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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-05-27
Dorsst Church Notes

The offering last Sunday for the
Church Building Society was Sl1.a3.
This is good so far as it goes but il is
still long way from our goal of S64.
Quite likely some who wish to do their
share were absent last Sunday or for
got their contributions. There will be
another chance next Sunday.
The committee who were in charge
of the chicken pie supper report bal
ance Of $3.50 after all bills are paid.
This amount has been turned over to
the treasurer of the Ladies' Society
Memorial Day will be observed in
the church by an appropriate service
next Sunday morning at l1:15. Mem
beers of the Grand Army Post, the
Spanish War veterans, the World War
veterans and members of other local
org mutations are invited to meet al
the Town Hall and to march to the
church in a body.
The church school will meet as us
ual It l0;l5.
During the summer or until further
notice the Sunday evening service u
the Young Peoples Society, to which
everyone is invited, will be held at
o'clock instead of as heretofore.
The Bennington county convention
of Congregational churches will hold
its annual meeting next Tuesday at
Peru. The Peru church will welcome
as large a delegation as we can send
Any member of the church, who would
like to attend and is willing to pay his
share Ct the expense of transportation
is asked to communicate with the pas
tor ag coon as possible.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-05-27
nllRSn

Mrs. Albert y Cheney srriYe,i IN
town Tuesday for an extended visit.
TIE nacCasfca family Of Brooklyn
were here the forepart o. the week.
Mf and Ms Alan Bourn and fam
.. arrived rec Mt, for the season.
Mr. and Mrs A. W Harrington and
Miss Hill were up from Troy. n y.
over the week end.
Miss Anna Carhart Of New York
City. ms tccn a recent guest OF her
sister. Miss Carhart
/ c. A. Wade and r. II. West were in
Montpelier as delegates 10 the state
convention on Wednesday.
Mrs. Tracy Gould Hunter and Miss
Nancy arrived Tuesday, and have
opened their. cottage for the summer.
Ms. Harry w Sheldon Of Yonkers.
~ Y. has been the gueGt for few
days Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Allan Bourn.
Bishop r. l.. Rudolph and family
have opened their summer home in
this village and Philadelphia will know
them not until fall.
Those who love good dancing be
sure and keep next Tuesday evening,
June /. open for the American Legion
dance at Union Opera House. McDev-
tits Orchestra. adv
The G.. A. X. have secured the ser
vices Of the Hon. Collins NJ Graves Of
Bennington as Memorial Day speaker
The line Of march to the church must
be formed promptly at $3.50 a. m.
The NJ. v Barbour family Of Toledo,
Ohio, have arrived in Dorset for the
season and will be located at their
splendid home on the west road
The Barrows House has opened for
the season and at present there are
goodly number of steady boarders
there. The prospects for the season
are splendid
Fred Seymour. an old and respected
resident of Dorset, died on Wednesday
at o'clock. The funeral will
be hcld on Friday. Mr.. Seymour is
by his wife and a son, Alfred
A. Seymour of Hartford, Conn, and
four daughters. Mrs. Err Roberts,
Mrs. Grant Matson, Mrs. Smith Mat
son and Miss Elsie Seymour, all Of
Dorset.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-05-27
BONNEVILLE

Zadoc Hayward has sold his place
to DIR. J. w. Gardner Of New Jersey,
who will use it for summer home.
Hubert Crowninshield of Jamaica,
and John Castle Of Ashburnham, were
guests at Stillman Crowninshield's
last week.
r. l.. Lyons and Mrs. F. +. Lyons
Of Greenfield, were guests Of Mrs.
Flora Burbank from Friday until
Sunday. Mrs. Hugh Benson, who went
to Greenfield Thursday, returned with
them.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-05-27
Romantic Tale of Girl from the
Mountains and Boy from City.


From the beautiful Cumber-
lands, the land Of feuds and
''moonshine," came sweet, gentle
Cynthia to the great melting pot
of New York. Tragedy had
touched her life when her father
and two young brothers paid the
penalty of illicit liquor-making
with their lives. The girl learns
that, whether illicitly brewed in
the mountains or under Govern
ment seal and license in huge
breweries. the trail Of the ser
pent is still there, for her sweet
heart has inherited the evil crav-
ing. But youth is strong and
brave and, together they fight
their Way TO happiness.
Such is the phase of life on
which is based the powerfully
dramatic story of "The Moon
shine Trail" Co-starl'ing beau
tiful Sylvia Dreamer and hand
some Robt. Gordon. THE Moon
shine Trail" is a j Stuart Black
ton production that received his
personal direction.
ALSO PATHE NEWS.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-05-27

