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lum. A large room with twenty beds was
reached, but the place seemed empty.
'This is where the mad chauffeurs are
kept" said the attendant.
But where are they?" asked the visitor
'There're all under the beds examining
the springs"
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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-15

land in 1859. He came to this coun-
try when he was 10 years old He was
employed by the Colorado Fuel anc
Iron company for several years as
superintendent at different mines In
the state. He had held similar posi-.
tions with the Rugby Coal company
during the past ten years.
Surviving Mr.. Mclaughlin are his
wife; three daughters, Mrs. John G
Neish of Rugby, Colo; Mrs. J. w
Nicol of Valdez, Colo; and Mrs. ]. C
Williams of Long Beach, Calf; two
sons, Daniel Mclaughlin of Las We
tas, New, and Andrew Mclaughlin
cf Trinidad, Colo, and one brother
Burial will be at Trinidad
yer Times, March 8. 1923.
~ Tom" Mclaughlin is we'll known
to all the older. citizens of this vicin.
ity, having been superintendent Of
the Floresta mine for a number Of
years The family usually spent the
winters in Crested Butte on account
of the deep snow at Floresta and SC
the children could attend school dur.
ing the winter. We all regret the
passing of Mr.. Mclaughlin who was
SO we'll liked among his fellowmen
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-15

expectedly found himself holding
painless communication with the
milky way. When he "came to-
Dove had vanished. He is known to
have had few hundred dollars in
his possession at the time, and for
years some here who knew of the
reason for his withdrawal from So
ciety and sympathized with him in
his shameful treatment by the rail-
road, were occasionally commissioned
by him to replenish his scant store
of food and his supply of clothing.
The manner of his life for the past
decade or more is taken to indicate
that this cash reserve long since
reached the vanishing point. At
ffty-three, after more than a quar-
ter of century nearer nature than
humanity, he is still not without
friends, and they all were keenly in
terested in knowing that the passing
years have dealt kindly with him and
that he has not forgotten his old
time associates.-Paonian. ft
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-15
NOTICE OF ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that pursu-
ant to law, the annual municipal
election of the Town of Crested Butte,
State of Colorado, will be held in the
said town on Tuesday, the Sd day of
April 1928, for the purpose of elect
ing the following officers for said
town, to-wit:
One Mayor to hold office for one
year.
Three Trustees to hold office for
two years each.
Two Trustees to hold office for one
year-to fill vacancy.
One Clerk and Recorder to hold Of
flee for one year.
One Town Treasurer to hold Office
for one year.
One Police Magistrate to hold Of
fee for one year.
One Town Marshall to hold office
for one year.
Precinct embraces all the incor-
porate town of Crested Butte.
Polling place in town hall.
Polls will be open at z o'clock a.
M, and remain open until z o'clock
p. m, Of the said day of election.
The judges of election for said
town precinct will meet at the poll4
ing place above designated on Tues
day, the 9th day of March, 1928,
from 9 o'clock a. m. to 6 o'clock D.
m, for the purpose of revising, cor
recting and completing the annual
registry list for said election, and
will also meet on the day preceding
the election, April I'd, 1923, from 9
O'Clock a, m. to o'clock p. m, to
complete said registry as required
by law.
Witness my hand and the corporate
seal of the Town of Crested Butte,
Colorado, this 7th day of March, A.
D., 1928 M
(SeaD JOE PASIC, JR.,
Town Clerk.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-15
Culled From the FILES Of the
Pftkin Miner.

j. F. Pearson left for a business
trip east and during his absence W.
H. Eckbert was in charge of the af-
fairs of the C. S. & M company.
VIM. Friend was at Grand Junction
looking after property interests and
James Brown went down to spend
the summer and care for the Friend
ranch at that place.
Gunnison County's ore producti ton
for 1902 was $2O7, 7,222.6 81, divided as
follows: Gold, s1o3, 3,536. .o3; silver, s64,-
22s.7s; lead, $29,66O.37; copper, 49,
409.90; zinc, $6,3s759.
Mundell and Lockwood are still
sinking the Little Sister shaft in
Frye gulch southwest of Ohio CITY.
They have seven inches of ore that
averages 25 per cent copper.
The democrats nominated the fol-
lowing ticket for town dads, at their
caucus: Mayor Scott Dickinson;
Trustees, G. A. Dewey, R. T. Hefftner,
John McWilliams. and j. H. Wagner,
At about 10 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing City Marshal Spencer brought to
bay and killed desperate plunderer
which for several days previous had
been foraging along the alley be-
tween Market and Court streets. 1t
was female bob cat which when
outstretched measured forty-four
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-15
KEPT FAITH FOR THIRTY YEARS
At Twenty-three Gunnlson County
Man Swore Never to Work Again
And Life Near to Nature Seems to
Deal Kindly With Dweller OF Foot
hills Caverns

