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Evening star., 1924-04-27

A certain student of costumery once
made the statement that if he saw
but the sleeve of a fashionable gown
of any period he could Immediately
place it. To the person versed in the
clothes lore of the ages the whole
story might be written in sleeves.
What an interesting hobby this would
be-the study and collection of
sleeves!
A world of romance hangs in some
sleeves. Take the very long sleeve
in fashion in the twelfth century-the
exaggerated cuff of which hung like
a pendent canoe''-so long that it
had to be tied and knotted back lest
it trip the wearer. These elongated
sleeves were to the fappers of the
middle ages what the Very short
skirts were to our own flappers few
seasons agone. Preachers rallied
against them, just as preachers a few
years later rallied at the exaggerated
length of women's skirts, which were
regarded as pernicious and immoral
A cartoonist of the day of the knot
ted sleeve when he wished to depict
the tempter himself showed him with
these exaggerated arm coverings.
And whenever sleeves become ex-
aggeratedly wide and full, preachers
and prophets arise to warn us against
them Whenever women turn the ta-
Evening star., 1924-04-27
Trips With Birds.
Grosbeaks

81
The .grosbeaks belong to the same
finch family as the cardinal, the gold
finch and the indigo bunting. The
roSe=breasted grosbeak is bird of
tho muuntain valley. He likes to live
in river birches or along the border
OF n spruce forest He has black
coat, hood, wings and tail with white
Irnxferparts with a rose-red shirt front
Shaped IKE a triangle He has big,
powerful, stubby bill. He lives any,
where from Manitoba to Maine and
ssouthward to North Carolina and
Kansas, building a frail nest ten to
twenty feet above the ground in
wfjch may be found, during the lat
ter half Of May, four or five blue eggs
marked with brown. The females
ooioring betrays that she is a rela-
tive Of tho sparrow. Tho young
1na1hs,d too, in the fall, are streaked
win beown, but have red breasts.
Eha, .grosbeaks song is like the
robfnS, only it is more flowing and
joyous. The robin sings in jerky
trfplets; the grosbeak in accented and
Evening star., 1924-04-27

voice trailed away and a puzzled look
appeared on her turtle face
Well" said Pop Turtle, ~out of a
grand total of six chickens we done
ct ten How Conner
'WeI-lr replied Ma Turtle slowly,
TT do look a bit curious, now as L
come to think onto it,"
'Thomas- said Pop Turtle to Tom
my, "step out and see how many
chickens is left in dat special pen"
Tommy Turtle slid OF his chair
and went out in the yard In a min
ute he returned and reported that
there were nine chickens left in the
pen.
Pop Turtle got up from the table
and stumped out in the back yard
The children all held their breath
while Ma Turtle sat and gazed at
the blank wall
Presently they an heard a loud
roar from the direction of the chicken
yard and when they ran out they
found Pop Turtle leaning up against
the corn crib, laughing so that his
sides shook. And while Ma Turtle
and the children looked on they saw
ono of Brother Jack Rabbits hens
ny up on the special pen and drop
down through a hole in the center Of
the top.
Ma Turtle had been trapping the
neighbors hens.
WELL" remarked Pop Turtle. after
he had narrowly escaped stroke of
apoplexy, 'Mandany may not be much
at arithme4ickin'. but she siro' am a
good hand at layin' traps!-
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smooth triplets. His call-note is a
sharp peep. The grosbeak is a val
liable bird citizen, for he destroys
June bugs, the potato beetle and the
grapevine beetle
The pine grosbeak is cold weather
bird. In summer he lives IN northern
North America, spending the winter
in the northern United States He is
prepared for the most bitter cold, for
during the summer he stored up a
layer of fat under his feathers which
keeps him warm, and if a day comes
when the pine cones and buds do not
yield him a good meal his stored-up
food will tide him over.
In color he is the most delicious
peach pink. In the landscape of snow
and ice where he is found he makes
a most artistic appearance as he fits
in and out of the pine trees, deftly
picking out the seeds of the pine cone
with his beak, which is to him what
hands are to a person His call is a
whistle Of three or four notes
The pine grosbeak is a pink color
with white bars on the black wingA
He has a dark brown parrot-like
beak and brown feet
Brothers DiHer I'm Color.
The blue jay is a handsome bird
with a bad temper. If We can forgive
little things like nest-robbing, dis
agreeable manners and q scoldfng
voice, we may admire this fellow. for
he has Intelligence and is most beauti-
fully garbed. But his good looks make
him arrogant. As soon as his nest
is built in the crotch Of q tree early in
May, the bird war is on, for he seems
to be continually scrapping with his
although. as a matter of
fact, he probably makes more fuss
than he does damage.
The squawking "Jay-ay-ay~ he
utters is equal to the sound Of two
or three other birds as he flashes past
with decisive fight to pick quarrel in
the next tree His feathers are, a
smoky blue, blending into cadet blue
md hne3xvender ON hts wings and
hsek.- Hiswings are bsrs Of black and
Evening star., 1924-04-27
Things Which Are Of Interest to Y
Stories of Precious Jewels
King Tut's Treasures.

