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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-11-15
MONDELL, COOLIDGE FARM ANGEL. CALLED
FOE OF PEOPLES INTERESTS BY ROOSEVELT

PRESIDENT COOLIDGES selection of Frank W.
Mondell, member of the War Finance Board, to find
of relieving the distress of western farmers
calls the atters Characterization by the late Theodore
Roosevelt opponent of the public every
effort to national and the
tional domain against exploitation and private gain.
On 431 of his biography Colonel Roosevelt said
of bill which Senator Newlands Dem New had intro
duced with theo bject of realizing suggestion made in
the presidential Congress December g. 1901:
My active interference was necessary to pre-
vent it 1.-THE bl] from being made unavoidable by the
undue insistence upon states rights accordance with
the efforts of Mr. Mondell and other Congressman
consistently fought for local and private against
the interests of the people a whole"
On 395 of the biography in the chapter entitled
Making Old Party Progressive" Col Roosevelt wrote:
"For example under my administration we found
that of the favorite methods adopted by de-
sirous of stealing the public domain carry de-
cision of the Secretary of the Interior Court By
vigorously opposing such action only by so doing we
able to out the policy of properly protecting
the public domain. My successor MR. Taft1 not only
took the opposite view but recommended
of bill which would have given the direct
appellate power the Secretary of the Interior in
these land matters
This bill reported favorably by Mr. Mondell, a
Congressman who took the lead in every
vent conservation Of national and the
ervaton Of the national domain for the Of home
seekers Fortunately Congress declined to pass the bill
Its passage would have been calamity"
1t is the fortunes of many of the people who
quently settled of these public lands along with
millions of Others that Mr. Monde has been
pair If Mr. Mondell is still fighting for private interests
and against the public interests-as Mr. Roosevelt
charged he in 1902-the western won't get
much sympathy
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-11-15

GUSTAVE MENDEI, Charles A Hallam and Benz. C.
Wheeler have incorporated the South Ptkn Town Site
and Improvement Company in Gunnison county-Forty-
four years item in Denver papers.
The above will call to the minds of old timers
the days when most every part of Gunnson county
booming
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-11-15

DENVER papers tried @ side step the K X. K dem
onsraton last week Outside dailies printed long
counts of the affair but the Denver missed it
trely Later the Express mentioned the affair briefly.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-11-15

THE range heard in the Federal Court al
Grand Junction last week. which so long delayed
resulted in the conviction of all the defendants This
contrary to the general expectation The public
been educated to believe that cateman could get away
with murder if his victim happened be sheep
these cases.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-11-15

GOV. SWEET is away from home for another speech
making tour of the and Robt Rockwell is governor
for this week and next.
Evening star., 1923-08-26

For over ty
years the name
"Moses" has been
anonymous withthe
best in Furniture,
and each suite or
individual piece e
bears the "Moses"
guarantee as to
quality, finish and
workmanship.
Evening star., 1923-08-26

We invite your In
spection Of the count
less suites and individ-
ual pieces arrayed on
our f1oors-for we feel
sure that any furniture
need can be filled from
our exclusively large
stocks.
Evening star., 1923-08-26

Our Annual Septem-
Der Furniture Sale is ma
tion-wide in scope, for
it has always been our
aim and object to offer
the best merchandise
obtainable at the lowest
possible prices, consist
ent with good quality.
Evening star., 1923-08-26

All of our Fall
purchases are in
cluded in this sale;
in fact, every article
of Furniture on our
floors has b e e n
marked at substan-
tial reductions for
this occasion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16

James had been LED home by,
the village constable.
He was down behind the store
shoctin' craps, Mrs. Jones'" the
constable explained TO the mother.
"It ain't lawful an 1t's likely to
lead TO jail. You'd better tako
him in hand. He's goin' with
bad crowd"
Mrs. Jones. q pious church.
woman, loved her Jimmie, but
she had O very vague notion Of
crap shooting.
Jimmie, dear" she gently up.
braided him. I'm shocked and
grteved. To think. that q son OF
mine should be a criminal! It's
) terrible, Jirnn,ieI Shooting craps
why, don't you know those little
creatures have just az much right
90 1--we a. you huVe?"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
The Ghosts
Complains
By Arthur Guiterman.

