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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-26

Nltl1ob, IpdttiV IN
.John Somr;lk is making extensive
i'm provcmcnts on his residence, re-
building and painting.
Mrs. J.-R. Spann and Mrs. Jas.
Shackleforl were up from Jack s
Cabin first of the week.
w. Il. krcutzer was up from
-Gunnison last Friday ON business
connected with the forest reserve.
about Il dozen of the Ohio creek
ranchmen were here this week and
placed 1900 head of cattle ON the
East river range.
Mrs. Bridget CLARK, mother OF
Mrs. Joseph O'Neil, is very sick this
week and has been moved to the
home of her daughter.
Mrs. Annie Miller is remodeling
J her residence property on upper Elk
avenue and practically making a
new building Of it.
Mrs. Mary Lawrence came up
from Gunnison in DR.. Rockefeller $
auto Wednesday and returned on
the passenger the following day.
J. c. Risher, II. A. Hay, B. J.
Matteson and j. d. Cribs, Z. +. Il
J.. officials, were here looking after
company affairs first of the week.
Upon returning home from the
ball game last Sunday, j. J. Cen
right found that one of his good
horses had taken advantage of has
absence and done gone and died. -
Mrs. Ed. Schneider returned from
visiting ut Gunnisou Saturday. She
was accompanied by her sister, Julia
Nadcr, who expects to enjoy the
Fourth celebration before returning
home.
Cecil Martin came to Crested
Butte Wednesday from Ordway,
Colo, to look after some business
matters for his father. He will
probably remain about II week visit
ing old friends before returning.
Rev. Lamb. of the Presbyterian
church at Grand Junction, came in
Monday and went up to Irwin to.
inspect the old church building at
that place, with view Of tearing it
down and utilizing the lumber for
another huilding.
Upper main street is Frightening
up considerable of late and many
dwelling and business houses are
being freshly painted. Among those
we notice this week are the proper
ties of Max Bazz, John Rozich, Mrs.
=. Gruber and John StariIa.
DIR. c. w. Wolfcnbergcr, dentist
Of Littlcton, Colo. arrived in Crested
Butte today to spend few weeks
vacation and has come prepared to
do all kinds of dental work. Any
ono wishing high class dental service
should see him ut the hotel.
Sherwood Crocker, deputy state
bank inspector, was here Monday
and made an official examination
of the Crested Butte tank. He
found that institution in II good
healthy condition and dropped his
compliments concerning the report.
Notice of Stockholders
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-26

Sherwood Crocker, deputy state
bank inspector, was here Monday
and made an official examination
of the Crested Butte tank. He
found that institution in II good
healthy condition and dropped his
compliments concerning the report
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-26

about dozen of the Ohio creek
rancimen were here this week and
placed 1900 head of cattle on the
East river range.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-26

DIR. c. w. Wolfcnbergcr, dentist
of Littlcton, Colo. arrived in Crested
Butte today to spend few weeks
vacation and has come prepared to
do all kinds of dental work. Any
ono wishing high class dental service
should see him ut the hotel.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-26

Upper main street is Frightening
up considerable of late and many
dwelling and business houses are
being freshly painted. Among those
we notice this week are the proper
ties of Max Bazz, John Rozich, Mrs.
=. Gruier and John Sfarika.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-26

Mrs. Bridget Clark, mother of
Mrs. Joseph O'Neil, is very sick this
week and has been moved to the
home of her daughter.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-26

Cecil Martin came to Crested
Butte Wednesday from Ordway,
Colo, TO look after some business
matters for his father. He will
probably remain about II week visit
ing old friends before returning.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-26

Rev. Lamb. of the Presbyterian
church at Grand Junction, came III
Monday and went up to Irwin To-
inspect the old church building at
that place, with II view Of tearing it
down and utilizing the lumber for
another building.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-05-07

