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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-26

perate revoutonaries. Have they found them? How
many are in county Jail? How many have gone from
there to the state pententiay federal prison
vcted OF treason? Verify these less boges than
the old women of Puritan New England who bestrode
broomsticks and made nightly rides the of the
moon. uq
America! Colorado! Wake up! Rub your eyesl Col
lect your sensesl Put away Have The
antdote to witchcraft faith in religion Religion
never in danger from its enemies Only its friends
harm it, Our government is in danger from its
miles, Its fearful friends constitute its alarming weak
ness Let have faith in America. Let US put away
suspicion In all the evidence collected there
scintia Of proof that much in every
hundred thousand would overthrow this
if he could do it personal risk The strength
America is not in her heavy hand but in the confidence
and love Of her people The anarchists bomb
potent thing against government based justice.
America W N' 'ssFt p
Have faith in Amercal No vituperative lying
tongue, malignant pen prevail against her. But
for her citizens fear and bogy army
should overturn foundations that the Fathers
laid in the loyalty Of every heart that respond
ce is to invite disaster Professor Bury the distn-
gushed British historian of ancient Greece made
shrewd observation Of the Athenian There
more significant symptom of the political and social
health of the Athenan state in the period of its empire
than the perfect freedom which accorded to the
comic stage to laugh at everything in earth and heaven
and splash with ridcue every institution of the city
every of the day, to libel the statesmen and
even jest the gods Such license never permitted
in age of decadence 1t can only prevail in a free
Country where mems belief in their strength and
tue in the excellence of their institutions their
ideals is still true, deep, and fervent then they af
ford to laugh at themselves" .s5-.s -.szae soc
William E. Sweet the Democratic candidate for govl
erno is apparently free from the prevalent hystera He
has faith in America He believes that her strength
sides in her honored practice confidence the
people and not in iron shard reeing tube He does
not fear the Bolshevik What Of them real
knows that the of American quite ae
quate to cope with And for of them he knows
they boges. His campaign speeches might we'll be
pointed in the vein Of Sancho Panzas the honorable
but nver-zealous knight Don Quixote.
Look sir, answered sancho. "those which appear
yonder are not giants, but windmls what to
be the sails"
ut is very evident, answered Don Quixote. "that
thou art not versed in the business Of adventures They
giants"
Whereupon the deuded knight rushed upon them
and ran his lance into whiring sail only to be rudey
and ridicuously tumbled the ground
Sancho hastened to his relief crying he went: God
me! did not you - that they nothing
but wndmis? And nobody could mistake them but one
that had the like in his head
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-26

Those registered at the Elk Noun
tain Hotel during the week were:
Ezell Taylor, A. E. Mayhun, L. L.
Robinson, w. NJ Campbell, Thos. T.
Swan, Denver; Hugh Wilson, A. A.
Miller, M. e Bair, Gunnison; H. E.
Morse, Rocky Ford W. R. Dunn, Pu-
eblo; W. L. Hall, Montrose; Ralph
Casselman, Trinidad; d. H. Kendall,
H. H. Yanders, Eric Carlin, j. L. Nc
Gruder, Ivan Beach, City; Ray v.
Diehl, Grand Junction; J. H. johnson,
Henry Hayman, Fred Breidenstein,,
Price, Utah.
Among those who took the civil
service examination in Gunnison on
September 9th. was Miss Annie Paste,
who passed with an average of 80 1-5.
This exam was for postal clerk and
Miss Paste is first on the Gunnison
register with seven others. James
McGillis, also we'll known here, took
the exam at the same time, but Miss
Paste received the highest average
of all
Miss Helen Wolfe, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Herman Wolfe of Sunrise,
Wyoming. but formerly of c. B., is
now attending Central High school in
Pueblo, and staying at the Edward
Redmond home.
Sunday afternoon the Misses Annie
Paste and Mildred Miller, with Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Miller motored to
Baldwin and visited with Miss Mary
Teak, who is teaching school at that
place.
Lost-On road between Crested
Butte and Glacier, pair Of load
tighteners. Reward for return to
BARNEY SERAFINI,
Crested Butte, Colo
The Ladies' Aid held an enjoyable
session at the. e. G. Gladstone home
on Thursday Afternoon, Mrs. G. A.
James being assistant hostess. Deli
cious refreshments were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan Beach and chill
dren came in on Fridays train. Mr..
Beach has been in. Denver taking the
BARRIERS. examination and has opened
up the Holmes barber shop.
The Young Ladies' sodality Of the
Catholic church are giving q gingham
dance at the Croatian hall on Friday
evening, October g.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-26
THE sWITCHCRAFT DELUSION
AND THE BOLST1EVIK HYSTERIA