Persons whose names appear in the
papers infrequently are naturally ex-
pected to be given more than the or
binary local item of few lines. The
appearance of Reuben Dove in Pao-
MIA the last of the week stirred alike
the Imagination of the small boy and
the reminiscent vein of the early
day settlers of this community.
Mr. Doves home is a rocky cavern
in the mountain foothills of the
Hubbard park region; his food, roots
and herbs, the flesh of such wild
game as he is able to take by primi-
tive methods, and his clothing in
part at times is said to have consist
ed of such fabrics as are easily con-
trived from the animal and vegetable
sources which appeased his hunger.
Though for thirty years he has fol-
lowed this extremely simple life al
most within sight of the valley that
has in that time developed amazingly
and intensively, few have seen him
and still fewer have communicated
with him. The report that glimpse
of the hermit had been boasted by
homesteaders or sportsmen in the
hills furnished material for lively
speculation for days and even weeks
and months.
Some two or three years ago the
Beezley brotbers-John and Will
encountered Mr.. Dove in the course
of excursions from their Hubbard
park ranch. The -four with which
they supplied him at that time was
said by him to have been the first he
had tasted in three years. Since that
time they have occasionally taken it
upon themselves to see that he was
supplied with some of the goods we
of less secluded habitation have
come to look upon as the necessities
of life
AS young pioneer of twenty
three, so the story goes, as narrated
by those who remember the incident,
Dove engaged in what promised to
be a very lucrative tie-cutting con-
tract with the old Denver G. Rio
Grande railroad in the vicinity of
Pitkin, in Gunnison county. When
the purchasing agents representative
inspected the seasons output prior
to making payment he ruthlessly
culled and rejected until only about
one-fourth of the winters work was
to be accounted for. "What are you
going to do with these?" Dove is
said to have inquired, surveying the
pile of culls. "Oh, we'll take them,
all right" the inspector assured him,
"but we won't pay for them"
Then and there Dove registered a
solemn vow that he would never do
another days work. So fas as is
known, he has faithfully kept that
vow. To make certain the railroad
company would not profit by their
inspectors constituencies reflections,
he set fire to the Gull pile. Forth
with the outraged company swore
out a warrant for his arrest on the
grounds Of malicious destruction of
property. The officer who attempted
to serve the papers suddenly and un-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-15
stetl,oscope For Sick Auto

Instead of the customary applica-
tion of the stethoscope to testing
the action Of the heart and lungs
and other organs of the human body,
DR.. A. H. Good one day this week
used the instrument to help him get
his automobile engine started.
The doctor was coming up Key
stone hill Monday afternoon and
everything was working in fine shape
when all at once the trusty engine
stopped-likewise the car Doc was
sure that a shortage of gasoline was
not the cause, as he had only few
minutes before stocked up with ten
gallons of "gas." He made a close
examination of all the organs of the
engine, after which he was still as
much puzzled as when the machine
ceased to function. Someone came
along about that time and helped
Doc diagnose the case, and the Good
Samaratin soon said the trouble was
that the engine was not feeding"
After looking around and finding
nothing that could be used to make
the engine feed" DR.. Good thought
of his stethoscope that he had in his
hip pocket. He attached the end of
the rubber tube to the right valve
in the engine and after getting a
few mouthfuls of gasoline, soon had
the feeder" working and the engine
properly working-San Miguel Ex-
aminer.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-15
FARMER PUTMAN's PHILOSOPHY

