The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-06-15

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THE public could well declare itself that no more
bond issues roads will be builds
its own cement mill Should the proposed six million
dollar bond issue be passed 500 be
passed to the cement trust.
WE believe that the announcement of A NJ Thomas
which appeared in this paper week. very acceptable
to most people This editor has hetancy whatever in
saying that Mr. Thomas has, in opinion made
celent heretofore, and why he
should not do equally we'll again.
looks as if State Treasurer stong had presumed
little his position and with small loss of about
$4,000 He refused invest funds belonging
pensation fund ordered personally
the resulting loss. Some of the State Officials
think laws made for the other fellow and do a
ply to them.
WITH population of a million, seems as if Colo
RADIO is trying pay and the class as
such states Illinois and New York This question
going to trouble in this times
and lot of grafers and taxeaters going to
their residence The people that the
ews Of existence slow in getting tired but
ginning to tell them Buying silk socks silk Shirts
and $500 shoes for state ranger going to
get monotonous some day-North Fork Times
Washington, June 6.-Presdent Harding has asked
today for deficiency appropriation of s2sl22
fiscal year ending June 80, 1921.
And, still they tell us they making great reduc-
tons in expenditures Reduce spigot and increase
at the bung hole Appropriating to deficiency
constructing deficiencies by pairing appropriations is
nice bunco by and the administration that
would put bank clerk in the penitenary Just the
kiting checks. ri.
WHEN the farmer mends his granary no one shouts
that he is trying ruin the wheat Market
tries to mend the leaks in the money system there
Immediately goes the cry that Sound money" is in
danger 1t must be that finds profit in the
leaks and riffs and mperfections of money system
You the direction danger by observing
where the cries from They from those who
profit not by manufacture trade farming trans
portation, but by juggling 1t Sound money!
That is in DANGER but system that allows expert play
ers to win advantage honest workers That system,
certainly is in danger-Mr Ford Indepen-
dent.
THE attempt to work a resolution through the Dem
ocratic Assembly by which there no contest
the people, but will make, in effect, the Assembly
vention is ably and thoroughly scotched by
nouncement that VIM. E. Sweet will be party to
such deal. Any man who proposes such act knows
that he strives to vate and destroy the life Of the
direct primary He is deliberate the pri-
law and insist that the legislature steps
should be taken to amend the primary law eliminate
the Assembly feature It is the ditch crooked
politician and boodeshover The Assembly grated
the primary law and is incubation
lated to destroy the whole measure.
NO less parsonage than the Hon. Elihu Root was re-
qured give the Guggenhem management the Amer.
lean Smelling Refining company a bill in recent
investigation of the corporation. Mr. Root made
strong of successful of the company
handsome returns for the stockholders during past
twenty years of operation, and stated that dividends
amounting to hundred eighteen million, hun
dred niney-egh thousand nine hundred and eleven dol
lars had been paid and that company
vast of hundred twentyeight million forty
thousand hundred dollars twenty cents to
boot Not word however, said of the condition of
the mining industry after this of cream" and
top milk has been skinned off by the smelter trust
Silverton Standard
WE why Tom Blackwell and his pure and
sanctifed crowd much space liquor aues-
tion. They regard that issue which a col
umn of boast not published of the splendid
their effort to egisate the boys sober so why the
yodel? The fellows who drink the whiskey talk
whole lot about it They take the phil
osophically Personally think the advantage
The open saloon closed the whiskey trust is busted
most everybody and their learning how to make
blamed good liquor, and who wants it
Blackwell and his bunch would only be satisfied The
only fly ointment is the fact so MANY of our
good folks still peeved and angrily buzzng We do
grieve when Tom Blackwell is unhappy.
MIR. WOODRUFF of Michigan, Republican Congress
man. printed in the Congressional Record May l5 a
letter from Captain H. L. Scaife. Mr.. Woodruff explained
that Captain Scafe engaged by the Department of
Justice to investigate aircraft frauds but resigned
he found himself constantly blocked by in the De-
partment Scaifes letter Woodruff explains at length
how, just after an interview with Daugherty he met Eel
der and Fielder told him he had just Daugherty
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