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Timber Land, Act June 5, 1873.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
United States Land Office,
Gunnison, Colorado,


Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions OF the act of Congress OF
June 3. 1873, entitled An act for the sale OF
timber lands in the states of California, Ore
son, Nevada, and Washington Territory" Gs
extended 20 all tho Public Land States by act
OF August !, li'2 W. \. Nelch OF Irwin, county
OF Gunnison, State of Colorado, has tnis day
filed in this Office his sworn statement No. 10,
for the purchase of the NJ SEA and N.il
S.W.A of Section No: IL. in Township No. II, :.
Range No. - W, aud will offer proof to show
shat the land sought is more valuable for its
timber or stone than for agricultural purposes,
and to establish his claim to said land before
the Register and Recover OF tliis Office nt Gun
nison. Colorado, on Wednesday, tho 10th. day
of April l.Oi.
He names as witnesses:
T. !. Rockefeller, of Gunnisou. Colorado.
J. T. Heiner, of Gunui-ou, Colorado.
Thomas Carr, oEGunnison, Colorado.
Charles Pfrommeraot Gunuison, Colorado.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
abovc-de-crihed lands are requested to file their
cl@ims in this Office On or before said 10th. day
of April, 1901.
C. Z. HAMLIN, Register.
First pub. Jan. 20, 1907 Last pub. April g. 1901.
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EHzATlc CITIZEN poTPouRaI.

EHEATlC ciTlZEN pOTPCURRI.
u /" A couple that used to
wilt the floor. ~ Weekly Citizen.
Must have been warm. couple
if the floor wilted.
*** When the old tunes were
|. plaid. Weekly Citizen
Our readers will please note the
advent Of colored tunes.
There was a reck at the mine
Sunday in which some loaded
cars were smashed. Weekly
Citizen.
A rather peculiar way to take an
accounting.
Have men all the intelligence?
Weekly Citizen.
Judging from the columns of
the Citizen and the political record
of its editress. they have.
:: - ::
y" n The child is better born
and better raised today because
of the mothers wider sphere
Weekly Citizen.
We have always been told that
lonesome lass of uncertain age was
more familiar with the sphere of
felines and pet dogs than that of
children. We acknowledge erroh-
eous Information.
In an editorial of great length,
which is more conspicuous for its
mis-spelled words and garbled Ian
guage, than for its logic, the dame
who is responsible for inficting
upon suffering public such an
execration upon educated Journal
ism as is the Weakly Citizen, seeks
to establish a point so obtuse and
so illogical, as to be offensive even
to those whom it was intended to
favor.
The PILOT is ready and willing
to admit that the editress of the
esteemed Citizen would better
adapt herself to her proper sphere
were she to change her pants to
the style worn by DR.. Mary Walk
er; bat it does not necessarily fol
low that other women have no
more laudable ambition than to
adopt the role of the female poll
tician, whose chief characteristics
are generally n forked tongue and
an amazing inability to comprehend
the finesse of politics.
The world loves and respects the
womanly woman; the one whose
heart is in her home, and not in n
political maneuvre; whose hopes
are centered in her children. and
not in longing for Office; whose
widest sphere of influence is in
keeping her domestic life on the
highest possible plane, and not in
buttonholing voters.
Observation conclusively proves
that the presence Of women in
Colorado politics has not raised the
tone of state political matters one
iota, nor has the prerogative of
voting been of benefit to them.
Why ? Simply because Natare
did not ordain women to that pur-
pose. OF course, the country is
afflicted with a DIR. Mary Walker
and her long pants, a Mrs. Carrie
Nation and her little hatchet, an
Emma Goldman and her anar-
chistic speeches, Sylvia Smith
and her Citizen-the editing of
which she understands about as
well as the manipulation of a thir-
teen-inch guu-bnt then, we are
obliged TO take the bitter with the
sweet.
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GOTHIC AND VICINITY.

Its Match!sss Mineral Resouroes.--Pressnt
Stage es Devslopment Shows Extensive
Latent Wea1th.--A Haven of Rest
in Sunmeriirne for the Weary.
A Paradise for Sportsmer.
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CHAPTER vi.
DETECTIVE IN THE CASE.