They sure put up hard nuts fur me
to crack in this poultry expert busi-
ness. They expect me to be regu-
lar Paul Jameson fur who nuthin' is
impossible. Now they want me to
tell 'em through my department how
to make every hen lay 200 eggs
year! 1 think it kin be done, but
what would be the use? 1t would
mean over-produc tion and eggs would
git cheap and people would have to
quit the poultry business because it
wouldn't pay. s
Tryin' to increase egg production
per hen is all wrong, because the
more eggs a hen lays the less hens
we need and fust thing you know we
won't have chickens enough to eat
and then good men will desert the
ministry and our rural districts will
go straight to perdition. We got to
consider this thing from a moral
standpoint. Yellow legged chicken
is natural diet fur country preach
ers and when we fail to feed 'em
properly they can't survive.
Let's look at this thing reasonable.
What did the good Lord make hen
lay eggs fur? To hatch and raise
chicks and not to become a automat-
ic omelet apparatus. The Goldfish
lays about 10000 eggs season and
one reason why you don't hear moth
in on the market about a shortage
of Goldfish eggs is that thar's over
production and fish eggs has no mar
ket value. If the Lord had intended
the hen to be egg machine he
would have give her fins and scales
and let her ketch her worms SWIM
min instead of maxim her dig fur
'em in the ground
Did you ever hear Goldfish cackle
when she laid her eggs? No, it comes
natural to her to lay 'em in patches
of thousands and she don't think
nuthiR about it. The hen, on the
contrary, surprises herself every time
she lays and she has to tell the world
what fine chicken she is
Now the lesson we git out of that
is that it's natural fur fish to lay
her eggs in layers, while the hen has
to work fur every egg she produces.
Don't crowd her, boys; let's git more
hens instead of more eggs per hen,
thereby increasin' the supply of good
chicken meat, followin' the rules of
kindness to animals and doin' nuthin'
to interfere with nature. We kin do
more fur the industry that way then
by tryin' to convert our beautiful
birds into Goldfish.
THOS. JEFFERSON PUTNAM,
In Intermountain Poultry Advocate.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-15
FINANCE and TAXATION


/ Under the present governmental
system of Colorado, the financial ac-
tivities of the state are scattered
among four established agencies,
while the purchasing of supplies is
scattered among various departments
without any centralized method.
Under the proposed new admins
trative code, all these activities
would be grouped in one department,
under the Commissioner of Finance.
The Department would be organized
under two divisions and
Budgets, and Purchasing.
Accounts for every department
would be kept by the centralized
bookkeeping branch. The budget
would be prepared from estimates
and data collected by this depart
ment. All purchasing, as we'll as the
setting of standards for such pur-
chases, would be done here.
The necessity of the individual de-
partments maintaining their own
bookkeeping and accounting forces
would thus be done away with, and
the head of any department may call
upon the department Of finance to
find out how his appropriation or ex-
penses stand.
The estimated saving by this de-
partment is S3,5SOOO.
Centralized purchasing, as conduct
ed IN othar statac hoe coyad v,,;Il;ov,s
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-15

of dollars to the people. The finance
department would take over all the
duties of the State Auditing Board,
the Budget and Efficiency Commits
sioner, the Public Examiner, the
Printing Commissioner, and the pur-
chasing duties of the other branches
of the government. .f
Under the new code, the Depart
ment of Taxation would be organized
Under four divisions-General Prop
erty, Inheritance Tax, Corporation
Tax, and Motor License. All the du-
ties and activities now performed by
the state tax commission, the Inher-
itance Tax Department (now in the
Attorney Generals office), the flat
tax on corporations (now under the
Secretary of State)), and the motor
license department (also under the
Secretary of State), would be per-
formed by the new department.
The Tax Commission will continue
to consist of three members, includ-
ing the Commissioner and two asso-
ciates.
The estimated saving by this de-
partment is $73,29O.0O
EDITORS NOTE!This is the second
of a brief series of articles dealing
with the proposed Administrative
Code of the State of Colorado, written
from the standpoint of it's supporters
and those who have analysed present
conditions in our Government.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-15
Thomas Mclaughlin Dead

Thomas Mclaughlin died at, St.
Luke's hospital yesterday morning Of
pneumonia resulting from cold
contracted during his attendance at
the Rocky Mountain Coal Mining in
stitute held here recently. He was
superintendent of the Rugby Coal
company mine at Rugby, Colo.
Mr.. Mclaughlin was born in Scot
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-15
20 YEARS AGO
Copied from the FIlss sf tie Eth
maunfsis Pi1et

