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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11
WATCH OUT FOR
THE FAKES

We picked up a Saturday Evening
Post recently and saw q whole page
ad-and we understand a single page
ad in it costs 100000 for one time
an ad warning the women Of this
country to be on the lookout for sharp
ers who are abroad in the land selling
stockings represented to be of the
same make as those turned out by the
people who paid for the page ad. "Our
stockings are sold only in the stores
of this country" reads the ad, and
then it tells how the fake statesmen
collect a deposit in advance-and new
er send the stockings.
The same thing is also said to be
practiced with other goods offered for
sale from house to house. The price
is always 10 alluring the good house.
wife can't resist. But somewhere
there is catch to it-there's regret
behind most every sale of this kind.
You can get what you need at your
home stores, or your home stores can
get it for you. And if it isn't exact
ly what It should be you can take it
back and get your money. Did you
ever try to get your money back for
some article you bought from ped
dler or agent that wasn't exactly as
it was originally represented to be?
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11
EVEN HANDED
JUSTICE

One of President Coolidge's fine
sayings is the following: "Do the
days work. If it be to protect the
rights of the weak, whoever objects,
do it.. If it be to help powerful cor
poration better to serve the people,
whatever the opposition, do that"
President Coolidge strikes very
broad note in the above. The trouble
with the majority of politicians is, that
they are able to see only one side of
the controversies Of the times.
Goodness is not confined to any one
element of people, neither is badness.
In the main all elements show some
desire to do what is right, though
grossly tinged on all sides by human
selfishness.
The narrow minded politician can
either see only one side of contro-
versy, or he plays for the support of
some highly organized element that
seeks favors. The statesman ap-
proaches public controversies with the
knowledge that in most of these dis
putes there is on both sides mass of
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11
THE WORSHIP
OF MONEY

In the effort of high-minded people
to develop better living conditions,
better communities, and better coun-
try, the question of money enters at
every turn.
Suppose that public spirited group
of people in Julesburg should look ov-
er our civid situation, and decide that
a certain improvement is needed. What
will be the greatest obstacles that
they would confront? They will be as
follows:
l. The unwillingness of the people
who are capable of organizing such a
movement to give their time to it. Not
everyone who has public spirit and a
generous desire for improvement has
the organizing ability. When you go
to people who have this gift and ask
them to do active work for public
cause, they are very apt to say that
they can't afford to. take time away
from their own occupation. They will
often say this, even though their bust
ness would run along alright even if
they did give some time to the pubic
causes. Thus the ambition to make
more money hinders many people who
could be tremendously useful, from
taking up public causes.
2. The difficulty of inducing peo-
pie to give generously to public caus-
es. Solicitors for philanthropies are
often astonished at the small amounts
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

Inconsistencies and contradiction,
with the right and wrong almost in.
extricably mixed.
He must take this conGlomerate of
human action. and analyze it, separat-
ing good from bad. the productive
from the unproductive. and decide
wherein various elements Of peoph are
right and where they are wrong.
After . real statesman does that. he
can lay down . middle course Of con.
duet that will approximate justice,
give all elements their due. and ap-
peal to the sound underlying sense OF
the community.
That is just the kind of thing that
President Coolidge was advocating in
the memorable words quoted above.
Up to now he has fulfilled this ideal
to q splendid extent, and has thus ris.
en- above being 4 mere politician to
the rank Of true statesmanship.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11
JUST ANOTHER
EXAMPLE