After this failure which had prom
Used at one moment to be grand sue
cess, Percy and | felt so humbled that
we actually consulted with mother as
to whether the police should be invited
TO take over the matter, or at least
asked to assist us in our further in
luiries.
My dear mother was, however, very
inuch adverse to such step. She had
always felt horror of the Russian de.
tective fierce, that terrible third sec
ton, the ununiformed, secret. mysteri-
Gus. spying creatures who swarm, or
swarmed at that time, in the capital
city of the car "For the love of heav-
en-, she entreated us. with tears in her
eyes, ''let us keep our sorrow out sf
their knowledge. | would not have
those hateful people to know of .onr
grief or to handy about your dear ia
Tiers name as stalking horse for their
arrestings and spyings. We will leave
them ont as long as we can.
Mother was convinced that Percy and
l had, as l have said, struck the trail Of
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Free Transportation to A
cial Meeting at C1Naa
ILLINOIS CENTRAL. Om,py
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS

Public notice is hereby given that
special meeting of the stockholders Of
the Illinois Central Railroad Company
will be held at the company's Office in
Chicago, Illinois, on Saturday, January
26, 1901, at II O'Clock in the forenoon.
10 permit personal attendance at
this meeting, there will be issued. to
each holder OF one or more shares of
the capital stock of the Illinois Central
Railroad Company, as registered on the
books of the company,a ticket enabling
him, or her, to travel free over the
company's lines from the station on the
Illinois Central Railroad nearest to his
or her registered address to Chicago
and return, such ticket to be good for
the journer to Chicago only during the
four days immediately preceding, and
the day of the meeting, and for the re-
turn journey from Chicago only on the
day. of the meeting, and the four DAYS
Immediately following, when properly
countersigned and stamped during bust
ness hours-that is to say. between
900 a. m. and 500 D. MIN the Office
of the Assistant Secretary. Mr. w. G.
Bruen, in Chicago. Such ticket NAV
be obtained by any registered holder
of stock on application, in writing. ia
the president of the company in
Chicago. Each application must state
the full name and address of the stock
holder exactly as given in his or her
certificate of stock, together with the
number and date of such certificate.
No more than>one person will be car
ried free in respect to any one holding
OF stock as registered on the. books Of
the company.
For the purpose of this meeting the
Stock Transfer Books will be closed at
3 O'Clock p. M. on Thursday, December
20, 1900, and remain closed until the
morning of Monday, January Z, 1901.
/ A. q. HACKSTAFF. Secretarv
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story.
keepers. But what had they, the peas
ants, to do with the sportsmen? There
was nothing to be got out of them, for
they came to shoot, and shot and went
away again, being in hurry all the
wlNle, and therefore it was useless to
cultivate their acquaintance.
Even the offer Of ''nachaiok," or
tip, though it awakened the interest of
the sleepy rascals did not seem to
stimulate their memories or even their
inventive talents The Russian moujik
is the finest and most accomplished liar
in the world if yon give him time, but
.sou must not hurry him. He is not in
Steliectual enough to conjure up plan
sihle tale at a moments notice. How
ever, these men declared that they had
seen neither count nor any one else on
the Wednesday, and each one asked for
q tipon the plea that to cast back ones
memory 80 Tar was serious exertion.
One man explained that a tip was due
to him for his truthfnlness. You can
see I'm an honest man, he said, ''for
il had lied and said drove this balin
to Balota you would have believed me
and given me twice as much as now
ask
But short while after had returned
to the lodge. dispirited and bewildered
and uncertain what next to do, little
peasant man came mysteriously into
the room in which sat. He bowed and
crossed himself in front of the ikon in
the corner and then oilily approached
my chair and with finger to lip whis-
pered .Sh-hp' Then he glanced melo-
dramatically over his shoulder and back
again at me and whispered, "May I
speak to you, barin7"
| could scarcely help laughing at the
yomical little creature. l remembered
him perfectly as one of those had in
tsrviewed up at the village few hours
ago. He had sworn that he had never
heard of or seen any gentleman answer
ing to my description of my father.
'.Speak on by all means, I said.
s'but no lies, mind!''
Lord have mercy, BARN. would l lie
to youf'' a
1t strikes me you have done SO once
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be safe 81 yaros over the tront1er.s why

