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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-09-27
FANCY FOOD

/ have eaten French and Sapnish,
Swiss, Hungarian and Dutch; have
seen the goulash vanish and have
puzzled overmuch at the tangles of
spaghetti speared and twisted on my
fork; I've had salad of confetti and
the picked spurs of stork; / have
gnawed at walrus blubber in the land
of midnight sun; I've been sea-dog
and land-lubber and my appetite has
run throroh the gastronomic high
ways with the gluttons of Broadway.
and a'ong secluded byways to some
al'ey-door cafe And when all the
odors vanish of the garlic and the
cheese. when the chilli of the Span
ish and the curry of Burmese have
gone sizzling past my glottis and have
argued on the way as to which of them
is hottest am yet constrained to
say there is nothing in the menu of
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-09-27

the whole world can compare with
the gladness you have when you sit
at home to simple fare.
| have eaten steaks with buttons
of broiled mushrooms up the back; l
have heard the sighs of gluttons when
the claws of Holsters crack; I've had
birds nests and chopsuey such as
mandarins have tried, and such sauer-
kraut-Ach, Looey!-with ham knuck-
les on the side; I've had stockfish
with drawn butter that was soaked
six weeks in lye and heard sons of
vikings utter in delight, a heaving
sigh that was drawn out like the but
ter, and with gladness I've helped
scan where the fresh-caught trout
would sputter with the bacon in the
pan And when I have near digested
all the kinds of food there be, I have
come back home and rested at my
own mahogany, and roast beef
and brown gravy have been content
to share with the fluffy rolls and wavy
the delights of simple fare.
I've had dishes done by masters
of the realms of grub abstruse; I've
had salads, mushes, plasters, salted
whale and picked moose; I've run the
blessed gamut, all the harmonies of
food; l have tried the steaming clam
at high or low tide of its mood:I
have seen the social mob stir when
the theatre was through, to the haunts
of quail and lobster, all a-cry for
something new; I have swung the
lobster mallet in the wastes of claw
and shell and have introduced nv
palate to whatever promised we'll; I
have had things chafed and chided,
plain and smoked and casseroled; I've
had planked fish, shingled, sided,
splintered, floored, shiplapped and
poled; and it brings one sage corclu-
sion that / know you'll come to share:
Out of all this grub confusion there
is naught like good home fare.
j, w. FOLEY.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-09-27
WHAT COULD BE EASIER?

PRESIDENT COOLIDGE insists he will seek the CO.
operation of all Republican, leaders will invite all
the bloc leaders to the White House with their as
sistance prepare program for Congress.
1t is easy task Mr.. Coolidge should be successful
Through his effort he readily gain the support
Republicans of all shades and very easily next
Republican candidate.
For instance, the following recipe could but win
the support of the progressives:
Assure the progressives the President will force an
investigation of the Teapot Dome scandal the
Indictment of any who may be guilty of in con-
nection with that deal in oil leases
Assure the progressves the profteer's tariff bill will
be repealed and a honest tariff substituted.
Assure the progressves that the income tax will be
amended halt the tax-dodgers that the rates
will be increased for the great the taxes
lessened for the small incomes
Assure the progressves that the Esch- -Cummins
transportation will be repealed that effort will
be made Immediately to fix what "prudently and
honestly invested in the railroads and that railroad rates
will be lowered to give the roads fair this in
vestment
With these promises made and faithfully complied
with Coolidge may be assured of the hearty support
of progressives-Denver Express.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-09-27
Somerset Squibs

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Williams re.
turned Wednesday from Gunnison
Mrs. Ed Balch entertained the 5Oo
club at her home Thursday evening
Quite number of young folks went
up to the forks on steak fry Satur.
day night.
Miss Sofie Mraule and Jack Rich
ards drove to Hotchkiss Tuesday IN
see the "Aerial Circus"
Norman Thomas and Clyde Camp-
bell are driving new Chevrolet car.
purchased the past week
Otis Kurtz had the misfortune to
have his leg broken near the ankle.
while at work Thursday noon.
Miss Annie Plute returned home
for a few days the past week. She
will return to Paonia soon to pack
apples.
Dick Wooley. Geo. Edwards, and
Claud Ward were pail bearers at the
funeral of Mrs Cad Edwards at Pa
onia Sunday.
Mrs John Kane and children have
been staying at the home of her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Muhlestine,
the past week.
John Jurcheck returned Wednes-
day from Trinidad where he had gone
to take the children so they could at
tend school the coming year.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson, Mrs. Abe Ire
bathen and children We're some of the
people from here who went to Hotch-
kiss to see the Ariel Circus Tuesday.
Some of those attending the fair at
Montrose the past week were Mr. and
Mrs. Maurice London, Geo. Reed, Ma
mie Gregorich, Laura Young, Mrs.
Lester Greenamyer and others.
At meeting of the "Tiger PATROL
Sunday evening they decided to go
on camping trip for week. Mr..
Walker left with some of the boys
for Ridgway and vicinity Tuesday
morning.
The W. B. A. ladies are going to
have box social Friday evening in
stead of the regular lodge meeting.
The party is to be given for the pur-
pose of interesting prospective MEM
bers. The proceeds to go for the ben
Oft of TIE flower fund
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-09-27
Melville on His Piazza.