signal us. Say, you've saved the Inn
itedp'
The switched train stood stalled
where it had halted. 1t seemed that
the minute the engineer struck the
siding he put on the brakes so quick
ly that connection was broken. The
train hands were trying to adjust this
now. The passengers, startled and
curious, had come from the coaches.
Ralph observed a group of them now
surrounding the conductor. He point
ed at Ralph, and from the actions of
the group the latter knew that they
were discussion him.
Being modest young man, he
walked down the track to find the
scissors" beside it where the wheels
of the great steam giant had welded
the two pins. Ralph could not very
wellg evade a group which met him.
They congratulated him on his action
in saving the train. One among them,
a bright-eyed miss, plainly indicated
in her grateful glance that she con-
sidered him something of a hero.
When the train was ready to start up,
by chance, it seemed, she found
seat beside him.
''That must be a cherished SOU
venir," she remarked, as she noticed
the baby scissors in Ralph's hand.
you may have it, if you like" he
said.
ooh, 1 shall value it so greatly!
What a story l shall have to tell my
friends concerning it"
They became quite friendly during
the trip. She told Ralph she was on
her way to the home Of relative
who had adopted her, Mr.. Morris Del
mar, and she was Lucy Delmar.
In sheer astonishment Ralph
learned this, for Morris Delmar was
his employer. At the terminus he
was separated from the young lady,
but not until she had shyly asked him
to call some evening, that her friends
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-05-07

month OF an engagements, and that IN
it's turn, led to a stormy interview
with purse-proud Morris Delmar, in
which he angrily informed Ralph that
he was presuming beyond his station, !
might draw what was coming to him,
and was forbidden ever calling at the.
house again. !,
Ralph had one staunch friend in
the city, his dead uncle's lawyer. He
always went to him when in trouble. :.
He went to him now.
"Glad you came, right in the nick
of time" declared Walter Moore. ''I
was just thinking Of sending for you,
to see if you didn't want to go into i.
business for yourself" ~
That's fine question to ask!' re- {
torted Ralph bitterly. What capital
have 1 got?"
ooh, / was thinking of finding the, {
capital for you" explained Moore,
ct won't take much. A sure, brisk 4
business from the start will provide,
for the rest. 1 propose to lease the,
store directly across the street from
Delmar, and put up a sign reading,
'JOhnathan walters.
But that is the name that Mr.. Del.
mar operates under now!" exclaimed
Ralph.
"Precisely-until next Saturday
night. After that-no."
Explain that" gasped the bewil-
dered Ralph.
''You remember when your uncle
failed, two years ago?"
Indeed I do" assented Ralph, !
grayely. II had just come here, ex-
pecting to find good position in his !
employ"
well, to satisfy his creditors, he
sold out to this shreWd Spectator,
Delmar, at a sacrifice. The latter !
was keen enough to value the good ].
viii of Jonathan Walters, built up
through thirty years business. That
name was a magnet, so he made your
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-26
Hen Got En- Mixed

Shank Peters went into Hen Wealth
ersby's store to get a qt of turpentine
tother day to mix with some buggy paint
so as to make it go farther and Hen
filled the bottle and Shank went home
and thinned the paint and begin to paint
his buggy.
But the paint run all over creashun
and Shank he went back to the store
nadder'n a wet hen and desired TO
know of Hen what in the tarnashion
kind of turpentine that was anyhow and
Hen he drawed little more of the
turpentine outen the bari to examine 1t
and then begin to laugh, and what he
was laughing at was that few days
before he wanted to use his kerosene
bari for something else which only had
about FIVE gals of kerosene left into 1t,
and SO he transferred the kerosene
from the kerosene bari into the turpen-
tine bari, which was empty, and then
forgot all about it until Shank come
back complaining about his turpentine
and then Hen realized that what he had
went and sold to Shank for turpentine
was nothing but kerosene, which was
why it made the paint run so, so being
as Shank had paid Hen IS cts. for the
Of of kerosene Hen he give him back
80 cts. being as kerosene is only 20 cts
per gal, but Shank says even that didn't
represent the annoyance he was sub
ject to,
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Dewberry, our Eon-hearted town con

