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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04
FORFEITURE NOTICE
TO JOHN MCCORMICK AND o. E
MANN Trustee.


MANN, Trustee:
You are hereby notified that | have
expended during the year 1921, One
Hundred dollars in labor and i'm
provement on each of the Falls lode
mining claim and the Emma l.. lode
mining claim, situated in the Tin Cup
Mining District. Cnunty of Gunnison,
and State of Colorado, the location
certificates of said claims are record
ed in the office of the County Clerk
and Recorder of said Gunnison Coun-
ty, in order to hold said claims un-
der the provisions of Section 1924 of
the Revised Statutes of the United
States, and the amended thereto ap-
proved January %, 1880, together
with any and all other amendments,
resolutions, provisions affec ting or
modifying said Section 1924, relating
to, and concerning, annual labor upon
mining claims, being the amount re-
quired to hold said several lode
claims for the said year 1921.
And If within ninety days from the
personal service of this notice, or
within ninety days after the publica.
tion thereof, you fail or refuse to con-
tribute your proportions, respectively
of such expenditure as co-owners
which amounts are as follows: to-wit,
on the Falls lode, John Mccormick,
S16.66 and o. E. Mann, Trustee, $33 80;
on the Emma l.. Lode o. E. Mann,
Trustee, $4,000, your interests in said
claims will become the property of
the subscriber, your co-owner, who
has made the required expenditure
according to the said Section.
CHARLES F. VAIL.
First pub. Oct. 26, 1922.
Last pub. Jan. 25, 1928.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04
Aaaa of Common 1reea.

The heart of the common oak, 1t
is said, begins to rot at the age Of
300 years.. SO even when an oak is
undisturbed 1t rarely lives much be-
yond 500 years. A larch may live
276 years, silver fir 425, and pine
over 500 years. The yew has re-
markable power of resisting times
ravages, and may survive for 1000
years or more.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04
BIG RoBnERy. At SARGENT

In the wee sma' hours of Wednes.
day morning the pool hall at Sar-
gent, owned by VIM. Jones, was brok-
en- into and cash and checks amount
ing to over thousand dollars was
stolen.
Mr.. Jones had been in his place of
business quite late the night before,
in fact had not left till nearly four
o'clock. Between that time and day
light the robbery was pulled off.
Entrance was gained thru the front
door by pane of glass being re-
moved when the bandits could reach
the night latch and the rest was easy.
We understand the money had been
left in the cash register.
Several hundred dollars in gold had
been taken home by Mr.. Jones'
Almost thousand dollars of the
money taken was in railroad checks,
which Mr.. Jones had cashed the day
before, it being railroad payday He
had had $1,000 expressed to him from
Salida for this purpose, and some one
knew of it. He is not sure just how
much currency he had, but somewhere
between s100 and $500. So far no
trace of the robbers has been discov-
cred, but Sheriff Paul of Saguache
county, arrived Wednesday, and has
been conducting very vigorous in
vestigation, which will probably re-
suit in the ultimate capture of the
thieves.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04
Mustered Out at 70.

Three score years and ten 1t Is the
scriptural statute of limitations. After
that you owe no active duties; for
you the strenuous life is over. You
are a time-expired man, to use Kip
ling's military phrase: You have
served your term. well or less well.
and you are mustered out.-Mark
Twain on his 10th birthday.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04
Things That Make Station Agent
Grouchy

Grouchy
The high cost of accommodating,
telephone conversation:
Hello, is this the depot?" Yes,
sir"
Got trunk for John Alden?"
"By freight, or express?"
Baggage"
Whats your check number?"
"1245973."
Eyes, it's here"
"What time do you close the Officer"
"Six o'clock"
well, can't possibly get it by
then, and I've got to have my trunk
tonight. How am going to get it?"
"Tll leave it outside, If you will be
sure to bring down your check to-
morrow sometime" nf
alright, I'll do that" 81
Telephone conversation three days
later:
Hello, is this John Alden?" "Yes."
"How about that baggage check you
was going to bring DOWN."
''I've lost it,"
you'll have to pay fifty cents for
lost check then"
Fifty cents just for little piece
of paper! l won't pay it."
alright. I'll pay it. Perhaps I'll
learn sometime to quit accommodate
ing you people"-Ex.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04
Small, but Powerful.