In summer. too. Canute-like. sitting
here, one is often reminded Of the sea.
For not only do long groundswells
roll the slanting grain, and little wave
lets of the grass ripple over upon the
low piazza. as their beach, and the
blown down of dandelions Is waited
like the spray. and the purple Of the
mountains is just the purple of the
billows, and still August noon broods
over the deep meadows, as a calm upon
them; but the vastness and the lone
someness are so oceanic, and the ST.
lence and the sameness, too, that the
tirst peep Of strange house, rising be-
yond the trees, Is for all the world
like spying, on the Barbary coast, ar
unknown sail.-Herman Melville.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-09-27
K ILLS RATS

and mIce-that's RAT-SNAP, the old
reliable rodent destroyer. Comes In
cnkes-pO mixing with other food.
Your money back II 1t fails.
35c size cake enough for
Pantry. Kitchen or Cellar.
Csc size 9 cakes for Chicken
House. cOOps. or small buildings.
S1.e5 size cakes enough 1or
all farm and out buildings, storage
buildings. or factory buildings.
Sold and guaranteed by DIR. A. Taylor.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-09-27

it is that a country that is governed by laws ~
jointly governed by masked and hooded mobs Ebse
should be suppressed. The United States poua. hux
seems to feel that Gov Waltons hands should b nent %
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-09-27

APPARENTLY Gov Walton hes checked, if not
killed the Ku Klux Klan Oklahoma His investigation
with its exposure of horrors inflicted by these
BILE rians will go far Lead other states to close down
on THE Invisible Empire with iron hand Very certain
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-09-27

"A little learnin' may be danger
ous," said Uncle Eben, "but tain
never as dangerous as no sence at
all. Washington Star.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-09-27

ELSEWHERE printing a communication from
outside correspondent touching way which
alton has been hideously increased quite un-
derstand how overlooked the he trenchanty
expresses at the time when taking this extra
District Judgship 1t appears to that might
done with that proposal We imagine that perhaps
other similar things have been put which have had
their share of the responsibility for the huge
in taxation. To the article in question invite
tion Also invite other correspondence this ques-
ton
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-09-27

CONTRARY to the wishes of Brookhart, Magnus
Johnson and the other followers of La Folette Cap
per has advised the President call
One of these days the Kansas strader will be confronted
by the La Toilette battalion that will put him out of
business his former colleague, stradding Frank
Farm News
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-09-27

DIR. WORK Secretary of the Interior has appointed
fact finding commission to look into the reclamation
projects of the Government In view of the
of hundred and thrty-four million dollars these
projects the secretary thinks commission necessary
1t beats the world how commissions necessary
these days; you might easily think it commission
form of government after allGrand Junction Sentinel
Evening star., 1923-10-27

It was. not until after midnight,
hours. that the ice finally came to q
standstill and they succeeded in
making their way. with the help OF
BY lantern light the four of them
tried again to drag the dory over to
the meat, but the ice was too rough,
the boat too heavy and the leads too
many. At 2 in the morning they had
to camp. but were forced to leave
their prize behind them.
They consoled themselves with the
thought that the fee was now still.
Second Effort Fails.
By 4 o'clock the next afternoon
the ice was in such condition that
they were able to launch the dory
and try again to salvage their kill.
They The were able to get within ,,a q guar; au,,'s
penetrate no farther, SO went back
to camp and brought sled. Haul
ing the sled by hand over the inse-
cure ice cakes, they reached the meat.
The gulls and ravens had been at 1t
all the night before. A polar bear
for some reason had not touched the
meat.
They loaded the sled with six hun
dred pounds of blubber and walrus
skin and started back. They had
opened across their path. They were
forced to unload. for the meat and
the skin were too heavy to move
across the lead. Returning, they cut
off second load about half the size.
but they had failed to lash it to the
a lead and its precious burden slid
off into the sea.
BY the end Of the second discourag-
Evening star., 1923-10-27
JAPAN OFFERS US.
new EMBASSY SITE
Perpetual Lease at Nominal Rental,
Near Where Former Buildings
Were Burned.
(By Wireless TO The Star and Philadelphia
Public Ledger. Copyright. 1921

