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Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-02

THIS Is q story of changing condi-
tinns. of how ono Colorado community
IA meeting the problems of re-adJust- /
ment in tho period following the war.
and lining up It's resources and Its
suervies for the new period of growth
and development that Ia so soon to be
upon the state.
In Salida and in Chaffee county, OF
which salida is the largest town tho
no. the county seat the conditions are
slmilar to those OF other high altitude
counties, and to some extent they afe
typical OF other communities OF tne
state. tho in Salida. as everywhere else.
,here arc local conditions, some oi
which add to the difficulty OF re-ao
iu.tment and some OF them make "
easier.
MINING AND RAILROADS.
Mining and railroads. were the foun-
dation OF the old time prosperity oil tne
unper Arkansas valley in colorado. Al
ne time in Colorado agriculture was
supposed to bo quite out OF the ques,
lion at an altitude of more than nvVv
feet and the ranchman who irriSatco
"a hay meadow was regarded az eIn
rularIy enterprising. Tho mines aoounu
cd on all sides of tho town. sN'ns
lending in a steady supply of ores OIL
gold. silver. lead and copper. primer i
pally. 10 be treated in tho local snol-
Ter or shipped to Pueblo o, some more
distant point A..
AS a railroad center Sahda has al
ways had a large measure of import
ance. 1t is tho junction point OF three
important lines of tho Denver and RIO
Grande system. and its Importance as
a division point on the main limo ma.
been augmented by tho necessity OF
transfers from broad gauge to narrow
gauge and vice versa
RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS
The end OF tho war brought to Saltda
az to other mining counties OF tnis
state n serious loss of business. u,
saltds IL meant not only the closing OF
tho mines but also the shutting down
for time of the smelter. Tho loss TO
the railroad was not so severe, hut IL
is generally well known that tho pros
perity of the railroad men and tho
railroad towns has considerably dccl'n-
cd since tho end of the war.
THAT was the time when Sslids had
10 choose between stsgnation and prog
ress and then and there Saltda msdo
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-02

given to past accomplishments IN ss-
Ida and vicinity, with accompanying
pictures of buildings. parks and other
evidences of prosperity and public
spirit. Schools and churches. clubs.
hospital. business blocks and other
features of a wide swake small city
arc to he taken granted. This ia the
story of the present and not of tbs
past. and the value OF Its telling is not
In tho benefit 1t will do to Salida. but
in the benefit 1t may do to other town,
and cities Of tho state. For what Ss-
Ida is doing in its own way and ac-
cording to its own circumstances other
places may also do in greater meas
ure or less.
And II every town In Colorado. or in
the Arkansas VALLEY In Colorado makes
the most of its opportunities and dc
Neiops its possibilities as Saiids is do
ing. all the splendid anticipstions Of
coming prosperity will be multiplied
in tho experiences of the future
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-02

position of exceptional scenic advan-
tsge. Like many other Colorado towns
Salida has Its Tcndcrfoot hill. n conf
cal butte rising to a sharp summit
near the railroad station. But rarely
elsewhere can tho hill climbing ten
derfoot gain such n mountain view as
at Salida. A half dozen separate peaks
rise to- heights of more than 1900 feet
now-capped thruout the year except
for n few weeks in late summer and
from their slopes descend mountain
streams that provide endless varieties
of scenic beauties. canyons. water
falls, lakes. cliffs. forests. and minor
mountains innumerablo extend on
every side. and offer ineShaustiblc at
fractions 10 nature lovers.
OPENING MONARCH PASS
To tho west Mount ouray Is the
sentinel OF the range. Tho railroad
strikes to tho south ofthis great noun
tain and branches. one line going south
thru Poncha pass to tho San Luis val
ley. and tho other climbing tho heights
Of Marshall pass to tho Gunnison.
Tho Rainbow trail chooses it's course
to tho north OF Mount ouray. and
for n time disputes with n short branch
railroad the little valley that divides
tho main range from tho Shavano
scenic beauty and grandeur. Upon the
slope of Mount Shayano, thru the
earlier summer months appears the
form Of the Snow Angel Of Mount
Shavano. clearly outlined in tho banks
of melting snow. n much more impress
sivc phenomenon than tho much
herslded Holy Cross. But II * not with
scenery that this story has to deal. Its
limited space is devoted to tho eS-
cmplarv enterprise OF the mon who
arc making Salida leader in tho now
period of Colorado development, and
tho scenery that the Monarch pass
opens to easy access Is merely ono Of
the things that ia being made an elc-
mcnt Of dawninE prosperity.
ORGANIZED FOR PROSPERITY
or course Salida has its commercial
club DR.. George II. Curfman is tho
president, w. r. Eozmau ia secretary.
and IL has tho stcadfast support OF the
1.-Two business and professional men
who are working out community prob
lens aud their own at tho same time.
4 good ilustration of how this organ
ization does things is to he found in
the Monarch pass celebration. al good
u piece of publicity work as has been
pulled off in colorado this year.
Endless newspaper space might be
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-02