The recent excavations in Egypt.
which have brought to light the
wonderful objects of art belon gins
to the reign of King Tut ankh- Amen
have revealed most beautiful and
elaborate pieces inlaid with quanti-
ties of blue lapis lazuli. This stone
IS not considered a gem, but it has
always been counted one of the most
a1Iuring materials for beads, earrings
and other barbaric jewelry as well
as a favorite stone for inlay work
in jewel boxes, vases and charms
The most remarkable example of
the way lapis lazuli was used by
the Sancients is the throne of old
King Tut himself. 1t is an immense
gold affair, with a sort of aisle of
gold walls extending in 'front.' and
a high fan-shaped piece for a back.
Every foot of it is carved in minute
designs with inlays of lapis to mark
the central motifs. The whole thing
is glitter of gold imbedded with
Evening star., 1924-04-27
IrOquois Women.

How strange it is that while vom-
en- of so many OF the leading na-
tons of the world have obtained
equal voting rights with men only
after long struggle, the women of
some of the very old, uncivilized
peoples were given these privileges
without a murmur. Gypsy women
always have held the family purse
strings. The gypsy band, for that
matter. is ruled, not by a man, but
a woman, the gypsy queen.
The Iroquois Indians, whom we
think of as a particularly fierce and
barbarous tribe, had the words
votes for women. in their vocabu-
larry. Women held an important po-
sition in their organization, for every
Indian matron was allowed to name
her choice for chief of the tribe.
Lands and houses were the sole
property of the women.
A curious thing among Iroquois
Indians was that they traced their
kinship only through the women Of
the family. An Indians refHtfves
were his mothers people; those Of
Evening star., 1924-04-27

A FTER Tommy turtles dlsaS-
~ trous attempt to raise chick
~ ems exclusively with game
roosters, Ma Turtle took the
matter in hand. She imported
Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds,
Black Minorcas and White Leghorn
hens, and after a few months had
passed Ma Turtle had a f1ourishing
poultry yard. Pretty soon after that
she decided to eat q few of the hens
to keep the crop within bounds
Accordingly, she had a special wire
pen built, to house the chickens that
were headed for the cooking pot.
Then the Turtle Family began hay
ing fried chicken, roast chicke en-,
boiled chicken, stewed chicken, chick
en- hash, chicken soup-until the
whole family began dreaming about
chickens in their sleep, and then Pop
Turtle decided that it was time to
call a halt
Tommy Turtle had been fndustri-
ously saving up the wishbones. and
Susie Turtle was eating the gizzards,
in an attempt to make herself beau
tful Ma Turtle preferred the light
meat, Pa Turtle chose the dark meat,
while Tommy and the others took
it all just as it came ~.
Finally Pop Turtle hurled a drum
stick through the window and al
lowed that he'd be hanged if he'd
eat another chicken, either boiled,
stewed, roasted, fried or otherwise.
And furthermore, he opined that 'he
couldn't understand how any more
chickens could be left in the yard by
Evening star., 1924-04-27

blue. Literally thousands of stones
were used in its construction
The picture here shows one of the
arms of the throne formed of gold
in the shape Of the winged cobra,
symbolic bird of the Egyptians.
All the dark parts indicate inlays
of lapis lazuli. The entire head was
a boulder of the polished stone.
The ancient Arabians used lapis
lazuli, calling it AZul. The Chinese
also carved it into vases, cask cts,
buttons and cups and painted on it
with porcelain paints. 1t is mined
now in Chile and Siberia and used
as q setting in modern jewelry. Often
it is heated and blown into blue
glass for cheaper limitations Of high
grade material
Lapis lazuli frequently has green
cast to it or it may be turned green
by heating it and adding saltpetre.
1t is Opaque, has d slight luster.
and is generally mottled with brown
or gold tinted spots.
Evening star., 1924-04-27

mannish sleeve is a greater favorite
with American women than with
French women, who regard it as
suited best to the very young woman
who can stand the severity of il,
while for the older woman they al
most always select either the sleeve
Evening star., 1924-04-27

that fits close to the wrist and then
has a little flare about the hand or
the sleeve that is wide from the ell
bow down.
X x =
IN the meantime interesting expert
ments have been taking place.
Evening star., 1924-04-27
Nobody Home.

where Is the carr demanded Mrs
Dfggs.
"peer me-. ejacuiated Prof. Diggs.
did take the car out?"
Evening star., 1924-04-27
A Backward Student.

