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The Glenwood post., 1909-08-14
BUYING THE DIAMONDS

After hooting at the western farmer
and picturing him as a man In patched
clothing and wearing. long whiskers,
the eastern people are at last accusing
him of being responsible for the short
age of diamonds in New York markets.
In fact it is said the western farmer
is becoming 80 addicted to the habit of
wearing $4,000 sparklers on his shirt
front when he pals the COW and hav
ing his shoes hobnailed with diamond
headed tacks and hanging cans of them
around the old cows neck instead of the
old fashioned bell, that he has cornered
the market and unless he let's up in his
desire for the "fashes" he will soon
deplete the diamond mines Of Africa.
After all there is reason to believe
The Glenwood post., 1909-08-14

with the numerous thriving communi-
ties affected.
Nobody can possibly be injured in
the long run by the improvement of
the means of communication between
the people of county, state or the
country at large. Probably there were
persons who feared that their section
was being wiped off the map when the
first transcontinental line of railroad
was constructed. The day of the little
provincial hamlet, with its cross roads
general store as the sole source of sup
ply for the district. accessible over
country roads that were well nigh i'm
passable in bad weather, has long since
gone by. The country merchant is not
injured by having the market for his
district s products brought nearer, for
he inevitably shares in the general
prosperity.-Kansas City Journal.
The Glenwood post., 1909-08-14

TIL ERE WAS a dance at the opera
house last Tuesday evening and there
are rumors of dsgraceful conduct on
the street and merry high jinks in
some nearby saloons after the fiddle was
silenced. II is said that several female
purveyors of baked beans and cham
and - rested their toOtsics on the bar
rail while they guzzled the amber fluid
and Glenwood forty-rod until the cold,
gray ,lawn, when they We're dumped
into wagonette in a paralyzed condi-
tion and taken to their rooms. The
Post has not yet been able to verify
by eye witnesses the reports as to the
saloon incidents, but as to the disgrace
full street conduct we have evidence in
plenty which ought to forever con
denim the city officials who permitted
it. There were rumors the next day
that several arrests We're to be made,
but mp to the present time nothing has
been done in that line. Query: Why
was the matter dropped and who got
the $j02
The Glenwood post., 1909-08-14
CONSERVATION CONGRESS

The Importance of the national con
servatiOn congress of the United States
to be held in the auditorium of the
Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition, Seat
tie, the latter part of the coming month
is emphasized by the fact that Presi-
cabinet purpose attending. Addresses
are announced for such subjects as IT
rigat on, forests, soils, mining, good
roads and other means of transport :
lion, public morals and health, and he
relation of capital to labor in conserv-
ing natural resources.
The congress promises to be national
in ever yrespect and will mark the be
ginning of a great international move
ment for general conservation of natur
al resources. Conservation is the watch
word of the present age. 1t means
more than the mere meeting of theorists
for the ventilation of ideas of perhaps
questionable value. 1t calls for the
practical solution of public questions
by practical men of the hour in order
that prosperity may be maintained and
the obligation of the future made safe
because of a continuation of the base
of supplies in natural resources.
Meetings such ms those of the nation.
al conservation congress are destined to
assist in promulgating the fundamental
principles of conservation and in estab-
fishing the rule that the right use of
natural resources will insure a perma-
uency of income for all concerned in
the commerce of the country.-Pitts.
burg Dispatch.
The Glenwood post., 1909-08-14

1T WOULD surprise you if you knew
the number of people who have com
plimented us on the attitude the Post
has taken in behalf of decency and
good citizenship. And it would sur
prise you even more if you knew some
of the people who are so profuse in
their compliments. They are not al
church people. All, no. Some of those
who are loudcst in their praise of the
stand the Post has taken in behalf of
good government are men who would
scarcely know how to go about it to.
get inside of church. But there is
manhood there. There is a profound re-
spect for the majesty Of the law There
is the thought of the boys and girls
who have come to bless their homes
and the speculation that will not down
as to what will become of them if the
father fails to do his duty as citi.
zen and father. Do you wonder that
they can find time and disposition to
say that the Post is the true friend
of the people when 1t insists on the en-.
forcement Of the lawi
The Glenwood post., 1909-08-14
Saturday. August IA, 1909.
DO WE LACK PATRIoT1sM2

