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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-19
BOOTLEG BOODLERs

REPEAL of, amendment to- the prohibition law is
becoming difficult. This is due to the growth Of
the bootlegging interests.
Bootleggng is becoming industry. 1t is becoming
daily organized and controlled The profits Of boot
Logging almost fabulous Organized bootlegging is
already vested interest
Prohibition as a sentiment belief, and political
force strong before the bcotleggng interest joined
Prohibition plus booegeing becomes amo invulnerabe
We not discussing its merits demerits in this
editorial Prohibition raay be good bad thing 1t
might be good lad thing exempt beer and light
wines. What trying make clear is the fact that
prohibition political and social fact is taking
permanence owing to lootlegging which is perhaps
suspected by many.
Columns could be written and have been written
about the extent which booteggng is practiced Yet
story has been half told What must be borne in
the fact that however awless the practices
be- running and Illicit distiling have become wide
spread, profitable businesses.
In sections the law officers are in telephon
communication with the moonshiners and in place of
summons brings the moonshner into town to pay his
agreed fine.
So the startling spectacle of the conscientious
social reforme and the CONSCIOUSNESS outlaw joining hands
perpetuate condition the chief features of which is
recognized foutng of law-and complacent attitude
the part of many public servants who to
force the law--Denver Express
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-19
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stitutional convention to revise the
state constitution. Without doubt,
this is a needed work. Colorado
should have more modern consti-
tuition.
Amendment Z: To allow the State
University to give all or any part of
it's courses in medicine, dentistry or
pharmacy in Denver At present, the
University may give all but the first
two years. With the new state hos
pital and clinic in Denver this ex-
tension is natural and probably i'm
perative.
Amendment 8: To extend the term
of county officers to four years. In
the United States we undoubtedly
both elect too many officials and hold
elections too frequently. Before the
day of the Recall process there was,
of course, more Justification for fire.
quent elections. However, according
to the Supreme, Court of Colorado the
Recall does not apply to county Off
GERS. The adoption of this Amend
ment and of Amendment 8 should re-
duce election expenses in the state
one half, besides, reducing to the
same extent interruptions in the pub
lie business, which are oftener hurtful
than wholesome. But that it will ef-
feet these savings is strenuously de-
MED by opponents of this measure.
Amendment 9: To extend the term
of state officers to four years. What
ever can be said for Amendment
can be said for this Amendment. If
one is adopted, the other should be.
Amendment 10: Empowering the
General Assembly to provide by law
the right and power of aliens, ineli-
gible to American citizenship, to &C.
quire, inherit, possess, enjoy and dis
pose of property, real and personal
The Constitution of Colorado now pro
vides that an alien who is bona fide
resident of the state can acquire and
dispose of property on the same terms
as citizen. This Amendment is
probably aimed at the Japanese. II
the Jap is a menace, he should be ex.
cluded by federal law. If he is ad.
mitted, it is difficult to see the JUS
tice of the discrimination made pos
sible by this Amendment.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-19
(SEAL)
TO HIM THAT HATH

Help the farmer to help himself
is one of the many slogans of the
Republicans in Colorado this year.
They are long on slogans. but the
farmers want something more than
high-sounding phrases this time.
The farmers recall that the Repub-
licans in Colorado have furnished the
coal companies and railroads force
of armed guards to police their prop
erty during recent strikes and the
taxpayers have paid for it.
A Republican congress has, in an
indirect way, guaranteed the earnings
of the railroads. President Harding
has announced that he will call an
other extra session of congress to vote
ship subsidy, to be taken from the
national treasury.
But the Republican party in Colo
RADIO says the state must not help the
farmer by using its credit to build
warehouses for his products. 1t
would increase his taxes!
That would indeed be a calamity
for his taxes have already been in
creased 81 per cent during four years
of Republican extravaganza. The
farmer must build those elevators
himself, the Republicans say. Then
they won't cost anybody anything!
But the farmer isn't a fool. He
would be glad to build the warehouses
himself, if he had the money or the
credit, which he hasn't. He also
knows that the warehouses will sup
port themselves, after the state has
loaned its credit to build them, and
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-19
PROGRESS AND THE sTANDPATTER