Mr.. L.-How is your boy getting
along in high school?
Mr.. S-Ach! He's halfback on the
football team and all the way back
in his studies :.
Evening star., 1924-04-27
Deceptive.

Young Wife-If this is an all-wool
rug, why is it labeled cotton?
Shop Assistant (confidentia11y)-
That, madam, is to deceive the moths.
Evening star., 1924-04-27
A Help in Banking.

Banker-Do you know anything
about checks and drafts?
Applicant-Yes, sir, I've run our
furnace for years.
Evening star., 1924-04-27

he attacks the nests Of song birds,
steals the eggs and even the young
birds. -s..-. -
Evening star., 1924-04-27
Answer to Last Weeks Puzzle.

starved children come into your
shop"
Kick him out" yelled another. voice.
The children stopped crying and eyed
Jack in surprise. Then one burst forth
in sudden, derisive laughter. "Ha, ha,
ha! The poor nut thinks it's true! It's
a movie were taking" she giggled.
Now get. out before the camera man
throws you out
Exacting.
Us the editor particularT
Nothing but. He raises a row
II he finds a period upside dewA-
Evening star., 1924-04-27

this time;- anyways And then he
asked Ma Turtle how, many hens she
had served upon the table to date.
We'll" said Ma Turtle, II put six
Evening star., 1924-04-27
Written and illustrated
by Edward McCandIish-

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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-06-19
THE LATENT WEALTH OF GUNNIsoN COUNTY

labor develop the latent wealth of
nison County.
We mining of the dominating occupations.
In the Crested Butte definitely, the Elk Noun
tam region, where in the year 1924 small mining
camps, cities humming with life and activity. The
inhabitants showing thue happiness and contentment that
comes with success The mines, for which they
proud and from which the vast amount of fuel is TAKEN
furnishing the daily bread for hundreds of people OF
course the mining is carried in very scientific
and with the advanced by which the coal is
moved from it's vast beds of wealth has the culture
and high standard of living.
Yes, fuel is important of such places, but
in this region find the almost inexhaustibe
mountains of on In the 1924 the iron shipped
many miles to manufacturing CITY, but in this of
which considering it is not necessary to send the
material away to be finished for capital and Ia
bor have built plants in the bosom of the
mountains of mineral wealth. Immense factories have
been constructed for the manufacturing of the
terias into useful articles which sent all the
world .-
No longer these towns inland situated, on
the narrowguage railroad, or commonly known as
the "Gaopng Goose,p because broadEguage trains
roaring up the valleys to the cities.
All the improved conditions of mining and the treat
ment of have made possible the handling of the
deposits of gold silver Lead zinc and other metals
Continued second page)
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-06-19

at the Nebraska State Fair last year
and were given sample of the milk.
There was not person in that num-
ber but pronounced it the equal or
superior to cows milk. Most of them
slipped little, took swallow and
asked for more, and when finally
filled licked their lips and said: "My!
That tastes just like the best Jersey
milk l ever tasted"
The milk can be used for any pur-
pose for which cows milk is used.
The butter is excellent, the whipped
cream is unexcelled, the ice cream
leaves the most delicious taste i'm
aginable in your mouth, the cheese
can't be beat, but it reigns supreme
as a good, cold, refreshing beverage.
The goat does not require much
room or equipment. A piano box will
accommodate two or three goats, and
anything will do for pen. They will
eat weeds, brush or anything that is
clean. Pasture them on the lawn and
they will eat the weeds and leave the
grass. Feed them your table scraps
and from these waste products you
will get a bounteous supply of milk
for your family. Just try it.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-06-19
Sudden Death