In a crowded theater in Colorado
Springs the other night, stood man
wearing the blue, which told the i'm
mense crowd that he was a soldier of
Uncle Som and that he knew not the
moment that he would be called upon
to lay down his life for the flag. He
was brought to his feet when the or
chestra struck up the familiar strain,
"The Star Spangled Banner. Nor
did he resume his seat until the last
echoes had died away in the immense
building and then only when he had
touched his forehead in salutation of
the flag, which stands for all that is
dear to the heart of the American man
and woman
But the man was alone. Not another
of the thousand or more people follow
ed the example set by this lone sol
dier in blue, but instead could be heard
the tittering of the thoughtless and the
whispering gibs of the ignorant.
Not long ago the whole country was
face to face with the day of all days
that is dear to the old soldier, who
fought through the years of -the re-
bellion. Thousands and thousands paid
due reverence to the memory of these
men, both living and dead, who had
devoted years of their young manhood
to the fighting that has resulted in
uniting the states under one flag and
making brothers of us all. Yet. theI .
were other thousands, who gave no
thought to the day or to that for which
it stood. Even in Glenwood the da"
was passed unnoticed and the few old
boys who have made their home
here, were left alone to recall the un-
happy days when they were far from
home, fighting that you and / might
have the pleasure of living in united
country and where human slavery is
now unknown. Did they deserve that
sort of treatment at our handsf Do
we lack patriotismf
But, honoring the boys in blue IS
not the only method of showing pa
trlotism. There are young soldiers
with us today. Little boys and girls
OF tender years, whose characters we
are called upon to mould that they
may be best fitted for their future
duties as rulers of this country that the
old hn,rc in,
for and protect.
What sort of soldiers shall we send
out to protect this country Is it your
wish that soldiers of weakened minds
and wrecked bodies shall protect your
homer Or do you want the noblest
specimens of manhood and womanhood
to take up the flag and carry it through
to final victorys
These are matters that should be
gwen more than passing thought and
are matters that demand the best
thought of men and women in all walks
OF life. 1t is our s to decide the char
aeter of the future city and state. By
loving your home and country; by do.
ing all in your power to educate the
boys and girls along the paths of truth;
by teaching them that honor of the
flag rests upon their shoulders and that
the future advancement of the nation
or the complete wrecking of it rests
upon their shoulders, you will be prov
ing yourself patriot of the highest
order and you will never lose an op-
portunity to strike from existence a
thing that will sooner or later, if al
lowed to grow unchecked, wreck us on
the same rocks that have DESTROYED
other nations in ages past.
The Glenwood post., 1909-08-14
DID HE DESERVE cENsuRE7

Some of our democratic friends have
taken us TO task for censuring Sheriff
Wilmoth for the inactivity he display
ed on the night of the "big farce
in which Pat O'Nei stood off n posse
of officers and refused them admittance
to room where Stacy Bray claimed
to have lost $500 on a roulette wheel.
No reasons have been advanced by
the Post criticisers for their seeming
desire to cover up the part that Sheriff
WilmOth played in the farce, although
some of them advance the idea that
he was not taking the initiative in
the matter and was merely in the affair
at the request of Marshal Weidenham-
mer of this city, What matters it
whether he was taking the lead or not?
What care the law loving people of
this county and city whether Sheriff
Wilmoth was working with Weiden-
hammer or Weidenhammer with Will
moth? What the people want to know
is: ''why did not one or the other or
both of them do their duty and arrest
the men both in front and behind the
roulette wheel that Stacy Bray said
existed in that upstairs room above
the Silver Club saloon on Grand avenue
in this city?
Has the time come, when the sheriff
of this county must see gambling de
vice before he will obey the orders of
the district eourtf Has the time come
when Sheriff Wilmoth can hear man
say that he lost $4,000 on . roulette
wheel and not do his duty and confs,
cate that wheel and arrest all parties
to the gameH
| Does it lessen Sheriff Wilmoth 8
duties any by covering up his failures
by saying that Marshal Weidenhammcr r
was alone to blame for the farceH Bah
Sheriff Wilmoth had been told that
gambling was being done in that room
above the Silver Club, but for some
reason, best known to himself, he fail.
ed to follow the cue and obey the or.
ders of Judge Shumate and stop gamb
ling and seize the gambling devices
Try as he will to shift the whole re
! sponsibilitv upon the shoulders of
Weidenhammer, he must fail. Our sher.
III has his orders and for him or his
supporters to advance the claims that
the failures of others kept him from
doing his sworn duty, is weak and is
but the excuse of the little child.
When Sheriff Wilmoth assumed his
office, he was looked upon, by some,
as man that would do his duty in the
face of all odds. Yet, with almost the
first opportunity to make good, he has
failed. No matter what Weidenham
mer should or should not have done;
no matter what Weidenhammer did or
did not do, Sheriff Wilmoth failed to
| do his duty as sheriff of this county
and all the soft soap applied by his
political friends will only make plain
er his failure and make it stand out
with undimed brightness. He failed
to do his duty, for 1T WAS HIS
DUTY to take the initiative when City
Marshal Weidenhammer failed to do
his duty nor was it the duty of Sher
iff Wilmoth to await the failure Of
Weidenhammer. 1t was his opportun-
ity and as sheriff, no one could have
said him nay.
The Glenwood post., 1909-08-14

