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Gunnison news-champion., 1910-01-07
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For some weeks Major X. A. Sk ues
has been gradually falling, due 10
old age A partial stroke Of paraly-
sis first affected him physically and
then peresis seized his mind. sun
day morning he passed away in his
room at La Neta, though everything
was done by friends TO check the
breaking up Of his bodily frame.
We have been unable 30 get con
nected account Of the Majors early
life. but he came OF well-to. do and
aristocratic English family, serving
in the English army, FIRST Ia the
Bahamas and later in India " here he
rose 10 the rank oi major. The
Wanderlust seized him and he came
TO America, arriving in GunnIson
county in the early eighties and en-
gaging in the occupation of mineral
surveyor, where his line Oxford ed
ucation came in play lie loved TO
tell of a controversy be once had
with the surveyor general Of the
United states, IN which he was al
first suspended for certain sarcastic
letters, but his commission later re
stored when he proved his own fig
ures right and the L. $. land Office
entirely wrong.
In fact the Major had constant
fund OF stories with which his friends
were entertained, tales Of barracks
in India, Of the college lie in Eng
land and of his experiences all over
the world. He had a wide ac-
quaintance in not only Gunnison
county, but in other parts OF Colo
rado. lie died at the age of seventy
one, but even in his last years was
fond of taking part in social gather
ings and was an ardent worker IN
the Gunnison Chamber of Commerce
having removed to this city in 1908
Some six wears ago he received about
$4,000 from the estate OF his sister
who died in London, and invested
most of 1t In annuity which has kept
him in comparative comfort these
latter years. A brother and nephew
still live in England.
Major Skues was member OF the
Elks lodge of Ouray and the officers
II tAst order came over "Wednesday
oiGhA, holding the funeral rites o.
qsir society over his remains Thurs
~ morning at nine O'Clock. Ht
Was also a Mason, belonging TO ;
lodge in Denver.
The EIks from Ouray lodge No
f92 were James +. Doran Exalted
Ruler; Chas +. Jordan, Leading
Knight, VIM. p Lloyd, Lecturins
Knight, d. 5. Ferguson, Chaplain
and VIM. &. Huges. The beautiful
and impressive services Of the lodg'
were held both at Adams Under
taking Rooms and at the grave. a
profusion of cut flowers decorated
the casket Pail bearers were Il. G
Palmer. Jos. Iagham. Geo II. Bert
son, II y. Teachout, X. NJ. Cooper
NJ. Qainn.
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-01-07
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Three weeks ago News-Champloa
called attention g. the cbsesnery IT
the forestry officials IA pretending 30
eliminate non-foresi land from the
reserves, whsle secretly so,ns round
with the elsp ol the revDcable graz
nag permit sad asking our settlers 10
ssRn a petitlon including more land
A copy Il the petition against en-
larging tbe Coche,opa reserve was
sent 30 Congressman John A Mar
tIn Washington and he repIles as
follows.
House ea Representative,
Washington
p.c q. iseg
s'unni-on County stock Growers
Assn
Gunnison, Coio.
G.entlemen.
I wish to scknow led2e receipt of
copy 90 pstiiion aud signatures sent
to the Hon. James Wilson. Secretary
of Agriculture. protesting against
additions to the Cachetopa National
Forrest
The Act of March 4. 1897 reads ~
iallows.
thereafter no Forrest Reserves shall
be created nor shall any additions be
made 10 onc heretofore created with
in the limits OF the states of Oregon.
" asbingtop. Idaho. Montana. Colo
RADIO or Wyoming, eNcept by Act of
tuBgress
] have just written To- the protest
ants Ia another ease that my under
standing of the above net j.. that
vi hen the Forestry Service wants 10
make any further additions To- the
reserves in the states mentioned, il
must be dome by Act of Congress
shall ut this time Join you in your
protest To the Secretary OF Agricul-
tnre and at the same Time shall use
this aud other petitions in the hear
ing hich the Public Lands Commit
tee j. 10 give me immediately after
the holiday recess upon my resolu-
tion calling upon the Secretary of the
I Interior ior Information. which will
enable Congress To- undertake. legisla-
] tion fnr the eliminate IN OF non fore
lands from the Forest Reserves.
Heretofore Mr. pinchot has made
a Pretcnse TO being favorable to the
elimination of agricultural, grazing
and mining lands frum the Reserves
although his official acts aud reports
show that he has held ON To every
acre possible, while secretly working
10 the end of pnlarging the reserves
without regard to the character oi
the additions. Yesterday he made
speech. from which ! quote An
other ana unusually plausible form
al attack j. To demand that all land
not now hearing trees, shall be
thrown out Of the National For
csts. lie then goes ON To argue for
the inclusion oi non forest lands.
This j. the most definite assertion
] have yet seen from MIR. PinchOt in
dicating that he IL now going to
openly preach what he has been pri-
Nately practicing in the way of hold
ing what he has and getting what
he can. Ii necessary, ! am going 10
protest directly To the President
about this matter.
Assuring Nou of my hearty coop
Grafton in your opposition To the in
rlusion OF agricultural and grazing
lands 10 the Forest Reserves, ! am,
Very truly yours,
JoHN A. MARTtN
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-01-07
Dsys Je..i.gs Dlsck

