The daily tribune., 1903-06-27
AROUND THE TOWN.


the north end of town. They usually
call on the housewife just after meal
time and ask for work in exchange for
meal They carefully inspect the
rear of the house to make sure there
is no garden attached. Many persons
regard the hobo with suspicion on ac-
count of his close association with
germs. Wouldn't it be a good plan
for the city to provide lunch tables
here and there along the side walks.
Then the danger would be reduced to
a minimum
The Florence merchants stand in
need of credit mems association SO
that an honest chap can get chance
and the professional dead beat a wide
berth. People who recently left town
owing the merchants bear ont this AS
sertion
The new dam proposed for valley
ranches will be of incalcuable benefit
to Florence. Agriculture is the back
bone OF our industries and Is as per
manent as the stars.
Interest is again awakened in the
probable fate OF Lewis Dalton who
was lost on Tennessee Pass last Sep
tember. There is talk of another
search being made this summer. Dal-
ton was bright attorney in the Cloud
City. Many who knew him and are
familiar with his mode of life have
advanced the theory OF suicide
The old prospector is the personifi-
cation of hope. Once in awhile he
strikes it and the world looks ON and
applauds. Let US take of our hats
occasionally to the man who sticks to
it and doesn't win. He's the real
hero. We have known him to speak
of the color of dirt Indicating rich
streak at night and in the morning
pass in his checks The earth is
covered with the bones of the van
quished and we trample their dust
under our feet.
Some writers have happy faculty
of word painting. Their effusions
give mirth to sadness and meaning to
the summer wind. The flight of a
blue jay or ever bat fiuttering in |
the still night gives them the inspiia-
tion for great effort.
When the first report of ricI, |
strike at Two Bit guloh reached out
lying towns men scrambled over each |
other in their haste to reach this new !
Ell Dorado. Now you can get Two
Bit gulch stock at your own price. |
A lawyer would think his time wasted |
in transferring the stock
It's surprising how people can con
form to any conditions and locality |
when they have to. OF course the |
generation reared in small out of the |
way place regard that spot as favored |
because they know of no other. |
Every now and then stranger stops |
off at Leadville or Cripple Greek and |
remarks that he wouldn't live there
if they'd give him the place There's |
an old homely saying that There S no |
place like home"
A truck gardener said yesterday that
he was averse to dealing with men
who presumed they We're milliouaires |
because they are slow pay. Said he,
"when fellow talks about checks
and six months time l know he's
short and acknowledges that | have
more money than he and can carry |
him for season. Yes, the common |
laborer is the salt of the earth. "
A writer in a Denver paper says,
"Why is it no poet has arisen in the
Rocky Mountains. We sigh in vain
for Tennyson to paint them in celes-
tial fire. - We can shed little light |
on the density of this fellows intel |
lact The DOet has arisen and right |
in our midst. We cannot recall the |
author but the poem runs like this
FLORENCE girls are you coming out
tonight, Florence girls are you coming |
out tonight to dance by the light of
the moon. I"
Bob Ingersoll had wonderful COM
mand of language. His oratory was