The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-08

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EUROPEAN nations all ready to bury the hatchet
in neighbor's head-Labor, Washington. D. C.
PRESIDENT HARDING is said to -be sick of Wash
ngton and congress- So the of uSBuena Vista
Democrat. ss tr
DOUBTLESS there would be war books written
by generals any of them had been enough the
fight to really know what happened.-Labor.
WE have been wondering what the farmers have
been doing with their money, with all the million dollar
rains we had last summer We have come to the con-
cluson that those millions in the hands of the
ulators and trusts.-Bueha Vista Democrat
3 ONE of our exchanges says that President Harding
will call the Congress in extra session Well
should say Might we'll ask a who has just
been over by automobile to stand in front of
runaway freight train The President has got what the
Dutchman described "a benty"
NOW they are jailing Ku Klux Khan refus-
ing to give testimony in Very good. When
patriotic and sincere the orders and oaths
of its officers that they refuse be questioned to
their doings they ought be jailed forever and
That may be the best to combat the Ku Klux Kan
THE Montrose Enterprise wound up its with
the SD number Of Volume 3d. The Enterprise charges
its failure the financial strngency Of the past two
years that vicinity but attribute it to the attempt
to daily in town already more than supplied with
daily newspapers. good weekly democratic newspaper
in Montrose will pay If it is by who knows
how to handle the business.
AUDITORS from Auditor Stong's Office were here
this week checking up the Normal Accounts. Their
port yet made public This paper believes these
aut good things when carefully and conscientiously
DONE These mems audit of the county books has clar
fed the situation great deal and put efectual stop
many leaks Some way feel il a careful check
Of School District No. and the High School affairs
would do harm very large amount of money is be-
ing spent schools and the people who the bills
entitled to glimpse of the records and then
number of people have asked to speak of this mat
of government being looked into is good time to
look into all.
THE Government is proceeding to investigate
the by which the sugar market ilegtimately
boosted The investigators might well start with the fact
that the unspeakable crook Herbert Hoover the
dunn through which the steal started. His allega
tion shortage doubtless made suggested from
the sugar trust, which arranged tariff which would
able them create "the shortage" The investigation
will doubtless reveal that real shortage existed but
the revelation will not until the consumers
robbed of millions of dollars OF have laws
plenty that calls that crime but who heard of
criminal of that magnitude being punished? The real
solution members of the farm and labor bloc in
Congress. Clean out the crooks in political circles and
even the sugar will suddenly become decent.
IN this paper appears editorial from the Colorado
Springs Gazette supporting the Code bill advocated by
Gov. Sweet In still another part of the paper
print from opinion volunteered by Hon. NJ
D. Vincent These printed most jofuy because they
successfully combat and contradict the published let
of Senator Rockwell That gentleman has elected
to form, uncomp romsng opponent of
everything advocated by democrat without reference
whether it has merit not. His maunderings
slope and given space by ed
tors lazy incompetent to edit their sheets
still another part of this appears the first Of
of short articles written by who does under
the proposed Code bill We regard it important
that the people UNDERSTAND this for if not
passed at this session it surely will be issue in the
coming campaign Gov. Sweet sought the Office Of Gov
be useful in reforming his state and rescung
from the taxeatng grafters who had determined that
it their meal ticket from unto the
tenth generation Read up this Code bill and
hend its possibilities for tax reduction.