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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1909-12-02
Every day of lifes winter is a
step nearer the return of spring"

Generally debilitated for years.
Had sick headache. lacked ambition
was worn-out and all rundown. Bur
dock Blood Bitters made me a well
woman.'-Mrs. Chas. Freltoy, Moosup
Conn.
A weak mind is like a microscope.
which magnifies trifling things, but
cannot receive great ones.
Don't think that piles cant be cured.
Thousands OF obstinate cases have
been cured by Doan's Ointment. so
cents at any drug store.
When befriended, remember it.
when you befriend. forget it.
bilious? Feel heavy after dinner?
Tongue coated? Bitter taste? Com
pleXion sallow? Liver needs waking
up. Doan's Regulets cure bilious at
tacks. % cents at any drug store.
Corrupt legislators are the offspring
and index of corrupt public opinion
Half the ills we hoard in our hearts
are i'll because we hoard them
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

Supt. Cal Haines OF the Augusta mine
had the misfortune to yet an ankle crush
ed by mlsstep Saturday shortly after
his return from here to the mine. 1t
ankle being weak was more easily brok.
en- than it would have been otherwise.
He was brought at once tn this place.
and the two doctors set the broken ankle
in splints and the patient is already on
the road to recovery. 1t WAS concluded
to shut the mire down for the winter MS
It is getting too late to start upon the
proposed improvements this season but
it is expected that an early commencing
will be made another year.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07
Killing at Sargents

Saturday at SarGents. Charles Tabor
a ranchman was shot twice by nm un.
known sseas sin and died Sunday at the
lied Cross hospital in SaIida. The
sheriff and poese went immediately to
the scene OF the shooting. Louis BagRs
an escaped convict WIS suspected and
ovcrtaksn as he was leaving the country
but resisted arrest and vas shot and
killed INSTANTLY by the authorities.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

Survey No. 0ss76. u S. Land Office,
Montro-c, Colorado,
July 81, 1909
Notice is hereby given that in pursuance OF
the Act of Congress approved May 10. ls72, G,
Meek whose postoce Is Marble. Colorado. has
made application for patent for 500 acres on
the Black Slate. No. Placer, bearing slate,
situate in Rock Creek Mining District, Gunni-
son County. state of Colorado, and descr,b I'd
n, follows. viz: The n. ,, Of y. +. a of 5. W. =
the 5; ;,.s Of = q $. +. u OF N. Wa; the y
n. 4; IN Sec ], T. II 5. X: ss "; also the +.
u 5. f. \ OF $. W. !. in sec. ;s T. H. $, X, Ss W.
Containing an area of 59.9 acres after cx
cluding all coufiict with Sur. No. 6rsy A, Ban
ner, Eagle. Falcon, t,ag and Curbstone lode>
Sur. No. oSs9 Is, Flag. Mill-site. Sur. No. Bib
Lime lode. Sur. No. 11727 sorwin Placsr, Sur.
No, All Blue Marble and White Marble lodes
and Sur, No. SisU lslet Placer.
Net area III GARFIELD Land District, IA acres
Net area in Montrosc Land District, 49, acres
aud forming a portion of the s. w. 4 OF Sec.
~, T. ii j. X. oo W. and W. !, of Sec. 4. IL s.. X.
81 W. Of the 9Th Y. NJ.
Said location being recorded in Vol. IGO page
23i ofthe Records of Gunnison County, Col lora-
do.
Adjoining claimants owners Of the above
named claims.
b. P. BLAIR
Register
First pub, August ), last October II 1909.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07
Notice Of Adjustment Day
ESTATE OF WARREN E. JARVIS. DECEASED

The undersigned. havin. been appointed
Adminstratrix OF the estate Of Warren T.. Jar
Wis. late OF tho County Of Gunnison. in tue
STATE Of Colorado, decea-c hereby gives notice
OF said dunni-on County. at the Court House in
6unnisou, in<aid Comfy, On Monnay. the 18th
day OF October. \. u. l.s9, Mt tue hour of ten
O'Clock \. 81. of said day, at which time oil
persons having Claims against said estate are
not and requested to attend for the pur pose
Of having the same adjusted. All per-ons in
debted to said estate are requested to make
Immediate payment to the undersigned.
Dated at Gunnisou. Colorado. this 2nd day OF
September, a. ID. 1865.
ANNA q. JARVIS,
Administrix of the estate of Warren E.
Jarvis. Deceased.
First pub Sept. IS, last pub, Oct, II, 1909
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