Colorado Republican leaders, including Ben Griffith
candidate for much disturbed by the fear
that socialism will creep into state They
denounce the Democratic proposal to build and operate
warehouses for the storage of farm products social
tc and the farmer build these elevators him
self.
These Republican leaders standpatters,
though Griffith twice candidate for Office in Colo
rado the Progressive ticket. They denounce every
thing they have tried socalistic radical That
has been the practice of the standpatter for time
In the days of the Roman empire the publcans used to
denounce radical any attempts the part of the
government to collect its taxes because they
oyed that profitable privilege and did to
it up. King John denounced the Magma Charta
tremely radical and sociastic George III and the
denounced the Declaration of American Independence
anarchstic, socalistic radical and mean, lowdown
attempt to overthrow the existing order History teaches
to the standpatters.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-19
RANGERS UNDER FIRE

i THE fellow who wrote editorial in the World
week contributes another editorial" in last Fridays
World He single the editor of The Indepen
dent who has the Wrong IDEALS"
In his zeal uphold the he lays himself wide
open After paying The Independent compli-
ments he says: There is class other who also
have for the rangers Among them Bootleg
gers, Whiskey Runners Whteslave Traders Murderers
Fire Bugs and Fire Brand Orators of Sociastic
tendencies"
We would respectfully ask this contributing editor
why these classes have for the Rangers?
| The Rangers have troubled these people They
the very people who should love the These
the people whom the have protected and been
friendly with Will the World contributor please tell
how many booteggers whiskey whteslave trad
murderes thieves firebugs etc. the rangers have
arrested troubled in the least?
1t must be that the contributing editor has not OBJ
very closely the work of his Does he know
that they have yet caught murderer? That they
whiteslave traders?" That they have
caught thieves alone? That not single frebug has
been captured by them That booteggers have been
troubled except when the rangers wanted drink?
DOES THIS FELLOW WHO WRITES SUCH BEAU
TIFUL STUFF KNOW THESE THINGS? If he does, he
is hypocrite and if he doesn't, he is dishonest.
In another instance he reveals his ignorance He
main that dispose of the rangers would be to
abolish all other systems of police control that happens
to be dstastefu to the obecto No other state in the
Union has therefore all other states
abolish all other systems of police conro! How
absurd!
He do not fear TO drive the Streets DO not
take refuge cellars escape flying bullets of foreign
agitators."
Well, guess he's right about this But several peo
pie have dared drive the highways and others have
been shot and into hiding by the very fellows he
is defending Some have been beaten up without
the writer forced to defend himself from bodily
jury by ranger DIR. Abrahams of Trinidad cruelty
abused by rangers terribly beaten without
by rangers Alamosa; Joe Balm black lacked
by ranger in court house not many months ago;
Fonteccho, Hefery and Mcclure assaulted at Sum
nyside last by and dozens of other de-
peaceable suffered ndgnity and
injury at their hands,
| CAN THE CONTRIBUTING EDITOR NAME A
BLACKER LIST THAN THIS?
YET THIS WRITER SAYS THE RANGERS ARE
GREAT DOPEi
Returning to personalities, this contributing World
says: Coss has brought forth objection
to the ranger organization" The woud-be-editor must
have been asleep most of the time for the past
Our objections from the very origin of the ranger
organization have been against it. We against the
ganization for every nameabe under the sun
There nothing in it about it but what is objections
| able expensive disgraceful.
i DEMOCRATS ARE AGAINST THE RANGERS.
u REPUBLICAN LEADERS ARE FOR THEM.
i VOTERS, WHICH ARE YOU FOR?
i VOTE THE REPUBLICAN TICKET, YOU ENDORSE
| THE RANGERS.
i VOTE THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET AND YOU VOTE
TO ABOLISH THEM.-Walsenburg Independent.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-19
TICKET
BACKED BY REPUBLICANS