HISTORY will regard them as kindred phenomena
epidemics Of unreason and fear.
Witchcraft religio-socia deusion. Bolshevism.
term properly applied the political creed Of the
party in contemporary Russia by way being
America politicosocial mania.
Belief in witchcraft all but universal. And
the belief buttressed by the highest of
ligion and law To doubt witchcraft invite
picion of ones being law abiding citizen and
worse, brand self atheist For did
Holy Writ itself the of witches? Thou
shalt not suffer witch to live" counseed the Good
Book-a text, which, President A D. White remarked
caused blood to be shed than single
ment uttered ' iS
America caught the contagion from the Old World.
Several states stained their records with witch nqus
tions and executions Among the harmless Quaker and
the friendless Indians salkingground for those
bogy fends The deusion may be said to have reached
both its climax and collapse in 1892 in Salem Massachu
setts, where the fruit of vehement pro-
NOTED chiefly by the Reverend Cotton Mather nineteen
persons, most of them old harmless women execut
ed, and when the community returned sanity,
hundred were in prison. some of them awaiting
ecution. r z
Truly the witchcraft delusion forms a strange but
significant chapter in the history of human frates Tis
edifying to Samuel Sewel, Judge of those
witch trials and of the honorable Of his
gveness for his part in the madness And well
might he have said for himself and for all:
" "Tis by guilt the onward sweep
OF truth and right Lord, stay
Ts by folles that long
We hold the earth from heaven away.
sour faults tenderness should ask,
The Christening stripes must cleanse them ALL
But for our bunders-oh, in shame
Before the eyes of heaven fall"
The Bolshevst hysteria in America is precisely as
wefounded and il-founded the witchcraft delu-
sion. A modcum of discontented, wld-eyed fanatics
some OF them with turn for revolution, like the
POOR always with us, but they probably less numer
than in 1885, 1901. 1919 and they were
proportionately numerous dangerous than the
spieful toothess old who passed for witches in
the seventeenth century. Git - g ~
Where these desperate anarchists? Where are
these black, and midnight conspiratos who medi
tate countrys ruin? Are authorities alert?
Do they not the danger? Yes the Attorney General
Of the United States has been tracking them from
to and from the north to the Gulf. Some Of
best detectives have been throwing their cose-mehed
nets alleged socialist and groups here
there and yonder With what result? Are there any
in prison? Practically Have there been any
convictions on unimpeachable evidence? None. Look in
states prison. Our Colorado Rangers have
been for months in leading coal camps and the
railroads and highways diligently searching for these des
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-26
SCHOOL COLUMN

The Origin OF Crested Butte as q
Town
In 1877 S. C. Robinson, now in Saw
tell, Calf, came to what is now Crest
ed Butte, but did not remain long.
About this time Colby built the Ir-
win wagon road thru Crested Butte
and Holt and Axtell, who were very
influential men of this place, built
the Gothic toll road, also thru here.
They were also the gentlemen who
latter laid out the present cemetery
lot.
In 1873 H. F., Smith discovered coal
at Smith Hill. The mine was then
opened and operated by the White
Breast company with Smith as man
ger. Messrs, Hurst, Sherwood, Teller,
Trimbal, and Howe came during the
year. Howe went to Jacks Cabin
and built little settlement above
it and called it Howeville. Teller and
Trimbal were trappers around Crest
ed Butte, but Sherwood was one Of
tuc PIOSpcCtOio wiz dooiStcd AAOit anu
Axtell to establish our town.
During the period of 1878 Kellogg
OF, Denver, surveyed the town site.
the real object in creating a town
here was to build a smelter to ex-
tract ore sent from the towns of Ir-
win. Gothic, Pittsburg, and Augusta,
all of which were fully developed at
that date.
By special arrangement with the
Athletic committee of the Western
College of Colorado, Mr.. Heaguey was
able to secure for the high school a
very low rate of admission to the
football game in Gunnison Saturday.
The problem next in order, naturally,
Of financing the expedition for the
entire school found its solution in the
large attendance at the dance given
for the purpose in the City hall Fri
day evening before the game. The en-
tire responsibility for preparing and
serving lunch and of putting the
hall in order after the dance, was TAX
en- over and executed by the students.
Concluded on last page
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-26
THE MOST UNGRATEFUL
MAN IN COLORADO