y
yvYHY must you meddie. NOR
" tai men. with dissnn-
bodied soulse
I speak Of painful matters, all
too-recent.
o spiritists. o mediums who seek
forbidden goals,
Your goings-on are flagrantly
indecent.
You're welcome to hypothesis Of
any shade or tfnge;
We do not mind your funny
superstitions:
But look for retribution when
you ruthlessly infringe
The liberties OF free-diSd appari.
lions!
It's CALLING to be harried from
a comfortable tomb
Or coy haunted house Of seven
gables,
To PUNK a silly banjo In an ct
mosphere OF gloom,
To tiltup chairs or teeter-
tauter tables.
A spook. of rare intelligence. adj
rnittedIy sincere,
l may be gently led. but can't
be driven.
But oh! what foolish questiofs
have bemused my spirit earl
And ali! what antic answers I
have given!
They've made me write q novel
on squeaky cuija board
Some nonsense that hope
have forgotten.
How beautiful! how marvelous!"
they cried with one accord,
And all the time I knew tho
stuff was rotten.
I've had my photo taken BY Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle:
That picture is an awful psychic
spasm!
It's lfbelous and scandalous! It
made me fairly boil!
I've lost at least a pound of
ectoplasm.
They snatched me from the party
at the Second Spirit Church
While chatting with lovely
little ghostees--
Tour arrogant Society Of Pychicai
Research
And that was simply hOrrid to
my hostess.
For Freedom. gallant specters. let
our banner be unfurlod!
Wen glide together. every
ghost and brother.
You folks had better regulate
your own distracted world
Before you interfere with. any
other!
,-Harper's Monthly
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
Second Sight

The young lady polmist at the
church bazaar said 70 one OF her
girl clients: 81 see by your hand
you are going to be married"
Wonderful" said the girl,
"You are engaged to a man
named wilkins" continued the
amateur seer
How amazing" gssped the
girl, surely the lines on my
hand cannot reveal the name"
Lines" shifted the palmfst.
WHO said anything about linese
You. are wearing the ring I re-
turned. to MIR. wilkins thCs0
weeks ago."-Argonaut.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16

Summer time provides q real
vacation. from Palm Beach dis-
patches.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16

Young DobbS-I want to try on
that suit in the window.
AkSistAnt-Sorry, sir, but you1l
have to use the dressing room
London Mail.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
Spice
of Life
<<@ OMEBODY has invented
a motorcycle with limou-
~ sine BODY

Heaven help those who help
others to help MISUNDERSTANDING
(Seattlel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16

A handsome man Is called cute
by the ladies'. ana a brainy man
is called cunning by the men.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16

The flapper had just powdered
her nose ana was taking a hur-
ried look at herself in the mirror.
To the image therein she said:
"CIotheh, / am going to town; II
you want to come, just hang on"
Holmes store News.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16
CRACKLINGS

It's easier to break law than
it is to make a new one.
A hip flask can go without
water longer than a camel.
It's a long lane that has no
Spooner's bench.
Summer time provides q real
vacation. from Palm Beach dis
patches.
Statesmen who sell memory
courses never seem to remember
that they've been kicked out be-
fore.
Cincinnati barber leaves his
fortune to charity.:-Headline. A
sort Of heir cut.
An excuse for being late il an
invention. If it takes, it becomes
q system.
A handsome man Is called cute
by the ladies. and brainy man
IL called cunning by the rnen.
G0LDBRICKS.
Lace curtains on q freight car.
A giraffe on stilts.
A present Of q tie pin for q
man who only wears bow ties.
A chorus eitl at the North Pole.
Clutches for snaiis.
The extra room In q hauntAd
house.
A sofa pillow In q pig pen.
A sporting editor for the Con-
gressional Record.
Keys for safes,
A dumbwaiter Ia q one-story
bungalow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16

Statesmen who sell memory
courses never seem to remember
that they've been kicked out be-
fore.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16