The Farmer-Labor ticket has at
last been officially entered in the po-
litical race for November Z. 1t is
just stalking horse, not real racer.
1t is not entered to win, of course.
1t is backed by the Republicans, not
as running entry but to interfere
with Democratic candidates. But it
is supported by Republican money
just the same.
The Farmer-Labor candidates have
adopted platform with intentional
similarity to the Democratic plat
form. The Republicans are giving it
what publicity they can in the hope
that it will steal few votes from
the Democrats.
Opposition to the rangers and bet
ter storage and marketing facilities
for farmers are the issues on which
the Republicans hope the Farmer.
Labor ticket will cut in on the Dem
ocrats.
The Republicans say in their plat
form that the farmers need a lot
more storage facilities, but they in
sist that the state should not be per-
mitted to provide them. 1t would
increase taxes for the farmers, they
say. They propose for the farmers to
build the needed warehouses them
selves, and pay for them.
But there are some smart people
among those Republicans. They know
their program will not fool the farm
ers for minute. They know it would
cost the farmer five times as much to
build his own storage warehouses as
it would cost for the state to build
them. They know that the ware
houses will pay their own expenses,
and that the farmers know it.
So they are putting the Farmer-La-
Dor ticket in the field, hoping to fool
some of the farmers that way. They
have also become frightened at the
growing opposition to the rangers,
whose retention the Republican plat
form favors, and they are hoping that
the stand of the Farmer-Labor party
against the rangers will divide the
anti-ranger vote.
But the shrewd Republican corpor-
alton attorneys and fixers have made
bum guess this time. The farmers
know they can expect nothing from
the Republicans, for four years of Re-
publican state administration has left
them broke and in debt. They know
that the Farmer-Labor candidates can
not help anybody, for they will not
get enough votes in the entire state
to elect one member of the legisla-
ture, if they could all be counted in
the same district. So they are voting
the Democratic ticket, as their only
hope of relief.
Opponents of the ranger army feel
the same way. They are not voting
against the rangers just for the pleas
ure of expressing their opposition,
but to help rid the state of that ex-
pensive, law-defying, profigate mob.
So their votes will all be cast for the
Democratic candidates., where they
will count.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-19
Father's Change

Willie: Ito his father who had re-
Gently married the second time)
There's shop in High street just
like you, Daddie."
Father: Shop like me? What do.
you mean?"
Willie, (getting near the door,
why, it's under entirely new man.
agement"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-19

EXTRAvAGANCE is Of the greatest enemies of
progress of the of the Roman empires
collapse leads dishonesty and ultimately to dis
honor Extravagance in the expenditure of public funds
under form of government like alweys brings
about demand from the taxpayers for enc' aent,
and sometimes vital public imp ments etarded
absolutely prevented That is Of the dangers from
the present period of extravaganza in the administration
of state government Buying 5000 inkwells and other
equipment to match might so enrage taxpayers against
public officials that they would refuse funds for the
proper equipment Of public schools.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-19

WONDER how many farmers in Colorado who will get
caught with that sophsry contained in the Republican
state platform about building for themselves cooperative
storage houses The privilege of the farmers to build
operative warehouses depend upon the election of
Republican ticket They do this even before the
election if they had the money and wanted to spend it
that way.-Montrose Enterprise.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-19

1T takes sixteen bushels of wheat $3.50 buy
of coal at Haxtun The price of coal is about $500
higher than before the The coal miner receives
about Soc ton for his work than he did in prewar
times Which would you rather be, miner mine op
orator? The SOC rise in the of pro-
ducton for $500 advance in price the
and the loses six months work getting
a Soc raise.-Haxtun Harvest
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-19

The Official Tag for shipping fish
sold here. You must use them to ship.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-19
Proposed Laws.
INITIATED

l. A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO SECTION THREE ARTICLE
M OF THE CONSTITUTION PROVIDING
THAN S600GO00O OF BONDS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVE
MENT OF STATE HIGHWAYS AND PROVIDING FOR THEIR REDESIP
TION MONEYS PAYABLE
PROCEEDS OF MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT,
WITH EXCLUSIVE POWER JURISDICTION REGULATE
PUBLIC UTILITIES OPERATING WITHIN THIS STATE
MUNICIPALITY OWNED.
B. SENATORIAL REPRESENTATIVE
DISTRICTS FIXING THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS
ASSEMBLY SENATORS
ING APPORTIONMENT THEREOF.
CONSTITUTION, AUTHORIZING PROVIDING
EMPTION GENERAL PROPERTY AND
PERSONAL PROPERTY EXCEPT
AND AUTHORIZING THE ENACTMENT AT
THE SAME TINE OF IMPOSING UNIFORM
TAX ON ANY OR ALL INCOMES WITH REASONABLE
PROHIBIT INJURIOUS, DANGEROUS OR PAINFUL.
EXPERIMENTAL OPERATIONS ADMINISTRATIONS
BEINGS OR DUMB ANIMALS EXCEPT RELIEVE
MAKING EXCEPTIONS OF PERSONS CONSERVING TO
MENTS AND PROVIDING PENALTIES VIOLATIONS
Proposed Constitutional Amendments Submitted by the
Twenty Third Assembly
HOLDING CONVENTION REVISE AND AMEND,
THE CONSTITUTION COLORADO " D
FOR THE EDUCATIONAL AMENDMENT AMENDING
2 2on %f ThE h,SN M e. TaE E
THE CONSTITUTION CONCERNING TERMS
STATE
10 FOR THE AMENDMENT TO SECTION 9 CON-
tERNING PROPERTY RIGHTS OF ALIENS.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF have hsreuno hand
lfI@/IIxLlIlx1neeA
(SEA) County Clerk
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-19

will pay off the construction bonds
too.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-19