(By Wireless TO The Star and Philadelphia
Public Ledger. Copyright. 1921
TOXIC. October 27.--The imperial
household has offered the United
States. through Ambassador Woods.
a perpetual lease on a large estate
adjoining the site where the Ameri-
can embassy was burned.
The property was the residence of
the late Prince Ito, one of Japan's
greatest leaders and elder statesmen.
being a gift to him from the imperial
household. and reverting to the lat
ter at his death. Recently his heir,
the present Prince Ito. who is i'm
perial court chamberlain. has been
a resident there.
The grounds covering two acres are
would give the United States the fin
on IN ToKo site rhe ns 'os od best
which burned was neither creditable
nor, representative Of the American
nation.
for home on the liner President
Cleveland November l. owing to the
illness of his mother -in-law. who ac-
companied Mr.. and Mrs. Woods to
Japan. will carry plans for a new new
estate and the present site.
The British embassy has already
forwarded to London plans for new
embassy. entailing an expenditure of
nearly 100000. The British are
now Installed In temporary barracks
on their grounds.
Ambassador Woods, who believes
an operation on his mother-in-law
probably will be necessary. on her
reaching San Francisco. expects to
return to TOXIC by January !. No one
has endesred himself more to Japan
than Mr.. Woods, and his departure
now is the occasion for renewed
demonstrations of appreciation of the
Americans prompt and bountiful
sympathy following the recent earth
Quake.
Evening star., 1923-10-27
The Teddy Bear turned back.

the Teddy Bear turned back.
On the island. hope Of a ship came
surging up once more. knight had
hardly finished writing the entry de-
clearing that all hands had about
abandoned all expectation of this
when a terrific gale arose from the
west, setting the Ice in rapid motion
About q mile off shore a wide lead
appeared. running east to west. and
to the south the marooned party saw
great expanse Of water sky. fndi-
eating that the ice was breaking up.
On October 2 Knight records:
"All along the horizon Is water sky,
perhaps six or eight miles off shore,
and during the lulls in the wind the
sound of surf is plainly audible"
The following day he seys:
The water sky noted yesterday is
still visible and i am sure that the
whole ocean Is open outside this belt
Of ice that Is hanging to the beach"
1t was true. By the middle of Oc-
tober the heavy surf had pounded to
pieces the belt Of ice near the beach
and the whole ocean was open. For
tunately for the spirits of the island
ers, they did not know that the Teddy
Bears captain, insufficiently equipped
for q long siege, had already given
up hope and headed out OF the ice
pack toward Nome.
tContnued In The Star tomorrow.)
Copyright 1923. in U. s. and Canada by
right British Isles by London Daily News
Copyright Australia by Melbourne Herald
Copyright South America by La Nacion. All
rights reserYed.)
Evening star., 1923-10-27
GLAND OPERATION
METHOD EXPLAINED
Surgeon Claims He Has Sixty
Eight Successful Transplant
ings to His Credit.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. October 27.-Dr. II. Lyons
Hunt of New York yesterday showed the
convention of the American Medical
Editors Association motion pictures Of
gland transportation operations. sixty
eight OF which he claimed to have per-
formed successfully.
In five minutes. with q local anesthetic
and almost no pain. the opera ton can
be performed, he said, and in forty
eight hours, in most cases, the effect
is felt. or the operations he has per-
formed. only six failed of result, two
were partly successful and the remainder
were reported by the patients them
selves, he asserted. as highly successful.
DR. Hunt told the editors he used the
glands of newly slaughtered sheep and
that he has performed operations on
both men and women. Any part of the
patients body is suitable for the graft,
he said. and the glands are placed in
an incision made in the skin The glands
live and aid the cells OF the body to be-
come fresh and young. he explained.
Evening star., 1923-10-27
by HAROLD NOICE,
Leader WrnngeI Island Rescue EN-
peditiOn.

