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The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-05-03

Divorce a Cancer in the Vitals of american Life
Needing the Knife


Y BELIEVE abolition of divorce should be brought about by con-
gresional legislation and constitutional amendment. But that is a
long way ahead because there are unfortunately so many mlddle-aged
and elderly men-and some young ones-who for one reason o other
want no wives
But one great practical step that should be taken Immediately IS
passage of legislation making DEGREES obtained in Paris + elsewhere
invalid II is ali wrong to let a rich man or woman u off to Paris
to get a divorce. We should not allow a condition to exist, which per-
mts wealthy Americans to flee from the operation of American laws.
believe in the single standard of morals, that a man guilty OF
immortality should, receive the same condemnation from the law and
from society as a woman. Divorce j a cancer in the vtals OF American
life eorely needing the knife. From my experience on the bench | know
that half way reforms are ineffective. The only way to cure the evil OF
divorce is to completely abolish divorce.
The assertion that the abolition Of divorce would promote immortality
is all nonsense. 1t would have no such effect. Its tendency in every way
wold be to protectt the home. There used to be as much immortality as
there is TODAY. ONLY YOU did not hear 10 much about it. The newspapers
did not print so much about it. / favor this sort of thing. | would have
every divorce case tried in the open. This publicity has had much to
do with the disgust which is widely felt towards divorce today
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-05-03
Opportunity to Dedicate Ourselves Anew to the
Ideals of Peace"
CHARLES E. HUGHES, Gable to Pan-American Conference.

At a time when we witness the economic disocattons, the waste and
impovershment, and the didrust and hatred that have resulted from the
World war, we have abundant reasons to congratulate our peoples that
peace reigns in this hemisphere, and the meeting of this conference
affords a welcome opportunity to dedicate ourselves anew to the ideals
of peace.
ALL problems find solution among those who desire to be friendly and
just, and the present imperative demand Of civilization itself is that
nations shall set themselves, with all the resources of their intelligence
and skill to the elimination of sources of controversy, and shall earnestly
and diligently seek, for their manifold ills, the cures which can only be
found. in friendship and good faith.
There are happily no controversies among us that cannot be settled
by the processes of reason. No interest is cherished which could prompt
aggression. There is no nation among us which entertains any ambi-
ton which runs counter to the aspirations of our free peoples.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-05-03
"A Parliamentary Impertinence Senate
Proposal to Take West Indies
By LoRp BuRNHAM, British Empire Press Union.

A debate in the United States senate vas raised by Senator Reed Of
Missouri, in which he and a few others advocated the purchase of the
British West Indies by the government of the United States, IT rather
their appropriation as a part payment of the war debt
There is no member of the British parliament who believes more
entirely in the saving virtues of the Anglo-American friendship than l
do; in fact look to something less tepd than our present relations,
good though they be; but all this talk of the sale and barter of the
West Indian islands is a parliamentary impertinence Happily there is
no great paper, no responsible society in the United States that takes
it seriously.
There are certain subjects that should be tabooed in the governing
bodies of the Engish-speaking states, and the sale and barter Of organ
lied communities of our fellow citizens, entitled to the same rights and
privileges of the British commonwealth, is one of them.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-05-03
HUGHES FOR WORLD COURT

Join in Difference to Our interest and
Our Ideals, He Urges.
MISUNDERSTANDING before the
American Society of International
Law, Secretary Hughes first laid
down the fundamental reasons why
this country should participate in the
world court. He then told of the his
this country should participate in the
direction ever since the Cleveland
administration. He answered the OBJ
jections to the Harding plan which
have been set forth.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-05-03

Failures Not Due to Violations of the Law
Have Been Very Rare
Rx THOMAS P. KANE. in 4Romance and Tragedy Of Banding"

Bank failures that have not been due to violations of law are very
rare. and if every officer and director of a bank should be true to his
oath Of office, temporary suspensions occasionally might become necessary
under extraordinary conditions, but insolvency would not intervene, and
the creditors and stockholders would not suffer loss.
Because, if the officers and directors of the bank restrict the loans
to anv one individual or interest to the limit fixed by law, and do not
undertake to circumyent its restrictions by indirect methods, the loss upon
single loan would not be sufficient to affect seriously the bank or
impair its sovency.
IT is the excessive loan, n O matter in what form it may be made, that
does the damage, and no officer IT director can make such a loan, directly
or indirectly, without violating his oath of Office and inviting the CON
sequences that follow.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-05-03
SUICIDE ON wlFE's GRAVE
Banker Left a Note Saying His lnsti-
tuition Yves Sound.

