The Glenwood post., 1916-03-04

pushed rapidly and they are now down
about 600 feet. Work has also been
resumed at the Grand River Oil Y
Gas well west of town.-DeBeque New
Era.
One of The scenic automobile roads
in this county (when completely will
be the road up Flag creek, up East
Flag, across Lime Kiln hill, and down
Veatch gulch. Another will be the
completion of the road to Trappers
lake. And still another, widening the
road to Scenery gulch.-Meeker Re
view.
Say, how rich are you? They tell us
that for whole blocks of states back
east the. people have not seen the sun
for a month. You people who are
warmed by daily sunshine in Colorado,
you are rich, inestimably rich in the
very fact that you are living in this
glorious state. Maybe you had not
thought of that, SO we are telling you.
Boulder Camera.
Several fist fights between young
lads attending grammar school have oc.
Cured during the past couple of
months, and to say the least these
scraps are not edifying. The Telegram
suggests that should another occur
Marshal Vanaken lock the principals
in Jail over night and perhaps this
would tend to lessen the pugilistic ten
dencies of dives young America
Rifle Telegram.
Thad Harp returned Sunday from
Denver where he contracted for a new
auto truck to use on the Rifle Meeker
freight and passenger business. The
machine is the International made by
the great international Harvester Co.
Thad expects the car to arrive next
week. 1t has an ordinary carrying ca
pacity of one ton, and has all the lat
est appliances except the self starter
Rifle Reveille.
we receive many exchanges from all
over the state and with Just few ex-
ceptions they all have words of praise
for the prohibition law now in force.
We suppose the exceptions are those
who have not yet got rid Of their
thirst or wish to decry the vote of the
people. 1t is mighty bad taste for any
man, either drunk or sober, to find
fault with any law that has been the
success that our prohibition law has
Hotchkiss Times.
One of the departments of state
which is receiving favorable comment
among statesmen and politicians 10 that
of the state land board; which, it is
told, will end this present administra.
tion with about 100000 to the good,
which will be an unprecedented record.
Order, too, has been brought to the
| office, thanks to John F. Vivian, the
register, as against chaos which pre-
vailed under his predecessor.-Tw
Buttes Sentinel.
Meeker's taxpayefs will read with
interest the proceedings being taken
by our town council in the matter of
refunding the town water bonds. The
old bonds would soon be falling due
with nothing to meet them, SO it looks
to us as if the present action is timely
and one that will save the town
good many thousands of dollars later
on. The bond market is now on the
top wave of prosperity-a good time to
place such securities.-Meeker Herald.
''There are number of Golden
made products for sale throughout the
state. Ask for them when you are
away from Golden" says the Golden
Transcript. This good advice has been
followed by many thirsty individuals
throughout the state who have made
anxious inquiries for certain product
which made Golden famous, more spe-
cific reference to its name being for.
bidden by the new Carlson statutes,
but the inquirers have been compelled
to~accept substitutes for the genuine
article.-LAmar Sparks.
Leander Hampson came over from
Salida on Sunday. He reports business
good in Salida. Speaking relative to
the effects of the "dry" law on that