The silver star., 1901-01-25

lZOua this SeSSlON-- Ex.
Owing to the potent influence Of
the Ophir Mail. THE STAR is out a
3-inch ad this week. We are not
ungrateful, and cheerfully tender
the pot, having found "the beam in
our own eye.
The Rural Rube Of last week is
philanthropic enough to give Den
yer sheepy clothing outfit gratuit-
ous double column ad in its editori-
al column. Everybody in Norwood
will doubtless be decorating with
war relics ere long
According to the Mancos Times.
Steve Elkins aud Rob Bostwick las
soed mountain lion last week and
triumphantly brought the cat alive
into town, whence it will probably
be sent to the City park in Denver.
If Teddy knew how we did the act
down in this part of the country, he
would probably sheath his dripping
blade and dejectedly trek home.
Vim. Gates, '.Swif,watcr Bill"
was last week married to Belize La
more, at Butte, Montana. He had
previously married and divorced two
Of the Lamore sisters and there are
three more in the family.-Tellur-
ide Journal. Its seems about time
that Papa Lamore gave Gates
Ajar.' If bill lives up to his nick
name he'll soon have t'other three
damsels bagged.
The Palisade Courier in its third
issue, which appeared last week,
says: "sincc the first issue of the
paper We have had dozen ietters
of inquiry, wanting to know about
the country and asking for sample
copies. Great is the country and
considerable is the Courier" Yer
lily, brother; and great and consid-
cradle is ''the power Of the press, -
as an advertising medium.
The San Juan Prospector express
es disdain for the lawful fuss" that
is made over "a coon caught by
some ranchman near Dolores" and
adds: "Coons are common along
the Rio Grande." HUH. So was
ours. A common, every day coon;
but coon of any kind is unusual
hereabouts. That "all coons look
alike" to our esteemed contempor-
ary, anyone conversant with the
policy Of the sheet will admit.
The Peoples Champion has elab.
GRATED its title headline, which now
reads The Gunnison News and Peo.
pies Champion, Gunnison is TO be
congratulated upon the presen,
combination, and Editor Lake may
well be proud Of clean, bright and
newsy paper. The Gunnison News
was established in 1886 and the
Peoples Champion in 1894. Gun.
nison still has three papers, which
fact speaks well for the literature.
imbibing capacity of her denizens
The kickers on the farm are no,
so hard to get along with as the
kiclers III the towns. On the farm
there are the kicking COW and oul
kicking friend the mule, while Ii
the town there is the old mossback
who wants all the privileges oI
municipal living without paying fol
them, and blocks so far as he cal
every municipal improvement. The
COW may be sold for beef and tn.
mule traded for shotgun but moth
ing less than funeral will get rio
Of the town kicker.--Field ant
Farm.
| A. B. Gray. formerly deputy au-
ditor OF state, has made an expose
of the manner in which he secured
his appointment under Temple, the
retiring auditor. Gray says it cos,
him exactly S4oo and now hc wants
his lucre back. He ought not te
get cent. In consenting 10 be
held up by vcnal official, he made
himself as guilty as the principal
Let him whistle for his S4oo. -
Grand Valley Sun. Echo. But
we must say we are really sur.
prised. Not that Bill Nyc Gray is
an unscrupulous grafter-.everybcdy
knows that--but that a wire manip-
ulatoi Of Gray's tried smoothness
should turn cry-baby when he hap.
pens to burn his fingers at the Grc
upon which he has himself done
many victim TO a rich mahogany
The brilliant, though occasional,
ly caustic editor Of The Carbonate
Item commenteth thusly: Monte,
yuma county editors, down in the
southern part Of the state, have hi
the winning gait. Muldoon Kelly
OF the Mancos Times, has scoopct
the best 'yob' in the senate, and joe
Dewitt, Of the Dolores SILVER SrAp
Is night watchnian for the house