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Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09
FROM REPRESENTATIVE JENKINS

Mr. Editor:
The extraordinary session CT the
21st general assembly has met. finish
ed It's work and adjourned sine die.
The purpose of the session was
one relating to ways and means en-
urely. The governor called the Ma
tional Guard into service on July 5;h
and they were taken into the Federal
army ON August 5th.
1t was the sworn duty of our state
to pay these boys on the day their
money was due and to pay for their
supplies and equipment without de-
lay. The assembly is the supreme
power in such matters and any other
course than to pay these honest hills
would have been traitorCus.
1t was further necessary to pro-
vide for guards to take the place Of
the boys going to The front. 1t could
not be contended that any other
course was possible. just as an exam
Pile, suppose some irresponsible crank
Ehcmld blow up the Cheesman dam
above Denver or the Ned deraand dam.
Either cne of these crimes would
drown nearly all the people in Dem
ver or Boulder. p
If the assembly should neglect to
provide guard in hundreds of such
cases the members would certainly
deserve to be strung up.
The matter of food and fuel is
complex and grave one but surely the
question of the protection Of human
life is paramount.
1t seemed to be the opinion in Den
YER that Governor Gunter would call
another session after it is determined
what action will be taken by the
United States Officials in the matter
OF food and fuel.
Many false statements have been
made about what was done by the
assembly and it seemed my duty to
give the above information which is
true and exact Respectfully,
w. o. JENKINS.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09
cowbeIIs Save Cherries.

w. A. Bull Of Igo. CAL, saved his
big cherry crop with cowbells oper-
ated by a water wheel.
Bull has an orchard up South Fork
creek. His cherries ripened, but as
fast as they matured birds picked them
of. Bull rigged up some ordinary
scarecrows. They did well enough for
a day or so, or until the wise birds de-
tected the fraud.
As a last resort Bull tried several
cowbells in the treetops, and to the
tlnklers attached strings. which he
jerked from his front porch. The cow
bells jangling scared the birds away
all right and bid fair to save the cherry
crop, but Bull got tired Of jerking the
strings all day long.
Now he has water wheel that runs
his wife's churn. So Bull attached the
strings to the churn dasher. AS the
water wheel went its rounds the churn
dasher bobbed up and down and the
cowbells kept up their jangling in the
treetops all day long.
The birds were scared away effectu-
ally and Bull saved his cherry crop.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09
WHERE RATS ARE PROTECTED
Are Regarded ~ Prevsntors, Not
Carriers, Of Disease.

There are few places in the world
where rats are well thought Of, but In
the copper mines Of Michigan there 70.
dents. so universally despised. and
causing so much danger to health and
damage to property everywhere else,
are regarded differently. In the shafts
Of the copper mines hundreds Of feet
below the surface dwells species Of
rat that never sees the light Of day
and is held in high appreciation by
the miners. II is because these under
ground rodents are valuable to santa.
tion, preventers rather than carriers
OF disease. They indulge in no depre-
dations for the renson they exist with
In rockbound walls inclosing nothing
possible for animals such as they de-
stroy.
The rats are the scavengers Of the
mines. They keep the workings clear
Of refuse. They are protected by the
men; are often fed from dinner pals
and have become so accustomed to
the miners that they frisk about the
workers wholly unafruid. secure In the
apparent realization that, while else
where they are hunted and slain as
enemies Of mankind. underground they
are treated as allies and are immune
from harm.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09
The Boys Example.

In Q certain school teacher asked
his class the meaning Of "oratorio," q
word which occurred In their lesson.
As no one could give an intelligent
answer, he proceeded to IN explana.
ton. He told them that 1t was kind
Of musical drama usually founded on
some Scripture story. and he instanced
the Messiah" and Israel In Egypt" as
examples. He then appealed to the
class to give him other examples.
One boy, who was manifesting a
growing impatience at not being al.
lowed to show that he knew all about
OratOrios, was at length asked. and
fairly nOnplussed the master by his
answer: Aaron on the Rhine."-Lon.
don Tit-Blts.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09
A Frequent Result.

