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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-24
EVENING SMILE.
DANGEROUS READING.

II say, Mirandy, that gal of ours /.
gttin' too much KNOWN in her readin'
Do you know what kind Of books she e
bringin' home?"
LAW sakes, Jake, she only reads what
her teacher tells her to-
Then that woman ought 60 he ashamed
of herself to LET the gal learn all about them
forrin ways Why, that there book was
called 'Wimmin Of the French Saloons =
''There's nothing more terrible than =
storm at sea, remarked the old sailor.
"No, answered Senator Sorghum; mot
unless it naval investigation. Wash
ngton star.
Sign in Monroe street "rhe nectar Of
the gods, Strawberry Pie, Is cents =
Showing the advantage of classical
education.~-'B. l.. T." in Chicago
Tribune
Bill Nail had him big old Arkansas
chill Saturday, but he was able 20 go TO
court Monday. They cant have court
without Uncle Bill Is there Forest City
(Arkl Times-H Herald
Mrs. Bribery (rpproachfully1 You
used to say that YOU were intoxicated by
my beauty. Husband Well, I'm re-
formed drunkard. LONDON Tit-Bits.
"Pa, what is pent-up ernotion7"
That my boy, - when something hap
pens which makes a man want 10 swear
and ho can hecanse ladies are present -
Detroit Free Press
Harrington How do you like pro-
libtionI Darlington IL is an inter-
ference with the personal liberty Of my
wife. who married nj, Ia reform me. -
life
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-24
YOUR TALENT Is YOUR CALL.
Annie T.. Niichencr.

You have one talent, brother.
Arc YOU using II today?
Or does it lie close-folded
In a napkin hid away
You have one talent, brother.
Which YOU must some day bring
Alone. or largely multiplied,
Back 20 your Lord and King.
You have one talent. brother,
oh, let tho wide world ring
With the music and the wonder
OF the JOY. your gift can bring.
Iou have one talent. brother,
Put II 20 use, and then
You may bring the Master
Not talents one, but ten.
You have one talent, brother.
Then, like the artist. fair,
Sweet Raphael, bring your one gift
Lay IL on God $ altar there.
You know the sad, sweet story:
Even earth-love was rs naught
As into his work the glowing
OF Love Divine was wrought.
You have one talent, brother.
Raphael used his and died,
As did the list of martyrs,
And all the saints beside.
You have one talent, brother,
Oh hear this message fall
As once it fell on Raphael s ear:
"Iour talent is your call. =
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-24
PRESS COMMENTS.
GETTING BACK TO NORMAL.

There is no particular mystery about the
panlcky slump in the speculative markets.
Initiation tells the whole story. There mas
been, to begin with, great and dangerous
war imitation of banking credit, ana TINS
has been attended by an equal inhatlon
OF prices and Of union wages ana OIL HI
industrial calculations.
Under the wise leadership OF the FED
eral Reserve Board banking credit mas
been in forced progress of contraction
for some time. 1t will be inevitable as
this continues that prices and nominal
wages, in so far rs they Kept pace WITH
the initiation of credit, wilr fall back with
the contraction of credit to more solld
ground and better real wages. Ihis
general downward march is now pro-
ceeding. Ii starts with tho speculativ Q
markets, as it always does. II begins with
a good deal of Unnecessary violence, as it
always does, But it will proceed
Industrial corporations have been greatly
aggravating the war-infated situation.
So many of them have been declaring
stock dividends of from so TO 1000 per
cent as TO lead the New York Journal oil
Commerce TO speak of the movement as
''furore" and 'fcver" This IS merely
another form of initiation. IL is oaptall-
fhtipit VI fHiittth HiiitS ff'h fsN,'NNf
watering of stock, a multiplication against
no increase in proved productive value, of
paper shares for public distribution
through the Stock Exchanges.
Contraction will deal with this form of
initiation as with other forms. II Will not
escape attention that the 1000 per cent
stocb-dividend concern leads the way
in the big stocl-market slump. Contrac-
tlon is dealing likewise with the patriotic
Southerners who had planned to hold
cotton off the market until price of 60
cents a pound could be exaeted. Con-
traction is working through the whole
towering superstructure of speculative
greed and grab in like manner.
There is no danger Of great financial
panic as of old. The Federal Reserve
System with its enlightened management
and its vast gold reserves, stands gus ID
here. But those who have been blowing
the bubble of imitation and fattening upon
the popular distress are in for a
rockoning.-New York World.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-24
Give It q Fair Trial.