A very sudden death occurred last
Saturday. Garnet Billiu, an employe
of the Crested Butte Light and Water
Co, failed to appear at work Satur-
day evening and when two workmen
went to his batch to find the cause of
his failure to come to work, they
found Mr.. Billiu lying in bed dead
Mr.. Billiu was employed as night
watchman and had gone home to rest
Saturday morning seemingly feeling
pretty good
When the body was examined by
physicians it was found he had died
from hardened arteries and rupture
or the heart muscles.
Mr.. Billiu, a middle aged man, was
formerly a resident of Denver, and
his wife still resides in that city. 1t
has been quite difficult to locate her
because the only address obtainable
in her name is general delivery.
The body was sent to Gunnison and
held there until some word could be
obtained from relatives.
Thursday the body was shipped to
Shreveport, La, where deceased has
relatives.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-06-19
MILK GOATS URGED AS BEST
WAY TO CUT LIVING COST

The following article, by Carl A
Leach, Secretary Imperial Goat Dairy,
is taken from the South Florida De-
veboper, Stuart, Florida.
What are the advantages of owning
milk goat? The first and greatest
advantage is that they will give you
two or three quarts of good, whole
some milk daily at a cost of from
three-fourths to one and one-haf
cents quart.
Government reports show that from
eight to ten goats can be kept on the
same feed as one COW. Goats will av-
erage better than three to four quarts
a day in milk production and their
milk test't twice as rich as cows milk.
The result is easily seen.
A cow comes fresh but once year
and the owner is under a deluge of
milk for few months then is out of
milk for few more months until
she is fresh again. If he had several
goats he could breed them at differ
ent time of the year, and would have
sure and steady supply of the rich
ess, sweetest and best milk he ever
tasted
Purity is another asset of goats
milk Goats are free from that dread
disease, tuberculosis, and from most
diseases commune able to man. Of
100000 goats recently butchered in
the United States but two were con-
demned for any reason. One had
been badly bruised in shipment and
the other was emaciated from range
feed, and so unfit for human con-
sumption. Where could you collect
half million cattle without much
larger percentage of unhealthy an
imals?
The goat is the healthiest domestic
animal in the world. 1t is immune
from tuberculosis. Goats milk is su-
perior in every way to that of the
COW, being nearly twice as rich in
butter fat Goats milk is the ideal
food fer babies, convalescents and in
valids. especially those with weak
ened digestive powers. Goats milk is
the purest, most complete human
food known, is the statement made by
the Journal of the American Medic al
Society, the official organ of 100000
physicians.
Often one hears a person turn away
from goats and say they had stink
ing old billy" and did not want any,
thing to do with goats. The buck is
the whole trouble. The does have no
cdor whatsoever. They are absolutely
clean to have around. Their drop
pines are dry and do not dirty the
animal or the surrounding territory
as does the COW. The goat is the
cleanest as we'll as the healthiest do
mestic animal in the world.
How does the milk taste? Nearly
a thousand people asked that question
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-06-19
WELL-KNOWN PIONEERS
CROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE
By RUBY E. CORUM
Mrs. JOS. w. BlackstOck

Gunnison people have been sad
dened this week by the death of two
prominent citizens of the town.
On Saturday last at the hospital in
Salida occurred the death of Mrs. Jo-
seph W. Blackstock, who has been i'll
but a few short weeks there, and
whose death came Unexpectedly to
friends and relatives, who were deep
ly grieved and shocked by the sad
news. She had apparently been i'm
proving for several days and Mr.
Blackstock had come home only a day
or two before, thinking his wife was
recovering
SATURDAY. morning she took a sud
den turn for the worse, and MIR. Black
stock was summoned A hurried trip
bv car over Monarch got him there
too late to see his beloved mate alive
she having passed away at about IL
o'clock that morning, an hour oe1ore
his arrival. Her daughter, Miss LOIS
was with her at the end.
Emma Frances Wooley was born IN
Flanders, New Jersey, in 1860 one
was married to Mr.. Chas. Nelson IN
1887 and four years later came with
her husband to Gunnison, where she
has since resided. Mr.. Nelson died a
number of years ago.
On Christmas day three years ago
Mrs. Nelson and Joseph Blackstock
were married.
Mrs. Nelson was life long memper
of the Methodist church and was a
devout Christian woman. She not ohiv
nrofessed her faith, but lived it whol-
lv and entirely every day. NO TASK
of devotion to her friends and neigh-
hors was too much for her. A favor
was ALWAYS so cheerfully and gladly
Granted that recipients became i'ei
devoted friends for all time.
Irnserfsh. kind, loving. Devoted to
her home. and family. A wonderful
mother and helpmate. one "hoee
nIooe never can be filed in home or
friendships circle.
For over three dec AIDES Mrs. Black
stock has been one cf the suns.ah ''a'
citizens of Gunnison and has Deeh
nower for the upgrowth and progress
IF the town and community Her IN
eue,ce for the betterment OF all con-
ditions has ever been felt and her
,namorv will be kindly cherished IN
years to come ,,ah IL. fu-
In accordance with her WISH vi. AZ.
neral was private and was held a. 'le
beautiful home on Pine street, mon-
doy afternoon. Floral tributes were
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-06-19
Harry W, Bender