Dewberry, Our Eon-hearted town con-
| stable. Seth said it was most l o'clock
in the morning before Mr.. Smart took
a candle and bid him good night and
went up stairs to the spare room. Then
Seth he put out the cat and also went
to bed.
Next morning Seth arose about 7
o'clock and his wife got breakfast
ready. Mr.. Smart had not yet come
downstairs, however, and Seth lowed
he must be tired from being up most of
the night, SO him and his wife ct break
fast alone and thought they would let
their guest sleep little longer. Noon
came and still Mr.. Smart didn't show
up. Then Seth begin to get uneasy, so
he went UP to the spare room and
knocked on the door, but there was no
answer, and so he knocked again loud
er, but there was still no answer. so he
opened the door and walked right in.
The room was empty.
The bed had never been slept in. One
winder was up. Seth went to it and
there hanging out the winder was two
sheets tied together which reached
within about seven feet of the ground
and on the ground was the boot marks
of where Mr.. Smart had let himself
down by the sheets and dropped. When
Seth bid him good night is the last
which has been seen of him and prob
ably will be the last which will ever be
seen of him. Information from Hard
scrabble is to the effect that instead of
charging them $40 for a share of the
stock he only charEsE them SIS per
share. Our opinion is that he is liar |
and thief and swindler, and we don't |
care if he finds out we say so. Those |
who lost money cling to the forlorn |
hope that he will come back some day, |
but the chances is they are clinging to |
a delusion and snare.
This ought to be a awful lesson and |
horrible example to all of us not to put
our trust in strangers. As for getting
our money for the printing we done for
the skunk in human form, we ca1ki1ate
we never will. And as for that $50 bill
he let on to have we only wish we had
a took it from him and told him we
would give him the change the next day
instead of him telling us that.
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E1DDYTORIUL

Most everybody in Bingville has
begin to make garden or do what
ever spring planting there is to be
did.
This being the case we are
moved to take our eddytoriul per
in hand and dash off a eddytoriul
on "The Dignity of Labor" OF
"The Nobility of Toll" as you
might say.
They is sometime which takes
holt of a person about this time
every spring that makes them de
sire to grub in the ground and
plant seeds and see things grow, or
at least there ort to be somethink
in the buzzun of every man to
make him feel that way.
Of course there is some persons
we could name Gf we desired to
call names) particklery Hank Dew
berry, for instants, who don't know
what it is to have them kind of
feelings. We happend to MEL
shion cashual to Hank tother ev'g
down to the P. o. that we was
goin to write a eddytoriul on the
Dignity Of Laber" and Hank he
says, Huh! as far as lime con-
cerned l cant see no dignity in
labe-I have allus argued that
work was very undignifde thing
to do & if I could manage to get
outen it some how or other I'd be
blamed fool to earn it in the
sweat of my brow so long as
could git somebody else to earn it
in the sweat of their brow" Then
Hank said he calkilated he'd go
home and lay down on the sofy
and rest hisseIf being as he had
q visi1ious attack of spring fever
and didn't feel like doin a stroke.
Of course you couldn't expeckt a
lazy loafer like Hank Dewberry is
to admit that work is nobull.
Hank spends his winters before
the fire and his summers in the
shade. If he ever sweat a drop
in his life it was that time he said
he seen COST one ev'g about 8
P. m. while passing the graveyard
just west of Bingville. Hank said
the COST stepped right out from
behint a tombstone and chased
him all the way home, when he
arrived at which he was exosted
and perspiring freely.
But no matter what Hank
Dewberry nor anybody else says
we maintain that laber is nobull,
digrlihde ard honorable, and we
defy anybody to prove otherwise
We would ruther be horny
handed sun of toll than to set
around in Hen Weathersby's
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Personal Items

Gardens is f1ourishing hereabouts.
Rain has been quite plenty-almost too
much in some places. Several gardens
have been reported as almost drownded
out.
We was in error in stating in last
weeks Bugle that Amaziah Gookins had
the toothache-it was Amri Haines. We
will get names mixed occasionally.
ST Osgood of Hardscrabb1e was a
visitor to Bingvi1le last week. ST pur-
chased a porous plaster at Hen Wealth
ersby's general store, being as he has
been suffering from plumbago in his
back and thought perhaps the porous
plaster might help it some. We hope it
will, ST.
Miss Tabitha Underwood wore a new
skirt to church last Sunday and in 60
ing up the steps into the church stepped
Underwood did not remain for services
but went home in tears.
Peter Hoskins is on the sick list.
Peter doesn't know as we go to press
whether what ais him is appendicitis
or informashion of the stomach. We
hope to be able to tell by next week.
Spring housekeeping is all done here
abouts. Also considerable wallpaper
to the interiors of many houses.
Miss Milly Underwood had almost
finished a fancy work dolly when the
pup got holt of it and chewed it up.
Mil1y is so discouraged that she says
she amt got the heart to begin another
one, being as she has been working at
the one the pup chewed up almost all
winter.
Jed Peters, our intelligent school
teacher, says he wishes school was out,
being as the mental sprain on him keep
ing up with some of his pupils in the
advanced arithmetic class is something
awful and he fears nervous prostra-
shion.
Anne Hillyer, our talented loryer,
made trip to the Co. seat on business
and pleasure to pay his taxes last week.
But Anne says there amt much pleasure
in paying his taxes, by thunder!
Subscribe for the Bugle = the only
live, up-to-date newspaper in this end
of the county. Good to read and also
to spread on cupboard shelves or put
under carpets.
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Country Correspondence
ZION CROSSROADS