Germs are not little animals They
are tiny plants. the smallest living
things known. They are sometimes
called bacteria or microbes. You
might have some Idea of the size Of a
germ If you could take grain Of sand
and split 1t into million pieces. OF
course. some germs are larger than
others, but the largest cannot be seen
without the aid of powerful micro
scope
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04
MANY OLD TIME CITIZENS
PASSED OVER THIS YEAR

Consulting our files we find the past
year took very heavy toll from the
dwindling list of old time Gunnison
citizens. In the list below we have
excluded the names of the young and
those who were recent arrivals, print
ing the names only of those who have
been land marks for many years.
Some of these may be omitted owing
to the fact that it is difficult to be
certain to find each one again in the
print. However, the list is complete
enough to draw an idea of how fast
the old citizens are passing on. Those
who were here in the early eighties
and before are becoming exceedingly
scarce:
John F. Shafroth, Feb, 20, 1922
Peter kreis, March IA, 1922.
Q; F. Thomas, May 81, 1922.
Mrs. G. n. Boyer, May 81, 1922.
Mrs. 0. F. Thomas, June 20, 1922.
w. w. Shay, Sept. 18, 1922.
Louisa Nesbith, Sept. II, 1922.
c. 0. Anderson. Oct. 25, 1922.
Alva Adams, Nov. /, 1922.
Truman Howe, Dec. 13. 1922.
Mike Quinn, Jan. IS. 1922.
d. w. Davis, Jan. Is, 1922.
r. r. Williams, Feb. 1S, 1922.
Kirk H. Fowler, March 8, 1929.
Charles G. Miller, March 8, 1922.
Charles April, March s, 1922.
James Hamilton, March Z, 1922
Mrs. t. w. Estes, March IL, 1929.
Jas. Surles, March "a, 1922.
Maurice Torney, April 8, 1922
Mrs. Margaret Sheafor, Apr. 27. '22
Mrs. James Andrews, May II, 1929.
J. r. Millspaugh, May 12, 1929
S. B. Clark, July z, 1922.
Robert S. Balm, Aug. 81, 1922.
John Tyre, Oct. 1922.
James A. Boyd, Oct. IA, 1929.
Frank HoeL Nov z, 1922.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bennett, Nov. 13. '22
Mrs. Elizabeth Price, Nov. l2, 1929
Mrs. Ida Gavette, Dec. A, 1929.
Mrs. Mary Pettingill, Jan. 6, 1929.
J.. G. McSparrin, Jan. 26, 1922
Jennie France Manville, Feb. 16. '22
Eph Bailey, Feb. II, 1929.
Mrs: VIM. Richards, Sept. l6. 1922
Archie L. Dormir, Sept. 26, 1929.
F. N. Cornforth. Oct. IL, 1922.
Ira L. Sigman. Oct. 16, 1922
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04
"THE GOOD FOLKS,

Who's tn good folks? Wheers tn line
'Twixt tn good folks an tn bad?
Brother, there is just one sign
This old world has ever had.
It's tn open, ready hand
Ready for to give or clasp,
An to make you understand
There is friendship in its grasp.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04

Only One Virtue In Looking Back.
We ought not to look back unless
It is to derive useful lessons from past
errors, and for the purpose Of profiting
by dearly bought experience.-Wash-
ington.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04
All Was Quiet.

At church service when all was
quiet and the congregation had been
asked to pray silently. my little niece
said In loud and anxious tone when
she noticed my closed eyes: Don't
go to sleep. Uncle Chicago
Tribune.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04
safe Rule to obssrvs.

Safe Rule to Observe.
IT is good and safe rule to 30
journ in every place as II you meant
to spend your life there. never omit
ting an opportunity of doing q kind
mess. or speaking a true word, or
making a friend.-John Ruskin.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04
HeIpfuI Advice.

"When man go broke he fin out
mighty soon who he friends" said
Charcoal Eph, moodiiy. "Yussuh; all
he friends come aroun' an tell him
what a damfool he been Richmond
Times Dispatch.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04
MuItIpIIcatIon Of Bacteria.

