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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-01-06
COUNTIES RICH IN RESOURCES LOST BY
LACK OF 5000 ROADS,.
B. B. Dougherty in Winston-Salem
Journal.

Journal.
Ashe, Allegheny and Watauga
these three; formerly they
were one-Ashe.
The taking away of Watauga in
1849, Allegheny in 1859, caused
no friction in the mother country
as is often the case. The people
of Watauga have high regard and
great appreciation for the peo-
pie of Ashe and Allegheny, and
they have every reason to be-
leves that their high regard and
greaSappreeiation are fully re-
ciprocated. With six hundred
and forty.fve thousand acres of
fine mountain land, forty thous-
and three hundred and sixty four
cattle, thirteen thousand eight
hundred and thirty-four hogs,
twenty six thousand six hundred
and forty sheep, eight thousand
one hundred and seventy.tive
horses, a tax book value at $685.
100000 and 4l,o81 courageous
souls, these counties should be a
great asset to the Old North
State; they desire to be helped
by the State, The propriety OF
putting these counties into Vir'
ginia and Tennessee has been
discussed. A disting u i S h e d
North Carolinian few years ago
eaayassed Watauga to find the
true sentiment, and declared that
we were genuine North Caro|in-
ians. The great trouble, the
tragedy of the whole matter, is
that our transportation facilities
connecting US with the State are
about as they were when Zeb
Vance eanvassed tho country for
governor. A railroad, or a hard
surfaced road, Or both, will solve
the question. A traveller in
Boone wishing to go to Winston,
would be advised to 20 to Bristol,
Roanoake, tn n Winston. Go
into our hotels and see the num-
erous travelling salesmen-not
one from North Carolina; all from
Tennessee and Virginia. Recent
ly q big trust company was or
ganized in Bristol. These coun
ties we're classified as Virginis
counties, and our people were
persuaded to buy 100000 Of the
stock,
Ashe and Allegheny lead al
the counties in the State In live
stock, while Watauga leads ir
mountain produce. Here are th'
biggest cheese factories, with th'
biggest output south of Pennsyl
vania; hereis the largest CONNER
cial orchard in North Carolina
10000 newly bearing apple trees
Chickens and turkeys, butter AM
eggs, apples, cabbage and pota
toes, all In abundance, going daj
" into johnson City, Tenn, ther
to be distributed to the Virgini
and Tennessee cities. We shoul
love to see it 60 to Winston an
Greensboro, Charlotte, Gastonis
Salisbury and other North Carr
lima towns, How can the eurrer
of trade be changed? Not b
wishing, but by providing adj
quate transportation facilities
In the days gone BY We usde
took to build a railroad from Ra
eigh west. The first plan was
come by Winston, up the Yadki1
through Cooks Gap, throua
Watauga county, down the Wa
auga river into Tennessee; this
perhaps the best route. At th
time our people had no con6den'
in the project. The road was
ken away, and finally built
Asheville; built, II you please,
State bonds. That it has been
wise investment no man doubt
1t has put millions of dollars
the tax books, bringing treme
deus d, '. wealth fFQlA oatet the Sta
Az that time jefferson waslagg
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-01-06
ENTRY Notice, No. 1854.

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County. rnyr ~, rpJ! laKcr TO.
,aid loant..
. +. Sror! locates and enters on,
tiUol acres of land on the wa
trS uf B'tua,0 Greek. Ia i'lUr kld.
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ur>uju ~pruu> and ,anrrl nU>t
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Y, av Win SalI Itnc to d cheStcut lrr,
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Id Dl, a.. .iu.' tu u avucumnrr trce al
ne ioot ci ,hv N0cky luugc; then Vi
aid ridg' a!uu various courses wit
",u Loon, Cotlcy line 70 the bc
!lnning. Entered Dec. 70, 1920.
II. J. HARDIN, Entry Taker
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-03-13
Mile. Creuzes Who by Wearing
the Theirs Necklace Is Restor-
ing 1t to Health.

