The Greeley tribune., 1904-05-05
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WHAT poet, philosopher or crank
was that who said, MAN never is;
but always to be blessed l can I
recall his personality just now, but
he hit the nail squarely on the head
1 lust the same. Now, for instance, a
few short days ago we were all sigh
ing and praying foI rain, and won
dering if it ever would rain again;
now here we are on this particular
Tuesday morning on which l emit
this growl, wondering If 1t Is ever
going to stop. AS for myself, l pre-
sumo by the time this is in print
the sun will be shining after the
good old Colorado method, but
would like to see it now; and as |
recall the circumstance, l can fully
appreciate and sympathize with the
Scotch minister who during pro-
longed drouth was requested by his
parishoners to pray from the pulpit
for rain, and VINO being devoutly en-
gagged in his petition for it, cloud
burst, fell upon the church and cayed
in a section Of the roof We are
told that he paused for moment in
his prayer, until OBSERVING that no
one was hurt, and then resumed by
addressing remonstra nee to the Al
mighty in this language, 20, Lord,
now, we were really in need OF
fine moderate shower, but this is
'redeeclous.
And while have my hand in and
am IN the mood, | think will find
fault on other lines. was just
going to wade into the strikers, but
on reflection | recall the fact that
before the coal strike of last fall, or
the smelter strike which has directly
and indirectly been responsible for
adding three quarters Of a million to
our state debt, our banks in Greeley
set the fatal example Of striking for
shorter hours. For years after we
settled here in Greeley our banks
kept open until p m, Then, as
the labor cause became prominent,
these laborers in the Lord S vineyerd
ayailed themselves of the agitation
and cut the hour to $3.50. There it
remained long time. But 1t had
been in the blood all that time and it
finally cropped out in strike for a
shorter day and since that day they
have closed at 3. If had my way l
would compel them to open at in
the morning and remain open until
g. with the privilege enjoyed and ex-
ercised by our merchants Of keeping
open Saturday nights until 8. / feel
ugly this morning and think will
tell a story. remarked that 1t had
always ''been in the blood" and my
ent establishment, will illustrate the
fact. 1t occurred al as early day
in the history Of Greeley as Septem-
ber, 1870, when the regular rate Of
interest was Two per cent a month,
payable in advance and the first
months interest deducted from your
principal. was up on the roof Of
my newly constructed home, and
being very busy, neglected until the
last possible moment necessary trip
to the bank. Then hastily slipped
down the ladder and ran most of the
way to the sacred editice. The cashier
glanced from my face back to the
clock in the rear, and said in a pit
eous tone of appeal, MIR. -, it
lacks but minute of closing time,
and l was just going to shut the
vault: if it is of no great Importance
to yon l wish you would come in
again in the morning" ''Certainly.
said l. at won't make the least
difference in the world; l was
merely going to make a Deposit -
And would you believe it, he hoped
up to the window as nimble as one
OF our park squirrels, and took it in. ="
And another thing / would like to
see abolished, and would If | had
supreme power, is the mammoth Sun
Gay paper In fact If had my way
about the matter | would issue an
imperial decree limiting the size of
all papers. Sunday and week days as
we'll, to ten pages at the most. And
having done that l would require
one compact succinct statement of
each particular item Of news, and
impose heavy fine for every repeti-
tion and absolutely prohibit the pub
lication Of delayed dispatches. AS
things now are, we have first the
event published In huge "scarehead"
type at the top Of the column; then
we have dished up to US embell lished
paragraphs selected with tedious care
from the body OF the proposed dis
patch or article; after that we have
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