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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-27

There is wireless telegraphy and
horseltSs Carriages and firele-5 cook
ers. But row comes the engineiess
steamship. The! !i~cerment's new
collier 'Maumeei", built at Mari
island; California, navy yard, wa>
taken 900 miles to the Brooklyn ma
w yard to get her new engines. She
is the Gotcfnent's biggest collier
and size is needed badly. The en-
gines are within few hundred yard
of the vesscl, but they probably re-
main there indefnitly, because there
is no money which, under COVER
mental red tape, can be made av
ailablc for transferring the engines
to the collier. So. dispatches an
nounce. The collier will probably re-
main tied up To the wharf for sever
al MON! rs.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-27

SNAP SHOTS

.
Next to a holiday. Sunday Is mo
longest day of the year.
There is no doubt the Prodigal Sen
was hungry. He ate heartily OF veal.
There are various ways in whiciL
trouble may be avoided. One of them
is to sell your bulldog.
No crook is clever enough to perma-,
nently elude the wholly commonplace
forccs arrayed against HIN.
DO net allow yourself 20 become oS'
cited over the extravagant experdi-.
lures Of the New Yorke-s. 1t is their
money.
While tho men speak in very com
plinlontary terms OF the mccest VIZ
let's, they seem 20 fall in lovo wlth ihe'
flaming holiyhpcks.
No crusade against tipoias carrios,
far. The average man doesn't care
for money, but he wants the waiter
TO think well of him.
1t isn't particularly to his credit.
chat, after working all OF his l!fe tor
the house" man needs to be pen
sioncd in his old age.
The trouble With the man who euits'
drinking is that he always believes
the matter OF sufficient interest 10 tfe'
r,,,,1l,t, fo iustify tini in giving, Hsv
vado.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-27

Over in Creole, t. encourage tile
children to help on Cleanup Day"
the city dads offered TO pay for all
the tin can, etc. that was brought
in. The .Siddics wcnt one better by
going up to Bachelor and getting
loads from the dumps there We
think next Clean up Day will have
city limits" rider attached.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-27
Crystal Camp Reviv;ng

The Mining American: Mai. Har-
ry E. Bryan, general manager OF thc
Universal Manufacturing and Sales
Co, Prof. Joseph Dittus of the
School of Mines, and VIC. Bryan
also of the School; are at Marble,
Gunnison Co. Colo, to open the
Plack Queen properties and the big
holdings OF the Crystal River Mining
Co.., near Crystal
These properties are under a long
lease held by the Universal Mfg!&
Sales Co., of Denver; that will oper-
ate The miner and will Install its
dry concentration in the rcills.
The Black Queen is one Of the fa-
nous mines Of the state, ores carry
ing onunaoUs values ia silver and
gold from the lower workings having
ncen awarded first premium at the
Worlds Fair ut Chicago In 1893.
The former low prices in silver, the
poor trdusporta,inn facilities and
other causes forced the closing of
the mine but the improved methods
Of handling ore, together with good
railroad connections now make 1t II
desirable property.
The Crysta River property Is an
extension on the Black Queen con-
tact. the two properties comprising
some ~ patented cidiuis extending
abnut two and one-half miles aloue
the western slope Of Sheep noun
tain. n mill having a cdpacity of
100 tons Of oie per day will be in
stalled at the Biuck Queen, and a
50-ton mill at the portal OF the
Sheep Mountain Tunnel which has
penetrated the Crystal River Co.'s.
property some 5000 feet.
The two properties contain Il
great body of ore, rich in silver,
lead, zinc and copper. The lessees
believe that their dry concentrating
process will stop the waste of VAL
ues That formerly washed down The
Crystal river and they are backing
their belief with the money necessa-
ry for the installation of these two
big capacity mills. The opening
up Of this district will have mark
ed influence in Gunnisou county
and the people of Marble are en-
Unused over the prospect of grelt
activity ON Sheep mountain.
The work .f repairing the big
Black Queen mill and changing the
Crystal Cos. mill from 4 wet to
dry process is already under way,
and it is expected that operations
will begin in the mines at once and
that one of the mills will DC in full
operation by June l. The great
depth of snow along the base OF the
mountain has prevented an earlier
beginning.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-27

Owing to an attack OF In grippe,
Miss Samsel was unable to attend
TO her dutie: in the school room for
two days, and Miss Adams taught
for her.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-27

The young friends of Ruth Blake
more rendered her surprise
party on Thursday evening. A
pleasant time was enjoyed by all.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-27

DR.. Dram returned from Salida
Saturday where he and Or. Cochem
had performed an operation on Il
man who was hurt up at the Smith
Anthracite some time ago. The op-
peration was very successful.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-27

Rube Roberts and the new mine
boss motored down from the break
er Monday evening and had to do
the snow plow act in several places.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-27

