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The "Clear Creek Edition" of the Colorado
Springs Investor will accomplish a great deal OF
good for Idaho Springs, Georgetown and the en-
tire comfy. The Investor brings out the fact that
this county is blessed with a splendid line up OF
dividend paying properties. The mining men have
not been in the habit of advertising whenever they
had dividend to declare and have followed the
old style of keeping everything of this kind quiet
lest some should take up a piece of property
close by and make dollar two. The Investors
writeup will show that the district is leader in
substantial work and substantial character. MIR.
rarbell and Mr. Sachs have made the district ap-
pear in its true light.
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Several people have accused The Burro OF
writing the poem that appeared in last weeks pa
per entitled His Wife Is Away" The poem re-
ferred to was written by ]. w. B. Smith, managing
editor of the district attorneys office.
$3.50
The legislature this winter ought to pass and
will pass some laws to make the Eastern investor
safer in his investment. 1t is right and right has
a fashion of coming to the front sooner or later.
$3.50
For the benefit of the people it might not be
out of place to state that one why the labor
unions always take occasion to fight for Sunday
closing of places of business is because that is one
of the tenets, one of the fundamental principles
upon which the organization is founded There is
an association known as the National Retail Clerks
Protective association which has always made a
fight for Sunday closing. This organization is al
lied with the American Federation of Labor and is
therefore part of the great labor federation ol
the world. Whenever the corns of one union are
tread upon, the other union has something to say
about it. And let inquire of ourselves il
the union is not right and absolutely right. We
believe that every man, woman and child in Idaho
Springs will admit that the proper observance Of
the Sabbath is the better part of human nature
We believe thst they will admit that the man OIL
woman who tolls a clerk in the store six days
and portion of six nights is entitled to the rest
intended for them on the Sabbath day This ma
tion has become of the leading world power:
because it has recognized the laws of Christianity
and the omnipotence of Providence. 1t is great
because its ideas and its ideals and its teaching
must be great where the great fundamental truth:
the Ten Commandments make up the mora
and the material code. 1 believe every ha:
the right to employ the Sabbath day as his own il
any honorable and honest method he may fit
1 believe also that there is law, higher than any
law OF the lauQI lOunueu IN tne custom ana uSaSe
of ages, which tells that it is better peopl,
to observe the Sabbath day and rest from our labo
on that day. Nations have endeavored to avoiC
these moral laws and have failed. People hav,
tried and have failed. They immutabe anC
inexhorable. There is why labor should
not demand that society should conform to tn,
rule of right and the rule that has brought success
In isolated cases it may work hardships but in ;
great Democratic government the idea of the great
est good to the greatest number should always ap
peal to the people as the principle which will re
vert to the best interests of the community be
lieve that Sunday closing is right and that the un
ion is making a fight for the right principle whei
it stands up loyalty and demands that every mer
chant keep an agreement made to do right.
In preparing for Christmas want to sugges
to readers of Sifngs that they purchase their hol
day goods here at home where it is possible 70
them to do So and in most cases it is A Denve
merchant stated the other day that prices would b
high in Denver this year everything that tn
merchants were paying exhorbitant rent and tina
they were compelled to charge big prices for ever
thing. Under such circumstances there is no reas
on why the people should not be able to purchas
just as cheaply here at home Every dollar yo
pay out here at home goes to help home people