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Show THE CITIZEN 14 MYSTERY SHROUDS PROSPECTORS ADVENTURE SEEKING LOST NAVAJO BONANZA WHERE CERTAIN DEATH STALKS Editor Note This is the fifth of adventure story experienced by J. C. Yore in the Four Corners country. The sixth in an early issue will conclude the series. Mr. Yore, a veteran prospector, has recovered from an operation at Holy Cross hospital. By Nathaniel Jackson Fanaticism, steeped in a mysterious superstition, shrowds a strange enigma down on the Navajo reserva- tion not far from the Four Comers of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, which in past decades has cost many lives and may have served as a barrier preventing the development of a fabulously rich silver mine. Many have tried to reach a heavily mineralized ledge and almost invariable dissappeared or their burned bones later turned up to deepen the the mystery. As far as J. C. Yore, authority of the early days af the Four Comers country can leam, the property remains untouched and a shudder runs up the spine of old time prospectors, when mention is made of the Chuck-a-luc- k mountains. Yore saw a sack of silver ore come out of these hills in 1880 which sent his head spinning, but he soon became" the victim of a curious fear reaching out ghostlike from the heart of the Navajo coun- try. Old Man Merrick, as cunning a prospector as ever operated in the Indian country and a wonderful actor, ENJOY HEALTH & WEALTH from WATERLESS COOKING A whole meal can now be prepared in the improved Waterless Cooker at great savings in FOOD VALUE and RONEY ds Chuck-a-Luc- Chuck-a-Luc- Son-in-la- w Now Priced at $050 Come in and see our fine line of High Grade Rugs and Carpets labored for years to get the property developed, but it cost him his life finally Yore relates It was in his ore sack that I saw the most wonderful silver quartz I ever looked at and mats which indicated that at one time the mine had been worked doubtless by Spaniards. It was known as the Lost American mine, strange thing for the name came from the Navajos and seemed to have been handed down from days long before the present white men knew anything about it. and Weaving grass head-banwearing them crazily Merrick succeeded in wandering through the k mountains where the Navajo would permit no white man to roam. For the Navajo believed the insane had been taken over by the Great Spirit and Merrick got away with it until one day the sharp eyes of the Navajo foiled his sham and like many others he paid for the curiosity with his life. Having completed his investigation, Merrick, satisfied that he had made a great strike, came out of the Navajo country and sane and serious as a mining engineer laid the case before Ed. Mitchell, who for years conducted the Indian trading post at the mouth of McElmo canyon, on the San Juan river in the Four Comers country. Mitchells son accompanied k Merrick back to the mountains both riding and trailing pack horses. When they failed to return Mitchell sent a large party in search for them headed by the Captain Commander of the Fort Lewis on the La Platte. Near where the lost mine was supposed to have been they found their burned bones. A surgeon who accompanied the party concluded that they had been shot through the back. The irons of their burned pack sadles and total destruction by fire of everything they carried added to the mystery. The Navajo seemed wholly astonished when questioned. Weeks later two Navajos looked into the Trading Post of Ed. Mitchell and talked in guarded tongues. Mitchell, who know every Navajo dialect, reached for a rifle and shot them both dead, He is supposed to have explained to authorities at Fort Lewwas in comis where his mand. Such an affair ordinarily would have loosed Bedlam among the Navajos but for some reason they never said a word about the two tribesmen Mitchell killed. I had become well acquainted with Navajo Charlie, subchief and powerful Indian diplomat, who lived not far from Mitchells trading post added Yore. One afternoon I gathered enough courage to ask him about k the lost mine in the mountains. He invited me to ride down to the lost mine with him, but I saw in his eyes a murderous fanatical look and it didnt take a lot of immagination to see myself sprawled out with a bullet in my back before reaching the property. I thanked him I designer, who claims that all our old ideas about colors are wrong! There are hardly two colors in the spectram that cant be combined today. This is partly due to the subtlety of color which we didnt have a few years ago. The time when brunettes all were and he seemed disappointed although we had been very good friends. Yore says that years later he learned that the Navajos had a practical reason for resisting attempts to k mountain develop the mines. It seems that the Navajos after being driven about following their twenty-nin- e years of war with United States troops were satisfied with their reservation, but sensed that the discovery of gold or silver would result in a new order to move elsewhere. Hence their chiefs and priests insinuated a fanaticism into the minds of their tribes which meant death for any white man who approached the lost bonanzas. Naturally I have been very much interested and being a prospector I have tried to get all the news I could from the lost mine, but none has come and I guess they are still guarding their secret and Ill bet a lot more adventuresome prospectors we dont know anything about have paid the k supreme penalty down in the mountains. Chuck-a-Luc- supposed to look well in red and blondes were all dressed in pinks and sky blue is gone, says Miss Robus. Thus if you are a blonde and have always had a wild desire for a red dress, you can now fulfill that desire with the knowledge that although it will be an offense to all of the old traditions, it will not be an offense to beauty. For Miss Robus finds that blondes look perfectly delicious in certain shades of red. The many new textiles and fabrics which have recently appeared on the market have brought with them many new and delightful colors Different fabrics when placed in the same dye bath will take different colors. Thus place a piece of silk, wool and rayon in a blue dye bath and you will have three different shades of blue. Miss Robus brought out that rayon which is comparatively new on the market has been the cause of the development of new exquisite shades and colors. Miss Robus does a great deal of designing for busy professional women who prefer individuality in their clothes and yet havent time to work out their original costume plans. These women come to Miss Robus sometimes with a germ of an idea, Chuck-a-Luc- INSIDE INFORMATION. Light brown sugar has a more delicate flavor for g than dark brown sugar. Butter is more pleasing in delicately flavored candies than substitutes. 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