Engineer w s Smith has been EN-
plo, Ell for few days in surveying II
group Of relocate claims on Cinnamon
mountain upon which u considerable
amount OF work is likely to be- done in
Guiding the possible tunneling OF the
mountain. The locating was done by
L Z McGruder Of this county and A P
Morner OF Illinois it is said will financ,
the proposition,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

Superintendent Erickson of the Mon.
mouth Leasing company has been com
peiled to suspend operations at his tun-
mel from the fact that he could not hold
sufficient force of men together to keep
the work going His seasons operations
have been satisfactory as a promising
vein was cut and considerable work WAS
done in drifting upon it with more or
less ore in eight. Tho main tunnel was
driven in over two hundred feet with
thirty or more feet OF cross cutting done.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

The Equitable Fraternal Union hold
their regular meeting tonight, with the
following new members to be initiated:
Miss Ollie Songer, Mrs. George Hub
bard, Mrs, Clarence BietIer, Mrs. Fred
Gulliford, Mrs, Frank Songer. Mrs. Bar
bara Sodjia. Mr.. and Mrs. johnson.
George johnson and John Grliford.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

Grandma NcWiIliams and Mrs. Chas.
McWillians left Saturday for Somerset.
Grandma has for some time been ID suf-
fer with rheumatism and her many
friends here hope for u aspeedy recovery
for her in lower AMI warmer climate.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07
Big Strike at Tin Cup

The following. taken from the Aspen
Times is encouraging for the Italian
mountain xnd Taylor rxrk mines and
| should be conclusive to some rxilroud
building IN that section before long.
Charles Dustin is 10 the city from the
Taylor Park country and reports won.
der strike on the Royal Oak property
owned by lin Cup people who have been
prospecting in that locality for the past
Lineteen years. The koyal Oak is iocat
ed two and one hall miles west Of Bower
man.
The hrcast OF the 80 foot tunnel is in
lc feet OF lead ore which runs from 40
to 81 per cent lead and some silver.
There are now 200 tons OF this ore on the
dump and the owners are arranging to
make a shipment.
/ Those in position to know claim II
is the most wonderful strike OF lead ore
ever made in the country.
During the past years great boulders
OF this lead oar float have been found in
the neichborhood and many have pros
pscted for the vein, which the lin Cup
people were fortunate enough TO un-
cover.
1t is asserted that further development
will make the Royal Oak the biggest
lead producer in the United States.
Que mile from the Royal Oak is the
group OF claims owned by the Olsons
und John Mellor OF Aspen. from which
ore running high In lead wss shipped
two years ago
The old Coll property now owned by
James Begley is not far from the strike,
the tunnel ON which was run to tiud TIE
great lead vein.
1t is predicted that this locality will
produce another Leadviile.
Since the strike on the Royal Oak
those conversant with mining affairs st
the head Of Taylor park are confident
that it will not be long before railroad
from Buena Vista or Gunnison will be
run through the park over the Elk
range and down Castle creek ana TINT
this line will be the main line either Of
the Colorado Midland or the Rio Grande
In support OF this belief they cite the
fact that with railroad facilities th-re
would be six or seven shippers in lin
Cup, then there ia the Doctor mine on
Spring creek. the Star on Italian noun
tain with 10000 tons OF ore blocked out
and at the head Of the park the great
Enterprise, the Olson and Mellor prop.
critics and q number Of others which
could soon be placed in condition to ship
As an indication Of what's being done
IN that locality it may he stated the
Enterprise is working ninety men aLd
ten more men leave here for the mioe to
morrow and Friday. The three hundred
horse power motor is now on the way
from Buena Vista and will be put 10
place in few days.
The Doctor mine has now 100 tons Of
concentrates ready for shipment. This
property is under lease to Aspen parties
Work on tho Helen group Of Chss.
Dustin shows ore with lead values but
tn, property is not yet developed ~ the
shipping strsc.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

The recent transfer OF the Gunnisou
Company's teiepaoue plant to the owner
ship u the Colorado Telephone company
is thought by many to be good move
ss the management will doubtless cou,e
up to that usually given by this COM
pany over all its various systems,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07
John BIoznic Commits Suicide

