Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-06-14

mating from a Democratic board of county COM
missioners-but what is the use talking back to
people of this kind Editor Randall gets angry
when the flowers bloom in his front yard He feels
i'll at ease when the shines and refuses to pub
1ish patent medicine testimonials showing where
people were cured. We have too much respect for
tbs dead to talk back to any extent in such case
If he should be sued for being alive he could prove
an abi Editor Clark is good fellow, but he has
to have something to fill his colums and suppose
the loss of the land Office notices is about the first
thing he thinks of Our good friends at the upper
end of the county should be more liberal in their
views Give the poor chance
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I received letter this week indicating that nv
old friend Judge w. D. Oldham, of Kearney, Neb.,
would be in the city either the latter part of this
month the early part of next Judge Oldham
is the who placed w. J. Bryan in nomination
at the Kansas City convention, and is now a MEM
Der of the Supreme Court commission of Ne
braska. Mr. Oldham's effort in nominating the
Nebraskan for the presidency is said to have been
one of the finest ever heard in political conven-
ton. The judge is orator the style of the
lamented Lincoln, and as friend is one of the
uost loyal in the world. AS lawyer he stands at
the head of the profession in his own state and
Idaho Springs people will be glad to make his ac.
quaintance. As soon Mr.. Brvau returns from
Cuba it is not improbable that Mr. Oldham will
make another trip here and bring the distinguish
ed Nebraskan as his guest.
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Good advertising is always appreciated Last
week F. A. Moss had printed several hundred cards
containing place where telephone numbers could
be used and calling attention to his insurance bus
iness. The cards were unique, original and rep
resented good bright idea in advertising The
people to whom they were presented saw the util-
ity of the little cards at once. Mr. Moss sent some
to his company, the Northwestern Mutual in Den.
yer, and was surprised to receive the following
mention "In this mornings mail 1 have from
you three memorandum cards and certainly con-
gratulate you on getting out such clever adver
tisement If these are well distributed in Idaho
Springs it seems to me that everybody will know
that A Moss represents the Northwestern y
The letter is signed by Oliver Williams the gen.
eral agent of the company and shows that success
full institutions appreciate successful advertiser
and realize that 1t is the basis upon which bust
ness is built.
1t was worth the price of admission to the last
meeting of the city council. A dozen people who
live in the neIghborhood of the merry-go-round
were apparently present at the meeting for the pur
pose of protesting against the tunes the machine
plays Some of them wanted classic music while
others wanted ragtime. Still another element was
desrous of something in the nature of the melo
dramatic airs. No compromise could be effected
and the machine continues to grind out the touch
ing tune called "Anne Rooney" "After the Ball,'
will be put on after July I, and following that in
August "Boom-de-Aye" will have place in the
musical makeup of the mechanism. Either of
these three tunes are old and established 1t is
better for to have something of this kind than
it would be to take up with some new wildcat tune
that would prove disappointment A committee
is to be appointed to if some new one like
odd Hundred that is well recommended by the
New York bands cannot be employed for the music
box.
The council did wise thing when it ordered
the removal of the resort up Chicago creek. It
made no mistake with the other one, but am
frank to confess that never heard COMPLAINT re-
garding the latter One member of the council
made the statement in private that he was in favor
of colonizng these houses some place in the lower
portions OF the city, where police protection conld
be afforded. He added ''Of course no member
of the council dare say that right out in meeting
any more than newspaper dare make such a
statement in its columns" We disagree with the
gentleman. We believe it would be better to have
these places coonzed in this manner than it would
be to have the inmates scattered in rooming houses
over the city have them locate in the better por
tions of the city Idaho Springs getting so large
that it would be foolish to talk about roofing ont
the evil entirely. Perhaps we might say it could
be talked about, but the evil would remain in some
form, notwithstanding the tulk The idea IS to
make the best of it, but let US see in the future
that such places not tolerated within a stones
throw of the cemetery.
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What is the matter with Alex Greyhoffer, our
old standby correspondent at Yankee and Alice2
1t has been sometime since he dropped us a line
and his energetic correspondence will be missed