The Glenwood post., 1914-03-14

Rush Continues Unabated.n If that
refers to the district attorney of Der
yer the statement is unnecessary
Boulder Camera.
1t is nearly certain now that the Re-
publicans and Progress:ves Will join
hands this fall and put one ticket in
the field. My, but that is causing som.
of the Democratic papers to weep tears
of SORROW. They see the handwriting
on the wall. Steamboat Sentinel.
With couple Of feet snow lying
on the ground and packed hard, it rath-
er seems like the local merchants We're
forcing the season u bit to get out
their garden and flower seeds for dis.
play to the trade, but the tradesmen
assert that it is tine such things were
done, SO far be it from US to WELD the
carping, critical pen.-Msrble Booster.
Sheriff Jessup has issued warning
to all merchants in Garfield county to
dispense with all devices of chance, ,
candy drawings, etc, which children
are tempted to use, it being a form of
gambling. He states that he will er
force the law on this subject wherever
such device is found. A word to tae
wise is sufficient.-Rifle Reveille.
"A peculiar idea seems to prevail
among some people that as soon as they
have ordered 4 subscription to paper
discontinued that that settles their ac
count, no matter how much they owe.
Some people, of course, are hard up
and cannot pay, but the number WHO
are apparently deadbeats at heart, IS
surprising.-Boulder Herald.
Vern Sharp is employing his spare
time this winter figuring out how he
could get rich quick if he were to build |
fish pond in this vicinity and sell the
trout he could raise. The local pr:ce
is so cents = pound and Mr.. Sharp says
at that rate man ought to make a |
great deal of money with a good pond |
of handled, halter broke trout.-Mar-
BILE Booster.
The Democrats are not short of cav
didates for the governorship as Gov.
ernOr Ammmons, ROady Kenehan, Tom
lyman, Judge G. W. Musser, John
Barkhausen and Geo. E. HOsmer seem
to be among those who would agree 70
enter the running. There's room LEFT
for few more in the band wagon and
Pueblo is likely to send man along. ~
Pueblo Indicator.
certain ranch in Routt county is
being offered for sale at $4,000 which
is fair valuation, and the same ranca
is assessed ON = valuation of $4.sO0
Verify the man who said the Democrats
had lowered the tariff but raised the
taxes, was about right. But then how
can We expect to keep an army of state
officials such as We now have without
increasing the taxes.-Yampa Leader.
After having run only one or two
trains through from Denver since the
previous blockade, the road was tied
up again last Thursday night. and traf-
fic waS intorruntaJ ,,pt;I TuasJov n;uht
A big snowslide near Dixie lake buried
a snow plow and freight tram, ami
there was SO much wind and fresh
snow that there was much delay in
clearing the line.-Oak Creek Times.
The financial condition of the sta' @
remains the same as it was at the close
of the biennial period, November Both
last. In other words, the state is still
broke and the indications are that it
will continue to be until after the Re
publicans get control of state affairs
Only o5 per cent of the entire appro-
priation for the educational Institutions
of the state has been paid. Incidental
ly, the payroll remains the same: twice
rs large as the payrolls of either Buch-
tel or McDonald-Craig Courier.
The people of this state should he
able to take their medicine since they
ordered it. A surplus in the state
treasury under Republican rule of over
t400,0O was turned =, under the admin
istration of "Honest" John Shafroth,
into m enormous deficit, and this in
spite Of the fact that some big sums
were paid for inheritance tax. With
eyes open the taxpayer voted the Dea-
ocfats into office for three successive