be safe 5U yards over the frontier Why
should they go SO fart"
consulted with Percy. Ought we
not to tell Borofsky that Percy believed
he had seen my father in Londons
cit would be a pity to set him upon
false scent if it should have been case
Of mistaken identity, as of course it
may have beenl'' said Percy.
ssAnd as I quite believe, even now,
thsk it was I said, "but think
Borofsky should know. It would not
hurt. and it might possibly lead to some
development. y
We told Borofsky, and I don't know
when I have seen any one quite SO sur
prised.
"Why on earth didn't you tell me
this9" he said. sit is most important
confederation of the pristaf's words. y
explained that we had believed Per-
cy to be the victim of an optical delu-
sion.
"Well, he said, without the pris-
taf's confirmation of it, I, too, should
have said Mr.-this gentleman-ha
made mistake; also without this gem
tleman 8 confederation should and did
say that the pristaf had for once been
too clever or not clever enough But,
taking both stories together, find that
each assertion stands stronger upon its
legs by reason of the support it derives
from the other In word. if I must
give my opinion. should now be in
clined to declare that this gentleman
did see the count in London, though
why his abductors should have taken
him there is what at present is quite
beyond me to explain. Let us sleep on
the matter and take counsel in the
morning
And. it being midnight by this time,
we departed to our rooms. As for me, I
went to bed with sense that the mEs-
terry was by no means put forward
this new development, but rather -
back and complicated
= - --
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The auretched feltOlc aUds on his knees IA. a
moment
you were justified in reporting the facts
to me, though somewhat rash. >
gave the fellow 10 rubles. which
greatly comforted him. and he departed
with many blessings upon my head and
entreaties that should protect him in
case of emergency.
Here was real clew indeed unless,
of course, the, little rascal had invented
the whole story, which though improb-
able under the circumstances, wasquite
possible, he being a Russian peasant
and as such champion perverter of
the truth.
However, l could drive over tomor-
row to Balota and verify his story
there-indeed Percy and might from
this point take up hot scent. if des-
tiny were only kind.
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CHAPTER ".
A SLIGHT CLEw FOUND.
Here was a surprise indeed.


Here was surprise indeed.
Father had come to this place, of that
there was no doubt whatever. He had
been out on the moors. that was equal
II certain, and he had presented him
self at the station with the intention of
returning to town, but had been baked
of his train and And there was an
end Of the trail so far.
Please think again / murmured.
Are you perfectly certain the count
did not catch some other train later in
the day or perhaps early the next morn
ing2 Did you see each train away p
! have not missed single train, in
or ont, since Easter, said the station
master.
Gould he have gone home any other
wayY l asked presently. tIt is too far
to drive In village cart or to ride on
pony back; my father likes to travel
comfortably. There's no post station
about near here, is there?i'
Not nearer than Balota," said the
station master, land thence he would
have to drive all the way round by
RlaEova; over a terrible road The
count would scarcely have done that. .
My friend, as chief officer upon the rail
way, a new institution, and very proud
OF his office. cherished an obvious scorn
for the old fashioned method Of travel
ing by post road.
Still, = said, eff he was in great
hurry he might have chosen that way
in spite of the slowness and discomfort
of the journey.
Perhaps" said the station master
and relapsing into scornful silence
as protest doubtless against the very
suggestion of any person of light and
leading using the post road under any
circumstances, now that the railway
was laid. He showed no further inclina
ton to converse. wired Percy at our
home in st. Petersburg that had found
a slight clew and begged him to come
up and help me work it as soon as pos
sible after his arrival. after which |
set myself to make inquiries among the
peasants in the village, hoping that l
might find one among them who had
seen my father on the fatal Wednesday
and perhaps even driven him to Balota,
to the post station there.
interviewed half dozen of the viii
layers. each one more crassly stupid
! than the last. They did not know the
gentlemen who hired the shooting, even
Ebyl sight, they declared. They knew the
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BY FRED WfaaSAAM

AAlNDR l|NOE:

