The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-12-20

MIR. voLsTEAD says the public is getting tired o
home brew and prohibition is working fine Don't be
lieve Mr. Volstead knows about what he is discuss
ing Every day in way, illicit distllers get
ting better and better"
A PROMINENT church council is considering the re
vision of the text of the Ten
respects, and should think modern business woult
have some arguments to advance in support making
that about stealing little drastc-Locomotivt
Engineers Journal
ANOTHER revolution agitates Mexico This like the
others is started by rival oil companies that dssa
isfed with the attitude regarding natural
sources OF wealth Mexico will know what self
government is until their they are freed
from the incubus of foreign oil company fights.
SECRETARY HUGHES still persists in refusing rec
ognition to Russia and in the meantime other
countries intrench themselves for trade Russia
is about the only country in Europe that actively in
the market for our goods and incidentally
able to raise real money pay them without
first borrowing it of Mr. Hughes great Secretary
of State, Nit
WALTER LoUPE, the Insurance Agent who so re-
Gently reported drowned has been taken, for
embezzlement and sentenced to the penitenary Very
proper and right but how speedy dame justice when
big interests and how internally when the
people seek to obtain conviction for their robbers We
thinking directly of two County Commissioners who
still the people after being from office by
a competent court six months ago.
Gratis have occurred recently President Coolidge
has addressed Congress and his has
ceived 1t had much to commend it and much to
condemn is usual with Presidential messages
it actually added his strength and prestige. This
week Henry Ford out squarely for Mr. Coolidge
announced that he would any ticket against
him There is trying to deny that Mr. Fords
dorsement is tower of strength to the from New
England. The man who against Mr.. Coolidge the
democratic ticket must be sprfner and hope the
bosses will for give the whom the people
want-Wm. G. McAdoo.
PAPERS over the Western Slope announce that Lee
Burgess will not be a candidate succeed himself for
District Attorney of this district and he earnestly
suggests his deputy Mr. Sherman of Montrose the
position. Always desiring to be helpful to deserving
young suggest to Mr. Sherman that if his chief,
Mr. Burgess does not crowd the trial of citizen
L. Sullivan for booegging to hearing in the April term
of court his Mr. Shermans chances would be
to some extent by giving the his attention Mr.
Burgess that he has delegated Mr. Sherman the
handling of the whiskey this county and at
ent every indicted by the grand jury year ago
has been tried plead guilty. except the criminal
of them ALL County Commissioner Sullivan friends
boast that he will be brought trial The cand-
date for District Attorney fall have to have
clear record on this case to get many votes in this county
VERY amusing the different newspaper reports of
the attempted escape of couple of from the
penitenary this week With headlines one sheet
tells of their Communicating Gov Sweets while
Exceency was attending meeting of the Pardon Board
had no car to steal Another tells how the desperate
men seized the Wardens standing in front the
prison. Almost right. The vehicle in question was a
penitentary An old seldom used A 1913 Buick
serviceable old boat used for short
lar routine and stored in shed inside the walls The
two convcts hatched the plan that they eisurey got
in the old machine and rolled slowly they might get
by the guards and make their get away Naturally their
very slow and of leaving the yards would not
create any idea other than two men had been sent
somewhere on short trip in their regular line duty
And it almost worked They past all guards except
the last He must have had hunch for he tried to
malt hem but liberty too close and they stepped
the gas The guard opened fire and his bullet pune
tured the body of the emergency brake
and splintered it. wounding both men in the legs
short distance down the road they stalled Ford
and wrecked both The guards speedily caught up
with them and brought them back repent at leisure
The sherfs credited with great the cap
ture the job all right not get to where
they could do much Prison guards got the men,
AMERICAN DOLLARS BACK MEXICAN REVOLT
THE rebellion is undoubtedly being financed b,
American business interests Officials of State De
parment must be in possession of the but appar
emily they have intention of putting to an in