U.Swn Mature Jr has purchased
the3ehking brick block on lower
Main street across from the Gunnison
Hardware and will fit it up as a
retail store room for his increasing
erade in paints, oils, wall paper and
oimilar articles. This is another
good move to improve the business
q Gunnison.
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-01-07
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January 8 to Is, 1910.

January : to Is, 1910.
During the week of the Stock Show
the 18th annual convention of the
American National Live Stock Assoc
alton viii be held January IL to 13; also
the initial Annual Meeting of the Beef
Producers Association of America
The Colorado 4 Southern will make a
rate of one fare for the round trip from
all points in Colorado. Tickets will be
on sale January to Ia inclusive final
init January IL. 1910. AZ
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-01-07
Rs.k Depss;t Csar..Aees

The Chicago Public
Experience under the bank depos-
it guarantee law, which has had its
practical beginnings in Oklahoma,
appears 20 be proving its value.
Bank failures DO not make mysteries.
About this time, therefore, we must
begin TO expect volumes Of proof that
the deposit guarantee plan WASH I
Bryans Idea at all. Is anybody
quite sure that Bryan even aavocat-
ed n2 Wasn't be against it all the
time?
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-01-07

Any one who wants the job Of
census taker in Gunnison county
must apply before the p Of Janaary
to Ii j. Baird. the Supervisor of this
district at Delta \ test for appli-
cants will be held in February, but
this test will be verv easy.
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-01-07

Hsosae 10 reui with board.
MRS. ARTHUR STANLEY.
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-01-07

fIve thousand eanpysao Is cor sale
at a snap at O. u Martha HARNESS
Shop. > a.
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-01-07

tia4 specsal al the Elsctrlc ssisri-
day Eveasag
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-01-07

hsl,cioss hot drinks served al oar
Issoxatloa GNErTF BGas.
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-01-07

The NJ A. c. meets on Monday,
January 10. at the home Of Mrs.
Henry f. Lake, to make MP work
scheduled for December 20.
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-01-07

The ladies Of the Episcopal Gpild
VIII give dance at La Neia hotel
january Stn 80
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-01-07

The ideal winter shoe. Gan
metal for the whole familv
Samrliners
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-01-07
GUNNlsON. COlORADO. FRIDAY. JANUARY z Ss
0u6 LOCALS

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Gunnison news-champion., 1910-01-07

Tasty meals pleasanfly served
That is cur motto The Royal Cafe.
Gunnison. Cal0.
b. B. LAsnER0oK. Proprietor.
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-01-07

FoR SALE My horse, harness, and
baggy, cheap for cash Horse is
single or double driver.
5,nf J. H. Jennings.
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-01-07

The dance Of the Ladies Guild Of
the Episcopal Church VIII be held
at La Neta Saturday night, begin
ming at nine o clock. Admission will
he 80 cents a couple, extra ladies 25
cents each.
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-01-07
TWENTY WARS AGO

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Gunnison news-champion., 1910-01-07

COAL. COAL. COAL.
Parsons a fergsson.
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-01-07

Wanted-To exchange turkey
gobblers for hens. Must be good
ones. w A. keelor, Parlln, Colo.
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-01-07
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Notice is hereby given that the
annual meeting of the stockholders
Of the First National Bank Of Gunni-
son, Colorado, will be held at its
banking house on Tuesday, January
IL, 1910, between the hours of two
and three O'Clock p. m. for the pur-
pose Of electing directors 10 serve
during the ensuing year, and for the
transaction Of any other business
properly brought before said meeting.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said bank at Gunnison, Colorado,
this second day of December, 4.
ID. 1909.
% W. " A,sssi Cashier
The Crested Butte Telephone
company has declared dividend Of
eeven nor cent for tho last f,scal r-aar
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-01-07

WANTED A girl for general
housework Residence in Ggnnison
Address, Postoflice box 27S. Gunni-
son, Colo.
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-01-07

The WitcL's Hiss. tine of the
prettiest Magic Pictures ever shown
in this city At the Electric next
Saturday Eve Jan. sth.
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-01-07

When in need of good, up-to
date sewing machine get the White
Rotary For Sale by G. D. Martin.
The only machine on earth that will
sew ON buttons. 46-tl
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-09
TIME IN The PAsIG
Swimming In MyrIads Near Surface
They Are Shared and speared
by FiiIpinos.

