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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-27
WOMEN, u, KILLS SON
SLEW BUSH WITH AK AFTER HE
KILLED YOUNG SON.
Declares She Followed Example ano
Boiled eody.-Details Of Trase-
dies at oIathe.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Montrose. Colo, Dec. 2O.-Nancy
Jane Bush. ~ years old, Wednesday
confessed to having slain the son she
Tuesday accused Of killing his son by
accident and boiling the body in a soap
vat. She said that she served the
fathers body just as she said he had
that of his son.
Mrs. Bush had told the officers
here Of the attempt of John o. Bush.
her son, who was farmer near
Olathe. to punish his 11-year-old son
Otis for stealing $1.35 from her.
She said that the father accidental
ly struck the boy too hard and killed
PEELED her to assist in an attempt to
remove traces of the crime by boiling
the body in large soap vat that had
been used at the homestead.
After the flesh had been removed
from the bones, she said, they were
put in stove in an attempt to in
cinerate them.
Sheriffs officers visited tho Bush
home near Olathe and found evidence
that the womans story was true in
some particulars. but they were not
convinced she had told the entire
truth. John Bush, the accused man.
could not be found His horses all
were in the stable and there was NO
evidence Of any hurried departure.
Blood was found sprinkled on the
fence in the yard where the woman
said the accidental killing of the boy
had occurred. But in addition the
walls of Bush's room in the dwelling
were found to be sprinkled and
splashed with blood, pictures were
disarranged on the walls and the fur
niture displaced a. though struggle
had occurred.
The officers found and took to
Montrose a large stone and an ak.
both blood-stained. suspender buttons
that were taken out of the vat, and
some of the bones found in the yard
that were said to have been those of
the slain boy.
Montrose. Dec. 19.-Mrs. Nancy j.
Bush of Olathe, who Dec. 10 confessed
that she had killed her son, accused
of staying his son. Otis, made another
statement, in which she denied the
story told Wednesday. She stated
that she had made her confession"
to give her son further time to escape.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-27
New Mexico,

Articles of incorporation were filed
by the Linda Vista Oil Company, Of
flee at Arthur, N. NJ.
According to figures that are being
compiled for the government and for
publicity use, the output of the mines
in the Lordsburg district for 1917 will
total about $2.25O.O0O. The eighty-five
mine was the biggest producer, with
the Bonney second.
Two thousands five hundred tons
Of coal day. This figure was reached
by the combined output of the princi-
pal mines in the Gallup district. 1t il
the largest coal production in years
and 1t is expected by mine operators
that 5000 tons day will be reached
within the next few weeks.
An inspection of the extensive alum
deposits on the ella river, twenty
miles north of Silver City, is being
made by Gerald T. Hill of New York.
The deposits are said to be the larg-
est alum deposits on the American
continent, and their development
would give Grant county still another
mineral resource.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-27
Thrift Campaign Well Under Way.

Denver.-The intensive thrift cam
paign among Colorado's school chill
dren is well under way. The little
folks are going to lead their elders in
practicing economy. Mrs. Mary c. c..
Bradford. state superintendent of pub
lie instruction and vice chairman of
the state war savings stamp commit
tee. has written letters to each county
superintendent Of schools urging them
to organize the thrift work in their
schools with all possible intensity"
In other letters to the principals and
teachers she has emphasized the sig
nificance of the work. "The schools
of Colorado" she says in one." have
already proved themselves to be an
instrument of finest temper. ready for
use in the mighty struggle for human
brotherhood now going on To the
children themselves she has sent the
message that any child who wins a
badge of honor in the thrift campaign
will be considered as having been dec
GRATED by the government of the
United States with mark of special
honor.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-27
holland Expense Items Opposed.

Objection to the amount of expense
money sought for 1918 by James R.
Noland, secretary of state, for the col
lection of auto license fees. was made
at meeting of the Colorado Highway
Commission in the form of resolu
ton addressed to Leslie E. Hubbard
attorney general; and the State Au-
diting Board. Secretary holland, ac-
cording to the commission. has asked
for ten per cent Of the 1918 collection
which will entail an expense of about
$4,000.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-27
Many Hun in Pueblo Race Riot.

Pueblo.-Pupils at the Columbia
school, on the South side, engaged
in a race riot following a discussion
of an assault committed upon a Grip
pie Austrian girl and the subsequent
arrest and attempted lynching of Lee
Smith, negro. AS result, Joseph
Hughes, aged 12, son of Peter Hughes
former alderman, is in a critical con.
ditiOn and more than a dozen other
children, both white and negroes, are
suffering more or less severe bruises.
j. F. Keating, superintendent of
schools, has suspended twenty negro
pupils, pending an investigation.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-27
Man Shot by Jealous Woman.

Denver. A momentary pang of
jealousy. engendered, she says. by the
sight of her lover in the company of
another woman. coming as a culmina-
tion to a two-weeks' desertion and the
spreading of alleged slanderous sto-
ries about her by the man. led Mrs.
Laura Furneaux, aged 25, Of 1855
Welton street. to press the trigger of
her % automatic revolver and send
three shots into the body of William
Potter, %. The shooting took place
at the home Of Mrs. Nora McGraw.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-27
SHOW SMELTER PROFIT
REPORT OF INVESTIGATING
BODY NAMED BY LEGISLATURE.
Committee Places Earnings Of Colo
RADIO Furnaces at Less Than
Four Per Cent.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
95 cents 4 ton on ores smelted in
Colorado is obtained by the smelter
operator, according to the report of
the mine and smelter investigating
committee named by the Twenty
first Legislature. The figure is OBJ
tanned by subtracting an allowance of
81 cents ton for depreciation, inter
est, taxes. etc." from the average
gross profit for the past five years, ac-
cording to the report. Smelling cost,
the report finds, averages IS per
cent of the value of the ore.
Capitalization OF Colorado smelters
is $2,7O0.00O. and their earnings for
five years have averaged 397 per
cent on turnover of approximately
$17.O00,00O worth of ore year.
The report recommends introduction
of system of licensing samplers, in
spection of samplers equipment, re-
duction of the minimum" in lead ores
from five to three per cent and intro
duction of a simplified schedule of
treatment charges at the smelter.
The greater portion of the document
is devoted to a report made to the
committee by Prof. o. r. Whitaker. a
mining engineer, employed by the
committee as an expert. 1t is de-
voted generally to the so-called lead"
smelters. there being only two of 9TH
er classes in the state.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-27
BEEF CATTLE ON PASTURE IN CORN BELT.

ration consists of cheap roughage,
which, unless there Is some winter pas
ture, is largely composed of carbOhy-
drates, there should be a sufficient
amount Of leguminous hay, such as al
falfa or clover. to supply the protein
needs of the animal. In localities where
there is shortage of hay, but where
large quantities of cheap roughage.
such as corn stOver, straw or damaged
hay, is available, this cheap roughage
often can be made to serve as the
greater part of the ration by supple
menting 1t with small amount Of
some concentrate high in protein. such
as cottonseed meal. The farmers In
that portion of the corn belt lying west
of the Missouri river, where alfalfa Is
grown abundantly, nearly always can
plan an adequate ration without corn.
Although 1t is not necessary to plan
the rations for breeding cows as care
fully as for dairy animals, or for fat
tening steers, nevertheless the data
obtained show the need of more care
on the part of a large number of these
farmers in the planning of their win
ter rations. 1t is therefore strongly
recommended that the farmers who
raise their own feeder cattle take more
pains to find out the needs of their ami
mails and feed them accordingly. For
the benefit of the farmers who are not
familiar with methods of working out
rations. 1t is suggested that they write
to either their own state experiment
station or the United States depart
ment of agriculture asking for help In
planning these ratiOns. In this letter
they should state the kinds and quail
ties of different feeds available for
use and the number of stock to be car
ried through the winter. They also
should give brief outline of how they
would like to handle their stock.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-27
Colorado,

Near Silverton the Highland Mary
is working three shifts at both the
mine and mill and shipping each
month.
From Silverton comes a report that
work is going right along and ship
ments being made regularly from the
Pride of the West mine in Cunning
ham gulch.
The flotation of minerals dates
back to the accounts of Agricola, who
tells US of the virgins who dipped
greasy feathers into the stream and
drew forth gold.
At Telluride, in San Miguel county.
the ore shipments for November were
very large. the number of cars of con-
centrates shipped totaling 1872 as
against 116 last year.
The Coming Wonder property which
has been among the shippers of the
Silverton district all year is ready to
do considerable amount of develop
ment work during the winter months.
The Ariadne property situated on
Storm peak in the Cement creek sec
tion of San Juan county, which is be-
ing operated by Alfred B. lies. is rap
idly getting into shape to enter the
shipping list.
The Red Mountain shipping season
now drawing to close proved the
three leading shippers of the district
to be the Congress Leasing, with 5000
tons; the Barstow, with 300 tons
crude and $50 tons concentrates, and
the Summit Mining and Milling Com
pany, with 1,775 tons. Miscellaneous
small shipments from the smaller pro-
ducers in the vicinity bring the total
for the district up to between 5000
and 5000 tons.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-27
HIGH PRICED FEED
NEEDED FOR STOCK
Satisfactory Returns Cannot Be
Expected From Fattening
Inferior Animals.

Along with the high prices farmers
are now realizing for their live stock
comes the high-prlced feed necessary
to make the stock ready for market.
The greater cost of maintenance of
breeding animals and the fattening of
market animals must be followed by
satisfactory return on the market.
else the breeder and feeder must cease
to produce and feed. Returns that
completely overbalance the cost of pro-
ductiOn in fattening are not to be had
form inferior animals. No manufac-
turer would attempt to make an in
feriOr, low-grade product from high
priced raw materials In this time Of
expensive labor and working equip
ment. Regardless of this fact. the
farmer who, in truth, Is one of the
worlds greatest manufacturers, some
times overlooks this particular point
and feeds scrub animals on high-priced
feed. This kind of practice Is gradu-
ally eliminating ancertain type of live
stock farmer, thus giving the better
class of breeders and feeders an op-
portunity for greater returns from the
better class of live stock they produce.
In spite of the outstanding advan-
tages to be observed In the production
of live stock of well established classes
and types, there are on the market to-
day more 'misfits" and inferior grades
than animals of superior market quail
fications, and it is impossible to esti-
mate the loss to the producer due to
this condition. The parent stock used
on farms is responsible for this state
of affairs.
The need of the markets cnn be met
only by general improvement within
the herds and flOcks on general live
stock farms.
This improvement may be brought
about, according to S. I. Simpson OF
the University of Missouri college of
agriculture. by the use of the pure
bred sire and the careful culling of
breeding herds and flocks. Ample
proof of the efficiency of these meth
DDS may be had by close observation
of practices followed by the most pro-
gressive and financially successful live
stock men.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-27
Arizona.

Data hastily gathered indicates that
price fixation on silver will directly
affect several hundred metal produc-
ers in Arizona and probably 5000
workmen.
The Shattuck-Arizona Copper Com.
pany has declared a quarterly divi-
dend Of twenty-five cents a share and
twenty-five cents extra, payable Jan.
19. Three months ago the payment
was fifty cents and seventy-five cents
extra.
A dispatch from Miami, from the
Gibson Consolidated Copper Company,
states that following the strike sew
eral years ago of thirty per cent. ore
another leaser has broken into an
equally rich streak of high-grade cop
per in another section of the mine.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-27
Can Permit Draft Men to Enlist.

No member of a fire or police de-
partment in active service in any city
will be accepted for the United States
guards unless he presents written
authority from his chief, according to
telegraphic order received from Ad-
jutant General Mccain of washington
by Mai. C. N. Barney. in charge of
army recruiting for Colorado and Wy
oming. Officers of the navy and the
marine corps emphasize that men of
draft age still voluntarily enlist in
those services by presenting certifi-
cate from their local boards stating
that their numbers come SO low on the
lists that they will not be needed to
fill the next draft quota. The army,
too, is still enlisting men below or
above the draft age. within certain
limits; that is, between 1S and II and
between 81 and 40 years.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-27
Montana.

coverers Of gold in Montana met, af-
ter separation of so years. at the
dedication of a monument at Gold
creek. near Butte. recently, to Capt
James II. Mills. Montana's first news
paper publisher. They were Granville
Stuart. a member of the party which
discovered the first placer gold in the
state at Gold creek in 1850 and David
B. Weaver. member of the
prospecting party which, in 1864,
made the fifth discovery of placer
gold, in the Yellowstone valley.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-27
Wyoming.

Tne Pioneer Company is reported to
have struck a good showing of oil in
36-34-77, Big Muddy. at a depth of 612
feet
The Virginia Oil Company is new
conner which is preparing an active
drilling campaign on the Virginian
dome, Emigrant Gap.
Thirty new wells have been finished
in Wyoming during the last thirty
days, with production estimated ut
about 1900 barrels.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-27
Forest Reserve Receipts $500, 900.

Approximately 100000 horses. cat
tie and sheep were grazed on the ma
tional forest reserves in the Colorado
district during 1917. and the receipts
were $30O,573.43, of which $105. 5.200.70
vas returned to the several states in
which the reserves are situated.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-27
LAYING HEN is QUITE BUSY
Deep Litter Of Clean Straw, With
Grain Scattered In II Will Furnish
Needed Exercise.

The laying hen is a very busy crea-
ture. If she has all the other require
ments for egg production she will fall
short If she is not supplied with plenty
of exercise. -.
A good, deep litter of clean straw,
with the corn and wheat scattered in
this, will furnish them exercise when
they are confined. Oyster shells must
also be furnished the hens In winter
time.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-27
Board Parole. Slayer Of Brother.

parole was issued by the Board of
Pardons to William Claire. sentenced
Jan. 6. 1911. from Clear Creek coun-
ty, to a term of from twenty to twen-
ty-five years on charge of murder.
1t was alleged that Claire killed his
brother, Charles, in drunken row at
their home in Silver Plume by throw
ing an open knife at him, which
pierced his heart.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-27
Cotton Seed Embargo.

Protest to the national food admin
istration against the embargo placed
by Texas upon expectation of cotton
seed cake from that state was made
by the live stock survey board of the
Colorado Council of Defense on the
ground that it is unfair to Colorado
cattle growers.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-27
Girl Named Deputy U. s. M.r.h.l.

Miss Lola Anderson of Pueblo en-
joys the unique distinction Of being
the first woman in the history of the
United States to be appointed depu-
ty United States marshal. Miss An
derson succeeds Samuel Rosuck. who
resigned to join the flying corps of
the American expeditionary forces in
France. Jack Scott has resigned as
deputy marshal to become a radio op-
orator on a submarine chaser.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-27
Trinidad Man Survivor Of Disaster.

Trinidad.-John Stewart, formerly
OF Trinidad. was one of the survivors
of the American submarine FL
rammed and sunk in an Atlantic port
Dec. II, according to word received
here. Stewart enlisted in the navy
last September and was employed as
second cook at a local hotel
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-27
Insane Man Battle. Pueblo eolieem.,

Pueblo.-E. Gabbey. So, commission
dealer and former city alderman. ere
ated reign of terror and injured five
men belonging to the police depart.
ment when an effort was made to re.
move him from his cell at the city
Jail. where he was held pending an
investigation as to his sanity.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-27
Coal Price Protest Filed.

A lengthy protest has been filed
with w. ]. Galligan, federal fuel ad-
ministrator for Colorado, by the citi,
zens of Caiion City and Florence
against the exorbitant price of coal
in those two cities and other small
towns.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-27
Special Week for Cattle Shipments.

The Denver & Rio Grande railroad
has been asked by the live stock sur
vey board of the Colorado Council of
Defense to set aside a. week or ten
days in which no dead" freight will
be moved and all motive power used
to ship out cattle before winter wealth
er begins.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-27
WESTERN
MINING AND OIL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union New. servie.

Boulder.-Tungsten concentrates 60
per cent. $2OOO@22.5O per unit;
crude ores, 60 per cent, $2O.OOQ25.OO;
% per cent. $12.OO@12.5O; 10 per
cent, $9.4O@12.5O per unit.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-27
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
COMING EVENTS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Jan. 14-1s-Annua1 Farmers Congress
at Fort Collins
Jan. 14-19-Central Colorado Poultry
and Pet Stock Show at Salida.
JAM 19-26-Live stock show at Denver.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-15
BRITISH ADVANCE ON
BELGIAN FRONT AGAIN
Gain Width Of Two Miles and
Capture Town; Lati1s Win.

LONDON = In big advance
over a front of two miles east and
northeast of Messines the British cap
tured the village of Gaspard, the war
Office announces.
Field Marshal Haig, profiting by his
newly won and dominating positions
on the Wytschaete-Messin ridge,
forced REIMBURSEMENT by the enemy
of an additional patch of Belgian ter
ritory, Just west of Warneton and, &C.
cording to front dispatches, was gain
ing elsewhere on this same general
front.
To the south the French pressure
on the base Of the now badly battered
Hindenburg line was steadily increas-
ing in conflict marked by intense ar
tillery fire.
At this particularly timely moment,
Italy is apparently well started on an
other offensive. This time the blow
is in the Trentino-adding another
theater of active fighting to the great
wars development.
What makes the new Italian drive
of particular interest here is the fact
that the fighting is over Teutonic
ground. 1t is where the Teutons are
finding the battle brought home to
them.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-15
DIRECT LINE FOR PERSHING
U. S. Decides to Have Special Com.
munication from French Front.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-General Per-
shing will have direct line of COM
munication from his headquarters in
France to the war department in
Washington.
In reaching this decision this gov
eminent has rejected a plan for send
ng all official communications through
London over the British official
cables, and has insisted that the
American field forces in Europe shall
be directly in touch with Washington
at all times, day and night. The con.
nections necessary to carry through
this arrangement are being prepared.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-15
Mexico Is With U. S.

WASHINGTON, d. C-Mexico has
given the United States assurances of
her warmest friendship-amoun to
practically a declaration of sympa-
thy for the cause of the allies. This is
expressed in an autograph letter from
President Carranza to the government
of the United States. This was receiv.
ed here by Ambassador Ignacio Bonil.
las of Mexico and was presented to
secretary of State Lansing by the am
bassador.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-15
TEN NEW CAMP SITES FIXED
Four for New Army and Six for Ma
tionaI Guards.

WASHINGTON D. G. - Little Rock
Ark; Louisville, KY; Battle Creek.
Mich, and San Antonio, Tex. have
been approved by the war department
as additional cantonment sites for the
new army.
Additional camps for national guard
mobilization will be located at Fort
Worth, Waco and Houston, Tex;
Fort Sill, Okla; Deming, N. M, and
Linda Vista, Cal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-15
Constipation Causes Serious Ills.

sLet me see your tongue" is the
doctors first question. When the
tongue is coated it means sluggish
bowels, and you invite not only head
aches, indigestion but serious lll-health.
Avoid these dangers by taking Or.
Kings New Life Pills. They are sugar
coated, highly efficient, yet mild and
easy in action, pleasant to take Dy the
young, aged or delicate. Sold for years
at your druggist, 25c. z
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-15
Elephant in Biblical Hebrew.

1t is said by scholars that no word
in Biblical Hebrew denotes an ele-
plant, yet the Hebrews were familiar
with ivory, and the skilled workmen of
Hiram, king of Tyre. fashioned the
great ivory throne of Solomon and
overlaid it with pure gold.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-15

If your skin is not smooth, fresh and
clear, do as others do and give it the
remedy it needs to restore it to normal
health and beauty. Try the soothing
and healing treatment of DR.. Hobson's
Eczema Ointment. The severest cases
of eruptions, pimples blotches, and
burning skin yield rapidly to this re-
markable preparation. You'll be graf
flied with the rapidity with which your
complexion regains its health and fresh
ness. At your druggist, SOC. 2
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-15
Difficult NAVIGATION.

An old lady was on her first ocean
voyage "What's that down there?'
she asked the captain. "That's the
steerage, madam" he replied. "Real-
ly?" she exclaimed. Sand does it take
all those people to make the boat go
stEaight?"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-15
Draft Dodgers Being Arrested.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Orders for
the arrest of every man between the
ages of twenty-one and thirty inclu-
sive who after o'clock Monday night
could not show certificate of regis
tration for war service were issued by
the provost marshal general.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-15
Sour Stomach

This is mild form of Indigestion. 1t
is usually brought on by eating too
rapidly or too much, or OF food not
suited to your digestive organs. Ii you
will eat slowly, masticate your food
thoroughly, eat but little meat and
none at all for supper, you will more
than likely avoid the sour stomach
without taking any medicine whatever.
When you have sour stomach take one
of Chamberlain sTablets to aid digestion
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-15
The Accordion.

The accordion, the proverbial instru-
ment Of rural musicians, was invented
by Viennese, Damian, in 1929.