IT WILL nearly kill some of the
ants to know that Clifford Pinchot
was given a tremendous ovation when
he arose to address the National lrri-
cation congress at Spokane this week.
Prejudice is wonderful thing and
prejudice has been mighty close on tho
heels of Mr. Pinchot for several years
but he seems to thrive and grow strong
under its influence. Some of us may
think Mr.. PinchOt is "A little fighty
and that he has rather exaggerated
ideas along some lines but there ara
few people, even in this country, who
do not believe him to be an honest
man. and an honest man who is ener
getic and who is imbued with n great
principle usually brings things to pass.
\ short time ago the anti-forestry pa.
pers Were fairly stopping over in their
efforts to make the people believe that
Pinchot had been discredited and dis
graced by the present administration
but thus far we have seen no proof of
such statements.
The Glenwood post., 1909-08-14
JUST WHEN did Marshal Weiden

hammer get authority 20 issue to wo-
men permit to enter certain saloons
in violation of the statutes of Colora-
do and the ordinances of Glenwood
Springs: And also where did that au-
thority come from and who has right
to peddle authority which contravenes
the laws of the state and town. Hands
up. Eddie, YOU may answer.
The Glenwood post., 1909-08-14

it elects each commissioner to definite
place in the city government, as head
of a department or departments, in
stead of eleeting commissioners at large
and leaving them to determine their re-
spective functions, provides for preff-
erential system of voting, thus the vot-
er can express his first, second and
third choices, direct primary nomina
tions are called for; national party
names cannot be used in q municipal
election. The charter divides the city
government into FIVE administrative de-
partments as follows:
l. Public affairs.
2. Finance and supplies.
3. Highways.
A. Health and civic beauty.
3. Water and sewers.
If the city decides it wants five com
missioners, one will be chosen to head
each department. If three commission.
ers are reckoned enough, four of the de
partments will be grouped, in charge of
two men.
The Glenwood post., 1909-08-14
AVALANCHE COMES TO LIFE