Comrade B. f. Benhett will spend
Memorial Day in Gunnison and
participate in exercises for the dedl-
cation of the Soldiers monument at
that place.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-27

Mrs. G. V. Benson is IN Gunni-
son visiting her parents and Will re-
main for the Normal School Com :
hlencemont, when her sister, Miss
Lillian Doig, graduates.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-27

j. J.. Genrisht has purchased Il
handsome new Overland car, with
every up-to-date Improvement.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-27

Work on the G. Butte and SOM
erse; road is forging steadily ahead
toward kcblcr Pass, hut the recent
stormy Feather has retarded prog
reSs to some extent.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-27

The Flores.a tr!n could not get
to that camp Monday, owing to the
amount Of new fallen snow.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-27

So far as we can learn there will
be no observance Of Memorial Eay,
other than the closing of business
houses and the post Office.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-27

Mr.. Moscon's assistant came in
and went to Floresta to be en-
pioyed ut tie c dorado Supply store.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-27

The Endner sawmiIl started up
this week with p. Newell in charge
of the saws.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-27

A great many of our citizens arc
moving to Ruby to work there.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-27

There will be ball game Sunday
but at present the opposing team IL
not known.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-27

7. Ntwland came in to put Matt
Malc,sek 5 saw min in shape TO do
some saving.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-27

Henry Voss started for California
last Teustiay.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-27

Advertise yotn wantads in the
Pilot.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-27

There are various ways in which
troubl, may be avoided. One OF then
is to sell your hllldo6.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-27

Next to holiday. Sunday is mo
longest day of the year.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-27

No crook is clever enough to perna'
nentlv elrde the wholly commonplace
forces arrayed against HIN.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-27

There is no doubt the Prodigal Scr
was hungry. He ate heartily OF veal
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-27

Pilot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20
UP AND DOWN BROADWAY--By Allen Griffin Johnson

changed if prohibition placed it's dry hand upon the throat of Broadway, but how much else would be changed, also. Can you gaze upon one of those merry laugh ing. dancing throngs, lively and wide awake to all about them at a. m., and picture them going through the same gay performance under prohibition? And remember, there are 800 restaurants in Manhattan, some of which are actually responsible for that kind of existence which is known here as 'the life"
 Whether the morals of the city would be better or not, if prohibition came. one hardly dares say. It would put New York to bed earlier, perhaps, and would stop the circulation of many dollars, but the thing that prohibition aims to be, could never be realized here in the opin- ion of those who make much of their money from the sale of alcoholic bev- erages.
 There is another odd feature about the night life here, that one would hardly find duplicated elsewhere: There is more drinking and less drunkenness than in any other city-comparatively speaking. New York drinks. drinks freely, drinks heartily-and remains, as rule, well on the safe side of intoxication. When it drinks, it dances, it is gay, it rides about, it exercises, and it gets lon the job'' in the morning. It seems to have learned that drinking is one thing, and drunken ness is quite another-the one is approved the other is held in contempt.
 Enter any of the "all night license' places and you will probably be able to remain until the crack of dawn, and not see one person overcome by his or her drinking. As a study, the existing con tions in these places are interesting. as an indulgence-well. I shall refer you to higher authority There is one such, however. who informs me that, even after an all night entertainment of this char acter, a drive through Central park. a few deep inhalations of the fine air that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20

As we wander into one of the big lobster palaces, unnoticed among the dancers and drinkers-I had almost said "diners," but drinkers" is the word-we manage to get in touch with the proprietor and manager, man whose name and fame are known to all Manhattan, and one who is thor oughly capable of judging the restau- rant situation in this city. Through the magic power of the mere name of "the press" we win at least half an hour of his time and we withhold his name only to prove to him that the press is to be trusted as well as loved and feared.
 Knowing that write to prohibition territory, he naturally falls into that line of argument, though perhaps ar gument is not the word, since I did not and shall not dare to take issue with him in his opinions upon that subject as it affects, or would affect, Broad way and the lobster palaces. "Prohibi- tion," declared this we'll known ca terer. would virtually kill the restau- rant business in Manhattan: that Is. the business conducted in this section. Of course the quick lunch counters would continue to thrive, but what would one of these really big places in the white light district look like, with the drinks taken off the menu?"
 will it ever come?" I asked him.
 'Ah, that I cannot say,"' he an- swered, 'in these times one would be fool to declare anything impossible But if it should come, watch the lights go out along Broadway"
 And then, in his own way, and in greater detail than I can reproduce herein, he told me- in effect, that many of the restaurants depended upon the drinks they sell for their profits There are some of them where one could not order a dinner and take it away with him--except after having eaten it. If this sort of thing were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20

