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THE ELK MOUNTAIN PILOT
VOLUME 43.
Local and Personal
William Boyle Is attending hlgE'
school at Waleenburg.
Delettia Begonia returned home
from Gunnison Tuesday.
Or. Mackintosh of Gunnison, spent
Friday in Created Butte.
Miss Florence Sehoy came down
from Floresta Wednesday.
Mrs. Eugene Schoy visited in Gun
nison Saturday and Sunday.
Anton Ztller made a trip to Gun
nison In his Dodge Saturday.
Mr. Frank Bulkley of Denver, spent
a few days In town last week.
FOB SALE—A good heater and ba-
by walker. Inquire at Pilot office.
Mr. and Mrs. Barney Seraflne have
moved in from the ranch for the win
ter.
Mrs. Margaret Koletske 1s here
spending a week’s vacation with home
folks.
G. V. Benson Is having the city
water put Into his house on Maroon
avenue.
Mrs. C. L Hudson and daughter.
Miss Marlbel, spent the week end
with Mr. Hudson.
Alex Campbell motored to Gunni
son Sunday to spend the day. W. J.
Dolg went down with him.
A line baby boy arrived at the
’ bOtne of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Tezak on
Monday morning. October 20.
Nibs lathbrook with several other
men spent several days here this week
putting iiNpeW telephone poets.
Mrs. Willard Btoten and little
daughter went to Trinidad Saturday
after having spent the summer here.
Mrs. G. V. Benson and Miss Lillian
. Doig went to Gunnison Friday eve
ning ttwisMksdM
Stumbling on the old has hen side
walk on Maroon avenue. H. T. Smith
dill Monday evening and sprained his
Rnkle.
Mas Bass fllwered to Gunnison
Sunday, taking down Mr. and Mrs.
George And root ta and Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Miller.
Jack Buchanan went over to Marble
via horseback Monday. He was called
over by phone to attend to some busi
ness matters.
Miss Annie Yoklavlch returned
home from Pueblo last week where
she had been visiting relatives for
the past few weeks.
William Studhalter and Paul Hun
ter came over from Baldwin on Sat
urday’s train, returning Sunday by
way of Kebier Pass.
Mrs. M. J. Boyle arrived home from
Walsanburg and Denver Sunday. Mr.
Boyle and Jack motored as far as
Gunnison to meet her.
The Beldon Busch family moved In
from their ranch on East Blver last!
week. Mr. Busch will be employed
at the mines here this winter.
Friends of the George Miller fam
ily who were burned out last week,
took up a collection around town for
them. The amount collected was $l6O.
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Sodja were
arrivals from Kansas last Saturday.
They were residents of Crested Butte
for many years and are here to dis
pose of their property.
Mr. C. S. Bergman with his sons
Carl and Walter, drove in from the
ranch Wednesday morning to put in
the day working on Mrs. A. F. Deck
er’s house, which is near completion.
Bev. J. W. Boss drove up from
Gunnison Tuesday afternoon, bring
ing with him Mrs. Grant Buland,
mother and daughter, and Mrs. Alice
Miller, who did some shopping in
our city.
The fancy work raffled at the Colo
rado Supply Store last Wednesday
afternoon by Mrs. B. A. Doling was
uwon by the following: First, Joe Ds
caro; second. Gasper Guerrie; third,
Joe Short; fourth. Salvatore Lucente.
vMrs. J. J. Genrlght of Hotchkiss,
4>ent several days here last week
visiting old friends. Mrs. Genrlght
is looking fine and she says Mr. Gen
right Is enjoying the best of health.
They have a rooming house next door
to the post office in Hotchkiss and a
bay ranch one anile from Was
A Weekly Newspaper of Interest to the Elk Mountain Region
Last Wednesday afternoon fire com
pletely destroyed the household goods
belonging to Mr. and Mrs. George
Miller of this city. Mrs. Miller had
just stepped over to- a neighbor's
house a few minutes before the fire
was discovered and it is supposed
that the children set the house on
fire. Mr. Miller, Who works night
shift at the Pershing mine was asleep
up stairs and the house was a mass
of flames before he was awakened.
Practically everything they had was
ruined. The house belonged to John
Kuretich.
Rev. and Mrs. H. H. Deck arrived
in Crested Butte via auto from Engle
wood, last Wednesday evening at 9:30
o'clock. Mr. Deck and Miss Katherine
Allen of Englewood, were married in
that city on Thursday, October 9th,
1919, and started Immediately for a
week’s honeymoon trip to our city.
