Gilpin observer., 1909-03-18
The knoeker Knocked.

strains OI SWeeI muSiC lTOu Iuc CllOlI
falls upon his dull ears as Sounding
brass or tinkling cymbol."
A War Dance strike gives him
great grief, but the closing down OF
any big property or pinching out of
a rich ore shoot gives him unbound.
ed Joy. His chief characteristic is
to villify his employer; thereby smit-
ing the hand that feeds him. His
tale of woe would bring tears to the
eyes Of the Sphynx. The butcher
sells him tough meat. the grocer
hands him out decayed vegetables;
he is short changed by the liquor
men, and the general merchant gives
him poor goods. The newspapers are
yellow" and print n lot of lies; the
banks charge him too much exchange
and the mills steal his ore. A beau
tiful sunny day to the knocker is only
an Internal weather breeder.
Emperor Vitellius, of Rome. enjoy
ed visiting battlefields long after the
conflict was over. and by inhaling
the putrid smell from the decaying
soldiers he was greatly refreshed.
bones be thrown into the river
So it is with the knocker. Calamity,
short ore shipments, shut downs and
such are to him as life. His habita-
tion should not be among people
dwelling in the front yard. but should
be compelled to spend his life in the
little houses built over the sewer in
the back yards.
The knocker is scoundrel by ma
ture and liar from instinct. He
seldoms reforms-if he does it's on
ly for a short time. He is socn back
at his old tricks, thereby fulfilling
the scripture. THE dog is turned tc
his own vomit again; and the SOW
that was washed, to her wallowing
in the mire."
He is like bird that fouls her
own nest, and he should be taken
and chained to rock as was Pro-
metheus, 80 the vultures can feed on
his flesh, and afterwards let his
bones be the rowse in the river
Phlegethon, where flows flames OF
fire and molten lava, instead Of water
This style of treatment for the knock
er may not be christianlike, but its
effectiveness is guaranteed.
The knocker isn't confined to any
one class. Am sorry to say that
some merchants and professional mer
have sunk SO low in the depths OF
human degradation as to vilify the
citizens of our state and their ef
forts to boost for better conditions
Here in Gilpin county the knockei
seems to be more virulent than the
fatuous barnacles found elsewhere
His brain is so small and dry that II
placed in the hull Of a dead Ana
malcule, it would rattle therein. Al
the knockers on the earth can't ruiz
Gilpin county. She will be sending
out her Golden treasures by millions
long after the knockers souls are
writhing in Hades. If there ever wa.
a time that the Goddess of Fortune
pointed her magic wand toward the
gold d-seamed mountains of Gilpin coun
ty. 1t is today. One had just as wei
try to roll the huge rock, Gibralter
from it's foundation as to try to stoI
her onward progress.
Let everyone boost for the new pipe
line and the Pactolus railroad. WheI
they are constructed our county cal
produce 10000 tons of ore per day
This year marks the fiftieth anniver
sary of the discovery of gold in Gilpil
county. Let it be record breake
for production and thereby stamp thu
lie to the knockers story that the oil
districts are worked out and the nev
ones are two low grade to pay"
Boost, don't knock. Speak well o
,ur county and city officials, our mel
chants and professional men, for Gil
pin county as whole Is blessed witt
them; their characters are above re
proach. II not a member, join tn
Chamber of Commerce for that bod
is working day and night without re
numeration for the upbuilding of tn
county. Take the home papers, afte
reading mail to some eastern friend
thereby disseminating the news o
the greatest mineralized zone unde
the blue canopy Of Heaven-Gilpil
county. F. L. B.
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