Benz Andrews tied a silk thread
around a wart which he had on his
nose for many years last week. II took
off the wart all right, but Benjs nose
is swelled up turrible. He says he
wishes he had the wart back on and
less nose.
The weather here Is cloudy as we
write this and looks like rain. If il
does we will let you know next week.
Silas Hemingway killed bull for
beef last week. The bull hasn't been
feeling very well and ST calkilated it
would die anyhow. This will be quite a
treat, as it is seldom that fresh beef
is killed in our midst
Miss Molly Andrews has announced
her engagement to Lyman Crui<shanle
of Sorrow Hollow. We didn't learn
when the marriage is to take place.
Jim Reese, while blowing turned up a
injun arrow head. Jim says that's the
first sign of Injuns he has ever found
on his farm and that if the Injuns 10
coming back he'll move elsewhere.
VERITAS
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Local Items

Samantha Deevers, in addition to be-
ing on the sicklist from her usual
chronic ailments, has this week pneura1-
gia in her face. She says her face hurts
her awful. We don't doubt this-it
looks as if it did.
Jaspar Hawkins called at this office
Friday and paid us two silver dollars
on his back subscripshion, which pays
Jaspar up to January first, 1889. LA
TER-since writing the above we have
discovered that one of the dollars which
Tasp give us is made outen pewter and
not very good pewter at that. The good
dollar. therefore, pays him up to june
80, 1888.
Miss Tabitfa Jones INDUCED in her
21st birthday on last Tuesday and in
vited in several young folks in the
sYcning. If our memory serves US
right, Miss Tabitha had her first TWEEN
ty-first birthday yrs ago this spring
and has been repeating the dose ever
sinst.
Bill Hepburn, our artistick black
smith and horseshoer, got kicked right
in front of the forge by colt he was
trying to Shoe for Jim Winkler last
Friday, and II shuk Bill up TO such a
extent that he was unable to go to the
Co. seat Saturday as usual and Ticker
up. 1t would probably be good thing
for Bill if colt would kick him every
Friday.
Harve Hines, our barber & tonsorial
artist, says that business in his line is
sort of begin to slack up now that the
weather is warming up. Harve says
that most everybody in Bingville that
has hair and whiskers which they let
grow during the winter, has had them
cut off now and he don't look for an
other rush until the middle of the sum-
mer anyhow.
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Sam Has Returned

Sam Cushman and his most estimabl,
wife has returned to Bingvi1le after q
absents of several years, during which
time he lived at the Co. seat. Sam has
bought Asbury Simpsons farm a mile
west of Bingyille and intends to en-
gage in raising chickens, pigs, ct cetera,
and also farming. 1t will please the
folks in the neighborhood to learn that
Sam has brought with him fonograft
near future he will give a free enter
tainment in the Bingville school house.
Sam is a very pub1ick spirited citizen
and we are glad to welcome him back
to Our midst.
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@ivery
STABLE OPENED IN
Bingville

Knowing there is a first-class
opening in Bingville for a livery
stable / have bought a horse
which I will hire out to the general
public at the rate of two dollars
per day. This horse is a good
traveller on level road and don't
do half bad going up hill, except
he has a touch of heaves which
| hope to cure soon.
I have no buggy, but am diclcer.
ing for one soon, and If / can get
it at reasonable fgger ! will be
able to hire you not only the
horse, but the buggy, also.
1 will have to charge extra for
the buggy. When you hire this
horse of me for your own use
hope that you will see that it 10
fed and watered. l can't hire
you a horse at the above price and
then furnish feed for it besides.
don't charge anything extra for the
harness when you hire my horse.
If you haven't no horse of your
own, hire mine when you desire to
make trip anywhere. First come,
first served.
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Swindeld
That's What Was Did to Our Most
Respected 6 Trusting Citti-
zens by a SIick-tunged Stran-
ger in Our Midst Horrible
PartickIers Below