There are still left around Julesburg
some people who contend that news
paper advertising values are overrat-
ed. So for their benefit we want to
call attention to the fact that while
the strike of the printing pressmen
in New York is about at an end, there
was one whole week when the New
York papers were cut down to four
and eight pages, six and eight daily
papers combining to make possible ev-
en- an eight-page paper.
But here is the point. During that
week advertising was not accepted, all
space in the papers being devoted to
news. And merchants of New York
publicly announced that if the strike
was prolonged for few weeks many
Of them would be bankrupt. Stores
quickly saw falling off in the num-
Der of customers. Clerks by the thou
sands were idle behind the counters,
with only an occasional sale. The peo-
pie who read the papers did not find
advertising in them-so they quit buy
ing everything except groceries and
the things they were forced to have
from day to day. Petitions were sent
to the papers by the advertisers urg-
ing them to hurry and settle the big
strike, if they possibly could, SO ad-
vertising could again be secured in
their columns.
1t is the man who advertises who
gets the business, there's no sense in
questioning that. AS he generally
doesn't miss the water until the well
runs dry, neither does he notice loss
of customers until he ceases to ad-
vertise. The New York example was
a fine one to prove the power of the
printers ink. And just as advertising
has made money for New York mer-
chants in their territory. so it will
make money for our merchants right
here in Julesburg.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11
COUNTRY TOWN
ACTIVITIES

1t used to be claimed that during
the winter time, the majority of the
country people "went to bed when it
was dark under the table," Our mod
ern towns have so frightened up that
that is not true in many places. Yet
a good deal of valuable time is vast
ed in country towns during the winter
season, which might we'll be put into
civic activities.
To begin with. every country town
should have during the winter, some
organization working on the line Of
economic progress. Some existing So
ciety. or some new one, if the exist
ing ones do not cover the field, should
take up and discuss a certain tyne of
questions relating to the business life
of that community.
Such questions as these should be
asked and debated:
l. Can the marketing facilities for
disposing of our food products be i'm
proved? If so, can anyone make sup-
gestions?
2. Could any form of cooperative
marketing not now in use be attempt
ed?
.. Soulu tue TOaQS USED Oy this
community in doing its business be i'm
proved by any means or resources
now in sight? If so, how?
4. What can be done to improve ag.
ricultural methods in this section,
more than is already being done by
many useful agencies?
5. Could more of our yong men be
induced to take short college or school
courses in scientific agriculture? etc.,
etc.
The above is only suggestion, but
these and many similar topics could
well be discussed in Julesburg. But
such discussion should never be allow
ed to evaporate in mere talk. Some
practical suggestions, which could be
realized and accomplished, are al.
most sure to be made. The result
should be that committees should be
named and organizations formed dur
ing the winter season to try to &C.
complish something positive along
such lines.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

given by people who could give sub
stantial amounts.
This is = world of individual effort.
Ambition for success in ones work is
fine. But q great many people are
allowing this spirit to dominate their
lives too completely. The desire to pile
wealth on top of wealth without Civ
ing a fair proportion to public caus-
es, or to get money just for free and
lavish spending on luxuries, tends to
choke down in these people the finer
ideals Of neighborliness and helpful
ness and community spirit.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11
'EditQxial
CROSSING THE
TRACKS

When this years history has been
written it is going to show . terrible
toll Of deaths due wholly to careless
ness. Already the railroad companies
have issued q statement that, despite
all warnings, twice as many people
have been killed at railroad crossings
this year as last. There were forty
six killed and thirty-nine injured at
crossings on the Pennsylvania system
in the month Of July alone.
The railroads also make one state
ment, which we wish every auto driv-
er around Julesburg would remember.
The officials say in closing their re-
port: We have often operated an en-
tire year without killing single pas
senger. But if our locomotive engi-
neers were as careless with the lives
Of their passengers as the drivers Of
autos are with their lives no such rec
ord could ever be hoped for"
There's one reliable rule for cross
ing railroad tracks-go into second!
The mere act of reaching for the gear
lever to make the shift from high to
second will cause you to become more
watchful. The fact that you cannot
race with a locomotive when your car
is in second" is another safeguard.
And still another is that the chance
of "killing" your engine is very small
as long as it is runnig in the second
speed.
Get the habit Of automatically
changing into second rs you approach
a railroad crossing, and it will never
be your fault that the number of IA
talities in this country are daily in
creasing to an awful proportion.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11
CONTRIBUTING TO
THE HOME