anything more than temporary OBJ
utacle to high altitude farming.
The region about Salida ia also
favorable to grain. and competitive
tests are quoted as proof of the claim
OF superiority for wheat. barley, oats
and rye grown in this vicinity.
OPENING; THE GATES
Tho people of Salida are also wide
awake to tho Importance of road de-
velopment Tho namc Salida means an
exit or the way out but tho mon who
say without any afr OF boasting that
they are going to make Salida a city
of 5000 in tho next five years also "a V
that they arc going to make 1t tho way
in
ssalda is on what is known as tho
Rainbow trail which starts at Pueblo
and follows up tho Arkansas river as
far as Salida where it turns to the
right. crosses The main Continental
Divide TO the hcadwatcrs OF the Gun
niscn and descendB the valley OF that
stream thru tho counties OF. Gunni-
son. Mcntrcse. Delta and Mesa to tho
junction Of the Gpnnison and tho Colo
ado at Grand Junction.
Another highway, tho Fixes Peak
Ocean TO Ocean route comes into the
Arkansas valley a few miles above
Salida and continues up the valley by
Buena Vista and beadville and crosses
Tennessee Pass to the hcadwaters OF
the Eagle river, another tributary OF
the Colorado. And as Sslida Is sep
arated from Buena Vista by no more
than n few miles of excellent road, tho
former is practically upon two import
ant mountain highways and in good
position to command n full share of the
summer tourist business that promises
So much for the future prosperity OF
Colorado.
Sulda, he II remembered. occupies a
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-02

the choice that makes this story worth
telling.
ONE THING WORTH HAVING
Tho one thing that Salida had. which
some towns and cities of Colorado arc
not SO fortunate in possessing, was a
group of energetic and progressive
young business men. Instead OF being
discouraged with unpleasant facts. this
little group set themselves at work TO
sko Salida more prosperous than 1t
had ever been before.
Instead OF taking tinc to lament tho
things they had lost. or tho things that
wero declining. they set to work to con
slider what things could be made To
Weld a larger return. and what other
things could be developed into revenue
producers for the town and for tho
county.
GRANITE. FOR INSTANCE.
ono thing that the Salida people had
In plenty was granite, not tho ordinary
granite of the Colorado mountains, but
granite that could be cut in large blocks
and polished for use in monuments and
other stone WORK of the finest char
actor There are two kinds of Salida
granite, so called tho ono black and the
other rcd. Tho black. or rather dark
gray granite has a peculiar property in
that IL polishes dark and cuts light in
this popularity is that an inscription
OIL Salida granite shows in light letters
on a dark ba,' round. and can be
road at greater distance than on any
other kind of granite.
In the cemetery at Salida there arc
many monuments of Salida gray
granite, and some Tow OF Barre granite.
for from Barre. Vermont. comes the
best granite in tho United states. next
ito that of Salida, Colorado. And II
YOU stand Just SO far from = Barre
stone that you cannot read its inscrip-
ton. the letters upon n Salida. stone
standing far beyond will appear per-
fectlv plain.
Tho Salida rcd granite. also, has n
superior quality and finish.
JUST FOR EXAMPLE.
With tho best granite in the United
states. unlimited in quantity aud with
a practically unlimited market for q
superior product. the Salida men
thought they had n pretty good opror-
tunitv for an industry. aud they act
10 work to do something that might
not have occurred to every ono.
Getting together n group Of local
mon with adequate capital they act out
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-02
Pass from the east.