Sylvia and Robert Gordon the stars Miss Dreamer
the dareyed beauty who from Australia several years
and right from the start with William Hart and
Charles has been Backton for than year
And the drama nespersed with plenty OF good rocknR com
edy and ends in the approved style of They all lived happily
afterMard" too.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-03-05
COUNTY TREAsURER-s NOTICE

To Nan p CunneiI AND TO ALL
Persons HAVING AN INTEREST Or
TITLE OF RECORD IN OR TO IhE
LAND HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that on
the 18Th day Of November. a D. 1913.
the following described property. stu.
ate IN the County Of Gunnison ana
Staf. of Colorado. to-~its
Ind I. SEa Of NV. Sec II. Twp.
ssS. r. IN Nas sold for deltn9uen.
taxes for the year 1919 and pgrehased
b. Gunni-on County. That said prefni-
ses were taxed for the said year lsl3 IN
the name OF Unknown.
That the said Gunnison County. oy
tts County Treasurer. did on the sptn
Gay % January. 1899. duly assign the
certincats Of purchase. which was
issaoo BY the County Treasurer. TO said
Gunnirun County for above sale. TO
n G. Danieison- who hath made re-
quest upon the Treasurer Of said coun-
~ for notification as provided by the
Law Of lses. in order that he may be-
come entitled 10 a tax deed on said
Certificate for said year
That the time Of redemption OF SAID
pirc on the 18Th day OF June. \ D..
1899 and n tax deed VIII Issue therefor
ON the -ist day Of June. \ d. 1890
unless redeemed heretofore
Dated this Let day Of March. A J..
tsEAL) f @. PALMER
Treasurer Of said Gunni-on County.
by NJ ID. HERRICk-
Deputy.
First publication. March s. 1880.
Last publication. March Is. 1890.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-03-05
CHAPTER u.
Detective Cakes

The office of the Paul J. Snyder De
tective agency had grown in the course
Of half dozen years from single
room to a paiatial suite full OF pol
ished wood, clicking typewriters, and
other evidences of success. Whera
once Mr.. Snyder had sat and waited
for clients and attended to those
clients on the rare occasions when
they arrived in person, he now sat in
his private Office and directed o corps
Of assistants.
His cap was no longer In his hand.
and his time at the disposal Of any
who would pay modest fee. He was
an autocrat who accepted or refused
cases at mis- pleasure.
He had just accepted a case. i;
seemed to him case that might be
nothing at all or something exceeding
iy big; and on the latter possibility he
had gambled.
The fee offered was. judged by his
present standards OF prosperity, small
but the bizzare facts, coupled with
something In the personality of the
client, had won him over; and he
touched the bell and desired that Mr..
Oakes should be sent in to him.
Elliott Oakes was a young man who
amused and interested Mr.. Snyder.
He was SO intensely confident. He
had only recently joined the staff. sbut
he made very little secret of his ir
tention Of electrifying, and rerolutioi,
izing the methods of the agency.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-03-05
ROOM TEMPERATURE AND
MENTAL EFFICIENCY

What is the relation of q room tenn
perature to mental efficiency? What
should be the temperature of a room
in which we are doing mental work
We have all noticed that il the room
is too warm We become drowsy; if it
is too cold we can't do good work.
Exertion of any kind depends large
ly on blood supply. II we exercise any
portion of the body, the amount OF
blood in it increases Mental effici-
ency depends in the same way on the
blood supply of the brain. II we are
to be at our best mentally, the brain
must be well supplied with fresh
blood. We feel dull after q meal be-
cause more blood is withdrawn to the
digestive tract to aid in the digestion
and assimilation of the food.
II the room is too cold, an extra
amount of blood is sent to the surface
Of the body to keep. it warm. The
brain becomes undernourished. If the
room is too warm, the blood is driven
in from the surface, the pulse rate
drops, and the brain becomes gorged
with slowly moving blood. It is not
able to get rid of its waste products
with enough rapidity and drops below
its highest efficiency.
The best temperature is probably
between 65 and 70 degrees, Fahren-
heit. The English prefer a room
temperature of IS. In this country
we are accustomed to regard 6S as
the proper temperature West
fall. Colorado Agricultural College,
Fort Collins, Colorado.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-03-05