s. |
Judging from his actions in recent
years it was to be expected that
Charles S. Thomas would give aid and
comfort to those who are making ev4
cry effort to defeat that party In
the coming election which has hon
ored the gentleman in a way and to
an extent that it has never honored
any other. citizen of the state. !.
T We were not at alI surprised to
see the name Of Charles S. Thomas
head the list of the alleged business
mems league formed through and by
the efforts of the republican party
with the hope Of lining up the busi-
ness interests of the state against
the Democratic state ticket.
Sinister indeed has been the policy
followed by Senator Thomas in repay
ing a great party for honors it has
bestowed upon him over a period OF
some thirty years.
Few more brilliant men than
Charles S. Thomas ever lived in Colo
rado but his brilliancy would have
received but little recognition in ma
tional and state circles had it not
been for the generous manner in
which the party to which he belongs
treated him whenever great official
and political honors were to be be-
slowed upon the sons Of the Centen.
nial state.
Twice the Democratic party NOM
mated Charles S. Thomas for COVER
nor and twice was he elected and
twice the Democrats of Colorado se-
iected Charles S. Thomas as their
candidate for United States senator
and twice that party, standing loyalty
behind him, elected him to that
great office.
In 1900 Colorado leaders and Colo
RADIO delegates made it possible for
Charles S. Thomas to be chairman of
the great national Democratic con-
vention.
Many other honors have been
awarded Senator Thomas by the
Democratic party.
III there is any man now living in
Colorado or who ever lived in Colo
rado, obligated to show degree of
appreciation to the Democracy of
the state, that man is Senator
Thomas.
We are sorry to say that there has
never been the slightest indication of
appreciation. After accepting all
these great honors Senator Thomas in
recent years seems to have taken a
delight in giving aid to the political
enemies in helping defeat Democratic
state tickets and in doing all he can
to disorganize and to defeat the party
which SO frequently. generously and
SO signally honored him. OF course
we realize that the Republican party
has made fitting recognition of the
valuable assistance the senator has
rendered that party from time to
time in recent years by rewardine
him with an appointment under At
Concluded on page two
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-26
CARD OF THANKS

n We cannot find words to express
our heartfelt thanks and gratitude to
those dear friends and neighbors who
so generously gave a helping hand
during our great loss and sorrow.
MRS. IRA L. SIGMAN,
RAYMOND SIGMAN,
C. F. KUNZE.
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Copied from tho Files Of the Ell
Mountain Pilot

Tom Parman went to Denver last
week and will remain for the winter.
A. F. Kendall, auditor for the Colo
RADIO Supply company, came in today.
Jos Voss accompanied VIM. Gibson
and son James on their return to Coal
basin Sunday.
Thos. O'Bryan passed through town
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-26
Local and Personal


Jim Bazz went to Gunnison on busi-
ness Tuesday.
Eric Carlin came in from Gunni-
son last Saturday.
Joe Rozman left last week for Los
Angeles California.
Tony and Lewis Kochevar were in
Gunnison last Thursday.
Harry Gibbs was an arrival on
Tuesdays train from Pitkin.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rozich motored
to Gunnison and back Tuesday.
Henry johnson is in town from
Marble, having arrived Tuesday.
For Sale-Two lot, good location,
cheap. III See Pilot; -. 4172t
Mesdames Fred Gulliford and Mary
Bailey spent Saturday in Gunnison.
Joe Niccoli drove in a big Case, car
AAOAAA 6oAiaa Aoot hui Sddy
>.--f- 10 tfft-
Chas. Hirdman and w. A. Soden
were in town from the Breaker Sat-
urday.
C. L. Ross, Thos. Swan and Wood
son Campbell came in from Denver
Sunday. ~
J. L. McGruder and Charlie Hoel
were in town Monday from Washing
ton gulch-
Va tai 7f.l - ~
- Mrs Josephine Mccartney spent the
weekend in Gunnison, coming home
on Sunday.
VIM. Dunn and Eber Burson have
resigned at Smith Hill and left Sun
day for Denver.
Mrs. VIM. Baker is enjoying visit
with her sister, Miss Saunders of
Grand Junction.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rozman were up
from Gunnison. Sunday to spend the
day with relatives.
ssJ.. l.. McGruder, Edgar Pennington
and Chas. Hoel made trip to Irwin
via truck Tuesday.
.s-Geo. Morgan. and Francis O'Neill
were business visitors in Gunnison
Thursday afternoon. ,.,
Sunday Geo L. Miller and son
Lewis, with Mrs Susie Wiese mo-
tored up from Gunnison.
Tuesday was the first registration
day for the general election. Only
few persons were registered.
Thursday afternoon Mrs. T. C. Tay-
lor, Mrs. Fred Miller and Miss Mil
dred Miller motored to Gunnison.
The wedding of Miss Rose Chiodo
and Mr.. James Bazz is to take place
on Saturday evening, October 28.
Mrs. Jay Kanzler passed through
town Sunday on her way to Gunnison
where she will spend the winter.
General Supt. Page with John Nc
Intyre motored to. Baldwin Wednes-
day to do some surveying at the Star
mine.
Miss Ethel Snyder came over from
Cebolla Friday evening to take in the
dance and spend the weekend with
frieds.
Morgan Jones is having dental work
done in Gunnison before going on to
Dawson, N. NJ, where he will spend
the winter.
A large delegation from here took
in the foot ball game in Gunnison
Saturday and everyone seemed to en-
joy it immensely.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M. Page and Prof.
and Mrs w. w. Tinsley were in Gun
nison to take in the foot ball game
Saturday afternoon.
James Blakemore underwent an op-
GRAFTON at the d. G R. G. hospital at
Salida, on Thursday last and is get
ting along nicely at this writing.
Mrs, Jane Richardson and little
daughter left last Wednesday for
their home in Trinidad after having
spent several months here with Mrs.
Richardson's sister, Mrs. Lawrence
Snyder.
Cars from here which took down
crowds to attend the foot ball game
Saturday afternoon were those be-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-26
On behalf of himself and other land