permitted, it would be done so gener- ally that the sale of drinks would be materially lessened and therefore profits would decrease.
 The average man can prove these things for himself by merely trying to order glass of water with his meal m the aver age white light restaurant. He will re- ceive real frown from garcon, who knows that the diner should not drink water in this place. He will then find that the waiter apparently had to so mile or so to get that kind of fluid, and he will have even longer wait if he should attempt to order a a second glass of it. It simply isn't done by the best people.
 But many of the restaurants have taken another step forward-they have abol- ished the dinner with wine" altogether. This does not mean that wine is not pro- curable-quite the other way around. It means that they formerly sold a dinner for g, for instance, and with this dinner, for the same price, included bottle or red wine. It has been found, however, that the diners will fall for dinner just as quickly where the wine is not included, and will buy more wine on the side than if they drank only the bottle included under the old system.
 Having paid for dinner with which wine is included, people somehow con- ceived the idea that it was not the thing to order more wine than that one bottle. If they buy and pay for their drinks separately, however. they will buy much more. It is not at all an exaggeration to say that the average bill of g for din- ner in a lobster palace-though that Is we'll under the average price-will carry with it bill of s4 for drinks. Often this is greatly exceeded.
 Then. too. there is greater profit in drinks than in food. The restaurant owner has all these facts we'll in hand, and also knows his public well. For in- stance. he knows that there is large
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20

the Honorabull MT. Parker nominee for Vice Pres sident sumthing the progressive ticket. It had fore hunks, large and rooney enuff to house full grown canary burd in comparative comfurt.
 It combination sail boat and gassoleen. In uther words it was hyphen and hyphens air not popuer in this country rite now and that fact aroused suspsion in the breasts of all of us. However, game, and tho had misgivvings, boarded sed yacht and deturmined to go thro' with it. The calm used the gassoeen power. We proceeded out to the alledged fishing banks that's what they called them, tho theere was not bank in site. We fished for long while without getting singul bite of enny dscripsion, host thought of anuther phase which he certain would produce the goods. It seyvere miles away and started bravely for it. Just before arrived however, discovered that the gassoleen about out, so we put into port at Claiburn, the eastern shore, for moor gas "Enny sharks been round heer?" distinguished congressman asked a native. q should say so" sed the native '"Theere big blew into this port last week and proceeded to pulverize three of most prom minnt citizens" You don't meen it." sed the mem bur, q didn't notise it in the papers,. wall, he heer just the same, obsurved the native "and he the cassiest crap shootur that evver vissited the easturn shore When he left town he took evvery red cent in site and most of the sports didn't have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20

 is concerned, we shall give our little petrol wagon a bit Of rest, while we revisit our old haunts, where the white lights and black shadows flare and frown-back upon old Broad way once again, to behold the changes there, and the conditions as they exist at the somewhat premature birth or new season
 Never were the throngs thicker, skirts shorter, or dollars more in evl- dence. The wave of prosperity appears to have assumed tidal proportions along Alba Via. if one may Judse Wllh any degree of accuracy from the man ner in which the multitudes are spend ing their easy earned money.
 There is a new building Of SKY scraper proportions here and there' and the middle of Broadway, in sec tions, is still more like first llne trench than city thoroughfare, but this repair work, like the poor, we have with us always. Summer IS stlli in evidence, there are summer clotnes summer amusement and summer breezes across the island, but the blrth of the season is indicated by the new electric signs that tell us Of new plays already beginning their hazardous ca reers in the white light district.
 All this is premature, but few chats with theatrical people give us the information that the city is so thronged with visitors that the plays just had to open, and they inform us also that the visitor is the natural sup port of the Broadway production. Had if only the 60O0,000 New Workers to depend upon, such thing as 300 nights run would still be unheard Of.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20

charge of shirts to theere So. if you fellers down heer looking for sumthing you've struck the rong town Our folks looks with suspission born of experience you steamboat sharks now and theere is positively nuthing doing" Frum this we gathured that liabull to becum persona au gratin and loaded up gassoleen and departed. We had 26 miles to sale the return leg, and we had maid six of them when a good breeze sprung up; when breeze desdes to spring up in the Chessa- peeke it leeves little to be desired. Theere lot of expression in that breeze and in little while the wild waves weer tossing yacht round plum scandalus. 1 began to have forrain feeling in the stummach and was yeerning sum for a steddy phase to sit on under the circumstances that yacht was about the hardest thing to sit on l evver Then just to make things unnanimus the little old gas soleen engine desided to go out a strike. The roach quit cold rite in the home stretch and ab- ruptly ceased tc throb. Theere is nuthing in the world quite to lay down you in a critical momint as gassoleen engine. Without enny ing or notise frum the executive committee enny
 thing else that gassoleen engine suddenly went out of bizness and began to make noise like the statute of libburty. Gentul reedur if you have had enny experience the turbulent deep, with the ocean hopping about frum phase to phase in violent and aggtated mannur like it had becum plum dis
 satisfied with it's ressdense and trying to climb
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20
TAKING A
 VACATION

