The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-05-03
SUNDAY NIGHT MUSINGS
By C. T. RAWALT
GONE HOME TO REST

sades fatally ill in his Los Angeles home April
2sh the published of his DEATH which
| on the 27th.
We first met and knew John L. Oliver in Fairfield,
Nebraska than forty years ago Dissatisfaction
with the attitude of the paper published there had
brought about sentiment for and this editor,
then journeyman printer sent to buy outfit
with John Oliver editor, started the Fairfield Herald.
We cannot recall just how good bad the Herald
was, but we do remember that the News had go
to keep Oliver was live WIRE young and and
as full of pep they make themAfter year so we
quit the Herald and after acquaint
ance with Me- Oliver at Palisades More than twenty
years ago he visited with this editor and wife here in
Gunnison. after taking long European trip. and the
evening was spent listening the entrancing de-
scription of his travels
At Palisades Mr. Oliver found his real occupation
He the very father of the fit development of that
valley We note that their papers say he planted the
first peach trees in the Palisades district He folks
plant orchards whether they wanted them not. He
convinced the churches that they buy
plant peaches. When they had money to do it he
loaned it to them Those must have been happy days
with Mr. Oliver when he changed sage brush Eertas
and enjoyed life with his excellent wife and growing boy
and GIRL We recall well when John L. Oliver lead
Miss Nellie Harrington of Faireds most beautiful
and popular girls to the altar and her proud
matron in Palisades happy and contened with her en
did husband and children. She preceded him to the
other side and try to visualize their reunion. Well
another good friend is the other side He good
citizen, fond husband and father He made much
money and deserved, believe all he made The world
is certainly better because John L. Oliver lived. Pail
sades whole will regret passing To his son Mark
and daughter, who survive, old friend father
expresses his deep sympathy,
QUITE Ievee of republicans met the train Monday
morning greet Senator Rockwell on his return from
Denver. Among them we noticed Hon. E. M Nourse
county chairman j. A Steele ex-tnayor, and Henrietta
Lake
50.
HAVE you farmers observed how hard it is to pre-
vent profteering by the trusts and how easy
establish rockbottom prices products during the
war? If not, you too damned simple to live in
out of Jail.
SUCCESSFUL political parties cannot be built on
corrupt and rotten foundations This is profound
cleansing of ofcaldom in this county
Democr ratio two hence If the Democrats
put up honest they will be successful. they nom
mate crooks they ought to be beaten.
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| A. MITCHELL PALMER, one time attorney general
under Woodrow Wilson, has sent endorsement Of John
Barnett to Governor Sweet, for appointment as Unit
ed States Senator Outside of poisoning his friend he
has certainly done his to him How the unspeak
able Palmer could have any influence with real demo-
cratic governor, is beyond If Palmer and Daugherty
put together in the capsule they would blend
into smell that would shock the world when it was
opened.
WE observe in the dispatches that President Hard
ms the housewives
and expects it to have Immediate effect in
curbng the trust, His attitude will give intense relief
those ladies who feared that the department JUS
would be set them for threatening the sugar bar
ons. The vision of ntiboycot laws has been night
the ladies who while objecting to being robbed
feared to retaate the Presidents and Mr.. Hoovers
friends
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THIS week reprintng another Henry Ford
article Like the published last week furnishes
| much food for thought This Henry Ford is more
than successful manufact of He
keen student of social questions. This story about
charity tears the mask off well hidden ndivid
uals Nearly everyone has felt years that charity
both private and organized neither the right thing
or good thing but that instead there should under
proper conditions, be thereof Mr. Ford puts it
in very concrete form Who is there that can say if
and business fair and public service
instead of private greed, that any considerable amount
of CHARITY would be necessary? Read Fords article
carefully.
WAS it not little strange that the return of Faith
er Grace charged with selling liquor capitol hill folks
under the protection of his presty garb
for the dissolution of the Federal prohibition enforcing
organization? Also, have you observed the deafenng
silence that has fallen those gallon trans
actions since he returned? OH Temporal OH mores Obi
hell If there bowling if there was
indecent display of hypocracy, if there was an
example of crime Wild it is this ghasty joke of pro-
hibion enforcement The higher you get the worse the
violations 1t permeates the very national circulation
debauching all, improving Prohibition matches
1 OH, THAT'S DIFFERENT