Semi-weekly herald., 1912-12-02
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS

ping chTly.
Ouray is not so dull. The net pro-
ceeds of the Catholic fair held last
week was something over $700.
A Georgia sheriff is worrying be-
cause he fears he hung the wrong
negro prisoner. Got them mixed.
The Herald certainly trusts the
Arnold administration will give Den
yer commission form of government.
The San Juan basin is going to
come into her own and that very
soon. Prospects were never brighter.
Democrats are threatening to ad-
vance the duty on diamonds 10 per
cent. Another wack at the common
people.
Less than month intervenes be-
fore Kriss Kringle will start on his
annual world tour. Better get busy
and beat him to it.
Be careful about kissing girls
against their will. A Reading, Pa,
man was fined 1854 for doing SO.
But maybe it was worth the money.
Denver papers are quite tame these
days. Patterson has not referred to
Bon and Tam for at least two issues.
Must have been reading The Herald
and taken tumble
The Herald trusts that all patrons
enjoyed Thanksgiving. An easy thing
to do with clear conscience and the
substantials of life to pacify the
wants of the inner man.
Boston won the worlds champion
ship series, and now comes Harvard
and administers the worst walloping
the Yale football team has encounter
ed for years. Beans are getting in
their work this year.
The Herald was eagerly sought
Wednesday night. The complete Cox
Graves story of the shooting of Sam
TRULY proved very interesting. Up
to the time of publication no one
knew the stand the accused would
take.
The majority for the continuance of
the present license policy seems to
swell, being now nearly fifty-nine
thousand. The fondest hope Of the
vets was for 10000. To double is
quite comforting to the leaders of the
fight. But the big majority does not
mean the people will stand for open
violation of the law.
If the Balkan allies want the sup
port and good will of the world at
To-. h., 30 -
treaty the abolition of wholesale as
sassination of Armenians. For every
Christian killed Turkey should be
made to forfeit either large sum
of money or give up some of her
territory.
There are fully as many candidates
for speaker of the house of repre-
sentatives as there are henderson
the Democratic side. Colorado is
never backwards in this connection
The latest to shy his hat into the
ring is DR.. w. w. Rowan of Ouray
At present it looks as though Skin.
ner of Montrose had the best of it.
Dean Hart jumped all over the
public schools in recent sermon,
declaring them the breeding place for
thieves and liars. He declares the
lack of spiritual training causes dis
honesty and urges Bible teaching to
save the youth. And the dean is not
so far out of the way when he urges
more of the Bible in schools. We
know many object, but the Bible can
be made an uplift in more ways than
one.
With former Police Lieutenant
Becker electrocuted the week of Dec.
0 and the four gunmen the week of
Jan. 6, New York City will be well
however, will have to be the watch
word if the lesson bears fruit. If of
ficers permit thieves and thugs to
build up another System they will
not be at all backward in doing so,
notwithstanding the fate of the men
just convicted.
The death of Wolf Londoner will
be mourned by the newspaper frater-
nifty, not only in Colorado but in ad-
joining states. They will not only
miss Wolf but his "cyclone cellar"
which had great run some twenty
years ago. The writer became inti-
mately acquainted with Mr.. Londoner
twenty-eight years ago when he join
ed party we were with on trip
to the Pacific coast and the friend
ship thus formed lasted until death
took him away last Saturday night.
Many time he packed our grip with
good things and his house was ever
open. Thus we came to know the
social as well as the business side of
Mr.. Londoner and always found him
the same genial soul. Denver and
the state would be better off today if
it contained more Wolf Londoners.