Under the provisions of an ordinance
enacted by City Council. the city of Will
mington, tomorrow morning, will enter
upon the popular scheme of daylight sav-
ing under local regulation. All our people
are requested to turn their timepieces
ahead one hour tomorrow morning, and
to guide their daily doines by the new
time standard thus arbitrarily established
until the end of the season.
1t will be readily recognized that day
light-saving under local regulation will
not be the easy-going success 1T was when
Federal legislation extended it all over
the country. Local legislation does not
extend beyond the local limits, and IN n
matter of this kind, when the local limits
are overstepped and the regular standard
time encountered, there is apt to be con-
fusion and discomfort.
However, it is possible that an OBJ
servance made general throughout the
corporation limits of our city may be
satisfactory in its results. The banks Will
conform to the new time, and so will our
manufacturing establishments. and these
two elements comprise large section oil
our business and industrial life. No doubt
the stores and all other business establish
ments will follow suit. Then, the main
purpose of daylight saving TO enable tho
workers of the country to have advantage
of an extra hour of daylight each day, to
be devoted to the purposes of recreation
will be accomplished.
During the two years Of dayllght-sav-
ing under Federal enactment. the system
was extremely popular with large num-
Der of persons, especially with dwellers
in the cities. The repeal OF the Federal
law was a disappointment to all these m
terested citizens, and resort To the system
by local regulations is their only avenuoo oi
relief. The city of Wilmington has de-
cided TO try the experiment, and IT only
remains to give it fair trial. II 1T should
fail to operate smoothly, or to give the
satisfaction that is requisite, the ordnance
may be repealed and the community re-
turn to an observance of standard tune.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-24
just Folks
BY Edgar A. Cuest
REWARD.

REWARD.
Let langtsr pay me for my toll
And III not ask for gold,
III gladly till my patch OF soil
And rest when / am old
IL they who know me hcsf shall SMILE
III count my drudRcry worth while.
III hold the pillow or breast the gale,
Or humble post I'll keep,
Nor will | say I've lived to fail
Though little may reap,
II those who love mo are content,
III count my time and strength we'll
spent
Let them be glad to kiss my check
And proud to walk with me,
/ will not greater glory seek
Nor ask a larger fee,
II they rejoice in what bring
shall not envy prince or king.
1T can wrest from stubborn clay
Or dull and tedious task
Their laughter and their love each dsv,
No greater Joy I'll ask,
With life l shall be satisfied.
III not begrudRe the dreary hours
Nor mind the summers heat
1T can strew their path with flowers
And make their journey sweet,
II what they ask my hands can give,
III gladly work and gladly live.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-24
MUSIC AND THE MOVIES.

Has a wedding ever taken place in q
film without the introduction of Men
delssohn's wedding March, or a
funeral unless to the strains of the
Dead March" in Saul? Gloomy in
cidents that are not quite funerals
would be very strange without Rach-
maninoff's prelude. If character
is indisposed at sea he is indisposed to
the mournful numbers of "a Life on
the Ocean Wave"
French soldiers would refuse to march
across film save to- the strains OF a
"Ia Marseillaise." When cowboys
gallop they gallop in distinguished COM
pany and are urged on their way by
some halting notes from 'The Ride of
the Valkyries." Once a picture dealing
with Spain, by some strange mistake,
was not accompanied by selection from
Carmen" The film broke in two.
There is yet another conviction--at
least at the smaller picture theatres.
This is the strange discovery that
film comedy needs only the assistance
of a piano, while a tragedy has TO be
helped on its way by a piano and a
violin. London Times.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-24
COME GENTLE PEACEl