Friday morning Filipinos sharing
cells and other fish in the Pasig near
the old captain Of the port building by
the aid Of fish r caught the
largest eel ever eel, on the water
front. It wal fully ten feet in length.
Both banks of the Pasig and all the
ships and lighters moored In the
stream were thronged with hundreds
of Filipinos with snares and spears
trying to catch the fish that in myrf-
ads yer swimming lei the surface
of the stream.
Natives when asked in regard to
the phenomenon were almost unani-
mously in their statement to the ef-
feet that at this time of the year the
bottom Of the river gets hot and that
the fish have to leave the depths Of
the stream and flash back and forth
on or near the surface.
Another theory that seemed to have
a great many adherents vas to the ef-
feet that at this time every year
there was a change In the character
of the water, this change acting on
the fish as a stimulant.
This theory was advanced by an old
pilot who has witnessed the phenome-
non for many years.-Manila Times.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-09
MACHINE TO SEPARATE COINS
Simple Device Invented by PennsyI-
vania Man Great Convenience
In Bank.

Harrisburg, pat the age of SO
years, Daniel Drawbaugh, the prolific
Cumberland county inventor. to whom
many people give the credit for being
the originator of the modern tele-
phone, is organizing a company and
planning to erect a big factory for the
manufacture of a coin separator which
his brain has recently evolved.
The separator consists of a series of
brass plates, one above another, per-
forated with holes sufficiently large to
allow a coin of a certain size to slip
through, and no larger. Mr.. Draw
baugh's model works to perfection. He
dumps in a shovelful or so of dollars,
halves, quarters, dimes, nickels and
cents, gives the crank a turn and the
dollars drop into a tube; another turn
and out come the halves, etc. Pressure
of a button in the tube separates the
coins into piles of five, ten, twenty,
ETC., for easy rolling into packages.
Mr.. Drawbaugh says two sizes of the
separator will be marketed, one re-
failing at $65 and the other at SIS.
The price, he claims, will bring the
machine within the reach of every
financial institution or counting room
which needs one, while previous sep
arators have been SO complicated or
so expensive as to be either prac-
tically useless or beyond the reach of
the average individual or firm.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-09
COMING MAN OF BUSINESS
Long-Headed Youngster Who Bids
Fair to Graduate Into Rocke-
Teller Class.

So many panes of glass in old Mr..
Viner's greenhouse had been broken
that he had at last offered a reward Of
10 shillings to anyone who should
give information as to the identity of
the latest offender. The bait soon
drew. A youngster called on Mr..
Viner and informed him that a lad
named Archie Thompson was the
guilty party. He received his reward,
went away rejoicing and the old gen.
tleman forthwith wrote to the local
schoolmaster, demanding the produc-
ton of the said Archie Thompson, to
make good the damage he had done
to his windows.
Next day the informer called again.
1.-THE schoolmaster sent me-" he
said briskly. I've seen a glazier and
he'll put your glass right for three
shillings. Here 1t is. and"
mot so fast, my lad" said Mr.. vi
ner. "Have you come on behalf of
Archie Thompson"
"Well, yes, sir, in a way" said the
boy. Fact u.s." he continued, conf
dentially, "rm him!"-London Tit
Bits.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-09

latter make desperate attempts ia
earn q livelihood In Paris, q city that
offers employment only to the most
Partisan of foreigners. On the boule-
wards you frequently are accosted by
an obvious American, who either sells
questionable picture cards, offers to
show you what you shouldn't see. or
asks you for money that you probably
haven't got.
In fact, the begging American Is
now an institution in Paris. He halls
from the same town that you do; he
knows Of your father; perhaps he
m worked on the stan Of the lead
Ing daily. There is only one dodge to
get rid of this broke compatriot-
give him the address Of some one you
know or don't know, who, you tell
him, will be interested in his case"
The name you give should be, OF
course, that of an artist who is starv-
ing and who has a sense OF humor.
and there are plenty Of them.
Though the willing prisoners are on
the increase, it is a fact that this year
comparatively few Americans have
been stranded in Paris through fail
ing to engage their return passage.
The actual number is q record.
Nowadays not only do many Amer
leans pay their European hotel bills.
railroad fares and steamship tickets
before leaving New York, but their ex-
penses are figured SO closely that they
arrive back In New York with just
about uptown carfare in their pockets.
To those who figure too closely the
r%awnshops Of Paris are q boon. A
watch often pays for an emphatic
cable.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-09
London MiIIiners Now Oppose Use of
Plumage In Hats-Probably
viii Become Law.