Senator Borah insists that war
should be made a crime. II 1t
had been q crime in George Wash.
ifgton's day, wonder what State
Mr.. Borah would be- representing
now.--Beau Broadway, in the
New York Morning Telegraph.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16

Fer FARMER.
A Texas legislator recently
charged that the university was
teaching Socialism. and cited the
cataloE where in plain black print
Il was set out that there were
classes In and teachers Of Soci-
ology.--Appeal (St. Paul..
what do you think of the
system of grading by letters here
at college?"
well, it certainly has its ad-
vAntages over the numerical
SYSTEM
I'm what way?"
"oh, the Els change to BIS 80
Easily. SUN Dodger.
A professor says that sedentary
work tends to lessen the endur.
ance. In other words. the more
one sits the less one can stand
Boston Transcript.
whats the trouble, SOM? said
Ahe, kindly stranger.
my pa and ma won't take me
20 the movies" sobbed the op-
Stressed child.
"Do they ever take you when
Hou make a noise like that?" in
Quirad the stranger.
sometimes they do and some
times they don't" sobbed the poor
boy; "but 1t amt any trouble to
yelI."-Wallace's Farmer.
There are elderly people who
feel that they have never quite
grown up. they are afflicted (oh,
uleAsant affliction) with what may
be termed the maiady OF youth.
Even 20 eminent person AZ
James RUSSELL Lowell apparently
felt this, way about himself, for
one day while passing an institu'
ton bearing the sign, For Incur
able Children" he remarked to
his companion, There is where i
belong. boston Transcript.
colored woman consulted the
village lawyer.
p "Ah want to divo'ce NAH. hus.
band" she said.
whats the trouble?" asked the
lawyer.
THAT nigger's done gone an
, got religion, and we amt seen
chicken on de table fob two
weeks."-Progresaiva Grocer.
A lady went into o photogra-
piers to have her picture taken
naturally. While the photogra-
pher was adjusting the camera,
the lady wrapped q clothesline
around her skirts.
you'll have to take that off.
madam" said the photographer.
IT can't take your picture that
way"
''You can't fool me that way,
young man." she said. ST know
you see me upside down In that
camAra."-Burr.
Senator Borah insists that war
should be made a crime. II 1t
had been a crime in George Wash.
ihgton's day, I wonder what State
Mr.. Borah would be- representing
now.--Beau Broadway, In the
New York Morning Telegraph.
The flapper had just powdered
her nose ana was taking a hur'
ried look at herself in the mirror.
To the image therein she said
"Clotheh, am going to town; II
you want to come, just hang on
Holmes Store News.
Young DobbS-I want to try on
that suit in the window.
AssistAnt-Sorry, sir, but you'll
have to use the dressing room
London Mail.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16

At a transfer station a man was
waiting patiently for street
car, when a woman, highly ex-
cited, rushed up to him and cried:
"Are you the man here?"
ct don't understand" he said.
'.Are you the man here?" she
repeated.
mo, madam" he said, con-
cealing a smile. 1.-THE man here
il that man over there. Cap
Uer's. Farmer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16

''what do you think OF the
system of grading by letters here
at college?''
We'll, it certainly has its ad-
vAntages over the numerical
SYSTEM
I'm what way?"
"Oh, the Els change to BIS 80
Easily. SUN Dodger.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16

It's easier to break law than
1t is to make a new one.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16

An excuse for being late il an
invention. II It takes, it becomes
q system.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16

A hip flask can 80 without
water longer than camel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-16

It's a long lane that has no
Spooner's bench.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-06

he is in the seventh grade. His re-
membranes included birthday cake,
presented by his mother. and some use
full articles presented by his father.
Mrs MacRae's anniversary was cclc-
bratcd on the ninth. Frank W., a
married son living 1t Belfast, ard en-
ploycd as bookkcepcr in the office of
the Pcnobscot Bay Electric Light Com
pany, had his birthday on the 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel A. Hunt of
Summit street, Rockland, celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary
Monday. They entertained at their
home during the day and in the eve
ming they gave a reception to their
friends in Odd Fellows hall. MI
Hunt is a native Of Rockland and
was born March ~, 1850, a son of
Gilbert and Betsey HeavitD Hunt
of North Union street. He is a
member of Standish lodge, l. o. .. f..
has served as noble grand and at
present is secretary of the lodge. Mrs
Hunt is d native of Rockland and a
daughter of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
James II. Tucker. She was born
Jan. II. 1856. She is Il member OF
Rose Standish Rebekah lodge and
has served as noble grand. Four
children We're born to the couple and
three arc now living.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-06
Thu Highway Proaram