IUtION YVES oUuUu.
Griffin, Ga.-Sitting at the grave OF
his wife, Roswell Hill Drake, president
of the City National Bank, shot him
self to death. Participants in the Me-
mortal Day exercises Witnessed the
suicide.
Drake left a note in which he said
the bank did not owe a dollar of Dor
rowed money or rediscount and was
IN as good condition as ever in its
history.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-05-03
The Wisconsin Idea of Good Roads Has Always
Been to "Serve Traffic"
Bx J. T. poNAeHEY, Wisconsin Highway commission.

The Wisconsin idea from the very beginning has been to serve
traffic" The patrol maintenance plan, adopted in 1918, improved upon
from year to year, and extended to include additional county highways
each year, has certainly Served traffic" better and satisfied the public
to a greater degree than the expenditure Of the same amount OF money
each year in constructing a few miles of high type surfacing would have
done.
After five years of patrol maintenance we find that the following con-
dtions prevail Every town, city r village in the state is on a we'll
maintained and marked highway. Traffic is distributed over a large mile
age, reducing congestion o n many highways.
The average speed of traffic has been increased at least ten miles
per hour. resulting in time saving beyond computation.
1t is difficult to estimate the total amount spent in Wisconsin by tour
lists. From the most accurate data available we are confident that it now
exceeds S1O0,O00,0 900 annually.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-05-03
WOMEN FOR SUGAR BOYCOTT
say It is Time to Curb Profiteers in
Necessity.

New York.-Delegates from more
than two hundred women's clubs, rep
~resenting at least 100000 women OF
the CITY. will meet in the City Hall
to discuss a sugar boycott. Activity
by women resulted in official action
and organizations are lining up to
combat the increase in the price OF
sugar. Some retailers are said to be
looking for is cents a pound; others
1OA average.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-10-18

be in November when the musical
work, for which this club is organized,
will begin.
One of the pleasantest social events
of the season occurred at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Thompson last
Wednesday evening, the occasion be4
ing their third wedding anniversary.
Progressive high five was the means
of amusement. Mrs. Jas. Harris and
Miss Miner tied for first prize, a cut
resulting in the former winning the
prize of large box of stationery.
Messrs Smigelow, Martin and DIR.
Adams tied on gentlemen's first prize,
Mr.. Smigelow winning in the cut a
silver match box. Mrs. Metzler and
Mr.. Bantock were consoled with a
china cup and saucer and silver key
ring respectively. 1t being the leath-
er anniversary the guests presented
the hostess with handsome buck
skin sofa pillow and the host with a
cigar case, with the sincere wish that
they might live to celebrate their
golden anniversary.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-10-18
NEWS FROM THE MINES

Ned Shears has started driving at
Smith Hill mine.
The Elk Mt. mine has been idle
this week because of lack of orders.
The Crested Butte mine worked
four days last week and five days this
week.
Some carpenter repair work is be-
ing done on the houses on the Z. +.
l Hill. .l2
Joe Welch is suffering from a prok-
en- ankle incurred on the tipple of the
Bulkley mine. He fell off car.
Many men are quitting work at the
Elk Mt. mine. Some are changing 10
the Crested Butte mine, others are
leaving town.
Because of changes the Horace
mine was idle all of last week, How
ever. it has resumed operations ana
has worked every day this week
The Bulkley and the Smith mn
mines worked four days each last
week having an output of about zoo
TONS of coal from each mine daily
An addition is being built onto the
harm at the Elk Mt. mine. The boiier
house addition has been completed
and one new boiler has been installed
A runaway occurred at Smith H,ll
mine last Friday. Four cars broke
loose coming from the mine and lie"
over the hill from the tipple apou,
zoo feet in the air. AS luck ~ouio
have it, no damage was done eNeep'
to the cars themselves.
The Horace mine is undersolnt
nanv necessary changes. The hea'
house which was crushed by the snow
slide that proved fatal to Frank her,
,ast snring. has been torn down aho
oorstructed in its place is shed Oh
toas The hoist engine has peei
u,oved from its former location 10
na;nt inside of the mine. Under 'he
present arrangement there vii, pc NJ NJ
= more fatal accidents at the ho,acs
mine from slides such as occurred vi
April 10, 1928.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-10-18
SkOff- Crystal

A very pretty wedding was solemn
lied Sunday, October 14th, 1923, when
John Skoff, the oldest son of Mr.. and
Mrs John Skoff of this city, and
Annie Crystal, youngest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Crystal of Sopris,
were united in holy matrimony. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. Hill
big, Pastor of St. Patrick's church. at
nine o'clock mass, after which the
wedding party returned to the Skoff
home and enjoyed a delicious we'd
ing breakfast.
Mary Mulch was bridesmaid and
Joe Skoff, the groom's brother, acted
as best man. The bride was very
prettily attired in white georgette
with very becoming bridal veil and
a bouquet of roses. The bridesmaid
wore gown of old rose with hat to
match. Both groom and best man
wore black.
The brides home is in Sopris, Colo,
where John Skoff has been employed
for some time and it is in Sopris the
happy couple will make their home.
Mrs. Skoff's parents, also her sister
and brother were here to attend the
wedding. Rudolph Skoff was also
here from Morley.
A huge wedding celebration was
enjoyed which consisted of barba-
que and an all-around good time, end
ing in a big free dance at the Croa-
tian hall Monday evening.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-10-18
From Files of The pitkin Miner