The world is longing for peace. Why is il
SO hard 20 bring conditions oi peace to
passP War has no redeeming feature.
Speed the day when il shall be no more
in this earthl When we may say with
Othello:
Farewell tho neighing steed and the
shrill trump.
The spirit-stirring drum, the eaf-piercing
fife.
The royal banner. and all quality,
Pride, pomp, and circumstance Of glorious
warl'
Read Ingersolls matchless monody
over the tomb of Napoleon. Read Camp
bells Battle of Blenheim. Read "A
Description Of It Battlefield Ten DAYS
After the Fight.
Milton, nor Dante, nor Poe ever fancied
anything more horrible than the reek
and stencil of battlefield for DAYS after
the fight, where lie things that once were
mon n-mcn Young and strong with throb-
hing life men with high hearts and
sacrificing souls
And he mothers of these men, at home.
crying for their sons; wives waiting for
husbands slain: children sobblng for
fathers who never more will returnl These
are the sad and tragic legaeies of war.
Think OF the helds OF the harvest,
tramplcd and ruined Of the blackened
walls of homes once the abodcs of laughter
aud Joy, now grinning emptily, CHASTITY
shells of habitationsl Think Of rapinc
and ruin. going hand in hand, hoarsc with
horrid laughterl These are among the
legacies of tragic war. And still men talk
Of the pomp and circumstance
of glorious war; Still men delay and
babble of lnconsequential things while
Peace lies bound and moaning under the
brutal hoofs of the War Gods trampllng
steed K Cincinnati Enquirer
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-24
BY Walt Mason.
HOuSES ARE SCARCE

The town is short of dwellings of
small or larger size, and SO we
hear the yellings of heartsick
homeless guys; they hustle, helter-
skelter, to try to rent shelter
of some hard-hearted pelter, un-
moved by all their cries. It's hard
to raise the ante, for any common
gent; for he could build a shanty
with what he pays in rent; but
there's no builder willing to take
his hard-earned shilling and help
him make a killing, and hence his
loud lament. | see the homeless
hiking around me everywhere:
their bosoms they are striking, and
tearing of their hair; men Haunt
their rolls of kroners, and cry,
Rent us shack, or we are simply
goners, alas, and eke alackl Our
kin and wives are weeping, Tor
they must do their sleeping in
barns where rain Is seeplng through
every beastly crackl Our uncles
and our grannies IN corncrlbs sit
and sigh, while through the open
crannies the winds 90 whizzlng by;
then rent to us, my master, house
with lath and plaster, or there will
be disaster, and fireworks popping
hight In vain-there are no
houses that they can rentsor hire,
which grewsome fact arouses my
stern patrician ire; that men who
have the plunder cant rest, a roof
tree under, fills me with wrath
and wonder, the while kick my
Tyre.
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and digni6ed homs, and many cthegD lf}1'
IL. of which only few are hit. Al thN
end of tho wsr II was badly run down. ~
VAS assessed at only S3$,nOO. None ~
less the United States government paid
General Lees heirs e16O.dfD for H. Abou.
n million dollars have been spont sine,I
in beautifyins the pIacc. bli, ~ithDli
changing IT. essential character. Thu
finest thing about IL il the forest of nafiy'l
trees, including oaks centuries old
which clothe the slopes about the hons
The rich level bottom Iands which lni
between this hill and the Potomac Rive
have been converted into Rovcrnmen.
experimental farm.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-24

injure his politirAl prospects rather than
culo0ixc a Gauss be newer believed in.
Arlington Ia itAeIf ono ~ the beet
monuments 20 tho Civil War which
the nation posscsscs. II balonqed 10 the
wife of Robert Il. Lee. who was o npIn-
ber of the famous Custis family Of vir-
ginia. This beautiful pillarcd mansion
on it's windy hilltop, overlooking the
Potomac River and the capital city,
perhaps eivcs ~ good an idea M IL il now
possible 10 get of what the men on the
Confederate side fought for. They fought
for slavery, to bc sure. but they also
fought to preserve the social order which
produced and maintained this beautiful
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-24
GRASS.
John C.. Wright.

You see a plot of grass
And loudly say:
How greenl
And lovely TO be scent
Then trample it, alasl
And lightly pass
Unthinking on your way.
Another pauses silently:
"It is the living sod,
Upspringpng tho downtrod;
With every glade
Divinely made
A part and parcel
OF eternal God"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-24

Senator CuInmins' rabid and vindic-
tive attack upon President Wilson. in
his speech at the Iowa Republican State
Convention, Wednesday. viii not harm
the President, but it win bring infarny
upon Senator Cummins There is no
doubt that before many months he viii
look upon the printed reports of his ut
terances with deep disgust and heartily
wish he had not been so basely partisan
as to say what he did.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-24