Mrs. Deck has taught school for the
past five years. They left Monday
afternoon for Englewood but hope to
make their home in Crested Butte in
the near future.
The many friends of Mrs. R. H.
Mace will be glad to learn that she
has accepted a position as teacher
in the Frenchtown, Montana, schools
at 9100 per month. Her son Frank
will attend high school in that city.
Mrs. Mace intended coming to Colo,
rado for a visit with her mother and
sister this month but now the trip
has been postponed indefinitely.
Mrs. E. A. Dullng departed on Sat
urday's train for Canon City to be
with her son Robert, who is attend
ing school there and has not been
very well. Mr. Dullng will remain
here until the carpenter work at the
Pershing mine is finished.
The Misses Maude Ball and Irene
Abbott went to Gunnison Saturday
evening to attend the dance. They
took the 4:15 train for Denver Sun
day, where they will resume their
work with tbs Western Union Tele
graph company.
dsaghter. Mrs. Hattie Mace, of Ham
ilton* Montana. One apple It) the boa
measured fourteen inches around,
which Is quite a curiosity for Crested
Butte.
Cader-Hughes
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hughes have
received news of the marriage of
their daughter. Miss Doris Hughes,
to Mr. Herbert Cader. in Trinidad, on
October 16. 1919. Miss Hughes is
well known In Crested Butte where
she has resided with her parents un
til recently. At the time of her mar
riage she was employed at the First
National Bank of Trinidad.
Mr. Cader Is the owner of two
large cotton plantations near Yasoo
City. Mississippi.
On account of throat and lung
trouble, left as an after effect of the
flu, which Mrs. Cader suffered with
last fall, the young couple will spend
a year on a ranch near Trinidad after
which time they expect to make their
home In Mississippi.
COUNCIL PROCEEDING
Crested Butte, Colo., Oct. 20, 1919.
At a regular meeting of the Board
of Trustees of the town of Crested
Butte, held on the above date, there
were present Mayor Arnott and Trus
tees Songer, Hudson, Yoklavlch and
Gulliford; absent Boyle and Verzuh.
The minutes of Jthe last regular
meeting were read and approved.
The following receipts were re
ported:
Orchestra dance, Oct. 10, $5.00
Campbell ft Yoklavlch dance . 5.00
It was moved by Songer, seconded
by Gulliford, that a tax of Fifteen
Mills (15) be levied on all taxable
property within the corporate limits
of the town of Crested Butte, to de
fray the current expenses of the town
for the fiscal year beginning April 1.
1920. Roll call, ayes all.
Moved by GulHford, secondect by
Yoklavlch, the Board adjourn. Mo
tion carried.
L. G. ESPEY. Clerk.
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CHESTED BUTTE, COLORADO. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23. 1919.
32 YEARS AGO
Copied from tho Fites of tho Eft ML
Pilot* Then Printed la Irwin
From July 21, 1887, to Sept. 1, 1887.
Joe Hurlow visited Baldwin last
Sunday.
Only eight drummers struck the
town today.
Miss Daisy Metzler is visiting With
Mrs. Henry Pauter.
Homer Engel goes to Yule creek to
work his mining claim.
The C. C. A I. Co. paid out last Sat
urday, $17,000 in wages.
R. C. Evans is going up Washing
ton Gulch to work his placer claim.
Mrs. Julian and Mrs. Goodeoough
went to Irwin on horseback yesterday.
Sandy McDougal—our own d—r
Sandy—arrived In town last IbetftKJP.
Francis M. Cooper* Crested Butts,
has been granted an original pßfloß.
Joe Bray of the Crystal River Cur
rent, was over to visit his parents
yesterday.
Mrs. Sheriff Shores and |fi— Hattie
Stevens of Gunnison, visited ourtowa
yesterday.
Doc Evans and Charley Hudson are
placer mining up Washington Gulch
this week.
A. K. Chamblln was brought down
from the Excelsior mine yesterday
very sick.
Mrs. David Reed and Mrs. R. R.
Kelly have gone to the Waunlta Hot
Springs for their health.
J. A. Goodwin and Geo. A. Jones*
U— embryo bonanza kings, were in
town from Gothic today.
The C, C A I. Co., are working a
force of fIBO men. and are making
room for more all the time.
Miss Eva Tetard returned from
lowa last Tuesday, where she has
been at school for the last y—r.
Chal Baney returned here last week.
He has been in Herrington, Kansas,
with his father for tho lost year.
Ml— Joaia Crawford-a—pled
a peeittaw on the Merry fttdd, aad
will depart for Pueblo on Saturday.