Broglie, whose love for the gems Is In
tense, was constantly being called upon by
friends to restore theirs to health. The
interesting fact that at one time she had In
her possession two million dollars worth
of these sick necklaces was brought out.
But the Princess objected to the neces-
sary espionage. This left only Mile.
Greuze, who, because OF her stage life, was
not so sensitive. And So, for several
months in the year-because the Theirs
pearls were very much more starved than
the Blum ones-the' actress wears them.
Whenever they hang around her charming
neck and nestle upon her lovely breast
delegates Of the Louvre are close besffe>
her watching them When she retires and
takes them off these delegates receive
them and hand them to her when she
arises in the morning. Under her care the
Theirs necklace has almost recovered All
it's health and beauty II VIII be COUPLE
of more years, however, the experts De-
lieve, before II is fully restored
Just what month In the year young Mrs.
Blum shall wear Mother Blum's pearls has
not been settled, and so the police detail
has not been assigned yet. Nor will 1t be
assigned Immediately, because young Mrs.
Blum is awaiting an interesting event
which will take place within the next
couple of months. .-. .. ,4...
So before Summer comes the race be
tween the stork and the auctioneers ham
mer may have been settled " II is not,
there remains still little over three years
for either the one or the other to get the
decision. ESQ.,.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-03-13
Louvre, Paris.

will not be so bad. perhaps, But how
about the theatre, the restaurants and so
on? II would seem that the policeman
would have to be rung in on all these fes-
tivities. Young Mr.. Blum is rich and the
expense won't matter but this constant
scrutiny by the eye of the law nay not be
at all times pleasant.
OF course, Mrs. Blum could stay home
and wear her pearls. But every woman
knows she won't; 1t would be femininely
impossible.
II may comfort her to know that
French beauty has regularly for several
years been subjected, for the same rea-
sons. to even a more rigorous espionage.
She is Mile. GrelZe, one OF the orna-
ments of the French stage, who was Sc
lected to mother" the starving pearls
which Nine. Theirs, widow OF the great
French statesman, left to the nation at her
death. When the Theirs necklace was first
placed in the Louvre 1t was worth $780,
900. It was made up Of one hundred and
fifty of the finest pearls ever found In the
sea.
They lay in the louvre for years. and
when at last the authorities awolSe to their
condition they were dull and dirty looking
end practically valueess. .,
The chief gem experts of Europe were
consulted Some Of the experts advised
skinning the pearls. This means peeling
off the outer coats. AS the pearl is built
I'D of successive layers of matter secreted
by the oyster 1t has as many coats as an
onion, whose structure under the micro
scope 1t much resembles.
AS the pearl starves 1t loses its lustre
first from the outer coats. II dies from the
outside In rather than from the inside out.
Sometimes 1t is possible TO restore the
uight
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-03-13

stone. Diamonds, sapphires, emeralds-
all the other precious stones are minerals.
But the pearl is really not stone. 1t is of
animal origin. 1t grows within the oyster
and animal substances enter largely into
its making,
While the precious stones are as last
ing as the crystal, the pearl shares the
mortality of that which gave 1t birth. In
time its animal substances dry out ana
die and the gem disintegrates unless some
way is found Of feeding it. The best and,
indeed the only way, II has been found,
is by bringing the pearls in close contact
with the skin Of a young and healthy
woman.
There the gem seems to draw In life.
It's dullness disappears and the old lustre
returns. 1t gets back the vitality and
bloom 1t has lost. It, In word, RECEIVERS.
There is a perfectly natural explanation
for all this. It is the warmth and the secre-
tons of the skin that replenish and
stimulate the animal substances In the
gem. What happens, probably, Is that the
oily excretions OF the sebaceous glands,
whose openings are the pores In the skin
actually enter into the pearls and feed
them; keep them, at least, fabricated.
II will be an embarrassing situation, no
doubt for young Mrs. Blum to have a
policeman at her heels all the time she is
wearing the necklace. 1t gives rise to any
number of interesting speculations. When
she goes to dances will her guard have to
learn how to dance SO that he can be close
to her in the terpsichorean windings? Or
will he be content to stand at the side with
his eyes glued to the gems? Invitations
will, Of course, have to include the police
man, and that promises complications. In
their own home the necessary shadowing
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-03-13

gems pristine brilliancy by peeling of the
dead layers until the still living portion is
reached. The operation is an extremely
delicate and hazardous one, however, and
the size of the gem Is lessened, Of course.
according to how mach Of 1t has to be
peeled off, And often, like the man in the
Bible, Its last state is worse than its frst.
The French Government decided against
this process and considered the alternative
of finding some young woman whose con-
stitution was such as to make her pearl
mother" Also there was something about
this measure particularly appealing to the
French mind, and a number Of very beau
tiful and healthy Parisiennes we're exam
ined for the privilege.
Then a serious obstacle developed. By
Nine. Thiers's will It was stipulated that
the necklace must never be taken from the
Louvre.
How could the Government evade this
explicit Injunction?
In case of fire 1t would be necessary
to remove the pearls. Wasn't this as great
en- emergency? After long and earnest
thought the authorities decided the phrase
must never leave the Louvre" was sus-
ceptible to the Interpretation must never
leave the custody of those who have the
Louvre In charge"
1t was, therefore, decided that the
pearls could be taken from the building
and could be worn by some woman to
be SELECTED provided that whenever she
wore the jewels she should be constantly
in the company of one or more OF the
Louvre authorities delegated to that duty!
Out OF scores Of applicants for the honor
for so 1t was considered In France-the
choice of the experts narrowed down to
two One Of them was the Princess de
Brbglie, beautiful member of the French
aristocracy, and the other Mile. GreuZe, an
equally decorative idol OF the French stage
Both we're young, full Of health and vital
ity, and proven by careful tests to be ex-
,traordinarily sympathetic to pearls. In
deed, 1t was shown that the Princess de
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-03-13

