation) as a practical war measure ac-
cording to the advantages it will offer to
the suppression of the rebellion. From
The Negro Question, by J. l.. NJ. Curry,
in Appleton's Popular Science Monthly
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
Partisan OdOrs.

Parisians are already beseeching the
authorities of the French capital to do
more than sniff the air or organize scien-
ti6c inquiries into the nuisance of bad
smalls. which every summer annoy the
inhabitants of the City of Light. There
are districts, it seems, in the outskirts of
Paris which have Il particularly bad
mark set against them, owing to the very
offensive etfiuvia from certain manufac-
tories. An investigation was set OH foot,
but the experts could not agree, the up
shot being that no remedy was deter
mined upon During the last week, when
north and east winds have been preva-
lent, it is complained that positively pes
tilential odors have invaded Paris. 1t is
suggested that the wholesome turning up
of the soil involved in the works for the
exhibition and the Metropolitan railway
may have had something to do with the
unsavory state of the atmosphere. This
may be an evil which cannot be helped,
but the outstanding grievance against
soap manufactures and manure farms
established close to the city Notifications
is, at any rate, one which ought to be
dealt with, before summer heat and the
annual scarcity of water come in their
turn to aggravnte the discomfort of citi-
zens. We have always thought that the
Partisan rate-payer is a model of pa.
thence and long suffering in presence of
the often dilatory methods of the arl-
thorities. Virtue, however, may become
a defect, if carried too far.-London
Standard
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
Hustlc for a Market.

Occasionally letters like the following
reach the poultry department.: II wish
to get into communication with someone
party who runs a big henilery. who will
undertake to supply me with large, strict
" fresh eggs twice week the year
round at the same price they would 9th
erwise obtain from the commission nler.
chants. l use from 100 to 800 dozen per
week and would use many more II
could get eggs which were always strict,
ly fresh. twelve to the dozen, at fair
price. l wish all my eggs to come from
one place, AS I am tired of collected
eggs"
BY such arrangements the dealer gets
good eggs, and the farmer saves middle
mans profits No doubt hundreds of
dealers are ready to make direct arrange
ments with reliable egg producers. and
wholesale poultrymen who IRE sure of
ability to supply the eggs should can
vass the high-grade produce stores in the
nearest large town.-Orange Judd Farm
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
Milking Cows at Noon.

One Of the Boston daily papers had Il
short paragraph lately about a COW whicl,
John Milton of Gardiner, Me-, is obliged
to milk three times a day, and which
recently gave in one day 3411@ quarts of
milk at three milkings. There are many
cows all over the country which through
this month at least need for their com
fort to be MIXED three times per day.
Cows at pasture do much better if left
in the field at night, or turned to pas
ture early in the morning, both in June
and July at least. In the hottest wealth
er there is generally lowering of tenn
perature at night, and the COW will Craze
then, and be ready to lie down under a
tree or under an open shed in the pas
ture lot through the day. She is really
making milk faster while chewing her
cud and digesting her food than while
on her feet grazing.
are divided into eight-hour sections, the
middle Of the day yield of milk will be
larger than either of the others. But if
she be good cow, one which turns most
of her food to milk, this three -times-a
day milking will cause her to grow thin
in flesh unless she has a grain ration at
noon. a COW on June psture, MIXED
only twice day, will not eat grain.
But if she is MIXED three times daily
be all the better for it. By July the
grain ration may be lessened, and some
clover, partly cured, may be substituted.
So soon as clover heads out it becomes
very rich in nutrition, and if partly cured
it is less likely to cause bloating from
eating too much, as freshly-cut clover
might do. When clover is cut for soil
ing stock there is much less danger from
bloat, because they cannot 20 through it
and pick off the blossoms only, as they
do when they are turned into clover in
blossom to graze.-American Cultivator.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
Would Have Gobbled 1t.
Bathing in Russia.

A family Of father, mother and son
nave just returned from sojourn of
several months in southern Russia, and
are now staying at the Grand hotel. In
the old white town" of Bak,t-there Is
q new. "black town" now, where petro-
ieum Is retined-they registered at the
bath. After his additions be proposed a
bath for mamma and another for the
boy, aged 10. The proprietor brusquely
informed him that his wife, his son and
himself were expected to use the same
water. In the heart Of the Caspian oil
region they never thought of filing the
tub second time for mere family
wash. The water had to be carried up
stairs III buckets, and he had not suffi-
cient help to accomplish that task-New
York Press
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
A Few Timely Pointers.