TO demonstrate that the granite In
dustry in salida will psy.-that and
nothing more. And that Is what they
arc doing. They have a well equipped
mill at Snlida, with about thirty men
at work cutting and polishing the
of gray and the other of rcd granite.
And last year thcy drew into that little
mountain city something more than
100000 in cash from the outside.
they have all tho land with all the
rock any reasonable company of mon
could want. and there Is plenty more
like it. AR unlimited supply of salida
IRA mite. tho best in tho country.
practically unlimited demand for tho
product. A demonstrated ability OF
tho Salida granite company TO ship
polished stone at n profit. Add tho
three facts to ether and calculate how
many years 1T will he before the ton
mage of Salida granite thru Pueblo
eastbound. will bc an important item in
keeping up tho psyrolls all along the
line.
HIGH ALTITUDE FARMING
The upper Arkansaq valley is really
on of the series of parks that extend
thru the middle OF the state on one side
or the other OF the continental divide.
The Arkansas valley Is not az wide
as the others. North. Middle. South
or san LUIS. hut IL has many of tho
same geographical and climatic feat
ures. and It Is we'll adapted to that new
and mos, interesting branch of agri-
culture that IL coming to he known as
high ttudc farming.
Tho passenger that rides thru the
valley on tho trains either on the main
line. or tho narrow gauge secs only tho
narrow river bottoms and the high
mountuius In tho distance on either
side Lul on the iucsa and tho benches
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-02

there are thousands Of acres Of fertile
lands. with an abundant water supply
for irrigation. and climate suitable
TO tho raising OF the high altitude
crops.
Some of the Salids business men have
gone into farming. and ,othcrs are
working with less directness to get the
farmers of southern Chaffco county in
to lines with the latest agricultural
progress of the state. Included in
these specialized high altitude prod
ucts are the field peas with top quail
ity pork and bacon as an ultimate
finished product cabbage and cauii-
flower, head lettuce. and as ono of the
latest successful experiments, garden
peas of the tall variety known as
Telephone. These products are being
shipped by tho carload hy tho farmers
of Chaffcc county from fields that lie
nj an altitude of from 1000 feet above
sea level well up toward the 5000 foot
bench mark. In fact wherever land is
level enough to cultivate can he
found
AN UNUSUAL SEASON
n is true that the season OF 1921
has not been favorable to these high
altitude crops. There has boon too
much rain and this has affected tho
head lettuce in two unfortunate ways
There has been a blight on the leaves
supposed to ho caused by bright sun
shine while the plants are wet, and
also an unusual number of the plants
have run to seed Instead of heading
mp I'm the delicious and crisp white
bnlls that have made such a hit in
eastern markets.
Nevertheless, the shipments have
been greater this year than ever be
fore. aud tho Salida business men and
farmers arc confident that those un-
usual conditions viii not prove TO be
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-02
WATER IN THE LuBEICATISc.
SYSTEM

c, r. II. writes: The last time thai
I drew off my engine oil. there was
lot of water came out first and then
the oil. which was very muddy. Whcra
did this water come from and how
can It he kept OUT What affect will
II have on the cnginc7
Answer: II came from the cooling
system and probably escaped from the
head lacking thru deroct in the gas
ket, into the cylinders and thence into
the Crankcssc. II YOU remove the head
YOU will probably find where the sas-
ket leaks and new one, well creased
when put on, will remove tho diff
Guilty Before detsching the head.
however. Sou better be sure that all
tho head nuts are tigh, and. if not Eet
them up snugly. an this may stop tho
leak. Sometimes. II there IL an ex-
posed leak. for instance in the upper
hose. water will trickle down the block.
get in back Of the valve compartment
cover and thus find its way into the
crank case. SO before taking tho head
off. be sure that tho water system Ia
tight externally. large amount o.
water in tho oil may cause burned out
bca rings and is likely to freeze, with
serious reoults in cold weather.
Ladies OF quality originally vore
masks either to protect their complex
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-02

Ladies OF quality originally vpre
masks either to protect their compile
modssty to prevent them from being
recognized while oul OF doors.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-19
TRAVELLING LIBRARIES
FREE
ARE