Thank the Lord the "prohteers can
not interfere with the beautiful new
spring suits which the trees are now grad
ually and gracefully putting on. But how
greedily they would make this pleasing
process costly to the people and profitable
to themselves if they had the power.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-24

Having investigated lot Of other
things, at great waste of public money,
the Congress should investigate its in
vestigations, with a view TO striking a
balance between costs and results. If IL
does not. the people will do ii for them
selves.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-24
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

Olive Temple, L. G. r.
Wenonah Lodge, ). of H.
Liberty Conclave, 5. W. NJ.
Mechanics Lodge, /. O. o. f.
Lenape Tribe, Impd. o. r. NJ.
Sheet Metal Workers Association.
James A, Garfield Council, ID. of A.
James A. Young Conclave, Fl. or S. W n
Apache Tribe, No. 81, Imp'd. o. r. n
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-24

What fine thing that proposed Con-
gressional ''junket' to the Orient will be-
if the Congressmen have the gall TO put it
through. The government--that is, the
pcopie-would pay the bulk Of the cost.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-24
RIPPING RHYMES.

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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-10-26
DR.. Alan D. Fraser Is
the Man for Coroner

"Lest ye forget" we want to re-
mind you that in voting for coro
ner, DIR. Alan D. Fraser is the man
who will give the county the prop
er service. He is we'll known thru
out the county, and is physician
of marked ability He was placed
on the Republican ticket because
his friends believed him to be the
man n d d for the position of
coroner.
That about him, however, which
appeals to the people, is his capa-
bility, and in electing him for cor
oner the most efficient service will
be forthcoming from the geni a |
doctor.
His home is in Idaho Springs
where he enjoys splendid prac-
tice as physician, and he is deep
ly interested in the welfare of all
of Clear Creek county.
A vote for him on election day
will prove your good Judgment in
the selection of coroner.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-10-26
B. A. Holley Stands
Well In Clear Greek

In the time which B. A, Holley
has been in the Office of county
clerk, he has proved that he is
fully capable OF taking care of the
county's business, having perform
ed his duties in an efficient and
conscientious manner.
Mr.. Holley is too busy with his
work in the county clerks office
to devote the proper time to his
cam paign, and it is hoped that his
friends will appreciate the fact and
come to his support on election
day, whether he has found time to
call on them or not.
He is so well known and his work
has been SO entirely satisfactory,
that it seems superf1uous to have
veay much to say about him. Now
that he has had SO much experience
in the office of clerk, another term
would mean that he would be still
better able to care for the county's
records.
Not only is he man of excep-
tional ability. but he is very popu-
in the Gu immunity. m Befofe going
into his present office, he was city
clerk of Idaho Springs, and had
also served as county coroner.
Vote for B. A. Holley for coun-
ty clerk.
-Siftings-Ne News twice week.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-10-26
Silver Plume Notes

Silver Plume, Colo, Oct 90, 1920.
Mrs. Benson was Denver visitor last
week.
Roy Nelson has gone 10 Denver for
short time.
Mrs. Samuel Quick is enjoying visit
from her sister of Denver.
County Treasurer Patrick Devany was
ca ling on friends Tuesday.
DR.. Russell is enjoying visit from
his son of Wray, Coloradao.
Ben Martelon has returned. from a
business trip to South Dakota.
Mr.. and Mrs. McGintie of Littleton
were Silver P une visitors Saturday.
w. Marshall returned to Denver Sat-
urday after having spent few days
with his family.
Charles l.. Jaynes, Republican candi-
date for representative, was calling on
Silver Plume friends Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs Murl Thompson have
moved up from Georgetown and rented
cottage from Mrs. Mary Collins.
MIR. and Mrs. Wilmot Gibbs ant
friends of Denver spent few days oi
this week with Mrs. Zelda Polrson.
Miss Edna Jennings was the week
end guest of Miss Maude Sweet a
Idaho Springs.
Louis V. Crist, candidate for count,
shaking hands with his many friends
here Wednesday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Gleason, county su
per .ntendent of schools, visited tn,
school Wednesday, and was very mucl
pleased with the work being done.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-10-26
GUY u. HARDY
Representative in Congress
Should Be Reelected
Was elected in 1918.