you have anything to tell me now
Ssh h!'' he said, glancing round
again. "Not so loud, BARN; that was
necessary, because others were present
who might not hear, but all the while /
said to myself, When it is safe, and I
can see this good BARN alone. I will go
and tell him all the. truth, and as
promised myself. SO I have performed.
Here ami"
every well,' said, SIS rubles if
your tale sounds satisfactory, and an
other 5 if on inquiry it proves to have
been true. y
The fellows eyes sparkled. ''Glory to
the highestp' he said. 'Then am sure
of my money.
Then the little rascal spun most
circumstantial tale of how one day,
very short while since
'sLast weekF' interposed.
Eyes, last week, certainly, last
week, he said. he had been driving his
cart from the fields near the village,
when three men in the road called to
him to stop. One seemed ill, and the
other two supported him. They asked
whether he could drive them to Balota,
to the post station. and he replied that
for certain sum he would do so, but
the sum he mentioned was large one.
because his horse was tired.
''Drive us there in an hour" they
said, ''and you shall have double thatp'
Then, glad at heart-for money is scarce
in these parts-he drove them quickly to
Balota. At the post station they carried
the sick man in. Then one came out and
gave him the money, four times as
much as he had asked. and said that
this much was paid him because there
We're reasons why he should not breathe
a word to living man or woman about
having driven this party of three to Ba-
lota. On the other hand, they would be
sure to knew if his tongue should wag.
and. by all that was sure and terrible,
death would be his reward-a sudden
and violent death-when he least ex-
pected it! Ny little informant at this
point looked so pale and SO obviously
alarmed at his, own temerity in telling
me the story that could not help be-
ing impressed by it. Either he spoke the
truth or he was a most consnmmate
actor as well as liar
Look here, my man." said, wish
ing to test him further 'sYou are very
rash. Surprising that should prove to
be the friend of these persons who en-
ployed you, sent by them purposely to
try the good faith OF the man they had
trusted by offering bride IS though
from the other side. Why, you would
be as good as aldead man and
The wretched fellow was on his knees
in moment; tears rushed to his eyes;
he groaned and walled and moaned,
crossing himself vehemently and utter
tering inarticulate words - probably
prayers-as unmistakable picture of
abject terror as the eye could see. Real
or assumed, his fear took me in at once.
and believed his tale.
Don't be afraid. you poor fool, I"
said. 81 am no spy. 1t is my interest
to learn the truth of these matters. and
believe your story. Are you satisfied 2
shall tell no one who informed me or
indeed that know of all this that you
have told me. am not aware of your
name, and you need not reveal it; you
are safe. so far as am concerned. and
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mere TO town snor5 WINE slnce; one
was sick person and required assist
ance in getting into the carriage p
The man smiled obsequiously and said
he remembered such party perfectly.
ssDid they travel to ST. Petersburg
from here2'' I asked.
The man assented
This seems all right, Percy" 1
whispered.
'sAsk him if he remembers the house
they drove to in ST. Petersburg, sug-
gested Percy.
/ did SO. The fellow put on an air Of
deep Thought. Then he shook his head.
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CHAPTER v.
FOLLOWING THE TRAIL.

Percy arrived just "a hours after me
good old Percy! He had not tarried
one unnecessary minute in London,
knowing that needed him. told him
all I had seen and done, an& he was
kind and encouraging.
swell done. old mani" he said.
t.You haven't let tie grass grow under
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We droUc rapidly toWdrd st. Petersburg.
He did not think he had ever heard the
address mentioned, he said. Perhaps the
man who drove the party would remem-
Der. The man was in he would send
him. The driver came out, and we put
the question to him He scratched his
head. he expectorated with great free
dom, then he made a gesture which
clearly conveyed to us that it was mo
go. His memory failed him.
s'Would 3 ruble note help you to
remember" asked. The fellow said
that for this sum he would, at any rate,
invoke numerous hearty blessings upon
our heads
Here the postmaster made sugges-
tion which distinctly advanced the mat
ter.
Possibly Grishka' (the drivers
name) might remember the way to
the house and the very house itself if
he were to drive your merciful highness
into town, though the name of the
street has escaped his memory. might
hire horses for your highnesses at-at a
certain rater'
'iHire them, hire them, little father,
cried, s'at any price you please, and
Grishka here shall drive us to the very
house. Cad. Percy" | added in Eng
lish, ''we re on the scent now with a
vengeance. This fellow will take us to
the very house the rascals carried father
to. It's splendid"
sit does seem rather rosy!' said
Percy. I
Within five minutes the horses were
harnessed and ready. We jumped into
the trap and drove rapidly toward st.
Petersburg Three hours later the city
lights danced before us, and we knew
that in quarter of an hour the secret
of dear old dads whereabouts, or at all
events strong clew, would be in our
hands,
s'Sherlock Holmes is not in it, had
been the burden of our conversation
during the exciting drive We had done
this thing we'll and We're in full swing
for success-the reward of patience and
good management.
Now we were driving through the
streets. Over the Tuchkof bridge we
dashed, and through Nassili Ostrof and
across the Nicholas bridge; then to the
left by the English quay to the Winter
palace and straight on to the Palace
quay-the most fashionable of all quar-
tars of the town. '.Grishka, you foolH
shouted. where are you taking us
| to? 1t could not have been here the
party came?'
There's no mistake, highness, said
Grishka over his shoulder. "This was
certainly the way
s'Good heavens, Borisl" said Percy
4 ''Do you know what? He's taking us
to yonr own house. He must have
brought the count and the others here
on some former occasion.
| 1t was too sickeningly true. Straight
as an arrow he drove us to our own
door-14T Palace quay-and drew up
| there
THERE said Grishka. ssThe very
house. | remember it by the big stone
balcony.
climbed sadly out-deiected and
disappointed. Percy was scarcely mer-
rier.
"Grishka, l said, "do you tell me
yon brought those gentlemen here last
week =
Last week? Have mercy, BARN, no;
not last week-many weeks. months
ago.
paid the fellow and sent him away
We had been done whether intention
ally OF not, had not the heart as yet to
think out. We had 1 firmly believe.
struck a true trail. but had lost it al
most in the finding
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-06
Hosiery and Knit Gar
menfS for Women and
Children.