We are glad to note that the Ava
lanche, our neighbor up the street, has
that has been before the people of this
county for the past few weeks. The
question referred to is: "When should
the Tricounty fair be heldf''
1t is true the date for the fair has
been set, but in making their date, the
men in control, of the fair, failed to
remember that Grand Valley last year
laid claim to September Is of this year
and announced their intention of hold.
ing grand fruit exhibit on that date.
The Post and Grand Valley News call.
ed attention to the conflicting of dates,
some weeks ago and many of the far
mers are said to have given the matter
serious thought, but up to the present,
no defnate action has been taken.
While it might work slight hard
ship on the men in control of the Tri-
| county fair to change the date of OPEN
| ing to the 10th, we believe the hard
ship they will experience in getting q
fruit exhibit if they do not change
will be much greater. Doubtless they
remember how much of the hall space
was filed last year by the fruit shipped
here from Grand valley on the evening
| Of hair IA frttit Il Of
some the other exhibits would have
been had not Grand Valley made good
her promise and sent ear load Of
fancy peaches, apples, plums and other
fruits and displayed them in the big
hall.
1t is true, Grand Valley might ship
her stuff here on the evening of her
big day this year, but you must re-
member that the fair will have been
opened at least twenty four hours be-
fore the exhibit can be put in place
for the people to see. One whole day
would be lost and unless the farmers
| send more exhibits this year than they
did last, Grand Valley will be the
great big tent and three rings, and if
the Grand Valley fruit men see fit to
stay away from Glenwood, well, there
will be plenty of space unoecupied,
There is no use argueing the matter
The managers Of the Tri-county fair
mast have Graud Valleys '-lit lis
play for without it, we would be small
taters.
In addition, number of the Glen
wood business men have advocated the
holding of the fair on the streets of the
city and changing the dates that the
fair might be on when President Taft
comes through Grand canon on his way
to Montrose for the big tunnel open
ing. AS he is expected to arrive in this
city on the morning of September 23rd,
it would require a complete change Of
dates to bring the two events together.
And, should the last plan be adopted,
Grand Valley would be through with
her big fruit day and would feel kind.
lier toward the Tri-county fair. Grand
Valley does not care a rap where her
fruit is displayed. All she asks is that
it be placed where the greatest nun.
ber of people can see it and where it
will do the greatest amount of good in
advertising their rich country But
the fruit men of that section, who
must be depended upon for our finest
general display, should be given
square deal and if they are, you will
find them Johnny on the-spot to make
the coming Tri-county fair hummer.
The Glenwood post., 1909-08-14
NEW TARIFF LAW

Why are some of the disgruntled dem
ocratic leaders making such fuss over
the new tariff law as passed ON trust
made and trust handled articles is re.
spOnsible for the stink the demos are
irving to stir upY
In the list of articles upon which the
tariff has been lowered, we find, sugar,
petroleum, iron, steel lumber, wood
pulp, leather, boots and shoes, agri-
cultural implements timber and coal,
All of these are either trust made ar
ticles or are handled by the trusts. Yet
these are reduced" 1t is true. the
democrats in Congress or some of them,
voted for a high tariff on various trust
made articles, but the very fact that
the democrats We're in the halls of
congress was evidence that the people
WHO voted for them. wanted the tariff
reduced for that has been the cry of
the democratic party for 10 these many
years. But when it came to show
down. these democrats were on the
side of the trusts and east their votes
accordingly.
of course, there is every reason to
believe that the next National cam.
paign will see the democratic party
rent in twain. The three times also
ran leader, w. J. Bryan, is to take up
his abode in Texas where he no doubt
hopes TO succeed in capturing sena-
torial toga. But the great thrice de.
fcated leader of democracy is doing
much TO split his party. Already he
has been the subject of some bitter
editorials in the leading southern papers
where he is looked upon as being after
free advertising at the expense of the
party. And Bryan will no doubt be
the rock upon which the democratic
party will shipwreck. He has taken 1t
upon himself to criticise the new tariff
law and his criticism will do more to
make the law popular than anything
else that could happen. People have
learned that Bryan condemns the things
that are good.
Perhaps some excuse may be found
for the tariff law knockers In the list
of articles upon which the tariff ha,
been raised. For instance we notice
that still wines. malt liquors, cordials,
hops and fruit juice are all in the list.
1t may seem strange to some that the
democrats should want the foreign
booze to come in free, but such is evi
IDENTIFY the ease. They cannot feel hurt
because lumber, wood pulp and timber
are under a reduced tariff. They have
time and time again said: CLOVER
the tariff on wood pulp and lumber and
thus protect the forests for future gem
erations. - And now that the tariff has
been reduced, surely they can find no
excuse for complaint. They used to
berate the steel trust, the agricultural
implement trust, the sugar trust the
IRON trust and others. and ALWAYS de-
manded that the tariff be reduced and
their vote in this state last fall was
proof sufficient that such a step was
wanted, but now the leaders are irving
to make the rank and file believe that
the country will go to the bow vows
because the trust made or trust handl-
ed articles are coming in under a low
tariff.
Queer people, these democratic lead
ers. But the country is prosperous and
the new tariff law will increase the
prosperity and put to shame the demo.
cratic leaders who are today bellyach.
ing about the law aud its effects on the
country.
The Glenwood post., 1909-08-14
DTRANGO HERALD