EN- the Superior Court
of the State of CALI
fornia, in and for the
City and County of
San Francisco.
Hon. Thomas F. Ora
ham, Judge.
.'In the Matter of the
Estate of Rosa
Blum, deceased.
dept No. 10.
<-HE petition of James B. Blum,
% one of the executors Of the
i above estate, shows that there
is in this estate in the vaults Of the Anglo
California Trust Company, certain pearl
necklace of the value Of approximately
100000; that said pearl necklace has been
for some time and is now, kept In a safe
deposit box, and that by reason thereof
said necklace has, and is, deteriorating
and depreciating in value, and will con-
tinue to SO deteriorate and depreciate I'M
less said necklace is worn by some healthy
young woman for the period Of one month,
at least. Of each year.
MANY eminent lapidarists have given
their opinion that these pearls, for lack OF
nourishment, will deteriorate unless worn
for a certain period in each year, and the
Court is asked to designate some mt.
proper and healthy woman to wear this
necklace during the period Of one month
Of each year.
AFTER the hearing OF said petition many
requests to wear the pearls have come to
the Court from trained nurses and other
women claiming 10 be in such perfect
health that they would be able to preserve
the lustre of these valuable pearls. Their
REQUESTS have been fully considered by
the Court, but after seeing the petitioners
wife, Mrs. James B. Blum, am convinced
that she is sufficiently sound in body and
health to wear thfs necklace and preserve
The lustre of these valuable pearls"
And then Judge Graham issued an order
which Is perhaps without parallel In any
court in the history Of the world. He
directed that Mrs. James B. Blum should
wear the 100000 necklace of pearls
For the period Of one month, under the
following conditions: That when they
are taken from the safe deposit box anc
delivered to her an officer be with or neal
her at all times to insure their safe re
turn to the Court.
"The reason an officer is designated tc
guard and protect these pearls is because
OF a provision in the will Of Rosa Blum
whereby these pearls have been be
oueathed to the first female issue OF the
blood of James B. Blum (who at present
is thirty years Of age), provided there IL
such issue by the time he arrives at the
age of thirty-fve, otherwise the said pearls
are to be converted into cash and the pro
ceeds given to the Federation Of Jewish
charities of San Francisco.
"These pearls are under the protection
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-03-13

EN- the Superior Court
Of the State of Cali
forni., in and for the
City and County OF
San Francisco.
Gunnison news-champion., 1921-03-18
HI PRAYS AS WELL AS SwEARs

MoutnOse Enterprise
pIr friend Col. Dawes showed his
cuunty-men the other day when testi-
fylng before 4 Congressional com
mIttee that he was handy with the
swear words. In speech before a
Nv York audience since that time,
h. has likewise given evidence that he
can pray as fervcntly and with as
much logic and common sense rs he
can swear. His praying had to do
wth the Irish question and was some
thing like this:
May God make the great English
people just and considerate; may God
MAKE the Irish people just and reason
able; but may God damn the American
demagogues or whatever nationality
he may be, who. for political purposes
sceks to stir up strife between the
two great English-spcaking nations,
in whose joint hands rests the covenant
o. human freedom and the civilization
OF the ages"
This" he said. ais not profanity
but a prayer"
Gunnison news-champion., 1921-03-18
DISCUSSING IRRIG ATED
PASTURES II THE
DELTA REGION
By II. A Ireland. County Agent.