On behalf of himself and other land
owners in the Slate river valley, w.
H. Runnoe is erecting a dam at the
outlet of Nichols lake which will
raise that body Of water to . point
about eight feet higher than the nor
NAL mark, in order to secure a source
of water supply for frrig alton pur-
poses.
Accompanied by w. A. Welch, L.
Ward Bannister, attorney for the C..
C. IS. M. & NJ. Co., and Lewis M. Sut-
ton, both of Denver, came in Friday
and proceeded to the vicinity of Som
erset to examine some coal land, and
incidentally do little hunting.
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-.-.-- -.----~ 1S7e-190s
Thirty years ago last Saturday
night Mr.. Andrew Alexander and Miss
Jane fitzpatrick were united in mar.
riage in Ohio. On the evening Of
their thirtieth, or pearl, wedding an
niversary both were spared In good
health and prosperous circumstances
=
to see their children and grandchil-
dren, and host Of friends, gather at
their spacious home on the hill to
make merry on that joyful occasion.
More than one hundred guests were
in attendance. and by lively conver-
sation and dancing, interspersed, with
delightful vocal and instrumental mu-
sic, followed by bounteous supper,
the time was happily passed. Mr..
and Mrs Alexander were the recipi-
ents of large number Of handsome
presents. together with the heartiest
wishes of all present that many more
happy years will grace their welded
life. i a-usiisa sa
Editors note:-Mr. and Mrs. Alex
ander are still hale and hearty and
visited their daughter here last sum-
mer. They now reside in Trinidad.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-26

The wedding of Miss Rose Chiodo
and Mr.. James Bazz is to take place
on Saturday evening, October 28.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-26

Thursday afternoon Mrs. T. C. Tay-
ior,' Mrs. Fred Miller and Miss Mil
dred Miller motored to Gunnison.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-26

Tuesday was the first registration
day for the general election. Only
a few persons were registered.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-26

Mrs. Jay Kanzler passed through
town Sunday on her way to Gunnison
where she will spend the winter.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-26

Mr.. and Mrs. John Rozich motored
to Gunnison and back Tuesday.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-26

Harry Gibbs was an arrival OF
Tuesdays train from Pitkin.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-28

