The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-08-16
SUNDAY NIGHT MUSINGS
By c. T. RAWALT

of that organization North Dakota Can these pa
pers recall the old Farmers Alliance? they
call that after educational campaign two it
brought forth the Popust party? The people forgot all
about the Alliance and centralized Populism Result
they scared the republicans and democrats into running
footrace to see how they could beat each other to
recognition of populist demands Both old parties for
time became better advocates of popust reforms than
the pops themselves That evolution taking place
today all the country The objector is organizing
under new name and with augmented numbers that bid
fair to into millions before the campaign
Dream you sleepy reactonaries while the armies of
producers and consumers undermine your walls
II +:
u M M. RIM in the Boulder Miner and Farmer, advo-
Gates the nomination of James M Collins governor in
not farmer by proxy and indications point the fact
The Sterling pemoe " be Of Bruce
Lampson and Joseph Dillon, both farmers.-Grand juno
i We do not know just how good any of these men
might be except James Collins He would be excellent
candidate The Others also might be-. But this thing
sure The next candidate of the democratic party for
must be as satisfactory to the farming class
was VIM. E Sweet. To less aggressive for the
producers interests is invite defeat Colorado
ocrac next from rind to CORE if the people
given satisfactory ticket Give them unsatisfactory
one and the republicans will capture important
offices They too. going try and be progressive
enough to knock down of the persmmons The
atora tickets good nominated There will
be competition of but good forecaster
who will be nominated The democrats have all the
best of the senatorial But out
ten that we have to beat Shoup for Governor with
To do that must lose sight of the that
our candidate must be absolutely satisfactory
cepabe to the laborng and producing class. Theirs
the votes and the only that will count
because organized greed will support Shoup to a
1T is to be regretted that the Colorado
have such political timber John Shafroth, Tom Pat
erson and many of the early progressves The Repub
have progressves of the type of Broohart La
sndn as is not ucn n nope
n to Washington.-Center Post Dispatch.
Fddlesticks Sister Werhle we have just as able men
now had all we have to do is sort em and
put them ticket John Shafroth left splendid
scion in his Morrison John Tobn Montrose
with the best of the democrats who have passed
on Governor Sweet is making good very good Horace
Hawkins will compare favorably with any of the oldtme
democratic leaders Mark Skinner is coming in
Democratic circles who must be considered potent
quantity, also John Barnett. Lord Sister, the woods
full of big democrats All have to do is pick the
most likely And, mighty forgot name
one recently picked by Governor Sweet Senator
Adams 1t is the republicans who shy progressive
timber in Colorado.
II AT this writing it really looks if the Old Rio
Grande to be rehabitated. The action of Judge
Symes in selecting receiver of the cabre of Thos
H. Beacom and his action in advising and securing the
deposit of idle railroad in local banks along the
road for loaning farmers tide them crop
keng argues for better things This paper sincerely
hopes that the receiversp will continue long enough to
permit the expending of the entire provided
termens under the direction of the 1t is safe
say that the Rio Grande be made great again.
And Judge Symes keep it out of the hands of the
cormorans in Wall long enough squarely
its feet perhaps yet be the boon to Colorado
which its great builders planned to be-
n tunity is in front of Judge Symes
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J. FINANCIAL papers commenting the slow de-
mand for They to be mystifed because the
preserving is not having effect the de-
mand While in the North Fork country last week we
found out that dstiers becoming great users of
honey in place of Also the housewives using
strained honey for making jees and preserves Honey
equally good and costs much less and this
account for falling off in the demand for sugar The
Illicit dister must get quick action in making his al
coho and sugar has been his chief reliance with
honey cheap and dear he naturally honey
u this makes sugar return to normal demand For
time have felt that the excessive price sugar
largely produced by the dstilling demand we
feel right The honey raiser like the raisin
grower has prohibition thank for his pros
perity.
: ANOTHER attempt has been made o kidnap Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll this time by combination Amer
lean and European thugs Mr. Bergdo defended himself
with revolver and killed assaiant and desperately
wounded another The attack took place his
apartments where the thugs had gained in his
absence. The popuace to uphold Mr. Bergdoll and
for time it feared mob would assault the survi-
vors of the raid All participants under
the openly charges that this and
the American Legion the initiators of the plot
Both the u s. government and the Legion deny
tcipation 1t is probable that the attempt made by
thugs who sought make by returning Bergdoll