Do you . know that the Virginia
State Library will lend you and your
neighbors a collection of from 25 to
so books free?
Not cheap books, but good books
the very best to be had.
Each collection contains books of
fiction. poetry, travel. history 9iog-
raphy. science. and other branches of
literature, and the collection borrow
ed by your school or community
may be kept for six months or 'ong-
err. On its return to the State Ii
brary new collection will be sent
you.
The farmer and his family vii.
find many Of these books of tremen.
dous interest and value. There are
books on farming, dairying. fertlliz-
ing, draining, the care of cattle,
sheep. hogs, and other animals. or
charding. Bookkeeping, etc. And all
are free.
Though the books are for the use
of all classes Of our Virginia ,peo-
pie, it is probable that the needs OF
our country people are more par.
i, ticularly kept in mind when new
BOOKS are purchased. 1t is the spe,
.ial desire Of those connected witt.
he State Library that the books
70 into the districts Of The State
farthest removed fro movns and
railroads. In those districts live the
neople, both young and old, who need
them most.
A circular came to the Virginia
State Library few days ago from
he Tennessee State Library contains
ng the following paragraph, which
hope each reader of tbs leaflet
will think over:
"Did YOU ever think what just one
rood book may mean to boy or
girl? Abraham Lincoln walked
barefoot in winter for miles to FIND
one book that gave him his first
great vision and changed the course
# his life and the world. Woodrow
,, Wilson says one book made for him
new earth and new heaven, and
,nce a week for many years ne READ
he one poem in that book by which
he guided MS life. You can almost
read the League of Nations in that
Our collections are fixed of three
general kinds -
/. School sets. of from % to 30
BOOKS each, suitable for young peo-
ole of school age, with a few books
specially helpful to teachers. These
collections are lent for the school
session. Every wideawake teacher
will wish a set to aid in awakening
the minds of the young people un-
der his care.
2. Sets containing books Of in
.erest to older people.
3. A few sets on special subjects
for the use of study clubs.
Those who are interested should
apply to the State Librarian, Rich
mond. Virginia, for special blanks.
H. R. jMcILW A1NE,
State Librarian
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-19
YOU NEVER CAN.
TAME A WILD CAT
Mr.. Dodson Warns Against
Use of Treacherous, Dan ;.
gerous CalOmel

Calomel sahvates! It's mercury.
Calomel acts like dynamite on slug
gish liver. When calomel comes inso
contact with sour bile it crashes into
it, causing c-anlping and nausea.
If you feel bilious, headachy, con-
stipated and all Knocked out, just g.
to your druggist and get a bottle Of
Dodson's Liver Tone fer q few cent?
which is a harmless vegetable sub
stitute for dangerous calcmel. Take
a spoonful and if it doesn't start yoIr
liver and straighten you up better
and quicker than nasty calomel and
without making you sick, you just
go back and get your money.
If you take calomel today you'll be
sick and nauseated tomorrow; besides.
it may salivate you, while if you take
7cdssas Liver Tone you will wake up
feeling great, full of ambition ana
ready for work or play. It's harmless
pleasant and safe to give to children:
they like it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-19
New York Sales
Enormous.
Biggest Thing of Kind Ever Seen In
That State, Says Big Whole

Biggest Thing of Kind Ever Seen In
That State, Says Big Whole
saler.
The fact that $4,000 bottles of
Tanlac have been sold in the state of
New York since it's introduction there
less than one year ago, is a big
business item that will attract I'M
usual attention throughout the entire
East, for nothing like it has ever
happened before. It breaks all re-
cords.
Mr.. George B. Evans, manager of
the Gibson-Snow Company, the we'll
known wholesale druggists, with
branches in Albany, Buffalo,
Rochester and Syracuse, recently an
nounced that the preparation was now
selling in their trade territories alone
at the phenomenal rate Of approx
mately 100000 bottles year.
"If the present rate continues" said
Mr.. Evans, "this state. alone will prob
ably require considerably over $780,
600 bottles year This is a tremen-
dous figure but l am really conser-
vative in making this statement"
Tanlac is sold in Alexandria By
Edgar Warfield, Jr.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-19