Acduer "TuHkeI FSIUnu ItSsCuc IN.
peditiOn.
Reading the diary record of the
Wrangel Island expedition, I feel as
though I were watching a man walk
Ing blindfoldeJ toward precipice
and were powerless to stop him.
Almost to the last. the boys failed
utterly to realize the dangers of their
predicament.
Summer over and the sealing more
or less OF a failure. the fate Of the
party now hangs on the walrus hunt.
Six walrus would have saved the
situation. Six walrus should keep
Ave persons alive and entirely free
from scurvy for an entire winter.
They would also provide ample food
for the hungry dogs.
The ponderous. black skinned crea-
lures of meat and blubber weigh up
wards of ton. When a man Is
living Off the country he will eat
hve pounds of meat a day. Except
for the chance of eggs in the spring.
anu the snow geese return from the
south, he has nothing else upon
which he can count.
Live on Meat Alone.
Contrary to the belief of the civil
tZed world, where a man thinks he
ieopardizes his health if he eats
mutton chop twice II day. the men
Of the north have demonstrated that
they can remain perfectly healthy in
definitely on a diet exclusively of
meat.
Scurvy develops. not from lack of
vegetables, but from lack of fresh
food Of any kind. Vitamin A, which
is the scurvy preventive. is found
IN either fresh meat or fresh vege-
tables.
There is nothing in S-tght's diary
to Indicate that the boys realized
how desperate their condition would
Evening star., 1923-10-27

ing day they had been able to sal
wage only fifty pounds OF meat
scarcely more than enough to keep
them and the dogs for single day.
Eventually they were able to bring
In a little more, but 1t could not have
been q great quantity. for shortly
afterward Knight records that they
are out Of fresh meat
This was the end of the walrus
hunt. They never shot another.
Curiously enough, they do not seem
to realize even then the impending
seriousness OF their situation. All
through the fall their Thoughts are
on the coming Of the supply ship.
Early in September they run lantern
up on pole and keep it burning
there.
Meantime they watched the ice. 1t
lay in great white stretches. ap-
parently an impenetrable barrier be-
tween them and help from the out
side world. Ada. whose eyes Knight
describes as telescopes. spent much
OF her time these days on the hill
top. searching for streaks of black
Evening star., 1923-10-27

on the white expanse. No signs Of
open sea were visible.
Hope Fades Away.
Late in September they had just
about given up hope Of open water.
knight writes:
"Rained hard all night, with a
fresh breese from the east. As far
as we can see the ice is not moving.
although there appears to be consid :
cradle water q long way off. All
hands have about given up hope of a
ship this year. We intend to move
camp west q short way soon. The
wood for about two miles on either
side Of US Is exhausted. We think it
is easier to move camp than to haul
wood all winter"
1t was during this time, while the
lantern swung aloft and Ada's eyes
searched the southern horizon, that
Capt. Barnard Of tho Teddy Bear lay
within the outskirts Of the ice pack.
a hundred miles away. speculating
as to whether or not he could make
the island.
The lantern was stiIl alight when
Evening star., 1923-10-27
Failure to Kill WaIrus Sealed
Doom of Party on Wrangel
Tragic Diary Sho,cs Fatal Delay IN
Hunting While They A,Uaited
Ships That Neuer Came.

by cake about hundred and nfty
yards from their intended victims.
Knight stayed there to watch the
boat. The others crept across the
foe. keeping out of sight behind a
pressure ridge.
All three men fired simultaneously
Two bullets hit their mark, the third
went wild. Maurer killed one wal
rus and Gale the other. When the
animals dropped dead the three
rowed across to examine their prizes
The dead beasts proved to be a
large female and her half grown calf
The boys were in high spirits. Dark
was coming on, but they decided not
to risk leaving their precious catch
pack. They sent Gale back to camp
In the dory for an axe and lantern.
The others stayed behind to skin
They had just finished stripping the
hide from the COW when Gale re-
turned. To their despair they found
that the milling ice had blocked his
path: There they were, three men
foating helplessiy around on an ice
cake, with the dory. their only means
or escape, several hundred yards
away.
Rushed to Dory.
Between them and the dory were
number of small and swiftly mov-
ing pieces of ice, sticking up like
rocks in a river. but perilously un-
stable. Crawford. realizing that Gale
could never reach them alone. de-
cided to risk a dash across this ice
field. With the help OF pole he
succeeded. by jumping from cake to
cake, in reaching the dory.
Together the two men in the boat
tried to reach their companions.
Again they failed. The dory was so
heavy and the ice so thick that nayi-
CATION was impossible.
Taking as much of the precious
meat as they could carry in their
hands, Maurer and Knight tried to
get across the ice as Crawford had
done, but 1t was moving too swiftly.
Evening star., 1923-10-27