March 1O, lSO5.
C. l. Lawrence departed last
Thursday for Denver.
Mrs. Jas. Williamson rejoices in
the possession of a fine new piano.
Undersheriff Perry Snodgrass was
up from Gunnison today on official
business.
Died-The infant daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. David Shields, last Wednes-
day afternoon.
Little Maggie Kerr left today to
visit her sister, Mrs. Chas McWil-
liams, at Tercio.
Judge McGraw and family left for
Trinidad last Wednesday, where they
expect to make their future home.
The Pilot is in receipt of letter
from C. ]. Kramer saying that he
has moved his business from Ame-
thyst to Alamosa-
H. T. Engle and A. L. Taylor ad-
dressed an open meeting at the City
Call Hall Monday evening upon the
subject of Socialism.
Joseph Benson and daughter, Mrs
G. w. Thompson, returned today from
three months trip to England
Both benefited greatly by the trip.
Herman Click returned Sunday
from his visit to Cleveland. He re-
ports an enjoyable time and says
that the business outlook in the east
is very good.
Harry Waters and family left to-
day for Tercio, which will be Their
future home, Mr.. Waters having beer
given good position at that place
by the c. F. & I. company.
The saw mill up Washington gulch
has begun saving up the 100000 feet
of logs put in during the winter and
the lumber will be piled up and dry
ing ready for the building boom next
summer.
Jas Carson, Sup't of the Sylvanite,
has been suffering with snow blind
ness the past week occasioned by a
trip from the mine on the snow dur
ing the sunshine and heat of the day.
He has recovered sufficiently to re-
turn to the mine today.
The Citizens ticket was filed with
town clerk today. The following
names compose the ticket: Tim Dow
ling, for mayor; Herman Click, An
drew Alexander, and John Pogna, for
councilmen; Frank Wilson for mar
shall; Susie H. Miller for clerk; v. E.
Metzler for treasurer; John Heuche-
mer for police magistrate
For the first time in fourteen years
grand jury has been drawn in Gun
nison county. Judge Stevens has
summoned this jury for the April
term of court. A number of cases
will probably have hearing, but as
yet it has not been made public just
what cases will be Investigated. The
jurymen drawn from here are: w. H.
Runnoe, Geo. Wilson, John McCosker,
and E v. Mccormick. The petit jury
drawn two weeks ago has been dis
charged and the following new names
from Crested Butte have been drawn:
]. j. Doyle, Philip Schneider, and
Herman Click.
n~.uu uA
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-15

inches from the end of it's fore paws
to the tip of it's tail. The animal
was driven into town by hunger and
the severity of the weather This
is nearly as humiIiating as the lasso-
ing Of coyotes in the main streets of
Salida last year.-Buena Vista DEM
ocrat
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-15
A USEFUL CONTROVERSY

A USEFUL CONTROVERSY
Senator Pittman and Mr. F. H.
Brownell, of the American Smelling
& Refining Co., have been exchang-
ing views about the silver situation
in which fundamentals are involved
deserving the closest attention by
silver miners. Senator Pittman,
among other things contends that
the smelling company is not inter-
ested in the formation of a selling
and credit association and in the
price of silver, because it buys and
sells silver at the market price and
is satisfied with smelling profits. Mr..
Brownell in rejoinder defends the
smelling company in forceful man.
ner. He emphasizes the fact that the
smelling companies the plural
are all interested in the silver
market as miners of the metal be-
sides being smelters; furthermore,
that high price of silver stimulates
production and consequently encour-
ages smelling, with which process
these organizations are mainly con-
cerned. f ~
An export or credit association
would not be successful, according
to Mr.. Brownell, because the produc-
tion of silver has a small influence
on price, and the history of many at
tempts to artificially control the
price of silver shows that they have
resulted disastrously. But the chief
value of Mr.. Brownelps remarks lies
in his sound treatment of the silver
currency situation-the STEADY re-
morseless increase of the discontinue
ance of its use as money" This is
the real peril that faces the silver
producer, and the appeal that is
made to the United States govern
ment is to use its influence in the
councils of the nations to support
and further the cause Of silver dur
ing the next few critical years
should be strongly supported by all
interested in the welfare of the sill
yer mining industry. 1t is call to
use our efforts to help restore sanity
in the European currency madness
Verify, European countries are circu-
lating almost everything but wood in
their monetary debauch. Unfortu-
nately, in modern monetary systems
pothipu con nrayart pat;o,c froxv, ;s
suing copper, nickel, aluminium, iron
or other cheap metallic coins should
they so desire. They can maintain
composition coins in circulation as
easily as they do paper and by the
same authority and methods. The
principal danger to lavish use of
the base metals in currency lies in
the easier counterfeiting possible of
cheap coins with high face value,
but then face value is so low at
present that they are not worth i'm
itating.
How to over come the silver min
er's dilemma is indeed puzzling.
What he wants is action, something
that will relieve the tenseness of the
present situation, something that
will not leave him with dark out
look when the repurchases of silver
end. Let him then encourage, for
the time being, his representatives
in congress to aid in currency stabil-
ization in Europe. Gradual and in
sistent pressure and wider under
standing of the situation, as we have
repeatedly urged, and as outlined by
Mr.. Brownell, will help.-Engineer-
ing and Mining Journal-Press.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-15