hen first. cockerel first, puTlet first. pen
Buff Wyandotte-John S. Dunn,
Gardner. Mass, cock first. cockerel first,
pullet second. Willard +. Tier, Brat
tleboro. hen first and second, cockerel
second and third, pullet first and third
Light Brahma-Harlan NJ Brown
cock FIRST and second. hen second, cock
ereI first and second, pullet first, pen
fowls first. pen chicks first. Ralph New
ell. hen first.
Hooker South Hadley, Mass, cock first
and second. hen first and third, coclerel
first puIlet first pen fowls first. H. II.
Seayar. Templeton, Mass, cock third,
hen second. cockerel second, pullet sec
ond and third pen fowls second. pen
chicks first. Mrs. f. \. Winn, West
fowls third, pen chicks second
s. C. White Orpington-H. Fl. Sea
ver cock first and second, hen first and
second cockerel first, second pullet first,
second. pen fowl first, pen chicks first
and second. c, II. Prescott, Brattle-
boro. cockerel thlrG, pullet t "a
Townshend, cock first, hen second and
third, cockerel third, pullet third, pen
chicks first. second, third. pen fowls
first. Harry w. Jones, Etna, n. H.,
cool, second hen first. Juliette Miller,
DummerSt0n. cockerel second, Roger w.
Goodnow. pen fowls second; Thomas
Cheynoweth. Springfield (Nt), pullet
SECOND. Lee w. Holloway, cockerel first,
pullet first.
r. G.. Ancona-Haffy w: Jones,
cock second. hen first. cockerel first, pull
LET second pen chicks first Thomas
Cbcvnoweth. cOckerel third pullet first.
JuIiettp Miller. cock first. pen chicks sec
ond f. II. Ely, cockerel second, pulet
Silver Spangled Hamburg-M. FL.
Highly. Bernardston. Mass, hen first,
cockerel second, pullet first, pen fowls
first. pen chicks first and second.
Dark Cornish-G. l.. & G.. T. Morris,
Peterboro. y. H, cOckerel- first and sec
ond DulIet first and second.
Black Red Cameo. L. & G. 7. Nor
ris. lock first. hen first.
BLACK Sumatra Cameo. L. & G. II.
Norris. cock first, second. hen first. sec
ond cockqrel first. pullet first, second.
Golden Polish-G. w. BeviS, West
Chesterfield. y. H.. cock first, hen first,
Lake Takenvelder-E. G. Freeman, Spring
field, Mass pullet first.
Buff Cochin Bantam-Harold Newell,
cock first. hen first. cockerel first, pull
let first. e G. Freeman, cockerel see
Black Cochin Bantam-E. G. Free
man cock first. cockerel first. hen third,
nuIIet second. H. III. Streeter. Green
field. Mass, cock second, hen first, sec
Partridge Cochin Bantam-Thomas
Cheynoweth. hen first. second, cockerel
first. second pullet first.
Light Brahma Bantam-Thomas
Chpynoweth. cockerel first. second. pull
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-28

Martindale. Guilford; I'd, Estella KEEL
Sey Chemise-Over II, ID. Lille W.
Dutton. Windham; Sd. Hazel Stowell
Windham under II, Dorothy Evans,
Dorothy Evans; I'd. Gretchen Shaw; Sd,
Grace Hector, Brattleboro. Pair cur
tains-Over IA, Dorothy Hoisington.
Plain apron-Under IA. Dorothy Evans !;
ID, Norma Stafford, BrattlebOrO; Sd,
Grace Hector. Pillow case-Under ii.
Evelyn Bruce, Brattleboro.. Table run
ner-Over Il, Dorothy Hoisington; I'M
der IA, I'd, Evelyn Bruce. Bureau scarf
Over IA. I'd, Gladys Clark, Keene; I'M
der IA, Eleanor Bruce BrattlebOrO; I'd,
Madeline Pike; Sd, Evelyn Bruce.
Laundry bag-Over A. Hattie Sumner,
Wilmington ID Mary Moran, Whining
ton; under II. Lillian Waters. Whining
ton; ID, Sylvia Boyd. Wilmington; 3D.,
Annis Carpenter. Towel-Over II,
Dorothy Hoisington; ID, Elizabeth Slo-
cum under II, Ruth Carpenter; I'd.
Dorothy Evans; Sd, Dorothy Evans. Bed
quilt-Special. Dorothy Jillson, West
BrattleborO. Bed spread-Special, Doris
kentfeld. Nottingham. BlOcks-Under
IA. Doris Boyd; ID. Lucille Whitney.
Farm and home, handicrafts. Bird
house-Oyer IA, Harold Legate. Ten
knots mounted and named-Over IA,
Harold Legate; ID, Nina Falby; under
II, Hermon Ashworth, Guilford; ID,
Merrill Thayer; Sd, Margaret Laugh
ton. Basketry:---Over II, LIST, I'd, and
Vermont woods mounted and named
Under IA. Edith Quinn. Collection Yer
mont wild flowers mounted and named
Over II, Marjorie Pier: I'd, Louise
Coats. South Newfane under IA, Made
line Weaver. Brattleboro I'd, Edith
Quinn. Original drawing of poultry
house--Over IA. Harold Legate.
Maple sugar products. Syrup. pint
jar. white glass-Under IA, Harold
Clark. Guilford; Sd. Louise Pier Con
fections, ne-pOund box-Under IA.
Irene Barnes; I'd, Velma Ashworth; Sd,
Eleanc:. Ogden.
Club teams. Best team in group A
Potato team, Guilford. Best team in
group b. Live Wire Clothing club. East
Putney ID. potato team East Dover
School exhibits-Edith Quinn Me-
chanical drawing-Special, George
Bower.