Many parents find it difficult to pe,
children to do any work about tht
home unless they are paid for it
These youngsters have everything Civ
en- to them by parental affection. But
they look at these things as natura
rights to which they are entitled. 1,
does not occur to them that they owe
anything in return. If asked to rake
up the lawn or to cut up kindline
wood, they feel aggrieved unless well
paid.
It is a good idea for children to feel
at an early age that they are men,
bers Of family partnership which is
creating home, and that every men,
Der of that partnership ought to make
some contribution to the work Of car
rying on that home. The big end of
the burden must be carried by the fa-
ther and mother. But the children
ought to want to share in it.
II this idea is shown them in a rea-
sonable way, they usually like to CO.
operate, and often get great satisfac-
ton in performing some task in whose
completion they take pride.
Many young people grow up like
little kings and queens. The family
revolves around them. Their tastes
and convenience are consulted at ev-
cry turn. This tends to give them a
selfish point Of view. To get over
that to some extent, they should be
made to feel that they must give SER
vice as well as get it.
OF course children need spending
money. and ought to have reason
able amount which they are taught to
handle wisely. It is a good way to
give them weekly allowance SO they
can plan their own little budget. Per
haps they can fairly ask that special
jobs Of work should be paid for. But
every child ought to have his own
tasks done for love and to make some
contribution Of his own to the joint
welfare.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

1t 10 calimed that the farmer il
''buttiny" in too much in politiea, Sat
il SO it is because they've made him
the goat for everything.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

Inquirer" asks why election returns
are so called. Probably because they
signify an invitation to so many can
didates to return home and stay
there.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

The deep antipathy felt by husbands
to fall house cleaning would probably
be Modified if they were not asked to
beat the rugs.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

Many = man, after be has been mar
fisd aWhils is convinced that the only
thing he has been hugG;ng is q delu-
sion.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

There are some fellows 50 stubborn
as to argue that it doesn't make any
difference how loud they snore in
church SO long as they don't wake
anybody up.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

You have also probably noticed that
there are lot Of cases where even
opportunity doesn't gain anything by
"knocking."
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

Some of the fellows who 20 off to
the cities to get rich, may before long
be aaking some farmer to give them
. ride home in his automobile.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

The new coiffures for the girls are
very fine, but the old man asks how
much money he will have to coiffe up
for them.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

While the poet is uttering melan-
choly philosophy about the sere and
yellow leaf, the householder of Jules
burg is groaning about the job of rak-
ing 'em up.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

When the high steppers begin to
step on the gas, it is time for the
conservative citizen to step well out
into the bushes.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

The fact that many aliens are be-
ing arrested for fast driving Of auto
mobiles, suggests that they are get
ting Americanized.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

Very often the Julesburg boy who
takes an hour to get up and get dress
ed in the morning holds the local rec
ord for quick undressing at the SWIM
ming hole.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

In the old days father wanted son
to become president. Nowadays he
encourages him to learn briek-laying
because it pays better.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

Why is it that so many people are
of the opinion that the only way to
set the world right is to pass a lot of
laws!
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

Happy 10 the Julesbufg girl whs
realizes that . haH-dosen frscklss
are lot prettier than one big eob Of
paint.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

Our idea of the happiest man
around Julesburg is the one who treats
his wife like grandparents treat their
first grandchild.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

When a Julesburg man boasts that
he knows who is boss in his home he
usually shows it by doing what the
boss ordered him to do.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

The old-fashioned way was to cut
off the nose to spite the face. Nova
days they cut off their hair to spite
their relatives.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

Not much good for the consumer to
open his mouth in protest nowadays,
for if he does they'll make him swal-
low some more taxes. .r
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

We have yet to see brown wrapping
paper used as an ingredient for sal
ad, but We suppose if we live long
enough We will.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

About cider time many city people
begin to feel . keen interest In eoun.
try life.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

The curve used to be called t'ie line
Of beauty, bat it il the line Of death
along many Of our motor roads.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

Fire Prevention Week is celebrated
as usual by many men by throwing
lighted matches into waste baskets.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