Bacteria multiply by simply breaking
apart. Soon the two parts are full
sized germs and each itself separates.
so that 1t is easy to see how quickly
millions Of germs can be produced.
Gold stops their growth. but they be-
gin to grow again when they become
warm,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04
Gunnison and Pitkin
PITKIN ITEMS


Bud McLain drove up Sunday from
Ohio City spending day with Pit
kin friends.
Mrs. Matte Austin left Wednesday
for Gunnison, after having spent
several weeks here.
Mervin Ivy went to Gunnison
Wednesday for few days visit with
friends. Which one, Nerve?
Two sleigh loads of our young folks
attended the dance in Ohio City Sat
urday night and all report fine
time.
Glen McCready returned home
Wednesday from school, as he has
been quite i'll for several days in
Gunnison.
f. B. Kremling and R. S. Anderson
came in Wednesday for few days
visit with the Pitkin Trading Com
pany folks.
Riley and Jene BonDurant left
Wednesday for Crested Butte where
they will resume work after spending
the holidays with their families here.
Mr. and Mrs Stanley Higgins went
to Gunnison Wednesday to spend a
few days and to see physician, as
Stnnley has not been feeling well of
late.
Dick Gibbons, Bowerman's popular
mayor came over Wednesday, via the
,nowshoe route. He says there is
plenty of snow over his way and
there is very little doing except cut
ting wood for the Missus
All High School students, home for
the holidays, returned Monday to
Gunnison to re-enter Among those
who were home in Pitkin, were
Misses Grace McCready and Mildred
Pearson; Frank Wallace and Glen
McCready.
Peter StolIer came in Wednesday
and will be here probably the rest of
the winter, looking after his mining
properties here. Pete has some good
claims and should open up and be
able to dispose of part of them the
coming season. He has been at lola
the past fall
Geo. Farlee and wife came over
Tuesday from their ranch near Bow
erman. They drove over and report
quite strenuous trip, as the snow
lis very deep. They took several days
to break out the road, going as far as
they could each day and return to
the ranch. They hope now to be able
to keep the road open by making the
trip several times a week.
Jas. Robinson was in our city Mon
day from Gunnison. He reports a
deal about closed whereby the Gold
Links will resume operations in the
near future with a small force of
men. This is good news, as the Links
has the ore and although too much
of proposition for small investors.
will prove good Investment for a
company that has capital to work it.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04
A Tonch of Local Color

Rea-'Liza what fo' buy dat odder
box of shoe blackin'?"
Liza-"Go on, dat amt shoe black
in, dat's my massage cream."-Burr.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04

Wonderful Power Of Love.
So long as we love, we serve. So
long as we are loved by others, I
would almost say, we are indispensa-
BILE; and no man is useless while he
has a friend.-Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04

Term Doodle" Little Used.
Slush fund has superseded Doodle.
which was born during the Tweed
ring exposures.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04
Wac Taking No Chances.

Phil was entertaining his cousin
Jack while Jacks parents were away.
One day while passing candy he gave
Jack q small piece. ana when asked
why he did not give him more. he
said: Il don't want sick child on
my hands,"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04

II Should BE Hint Enough.
When people begin to ask US how
much we weigh. there comes over us
sad and solemn feeling that It's
about time to cut down on the starchy
stuff.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04
Reduces counterfsItIna.

Reduces counterfeItIng
The idea Of imbedding small picks
of silk In the paper of which bank
notes are made was the means of re-
ducing counterfeiting by 90 per cent.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04
You Nexer c.n r.II

You Never Can Tell.
Love is like the old shells that lie
around on battlefield. Often when
you think 1t dead 1t bursts with fear
full results
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04

Right Key Will Be Found.
Keep on trying keys; after while
you will find one that will open the
door into boundless opportunity
Christian Evangelist.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04
PecvIiar Church sevIce..

Peculiar Church SeVIces.
There Is more than one mems
church service held In the east end
of London where visitors are told to
take of their coats II they are too
warm, and to fill up their pipes and
get them started before the text is
announced.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04

1t takes two engines to bring in
our train now days. Some motive
power on the d. & r. G. w. now!
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04

w. L. Hyde and wife returned from
Missouri Tuesday, where they spent
a weeks vacation with friends and
relatives.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04
Just Find.