John Bloznic. an Austrian committed
suicide Tuesday morning between two
ard three o'clock by shooting himself
in the head. Coroner O'I.esry came up
Wednesday and decided it Il plain sui
eide. His wife left him last week and it
is said brooding over that and heavy
drinking caused the decd.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

HF Smith and family OF Fredonis
Kansas came III this week aud are ex
pecting to locate here. MIR. Smith wus
here come years since and with brother
at the upper end Of town.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

John Calderhead and wife left here
SatuId.y ~ by the overland route { r
Waisenburg where ws understand be
will take churge Of u newly opened coa
mine. They expect to drive over til.
Cochetopa pass and thence through th'
San Louis valley aud over the San de
Christie range.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

] s Boyd ard II Baker OF Denver
came in Wednesday and went to the
Hard Cash mine, taking Expert Will
Saunders with them for the purpose OF
taking out samples OF ore, with a view
to starting up the mine soon,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

Louis Parry was down from Floresta
Saturday. He says there have been
deer killed in that vicinity M far this
season.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

OF all the hunting parties who have
been In the fed since the first We have
learned OF but one deer having been
brought in xs yet, The season closes
on the tenth 81 those who would have
venison better get move on themselves
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

Hayirg is about done in the Fast
river valley and Saturday several OF tho
ranchm-n took advantage u the tine
weather and came To town.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

Marguerite Songer is suffering with
rheumatism and expects to leave soon
for Pueblo. where it is hoped abe will re
gain her health.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

The Crested Butte Coal company's
mine resumed shipment of coal Monday
after shut down ~ two months They
have opened fine seven foot vein Of
coal.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

Friday night. October 8. dance viii
be gwen at the ELK Mountain Hotel
Good music will be provided AMI gooJ
time is assured all who attend.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

Robert Harper Of Cripple Creek
is here and over upon Galena mountain
looking after his properties there and
has Dan Mcdonald assisting him with
the work.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

Regular services at the Congregation
al Church next Sunday. Preaching at
1890 m and 7:D pm. Christian En-
deavor ut 6;30 pm. Sunday School at
LAS m.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

Van Haggart OF Canon City is visiting
his brother, Arthur at the Sampson
ranch.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

FOR Pueblo. Mrs. Gibson will become
trained nurse at the hospital there.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

Harlow Lawrence spent few days
hunting in this vicinity. returning to
Gunnison with his mother Tuesday.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

George Hewett ~ the Smith Wallace
Shoe company OF Chicago was in town
Tues lay and Wednesday.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

Mrs. Mary a Lawrence returned to
Gunnison Tuesday last, after several
days visiting friends in the city.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

Emma. Florence and Clande Lucero
left Sunday for Gunnieon to attend high
school.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

Chas Ross has taken posscssion o his
new skatip. rink which is being lifted
up in superb style for the purposes in
tended.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

Mrs I. j. Reardon and sons nre spend
ing some time in Denver visiting friends
ahd relatives.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

The infant son OF MIR. and Mrs. John
Fenuel has been very i'll the past week.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

Ira Littell OF the Pueblo Fuel Co
cume ia this week to look over the mines
OF the company.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

Mayor Aikiue OF Gunnison was called
to California this week to the bed side
OF dying brother.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

Miss Lenora Goodeuough is here from
Salida visiting her cousin Miss Ollie
Songer.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

MIR. Buckley of the Crested Butte
mine was in town last week on business
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

Rev. F Il Cain returned Tuesday from
Colburn where lie held services the past
two Sundays.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07
Local News.

Fresh Milk, DC quart at Mike welshs
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
UNITED STATES PATENT

Survey No. 0ys76. U. S. Land Office,
Montro-c, Colorado,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-10-07

First pub. August 5, last October IA 1909.
Evening star., 1909-03-07
HOTEL DETECTIVES AND THE QUEER CROOKS THEY ENCOUNTER

are pulled off In the large hotels Of the
country nowadays are done by men who
have had long experience In working IN
hotels in one capacity or another.
Suppose a man drifts into Washing
ton. looking for a chance to make a
haul in some big hotel here. The first
thing he does is to catch on to some
place where the bell hops or walters
loaf. He gets acquainted and asks ques-
tions. Half the time he will find that old
friends of his or men that he has worked
with somewhere are working in hotels
here. He will steer clear of the hotel
they are In. But he will find hotel
where nobody knows him.
Ills next move is to lie around and
spot some wealthy guest of the hotel.
Strolling in some day when he has seen
the guest go out he will go to the desk
and ask the number of the mans room.
BY way of carrying out his bluff he will
telephone up to the room or have the
clerk do so. OF course he knows the
man or woman is out and that there is
no come back He will continue to
watch until he sees the occupant Of the
room go out again.
''Then he goes to the elevator and asks
to be let off at certain floor. The
chances are he has to make three or
four trips before he finds what he wants.
The thing he is hoping to see Is a notice
Evening star., 1909-03-07