Was elected in 1918.
Has done for people the time he has been
Congress than any Congressman this district has had
Has Helped Thousands Of Elk Service Men get their af
fairs settled and has been of Hundreds Of
Homesteaders.
Is the Post Office and Post Roads Committee and
has been of material assistance to many localities in getting
rural. mail service improved and extended.
Has taken keen interest in the affairs of Congress and
in the business Of the people of the district.
Has been the job all the time
If you have delays with your business branch of
the Government write to Congressman Guy u Hardy.
If you should be re-electedTel your neghbors
Why trade horses while crossing the stream-Ths dis
trict will surely be better epesentedand interests
better taken of by the reelection of Guy Hardy than
by the election of any
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-10-26
Report on Tri- Tunnel
By Major L. D. Blauvelt

We are calling attention to an
ad in this issue concerning the
Tunnel bill and it shows splendid
justification of the appeal for sup
port of the amendment.
The Monarch, Moffat and San
Juan tunnels. are feasible engineer
ing protector which oanT- DC -on-l
structed within a price which has
been established definitely, accord
ing to report rendered the state
railroad commission Monday by
Major L. D. Blauvelt, chief en-
gineer Of the commission, who
says:
1.-The Moffat tunnel is $3.50 feet lower
than the present operated line of the
Denver & Salt Lake railroad over Co.
roma pass. 1t will decrease present rail
road distance %. 3 miles and will at once
eliminate all grades on that railroad
which are more than 2per cent.
1.-The Monarch tunnel is 1,291 feet
lower than the present railroad crossing
of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad
over Marshall pass. 1t will increase
present railroad distanc 25 miles when
the railroad has reduced to z per cent
maximum the grades of its lines ap-
preaching the tunnel, which can be done
at moderate expense.
tine San Juan tunnel is 455 feet
lower than the present railroad crossing
of the DenN & Rio Crane railroad
over Gumbres pas, above the proposed
tunnel. It. will decrease present rail
road distance twelve and one-half
miles"
The report recites that these trans
portation tunnels connecting, at moder-
ate elevations, the three great river
drainage basins in Colorado on the east
ern slope of the mountains with those
of the western slope are required to OBJ
tain economic, open all the-year round
transportation between the eastern and
the resourceful western half of the
state.
The high and snowy crest of the Con-
tinental Divide, up which grades are
steep, trending from north to south thru
the central portion of the state, divides
it and renders transportation between
the east and west sections always slow
and expensive. Often transportation is
interrupted by he SHOWS and storms on
| the mountains above timberIine for
weeks at time, causing suffering and
losses to those del endent on it,
The report shows that the construc-
tion of the Moffat tunnel in northern
Colorado, the Monarch tunnel in central
Colorado and the San Juan tunnel in
southern Colorado is entirely feasible
and will enable grades on east and west
railroads thru the mountains to be re-
duced to maximum of per cent. will
avoid all severe snow troubles and in
terruptions to traffic in the winter time
and will provide all-year round auto and
truck highways thru the range, now
closed to auto traffic for seven months
each year.
Don't forget that the Siftings-
News is carrying a small lire of
school supplies. Handy to school.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-10-26

Mother and babe are doing nicely.
The young man is blessed with
two sets of grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. G. Hull and Mr.. and Mrs.
F. M. Leach, both living in this
city, and if he is not Spoiled" it
won't be their fault.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-10-26

Mrs. Zelda Poirson spent few days
of last week in Denver, She was ac-
companied to Denver by her aunt, Mrs.
Mason, who had been visiting here.
John Martelon has gone to Idaho
Springs, where he is engaged in the
work of shipping machinery from mill
to South Dakota to be installed there in
mill.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-10-26
J. TT. ROBSON


Mr. Robson has been mining in Clear Creek
county for fifty years. He began working in the
mines when boy and knows the needs OF the work
ers as well as the operators Few in the county
have brought as much money here to be used and
expended for the benefit of the county. He has
operated and leased number of the larger mines IN
the county successfully and when superintendent he
never had any strikes or labor troubles.
Important mining legislation will come before
the next legislation and this county should be rep
resented by mining man, and can be best represent
ed by one who has had experience in legislation.
Mr.. Robson has always stood for and he now
stands for everything beneficial to the entire county.
No man can serve Clear Creek county in more able
manner than J. H. Robson adv
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-10-26
Population of Idaho
Springs is Increasing

Idaho Springs made a gain in
population when the young son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hull arrived
via Stork express Sunday evening.