Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1937, Page 48

C—8 =* Fwo Women Seeking Gold Mine Lost in Death of Prospector ““BYthe Associated Press. -AARVADA, Colo, March 12 —An -Eged prospector's story of his hidden mine—supported by frequent displays of raw gold valued at thousands of dollars—lured two women today to the Spanish peaks region of Southern Colorado. ‘The feminine fortune hunte.s sought the answer to a secret buried last week with Alex Cobsky, 79, eccentric «~prospector, who set many a Colorado ‘eity agog during his lifetime by com- «4ng in from the hills laden with gold «fust and nuggets. * Once in Pueblo the tall, patrician- ‘appearing old sourdough exhibited a The Finest Clothes at You can’t tell any more about Wonder Clothe “poke” sack containing $30,000 worth of dust. Another time he visited Denver with a fortune of nuggets. More recently Cobsky turned up in- | termittently in La Veta or Walsen- | burg carrying smaller amounts of gold—but always plenty for his mod- est needs and a new grubstake. A year ago Cobsky was struck by an automobile while trudging along a mountain road with his burro. He died last week at the State Hospital in Pueblo of lingering injuries, with- out disclosing the location of his mine. “It's been mine for all thesg years and it will be mine when I'm buried,” a friend quoted him. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1937. But two nieces living here, Mrs. Elizabeth Wiebelt and Mrs. Anna Recht, believe they can locafe the mine. Cobsky visited the Wiebelts several times and dropped “hints.” “We think we know about where it is,” Mrs. Weibelt said. She told how Cobsky lived in ‘“several different cabins” to throw searchers off the trail to his diggings. Cobsky, orphaned at an early age, came West in the 70s and made his strike shortly thereafter.. Despite his reputed wealth, he scorned to leave air in town.” Savings in Russia. Soviets say the number of individual depositors in the State Bank in Mos- cow now exceeds a million, their sav- ings amounting to 556,000,000 rubles. “the hills” because “there ain't enough ; RADCLIFFE HORDEN, 75, RETIRED FARMER, DIES[ Fauquier Resident Also Was Sportsman and Member of County’s First Polo Team. BY the Associated Press. WARRENTON, Va, March 12— Radcliffe Horden, 75, retired Fauquier farmer and sportsman, died yesterday | of ‘pneumonia at the Retreat Home, near Warrenton. He was a member of the first polo team organized in his home county. A native of England, the son of Her- bert' Horden, he was twice married. His first wife was Grace Nesbit, daughter of the late Scott Nesbit of Virginia. ‘Two daughters, Mrs. Girardus Clark $19.75 - that ever wore a Wonder label! s read can tell what a finished house will look like by seeing one brick. of California and Miss Hilda Horden of Warrenton, survive, FASHION SHOW SET Connecticut Avenue Merchants Plan Event Tomorrow. Milady's Spring and Easter styles will be exhibited tomorrow at the sixth fashion show of the Connecti- cut Avenue Association, Inc., at the | Mayflower Hotel. The first show will | @ be at 2:30 p.m,, with others at 5 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. All styles for the fashion promenade will be exhibited by Connecticut ave- nue merchants and will be displayed by mannequins. A radio broadcast of the show is planned. R ) ing this ad than you The Wonder story for Spring is so complete, we’ve never seen anything like it in our history. It’s the greatest collection of all wool fabrics at $19.75 that you've ever seen assembled under one roof. When it comes down to style—there’s every pattern in the world. Glens—a million of them! Plaids—novel weaves—strikinig checks—there’s no end to the variety, and that goes for colors, too. Complete as everything is, yet we’ve left one guy out of our plans. And that fellow is the middleman. He has no place around here because this is a factory-store. We buy our woolens direct—make every garment in Wonder factories—and sell the short, straight way direct-to-you. At $19.75—these are the finest clothes that ever wore a Wonder label! !ucn.u.un-nnnnnuuu.uunuu.,na..nuuouunun-unnun:nuun.unuuun.unn:-nnum»-;vwv»-— e @® Compare these GLENS with others Selling up to $15 more! Unquestionably the town’s outstanding value! Compare before you buy and there won't be any doubt what GLENS you'll wearl Walk into any Wonder store today or tonight. Whether you're a 32 short or a 52 stout—it’s still $19.75! NO CMARGE FOR ALTERATIONS ALL SUPER-TAILORED WONDERS, $22.50 WONDER CLOTHES 1012 F St. N.W. | 611 7th St. NW Both Stores Open Until 8 P.M. Saturday 10 Ib. CANE SUGAR ... .= 50¢ PURE LARD .. ... .2:.29 AIRWAY COFFEE .. 2:. 35¢ JUMBO Std. To:ngloes_ 4 ror 25¢ ROLL BUTTER | e 21 Silver Skillet st 1 2 for 25¢ SANICO HEINZ FRESH EGGS | SOUPS U. S. Gout. Grade “B” Except 4 Varieties 19 oz. can SoA ST HUNT’ Italian Prunes Large, Plump, Purple Beauties—Specially Priced 2 30 oz. 25e E Domestic Sardines, 4 can 15¢ Cigarettes it fotrr D e 25¢ Davis ¢Z.; Codfish == 10 Libby’s Tomato Juice, 4 = 25¢ JUMBO BREAD The Economical Loaf MR i S bunch LANG'S SAUERKRAUT ' 3 ca“s BLUE RIDGE CUT BEANS . CRISP-GOLDEN YELLOW price! Well, that speaks for itself. Take c Texas Beets - - - . »= 5c | Winesap Apples - - 4 » 25¢ § z SILVER RUN CORN Musselman’s Apple Sauce |. 2 5 C CALIFORNIA CARROTS and crisp you would think they came several bunches home, you cannot buy a Bunch Turnips - - - >~ B¢ | Florida Tomatoes - - 2 = 25¢ The Names Mean Quality—the Price Economy e N ASteNicCl L Ccontlomy Buy three of one kind or assort as you wish Sweet, tender, golden-yellow carrots, right out of your own garden. And the better energy-building fresh vegetable. FRESH GREEN PEAS 2™ 35 VEAL—VEAL—VEAL! 3 all cuts. : jonally low prices of 80 B 5 's veal! Exceptiona ast, You'l 'ge\:i ewgre:aé‘éd cutlets or stew fgom the brehigh standard. to uality right up e Ib. 35c eal Cutlets -------" \Slhoulder Mot " VI Breast of Veal 3 Loin Veal Chops--- " Rib Veal Chops---- Shoulder Veal Chops and One Pound of E SANICO PANCAK or BUCKWHEAT FLOUR 29 Prices Quoted Are Effective Until C lose of Business Saturday, March 13 .) s ; SIRLOIN STERK .~ 9 NICO 1 1b. b phoon . .18