On Tuesday afternoon, June II,
1924, Harry w. Bender answered the
Last Call and his spirit passed to the
Great Beyond, after brave fight
against the ravages of erysipelas.
Harry Bender was one of the we'll
known Gunnison county pioneers who
came here in the early eighties. Tin
Cup was his first destination on COM
ing west from his native state of
Pennsylvania He was enthused with
the love of mining and for many
years was identified with mining en-
terprises in the east end of the coun-
ty, but later went into the Spencer
Vulcan district. For several years he
has been making his home in Gunni-
son and about four months ago was
married to Miss Mamie Harwood.
The wedding was the happy culmina-
tion of a romance of several years
standing.
The passing of Harry Bender is the
calling away of one more of our pio-
neer citizens He was a man of
splendid ideals and was respected and
esteemed by everyone.
Particularly sad is the passing of
this man, as his wife of but few
short months is also very ill and the
shock of her husbands death has been
severe strain for her. The calling
away of her dear one has indeed
seemed more than she could bear and
friends have been saddened by her
deep grief.
The funeral will be held Friday
from the house, Rev VIM. l. Jones
officiating.
Sincere sympathy is extended by
the Empire and host of sorrowing
friends
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-06-19
By LAMORAH ANDERSON

First let us look Gunnison County at its present
ag Many beautiful agricultural valleys guarded by
lures own pine-cad mountains The county seat Gunni
SON. is situated in of the pretest valleys of the
and at the junction of the majestic Gunnison with
une sVery Tomch. We see in this city ever-pros-
pering college, namely, Western State College.
Gunnson being centrally situated, is the principal
supply point for the mines and ranches surrounding
lhe exceedingly fertile valleys make agriculture great
asset OF the county The ranges for grazing under
the supervision of the Government Forestry Department
are what makes Gunnson County famous stock raising
People from all the United States flock to our
county to take advantage of the most pleasant summers
to enjoy the trout fishing of rivers and streams
prosper in health at enhancing summer resorts
Now, we have looked at only little of Gunnison
Countys wealth. greater share of it is For
instance we have not looked into the mines quarries
Of everyone has heard of the wonderful mining
districts of the county. Why go ahead and talk of all
our present day resource We hear of them every place
we go and although they things of which the entire
United States proud of, Gunnson County is what
might be called "new county.
Not so many the pioneers first pierced the
Rocky Mountain Region. Attracted by the
the region in which this county is situated they re
mained. From that time Gunnison County has beer
growing in popularity.
Now let look into the future after capital ant
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-06-19
FARMER PUTMANs PHILOSOPHY

| seen where Congress adjourned
without givin' the farming industry
any relief, other than the relief of
adjournment. This here last Congress
cain't be accused of class legislation.
Everybody got treated alike-except-
in the Japs, they got more'n they ex-
pected, and the soldiers; they got
less than they expected.
I'd like to be a congressman once.
I'd go down to Washington and shac-
kle the money power. I'd make Wall
street look like country lane. I'd
cut railroad rates in half. I'd give
every town in my deestrict new post
office, or something equally as ex-
pensive. I'd make every by-road in
my bailiwick a federal aid boulevard.
guaranteed equal to living wagis fur
plasterers and carpenters. I'd pass a
law limiting interest to four per
cent; another law preventin' fore
closure on farm mortgages; another
reducin' the price of farm machinery;
another raisin' the tariff on sugar and
wool.
With such a program I'd git the
radical votes in my deestrict and
when I got to Washington I'd do like
the rest of 'em-become a statesman
with too much dignity to fight fur
tire people and exaggerated sense of
the Importance of political parties.
THOS. JEFFERSON PUTNAM.
Specialist in Rural Devilment.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-06-19

many and beautiful. Rev Jones was
in charge of the ceremonies and gave
p very comforting sermon.
A daughter, Miss Lois Nelson, and
her husband are left to mourn the
loss of this beloved companion, and
the Empire joins lareg circle of
friends throughout the entire county
in extending sympathy to them.
Time alone will assauge the keen sor-
row and bring measure of comfort
to them,