Herman Schraft la down from tho
Auguste. Ho called at ths Pilot office
and had his name put down for a
year.
Jimmy Mcllwee has been over to
Leadville. We all know what he went
for since his best girl lives in that
town.
Bough ton and Fish are working
an assessment for Mr. Hoover on tne
Noontide claim, situated on Crystal
mountain.
Mi— Sarah Shaw and Mr. Thoe.
Owens rode down from Irwin last
Sunday, and were the gue—s of Ml—
Mary Block.
Jap Pitt—r*s wife has arrived from
Grand Junction, and they will go to
housekeeping In the house now oc
cupied by Mrs. Selover.
Mrs. Jsrvis was in town last Mon
day. She has closed the Exchange
Hotel in Gunnison for the summer
and Is at the mill near Oversteg’s
with Mr. Jarvis.
Dan Miner got his leg hurt last
Monday. He was comtng down from
Treasury mountain when a rock rolled
down striking him on the leg. bruis
ing him up pretty bad.
Gothic has more business than is
usual at this time of the year. More
work on the various mines and pros
pects in this vicinity Is being done
than for three or four years.
We had a pleasant call from D.
Bauman, editor of the Mine. Stack
and Rail, yesterday. He visited the
Redwell Basin and was very favor
ably Impressed with what he —w.
Last Friday about one o’clock, Pe
ter Burns was killed in the C. C. A I.
coal mine at this place. He was work
ing in the sixth room on the eighth
cross entry when the roof caved in.
Kokomo Brown has turned up once
more. He has been doing up the car
penter work at Tellurlde. and now
comes back here to do the assess
ments on his claims. Happy Kokomo.
Robert Gibson has gone to El More
to run a steam drill for the C. C. A I.
Co. By his departure W. J. Murray
has been prpmoted from fire boss to
mine boss, which is a very rved
promotion.
Frank Samp—l and wife and A. W.
Anderson and wife, made up a picnic
party that went after raspberries and
trout last Monday on East River.
They got a bountiful supply of both
and had a good day of outing.
Mrs. John Ross gave birth to a hoy
last Saturday, that tipped the beam
at twelve pounds. John Ross —wed
sacks Mkd packed jacks as he never |
did before, for a happier man could
not bh found in seven states. (How
many ifecognlse the baby bom 32
years ago? Ha is Oscar J. Roes and
may be seen any day In Crested
Butte.)
Death ef Mrs. 0. A. (Hawe) Starkey
W*Cll was recently received of the
daath of Mrs. E. A. Starkey, formerly
Charles Howe, of Gothic and
Oreilad Butte. This is aad news ffir
the many friends she had in this
county.- llr. and Mrs. Chas. Howe
were among the first In the great
boom rush of *7B and *79 and engaged
in the hotel business at Gothic for
many Spare. After the death of Mr.
Howe in 1896 aha returned to Keene.
New her birth place, and
a fekg years later was married to
Mr. L* R. Starkey, a playmate of her
and lived in Fitchburg,
Maee. She was a woman who made
friends every where and her cheerful
kindly nature eaw. tho beet In every
one- She always held a great love
for Colorado and often spoke of her
life here. She was the last of a
Jurgjs and in her letters she
would long for the time for her to
**go home."
Slats' Diary
Friday—lt shore seems good 2
know Tomorrow te Saturday A It is
nix on the oia
fkool room till
Monday. but I
wont gat 2 aaa
Jana. At tl*t f
aint a ml—lag
Much. Today I
got 2 tawking 2
her ft roebby 1
was a llttei pre
machure with my
gab enny way she
walked away ft as
she want the sad
} 2 me You poor
hatoy I pttty yon
Yura asleep ha-
I pr—as— rachhy
tween the —re.
Kiwi —d hie twine which had
ra— • fa— days ago. Jake eed at
the nur— eed when she tuk the 2 of
them In 2 Ml*. Krane A eat what he
wood name them ho looked kinds
wild A eod Yc gods A Little Fishes.
1 is a girl A 1 Is a boy.
Sunday—The Sunday skool teecher
ast us what we wood ast for If we
had a chants to get enny thing we
wanted. Jake —d he wood chews i
gun. I sed I wood like 2 have a Twin
sister, ma sNo chants.
Monday—They was a funeral today
of a boy In the other end of town,
he bet he wood stay under water 3
minutes. He did A they found his
body in 2 hours.
Tuesday—Pa A ma was tawking
about dicing A sematerrys A etc. pa
ast ma what kind of a stone wood be
sutable for him wen he is ded. Ma
smiled omishly A replyed A sed.