RoarrIns House and do your best to
put ihinEs straight I would suggest
tha, you pose as 4 ships chandler or
sone,hin. Of that sort You will have
TO do something maritime or they'll
get OF TO you.
And II your visit produces no other
results. Il WiIl AZ least enable you to
make the acquaintance OF q very re-
markabIe woman commend Mrx-
Pickett 10 your notice By the way.
she says she will help you in your In
yestizations."
oake> laughed shortly. The idea
amused him
Don't you SCOT as amateur as
sistance. my boy said Mr. Snyder In
the fatherly manner which had made
n score Of criminals refuse TO believe
him 3 detective until the moment
when the handouts snapped on their
wrists Detection isn't an exact
science It's a question OF using com
mon sense and having q great deal
OF special Information Mrs Pickett
probably knows q great deal which
neither you nor ! know. and It's just
possible that she may have some trivial
piece OF knowledge which will prove
the key TO this mystery"
Oakes laughed again.
1T Is very kind of Mrs Pickett.
but ! think I prefer to trust to my
own powers Of deduction"
-Do just what you please. but rec
oilect that n detective Is only Q man.
not an encyclopedia He doesn't know
everything and II may be just some
small thing which he does not know
which turns out to be the missing let.
ter In the combination"
oakes rose. His face was keen and
purposefui.
II had better be starting at once"
he said. y VIII mail you reports from
time TO time
Il shall be interested TO read them -
said Mr.. Snyder genially. Il hope
your visit TO the Excelsior viii be
pleasant. II you run across man with
a broken nose. who used TO rejoice IN
the name Of Horse-Face Simmons.
give him my best. I had the pleasure
Of sending him up the road some years
ago for highway robbery. and l under.
stand that he has settled In those
parts. And cultivate Mrs. Pickett; she
is worth while"
The door closed, and Mr. Snyder
lighted a fresh cigar.
'D-d young fool" he murmured,
and turned his mind to other matters
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-03-05
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND
DETERMINATION OF uE1RsH1P
Estate OF Wtslssa %. Rsasse.
Deceased
-.

Notie. is hereby given that on the srd
day Of April. A d. 1890 III. under
signed viii present 10 the County Court
OF Cunnison Co1nty. Colorado. his ac-
counts for nnal settlement of admin
istratlon Of said estate. when and
where all persons in interest may ap-
pear and object to them. II they so de-
sire.
Notice is also hereby given that ap-
piieatIon for the determination of heir
ship of said William II Runnoe. de-
ceased has been made and that the
Court Will on said date hereinbefore
mentioned. or at any time 10 which the
hearing may be continued. proceed to
ascertain and determin. who are the
heirs OF the said William II. Runnoe.
deceased. and as such entitled TO In
herit any lands. ienements. hereditn-
mcnts or other property. real or per
sonal. constituting all or a part OF the
Estate OF the said William II. Runnoe.
deceased. and enter a Decree accord
ingly. at which hearing all persons
claiming to be heirs at law OF said de-
ceased may appear and present their
proof.
JOSEPH NJ. RUNNOE
Administrator Of the Estate OF
William II. Runnoe. Deceased
First publication. March 5. 1920.
Last publication. March IS. 1890.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-03-05

STATE OF toiofaco.
County of sGunnison.
W. L, DENNIS.
VS.. SUMMONS.
GEORGE 5. WEBSTER.
and PERRY WEBSTER
heirs at law of George
ard Daniel Webster. de-
ceased. and to any other
heirs. II any. of said
parties. deceased,
Defendants,
The People sf the state OF Colorado,
To George $ Webster. and Perry
Webster. heirs at law OF George and
Daniel Webster. deceased, and to any
o'her heirs. IL any. of said parties. de-
ceased. the defendants above named.
You are hereby required to appear in
an action brought against you by the
above named plaintiff in the County
Court Of Gunnison County. State Of
Colorado. and answer the complaint
therein within twenty days after the,
county: or. II served out Of the county.
or by publication. within thirty days
after the service hereof. exclusive OF
default will be taken against you ae-
cofding to the prayer of the complaint.
And " copy of the complaint in the
above entitled action be not served
with this summons. III the service
hereof be made out OF this State, then
ten days additional to the time herein
swer will be allowed before the taking
OF Judgment by default as Aforesaid.
The said action Is brought to quiet
title to the Northeast Quarter of the
Southwest Quarter. the Southwest
Quarter OF the Southeast Quarter, the
West Half of the Southwest Quarter of
the Southwest Quarter. Section Twen-
ty-four. and the undivided half of the
East Half Of the Southeast Quarter Of
Section Twenty-Five. all in Township
fifty North of Range One. West of the
New Mexico Principal Meridian that
by decree II be declared and adjudged
that the Plaintiff Is the owner of said
premises. and that the defendants, or
either of them. have no estate or inter-
est whatever. in and to said land and
premises: and also that the defendants.
and each and every. OF them and ali
persons claiming by or through them.
be forever barred from asserting any
claim whatever in or To said land and
premises. or any part thereof adverse
to the platntin. and for such other and
further relief as to equity shall seem
meet as Will more fully appear from
the complaint in said action to which
reference is here made: copy OF which
is on file in this court
And you are hereby notified that IL
You fail to appear. and to answer the
said complaint as above required the
said plaintiff Will cause your default to
be entered herein and then proceed to
Judgment against you as prayed for In
said complaint.
Given under my hand and the seal Of
said Court at Gunnison. in said County.
this seth day of February, A. d.. 1920
(SEAl) CARA \ ESTES
Clerk.
Last publication. April 2, 1920
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-03-05