Good ore was being taken out of
the Maid of Athens mine tunnel
Bud Miner came over from Como
to watch engines in the local yards.
]. H, Sinclair was in town making
arrangements to resume work on the
Chloride.
DIR. Wade of Canon City, was in
town last of the week, guest at the
]. F. Pearson home.
The Carter family went to Denver.
Mrs Carter and daughters expected
to tour Europe during the winter
Byron Conklin was hurt in run
away while hauling a lode of poles
The brake gave way and the horses
started to run. He was thrown onto
pile of lumber and one knee badly
cut
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-10-18

was in villages where 60 per cent
died of starvation. Thousands fell
down dead in the streets of Odessa.
They would nearly all have died but
for Colonel Haskell and his American
relief. But I think we owed them
this relief because we helped this
same Denikin in his murderous war.
The American captain who brought
me home told me he took ship load
of cannon, rifles, shells and ammuni-
tion to Denikin in a government
owned American ship and delivered
them to him in Black Sea ports. La
ter, the Red Army, helped by the
peasants, whipped Denikin and cap
tured, these rifles and l saw them in
their possession. For these reasons
and because we sent two armies into
Russia, the Soviet government makes
claim against us for damages and
refuses to pay the czar's debts unless
we pay this claim.
Russian peasants are practically
unanimous in their support of the
Soviet government and are enthusi-
astic about the possibilities of the
future They are we'll pleased with
the Soviet land policy and are quite
as we'll satisfied with the new system
of taxation There can be no doubt
that the peasants of Russia will har-
vest a large surplus for export. In
fact, they are so confident of sur
plus crop that they are already SELL
ing their surplus of last year. saw
long strings of their little one-horse
wagons coming into the stations with
sacks of grain for sale. I found one
place in Europe where they had al
ready sold and delivered five million
bushels. I learned the names of fif-
teen ships that had taken cargoes
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-10-18

to assist me in every way and they
performed this duty with an efficiency
and good will that / most deeply
appreciate. They furnished me auto
mobiles for trips into the country
among the peasants at Minsk, Mos
COW. Kiev and Odessa, and they fur
nished all my interpreters for talking
to the peasants, l am sure these
gallant officers did not deceive me
and am also sure they know more
about present Russian conditions than
all the czarist lecturers on the Amer
lean Chatauqua circuits and all the
propaganda correspondents sent out
to discredit Russia. The information
that / got was from the highest au-
thority and the best informed sources.
If should see that Stockholm cor
respondent of the Chicago Tribune
again / should tell him that instead
of finding the farms idle, and peas
ants discontented, ! saw two thous-
and miles of farms intensively plant
ed and with good crops everywhere.
I talked to these peasants everywhere
and found them the happiest, most
contented and most hopeful people
in all Europe. They are free, they
vote in all the elections, their taxes
are low, not half the rate of ours;
they have the perpetual use of their
houses and farms. They have the
greatest thirst for education I have
ever seen. Since Russia is more than
80 per cent peasant and about 8 per
cent labor, these facts are very inn
pressive in proving the stability of
the new government.
The only thing the Russian peas
ants are bitter against is the counter
revolutionary movement that mur-
dered their people, DESTROYED their
homes and used up their surplus
grain. thereby causing the famine
when the dry year came. These dry
wears occur at frequent periods In
the southern part of Russia where the
so;, is richest and very like that OF
NV own state of Iowa The peasants
,,Ian for this drough and store up a
surnlus against it each year. But in
This case counter-revolutionary ar.
mics notably under Denikin and
Wrangle, came into the country and
ate up the surplus, killed many peo.
ME and left the others to starve.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-10-18