u VI tidIlu EApTcSS.)
The State Highway COMMISSIONS
program of work for the present year
is an excellent one, and it is only to
be regretted that the Governor and
council did not see fit to approve
those projects calling for permanent
surfaces. Possibly the Council did
not realize that the fact that it sub
substituted gravel for bituminous
macadam upon eight Of them will
make it necessary to submit new es-
Inmates and to obtain new approvaIs
from the Federal government at
Washington, with the result that
these particular sections may not be
built for another year.
The Highway Commissions plan
for this year contemplates the filing
in of a number of uncompleted links
in several of the State Highways, so
that after they are finished the roads
will be in perfect condition practi-
cally from end to end. 1t was
planned by the Commission to COM
plctc the Theouore Roosevelt Inter-
national Highway between PORTLAND
and Frycburs, the Atlantic Highway
the entire distance from Portland to
Belfast, the main artery of travel to
the Ranseley Lakes, with the cXcep-
ton Of short distance through Liv-
ermore and Jay, and the finishing of
the Aroostook Trail all of the way
from Bangor to Pressure Isle and
Caribou, barring a very few short
stretches through Grcenbush and
Enfield. The worst sections, and in
fact practically the only remaining
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-06
Editorial Comment
Gambling in Sugar

american Sugar Bullctn)
Earl ID. Babst, president of the
American Sugar Refining Company,
has made the following statement:
Il have just returned from Cuba
after an annual visit The sudden
jump in the price of raw sugar nat
urally is very gratifying to the
Cuban people and viii! be very help
tul to them in their undcservcd re-
verses. 1t. however, myStifics them
not little. The weather in Cuba is
fine and the crop is moving rapidly.
THE supply of sugar in the United
States. according to our weekly can
vass. is ample. We have on our
books practically SO days business
for our customers and have raw
sugar to operate all of our retineries
at capacity for that period. The one
thing. however. that we, as refiners,
can not provide against is a STAN
pede either in the trade or among
consumers. Such unthinking action
only plays into the hands of specu-
lators and the public puts up sugar
prices on itself unnecessarily. These
facts are given TO the public in an
effort to forcstall even start of
conditions which led to the overbuy-
ing OF 1920
Sugar statisticians. whether gov
eminent or private. should remember
that they have only "art of the facts.
1t is their office simply to record sta
tiSticS. When they comment on their
statistics or prophcsy they then step
out of their Office and do SO with
grave risk to the public
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-06
cARELEssNEss AND CRIMINAL

Fire converts production, that
which has been obtained often with
great toll and much thought or
which has come into existence
through the processes of nature. into
yalueless ashes. SO much of the
worlds store has been destroyed and
the world cannot make use of it
again.
knowing this it is somewhat diff
cult to reconcile reckless risk of fire
with normal intelligence. Nearly
four million dollars worth of property
in Maine was destroyed by fire in
1921, loss to every man. woman and
child Of between four and five dol
lars. Attending this there was loss
of life and great hardships to some.
Notwithstanding it is estima ted that
three fourths of this was prevent
able.
Defective chimneys was the first
factor in Importance, then in Sc
auence came matches and smoking,
stoves, furnaces and boilers and
pipes. Carclessness with fire and
with automobiles is getting to be al
most synonymous with criminality.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-06
THE WAR HORSE TURNS TO
PASTURE