night. when he would take some Viii.
ky. His head was not stroog. and Q
little Of the spirit vas enough TO make
him semiIn;oxicased. when he would
be hilarious and often insulting.
Il gather that Muller found him Q
difficult roommate. but he q one q
those placid Germans who can put up
~ith anything He and Gunner were
n the habit OF playing checkers to-
Eether every night In their room. and
Gunner had . harmonica which he
played frequently.
Apparently. he was playing II very
soon before he died. which h signin-
can't. rs seeming to dispose Of the idea
OF suicide
But II Captain Gunner did not kill
himself. ] cannot NJ present imagine
who did kill him. or why he was killed.
or how.
"As say. I have one or two theo-
ries. hat they are in 4 very nebuious
state The most plausible Is that on
one Of his visits to India-I have as
certained that he made several voy-
ages there-Captain Gunner may In
some way have fallen foul Of the na-
tives.
"Kipling's story The Marx Of the
Beast is suggestive. Is II not possible
that Captain Gunner. . rough. over
bearing man. easily Intoxicated. may
in . drunken frolic have offered some
insult to ap Indian sodr
The fact that. he certainly died Of
the poison of the kraft an Indian
snake. supports this theory.
Il am making inquiries - 20 the
movements Of several Indian sailors
who were here in their ships at the
time Of the trneedy.
Il have another theory. Does Mrs.
Pickett know more about this afHair
than she appears tor
Il may be wrong In my estimate Of
her mental qualities. Her apparent
stupidity may be cunning.
But here again the absence Of mo-
tive brings me up against . dead wall.
! must confess that at present I do
not see my way clearly. However.
will write again shortly"
Mr.. Snyder derived the utmost en-.
joyment from the report. He liked the
matter Of II. and he liked Cakes liter
nry style.
Above all. he was tickled BY the OBJ
vious Querulousness OF II. Oakes was
bafiied. and his knowledge OF Oakes
told him that the sensation Of being
baffied was gall and wormwood to that
high-spirited young gentleman.
Whatever might be the result Of this
investigation. 1t would at least have
the effect Of showing Oakes that there
was more In the art Of detection than
he had supposed. II would teach him
the virtue OF patience.
He wrote his assistant a short note:
"Dear Cakes:
Your report received. You certainly
seem to have got the hard case which,
l hear. you were pining for. wish
you luck.
Don't build too much on plausible
motives In case Of this sort. Fauntle-
roy. the London murderer. killed
woman for no other reason than that
she had thick ankles. Many years ago
i myself was on : case where q man
murdered an intimate friend because
OF dispute about a ball-game.
MY experience is that five murder
ers out Of ten act on the whim OF the
moment without anything which, prop
erly speaking. you could call . motive
at all.
yours,
paul Snyder.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-03-05
CHAPTER III.
Flat Up Against u.