Women's blue wool drawers, steam
shrunken. a broken line, so Friday
and Saturday, reduced from $3.50 to
-S1.OO.
Small sizes Of some very fine wool
vests for women, high neck with
short sleeves, blue and black, in
stead of S3.O0-S1.5 so.
Boys heavy brown feeced cotton
shirts and drawers, Soc each gar
ments, two days-25c.
Women's fine Sea Island cotton
stockings, Hermsdorf dye, beautiful
grade, that sells for 75c a pair, two
days-50c.
Women's Isle thread stockings,
handsomely embroidered on ankles,
broken line, so instead of $3.50 2
pair-S1. 90.
Children's black cotton stockings,
fine ribbed, heavy weight. double
legs, reduced from 35c to-25c.
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10, the poor Indian. 10 in this case
happens TO be John Reed, a swarthy
interpreter of the Ute tongue. who
dweIs in peace and amity among his
OWL people On the Uintah reservation.
That Is ordinarily. Now II any
friends care to write him they can
insure more speedy delivery by ad-
dressing their missives to the city jail.
Whisky was Johns undoins. For sew
eral days he has been in Salt Lake
interpreting the testimony given by
other braves in a series OF cases in
the federal court. While others from
the reservation hungered and thirsted
for fire water. John drank his fill.
Somewhere he had read that a
great medicine man of the pale face
had pitched his wigwam on Main
street and for a Wampum C0nsideTa-
ton could be prevailed upon TO reveal
strange, uncanny things of past md
future Thither John would go to les IN
the name of his grandsire who ac-
cOrding 10 legend had lifted the scalp
lock of the mighty warrior DTink-Up-
the Booze.
John Reed hied himself TO the home
of the occult at 331 Main street. He
found the medicine man in the person
OF Professor B. r. Sterling, and
promptly Frustrated himself
Mighty chief of the pale face med
icine men before whom our witch doc
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POOR 10 SOUGHT THE PALMISl
AND WAS LANDED IN THE CITY JAIL

tors are as old women. tell me all"
gasped poor 10.
The palmist was touches by the
scene He steadied his agitated guest
and with a gentle gesture took the
copper colOred left hand in MS. One
moment he looked into that palm, and
with a cry of horror sprang to his
feet.
Man. a black secret dwells in your
heart" he said. See that line tells
me you are in league with band of
counterfeitersi
The spirit talks with double
tongue to the medicine man." eXpOstu-
lated the red man. ouch The med
icine man pinches the hand of his
lowly visitor
Before John Reed could start on
the war-path Professor Sterling had
dashed 10 the telephone and Informed
the police that he had Gagged a cOun-
terfeiter and desired to put them next.
IN a few moment a changing patrol
with officer Davies at the helm stopped
before his Office. The professor in
sisted that the rnes in Johns hand
were sufficient idence of the coun-
terfeiting charg but Chief Hilton's
man was too duh to recognize the clue,
and landed John Reed as a plain
drunk
Hilton's sleuths are sleuthing for the
offenders who sold the Indian the
fiery potiOns.