The Glenwood post., 1913-03-01


in The Eagle Club last Thussday night
was rs big a piece Of dam foelishAsss
- ve ever knew supposedly sane men
being engaged in. If it had been boys
it nigh be overlooked, but for grown
nen and Officers Of the Law, all men
mstare in age if not in mind, to trifle
with human life for the sake of playing
y pseetical joke, is beyond reasonable
comprehension. Be it said for the
people of Eagle that they do not ap-
prove of the affair. but are justly in
diGnAnt over the publicity given ths
fake hold up by the metropolitan press
oil ever the country.-Eagle County
NSWs-
EAGle county has received more free
advertising at the hands Of the metro
poaitsn dsilies within the past ten days
tAsa in the past thirty yeafs previous.
The silver strike is undoubtedly one Of
the richest ever made in the state,
coming as it did at time when mining
matters were unusually quiet, it has
Attracted nationwide attention. Until
the snow goes out of the mountains it
is impossible to estimate the magnitude
of the discovery. But the entire coun
try will be overrun with Thousands Of
pr0spectors this summer and other
valuable discoveries are not at all un-
likely Eagle County News.
Will someone be kind enough to in
form a patient, waiting world what
good is to be accomplished by holding
special election to vote on a municipal
light ana power plant when the city 5
hired experts have declared in posi-
tive terms that the city could buy
electric current cheaper than it could
manufaeture it. and also when the city
has 10 money for use in building 4
plAst if the people voted for it.
WesAn t it be wiser to save the cost
Of . Oecial election and use the money
for lighting up several dark places in
the city Now wouldn't it!-Fort Col
lins Courier.
Ths parcel post is making . lot Of
fun for the country, besiies carrying =
lot Il merchsndiss, AID other things.
It is ssPsFted that one rural carrier
down in South Carolina recently had
two babies and . cork leg in his Off
cial luggage the other day. We sub
nit that is bringing Uncle sam right
down to be . servant of the people,
where he was intended to be by the
father Of this nation. But the mix
ture was rather startling-two babies
and a cork leg, but one can 7 tell what
will happen these days.-Debeque New
Era.
Says the Trinidad Annunciator
"John Barkhausen. editor, del Denver
Democrat, e. candidate para al Off
eins de Comisionado de Imprenta.
Ali tiene oportunidad el Gobernador
Ammons De nombrar un buen Official
para esq posiciou yuno que no carece
de todos los meritos neces~ario para
ser reconeidos por el partido. We
have herd the same thing said about
John a number Of times but always
have been afraid to print it.
Herb Goe is no longer weather re-
porter. having lost his job when he re-
ported that his instrument registered
"a degrees below zero in Steamboat on
January this year. The department
could not stand for that, and the Den
yer office gave him "calling down.
But Hese was right just the same, AMI
told his boss to 60 to some place that is
warmer than Steamboat if he didn t
want tie Instrument to register as it
did.-Stsamboat Sentinel.
There has already been too much hot
air used in advertising "the millions
of unossupied government lands" in
Colorado which are open to homesteal
entry. Tfas, there are millions of free
lands left, Sst osay . small portion that
are suitsl 70 general farming. II the
homesesadse - sufficient capital to
combine steekraising with farming. then
there aEs sPpsseunities for thousands
Of settlers in tAe state.-Yampa Leader
Mr.. A. g. @ssa Of ssoss, Colorado, i,
here Visiting ~ faAily Of Mr.. g. ".
Hull, wAs Hive ssatA Of Delta, All VIA
is an ~ frisad # ~ Huh family.
Mr. .sIo~ X extensively engaged With
his father in stock rajeiux and rAnchipc