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garble offers an excellent business opening for a resident Dentist and a resident Lawyer, with no opposition in either profession The Booster will always fight f*>r tho things which make a piohimmous town Five Cents a Copy. Jack Clayton Disappeared Last Tuesday and Cannot be Located by Searchers Marble has been torn with excite ment and anxiety this week on account of the disappearance last Tuesday of Jack Clayton. It appears to be a fore gone conclusion that be is dead and that his body lies somewhere on the hills north of town, but searching par ses that have been out almost night and day since be disappeared have been unable to get any trace of him. Mr. Clayton was kicked in the head eight years ago by a mule. About a vear ago a clot of blood formed on the brain as a direct result of this in jury and for the last eight months he had been almost entirely helpless, being confined to bed most of the time. Lately, he had appeared to regain some of his physical strength, though his mind was affected, and he got about town some, usually with an attendant. Last Tuesday morning, during the temporary absence of Mrs. Clayton, Jack slipped away and made for the hill north of the Clayton home. Mrs. Ed. Adrian saw him resting at a point on the hill just above the shale which is in plain sight of the town. Mrs. Clayton saw him, also, and supposed he was making for Joe Fish’s ranch where he had climbed the previous Sun day aftprnoon. When he had failed to return at3 o’clock in the afternoon she sent her two hoys to Fish’s to get him and bring him home. The boys returned at 0 o’clock bringing word that he was not at Fish's nor had he been in the neighborhood. This report, of course, started a general alarm. Men gathered imme diately with horses and a dozen or more -some mounted and some afoot started for the hill to search for Clayton. Equipped with lanterns they kept up the search until late at night without finding a trace of the man. The night was cold and rainy and it was felt that in his weakened condition Clayton could hardly survive the ex posure. The searchers covered the en tire face of the hill and all around the l-’ish ranch and shouted themselves hoarse, hut all to no avail. They had to give-up about 10 o'clock. The next morning more searchers left Marble and diligently covered the trails and brush on the hill. No result. A BAD ROCK SLIDE The most tremendous rock slide in the history of the Crystal lliver & Ban Juan railway covered the track last Saturday to a depth of lifteen feet at a point just this side of the Mc- Clure Hats where a little stream known as Chair creek comes down out of the mountains. The slide was spectacular because it occured just as the traiu came along bound for Marble. It was about noon when the train came to Chair creek and was brought to a quick stop when the engineer dis covered a lot of rock blocking the track. Some time before there had been a small slide and the rock was over the track to a depth of a foot or more. The train crew aud passengers got out aud were estimating thechanees of uncovering the track to get through when they heard a loud, rumbling noise and looking up the mountain side they were terrified to discover a great wall of rock and mud slowly de scend ing. The engineer. Pete Cooper, gave a couple of warning toots and bustled the train back out of danger, just as the slide came down and cover ed the track where the train had stood *•0 a depth of fifteen feet. The persons *»u board the train saw the whole 1 hing eomiug; saw the mass strike a grove -of aspens aud cut them down like wheat before a cycle; saw great boulders, weighing tons, carried irre sistibly .downward —boulders which would have wiped that train out as though Lt hadn’t been, had it been in the path. The train, of course, was left on the wrong side of tike slide and with no chance of getting through for days. Word was sent to Marble at once, •h F. Manning, general manager of the Colorado-Yule company, which owns the railway, was on the traiu a od he set out for Marble afoot as »oon as he saw the extent of the slide, knowing that it would require all the labor the big mill could supply to clear the track. At the mill a force of seventy men was assembled, equipped w *th picks and shevels, and hurried to THE MARBLE BOOSTER At noon Mayor Tischhauser issued a general call for searchers and at 1:30 o’clock seventy-five men formed a line, twenty-five feet apart, and went st raight up the mountain, keeping the line straight and combing the hill thorough ly to the Fish ranch. The house on the Clayton ranch, where Jack filed some time ago, and which adjoins the Fish place, was examined but there was no evidence that Jack had been there. The line then re-formed and came down the hill further over and in new territory. Some of the men followed Carbonate creek down, on the theory that he might have fallen in the creek. At a certain point on the Fish ranch footprints were fouud in soft earth near the creek bank which were thought to he Clayton’s. Late in the afternoon the searchers returned worn out but without having found Clayton. More men volunteered and a fresh search began, only to end in failure as those had before. Thurs day the search was kept up aud Fri day the same, hut Jack Clayton has vanished from the face of the earth. In his weakened physical condition, it is thought to he certain that he could not get far.' Whether he destroyed himself or whether he met with accident can only he determined upon finding the body, and that may be months or years. Clayton was possessed of the