The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-11-01

THE salida Mail takes fall of Arthur Brisbane
Well and good. Bob Ingersol tried the
with Moses but he convinced few people We know why
Arthur Brisbane ceased be the highest paid
writer in the United States His stuff
to dctation may indicate a great mind, but
indicate that he editorial independence
consideration What Brisbane writes he probably
believes. That is all that is necessary.
THE Ku Klux Klan, some hiding behind its
infamous record seized and beat up Denver business
last week The victim is unable explain the
sault knowing nothing of any happening that would
cause him trouble having any enemies Outside
of being Knight of Columbus he would be
mune from Khan attacks He attacked in the main
part of the CITY, forced into and carried the
Welby road shack where the beating UP occurred
Five men, masked, committed the outrage.
THE Walton impeachment might as well be consd.
cred it is instead perverting meaning of the
Gov Walton elected the platform Of put
ting the Ku Kux out of business in Oklahoma He did
all he could to that end but while the strong
enough to elect Governor other state officials they
were betrayed into electng majority of that scabby
organization to the legislature By process they
made Waltons efforts control them impotent Okla
homa will have to get such law New York has,
the masks from her crooks
APPARENTLY, Clifford Pinchot was used as a buffer
by the President in the coal strike At he
has promptly showed the buck back his chief the
prohibition enforcement question. This indicates
slight misunderstanding between the Governor of the
Keystone state and the boss of he whole works
the law heavily the national govern
ment than the states In of the latter interest
is felt will be shown because they consulted
in the matter of passing the law.
HERBERT HOOVER has requested the lumber trust
to refrain from proeerng the Japs purchases
OF building materials from this country repair earth
quake losses Quite the proper thing but why
make effort to stop them robbng the American pub
lie? There has been opportunity in plenty for the gentle
to exert himself protect his home people only
from the lumber trust but from all the other republican,
tariff protected trusts for which his party
ways has been responsible He has far of his
to boost prices and proteers here
it will not to the sting that he gives
decent attention to the unfortunate Japs.
C. ]. MOYNIHAN left Saturday for Champaign, nls-
where November 3rd he will dedicate the two million
which Mr. Moynhan is graduate University Of Illinois
he r of b e @ aS Se
many national notables will speak-Montrose Press, Oc
recovered that he through this strenuous
he may be able to tell Supreme Court an early
date just why convicted County
not begin the expiaton of their crimes 1t is the first
rift in the clouds for Mr. Moynihan is inn
proving in health
WALTER LOUPE we'll known here as the Western
Slope agent of the Farmers Life Insurance Co.,
ing for time. Last week his found in
the Grand river above Genwood Springs, and for
it believed he had into the river with the
Failure to find his body has dispelled that opinion He
very heavily insured largely in his company,
carrying 100000 in the aggregate His wife with several
children left to the anxiety of the disappearance
theory being advanced is that he received
jury that rendered him minus of memory and he has
dered off The heavy insurance he holds will doubtless
be held for if necessary determine whether
he is dead
WE notice that $2SOOOO has been appropriated for
the so-caed Fall River road his-of course-s in the
direct and sole interest of Denver only of
those expensive mountain highways that be only
about two months each year, and this particular highway
luxury is through banks during those months
appear think that the highways by
ties, judging by the past that only about $4,000
the whole appropriation for the Fall River road will be
used in actual construction Probably 100000 of it will
be used pension fund to support gang of putees
surrounding the calf ends bunch of parasites
known highway engineers"-Inland Empire.
GREAT BRITAIN has traded the United States the
right search ships carrying her flag mile
limit for contraband booze in return for the privilege
bringing shpoads of it into harbors Thus
does the Prince of Diplomats things satisfactorily
to benefits which others supposed be barred
from. However the dispatches naively submit that it
will be easy to substitute other nations flag
ships that carrying contraband liquor, and thus get
from the apparent disability of the English treaty
And the stiffness of it all cannot be by the
who think they reforming something while actually
they merely doing the things that Big Business
to them inyes for