The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-11-01
SUNDAY NIGHT MUSINGS
BY c. T. RAWALT

JACOB LOOSE who died recently, left fund of
ganized chartyr The world would be mighty poor with
out the organized charities but do know, that lot
Of ORGANIZED charity does like the artificial kind
Grand Junction Sentinel
EVIDENTLY Mr.. Loose had given observation to the
way "commerciazed charity" works Organized charity
means expensive and thoroughly systematzed ways of
bleeding the public and the returning the
the smallest possible amount of receipts that will
their faces The whole blamed system permeaed with
graft and the of is that adequate
for investigation has been invented We distinctly disa
with the Sentinel when they say helps receiv
er No wants to help the receiver who What
the charitably inclined wish help the really
needy Most of the givers would prefer that the recp
ents of their lot of philanhro
pists who lazy earn a living should be COM
PEELED to go to work.
THE Women's Republican Club of New York. has
gone record against the proposed child labor amend
men to the constitution Their action peculiar
the least How of any oppose slavery
of little children comprehension Their basing o
position the old doctrine of rights will
one They not record with any such touch
ing prohibition other essentially a mat
ter of state right than the abuse of children Forces
that would the blood tender dollars
and their apologsts, male and female ought be
trated.
MONTROSE is in the throes of a great fight the
of water to the farmers under the Gunnison
iunnci reclamation understand proposition
WE'LL The tunnel has cost much more money than
pected There is but way in which the bill be
paid and not crush the benefcares That is the working
out of amortization plan and spreading the payment
term Of forty or fifty years. The tunnel is
now dug and naturally must be paid for. The who
it will be the farmers of the district Terms
be made to fit their powers to The government
them out of their land holdings and possibly WILL
but if it will be account of influence exerted
government officials by who ought to be hung for
the misuse of their power Experience and observation
of the construction of the Gunnson has had much
to do with this editos fight the Moat project In
this in the Montrose the fragrant misrepre
sentation of probable costs has been used propaganda
for the construction Not 2O9o of the necessary
for digging the Moat bore has yet been provided
s.: **
VOTERS in the future should refuse to support the
bond issues for State and Federal highway
attractve.-Durango Democrat.
1T appears to that this is a timely suggestion
Without doubt next election will initiated
law for more bonds and the legislature will
be importuned for legislation to enable tax
to get their regular raons from the public crib Much
talk will be spread about the need of good roads for
farmers This will concrete highways to various
resorts off the opulent and exclusive citizen. Highway
money is being diverted to purposes dreamed of
by the people who voted the money for the
The counties should devote their money local needs
They cannot afford their small supple
ment the huge taken from their people by diff
bond issues and different special taxes such the
gas Let stop spending money except under the
direct orders of our own elected officials
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WE observe that they to have a Grand Jury in
Mesa county and with his customary zeal District Ator
Burgess urging all parties acquainted with law vio
appear before the body give testimony that
shall the indictment of offenders This is all well
but pondering how much good it will do if
after being indicted the specimens should fit
employ their defender the intermittent invalid c. j.
Mooynihan of Montrose The district attorney would
rush his sick friend into and thus embarrass
nd tba of al 0f
who possibly has high class friends who wish him
to go scot free.