out the land, riding in dnly little old boat with power beleeye me, you still have sumthing cum ming to you. It is also sumthing that you should dodge as you would dodge the festive book agint the tax coectur Evven for it not only fills you with dred you picture the final capsizing of the boat and your fissical contact with the peevish and restless sec to say nuthing of the varus and 5undry species of maneating sharks that you feel sertain air hanging round for a square meel. Our boat drifted; furst standing it's aft end and then suddenly revursing itself like a cannydate for the Legislature the reform ticket The lawyer the newspaper and the membur of Congress all be- gan to reveew theere past lives, and found nuthing that warranted them in expressing sattisfactsion. surrendered my breakfast and dinner to the sharks in a moment of bberality, hoping that this mite ap- pease them for the time About that time our host tuched sumthing about that blooming engine and ft began to pant" and little old boat headed about and fased the situasion in wobby and disprated mannur. Finely about II D. m. arrived at An napolis a chastened and gloomy bunch may take anuther trip like this-but if so it will be under duress. Believe me, have enuff experience in 8 small boat the briney deep to last lifetime even should make old Matnusalers record look like thurty sents No for,
 Yours trooly
 BILL VINES. Washington D. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20

is over Manhattan Island. the kiss Of the breezes blown across the Hudson from New Jerseys shore, and o'clock breakfast at Jacks in Sixth avenue, Will send man to his office as well equipped to fight the days business battle as if he had slumbered from the hour of 9 p. m. until we'll after sunrise. This, you are privileged to accept or reject as suits your pleasure.
 "Prohibition" concl.d5d the restau- rant owner, may come, but if you don't want to be where it is, remain where you are--right here in the borough of Manhattan-this will be the last place it will gain a foothold. l have lived in the south myself and I know that these statements will afford something of a shock to some of your southern read CTS. This is true because New York and the south are so wholly different, and no one who does not know both Dixie and Gotham can possibly thoroughly understand them. And let me add an- other thing-my business is aided very materially by southerners Many of them I have met others l know from their speech and general behaviour. They came often from dry territory. and it is certainly evident that they have been suffering keenly from a thirst for a long time.
 ESQ., speaking from a selfish stand point, might say that so long as Man haitian is as it is. would not mind sec ing the rest of the entire country go dry"
 And like him, I feel that some of you are shocked at this state of affairs existing in New York. | ct the proof of the eating is in the pudding Cor something like thaD, and where on earth will you find a more prosperous and thriving city? Where will you find more wealth; more happiness; more health; more joy in life? New York, naughty as it is said to be. is yet the goal of the best in all lines of en-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20

survey of the territory, said that we have &, ,00000o acres which can be util- ized either for crops or for grazing. He compared the Yukon with some of the inland provinces of Russia, where they successfully raise oats, rye, barley. flax and hemp. During the past few years we have been growing oats and potatoes and other vegetables all along the Yukon valley We have grown on the islands of the Yukon two tons of oats-hay to the acre, and we have one farmer on the Stewart river who has harvested 26 tons of hay in a summer. That hay Is worth more than $50 per ton."
 I here referred to Chicken Billy's farm on the banks of the Yukon. and to tho s10 900 crop of potatoes of which I have written.
 The commissioner said:
 There Is no doubt but that potatoes will grow well here If they are planted in the right soil and properly cultivated they are equal to any potatoes brought In from outside Here about Dawson we grow as much as 200 tons In sea- son. The yield is large. On one of the islands 175 pounds of potatoes planted in May yielded more than 5000 pounds in September. It Is estimated that we use something like s200 900 worth of potatoes each year, the most of which crop Is grown right here on the Yukon. We also raise beets carrots parsnips, tur- nips, peas and beans. There Is a great deal of hothouse farming. The larger mining operators have their own gardens and greenhouses, and thus greatly re- duce the expense of feeding their men. We have so much light that we can raise vegetables under glass Practical ly all of our tomatoes and cucumbers arc grown that way"
 will the country ever become an agrt- cultural one?'
 Not in the sense that people will come here to farm In order to ship their crops to other parts of the world. The most of the farming will be done for the local community. and that means for the miners"
 But will not the mines soon play out?"
 q think not" replied Commissioner Black. "The country, as whole, Is practically unprospected. and tho im- proved methors of mining are enabling us to work more and more territory, where in the past the gold output was so low that it did not pay. Up to the present the most of the gold that has come out of this region has been from placer deposits. We have already mined more than $185. .000,0 900 from the Klondike district alone, and we are still taking out