"Ah. Mr.. Howkins," said Brown
to a wealthy merchant, II believe q
poor boy named Wilks sought your as.
sistance twenty years ago and you
were very kind to him! You gave
him food and sound advice, a suit of
clothes and q half dollar, and dis.
patched him on his way rejoicing.
He told you at the time that you
never would regret your kindness. Am
I rightf" "Yes. you are" replied Mr..
Howkins. "He said," Brown went on,
that II he prospered he would see that
you never had occasion to regret your
kindness to q poor struggling lad"
"Gracious!" exclaimed Mr.. Howkins.
1T sounds like fairy talei Why, you
must have seen him" " have" said
Brown, "and he sent q message to you"
"What Is it," Mr.. Howkins asked ex.
pectantly. "He told me to tell you
that he would like another half dol
lar" replied Brown.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09
chInsse Printers Job.

Chinese characters do not express
sounds although the pitch Of the voice
is significant. Their letters are ideO-
graphs, or writing Of ideas or things.
Hence the Chinese have no alphabet,
strictly speaking. For this reason. says
Popular Science Monthly, the Chinese
must employ an astounding number Of
characters. 1t takes about 10000 char
acters to print a book In the Chinese
language; yet sometimes an entire
thought or a whole sentence Is repre-
sented by one Character! The word
"black" Is one character. and 80 Is
mother" "dead," "yes," yellow" and
a great many other words. With such
a cOnglomeration. is It any wonder that
the American printer wonders how 1t
is possible to print anything In Chi
nese1
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09
BRYAN HEARD FROM

Those who, before the United
States entered the war, thought ii
better to remain neutral and postpone
until after the war the settlement OF
differences with belligerent nations
will have no difficulty in recognizing
the change in the situation caused by
our own nations entrance into the
war. Had we remain ed neutral we
might have been able. to act as medi'
ator and thus rendered an important
service to the world. In entering the
war, however, we surrendered that op
portundty and incurred the enmity of
therefore, confronts us. We must not
only protect ourselves from these who
are now cur enemies, but we must
find an opportunity for world service
in aiding to arrange permanent
peace, built on justice, liberty and
democracy.
WE MUST WIN. Defeat is incon-
ceivable-it would be indescrbably
unfortunate If it Were possible. We
can not allow any foreign naticn to
determine the destiny of the United
States-espetially a nation commit
ted, as Germany is to arbitrary gov
ernment and militarism.
Neither can we afford to have our
allies aovercome-that would bring
upon us the disasters Of defeat or
the burden of carrying on the war
alone.
We are in the war by the action
OF congress-the only body au. .horiz-
ed to take the nation into war. The
quickest way to peace is to go
straight through, supporting the gov
ernment in all it undertakes, no
matter how long the war lasts or
how muth It costs.
WE MUST WIN.
Any disccrd cr division, after the
government has acted. would prolong
the war and increase its cost in mon.
ey and men.
w. ]. BRYAN.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09
ON DER RHINE

Me und Gott lives on der Rhine
Ain't dot fine?
I'm divine,
Ven feel my Cody strength, drinl
a stein
FILLED with blood Of babes und moth
ers,
Blood Of fathers, sisters. brothers,
On der Rhine.
Me? I'm King of.Kings und Kaiser,
Not miser
With my lies. SIR,
should worry about Gctt, I'm much
der wiser;
So will lie und burn umd kill
OF lust und death ne'er get my fill,
Und Wit iss Gott, ven dere ISIS Bill?
Hoeh. der Kaiser!
So l laugh here ON der Rhine, )
Fill my stein
With more wine,
Aoh! Der blood Of murdered babies
makes 1t fine;
Ha! l laughed to see them pressed
To each dying mo'her's breast
Ere my bacchanalian fest
On der Rhine.
Deres q nation o'er der sea
Called Der Free"
Dey won't be
Ven dey bump into Old Wilhelm dey
will see
Dot I'll sink dere wheat und beams
Nit My Holy Submarines,
Win win by any means,
Dot ISIS me.
So drain my reeking stein
On der Rhine
GhOulish wine
Socn der world as veil as Heaven will
be mine;
Den I'll chase out Gott und tell
Mister Devil he can dwell
With Me in brand new He'll
On der Rhine.-Howard F. johnson.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09
HORROR OF DESERT WARFARE
Dust, Heat and Files Are Worst
Plaques From Which Soldiers
Suffer In Mesopotamla.