SPECIALLY stamped and marked copies of several
state papers reaching desk, all containing the
ISLANDERS about VIM E. Sweet The Republican
bureau is working time. We would suggest that
they inject variety in their repertoire. The old
gags becoming stale 1t is good thing however for
the general public of money is being turned
loose by the Phpps crowd and will scatter around
ty freely from till election
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-19
Notice
STATE OF COLORADO, }
County of Gunnison,

J
In Chapter
of
o. to-wit:
REPRESENTATIVE THE XVIII CONGRESS
JUDGE THE SUPREME COURT
S BAILEY WHICH TERM EXPIRES JAN IL, 1927.
ONE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO.
ONE
ATTORNEY
ONE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
TWO REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY COLORADO.
RESENT THE COUNTY OF GUNNSON TO SUCCEED HON. CHARLES
COWAN
ONE DISTRICT JUDGE
FILL VACANCY.
ONE COUNTY RECORDER.
ONE COUNTY SHERIFF.
ONE COUNTY TREASURER
COUNTY ASSESSOR.
ONE SUPERINTENDENT SCHOOLS.
TWO JUSTICES
TWO CONSTABLES IN EACH JUSTICE PRECINCT.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-19


the 1884,
Sec 2 Page a Election Laws 1922 and in accordance with the p
providing for the Initiative and notice hereby
precincts the State aforesaid Tuesday the Seventh day of Nov
State of Colorado the following initiated and and
BALLOT BY THEIR RESPECTIVE TITLES THE
ORDER, TOWIT
o of of
Proposed Laws
Y 'oro0~e .~''O' be
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-19

THE Grand Junction News tells that the Demo
cratic party is dsintegratng Lord love brother
that has happened about times the life of this ed
Every time the Democratic party takes good
of political salts, Republicans begin to the
results and prophesy that the operation will not
till the party has evaporated. The democracy will be
here to you for many, many years yet The Demo
cratic party born with the Republic and will die
with, and not before it.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-19

ONE of the given by President Harding for
vetong the soldiers compensation bill that it would
110O00OOO people about for the benefit
of only 500000O The president didn't waste
minute in afixng his signature to tariff bill that taxes
every the United States aggregatne
than $3 100000 annually and very few hundred
individuals and get every of it. Moreover Mr.
Harding says that be still further taxed to pay
a bonus to the shipping industry-Craig Empire.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-10-19

AT this writing all the republicans have given
up hope for their state ticket Loaded beyond hope of
progress with the State Ranger issue the (grand
old pug) bumped square the Denver Post
dorsement- and rapidly began sinking Monday the
copies of the Post circulated outside the city, reaching
the people and groups of sad eyed
publican politicians comforting how to this all
but fatal blow 1t the general conviction that the
beans all spilled and the prospect hopeless.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-28
FINAL PAGEANT WEEK PARADE
ECLIPSES ITS PREDECESSORS
Thousands Brave Rain and Cheer Lusty as Score or
More Floats Headed by Governors of Two Vir-
ginias Wend Way Through Streets