The Wall Street Journal says that
what this country needs is more al
lens willing to work. Yes, and the
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

President Coolidge should accept all
dogs offered to the White House, as
they will all be needed to bark at the
office seekers. =
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

We're not mentioning any names.
but we actually found a Julesburg
man the other day who thinks that a
good wife is the one who will wash
the flivver and sweep out the garage.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

The women's pages inform us how
to serve luncheons, but the kids know
the way to the pantry and can get
their own without help.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

It's no wonder our politicians get
hard-boiled. They're always in hot
water.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-11

same is true Of = lot Of our native
, 1923-05-23
Pioneer Dies


ROCK SPRINGS, wyo., Ma "a
Timothy Kinney. pioneer resident OF
Rock Spr. ngs and one Of the most
influential men in the history of the
southern part of wyoming in early
days. died at Los Angeles last week
following an illness of three weeks.
Mr.. Kinney was born in County
Mayo, Ireland, September "a, 1916.
He lived Tor a time in Minnesota. and
then started west. He arrived in
Rawlins. Wyo., IN the early 7O's.
where he was employed for a time
as "a car inspector on the Union Pa
cidc railroad. He came from there
TO Rock Springs. where he worked -
a freight agent. Later he was pro-
NOTED to station agent. II was while
working in this capacity that he met
and married Margaret Crokston, a.
Rock Springs girl. They were mar
ried in the old cathedral at Salt Lake
June 80. 1877.
While serving as agent for the
Union Pacific he had an opportunity
of going into the cattle business.
Later he became interested in the
sheep business with John w. Donnel-
Ian, cashier of a Salt Lake City bank.
For three years he lived alone at
sheep camps. Ho invested IN SAT-
Lake property, and. though his city
interests required u of his time
he gave his personal attention to his
camps at shearlnS and shlpplns
times.
Mr.. Kinney was q OF the
lower house of the wyoming terri
torial legislature of 1871 being the
representative from S~~eetwater coun'
ty. He the hrst bill pro
vidins for h construction OF = state
hospital at Rock Springs.
, 1923-05-23
Form Wool Pool

KEMMERER, wyo.. May "a
Gradually the wool pool established
by the Lincoln County Wool Growers
association is taking hold. and this
year It is believed nearly all the
fiockmasters OF Lincoln county and
western Wyoming will be identified
in the modern plan of securing an
equitable and just market for the i'm.
portant product of this region.
At the wool growers meeting in
Cokevil1e recently IL was mutually
agreed hat members would not dis
pos of their wool this year without
getting in touch with their banker
and with the officers of the associa,
ton for the purpose OF securing latest
advice on sales and offers through.
out the country. and that a meeting
would be held in CokeviHe at 2 p. M.
Saturday, June 16, for.the purpose OF
discussing thoroughly the subject OF
h disposition of the wool clip. the
wool pool and the uses of bonded
warehouses.
1t is expected that buyers will be
on hand at this meeting to inspect
h woods that are ready for sale.
A few years 6 there was no such
thing as a wool pool in Wyoming.
Wool buyers were to be seen on every
side. taking the individual fiockmas-
ters off into a corner and telling him
how tina market was Shot" and
finally. through a great deal of
palayer. secure his clip at the lowest
possible price. But since the wool
pools have come into popular favor
the buyers have dealt with organiza-
lions of wool growers, and in every
instance higher prices than the indi-
vidual buyer could get have been
forthcoming.
The Wool Growers association of.
hcials all advocate the pool system,
which is the twentieth century plan
Of collective bargaining, and the only
protection the grower has on the
market.
, 1923-05-23
ON THE CIGARETTE