Hardships and dtscomforts Of the
British campaigns In Palestine and
MesopOtamia are the themes Of many
letters written by soldiers serving un-
der the commands Of General Sir
Archibald Murray. in Palestine. or
Major General Maude, in Mesopotamia-
IF You want to see a muddle, you
ought to see q camel convoy under
shellfire," writes one man from the
vicinity Of GAIA, in southern Pales-
tine. 1.-THE natives who lead the
camels run away at the first shot, and
then the white men try to induce, by
all the profanity they can muster,
those camels to hurry out Of range or
under the cover Of hill. All the time
good lives are being lost trying to save
the convoy. which perhaps has the
water supply for thousands Of men on
the firing line"
Dust, heat and flies are the worst
three plaques Of Mesopotamia from
the soldiers standpoint, writes one Of
the privates who suffered from them.
ITO you." he adds, 'the flies would
be quite inconceivable. They settle in
great CiuSteTS Ou everything. 0OiHc VI
them can sting and bite severely. With
the coming Of nightfall the ordinary
flies disappear and the mosquitoes
and sandflies take their places. The
sandfly is an insidious plague. You
have to wear very fine suffocating
mesh on your face, and at night you
must spray thin acid over your face
to get any peace. Th. temperature
goes up from ITO to AZ degrees in the
shade. THE mornings work being
done, you lie in your tent with the
flap up. You almost gasp for breath.
Anxiously you await the going down
Of the sun. You wear toupee or a
wet towel on your head. One very
rarely wears much clothing. and you
lead the simple life. The heat takes
all pride from you. You're just bathed
in dust and sweat.
"You can get sunstroke through the
small Of your back. The hot wind,
bad as 1t is, Is better than the COM
plete stiffness. although 1t bounces off
the earth, flinging sand and dust all
over you. You eat sand and breath
It; you lie down in 1t; it's in your
mouth, eyes, ears and clothes. These
things leave Mesopotamia burnt into
your memory forever"
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09
Why He Was Mad.

II haven't been able to sleep nights
lately" declared Number One.
"What's on your mind?" asked Mum.
ber Two sympathetically.
I'm thinking about the draft all the
time."
"What for? You are too old to be
drafted"
II know 1t. but you're not"
"What's that got to do with it?"
"Why, you owe me $780,"
He thought he was leading up to II
gently and tactfully, but the other fel.
low few up and got mad. In spite Of
all his care.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09
EVERY GOLFER is CHAMPION
u He Doesn't Like the Ordinary
classifeations He Can Make New
Ones to Suit Himself.

1t long has been q mystery to ths
man who doesn't play golf to under.
stand what there is about the game to
make otherwise dlgnified and rational
persons to go nutty over 1t. Should Q
non-golfer casually confide to his fam.
lily doctor that all is not well, and that
he finds that he can't get away with
three square meals day and a light
lunch before retiring quite so happily
as he used to. the medical man prob.
ably will tell him to play golf. And II
the non-golfer asks II the doctor plays
the game. the physician proceeds to
give him 5000 words ON how he made
the seventeenth hole in three, and that
he can swing his mashie like Chick
Evans. And It Is the same with other
acquaintances; they all prescribe their
fad as means Of banning old age.
Another queer thing about the game
Is the ready concelt acquired by the
dub. says the Seattle Post-Intelligen-
Ger. Give near-golfer two or three
lessons and he Is ready to bet money
on himself. And he will go to a lot OF
trouble to round up bunch OF other
dubs and take them out to the links
to trim them out Of ~ cents. Any
player may be champion in his class.
He may be the best 24O.pound, side
whiskered and bald-headed player in
the world. II he doesn't like the ordi-
nary classification he can make new
ones to suit him. There Is no reason
why any man should not be champion
In his class.
Also 1t is exasperating for man
who must stay In the Office or store
all day to have somebody come In and
clank his golf sticks on the floor and
talk about nibllcks and brassies and
the "drive through stroke" whatever
that Is. And just when the conversa.
tion gets around to the point where
one could happily expatiate on the
joys Of backyard garden. a motor
boat or filvver the bounder usually
rises and leaves hurriedly.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09
Chicken Not an Animal.

A chicken raiser cannot be COM
PEELED to keep his chickens in an In
closure. but he IL answerable for dam
ages II the injured party brings suit.
Although the supreme court gave an
exhaustive opinion on one occasion.
declaring q goose to be an animal and
SO under the protection Of laws pro-
hibiting cruelty to animals. 1t has
never held q chicken to be an animal,
and so the chicken Is not amenable to
laws governing the taking up Of ami
mails II they trespass on a neighbor's
property. The laws. as they are now.
are vague as far as damages from
trespassing chickens are concerned.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09

Fer years after the Civil war, you
would occasionally read about some
obscure politician flcunting the
"baoOdy shirt" in vain endeavor to
keep sectional strife alive. Even now,
when the nation is engaged in the
greatest war of modern times, when
party politics ace eliminated from
great minds that are striving for the
same end, do we occasionally read
of some 2x4 Republican editor crit
icising our war administration, and
instead of flying the stars and stripes
run up the politicians flag.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09
ARE ODD PEOPLE
Some Of Them Are Highly Civilized,
But ~ Body They viii Have
Nothing Of Progress.