While discouraeinc and discon-
certing dirge of rain accompanied
cheering. applaudine thousands Of
spectators. the great Virginia"
period parade OF the Historical Rag
cant. proceeded in majestic splendor
east and west along it's thrce-m nile
lin" of march yesterday.
Beginning in Il fine driZZle. the
rain changed eventually to "a steady.
driving fall. ccasing in it's Intensity
at intervals in favor of u light down
pour. But. in disdainful disregard.
s3.000 persons. thronged sidewalks
streets, residences, hotels and office
buildings. haif an hour before parade
time, eagerly anticipating their final
glimpse of parade paEcantry
Surprising. indeed. was the crowds
enthusiasm in the face of the rain
which fell Internationally all morn
ing and well into III. early hours Of
afternoon. II was raining steadily
aS the forcrunncrs Of the great
thronGs took the most advantageous
positions on the walks on Grace ana
Eroad streets, east. and Grace. Broad
and Franklin Streets. west And.
even as the rain increased. ever
threatening heavy downpour. the
crowds stayed on.
Crowds Cheer I.ustIIy.
There. on Richmond.s main streets.
these thousands stood. and despite
The depression created by the wealth
-r. chccred Justify as the parade. with
its magnificent floats, passed in re
gal review before the Discerning
multitudcs.
From the Old Southern plantation
mansion. all through the various
periods of Nirsinia's glowing history
up until the present day. nnats
depicted graphically. vividly and
sincerely tn. great growth of tn"
old Dominion along industrial aud
commercial lines. Each float pre-
scented some page in the rise of the
state and people. who banked the
streets apd sidewalks. looked on in
iucrca wonder and admira-
ton as the various floats. carrying
their respective tales OF cndeavor
and achievement. rolled by.
Headed by the Governors OF the
two Nirginias. T.. Lee Triukie and
Ephraim +. Morgan. the last pageant
parade spectacle wchdcd its way
along the three march, while
the ovations all along the line sig
nailed It's triumphant procedure.
Both Governors We're mounted and
raincoated against the elements. They
dotted silk hats in recognition of the
appreciation OF the throngs.
Composite Period Picture.
a number Of Richmonds large
manufactures were represented by
colorful floats and the vast crowds
approval and applause was no less
enthusiastic over the present than
the past. The parade was n com
posite picture of virtually all four
periods, which paraded individually
during Pageant Week in Richmond.
Floats showing incidents In the CO.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-28
RAPPAHANNOCK GIVE
HOU SEES PLANT FOR
NJ AkINC or LIQUOR
Tire Fredericksburg Men Cap
Mrcd, Charged Win
M0OnShining.

Especial 10 The Times Dispatch
FREDERICKSBURG May 27.-
Charged with operating an Illicit
liquor sim. John l.arkin and Thomas
i'erry. two young white men of Fred
cricksburs, We're arrested on the
river bank in SpotSylvania County
six miles below this city. The ar
rest WAS made 10y Sergeant j. {. Chi
Garner. Of spots! lvania County; chl.f
;. ID. Perry ana officers stone and
McGee OF this city. after an all
night vigil.
The discovery of "A moonshin.r's
cave. dug in the side OF II cliff on the
Rappahannock River, coming to tho
attention OF the authorities. caused
them To watch the place for two days
and two nights. Al the end of he
second night watch the police saw
l'arkim ana Jerry apparently en-
route to the cavern
BEFORE reaching it one OF the men
discerusd an officer and ducked. az.
cording 10 the police. They were
oNc"taken and placed under arrest
rhe moonShincr's cave is ingenIouslv
huilt in 1t clirf and is equipped wit.
- pipe OF running water from 8.
spring above the hill The walls.
ceiling ana iloor are boarded and
the cave is large enough for man
10 stand upright in. The officers
stated approximately 200 gallons Of
seething mash ready for distiiling.
were found in the cave and de-
stroycd.
Further search revealed copper
boiler and worm cap which were hid
den in underLrush near the niche.
The men were taken In custody by
Sheriff Garner and the portions OF
tho still and mash were brought TO
Fredericksburg 10 be used as evil
dencc.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-28

lonial. Revolutionary. Confederate
Spanish American and World War
periods all We're in the long. impress
sive line
The American Legion foat. repre-
s"nting II battlefield in France. strcwn
with war wrcckagc. scored it's second
consecutive triumph in as many DAYS
The service legion foat, showing wo-
mans work in wartime. also was II
feature. The iioat depicting the
White Apron" incident in Hacon's
Rebellion in which tablcau officers
OF the Housewives I.eaSu. of Rich
mond par,icipat ted. was Il pretty fea
iure OF the parade. Mrs. Il. q. Myers.
Jr.. president: AIRS. x. s. FitxC;erald
and Mrs. Stuart MichauN were among
those on the float.
Newport News had II float repre-
scnting tn" great advance of the shin
building industry in the United States
In the tablcau was Il replica of the
world famous icviathan. formerly the
German vessel Natcriand one OF the
largest ships on the waters today.
Other crcdItnbic Floats
The stephen Pntncy Shoe Company.
the Trade Extension bureau or the
Chamber of Commerce and the q. f..
Saucr Company all Of Richmond.
were represented by gorgeous floats.
Hinswangcr's plate glass manufac-
turers had Il float on which was a
large mirror.
ON the Chamber Of Commerce. noat
appeared "Rirhmond. Gateway To the
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