in any way.
That, supplementing the hospital
construction program Tor which Sl8,.
100000 mas already been appropria,
ted and plans for the disbursement
of which through the Treasury De-
partment are under way, the new
Director is now given authority to
enter in contract with State, mu-
nicipal or private hospitals for the
accommodation at once of those vet
Grams in pressing need of hospital
care
That the rigid inspection of these
hospitals will now be under his man
agement and that the administra ton
of them as business institutions as
we'll as their human functionlng as
Ravens of sympathetic care and
rest for the disabled marshall be o
charge.
That the 26,6SO War Risk patients
now being cared for in the 800 pri-
yate and the 90 Government hos
pitfalls at present available for their
use. and the 1000 average monthly
increase of these wards requiring
treatments annually are now account
guardian of their care.
That the doctors who in the past
have made over a million eXamina-
tions of applicants for compensation
under the War Risk Act: ,and, the
United States Public Health physic-
lars who have furnished in. dlspen..
saries almost a million and a half
treatments annually, are now account
able to him as commander-in-chief.
this complete authority being now
transferred from the United States
Public Health Service to the Veter-
ans Bureau.
That the difficult and complex
task of restoring to the war-dlsaoled
man his former earning capacity or
creating in him a new one through
that voca tional rehabilitation which
It is the duty of the Federal Govern
men to supply to former service men
now depends for its solution on the
new dictatorship. :,
Under the act which created the
Veterans Bureau, those powers and
duties" in behalf of the service man
formerly vested in the Federal Board
for Vocational Education pass to
Director Forbes to carry on.
That he is the head of an lnsur-
ance business of 65l,054 active poll
cies, 397 800 term War Risk policies
with a committed value of S2,98O. $50
235, and 298,3s6 policies of United
States Government Insurance with a
value of S1,000,702,500.
And he is RESPONSIBLE for the av-
crage million dollars a day .expendi-
ture by the Government IN meeting
the compensation and insurance
claims which are increasing at the
rate of 700 new claims day
The Act which created the Veter
ans Bureau liberalizes certain pro.
visions of the War Risk Act and
the adequate administration of these
new benefits to the ex-servlce man
will increase the activities OF the
Bureau to perhaps fifth again OF
their present extent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-19
Richmond, fredericksburg
and Potomac r. Il.

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New York Atlanta, Jacksonville
s.s2 a. m. ;. Is. A. L. -. 800 p. m.
Washington-Fre
k10.20 q. m. ;. (LocaD
Washington Richmond
11.47 q. m. ;. (Expressl :. 2.ls p. m
Washington-Freder
3.O7 p. m. =. .LocaD -: S.OS a. m
New York-Augusta-Fl Florida
$50 D. m. :. GA. c. L.) :. $40 p. m.
Washington-Atlant Birmingham
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Neutrality-suspicious.
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New York-Florlda
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Richmond Washington
Dxpress 623 p. NJ
K Sundays only.
{. week days. On Sundays S.27 p. m.
S. D. Shelton, Ticket Agent. Alexan-
dria, Va, J. B. Aordecai, Traffic Man
aver. Richmond. Va
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-19
THE SERVICE MANS DEPART
MENT. AND THE MAN
WHO is TO RUN 1T

The day of dual responsibility, of
divided authority in the Govern
ment's dealings with former service
men is over.
All governmental agencies en-
gagged in administering soldier eg-
islation as provided to benefit vcter-
ans of the world war are at last con-
solidated into one organization, us-
der one head, and with one object,
TO demonstrate that the United
States can make of its dealings with
ey-service men co-ordinated ard
an efficient business, conducted az
great going concerns are run any
where else N the land.
This new organization is known as
the Veterans Bureau; the Director
on whose shoulders the entire ad,
ministration programme for soldier
welfare now rests, in Colonel Chas.
R. Forbes, business man from the
West whom President Harding our
suant of his practical! judgment thae
a Government Office requires the
same sort oe ability that is demand
ed by large business elsewhere, drew
out to Washington several mcEths
ago as Director OF the Bureau of
War Risk Insurance.
And here are few of the things
that being Director of the Veterans
Bureau entails. It means:
That his is the responsibility of
solving that heart rending and i'm
minent problem of providing hospi-
talization for all ex-service men who
have been wsr-crippled Or disabled