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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-02-28
IMMUTABLE LAWS

By SENATOR MORTON ALEXANDER
In Denver Express
To the thoughtful American who
ponders the news of the oil scandal
there is likely to come the prophecy
in "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage"
Here is the moral of all human tales,
'Tis but the same rehearsed of the
past;
First, Freedom, then Glory, when that
fails
Wealth, Vice, Corruption, BAR
BARISM AT LAST;
And History, with all her volumes
vast,
Hath but one pagev
Are we. today writing the finis of
that one last page?
Seed of the Pilgrim and the Puri-
tan, are we, too, turning into the an
cient highway that leads from
Wealth, Vice, Corruption to-Barbar-
ism at last?
We know that the deeper law of
recitude and righteousness, which
shapes the destinies of nations, is as
irrevoc able and immutable as the law
of gravitation.
And we hear:
Voices crying from the dust of Tyre,
From Baalbec and the stones of
Babylon
We raised our pillars upon Self De
sire,
And perished from the large gaze
of the sun.
Eternity was on the Pyramid,
And Immortality on Greece and
Rome,
But in them all the ancient Traitor
And so they tottered like unstable
foam"
AS the sun went down on Roman
civilization the rulers, steeped in cor.
ruption, lost to all sense of shame or
dishonor, Haunted their wickedness
and their treason openly, and TO-DAY.
in the heart of our modern ciyiliza-
tion. we behold scenes of public de-
bauchery and dishonor close akin tn
those declining hours of Roman CIV
ilization.
What more astounding revelation
of political shamelessness could be
presented to the American people?
Caught in the act of looting the
nation of untold millions charged
with bribery and falsehood, and con-
fronted by trail of guilt stretching
from the White House steps to the
Pacific what answer do these high
servants make to the people?
Secretary of the Navy DENLY:
why, / am really astonished so much
ado is being made about nothing. I
approved of those leases and thought
they were all right"
And ex-Secretary of the Interior
Fall: 81 refuse to answer your cues
tions. You can't compel me to in
criminate myself-and besides, it's
nobody's business where got that
100000"
And Mr.. McAdoo: 81 didn't have
thing to do with it; was only the
attorney for Mr.. Doheny and / only
got S150.000."
And Daugherty, attorney general
and legal protector of the nations
rights sneaks away into the woods
on a vacation.
And President Coolidge, nervously
seeking someone to prosecute the
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-02-28

hanchmen-You need one of ou,
books OF blank bills Of sale. vsn
handy. Just like a check book. En-
aoles you to take bill Of sale Of an,
animal right where you buy it. Fo,
sale at either of our offices or an,
bank in the county.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-02-28

A subscription to this paper :,
worth far more than it costs. $500
for a full year.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-02-28

DURING hot debate in the Senate Senator Robin
son asserted that Democrats get Cabinet to
make money, but that Republicans get the same
purpose. That liable to become campaign
slogan.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-02-28

THEY have nearly third of the Moffat Tunnel
bonds spent and have triing beginning made on
the bore Executive salaries all paid doubt They
will out of money about the the next egsla-
ture meets Prepare yourselves another touch then
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-02-28

Home-The place where we a
treated the best and grumble t
most.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-02-28

THE charge of Clifford Pinchot that Fall sought to
have the National Forests transferred
and that President Harding favored the idea no recon-
mendation of the Presidents Judgment Neither so far
as that is concerned, is the THAT he made Fall
Daugherty and DENLY members of his official family.
Apparently President Harding had profted by his
experience newspaper accurately judge men
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-02-28
THAT SCHEME WOULD WORK HERE

AROUSED by the increase in advertising billboards
which spoiled vistas of mountain and turquoise sea- the
women of Honolulu notified the of the Hawaii
an Islands that they would purchase goods so adver
tised the island of Oahu Today there is not single
advertising billboard on the island
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-02-28

If in want of anything. try an adle,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-02-28

Small adds in this paper pay.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-02-28

WAYNE WILLIAMS, Attorney General put up a good
fight on the D. & r. G. matter in Washington But we
want to record with saying that the D. & R. G.
troubles will be settled Burlington Route
takes the Rio Grande. That the program and it
will eventually be carried out.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-02-28

The appointment of two very lawyers to
prosecute the oil crooks by President Coolidge raises
serious doubts of everyone to his sincerity in the
matter. Better legal talent be selected in the CITY
of Denver and the fact that their very first utterance
was to the effect that criminal proceedings could not
brought sustans the idea that they appointed to
whtewash the thieves and consprators Some day the
American people going resent in desperate form
this trihng with big rascals
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-02-28

EVIDENTLY Gov. Shoup still thinks he may be a
candidate for Governor He distinctly refuses to with
draw from the list of prospective candidates until the
Republican convention least We are watching
with much interest to whether a western slope man
can be nominated by either party, let alone elected
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-02-28

IF, what a big IF, we to have Josephus Daniels
for Democratic candidate for President Robert
Toilette for Republican candidate where would the
grafers and crooks with their votes? Would not
be truly great if the people shunt the politicians
on side track and nominate whom they just once?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-17

demands most heavy toll through loss of vitality and through inefficiency, not to speak of the distress and dangers it causes to individuals and families. Taken in its early stages. it can be controlled and usually cured. Allowed to develop through inatten- ton and carelessness, 1t is one of the worst of all human maladies.
 let no family living under highly favorable conditions imagine that it is immune from tuberculosis. It is frequently carried into homes by cooks, buffers, laundrymen. nurses and other employees. Thus the establishment of modern sanatorium for treatment of this enemy of mankind is not a charity, but a community precaution in both its hygienic and economic aspects. The annual losses to the community from tuberculosis in ineffi- ciency alone are many times the amount nec- essary to establish and maintain a we'll equipped institution for it's treatment. In providing the means for this sanatorium and in appropriating the funds for its mainten- ance, the community has taken an important step for protection of the public interest and welfare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-17
The Phslrisie
By DR. TxANK CRANE