Nearly half Of the yl0s on the Tn
compahgTe proiect WeTe not filled las
year and the reason gwen in almost
every case was that labor vas
too high 10 make silaEe profitable.
Often this cause can b. reduced con
siderable b. cooperative Ownership
% engine and silage cutters and an
.rEchAnge Of work by silo owners.
Three mCn living clos together With
s.lOs To I'll can often work together
20 their mutual advantage.
One Of the greatest labor savers and
C0st-ncduceTs Is being overlooked by
more than nine-tenths Of the farmers
Of the project This is the tame-grass
irrigated pasture II the testimony
Of pasture users that an acre Of pas
tuEe viii produce as much feed as an
acre Of alfalfa at much lower cost and
keep stock IN much better condition,
u the prEra.eal conclusion Of such
can be accepted. why are not more
pa tuTgs being sgeded As a matter Of
fact. pasture acreage is Increasing 2
rapidly. The area n grass in 1915
having been more than multiplied by
three in 1920. Fourteen men have
slEnlfDd 20 the writer their intentions
Of establishing pasture next year
and there are duubtle-s others who
expect 20 do as we'll.
Pasture gTazsss should not Be seed
ed until late Ia the spring. after dan
ger Of frost Is past, but the land
should be prepared early and stir
red occasionally TO destroy weeds A
little extra work in preparing the
ground for irrigation will save a great
deal Of work later In watering pas
lures.
Gunnison news-champion., 1921-03-18
DELTA FARMERS SUCCESS
FULLY EXPERIMENT
WITH SULPHUR
Delta Independent

Delta Independent g.
Last sprng ". B. Mccormick, Boyd
r. CoiTcy and Frank Bond, three
farmers on the upper Garnet mesa,
cNpcrimented by using raw sulphur
as a fertilizer.
The sulphur was obtained out Of
some old prospect holes that are
above Payne's siding and hauled
down in wagon boxes. Mr.. CofTey
planted bcets and tomatoes on the
ground where he had scattered 200
pounds OF this sulphur 10 the acre.
Not only did he find Il 10 be an eX-
ccilcnt fertilizer, both 10 the beets and
tomatoes, but il kept the cutworms
and other pests away. Out Of 200
plants set out not one was destroyed
By the cutWoTus or other pests, while
on the ground where no sulphur was
used, the patch had TO be replanted
the second and third time. The
bects were also frrc from aphis and
kindred diseases.
Mr. Mccormick planted oats on the
ground which he covered with sulphur
and found the oats TO grow from six
to ten bushels more per acre on the
ground where no sulphur was used.
Mr. CofFoy intends TO carry this
experiment much farther this season
70 determine 70 what extent IL viii
prevent rust or destroy the alfalfa
wccvil. ANY marked success he OBJ
,ains will be made public for the beie-
iit Of others.
Gunnison news-champion., 1921-03-18
Ranch and RANCE :: !: :: : =:
An INJUSTICE To MINERS
Mon.r9se Pres

Mon,H0se Press
4 prominent man Of western Colo
rado recently called the attention Of
ths eiltor OF the Press 20 the way in
Which the present income tax and ex-
css- profits tax work TO the injury OF
the retet4l mining industry Of Colo
rad0.
i Is q matter Of common knowledge
in this state that q paying mine of
gUlE silver, or other metal j. seldom
established without many years Of de-
We eIaFDeut work First the prospect
mus be- located, then considerable
tim must elapse before q title is Sc
cuTai from the government; then there
is period OF development during
which the costs Of operation greatly
eSreeds the receipts from sales Of ore;
exp. nsive machinery must be installed,
bu aings erected, roads built. eNpen-
aiy. explorations and developments TO
be made underground.
J. Is only when all Of these things
haE been done that the prospect hole
b. mes mine and the man who has
n .el his work and his money may
hO 20 gat return Of such nature as
b.. aupgnsate him for the risk be has
ma and the risk he has taken.
I'd then comes the federal tax
Ia refusing 20 consider anything
q than the surplus Of the years
ca 1gs, and takes no account Of the
To- period when everything was out
= .ad nothing was income.
is easy 20 see hOw such a tax
IT. work to discourage mining de-
80 guCut, = business IN which the
r Of loss and failure are extra
OF. 1arily great, and in which there
IT. be equivalent chances Of great
pr tits II the constant supply OF metal
Is 'o BE- assured BY the development
Of r.gF mines.
Gunnison news-champion., 1921-03-18
Count, rRE,sunER's NOTICE