"Uncle Joe" Cannon should be adj
vised to cor G to Maine for the sum
mer. He always seemed to enjoy
himself when down here in the
political campaigns and numbered
among his friends Names represen-
tatives in congress over a period of
46 years during which he served in
the House.
He has attended his last Congress.
He goes out. not as "a lame duck"
but as one who turns his task over
to others whom he thinks better fitted
by reason of vigor unimpaired by age.
He leaves with us the impression of
his sane and sweet philosophy Of life.
His going out is but marker on
the journey he is making. as was that
when "Cannonism" was toppled from
the throne in the House. which pro-
ceeded to manage it's affairs after
another fashion, or try to. There
isn't much evidence Of management
these days, but Uncle joe hasn't
tried to rub it in One may easily
fancy a tolerant smile on the face of
the former Gear" of the House. as
he contemplatcs some of the antics.
His optimism appears to have pre-
vailed throughout and accompanies
him back to his home in the eight
zenith Illinois congressional district
that has stood by him all these years.
Not often is long public career so
happily laid aside. The war horse
turns to pasture while yet he has
appetite for the succulent grass.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-06
COMING EVENTS

March 1o-Bowdoin College Inter-
scholastic Indoor Track meet al
Brunswick .. ,,;aa>
ford. Brewer, and Belfast.
March 1914 - Maine state Master
Plumbers Association conyention'
Falmouth Hotel. Portland.
March 17-State Veteran flremchs
Association formed at~Bath.
March list. Patriclks day Saturday;
March 19-Municipal election, GA
Town.
March 21-Spring begins.
March 2l-22-State conference D. A. r..
March as.30-rarmers' Week. College
of Agriculture. University of Maine.
March 27-Annual meeting Maine Fed
Grafton of Farm Bureaus. Orono.,
March 27-Mecting Maine Seed I'M
pro vemcnt Association. Orono.
March aS-Annual meeting Maine Fed
Grafton OF Agricultural Association
March 2S-Meeting Maine Beckeepers
Association, Orono.
March 29--Mceting Maine state fomo-
logical Society. promo
March a9-Annual' meeting Maine Liye-
stock Breeders Association. Orono.
March 29-Meetins Maine Ayrshire
Breeders Association. Orono.
March a9-3l-Automobilc show at Ban
March 3o-Mccting Mains Holstcin
Breeders Association. orono.
March so = Meeting Maine Jersey
Breeders Association, Orono.
April 1-Easter Sunday.
April a-Municipal election. CALAIS.
April lS-Maine Methodist Conference,
Bangor. Bishop Hughes presidihe
April 19-Spanish war veterans an
nual convention of Maine depart
ment, Lewiston.
Tune l3-14-Maine Department, F. A. r.
and Auxillar,es. augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-06
TIRED OUT GOVERNMENT

Signs multiply that our national
affairs are. and must continue to be,
carried on by a tired out govern
ment. he it Republican, Democratic
or merely LaFoliettizcd. The scenes
and incidents attending the out-go-
ing Congress serve t. emphasize the
condition into which the trend of
affairs has dragged the Federal Gov
eminent.
In the closing hours of a Congress
We have come to expect evidences Of
flag, of overweight nerves and over
stressed speech. We seem to be
reconcilcd to the mistakes in legis-
lation which we expect at such times.
At least we have acquired the habit
of agsravating the situation by
shouldering off onto the Federal
Government anything which happens
to bother us in local or state affairs.
We may comprehend what inevitably
must happen in consequence of add
ing to the overburden from an Incl
dent of the closing scenes in the Sem
ate.
A very important measure has
been before Congress. The House
and the Senate had differed and a
committee of conference had been
appointed. This committee reported
and the Senate, worn out and over
worked. was unable to consider the
report but accepted it without know
ing whether it really was good, bad
or merely Indifferent. Every Con-
gress and every President finds this
condition becoming worse. Already
they are incapable of properly at
tending to that which is either thrust
upon them or which they assume.
Into this brew, this hodge podge of
ill-considered legislation and regula-
ton into the power of committees of
conference or bureaus inadequately
supervised and controlled, we would
throw our responsibilities for sec
ing that we have good schools.
proper sanitary supervision and suit
able highways, not to mention a
thousand and one other matters
which some interested folk are trying
to have regulated and paid for
through the medium OF the national
machinery at Washington We seem
to leave out of the reckoning all
limitations on human endurance
wisdom of the few and the intelli-
Hence of bureaucrats.