London.-The mex session of parlia-
ment is likely to be e~nlivened by an
interesting debate on the plumage bill
in .roduced before the close of the last
session by a private member for the
purpose of prohibiting the sale or ex-
change OF plumage birds, which are
sacrifice in enormous numbers on the
altar of fashion.
The rumor that Queen Mary herself
inspired the bill is sufficient to prom
Use an active ard successful campaign,
since the great millinery establish
ments which had formerly opposed
such measures are not likely to offer
any opposition. Indeed, the interviews
obtained by the London press from rep
resentatives Of the millinery trade
have brought forth some curious state
ments which are Numerically opposed
to those uttered in the same quarters
a year ago. Then the trade cited the
Partisan milliners and the demands of
their own customers. The former,
they said, set the fashion, while the
latter were slaves to 1t. Now thsy sing
a different tune. Said M fashionable
milliner Of the West end:
We think it wicked and shameful
that SO many beautiful birds should
be killed and the countries they inhab-
1t deprived of them. Very little objec-
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-09
GIobuIar Lightning.

Yesterday the inhabitants of Lewis
ham were provided with a specimen
Of that curious phenomenon known as
"globular lightning" 1t is what is
commonly called the fire ball." and
as it persists for several seconds it is
obviously of a totally different char
acter from any other form of light
ming. 1t is much less brilliant than
ordinary lightning, and its brightness
appears to be that Of iron at the red
hot" stage.
It is not, as some accounts might
lead one to infer, a solid missile, but
it is always spherical and appears to
fall from a thunder cloud by it's own
gravity, sometimes rebounding after
striking the ground.-London Globe.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-09
HAS NEW VEGETABLE
r~ennesseean Says He Has at Last
Raised Peppermato-Pecullar
Combination.

Humboldt, Tenn.-Henry p. Cole,
a prosperous farmer of this vicinity,
promises to rival the great Burbank
in marvellous feats of plant raising.
His latest innovation is a combfna-
ton tomato and pepper plant, which
will enable the lover of the delicious
fruit to abandon the antiquated meth
cd of using pepper, it being only
necessary to slice the new product
and it is ready for use.
The tomato patch from which the
freak tomato was taken is in close
proximity to a field of peppers, and 1t
is supposed by the plant raisers OF
this section that the pollen OF the
two was mixed during the blooming
g The physical construction of
the "peppermato," as 1t has been local
ly dubbed, is peculiarly interesting.
AS If taking into consideration the
tastes of every one, nature SO ar
ranged the fruit that the pepper part
may be separated from the tomato,
and those who fear the i'll effects of
pepper upon human vitality may raise
the fruit for market purposes and at
the same time remove the pod from
the few which they may personally
consume.
The "peppermato" resembles the
poverbial Siamese twins, being a per-
feet specimen of tomato species, to
which is grated a full pod of pep
per. 1t is thought that the new plant
involves principles which will be Of
interest to scientists.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-09
Know Any Boob Catchers?

are about to dine and tries to work
you for a dinner. II he Is able to get
your auto for a little outing with some
OF his friends he is a boob catcher.
The male boob catcher must be
well dressed and plausible in his talk.
His success requires the same quail
ties which are most appreciated by
the fim-1ammers who once worked
the Brooklyn bridge for victims.
There are a lot of male boob catchers
in the vicinity Of Long Acre square
and they are always on the lookout
for new victims.
The term, however, is used
generally in connection with chorus
girls. In fact, 1t is supposed to have
originated with the chorus. In theat-
rical slang the girls refer to q stage
door Johnnie or any 'masher' as .
boob.
Boob IL supposed to be . ab-
breviation Of ''booby," which requires
no further translation since every one
knows the use Of the word IN connec-
ton with euchre. Il which tho poorest
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-09
Help "Queen Mary's Bill"