As a matter of fact, Albania is a
network Of mountain tribes under
hereditary chieftains each Of whom is
independent Of the rest and of all the
world, and they do not want any
other form of institutions. Any gener-
al government they regard as limita-
ton Of their immemorial freedom.
They are natural fighters, and esteem
no privilege higher, than the privilege
Of warfare among themselves, tribe
against tribe. They are of several
faiths and churches-Moslem, Catho-
lie, Orthodox Greek, Moslems with
Christian customs and Christians with
Moslem customs, and in some tribes.
in the same family, the boys are
brought up as Moslems and the girls
as Christians. With these people re-
ligion is mere incident. The main
thing Is to be let alone. Only in this
disposition and in their language are
they united.
Yet these picturesque and free-spir-
tied .barbarians are the oldest, purest
and probably the handsomest repre-
sentatives of our race. In lineage they
are the Aryan aristocracy of Europe.
Ardent tribesmen, most dignified shep-
herds, devoted mountaineers, they nev-
erthless wander over the earth; and
many Of them are engaged today in
blacking boots in Boston, New York
and Chicago. Individually capable of
civilization and education, well en-
dowed with brains, their native prefer
ence for the wild nationless life of
their mountain home suggests doubt
whether they have not after all the
right idea of life-whether the rest of
us, in modifying the purity of the
blood which these rude Skipetars have
maintained SO nobiy, have not degen-
Grated instead of risen, says the Bos-
ton Transcript. Why else, a curious
mind might ask, should the Albanians
placed in the most beautiful nook of
Europe, facing the Adriatic sea. poised
between Rome and Constantinople
and Athens, have remained illiterate
barbarians through all the centuries,
never Hellenized, never Latinized,
while at the same time they preserved
some Of the nOblest characteristics
and virtues Of the race? Isolated they
have been. and very much civilized
some Of their members have become.
But Of progress they will have nothing.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09
AN UNPARALLELED
DOSE OF GALL

From the foundation of this repub-
lie, isolated bands of reactionists
have at times openly defied its laws
and in many cases persisted to such
an extent as to call down upon their
heads the contempt of the civil class
es who sometimes take the law into
their own hands.
When these offenders against the
lawful constituted government are
thwarted i'm their attempt at its over
throw by the law and order class,
then the heads of these unlawful fac
tiOns are keen to appeal to that same
government for protection, as was
lately evidenced by one w. d. Hay
ton known as the l. W. w.
This man Haywood, who as secre-
tary of the western federation of
miners, so conducted its affairs as
to bring it into disrepute to the ex-
tent of its final collapse, is now the
president of the l. w. w. organiza-
ton and openly boasts that this Or
ganization will so cripple the govern
ment in the hour of its peril, as to
close down its manufacturing plants,
and disrupt the harvesting of our
abundant crops.
The assembling of the forces of
this organization at Bisbee, Arizona.
and it's activity i'm trying to destroy
the output of copper from that camp,
So enraged the citizens that they de-
ported this unprincipled element, and
forbade their return. Mr.. Haywood
Is now appealing to this same gov
ermment, which he would destroy, for
protection for him and his piratical
crew that oversteps all bounds of the
civil law Let MIR. Haywood reap the
benefit of his own folly.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09
Another Extremist

The business politicians were dis.
cussing the uplift.
"How does Jones stand politically"
asked one.
"Oh" exclaimed the other. "He's
impossible!
"How Is he impossiblef"
"Why. the mans q bowling radical |:
he's practically anarchist"
II heard that he advocated the pub
lie ownership Of public utilities, but I
didn't understand that"
"Public ownership He's daft about
It. Why, the man even believes in the
public ownership Of legislatures r.
Baltimore Sun.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09
His Trouble,

Mrs. Bacon-TO make mems collars
wear longer. see an inventor has pat
ented one with an extra buttonhole so
that 1t can be fitted to q shirt without
strain.
Mr.. Bacon-Extra buttonholes won't
help my predicament, dear. The strain
with me comes when I'm trying to find
shirt with buttons on it.-Yonkers
Statesman.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09
Wonderful