ne IL they failed to get walrus They
saw the walrus swimming in the
water but believed they must wait
until they could catch them on the
ice. Because they had neither a skin
boat nor d walrus harpoon they evil
IDENTIFY thought there was no use try
ing.
Could Have Made Boat.
With sufficient ingenuity or expert
ence they could have made Themselves
a bost Of seal skin. and harpoons
might easily have been fashioned out
of bone or scrap iron.
Instead, they watched and waited.
Provided with an umiak, which would
have been light enough to carry, they
would have been able to take the
offensive. The experienced hunter
pulls the umiak up on the Ice, drags
again in the open lead on the other
side. In this way he can follow the
walrus into the pack and kill. With
the heavy dory. the only boat the
boys had. this was impossible.
Such entries as the following sick
sned me a little when 1 read them.
They seemed so pathetic.
Five walrus seen swimming the
beach from east to west" And moth
Ing done about it!
"A great many walrus heard off
shore but too far to be seen and too
far to GO after because of the ice"
Later. that same day:
"A herd OF about twenty walrus
were seen on an ice foe to the south
west about two miles distant. The
water was covered with young Ice
and large foes: We decided to wait
until daylight"
The next day:
The walrUs seen yesterday were
not seen today. but we heard them at
intervals all day"
Even when the walrus finally came
on to the ice and the whole party
turned out to hunt. bad luck still
enmeshed them.
1t was late in the afternoon of
September day. From their tents on
the seacoast of Wrangel the boys saw
two walrus. The huge animals lay
on the edge of small cake OF Ice
a mile southeast Of camp, and on the
outskirts of the main pack. Full OF
excitement, the boys dragged their
heavy dory down the beach and
launched 1t. Here was the oppor-
tunity they had been waiting for.
Walrus on the ice!
They made their landing on q near
Evening star., 1923-10-27
new DEVICE WARNS
AIR PILOTS OF DANGER
"Ears" Tell Of Obstacles Within
100 Feet Of Plane-Invented by
Brooklyn Engineer.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
mitchell FIELD. N. Y. October 81.
An airplane safety device, which
Army experts say will tend to mini
mize air accidents by warning pilots
OF obstacles within a radius Of 100
feet. was demonstrated successfully
yesterday. Arthur w. Uhl, Brooklyn
engineer, who invented the device.
known as a landing altimeter, is at
work on plans to increase it's sensi-
tiveness to a radius Of 1000 feet.
The meter, which is said to be par
ticuIarly valuable for landings at
night or on foggy days, consists Of
two plate condensers. similar to vac
uum tubes, placed on both wing tips
and working in an oscillating circuit.
Attached to an indicator In the cock
Dit, they give readings as soon as the
plane comes within 100 feet of an OBJ
stacle, recording the exact distance In
feet
Evening star., 1923-10-27
ERIE TRAIN WRECKED.

HORNELL. N. Y. October 27.-Erie
train, No. 13. New York-to-Chi-
cago express. was wrecked in the
Hornell yards today.
Eleven cars were thrown from the
tracks and ran for a quarter OF q
mile over the ties before the train
could be stopped. The tracks were
torn up and the cars were damaged,
gers.
Evening star., 1923-10-27
REGRETS NOBEL AWARD
IGNORED DR.. G. H. BEST
Winner of Prize for Discovery of
lnsulin Says He Deserves But
Half of Credit.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, October 2T.-Telegrams
from DR.. F.. q. Banting, Canadian
physician, recently. with DR.. ]. J. r.
Macleod. awarded the Nobel prize
for medicine by reason OF his discov-
cry Of insulin, declare he .fs hurt"
because Dr. Charles H. Best, whom
he acknowledged as co-discoverer,
was not named In the award. The
messages were made public yesterday
by DR.. Elliott P. JoaIin. speaking at
the Harvard Medical School,
II ascribe to Best an equal share in
the discovery Of insulin." DR.. Bant-
ing's telegram to Dr. Joslin read,
''and / am hurt that he Is not ac-
knowledged. I will share with him
In II always"
Evening star., 1923-10-27
Markings on Eggs.

Eggs Of the butterflies vary, some
being spherical, others conical. tur-
ban shaped. barrel shaped, or cylin-
drical, says Nature Magazine. The
fully sculptured, the pattern being
formed by series of raised or depress-
ed dots or lines. They are also of
many different colors.
Evening star., 1923-10-27
Misplaced.

From the Birmingham Age Herald.
The sermond was good, but / didn' t
think much of the choir" said Mr.
Grumpson.
The soprano was a beauty"
Maybe SO. but the place for a pret-
ty woman who can't sing, but who
goes through the motions, is in q mu-
sical comedy"