Gilpin observer., 1910-02-03
OBSERVATIONS

All, here is comfort for those of us
who are married: Eighty per cent of
the men in the "pen" are bachelors.
-Gilpin Observer.
Yes, and did you ever figure it out
that the twenty per cent are mostly
ministers and bank presidents, and
all married men? You scarcely ever
hear of printer or an editor being
sent over the road.-Steamboat
Springs Sentinel.
If the Republican party redeems
one of the important planks in the
national platform of 1908 at this ses-
sion of Congress, bill to establish
in the Department of the Interior a
bureau of mines will be passed. a
similar bill to that now before Con
gress was introduced at the last ses-
sion. 1t was passed by the House but
failed of consideration in the Senate.
The duties of the bureau, as defined
in the second section of the bill in
troduced at this session is, "to foster,
promote, and develop the mining in
dustries of the United States; to
make diligent investigation of the
methods Of mining, the safety of
miners, the possible improvement of
conditions under which mining opera
tions are carried on, the treatment of
ores and other mineral substances,
the use of explosives and electricity,
the prevention of accidents, and other
technologic Investigations and in
Quiries pertinent to said industries.
and from time to time make such
public reports of the work, investiga-
tions, and information obtained as
the secretary of the said department
may direct, with the recommenda-
tions of the said bureau"
Walter Williams, dean of the
school of journalism of the Missouri
university, in an address before the
Minister'S Alliance of Kansas City
said the yellow journalist dated back
to biblical times; that Moses was
the first editor with a love for the
sensational. Mr.. Williams spoke of the
similarity of the bible to modern
journalism and said:
"The best journalist with whose
work 1 am acquainted, was Moses. He
was the first great editor. You plead
for the publication of the good only
and the beautiful in your favorite
daily journal.
"It was an earlier people, not a
wiser one. who cried, 'prophesy unto
US smooth things
''In a single slight book of the five
which Moses edited, book, the con-
tents of which would not occupy a
half page in today's newspaper
Moses, the first great editor, gave
more criminal news and that more
would dare report-the disobedience
of Adam; the drunkenness of Noah;
the falsehoods of Abraham; the in
iquity of the whole city of Sodom;
the vileness of Shechem, the son of
Hamori; the wickedness of Judah,
with lamar, the woman in black,
who sat by the roadside"
Senator w. o. Bradley, of Ken
lucky, in his speech in the senate
last Thursday on the tobacco situation
in his state, while defending the
growers societies against the trust,
the statesman took exception to COM
ment appearing recently in the Wash
ington Times. The comment attack
ed the people of Kentucky and her
public men and this aroused Bradley,
who is one of the best orators In the
upper house Of congress. The paper
had reprinted a message Of the gov
ernor to prove the position the Times
had taken. According to Senator Brad
ley the message was issued two years
ago when the tobacco situation in his
state was entirely different to what
it is today. In criticising the Times
position the senator In the course of
his rebmarks sprung pretty
good one. He said:
"It may be that the writer Is sit
uated as was the Irishman who had
a controversy with Jew. He said
to the Jew, 4 intend to give yez
lickin'. The Jew demanded to know
what for. Because said the Irish
man, 'yez crucified Christ The Jew