suicidal mania and had spoken of it to several persons. One thing is certain: he must now be dead if he kept his face pointed toward the north, for there is no chance of succor in that direction and he carried with him no food. Marble people believe his body will eventually he found at the bottom of some cliff or in some creek bed. Clayton is a member of the Wood men of the World and carries insur ance which canuot be collected for' seven years unless his body be found aud identified. Besides Mrs. Clayton, he has three children—two hoys and a girl. Mrs. Clayton—a brave, little woman who bus made a,good fight in the face of big odds- is beside herself with grief, and the entire citizenship of the town joins with The Booster in extending to her genuine sympathy. the scene. Late that evening the mail was transferred to auother traiu made up in Marble and run to the opposite side of the slide. The passengers on the train were taken to Marble in liv ery carriages. The workmen labored all Saturday night, Sunday and Sunday night, Mon day and until 10 o’clock Monday night. Sometimes there were as many as 100 men at work with the shovels, aud never less than fifty. It was just 10 o’clock Morday night when the word was passed that the track was clear aud the stranded train passed through. The slide cost the company at least a thousand dollars in labor. BUILDING A NEW DAM At a special meeting of the city council, held Wednesday night, action was taken leading to the immediate construction of a new dam to divert the tnud and rock slides from the mountain north of town. The urgent necessity of building another dam was understood and agreed upon by all the councilmen, because another slide such as that of last Saturday might come anytime, and the town eannot afford to he visited by such devastation. The taxpayers in the north section of town are entitled to protection, anyway, it was pointed out. Considerable discussion was held as to the proper place to build the darn and finally it was voted to put the whole matter in charge of W. D. Par ry, a member of the council who built the old dam nine years ago. Mr Par ry was instructed to hire the labor and build the dam at the place which ap pears to him to be most advantageous. The work will start at once as the council feels that no time should be lost. The cost, Mr. Parry estimated, should not be more than $200 or $250. For the ladies: Stylish, neat calling cards, either blank or printed. Finest quality of wedding board or linen fin ish cards, the proper sizes, at 35 cents for fifty blank or $1 for fifty printed in an imitation of engraving so good you cannot cell the difference. At The Booster job shop. MARBLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1911. MANNING TO MOVE After au absence of nearly three months, J. F. Manning returned to Marble Saturday of last week. Mr. Manning had been closing up the final details of the Cleveland court house L work, which the Colorado-Yule cocn ) puny carried through to the most sat isfactory completion. He also visited a score of cities in the East where the , company is carrying on work. Col. C. F. Meek, president of the C.- t Y.-M.-Co. informs The Booster that I Mr. Manning has been advanced to the second vice-presidency of the com pany, is to have headquarters in Chi cago aud he in direct charge of the de velopment and handling of the com pany’s monumental business, which will he the most important feature of the company’s commercial operations. Mr. Manning returned from his trip east about woru out and he expects to roam about the hills and valleys while resting and recuperating. After this rest he will go to Chicago and take up his work ihere. The Manning family will follow after September 1 to reside permanently. The going of the Mannings will leave a vacancy in the social and church work of the town hard to fill. The promotion to Mr. Manning, however, is deserved anil most worthily bestowed and The Booster wishes him unbound ed success iu his Chicago position. “Pete” Granger has been engaged this week iu directing the preparation of an exhibit of Colorado-Yule monu ments to he shown at the annual con vention of the National Monument Dealer’s association, which is to he held at Cincinnati beginning Septem ber 1. The exhibition consists of seven beautiful monuments of rich marble and handsomely carved, aud au archi trave which is to he a very beautiful piece. The architrave is to be 7 feet, 5 inches iu height and 5 feet, 7} inches in width. The base will be 1 foot, 7 inches deep, the architrave 1 foot, 31 inches deep, and the columns will be fluted aud 6 feet, l.inch iu height. The piece will be of Doric architecture and made of the famous Statuary Golden Vein stock of the Yule company. As an exbibiton of the highest grade of monumental marble in the world this work is well worth seeing. J. E. Haskell of Bradford, Pa., has been making his fourth visit to the mill this week. Each time he observes large extensions and improvements, so that it is like a new visit for him whenever he comes to Marble. Mr. Haskell is a firm believer iu the su premacy of Yule marble over any in the world and he declares that marble experts have frequently told him that in no marble quarry on the face of the globe is it possible to take out such large and perfect blocks as in the quarry here. Mortimer Matthews and family of Cincinnati, with two guests, have ar rived for the summer and taken up residence in two of the company houses near the postoflice. Mr. Matthews is a stockholder in the Colorado-Yule company and is very much interested in the workings of the big plant here. While