His plan then was to sit around in front
of the desk for, few minutes. spot
man that looked prosperous and. when
he was out of the hotel, go boldly up
and ask for the key to his room. He
usually got 1t. because the. clerks were
not we'll trained then as they are now.
'Of course. we have employees on all
the floors now. who keep close tab on
the occupants of the rooms in their care.
They watch things pretty closely. and II
is hard to get away with crooked deal.
THE best scheme in existence Is
worked in one of Phladelphia's largest
hotels. At the head of every long corri-
dor on the rooming floors OF this hotel
there is maid seated at a desk. Before
her is an arrangement Of mirrors which
enable her to see. without changing her
position. every person that goes into or
comes out of any room on that corridor
AS soon as a guest is assigned to room
the description of that guest, with the
name, etc, Is sent to her. SO there Is no
chance of anything going wrong, In that
hotel. unless it is an inside job in which
employees are implicated.
ITO tell you the truth. we think we
have got the hotel crooks game pretty
we'll beaten nowadays" Here the Old
veteran reached out and knocked wood"
on the arm of the chair In which he was
sitting.)
Evening star., 1909-03-07

clerks. attention to customers or loyalty
to employer he soon reaches that point IN
his career which man calls finlSh. II
as is generally the case-he proves that
he is a good man and can't be kept down.
there is always chance OF his becoming
a. superintendent In some large store. or.
If luck be with him. proprietor of an
establishment with foorwalkers OF his
own.
Everybody knows how It rained the
other day. The rain is important. for 1t
accounts for the fact that there We're but
few customers in the generally crowded
store and that accounts for the fact tnat
q foorwalker had leisure to dispense in
formation which a mere person very
much wanted to know.
.'Floorwalkers and diplomats are made
in the same mold-it's the luck In being
born that makes the difference. Of
course, I'm not admitting that every am
bassador possesses the full line of quail
ties that would fit him to hold down job
like this-Isingerie, madam? Second moor.
Take the elevator to your left-but you
can take NV word for 1t that a first-class
floor walker. no matter where you PICK
him up, has brains enough to outfit
whole legation. I'll give you a little Illus
tration-
But he wasn't allowed his little illustra-
tion for two stout women had dripped
through the revolving doors and We're
making a soppy bee line toward him: one
fighting mad and the other following. with
the Importance that comes from oHe1lns
moral support.
"Say. mister what sort of an umbrella do
YOU call this? bought it here yesty, ana
everv time I let it up it flops right down
;n don't Won see how soaked I am?
Something's wrong with the ketch and
I'm so 'shamed of having people see me
stop and raise it every step take don
know what to observes me right lot not
buyinc it where my friend here got hern;
It's heans bettern mine an she only pald
f,fty-nine cents, charged. I had to give
Evening star., 1909-03-07

incidentally. But we get to know them.
or If we don't know them they know u.s.
While the average guest in a hotel never
recognizes the house detective as such, a
professional crook would not be in q
hotel lobby an hour before he had spot
ted the hotel copper.
''In the case of women Of this class
We spot them pretty quickly. In all big
hotels there are lots of women every day
who come to visit friends or to keep ap-
pointments. Many of them are the incest
class Of persons, but frequently some are
crooks. II we see woman who looks
suspicious the house detective goes and
sits near her. She spots him in a minute
and invariably jumps at the conclusion
that he Is next When she sizes up the
situation she quietly leaves the hotel
"But II you are going to como right
down to the question Of the real hotel
crook-the man who works only at the
hotel game-you will find that those who
are at all successful are ex-clerks. ex-
walters. ex-elevator boys or ex-bellhops
who have worked in large hotels and who
understand everything about hotels. They
are the dangerous men, and I venture to
say that nine-tenths Of the big thefts that
Evening star., 1909-03-07