ton is urged by u customers against
using the plumage of birds killed for
food, but these customers are discour-
aging the slaughter Of humming birds
and birds of paradise by steadily re-
fusing to purchase hats in whose dec
orative schemes they appear"
You would be surprised" remarked
another milliner, ito know how the
sentiment against the indiscriminate
slaughter of beautiful birds has de-
veloped among our fashionable pa
irons. There are many, of course, who
will have feathers at any cost, and If
the bill prohibits the importation of
birds of gay plumage these ladies. in
stead Of patronizing London millinery
establishments, will go I'VE to Paris
for their headgear."
These two extracts from interviews
in quarters least expected show that
Queen Mary's BILL" as 1t is coming to
be called, will probably become a law
without much opposition.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-09
Male Specimen Must Be Well Dressed
and Plausible In Talk-Fits
Chorus Girl.

New York.-There is a new slang
term in town and it is eloquent and
pregnant with meaning. It isn't very
respectful, but 1t means a whole lot
when applied to any Of the frequent
ers of upper Broadway. where it orig
mated.
"The idea," declared an indignant
chorus girl as her dearest chum pass
ed her by without even a nod. do
you know what that girl called me
yesterday when I suggested that we
call up Harry and get him to take us
to dinner? She said / was a pretty
good boob catcher"
That's it; boob catcher. If you hap
pen to be a chorus girl and get some
one to take you to dinner then you're
a female boob catcher.
The male boob catcher is the friend
who is waiting In front of the bar for
YOU to buy him a drink He Is the
chap who always coughs when you
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-09
STRANDED IN PARIS

$4,000 Americans have attended the
passion play at Oberammergau. Furth-
ermore, n must take into considera-
ton the thousands of Americans who
couldn't see the passion play if they
wanted to.
Every returning steamship now is
crowded to the gunwales, and, conse-
quently, the number of stranded
Americans is larger than eve OF
those who become prisoners, the I'M
willing are the tourists who have
failed to engage return passage on
the steamships. Owing to the gen
eral exodus of tourists in the autumn
the steamship companies are unable
to accommodate these people who
have trusted to luck to get tickets at
the last moment. Then the money
that was set aside for their passage
goes to pay for their prison fare
and for begging cables to friends at
home.
Occasionally n of these unwilling
prisoners ~degenerates into a willing
prisoner. Hopelessly stranded, the
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-09
A Shipping Error.

The young Duchess Of Westminster,
wife of the richest peer in England,
recently gave birth to her third child,
a daughter. Thus there is no heir to
the immense Grosvenor fortune, Earl
G%rosvenor, the duchess second child,
having died at the age of four.
Apropos of all this, a rather cruel
story is being told in Newport about
Lady Ursula Grosvenor, the eight
year-old daughter of the young
duchess.
A friend, the story goes, called at
Eaton Hall, and as she sat in the
drawing-room, little Lady Ursula en-
tered.
ooh, good afternoon" she said
gravely. Mamma can't see any one
today. She's upstairs with the new
baby. They sent her, you know, a girl
when she'd ordered a boy, and she's
so upset that she's quite ILL"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-09
TaIkino to the Child.

Mrs. & talks to little Madge
Just as Mr.. x talks to their dog"
said a little girl Of q neighboring fam
lily. And 1t was indeed true. Mrs.
x is a very well-meaning woman
and would be greatly surprised II she
should hear the foregoing statement.
She has simply unconsciously acquired
q harsh tone of voice in dealing with
her children. This is altogether un-
necessary and is not, as many moth
ers seem to think, a mark of good dis
cipline. The mother whose manner Is
quiet but firm is generally a much
more successful disciplinarian than
the harsh-voiced mother who issues
her commands in a dictatorial manner.
Kindness never spoils children. 1t is
fabby indecision, sometimes mistaken
for kindness, which spoils them.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-09

am now enjoying: "--Mrs. SARAH
LoUsIqNoNT. Id s. Livingston Street.
Brookfeld, Mo
The Change Of Life u the most criti
cal period Of q woman's existence, and
neglect Of health at this time invites
disease and pain.
Women everywhere should remem-
Der that there is no other remedy
known to medicine that will so sue
c~essfully carry women through this
trying period as Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from ma
tive roots and herbs.
For so years 1t has been curing wo-
men from the worst forms Of female
INSTRUMENTATION, liberation, dis
placements, fbroid tumors, irregulari-
ties, periodic pains. backache, and
nervous prostration.
IF you would like special advice
about your case write q cOnfiden-
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful