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The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-06-12

will last that time In good condition
and will cost. plus paint H.S7H With
out paint the house would have to b
rebuilt at the end Of 20 years and
would b. ready for another complete
renovation when the sixtieth year ar
rived Cost. without paint. 5000 for
home ready to fall to pieces. Does
regular painting payf A. the old
Dutch adags says:
~PAINT PAYS FoR ITsELF."
y. Q. Invsnts Antitrust "0ops."
Incident to the war. the government
has faced the problem that has 20 long
proved battling to commercial cor
Germs Of protecting iron and steel from
rust. In an attempt to solve this fed
eral specialists have perfected various
forms Of protective coatings. In this
connection 1t may be pertinent to ask
whether commercial uses will not be
found also for the so-called "dopes"
which the government has invented to
BE- applied to alrplane wings and which
are possessed Of valuable weather-re
sisting and fireproof qualities.
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-06-12
THE HUNGER STRIKE

By C. Wiles Hallock
You specified, freckled beauty!
Deep in your liquid lair,
More cunning than cootie,
You've got my goat for fair!
Tho season after season
In this cool haunt we meet,
For some unlucky reason
I've never seen you eat!
I've tempted you with tackle
From ginger-quill to gnat.
You spurn both worm and hackle,
And stay right where you're at!
I've tried the spoon-bait spinner,
And other camouflage.
You're not a trifle thinner
There in your dim barrage.
You're thriving in that chilly
That deep, damp rendezvous.
1t seems the well-known lily
Amt got thing on you!
Pve never found you lurking
In any other place.
I've never caught you working.
When DO you feed your face?
I've tempted you with spinner,
With hackles, gnats and worms.
You meatless, wheatless sinner,
! wish l had some germs!
1 know one way to catch you;
It wouldn't be just right,
But Boy, I'd sure detach you
With chunks of dynamite!
WHY are you so disdainful
OF all my pretty flies?
What makes you so abstainful?
Old Scout, what put you wise?
I'd give heap of shekels
To know what food you like!
You streak Of spangled speckles,
Call off your hunger strike!
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-06-12

down & tn Q
teecher slipu up
& asst me wot 1
was doing & I
hid the book G.
sed l amt doing
nuthipg. She sed
well go on & get
bizzy & do sum-
thing. it makes
me tired sum
folks has SO
much b I'm e s s
they cant tend 2
it.
Saturday-pa
& ma & me all
went 2 a trile to-
day 4 ma was q
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-06-12
Normal-Hieh Notes


Mr.. Ohio B. Staples, District Sup
erintendent OF the Extension WORK
for the Western Slope was visito-
of DAYS.
go
Mrs. Blanche Hendricks Hurst ar
rived from Montrose last Saturday.
She has just finished school there,
and has come to Gunnison where she
and her husband will spend the
summer.
picnic dinner near the river last Mon
day evening. The time was spent
in partaking of generous outdoor
repast, taking snapshots, and toast
ing marsh-mellows. We surely had
the good time!
An interesting program was CIV
en- IN Chapel on thursday June o.
1t was as follows:
Violin SOLO hauherihe oiiVer
Vocal Solo .......... Edith Decker
Reading ,........... Leah Hartman
Violin Solo Miss Ethel Trip
Mr.. W. u r. Mediums VINO was
formerly Instructor IN industrial
Arts at the Norman school ana VINO
is now Director OF industrial Tram
ing at the rev mexico UNIVERSITY
follows: "Mrs. Meddins and Miss
Meddins send their regards. The
young lady is three days old"
800
A letter received from Or. heiiey
contains this extract: Inc Tenn
perature OF the last three days mas
ranged around " degrees nere' anu
you we'll can imagine that mrs. Mel
ley and l have noticed it. While the
work is opening up nicely IN every
way, we certainly miss tne paac'og
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-06-12
CHERRIES AND ApR,coTs

Delivered by parcels post in first
and second zones, only. CASH WITH
ORDER:
Sweet Cherries, 20 lbs. net -. $500
Royal Duke Cherries, 20 lbs. net 2.25
Apricots, 20 lbs. net, after June
goth .................. zoo
]. w. HOKE & CO.,
25-2t Palisade, Colo.
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-06-12
STATS DIARY

Friday-I had my Gograffy up in
front of me & was reading of Eddy
Rikkenbokker bringing the Huns
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-06-12


man family this week.
Gus Kruger drove down from his
ranch Tuesday on business.
Jesse Trickle spent Monday and
Tuesday in town on business.
John Howard was visitor from
Powderhorn the first of the week.
Floyd and Baily Wilson came in
from Powderhorn Tuesday evening.
Fred Mcdonald and T. M. Utley
went to Denver Tuesday on business.
Fred Mckee and Neil Andrews
were Crested Butte visitors Tues
day.
Miss Bonnie Hunsaker spent Sat
urday and Sunday in town from Stills
vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Dunn motored
in from Powderhorn Tuesday on bus
mess.
Ed. Funk and family motored
down from Cochetopa Monday on
business.
Frank Hirdman came down from
the Andrews ranch Saturday on
busiress.
Grover Carpenter came up from
Cebolla Monday evening to call on
friends here.
Mrs. Lewis Grether came here
Wednesday where she expects to TO-
cate for the summer.
Birch and Oliver Keeior cele-
bmted their 18th and 7th birthdays
on Tuesday, June 10th.
The dance at Pitl1in Saturday
night was decided success. Every
one had splendid time.
James Fitzpatrick motored up frora
Montrose Tuesday and went on to
Crested Butte on business.
Mrs. Archer Miller returned on the
Tuesday morning train from Denver
where she has been for several days.
Mrs. Claud Lucero and baby re-
turned from Pueblo Sunday after
few days visit with her brother,
Dave.
Gene Munson was an outgoing
passenger Sunday morning enroute
ito Telluride where he will work this
summer.
Mrs. John Whipp returned
Wednesday from Rocky Ford where
she went as Representative Of the
w. r. C.
A. f. Reynolds came in from Dem
yer Saturday and went on to Ohio
City to look after his mining in
terests in that section.
Ralph Lehman surprised his MANY
friends Friday when he stepped off
the train. Ralph is looking fine
and is glad to be home.
Herbert Hazard motored down
from the Flying M ranch on the
Cochetopa to get a truck load of
machinery for the ranch.
Mr.. Grin Recher and brother mo-
tored over from Salida Friday and
went to Ritkin where they will wo-k
this summer with the timber con-
tractors.
Irwin Trevarthen arrived from
Cheyenne. Wyoming, Tuesday for !,
short visit with relatives. He is
at present employed on the U. P.
switching.
Some of the friends of the Leh-
man boys motored out to the ranch
Tuesday evening and spent a pleas
ant few hours dancing and enjoying
a general good time.
j. N. Davis came in on Tuesday
and will spend about thirty days
visiting among his friends Mr.. DAY.
is came from Hiawatha, Kansas,
where he has been visiting his chill
dren.
Mr.. Everett Summons and Miss
Lucy Allen were married at the home
of Rev. Ferris Friday evening, June
9Th. The happy young couple will
live at Powderhorn where Mr.. SAM
mons is ranching.
w. C. McDonough motored down
from his ranch on Cochetora Ia
meet his daughter, Bessie. and SON
Parker, who have finished the term
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-06-12

You can get tags for shipping fish
at the Pilot Office.
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-06-12

John Howard was visitor from
Powderhorn the first of the week.
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-06-12

Jesse Trickle spent Monday and
Tuesday in town on business.
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-06-12

Gus Kruger drove down from his
ranch Tuesday on business.
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-06-12

25-2t
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-06-12

Floyd and Baily Wilson came ir
from Powderhorn Tuesday evening.
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-06-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Braswell mo-
tored to town from Vulcan Tuesday
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-22

'T had had a pretty bad time and I
fell asleep in a chair and slept till mid
night. When | woke Mrs. Wentworth
was alone. She said Dick Wentworth
had seen n light in the weod and had
gone after it and had not returned. !
could not leave her there alone and !
was expecting you every minute. |
never dreamed Walters might not have
taken his message | don't understand
what can have prevented him. | thought
the light in the wood they saw was
perhaps your people.
The inspector grunted and looked at
his companion as if to ask him what
he thought of story that seemed per
haps all the more suspicious for being
so plausible, and Price. almost imper
ceptibly elevating his eyebrows. man
aged to convey the impression that in
his opinion it would be as well to arrest
Keith on the spot. The inspector was
inclined to he of the same opinion. and
it happened that deep in thought he
kicked up the turf whore they were
standing with his heel.
"Hullo, what's the matter?' he ax-
claimed.
For Keith had turned deathly pale
and he staggered as though he were
about TO fall lnstinctivcly Price put
out a hand to support him, but he re
covered himself by an effort.
'Don't do that" he said in tones
that were barely understandable.
DO what? What do you mean
asked the inspector, puzzled and sus
pirious.
"1t's the smell of damp earth; |
cant stand the smell of earth" Keith
mutt"rod. pointing to the little hole
Wilks had dug with his heel in the
ground. II am sorry he added; II
am better now: thought was going
to faint.
The inspector looked at the scrgean mt
and the sergeant looked Mt the inspec-
tor, and both of them thought. and
knew the other thought. that this was
some deep trick of which the purpose
was not yet apparent.
"WplI. think. first Of ALL. said
Mr. WilkS. you had better show MS
where Mr.. Wcntworth's body is lying
and then YOU can tell MS all YOU know. "
VERY well" answered Keith. but
7 must tell Mrs. Wentworth you are
here -
He led the way round the house. tho
two police officers watching him very
closely all the time, to where Rocnio
was still sitting, chin on hand. elbow
on knee. as she had sat almost without
moving all through the long dark night
and now in the bright warmth Of the
sun.
She looked IN ms they came near. but
in dull and indifferent manner.
He has not come back she said,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-22
COL. GEORGE COATES
BACK FROM FRANCE
PhiladeIphian Returns After
Service With Base Hospital
That Entered Germany
COULD TAKE 10000 SICK

Colonel George NJ Coates. Of 1893
Pine street. has arrived home from
overseas. He has been attached to
Base Hospital SO. unit made up of
casuals. which was established Mt Allie
ray. There were six hospitals. with ac-
commodations for 1000 patients. The
hospital staff consisted of 1870 officers,
900 nurses and 1UU0 men.
The hospital center was in command
OF Colonel j. II. Ford. Of the regular
army. and. ms far as Colonel Coates
knew. the only other PENNSYLVANIA of
fcer attached to the outfit was CAPTAIN
samuel X. Skillern. who was with Base
~. The center was abandoned in the
latter part of February. the colonel said.
ana converted into an agricultural
school, d..
Among go Phiadclphians arriving
today were William J. Leaning. 1920
MARI street; Thomas F. Regan. 2O23
South Hutchinson street; Harry i. A.
Kline. l21 South Hoffman street Alex =
ander NJ. Wilson. 2J12 North Broad
street; William Balcntine. 242O South
Fifteenth street; James W. Bradley
4:'2o Paschall avenue: William f.
Breslin. 2453 South Sixty first street
emanuel Ladenson. o43 South Fifth
street; Joseph r. Peters, 2012 West
Thompson street: Maurice A. Newport
512 West Eleanor street John n. Live
zey. Bustleton William y. Smith. 61C
Chew street: Harry G Wingel. 1S1C
East Ontario street Frank j. Morrisey
S3S Wynnewood road: John J. Cas-
ssidy. 3l20 Stanton street: Samuel Nc
10y. 1907 West Robinson street John
B. Gade. 1854 North Gratz street
.JOSeDh Rlum 11O4 porter strnnt Nd .
ward j. Doran. p30 Winton street
Joseph Blumenfcld. 10 Mifflin street
Robert Blackburn. 1850 Mascher street
William II. Evans, 229 WestmorcIanc
street: Patrick Morrow. Cos West Har
old street; Leo c. Blum; John A. Tan
ner. 1919 Rand street; William Her
ron: Albert F. Brown. 1911 Carpenter
street: William Crawford. 2112 Norti
Third street; Andrew Riviello: Lesli,
Fenler. 54O2 Regent street. and Georg,
ET1inger. 1884 Filbert street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-22
OLD FIRST LOST 1896 )
WITH 26l5 WOUNDED
FINAL REPORT SAYS
Twenty-one Officers Of 1ooth
Infantry SIain--MemoriaI
Services Sunday

The official casualty list of the 109th
Infantry, the old First Regiment, n.
G. p. made public by Colonel William
X. Dunlap. shows that the regiment
lost twenty one officers and 375 men
from the time it went into action on
July Is last until November II, when
the armistice was signed. .
In addition. thirty officers and 546
men were wounded seriously. fifty four
officers and 1885 men were wounded
slightly, four officers and 279 men were
gassed and one officer and SO men
missing or taken prisoners.
The total number of replacemcnts in
the regiment was 124 officers and 4504
men.
In commemoration of the sacrifices
made by the men on the casualty lists,
the veteran corps of the First Regiment
will hold memorial services at Holy
Trinity Church next Sunday. Captain
Floyd w. Tomkins. rector of the
church, will officiate.
The members of the veteran corps
will report at the armory at 3 10
o'clock in the afternoon in full dress
uniform, side arms. buff color gloves
and black shoes. The color guard will
report five minutes later. Officers and
men of the 109th will report in field
uniform. The band and field music
will report at o'clock.
Commander J. Campbell Gilmore,
head of the veteran corps, will be in
command.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-22

occasional firing at long range. Orders
came for us to advance the next day,
and all expected a quiet night. Just as
was getting into bed ! had orders to
report at headquarters of my battery.
There | was told that it was thought
the Germans were making a counter
attack and to take two others aud go
up through the trenches and see II /
could find anything doing.
Now that ! look back on that night
| laugh. but il was anything but funny
when Corporal Rolan Watson, Mike
Wagner and started looking through
those deserted trenches, with drawn
revolvers to find German army. II
was pitch dark, we had no specific or
ders except to proceed in general di-
rection, toward where we could hear
machine gun firing. Furthermore VIC
didn't know just what to do If we did
find the enemy. for if they were there
we'd have small chance ofgetting back.
But go we did-on and on-through
mile after mile Of trench. and at each
turn we'd peek cautiously around But
nothing was there, only darkness. FL
nally we ran into some shell fire and
decided to return. reporting that the
enemy were way off and thus relieving
the feeling of our battery comman nder.
who somehow had got wild idea, al
though regimental headquarters knew
well enough that the enemy was far
away.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-22
copyrtoht, 1919, nv. Alfred A.. Kropt, INC
Copvri0tt, 1919, bD Public Ledger Go.
THIS STARTS TIIE STORY

Keith Norton makes himself at
home in n deserted house. Search
ing for somebody who choked him
while he slept. he discovers a box at
Jewels. which he hides. He finds an
unconscious girl in the wo,ds. She
had been attacked by some mysterious
creature. He takes her to the village,
A stranger attempts to brihc him.
They quarrel. A hairy creature at
tacks him, binds him and burieS MN
In a shallow grave, from which, with
great difficulty. escapes. Returning
TO the house. he finds it occupied ny
Dick Wentworth and his wife, the
former tenants. They are visited by
Dicks uncle, who upbraids his nephew
for foolishness or worse and DESTROYS
the will made in Dicks favor. lie
then departs by way of the woods aud
is mysteriously murdered thoro
Keith and Dick discover that the
hidden jewels have again disappeared
Dicks wife discovers that the girl in
iured in the woods. and who has lost
her memory. is her sister. Two
policemeu arrive to investigate the
disappearance of the elder Went
worth.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-22
n

I "who do you mean, ma'am?' asked
wilks,
MY husband; he went into the wood
last night and he has not come out
again"
Wilks did not answer. hut he glanced
at Price again. and the sergeant's thin
lips formed inaudibly the word:
| "Bunked."
well, ma am. don't worry said
the inspector brskly. well soon find
him for you we are.
He paused abruptly, for she had
looked up at him. aud he read in her
eyes SO deep and tragic fear that his
facile official assurance suddenly ceased.
''Oh. we'll" he said awkwardly.
"You see" she explained slowly and
carefully. ms one might speak to little
child, "you soc. he wcnt-and he has
not come back again.
The inspector rubbed his nose and
glanced at the sergeant. who this time
made no response. but turned and looked
at the green and shady depths of Files
Wood ms though wondering what was
hidden there.
I'VE are going into the wood now.
said Keith to her. "I hope We shall
. find him there all right. | don't mean
there is any danger for you. but think
you ought to 60 indoors and keep the
place locked till we come back."
/ II will wait here she said
Have YOU whistler" Keith said
to the inspector. for her manner was
not that Of one open 70 argument. IF
you have. think You might give it TO
her. Then. if Mrs. Wentworth needs
help. she could blow it.
"What help could she nccd?" the in e.
Spcctor asked.
Strange things have happened. .
answered Keith sombcrly.
The Inspector still looked doubtful. but
gave Reenic his whistle as Keith had
suggested, and then all three of them
started toward the wood AS they ap e.
preached it Keith thought he saw n
movement behind bush not far away.
and Price. who had sharp eyes. saw it,
too.
Some one watching us from behind
there. think. sir" he said
Wiks whispered something. signed to
Keith to follow. and they made from
opposite directions n swift descent upon
the bush. But when they got there
hey found nothing. and no sign that any
living thing had ever been there. and
they both looked trife discomfited
Keith laughed grimly.
1T won't bo So easy as all that" he
said
The others did not answer. and they
went on again.
What do you think has become OF
that lady's husband?" the inspector
asked after a moment or two.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-22

81 don't know Keith answered II
have been nearly murdered in this
wood myself. and Mr.. Wentworth has
met his death in 1t, and Dick Went
worth has never returned from 1t.
The inspector looked at him sideways
and very doubtfully.
"Who nearly murdered you?" ht
asked.
II don't know" said Keith. They
were not far from the spot where stood
that great prominent oak beneath
which he had endured his agony. "Dc
you see that tree?' he said. "UndeI
it was attacked and near by my
grave was dug.
well, you don't seem to have oc'
cupied it. yet. remarked the inspector
/ son. yes. I have" answered Keith
and they both looked at him again in 8
very puzzled and doubtfuI manner, fol
they did not understand his words. anC
yet something in his tone and manner
seemed to tell Of what he had beer
through. 1T is why I don't like thu
smell of damp earth" he explained.
"Oh." said Wilks. still more doubt
fully and still more puzzled. ''Ior
might show us as we are so near, h'
remarked.
Somewhat reluctantly Keith led then
TO the spot.
, DO you mean there?' asked Wilks
pointing. "Over there where thai
mound is?''
Yes" said Keith: ''it has beer
. -, thny tbnnuht
looked rather too suggestive as it was
and that they had better fill it NJ
again.
who do you mean by 'they'?' asked
tho inspector.
! II don't know" answered Keith. -
3 had better tell you everything from tho
start. Then you will know as much as
do which isn't much. Only though
Won wanted to see Mr.. Wentworth s
body first of all?''
/ They went on again and came pres
entity to where the body lay just aS
/ Keith had left it. 1t had not beer
touched. and the two police officers
kuelt down beside it. Their faces were
grave now. for hitherto they had not
been quite certain that Keith's $ story
would not turn out to conceal some
trick or fraud of some sort. or perhaps
to he merely the rawlings of lunatic.
( He has been stranged with this
handkerchief. the inspector said a
last. DO you know whose it isT' he
asked Keith. 1T is marked X. w,
+ at belongs to Dick Wentworth.
Keith answered reluctantly. The deac
mans nephew and the husband of the
| lady we have just left.
(CONTINI'ED TOMORROW
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-22
BOYS FROM GERMANY HERE
Captured Ammunition, Also Brought
to Port by Steamship

The steamship Eastern Sea. carrying
captured German ammunition and'eleven
ordnance soldiers of the Second Army
of Occupation has arrived at this port
The soldiers were taken on tug to Pier
IS, at Snyder avenue. and then they
left for Aberdeen. Md
Several Pennsylvanians were among
the soldiers, whose duty it was overseas
to go through the evacuated towns and
explode all mines and death dealing
traps set by the Huns. The shells
brought home will be sent to Aberdeen
Proving Grounds to be examined. Ser
gcant Harold Tillotson, of Latham.
Kan. was cited by the French for
bravery. The other ten are: Sergean nts
H. E. Perry, Robert W. Lange. Gil
more Keitzer. Roland F. Fox. William
Kirkwood. Corporal W. Fl. Linnen and
Privates Sherman Parkes, David Good :
man and Clarence Cline.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-22

small that il was many times larger
than they were.
Come out of there. You're under
arrest. I'm the policeman" gurgled
the dogfish. What do you mean by
stealing Mr. Pcrch's home?"
IF We come out will you save us
from the Gambia fish," asked Billy.
Indeed. I'll not. I'll let them cat
you. which is what you deserve for
stealing Mr.. Perch's home answered
the dogfsh. poking his nose into the
door. Billy prickcd the nose with his
spear and the dogfsh jumped away in a
hurry. "l'll eat you myself for that, "
he spluttercd
IF you can get US" said Billy.
"If you'll not come out we will hold
court and try you right here for steal
ing this nest and stabbing me-" said
the dogfsh. He and Mr.. Perch swan
away.
II guess they have gone. We'd bet
ter escape from here, suggested Billy.
Come ~
But it was too late to escape Sud
denly the hat cave was raised from