Sometimes you can't follow a mans
Zine Of reasoning" because 1t is mere
ly line Of talk.-Boston Transcript.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04

We can quote you some very attrac-
tive prices on job work now. Call OF
phone.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04

"She was an innocent looking girl
of seventeen"
"Well, what was there so strange
about that?"
"She was as innocent as she looked .
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04
poeosnooueoepeceepospoeoa.
GUNNIsON ITEMS

Pete Reiss was visitor from lola
Monday and took in the dance at l.
o. o. F. Hall.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04

Damascus Retains Old Wall.
Damascus is surrounded by dilap-
ldated wall six miles in circumfer-
ence.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04
Worth Rememberlno

Laugh. and the world laughs with
you; but not II you laugh at your
own Joke.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04

Miss Thelma Dennis is confined to
her home this week with influenza.
Her many school friends will be glad
to see her back to school soon.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04
Talent and Character

Talent and Character.
Talent forms Itself in secret; char
acter, In the great current of the
world.-Goethe.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04

Her many school friends will be glad
to see her back to school soon.
Mrs. Katherine Rosenbaum depart
ed Thursday for her home at Spencer
after spending some months here TAX
ing care of Mrs. William Sammons.
Maurice Hogan is reported very i'll
this week and his friends hold little
hope for his recovery 1t appears he
is suffering from paralysis of the
throat.
Thomas Crews spent the weekend
visiting friends at lola. His father
arrived from Sapinero Sunday eve
ming to spend some time on the
ranch below town.
The "Big-Four" card club met at
the home of Mrs. o. R. Clark last
Wednesday. Mrs. Berg entertained
and Mrs Clark won the prize, beau
tiful aluminium pan.
some time at the Rosenbaum ranch
at Spencer. She will also visit her
father at Powderhorn before return
ing to her home here.
After stray day last week num-
ber of the ranchmen find themselves
short of cattle, some as high as fif-
teen to twenty head Evidently a
number have been caught in the hills
by the early SHOWS.
District Attorney Burgess arrived
Tuesday and at once took up the work
of determining whether Grand Jury
was needed here. Judge Logan fol-
lowed him couple of days later and
at this writing the calling of jury
seems assured
Mrs. BERTHE, who fell on Main street
last week and broke her leg just
above the ankle. is getting along as
well as can be exepected She says
she doesn't mind being confined to
her room since so many kind people
have brought her so many goodies
and flowers.
A car of coal caught fire presum-
ably from spontaneous combustion
this week and when reported from
this office lead the fire boys to think
that this religious journal was in
peril. They made fine run and Carl
ton Sills seemed to be little disap-
pointed at not being permitted to
squirt water on us.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04

Origin Lost In Antiquity.
Origin of the word Asia remains un.
known.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04
NOT HOW LlTTLE-HOW MUCH

The only commodity this Company has to
sell Is Service
It wants to see how much not how little,
Service it can offer its patrons.
Do you realize all the opportunities of
Service you get with the telephone?
For instance:
The local manager is glad to make
an emergency installation in cases of
quarantined illness.
An emergency long distance call
having to do with sickness death
will get preference over everything
the line.
In an emergency the operator will
put through a call for the police, the
fire department doctor without
you looking up the number. Just
give your address and tell what the
emergency is.
Particularly, do you know how
mitch quicker and less expensive
.Station-to- Station call is?
ASK OUR MANAGER ABOUT THESE
SERVICE FEATURES
@e
Mountain States Telephone
and Telegraph Co.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04

Bud McLain drove up Sunday from
Ohio City, spending a day with Pit
kin friends.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04

Old P.psr.-For Sale At thi. off,e.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04

Mrs. Matte Austin left Wednesday
for Gunnison, after having spent
several weeks here.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04

Mrs. Katherine Rosenbaum depart
ed Thursday for her home at Spencer
after spending some months here TAX
ing care of Mrs. William Sammons
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-01-04

Mervin Ivy went to Gunniso'
Wednesday for few days visit with
friends. Which one, Nerve?
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-04
AMERICAN BUILDING FIRMS ARE DOING MUCH
 WORK IN JAPAN