The up-to-date farmer has learned the
wisdom of doing his own thinking, and
in selecting a binder or mower to wei gh
carefully the actual points of superiority
and to avoid mere talking or "selling''
points. The life" of machine depends
largely on it's main frame, which should
be solid enough to outwear the working
parts ana yet not heavy enough to tear
itself to pieces through Its own inertia.
The Deerihg Ideal Binder has a high
carbon steel frame, hot-riveted at the
joints. This machine has stood the. most
severe tests ever put OH binder. 1t has
q cutting apparatus that will cut any crop
that grows; elevators that will elevate
anything it cuts; simple reel with great
er range of adjustment than any other,
operated with a single lever; the famous
Deering Knotter and Binder which never
misses; the only bundle carrier worthy Of
the name; and finally Deering Roller and
Ball Bearings, making it the lightest
draft binder that ever cut q swath.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
Begging Letters for the Rich

from New York had the curiosity the
other day to make certain calculations in
order to see how large part Of her prop
perty she would have had to sacrifice
had she granted all the requests made
for money within period of forty-two
days. She kept all the begging letters
received, during that time, added to-
then discovered that had she granted
each individual request for money she
would have disbursed $1,6OOOOO. And
this. be it remembered, in a short period
of six weeks
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
jefferson Quilted Her,

Joseph jefferson, some ten years ago,
spent d week with 4 Scotch peer. Amone
him. He did not detect it at first, and
answered some of her absurd Questions
about America Quite innocently. At last
he saw her purpose and determined to
get even. His opportunity came when,
emboldened by her success, she said
by the by, have you met the Queer
lately?" "No, madam" Jefferson re.
piled, with perfect seriousness, Il was
out when her majesty called upon me-
away and never spoke to him again.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
Builds House Around Trees.

A cherry tree which a week ago was
decorated with luxurious growth Of
blossoms, and is now weighted with
green fruit, is thriving in the parlor Of a
new house in. South Meridian street, In
dianapolis, Ind. The unusual sight Of a
tree growing inside of house is attract
ing attention.
The house is being erected by w. A.
Scott. Right in the center of the lot was
a cherry tree, which promised an abund
ant crop of fruit, and Scott hated to sac
rifice the tree. He finally solved the
question by building his house about the
tree, thus saving the crop, and qt the
same time carrying out his plan Of build
ing. zT -. : - 80 ',"'>' ::
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
A Kansas Girls Amusements.

Miss Mahalay Bartlett went to Osa.
watomie last Friday, and after taking in
the ball at the asylum returned day OF
two later with her father, who has been
confined at the asylum for the past ten
weeks. She reports grand time. BY
the way, Miss Mahalay has dragged the
stalks down, ploughed, narrowed and
spring and has narrowed most of the
corn since it came up. The ploughing
was done with walking plough. She
has no use for a riding plough, and
laughs at the idea Of main using one.-
Burlington Republican.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
Cultivatiuc Dew Into the Soil.

Any one who gets out ut work on the
fields early in summer will find the
leaves Of plants and even the surface soil
wet with dew which has been deposited
during the night as the soil In spring is
much colder than the air This dew is
condensed moisture in the form Of steam,
which has taken from the mir some am
monia and some carbonic acid gas. 1t is,
therefore, softer than rain water. and
also richer In manuri al clements If this
dew Is left uncultivated it evaporates
when the sun gets up high enough to
shine OF, 1t. and all this fertility vanisheS
into thin air. We know farmers who get
their teams out to cultivate corn and po-
tatOes while both the soil and plants are
wet with dew. They do forenoon's
work by 10 or II o'clock, and then take
for the teams and themselves three or
four hours incoming during the heat of the
day. This is better than beginning work
late, and then eating hurriedly. and eat
ing the principal meal of the day without
any rest in which to digest it. One of
the main advantages of this plan is that
it turns some dry soil over the dew, thus
saving its fertilizing properties from
waste.-American Cultivator