The Glenwood post., 1909-10-02
THE POST editor attended the Mesa

THE POST editor attended the Mesa
county fair at Grand Junction last week :.
and also the grea. tunnel celebration
at Montrose where the crowds came in
from Delta. Hotchkiss .Paouia and other
drv towns and in all that great multi
tude of people We failed to discover
single drunken man. We have heard
much stress placed on the statement
of the booze advocate that there is
more liquor sold in dry than in wet
territory, but we feel now more cer-
tain than ever that the statement IS
not true-it is not half true. 1t is an
invention of the devil and peddled by
the devils emissaries for selfish pur-
pose. There is some liquor sold in near
lv all dry territory. bue where there are
officers who have decent respect for
their official oaths the practice is made
it and the effect in the line of sohriety
is most encouraging.
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THE STOCKHOLDERS and official,
of the Citizens National bank of this
city have the sympathy of every person
in the county in their trouble of Wed
ne day. No one doubts the solvencv
of the institution and no one fears that
they will not get their money upon de
mand The banks of Glenwood are
solid, in fact. they are as good as any
n'hc state, not excepting the big ones
of Denver, and little matter of tea
thousand dollars will cause no lasting
embarrassment, The Post is also gal
to note that the depositors did no lose
their heads and demand their money
when the bank opened Thursday morn
ing. To have done so might have caus-
ed Inconvenience and an undeservci
name for the bank. Both the depositol,
and the officials and stockholders Of
the bank are to be commended for the
bnsincsslike method of passing over the
crisis, if any here was.
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WORD COMES from La .Junta thar
the druggists and others suspected of
selling liquor illegally have all been
notified by the authorities .hat if they
are found guilty they need not expect
to escape with a fine but will be given
jail sentences That s the dope. II
does one good to see a Judge once in "A
while with nerve enough to impose It
sentence adequate. to the crime if
those who are selling liquor illegally
in Glenwood were all given jail senten.-
es it would be necessary to enlarge the
grated space in the court house.
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THE HOLY ROLLERS acknowledged
that their haste to have the world come
TO an end caused mistake in caleula
tion. Why should they be so anxious
to see the last of this good old world?
We of Colorado are too busy with our
fruit picking to ramble away back to
some unknown eastern city for the pur
pose Of being there when the crash
comes. And, besides, we look upon
Colorado as being the one favored spc.
of this earth of our and are just as
ready and willing to take our chances.
! here as we are in the eastern states.
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have been so asidious in their opposi
tion to Mr.. Pinchot and the forest re
serve will now take a tumble in view os
the presidents s very positive statements
and his words of praise in Mr. Pinchot S
behalf. Clifford Pinchot is today big
ger ma nthan he ever has been and f,-
ture generations will be free to grant
hi mthe praise which a few would now
deny him.
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WE ARE HEARING much these days
OF Denver S proposed civic center plan
Much is being said pro and con, the
supporters of Mayor Speer S scheme he.
ing pronounced grafters while the op=
ponents of the measure are designated
as Knockers fossils and old fashioned
kickers. But how would the Denverites 4
manage to4ive if deprived of the privil-
ege of calling each other names?
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WESTERN COLORADO has surely
been given an uplift by the visit of
President Taft, In Denver the presi-
dent S speech was largely political, but
on the Western slope he was so amazed
at the enormous crops the boundless