his family and guests enjoy roaming the hills, Mr. Matthews him self puts in most of his time around the mill where he never tires of watch ing the huge blocks of white marble transformed into polished pieces of the most marvelous beauty. The Mat thews party includes Mr. aud Mrs. Matthews, Misses Elizabeth, Olivia, and Mary Matthews: Stanley and Wil liam Matthews; Miss Maude Aldrich of New York and James Gorham of New York. They will remain until August 29. A DELUGE OF MUD Citizens of Marble living on the north side of town had a bad scare last Saturday morning when the protracted heavy rains started a mud slide from the old bald-faced mountain which has been crumbling away for years. About the middle of the forenoon, while the rain was steadily falling, there was heard a rumbling noise like thunder, comingfrom the direction of the moun tain. People came out into the streets and listened for fifteeu minutes and s|>eculated upon whether it was caused by a cloudburst or a slide or both. The noise finally ceased and as noth ing happened in the town below, folks went back to their occupations. Ten minutes later the screams of a woman were plainly heard in the busi LAST CALL! The Big Sale will close on MONDAY EVG., JULY 31 Any Suit worth up to $30, Saturday & Monday only, $18.50 Any Suit worth up to S20, Saturday & Monday ONLY, 11.00 HATS Genuine J. B. Stetson Hats, soft and stiff, black and colors, $5.00 3 Q C Any Hat worth $3.50 2 85 Any Hat worth $2.50 | QJ Odds and ends of Hats, worth I up to $3.50 I.“w Genuine Panama Hats, worth J QC $0.00, for T.ifJ 1-3 off on all Straws REMEMBER! No goods sold at sale price will be charged THIS SALE WILL RUN FROM JULY 15 TU AUGUST I, 'I I ness section and this time the alarm was genuine, A wave of mud was seen slowly and irresistibly coming from the direction of Colonel Meek’s home, near which there is a dry creek bed. Past experience had proved that the mud slides from the old mountain al ways took this course. Some time ago. however, a dam had been built to hold aud divert possible slides coming from this direction and prevent an overflow of the residence section of the north side. The dam did hold the slide for awhile aud that was the reason it was so slow in making its appearance in the town. When it burst from the dam there was no holding it and the mud came in a wave a foot high down the street through the Barnes corral aud swept over the beautiful lawn of Dr. Haxbv’s home, breaking down the fence and piling up around the house to the great alarm of Mrs. Haxby who was alone at the time she first saw the slide coming. Dr. Haxby arrived just as the wave hitthe fence but was power less to turn the flood of mud. Past; Haxby’s the flood took a zigzag course across West First street and through the aspens near the Abraham cottage and across Main street just west of the Faussone theater, where it found its way into Carbonate creek, first over flowing the sidewalk leading to the postoffice. Along with the mud came Lons of stones, some as large as a bushel basket. For half an hour the mud kept com ing and then the flood changed to dirty water which flowed for a couple of hours. Aside from the damage to Dr. Haxby's place, which was directly in the path of the slide, the only damage wrought was to the streets, which were left in fearful condition. But the slide was the most tremendous that old-time citizens here ever remember. Tom Boughtou said there had been in years past several slides which reached just to Main street. He gave as his opinion, however, that at some period in the past there had been a slide from that mountain which had filled the val ley with earth and rock. Nearly half the old mountain is gone, that much is trerlaiu, aud it is the most reasonable thing in the world to assume that the towu of Marble is sitting on the part that is missing. Since the big slide last Saturday there have beeu several smaller slides up on the face of the mountain, none of which reached the town, but each of them was accompanied by the noise which sounds like thunder, and each of them attracted the immediate atten tion of thelowu below. That old bald-faced mountain will bear watching. FURNISHINGS Men’s Dress Shirts, worth 4 Ep $1,00, Sale Price “v#U Men’s Light Weight Under- QCp wear, worth 65c, now Men’s Neckties, worth 35c, I Cp some slightly soiled, now l\)u Men's 50c Neckties, in this Iff _ sale at ZdL Men’s 75c Neckties, in this A ff _ sale at 4DC A Big Discount on Other Things! Hose, Underwear, Shirts, etc. The Home of to A , Good of course J THE CITY MEAT MARKET ¥ | T ¥ { E ARE doing a nice business— ¥ VI J which shows that we are right J TY on the job with the right goods f at the right prices, .call at our ¥ shop and give us a trial, or we will be I glad to call on you for orders. ¥ I J. F. PARRISH, Proprietor | Furniture and l Household Goods For Sale ■ BB “ — | In order to close out quickly all our house | hold goods we will sell very cheap at private sale I commencing Monday morning, July 31, at 9 a. m. | at our residence. Inquire of Florence Manning. E Prices will be attractive to those wishing to | purchase. Come Monday and make your choice [ early, before it is picked over. I No one not fully furnished can afford to miss | this opportunity. [ J. F. Manning The Booster is an indunendent newspaper tie voted to the iuteresrs of Marble VOL. 1. NO. 20 SHOES One-fourth off on any Men’s, Women’s or Chil dren’s Oxfords in stock. Odds and ends of Men’s, Women’s and Children's Shoes, worth up | Aff to $3.50, how !•/«/ Any Man’s $5.00 Shoe in this Q QC house for (J«/ (J A Discount on any Shoo in our store.