l went to Russia to get facts.
facts, primarily, about agricultural
conditions-the crops, the markets,
transportation, the great cooperative
distributing agencies. / wanted to
see this mammoth experiment in
workers government at work, to see
what it had done for the farmers,
how quickly it was repairing the
havoc of seven years of internal and
external wars. Those are the facts
which you can't get at long distance,
nor through the average newspaper
story It's rare person in Europe
even who knows the truth about Rus
s'a. In Stockholm, on my way to
Russia, | met the correspondent of
the Chicago Tribune, who assured me
that everything had gone to hell in
Russia" that the farmers were not
planting crops, that they had been
broken by taxation and were on the
verge Of revolt. Yet, when l got to
Russia, l found exactly the opposite
conditions. Too much is at stake in
Americas attitude toward this great
government and people to tolerate
such ill-informed and prejudiced opin-
ions. That's why am giving you
the facts about Russia as | found
them
Most visitors to Russia are enter
tanned at the special guest hotel,
given Soviet guides and interpreters,
are feted, protected, and helped at
every turn by the Soviet government.
| wanted to see Russia without Soviet
assistance, And, fortunately I was
able to do so. ] had the valuable as
sistance of the American Relief Asso-
cation with its vast experience in all
parts of Russia. Before 1 went to
Russia, Mr.. Hoover instructed them
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-10-18

from Crimean ports and others from
Odessa In all, it was estimated that
this old surplus will amount to a
million tons and harvesting was ready
to begin on the new crop.
In Moscow / saw them preparing a
great agricultural exposition with 155
acres OF buildings as thick and some
more pretentious than an Iowa state
fair, and IA more acres for foreign
exhibits. To show what the new gov
ernment had done to improve the liv-
ing conditions of the peasants, two
miniature villages were reproduced
on the fair grounds. One contained
samples of the peasants huts as they
were built in every district in the
czar's time Il know they were true to
form because was in them in many
peasant villages); nearby was the
other village with houses of the new
type. showing very great improve
ment. The peasants live in little viii
lages and from the train one can be
seen every minute or two, / saw
many hundreds of them and in all
except the worst famine regions OF
the south, there were many new
houses of the better type being built
With my own eyes saw more new
improvements for the peasants than
czarism did in whole thousand years
went to the Agricultural College
several miles outside of Moscow. II
is in charge of Professor Williams, ar
American, and grand old man who
has been there for forty years. He
told me most of the professors re.
NAMED through the revolution and
are on duty there now. saw theii
experimental farms and in the library
I found the late bulletins of nearly
all the colleges in the United State:
with Russian translations of them
The only difficulty facing the college
is the lack of accommodations for the
thousands who come eager for train
ing. Before the revolution he never
had over $500 students. Now he has
nearly 5000. There are IL other agri
cultural schools in Russia with two Oh
three thousand students in each. Con
trast this with Turkey where I fount
but 45 students, with Roumanis
where they have not yet established
a single school. hsa r.4
! Concluded on page two
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-10-18
Sunday School Convention

In spite of the fact that there are
not half dozen Sunday schools in
Gunnison county there will be held
at Gunnison a County Sunday School
Convention Saturday and Sunday, No
yember 10 and IL, at the Community
church. -
The convention will be held under
the auspices of the Colorado Sunday
School Council of Religious Educa-
tion, formerly known as the Colorado
Sunday School Association, The pro-
gram speakers will be supplied by the
State organization The General Sec
retary, j. G. Arnold, and the Superin-
tendent of the Children's Division,
Mrs. II. R. Shaw, will both be pres
ent and likely one or two other gen.
eral or denominational workers,
All the communities in the county
are asked to send representatives to
this convention even if they do not
have Sunday schools. This may be a
good place to learn how to get a Sun
day school for some community now
without one.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-10-18
STOCKNIEN NOTICE!

The prospect at Kansas City this
season is more favorable than in past
four years on good quality stockers,
feeders, fat cows and heifers, due to
fact Kansas, Oklahoma cattle have
moved good corn crop this year and
that feeders made money last year.
Good R. R. service is also helping.
Gunnison cattle can go to Pueblo
for first feed. C. w. BLAKE.
We have no. earthquakes of any
consequence in Colorado, for the rea-
son that this mountainous region is
solid rock formation and permanent
soils. In Japan and along the Pacific
coast the earth's crust is thinner and
is easily fractured by extreme inward
pressure. Fire and water in the mid
die of this old earth continually cause
trouble. As our earth cools off it
contracts and there is cave in some
where and that somewhere is where
there is the least resistance Japan
offered the least resistance in the re-
cent re-adjustment beneath US. In
Southern Siberia a slip of forty feet
was once recorded and the shock of
the billions of tons of earth hitting
together was felt all over the world.
In Washington a delicate instrument,
located in cave, recorded and def
nitely located the recent Japan dis
aster three hours before official word
was received from the stricken zone.
-Nucla Independent
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-10-18
WHAT RUSSIA HOLDS

Oneeventh of the lard surface the world.
Onesxh of the worlds white population
the Donetz Basin the anthracite
of the States, those Great Britain
Worlds greatest platinum
every three in Europe.
Largest potential wheat supplies in the world.
largest and beet supplies in the world.
Cd worlds prewar cotton supplies.
of all kinds base metals and precious stones
combined
Every kindo of vegetable and fruit
No nation with such and
power rcanIo be ignored by the rest of the world