There was turrib1e financial calam-
| ity befell Bingville last week which has
opened the eyes of us to the sin and
, corrupshion which exists in this world,
| and as a result some of our most re-
specified citizens are now grovelling in
sackcloth and ashes, as you might say.
On Wednesday of last week polite
| town. He give his name as Mr.. Mont
morency Smart and said he was from
New York He hunted up the town au-
thorities and hired the Town Hall for
a publick meeting which he said would
everybody III Bingville and vicinity was
invited, and that admission would be
free. He had posters printed at the Bu-
gle office for which we charged him hive
dollars. A dollar and half was our
regular price, but. it amt often that we
get a chance to do any printing for an
outsider, and we didn't want him to
think we was running a cheap-John
shop.
But he didn't object to the price-he
said he thought it was extremely low
and that if we could bust $50 bill for
him he would pay for the posters in ad-
surprise we said we didn't have enough
loose change about us to do that and
then he said well, he would pay us the
next day.
The Town Hall was crowded on
Thursday evening, and after everybody
had got there and the town was desert
ed as you might say except for old
folks and children, who remained at
home, Mr. Smart went onto the plat
form and explained that he represented
a rich copper mine which had been
struck in Montana, and that he was sell
ing stock for the same at ridiculously
low prices lust to introduce it. The
stock, he said, was only $40 per share
at the present but would soon be worth
$50. He also said that it would net div
idends amounting to so per cent per an
mum.
"Why," he said, "do you intelligent
farmers let your money lay idle in saw
ings banks earning only a paltry three
or four per cent when you can make
it earn so cts. on the dollar for you in
a stock that will quintuple your money
within a short time? You are foolish
if you do The price at which l am
selling this stock is a secret and l don't
want YOU to tell anybody Yesterday 1
was in your neighboring town of Hard
scrabble There / made them PAY I'D |
share for it. but that was because
they was so mean and suspicious OF
me. AS far as BiaEviiie is concerned
l love this town and everybody IN It
You have ali treated me like gentle
man and 1 am going to show you that
1 appreciate it. This is the only road
to wealth.
"Gtt rich now while you wait. Suhsceip-
shions is now open, gents-ste1 right
I'D and subscribe for pour stock before
II is al sold out"
There was turrib1e scramble to buy
the stock Many of our most respeckted
citizens who was present rushed home
to get their money which they had hid
in various places about the house Il
was midnight before the meeting closed.
By that time over $500 in cash had
been paid over to Mr.. Smart, who give
everybody recipe for their money
Then the meeting broke up and every
body went home happy.
Mr.. Smart was the guest of Seth
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store wearing out our trousers on
soap boxes until they had to be
patched by our poor wife at home
who was our only support like
Hanks wife is to him.
Evening star., 1913-11-25

Harry Giovannoli, chief of the stamp
division. bureau of internal revenue, has
resigned that position TO become editor
and general manager of the Lexington
Qy) Daily and Sunday Leader, a repub-
lcan newspaper.
Samuel j. Roberts. who was collector
of internal revenue under the Mckinley
and Roosevelt administrations. was the
owner and editor of the Leader until his
sudden death, a few months ago. The
property has just been acquired by a
syndicate of Lexington. capitalists at a
reported price of $4,000. and the new
owners offered the chief position on the
paper to the Treasury official.
His Previous Experience.
Mr.. Giovannoli had experience in news
paper work as printer, reporter and editor
Evening star., 1913-11-25
CLOSE CALL FOR AUTOISTS.
Machine Plunges From Bridge to
Train Tracks Near Springfield.

SPRINGFIELD. Mass, November %
An automobile wreck with miraculous
escape from fatality happened last night
where highway passes over the Boston
and Albany tracks near here. Pau. II.
Lathroy. son Of former Mayor Edw3 rd
II. Lathrop. was driving his high power
ed car across the bridge, when the auto
mobile crashed through the side. falling
to the railroad tracks. thirty feet below.
Lathrop and a woman companion We're
thrown out and stunned. As they lay
between the eastbound and westbound
tracks a passing train struck the auto
mobile, carrying it 800 yards down the
track.
Neither Lathrop nor the woman was
struck by the train, but both were badly
injured in the fall