card sticking in the mans door contain
ing a notice that there Is a telegram or
a letter at the desk for the occupant of
the room. When he finds it he snatches
it off quickly and goes to the elevator.
AS it stops he hands the notice to the
elevator boy.
"'Have that message sent up, please,
and the key with it.
1.-The elevator boy takes the card down
stairs and turns it over to one of the
boys in the lobby. The boy gets the key
and the telegram or message. whichever
it Il, and brings It to the room door. The
crook is apparently very much absorbed
in reading newspaper. He takes the
key and the message in an absent-minded
way. hands the boy tip and keaDs on
reading. The idea Of the newspaper is
to conceal his features as much as pos
sible.
"As the boy Is leaving. he enters the
room, makes a quick haul and beats 1t
out of the hotel as soon as he can get
downstairs.
"T'his is the most dangerous type OF
crook we have to deal with nowadays.
In the oldtimes he worked more clumSily.
Evening star., 1909-03-07
What the Floor Walker Has Without Answering Back


They'll go their death for you In big
things. but every last one of them has
got streak of small meanness-except
one
den glance at an opposite counter. Some
body caught the glance. flashed back an
other ana then concerned herself strictly
t. business in hand. The fioorwalker
smiled rhapscdically at nothing IN par
ticuar. For him. as the dear Germans
say. heaven was full Of bass viols. and
the mere person. knowing that there
would be no further output Of illus
tIations." skipped out into the rain.
Another foorwalker at another store:
'Oh. fioorwalkings pretty easy work.
Most customers are pleasant and the
clerks are kind. We've worked right
along FOR years. now. and never have
any trouble. I've been III the business
long time and I've come TO learn a good
deal about both shoppers and salespeo-
pie. My notion is that a woman Is near
~ always spoiled II she hasn't a good
husband or parents 10 spoil her. why she
goes ahead and spoils herself It's the
child In her-thats all. 4 woman al
ways feels that she owns her butcher
and her minister and the floorwalker In
the store she deals with and the police
man on her beat. She bosses them all
around. but when you get right down to
1t she has child's faith in every man
of them-the faith OF trusting child.
Some women will come in here and bother
the clerks for samples. They don't really
want samples half the time, but they
think they do. and it's just the same.
Sometimes a woman will get grumpy or
a clerk have a little nervous spell from
overwork. but. Lord bless you. It ism {
enough to count. No matter how strong
and sensible and reliant women are for
fifty-nne minutes I'm the hour. they arr
children on the sixtieth. I've been floor
walking a mighty long time, and ]
know.
Evening star., 1909-03-07

laundry owner, laundry thleVeS nave Deen
found who were taking fine articles. such
as expensive fancy waists and the like,
each week. But they were soon caught,
removed and punished.
All of the packages wrapped and mark
ed, the drivers are again called into serV-
ice and they take them, throw the ar
ticles into their several baskets. and then
arrange for the delivery back to the
homes whence they brought them four
days previously.
Few people know, never having given
the business a thought other than to fix
their package each week and unwrap it
again on return, the vast size to which
the modern steam laundry industry mas
grown in late years. 1t Is SAID now To
rank fifth in amount of money invested
in it in the rating OF the industries of the
country.
In Washington there are twelve large
steam laundries of recognized standing.
Laundrymen claim that their investment
in this city amounts to about SlWU.0co
They estimate that, in the larger places
about $4,000 collars are washed every
week. and other pieces in proportion. On
this basis they estimate that the city $
wash each week costs the capital citizens
in the neighborhood of S2o,0oo, or ipore
than ST .0D, 90 year.
Somewhere, some time somebody. de-
clared right we'll that cleanliness is next
to godlneSS, but 1t is also well that he; did
not venture a similar statement in re-
gard the relative eNptIlSiNeHeSS ol lle
two, for the evidence is clearly against
him
There are many twists and turns and
curious points connected with the laun-
dry business. beyond the realm OF the
regular and prosaic. through which We
have just travelled. AS everywhere else
in life, there people with fads and
fancies here. Scme wish their work fin
ished certain way. others differently;
some want their goods very stiff. Others
with scarcely any starch at all These
and a dozen other eccentrics have to be
handled with the proverbial gloves by the
laundry agents.
Sometimes odd things come TO the
laundries. In the bag of wash. Good.
real United States currency is IL
not infreauent visitor in vest pockets
and otherwise. Keys. coins. trinkets. but
tons letters and OTHER little personah
ties creep into the bags. hut. in most
cases, they are laid aside and returned
when possible.
Grcwlers exist in every walk of lie,