Brimstone I —y.
Wednesday—pa sed today he is con
sidering a new position which wood
be new If he got 1 becaws he aint
worked for a long time only 2 fool
round with Chickens and etc. ma sed
2 him What on earth do you expect
you wilf do ft pa replyed ft sed he
wanted sumthfng congenyal or sum
thing. ma sed I a pose you meen a
job which wood not require enny
branes which you shud ought 2 be
profishent in. pa looked but
diddent fly up. he sed I am going 2
try 2 land a situashun as a Tester of
2 and 3 quarters per —nt Beer.
Thursday—l saw Jake cum out of
his hou— this morning ft he was
bawling with teers all threw his eyes
ft face A I ast him What the matter,
he sed If ma dont take back what she
sed this morning d am going 2 get a
awful whaleing tonite: I sed What
did she OT£ft ha told me she sed Jake
I am going 2 give you a good whip
ping -after skod today. Jake was not
up in his lessons. Very well.
Monday.—wile out takeing a walk
I past Jane’s hou— just Acksidently
and s—n her out in the front ft
she smiled at me with blue eyes
ft all ft sad Slats that was a nice
pome you —nt me. Did you mean it
ft I eed I’ll —y I ment it. And she
put hen bund on my sholder ft sh sed
liked mi better than enny fellas in
town ft wan she touchd me a thrill
trickled in my spine just like I had
drank Absence or gum thing.
Sunday—Jake ft me desided 2 go a
Fishing insted of 2 Sunday skool
which tea did. We fisht all a. m. ft
never ketehed a thing. Till we got
home.—Slats’ Diary.
NOTICE
All persons who were in the mili
tary or naval service of the United
States at any time during the period
between April 6, 1917, and November
11, 1918* and who are still in that
service, or have been honorably dis
charged therefrom, and all persons
who —rved in the military or naval
—rvices of any of the governments'
associated with the United States'
during the World War. provided that
they were citizens of the United
States at the time of their enlistment
and are again citizens at the time of
application for membership, are here
by requested to attend a meeting at
Gunnison, Colorado, at 7:30 p. m.,
October 30, 1919, for the purpose of
organizing a Post of the American
Legion and applying for a charter.
This meeting will be held in the
Court Room of the County Court
House. 36-5 t
Committee on Organization.
Special Notice
Red Cross members and tho— who
are not members:
Remember there is a Third Red
Cross Roll Call* beginning November
3. 1919.
Pl—se have your dollar ready. We
expect every person in Gunnison Co.
to be a member of the Red Cro—.
Ask the Soldier Boy what the Red
Cross did here and over there for
him. And there are still thousands of
our boys to be taken —re of.
We WMI Call ca Yeu
Bill h—ds* letter heads, envelopes*
—rds, etc* printed at the Pilot office.
Fish Tags at this office.
J. J. GONERTY
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[UMBER 45
Friday.—uncle Ike Rive me , nice
fox Terryer dog today wich I have
named him Pershing after gen. od
that name. He ha, a black spot on
his rite eye A ketches rats A mica
A flees.
Meets 7 every** Wednaa■
CF Jhnlg at 8:00
n D rxbors from other plaoaa
FT i laro cordially welcomed.
VwNKI Hike Welch, Jr., C. C.
Xra&NfiHr Fred K. of
m Orootod Dalle I odaa
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MX\ every Friday at 8:0*
Eera" eonUsUy"iaTtted
when in town.
/ R. H. MACK, W. M.
v O. V. BENSON. Bee.
NOTICE FOR~ PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Montrose, Colorado,
September 22nd, 1919.
NOTICE Is hereby given that James
R. Spann,' of Almont, Colorado, who.
on Jane 28th, 1915, made Desert land
Application. No. 09113, for
Sec. 24; NWWNEM. Section 26. Town
ship 16 South, Range 86 West, 6th P.
Meridian, has filed notice of inten
tion to make final Desert Land Proof,
to establish claim to the land above
described, before Ernest M. Nourse.
U. S. Commissioner, at Gunnison,
Colorado, on the Bth day of Novem
ber. 1919.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Joseph Hayes, of Almont, Colo.,
John 3. Shackleford, of Almont, Colo,
Walter Hergelman. of Almont, Colo..
Otto McDonald, of Almont, Colo.
Source of water supply: East Riv
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Non Coal.
O. C. SKINNER. Register.
First pub. Oct. 2, 1919.
Last pub. Nov. 6, 1919.