The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-01-13


not miss making improvement matter who he Sc
lected
The enthusiasm with which Gov Allen squeals over
of the N P L. Kansas proves both the
cessity the virlity of the 1t does not
take much the life out of the robbers who have
been snning the people going and coming for the past
five years
The Standard Chemical Company has closed down for
months of the poor radium market" 1t
is about time placed good high protective tariff
radium to for do not want radum mines
closed down by cf slump prices. Let call
congressional attention to this matter pronto.
The intelligent and effective measure for reduc-
ing military expense yet in evidence senate bill fa-
vorably considered for putting stop further enlist
ments until the is reduced to 175OOO 1t is to
be hoped that it will pass and that program
will also be subjected to drastic The best way
reduce armaments is to start reducing.
The republicans strong enough to put their
labor slavery if they quits do it, but we
still doubt if they will Bills have been introduced for
that purpose and Gov Shoup has made it that he
will gladly sign them passed, but imagine they
never reach his desk There must be brains
tegrity in the Colorado house and senate
The PaOnan published at Paona, has abandoned its
twice week idea and will hereafter weekly
ours to us that this is good We have had
experience in the newspaper business and there are
mighty few towns that will stand a weekly. AS
rule when town is ripe for semi-weekly will take
daily much more kindly and with profit the
paper in question
Southern tobacco planters have raise no to-
bacco in 1921 and to hold the 1920 crop for fair prices
Incidentally they might take into consideration that pro-
hibtory laws will decrease the 1922 demand to
extent 1t is amusing this prohibition legislation
carried to its logical conclusion But it have it
The conditions made intoerabe the
may look for the reaction.
Utah senator has introduced bill prohibiting Gig
arettes in Utah altogether and also prohibiting smoking
cigars and pipes other than the streets He says
will pass Might well make it total prohibition while
at it, The permit to smoke the only makes the
ground for future legislation and agitation Tobacco
why not put the whole thing at once and do it
while there is chance make us old boys un-
happy? Also it would provide avocation for lot of
unemployed who could go to bootlegging tobacco.
So.far as President Harding has gone in the making
of his cabinet always presuming that reports
rate it good cabinet with only exception Just
why Mr. Harding anything Herbert Hoover lead
him to consider that gentleman for anything beyond
most everybody Sure it is that as Secretary
he is unspeakabe His selection insult to every man
who tolls with his hands and doubly the
and stockrasers Much opposition is developing
Hoover and is quite probable that he will be thrown
the discard
President-elect Harding has called off the inaugural
celebration He decision as being based on
desire to- by example, do away with
in public expenditure and with this idea great
the people will applaud his judgment Sa we have
been able observe Mr. Bryan good grounds for de-
clarng that in his opinion Mr.. Harding honest
and well meaning One who sought to be good
president and if the people be
Certain it is that all good citizens will uphold his hands
and strive to be helpful in making his as easy as
possible. He has had wonderful education to prepare
him for the position newspaper has to know a
great deal about great many things and also he has
splendid closeup knowledge of the people their
aspirations, hopes and needs
In commenting On the Governors message to the leg
slature the Post naivey explains follows:
When the governor recommends the calling of ocn-
stitutonal convention he doubt, has
that we as state entering period of conservatism
With this in he desires have a new state const
tuition adopted before the political pendulum is caught in
the next wave of radicalism. which is come.
We are glad to that the putrid Post
and confessess that the pendulum will swing
other side and that it is feared by the will
be very They may put constitutional changes
in line with their ideas of greed now but how about
other changes when the people observed what has
happened to them? This administration is not the only
one that can call constitutional convention.
Hamilton Armstrong, Denver's exceptionally able
Chief of Police, passed away Monday morning about
three o'clock. Mr. Armstrong had retired feeling
usual and awakened with what he thought wa,
attack of Indigestion 2:3O o'clock The
physician only that the Chief was suffering
from acute attack of Angina Pectoris, and he ded
thirty minutes later MIR. Armstrong an able anc
thoroughly conscientious Chief of Police has served
intermttently every the Waite the
first to give him tryout He first appointed the
insistent demand of Thos NJ. Patterson and fully ust