The sun., 1914-09-15
THE MATTER WITH COLORADO.
Ruled and Ruined by tho western FEEDER
alton OF Miners.

htEOh VI
To TIE EDITOR oy THE suN--Sir: You
ask What has become of ColoradoY
guess you mean: What Ii the matter with
the state, anyhow? I can tell you soine-
thing about the trouble out there. IL you
won't give me away TO tho rcdnecks WHO
are making all the fuss In the m1ci
They don't like me because on one oc-
casion I raised hell with them It's
about this way:
When 1 first cams to Colorado during
the Leadville excitement, about rs, Colo
RADIO seemed to me. as young fclloN
from tho city, us big AS all outdoors and
as free and fine place as any young
fellow could strike. The big mountains
Just seemed TO welcome you. Everybody
was glad to help. and there was some
thing doing every minute. Why. II you
were wandering over the hills and got
hungry. having strayed r. bit far from
camp, all you had 10 do was to look
about for a prospectors cabin or tent.
and help yourself. II was considered
etiquette to leave some sort of writing
behind like: "Your beans is good. but you
ain't much on biskit" '';tt some OF
your chuck. thanks" signing your name
OF course. The good old days are past.
If you leave a cabin unlocked these days
you come home TO AN empty house.
The mines made Colorado-Sold. silver,
lead and copper. coal and iron WHATS
oId ,srna America, s,ocIt rho rioueers.
s.ronp mon and women VINO came to
,Soior,do 4, tho aariv davs don't live
there any longer. The land is all fenced
In. Tho mines are owned by tho DIG
fellows. The miners no longer come from
svadsa and tho Rlua Noses (the fellows
&c., ~. cco,ta u,bo uoro tha dandies
u,,,h .be a,a IN tho pipe forests) have
ouit Tbe ,,,ne,s In those days ara
IIuna ard LTnns and all sorts OF for
eigne- Thav don't snve I'm TO buy n
.r,au 49,, a., ,h. ,.aitoy no, tbcvt 'They
iivo ,n .hacits and send their money 10
tha ro,,n,r,.. fro,, which thev came. or
lie ,h.,. ,,,,. ,,n and GO home and t,ke
tha r,orov u,,,h them and live ON IL for
ovor af,,.r md he,oma bir runs in the
i,,,is ,,,i,,,,os 'N
co, ,o h. . NINA ,o,eman when I wa.
oh,,,, os rha hoy, ,ha, .orked for mo
csi,ed me .ihe o,G man. and We v,r. a
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,ha h.,n ~. ,ha noi,,,ctars .,ar,sd troubie
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