Then said this wren to Simple Ben:
'Where dya get that stuff"
81 know" winked Ben. "Oh, WELL"
said Jen.
Lets go! You've said enough"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-15

In New York man burned his
wife's clothes to keep her from rum
ming around. No ane noticed the
difference.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-15

D. L. Gladstone was an arrival from
Gunnison on Sundays train.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-15

Mrs. VIM. Manley returned Satur-
day from short trip to Gunnison.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-15
Local and Personal

Local and Personal
For Sale-Two pairs snow Shoes
Enquire of Pilot.
D. L. Gladstone was an arrival from
Gunnison on Sundays train.
Mrs. VIM. Manley returned Satur-
day from short trip to Gunnison.
Mrs. Watt departed Tuesday for
her new home at Buffalo, Wyoming.
Miss Watson has been enjoying a
Visit from her mother, who arrived
Sunday. r- s H., i..,|
VIM. Bailey came in from Gunni-
son Saturday where he had been on
business.
C. L. Dunsmoor spent several days
of last week in Gunnison, returning
home Sunday.
~ The st. Patrick dance will be given
on Saturday evening, March II, at
the Croatian hall.
A mass meeting will be held at the
City hall on Friday evening to nomi-
nate the Labor Ticket.
Misses Stephenson and Miller, Mrs.
Pacheco and Mr.. Hatch spent last
weekend in Gunnison. t
-0-
a Attorney M. ]. Kochevar was in
our city the first of the week attend
ing to business matters.
Thos. Mcneil went over to Salida
Monday to see James Blakemore, who
is not feeling so we'll as usual.
Da Wayne Roberts, brother of
Ruben came in Thursday from Texas
and will remain here for the present.
The first registration day will be
on Tuesday, March 81, at the Council
room. See that you are registered.
For Sale-One lot and 4-room
house; also / lot and small barn.
BARNEY SERAFINI.
ssnfftaf1'f t2ft
Pete Ruggera, patient at the D.
& R. G. w. hospital, Salida, was re-
ported to be very low again the first
of the week.
Mr. and Mrs p. j.. Morgan and
children arrived home Saturday from
Salida where they have spent the
past few months.
Apples for sale, free of worms. JON
hthan, Rome Beauty, &c; Ben Davis,
E1aca pound Postage Paid.
WILL CowLEY. Crawford, Colo.
Mrs. ]. S. Afford left Tuesday for
st. Louis, to visit her mother. She
had been delayed in starting on ac-
count of the illness of her two little
sons.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hutterman
will occupy the Fitzpatrick cottage
while Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Arnott will
have the Voss cottage vacated by the
Huttermans.
Raymond Sigman fell on the ce-
ment in front of the Bazzenella place
last week and tore loose the lga-
ments in his hip. He has been con-
fined to his bed for several days.
Several of the High School boys
gave dance at Owl Inn Saturday
might and a large crowd attended.
Mr.. Guthrie and Ralph Giardino
played and the management served
lunch. -srs
The extra on Friday evening
STRUCK two horses, one belonging to
Eugene Scohy and the other to the
late John Plute, and both had to be
Killed. 1t is supposed that they were
blinded by the headlight and did not
get off the track.
W C. L. Dunsmoor has sold his trans
fer businss, also residence here, to j.
~. Pogna, who will arrive this week
from California, to take charge. The
Dunsmoor family will move to Sa-
Ida where Mr.. Dunsmoor will enter
the fuel and transfer business
n Mrs. Robt. Fitzpatrick and sons left
Thursday for Trinidad where they will
visit with Mrs. Kilpatrick's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Alexander, and
then go on to Aguilar. Mr.. Kilpat-
rick is employed at the Royal mine
near that city and the family will
locate there.
Thomas Mclaughlin Dead
Thomas Mclaughlin died at, St.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-15

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