TO Robert IL Law AND TO ALL
PtlltsoNS HAVING AN INTEREST OR
TITLE OF RECORD IN OR TO THE
LAND HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that on
the 18th day OF November A. u. 1915,
the following described property. situ-
ate in the County of GGnnison and
State OF Colorado. to-wit:
acres ia Elkton Placer. Survey Num-
Der 32Qi. situated in Elk Mountain
District, was sold for the delinquent
taxes for the year 1914 and purchased
by Gunuison County: That said prem
ises were taxed for the said year 1914
IN the name OF Robert II. Law:
That the said Gunnison County. by
it's County Treasurer. did on the 18th
day Of March 1891 duly assign the
certificate of purchase, which was is.
sued by the County Treasurer. to said
Gunn!son County for above sale. TO
hath mnde request upon the Treasurer
Of said County for notification. as
provided by the Law of 1905. in
order that they may become entitled TO
a tax deed on said certificate for
That the time of redemption Of said
real estate from such tax sale will ex-
pire on the LIST day of July A. d.
1891 and a tax deed will issue therefor
on the 2nd day of July a. d. 1921.
unless redeemed theretofore.
Dated this 18th day of March A. d.
SEAL, NJ. b. HERRIcK.
Treasurer of said Gunnison County.
First publication March IS, 1921.
Last publication April LIST. 1921.
Gunnison news-champion., 1921-03-18
chess W. Checkers

Chess appeals 10 mature minds, and
wood supplies most OF the accoutre-
ments with which II is played. Some
of the best are OF ebony and lockwood,
but very satisfactory games may be
played with yellow poplar. bass wood,
walnut, maple and birch outfits, says
the American Forestry Magazine. Ths
same holds true on checkers. but that
game usually is rated little lower
than chess In scientific points, though
no less an authority than Edgar Allan
of the highest and purest sort check.
ers surpass chess
Gunnison news-champion., 1921-03-18
TALK OF MOVING SAGUACHE
FOREST HEADQS- TO SALlDA

Saguache Crescent
At the Commercial meeting and sup
per held in the Saguaehe Hotel
last Friday night, which desired q
large attendance, especially meet
ing Of this nature, brought a very
small percentage of our stockmen out.
IL vas an important meeting for the
cattle and sheepmen for their vital
interest in holding the National For
est Office in Saguache, as there was
a contemplated move TO change the
Office 10 Salida, which would be very
inconvenient for two-thirds of the
cattle owners whose stock Is on the
forest range, owned by the Saguaehe
stockmen-
Another important subject was
brought before the meeting IN re
CORD 70 the freight rates, feeding and
moving stock. etc. Several communi-
cations We're read by the secretary
from other local organizations who
expressed themselves in favor of a
cooperation in betternent Of shipping
conditions.
Gunnison news-champion., 1921-03-18

Figures now being compiled by the
State immigration department for the
1921 edition Of the Colorado Year Book
show that s4.4l per cent of the land
in the state is patented, compared
with 1921 per cent year ago. The
amount Of homestead land remainin :
open 70 entry Is now 1854 per cent
Of the total area of the state, com
pared with 1917 per cent a year ago.
The area Of national forests is pTac;i-
cally Unchanged while the acreage Of
state land has decreased from i.6l
per cent of the area to 4.50 per cent
The amount Of land on tine tax rolls
in 1920 increased more than during
any year. though considerable more
than one-half Of the states area is
still unpatented and pays no taxes.
Nearly one-siNth of the states area
is now in process. of transfer from the
state or federal government to private
owners, being homestead land not yet
proved up or state land not yet fully
paid for and therefore not patented.
Gunnison news-champion., 1921-03-18
Hydrogen and o.ysen Gases.

Oxygen and hydrogen are very dif-
ferent gases; the former helps other
substances to burn. but Is not itself
infiammabie. while the latter is in
hammable. but does not support the
combustion Of other materials For
this reason hydrogen gas VIII no, set
fre 10 the oil rs oxygen would do, hut
as II IS an infiammnble gas II is very
danterops to handle and care should
be exercised
Gunnison news-champion., 1921-03-18
$40, h'ITN PROTEST AGAINST
HIGH - NLE or TANES
lI.m .r. ~'ur Icuu"my Of I-awmah-
70 Nut Especially Condemn
...,-.nr ~h"ap', soldier BilI

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IWFEEFnuF .E n RESOLVED,
T. .... ..r'. -r..s Grow
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rt,- ru.r.. rI aIo0o hearted
Crra-lnr ,r~..rg co. dccrcaa.. taxes.
and thl. rn,y ~, their vigorous and
persistent opposition 10 any and all
bills lnrrva cor t.ndng 10 increase
taxes. such a- bulls creating now Of
tlc"-, nov bureaus. new commissions,
OF additional hod0ra. such Ia tho
so-callcd Colorado Rangers bin Great
ed
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
That We endorse Senator Rockwclfs
bin providing for the elimination Of
onc-half Of the half mill levy for gen
rral road purpose. and earnestly urge
support for this bill,
RESOLVED, That the Secretary be
instructed to forward q copy Of said
resolution to the County Commi zsion-
crs Of the County Of GunnisOn, S.nat-