"Smith Is a remarkable man." said
Brown.
"What is so remarkable about
him2" asked Jones.
"Why, he can sing the whole of
the 'Star-Spangled Banner from men,
ory," replied Brown.-Cincinnat En-
Quirer.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09

The state Democratic cyclone last
fall blew many an efficient officer in.
to power. and they are making a rec
ord in aiding the national govern
ment in the conduct Of the war. 1t
also caught up few small potatoes
that may develop later. providing. the
season continues long enough for
them to sprout an idea.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09
piffident Opinion,

"Do you believe In the theory Of re-
incarnationf"
"Yes," replied the cautious man. II
have great respect for 1t as a theory.
But, as in the case Of great many
theories. have my doubts whether It
10 practical"
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09

Several of our bachelor mine oper.
ators are becoming young million
aires. but they do not wish the fact
to become public property on account
of so many Of our young men going
to war
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09
Reoanaeta oaod.

Creditor-I Ahall call upon you ~.
cry week until this bill Is paidf
Hardleigh-Then there seems to Be
every probability Of our acquaintance
ripening into friendship.-Puck.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09
pobbIns Was Particular.

''Dobbins Is too fastidious for any
reasonable use. heard he was to be
married"
"He was. But it's all of. Lovely
girl, too. Dobbins would certainly have
married her II he hadn't seen her when
she looked at her very worst"
"what was she doing?"
"Eating corn of the cob"
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09

Denver district made Ben Hilliard
a school director ard congress.
man. They also unmade him as a
school director last week by two to
one vote, and when his congression'
al term expires, Ben's political race
will be run.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09
NOTICE

Next Wednesday afternoon, August
18th, 1917, Mrs. Walter hampshire,
Will serve a 10-oent tea for the Lad
les Guild. An are cordially invited
to attend. Come and spend social
afternoon.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09

County Superintendent of Schools
Edith Williams and Miss Minnie
Weleh visited the Thorn Lake and
Gilpin schools today.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09

T. ]. Hughes. Of the Hughesville
silver district. was In The city today.
He reports everything prosperous in
that district.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Carson Wells and son
Billy. Mrs. Matthew Davis and Miss
Elizabeth Hines motored up from
Denver and spent the week end with
MIR. and Mrs. o. l.. Patterson.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09

The Hibrows claim that the use of
a medicated tissue screen will make
kissing safe and sanitary" 1t may
make it sanitary, but there isn't
any way to make kissing safe.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09

Miss Viola Oliver will teach a
school at Holly, Colo, the coming
year.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09

James Barbee went to Denver Mon
day afternoon in his car, returning
Wednesday.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09

H. r. Wade and wife returned brcm
Toledo. Chic, Sunday.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09

Tom Marin is tearing down the
old photograIh studio for wood.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09

A Massachusetts girl cut off her
hair in her sleep. Most girls yank
1t off before they go to sleep.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09

Fred s. Caldwell made a trip to the
southern part of the state last week.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09

A mother never changes. When hel
son is 40 years old and wears long
whiskers she won't call him anything
else but willie"
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09

A girl can wear a long skirt and
make it display more hosiery than II
she wore q short skirt. 1t is all In
the management.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09

A girl is real proud when she grad
uates from college wi h B. A. But
she is even prouder when she enters
the school of matrimony and adds
B Y to her degree.
Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09
LUKE MeLUkE SAYS

A man can lie out CT lot of
things. But he can't deny it when
he eats onions.
A man will pay a dollar fer so
cent article that he wants. wom-
an will pay 49 cents fer a 39-cent
article that she doesn't want.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-29

because the fishers would not sell at
the price the government ordered.
Food Goes 10 Waste.
The government said the herring
should be sold at 10 pfennings, about
= Is cents each. The fshers want
ed p pfennings. ; "a cents. The
government would not permit them
TO sell at the lesser price. and the
fish rOtted. The people would have
been glad TO pay twice. three times
as much IL permitted-but the gov
eminent said no.
There are so many things I do not
understand about the governmental
rules over there. In ordinary Ian
guage they are just plain dumb"
They are silly and senseless.
Farmers, too, will not bring their
produce into town. because the gov
eminent will not let them charge ex-
Orbitant prices. Good vegetables rot
on the ground. These things seem
impossible 10 believe. but they are
true.
Tomorrow Marie Brown will tell
n thrilling story of her forbidden ride
In an airship over the battle lines.)