DURANGO HERALD says that
Rocky Ford was distributed the
other day on account of a mad dog
scare. BY the time the populace got
through running to get out of the way
of the pup they were probably pretty
well distributed also. That's about on
a par with the Avalanehe's reference
to "Mr. TAYLOR, our Irresponsible
member of the lower house,
The Glenwood post., 1909-08-14
IF IT'S NEWS you'll find 1t in Il

IF IT'S NEWS you'l find 1t in the
Post. Please remember that No ad-
vertisement is big enough and no job
order is alluring enough to detract our
attention from a news item. If you
dom want the news why take paper
at ALI If you do want the news there 3
only one way to get it, read the Post.
The Glenwood post., 1909-08-14
STATE AUDITOR Kenehan

STATE AUDITOR Kenehan has
finally decided to recognize" the
state civil service commission. This
indicates partial return to sanity on
the part of the state auditor. The
supreme court will never know what
close call II had to having to quit bust
ness on account of going unrecognized
by the state auditor. We hope the
auditor will condescend to recognize
Mr.. Taft as the president of the United
States when he comes to Colorado next
month. If Roady should take a notion
80 not recognize any higher authorri-
ty' than himself it might he real EN-
barrassing for the President TO learn
thai he was not president while IN
Colorado. 1t would be case of "when
president is not n president.
Lake City Times
The Glenwood post., 1909-08-14
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-01
WOMAN IS MISSING;
SUICIDE SUSPECTED
Miss CroSsetta McGrath Supposed
to Have Drowned Herself at
Salisbury, Md.

SALISBURY, Nd, April To-day
men in boats have been dragging the
Wicomico river in an effort 10 find the
body OF Miss Crossetta McGrath. forty
two years old, who disappeared from
her home in this city last =vening at
Z o'clock Miss McGrath, /; is feared
took her own life by drowning - the
river.
Early in the morning some workmen
on the river front found a wOman's
coat, hat, gloves, haircOmbs and d
small pill box on the wharf in front Of
the steamboat property. An investiga-
ton proved the clothing 20 be the per
sonal effects Of Miss McGrath. Miss
McGrath. who had been in nl-heaIth
for some time, returned home last
week from a visit 10 her brother. John
w. McGrath, assistant warden at the
Maryland penitentiary- She went 70
stay a short time with her sister, Mrs
&. NJ BTewingtOn, on Camden avenue,
and last evening she took the small
pill box found on the wharf and started
TO the office of Drs. SlemOns and Nor
ris to have it filled. This was the last
seen Of her by her relatives. Every in
dication Is that the young lady threw
herself into the river.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-01
DOES THE SOUTH WANT TO
SAVE PART OF ST., 7O9, 600?

A group Of Southerners have applied
for incorporation as "The Interstate
Highway Association" down in Geor-
gia. Their plan is to build a contin-
uous pike from Atlanta TO Washington.
and to enlist the cooperation Of the
various jurisdict ons, township, county
and State, through which it will pass.
Good for them! Any project which
can obtain the indorseemnt of the wide
awake communities through which this
road must run deserves success. As the
Atlanta Journal remarks, at will be
one Of the best automobile courses in
the country" and 1T will knit the
whole country through which it passes
into closer bonds"
But there is more 10 gain from the
urging of a certain practical considera-
ton on the attention of the landowner
who must pay the tax for such an i'm
proVement. That considerable Is this
England and France pay from to 10
cents a mile for every ton of farm
produce hauled 10 the railroad. The
United States pays 10 cents a ton
mile. The difference on one harvest
alone aggregates $l27O927S. The
South is now paying more of this than
other sections. A man was drowned,
not long ago, in the middle of one of
it's State roads. If this interstate high
way can be builded it would mean
Iessening Of that tax not only for every
farmer who could use it, but for every
farmer who could use one of the
feeder" crossroads which would Ger
tainly be constructed as soon as the
main road was assured.