A day later Mr.. Snyder sat In his
Office reading typewriter manu-
script. II appeared to be Of humorous
nature, for as he read chuckles es-
capped him. Finishing the last sheet.
he threw back his head and laughed
heartily.
The manuscript had not been intend
ed by Its author for a humorous effort.
What Mr. Snyder had been reading
was the first of Elliott Cakes reports
from the Excelsior. II was ns follows: !:
II am sorry to be unable TO report
any real progress. ! have formed sew
eral theories. which viii put forward
later. but up to the present ! cannot
say that l am hopeful.
Directly arrived here sought out
Mrs. Pickett. explained who was. and
further Information which might be
Of service TO me.
'She is a strange. silent woman. who
impressed me as having very little
intelligence. Your suggestion that
should avail myself of her assistance
in unraveling this mystery seems more
curious than ever now that ! have
seen her.
she Is a hard-working woman. who
certainly conducts this boarding house
with reuarkable efficiency. but
should not credit her with brains. She
never speaks except when spoken to,
and even then Is curt to the point OF
unintelliglbility.
However. I managed to extract
from her good deal Of Information.
which may or may not prove useful
The whole AFFAIR seems to me at
the moment Of writing quite inexpli-
cable. Assuming that this Captain Gun
ner was murdered. there appears to
have been no motive for the crime
whatsoever.
Il have made careful inquiries
about him, and find that he was . man
of fifty-nye: had spent nearly forty
years Of his life at sea. the last dozen
In command Of his own ship: was Of
somewhat overbearing and tyrannous
disposition, though with . fund Of
rough humor; had Travelled all over
the world; and had been an inmate Of
the Excelsior for about ten months.
He had a small annuity. and no
other money at all. which disposes Of
money as the motive Of the crime.
"In my character Of James Burton.
a retired ships chandler. have mixed
with the other boarders. and have
heard all they have to say about the
affair.
II gather that the deceased was By
no means popular. He appears to have
had bitter tongue. and was not spar.
ing in its use. and have not met one
man who seems to regret his death.
"on the other hand, l have heard
nothing which would suggest that he
had any active and violent enemy. He
was simply the unpopular boarder-
there Is always one In every boarding
house-but nothing more.
81 have seen q good deal Of the man
who shared his room. He. too. Il .
sea-captain. By name Muller. He Is Z
big. siIent German. and It IL not easy
to get him 10 talk on any subject
.As regards the death Of Captain
Gunner, hs can tell me uothing. II
seems ti,at = TIE night Of the trasedy
he was away ut Brooklyn wieA some
friends. An have got from him II
some intcemation a to Captain; Gun,
ner's haDlts. which leads nowhere. The
dead man o6Bdom drank except at
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-03-05
A MESSAGE TO THE POOR

Alamosa Empire
The people who can't afford to sub
scribe to the home newspaper will be
cheered by the fact that the patent
medicine almanacs for 1920 are now
being delivered free.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-03-05
81 " MONS

State OF Colorado.
County Of Gunnison.
In tke Cessty Court.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-03-05
NEVER CALL NAMES

Exchange
"William, thee knows never call
any bad names, but, William, if the
mayor of the city were to come to
me and say, John, want thee to
find me the biggest liar in the city,
l would come to thee and put my hand
on thy shoulder and say to thee, Will
liam, the mayor wants to see thee
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-03-05
ACHES AND PAINS
QUICKLY RELIEVED
You'll find Sloan's Liniuneut
softens the severe
rheumatic ache

Put Il ON freely. Don't rxb Il h.
Just let i fnetratf naturally. What :
sense OF soothing relief soon followsi
External achess stiffnessa sorenesa i
eramped muscles, strained sinewa
eaek erScns-those Ailments eant
n$hf on the relieving qualities Of
Sioans Liniment Clean, convenient,
eeoaomical 3Sc. Ne. $1z0 -. !.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-03-05

FlaSler News:-The Denver Posts
"epidemic Of coldss seems to be claim
ing Is many victims Is tho it were
called by its right name: Influenza"
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-03-05

Pittsburg Gazette Times
Reds" seem to be blue because
America proved not to be as green ~
they thought.
The New York herald., 1920-01-07
Truck Trains Rescue
Victims of Embargo

The distinction OF bemg me first busi-
ness concern to use a motor truck train In
ordinary commercial work belongs. so far
as available evidence indicates. to a soft
drink bottling company.
The Coca-Coia Bottling Company, Of
Greenville. s. c.. had been getting Its sup
ply Of syrup-which was its most essential
raw materiar'-by rail from the main
plant Of the Coca Cola Company, In At
lanta. Ga. When a freight embargo tied
up rail shipments out of Atlanta, the
Greenville concern would have been forced
to suspend business had it not possessed
an independent means of transportation In
its fleet OF eight White trucks.
The trucks went overland to Atlanta,
were loaded with syrup. and returned to
Greenville the following day. Greenville's e
example indicated solution for four. other
Coca-Coia bottIing companies In q similar
plight, and within the next few days fleets
of White trucks went to Atlanta from
Chattanooga. Tenn, Augusta and Rome,
Ga. and Birmingham. Ala, returned to
their respective bases with supplies of
syrup and kept business going as usual
The New York herald., 1920-01-07
Many Improvements
in the New King

Attendants at the King "s'' exhibit have
ments and changes which have been in
corporated in the new model 'H' King.
Twenty-four of these are in the bodies,
thirteen in the frame and chassis arrange
ment, seventeen in the engine, three in
the electrical equipment and the balance
distributed through the fittings OF chassis
and bodies.
called radical, but the car has been made
of higher quality throughout, and accounts
for the increase In King prices as COM
pared with the former model.
The new bodies are a distinct departure
from the preceding King. They are lower