TOXIC, Jan 4.-Construction work under way in Japan by American con- tracing firms represents several mil lion of yen, with prospects of much larger volume.
 The George A. Fuller Company al ready has completed several office buildings, in Tokio, Yokohama and Kobe and has started on others in the capital. Stone & Webster, Inc, of Boston have in hand the construction of a high dam hydro-electric plant on the Sho river in Toyama Prefecture, which is the largest in Japan, it's ulti- mate capacity being 10000 kiloWats. It is designed to supply the various industries of the west coast as well as those in the larger industrial cen ters.
 The most important of the new work, for which the American firms will bid, is the building of small in dustrial city at Tsurumi between Tokio and Yokohama, for the Shi' baura Engineering Company, which is associated with the General Electric Company of America.
 This firm has decided, owing to the lack of space in the vicinity of it's present plant, to move bodily to Tsu'
 fhnr will be water, sewage and street car systems to be installed as well as the other public utilities that go to make up a modern town.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-04
TAX REVISION IS ISSUE OHIO
 LEGISLATURE

COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 4.-Old age pensions, a minimum wage for women and revision of the taxation law are the measures which will confront the Ohio legislature, which convened Jan uary 1. An attempt to abolish the public utilities commission and to ob tain passage of uniform traffic code to lessen automobile accidentst es- pecially in the cities, also are includ, ed in probable proposals
 The old age pension bill was initiat ed by the Ohio State Federation of Labor. has been filed with the Secre tary of State and is expected to be the first measure introduced. Should it fail of enactment it will go to ref erendum at the next general election A measure providing for a minimum wage for women passed the lower house of the last General Assembly but was turned down by the Senate. It will again be introduced, according to it's advocates.
 Revamping of the tax laws probably will be the chief problem before the legislators. Municipalities are de manding a more flexible system of dis tributing their revenues as well as an opportunity to obtain more funds for operating expenses. Governor-elect A. V. Donahey, during the campaign, ad' yocated the abolition of all state tax levies and reductions in local rev enues and his initial message to the leeislature is expected to deal large ly with this subject.
 Home rule advocates are behind the movement to abolish the public utilities commission which has control over utilities in municipalities. They desire this power to be vested in the municipality.
 The overwhelming defeat of the beer and wine amendment to the con- stitution at the recent election pre- cludes the enactment of any material changes in the prohibition enforce ment laws.
 Governor-elect Donahey is not ex pected to announce his complete leg islative program until after his in duction into office. Both branches of the assembly are overwhelmingly Republican, but some members have pledged their support to the governor elect, a Democrat, and are known tC favor many of the measures he advo cated in the campaign.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-04

means more."
 While he talked, Stanlaws idly drew on piece of paper the head of a very charming miss and casu- ally tossed it over to his interviewer.
 Take this head" he said, "it has charm, grace, intelligence and fea- lures that blend. But the whole se- cret of this ladys beauty lies in her eyebrows. That is why I say a woman need not have 'pefect' fea- lures to be considered attractive |"
 In commenting upon his article in Screenland, MT. Stanlaws said he had no intention of shattering idols and that his article was based on an unselfish desire to show that ability, charm, grace and attractiveness are as essential to success in the movies as mere good looks"
 "The day of the perfect woman has not arrived" the artist said. "She may be living I don't know. I'd like to find her. First I'd paint her and then star her in pictures. She would be one woman whose face would literally be her fortune'
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-04
CENTRAL EUROPE
 IS LOSING VALUABLE
 RAILROAD EQUIPMENT

VIENNA, Jan. Awhile the mem
 bers of the Australian Rolling Stock Commission are making efforts to decided how the equipment of the former Austrian railroads shall be divided among the newly made states, thousands of locomotives and freight cars are rotting on the sid ings of Central Europe The com mission, which is composed of one representative of each of the seven states erected from the old Austrian
 Empire, was appointed under the
 treaty of St. Germain to dispose of
 the railroads and rolling stock under plan favorable to the Allies.
 The commission has so far been unable to come to a deCision and it
 has had to dismiss it's staff of en-
 gineers and experts because of lack of funds. The British Government
 has been advancing money to the
 commission for it's work, but last summer it refused to loan any further amounts until repayment was guaran- teed. The commission has been un- able to do this, although the rolling stock in question is said to be worth $500 O00 ,0O0.