1t is interesting to observe, in
view of such laws as exist in Kan
sas and a few other states, not to
mention the occasional outbursts of
the DR.. Peases and others Of the re
form element, that statistics prove
the average span of human life is
increasing almost as fast as the in
creasing consumption of the much
maligned cigarette.
Statistics can be made TO prove
anything-and usually are. And il
is no part of the Tribune's conten-
ton to strive and show that there
is something of longevity in smok-
ing cigarettes. The cigarette Is not
what Ponce de Leon was looking
for, perhaps; but neither is it what
the fanatics say it is.
Figures furnished by the federal
government, which as yet is not
controlled by propaganda-mendi-
cants for or against-show that
five billion cigarettes are consumed
monthly in the United States. That
is a tremendous increase over the
number consumed twenty, ten, OF
even five years ago. Thirty or
forty years ago the cigarette was
almost taboo everywhere.
Figures of the Health Commits
sioner of New York state, recently
published, prove that the average
expectation of human life has in
creased by about fourteen years in
the last forty years. New York
state may be fairly taken as typi-
cal, both because II has almost a
tenth the total population of the
United States and because it is both
rural, metropolitan and cosmopoli-
tan to an extent true of very few
other states.
Wherefore, II you don't wish to
consider the cigarette as a benefit
which it probably is not-at least
it is not as black as it has been
painted. For the grown man, in all
probability, there is no form of
smoking so little apt to be injurious.
For growing bows, smoking Of any
Kind is bad.
, 1923-05-23
ILLINOIS STAIN

The following editorial from the
Chicago Tribune needs no com
ment. AS a clear indictment 1t
ranks high. 1t reads:
"Gov. Small's explanation before
the investigating committee OF his
lack of preventive action in connec-
ton with the Herrin massacre may
be satisfactory to his a%pologists.
we doubt that it will be satisfactory
to relatives or friends Of the score
of murdered men, to the decent mi
nority in Williamson county, or to
the citizens of Illinois who feel that
they have been stained by this stain
upon the state.
"The duty Of maintaining peace
and order in any community rests
first upon the officials of that
community. When they break
down it rests upon the state, and
primarily upon the governor. In
the Herrin tragedy the chief local
law enforcement officer, the sheriff,
was Immediately responsible. Elected
by the miners, he not only failed
TO preserve peace and order, but in
effect played into the hands Of the
murderous mob. 1t became evident
very early in the strained situation
there that he would not or could
not function.
"Gov. Small Ind information to
that effect. It then automatically
became his duty to see that peace
was preserved. He now explains
that Col Hunter did all he knew
how to do to prevent riots and that
the department is not to blame for
what happened Such explanation
is not sufficient to clear the state
administration of responsibility.
"The facts are plain. The local
Officers of Williamson county prov
ed their unwillingness or inability
to do their duty. The governor was
notified. He had the power and
was charged with the responsibility
of doing what the local authorities
were failing to do. Despite that,
more than a score of men were bru-
tally murdered. The governors
self-approval of his own position
cannot get him or his administra-
ton out from under the shadow of
those facts"
, 1923-05-23
EYE VERSUS EAR

Thomas A. Edison believes that
the educator can appeal more sue
cessfully to the sense OF sight than
to that of hearing. Testfying be-
fore the federal trade commission,
the inventor emphasized the educa-
tional value of motion pictures by
saying that he thought that from
80 to 90 per cent of all impressions
reached the brain through the eye.
Apparently he referred to the Ease
of children. He told of making
many years ago pictures showing
experiments in physics and chemis-
try, and said he was much surprised
by the interest children showed in
such subjects when they were pre-
scented to them graphically.
"Darw'n was right said Mr..
Edison. we are all very initiative.
Young people ara likely to remcm-
Der anything thcy see and it be-
comes a part Of their lives. Who
ever controls the motion picture in
dustry controls the most powerful
medium of influence at present"
Mr.. Edison, as inventor of the
photograph, would not be expected
to underrate the Importance of
sound as a means of conveying
ideas. The photograph has been
widely used for educational pur-
poses, such as instruction in the
pronunciation of foreign languages.
Nevertheless, the inventor banks on
the eye rather than the ear.
There is room for both, without
doubt, and without encroachment
on the printed page, which remains
for most purposes the quickest, the
most accessible and the most gener-
al of instructors.