Excellent as the institution is, it keeps on producing the eternal Phatisee.
 No matter how. eafn tlg u reform move nent may begin, it gal Ajn time into the hands of the gentry 1.-the mint md anise and cummin, and omit the weightier matterss .isss gas
 Aud this is true not only sofsreligion but of all human affairs. By and by every fresh enthusiasm withers into professionalism
 After a while no one reads 2 poet, they take course in him. .sI went to n series of lectures once in a university to learn something of Goethe. I found out how he was divided into periods. Nothing was said of wl1at he meant. I came away with my head bsFzing with ''Sturm and Drangsy and n thoitsassl petty details Dut I discovered that hab got more of the real beauty and power of the poet those youth ful days when first read Faust with the did of German dictionary than got from the lesfned professor.
 The book reviews and those publications that specialize in reviewing are the Pharisees of literature. Why anyone should want to read them, as regular diet, is as mys- terious as why people keep going to hear Dr. Drybones sermons.
 sticks to life and thes great facts of life. When it turns and begins to feed upon itself it has gone the way of all flesh.
 But }Pharisaismsin any post of life is mere ly old age. Youth is new, vigorous, creative, sees things. does things, loves things. Old age criticizes initiates, understands and regu- latcs things.
 would rather be with young man whe thinks he can do anything pedia Britannica Only genius, only youth-sap. can create anybody can criticize and tabulate and re- late, if he will set about 1t.
 I would rather read one chapter of the Kew Testament than all the wilderness of argument that has sifted over 1t through the ages.
 When l get to heaven would rather talk day with Saint Peter than to meet the en- tire congregation of those who have sat in his chair. vn
 would rather meet John Wesley or Peter Cartwright than attend a Methodist general conference.
 would rather be with young man who thinks he can do anything than with an old man who knows he cannot.
 It must be, in the order of creation, that things grow old. We ripe and ripe, and then we rot and rot" Flowers bloom and fade. Fruits ripen and drop. Trees decay. Elephants die, as we'll as microbes And so 1t IS with systems and institutions. They. too. rot and rot. And it is q pity that we have no means of removing them when they have ceased to live, and do but eumber the ground.
 For it is in these institutions. whether col leges, cults, or callings, that the worm Phari- see is bred and fattens
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-17
Brief Mature Studies
By ,. OTIS SWIFT


 Where brooks purl over shallow bottoms between banks covered with vioIets and blood root, and catbirds mock among spice bushes, the black water is broken by smooth-worn stepping tones from shore to shore No one remembers who placed them Lovers have crossed there for untold generations. Hunter, soldier. pioneer and dusky savage have availed of their friendly help. Steppingstones are things of poetry, TO- nance and sometimes tragedy. In history they are the great events that have turned a nations course and led on to greatness, or extinction. In geology they are cataclysmic disasters, like the ice age that brought hu- man sufferings leading upward to civiliza- ton. They run through our Metaphysical, mental and spiritual. There is a law of cor respondeney stringing them like necklace. Ancient skulls recovered in California xuS. gest Asiatic man made his way to America 15,000 years or more ago by way of Boring < Straits, the Aleutian Islands his stepping stones. The same stepping stones were re- gently picked for his epochal return in the round she-world flight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-17
PARDoNs IN CONTEMPT CASES

It is believed that thoughtful sentiment will approve the opinion delivered by two federal district judges of Chicago that the president has no authority to issue direct parlons to persons sentenced for contempt of court. OuN constitution provides for the coordinate authority of the executive, the legislative and the judicial. No one of these departments can properly interfere in the functions peculiar to any other. A citation for contempt is direct court order strictly judicial in its nature. There is always re- course in a contempt sentence, and that re- course is to higher court. In the case of Grossman, the defendant in the case, appeal was not taken to a higher court, but to eK- ecutive clemency, while in the meantime the defendant defied tbe court order, and remained at liberty.
 In this particular case no good reason is shown why the pardon should have been is- sued. Its effect was to confirm Grossman in his defiance, and was subyersive of that respect for law and obedience to judicial au- thority without which the courts are value less There was no question of injustice in the sentencing of Grossman, and no showing made that he was mot guilty as charged. The executire's pardoning authority Is al- ready wide enough and already of sufficient scope arbitrarily to overturn long, pains taking and publicly, expensive court processes. There should be no encouragement given to any attempt to extend this much abused ex- ecutive privilege.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-17
TRUsT AND PUBLIC WELFARE

It is quite evident that the power trust is
 Fonaer than considerations of the public Felfnre in Washington. As an evidence of Efbis was the defeat Thursday of the clause in the rivers and harbors bill making it in eumbent on the federal power commission, efore granting authority to any company br the development of any site, to ascertain,
 a result of government survey, whether
 not such development would benefit or sleteriouSly affect the interest of the people and the federal government. both in respect to navigation and potential water power. 7" Ihe purpose of the provision was to protect the public interest, But inasmuch as the public interest might some time come in con GieE with the private interest. those influ- ential in protecting tine designs of water power monopoly threatened filibuster unless khe provision were stricken out.
 let what did the clause purport to do Tn the first place, it sought to protect the public navigation possibilities in any stream 0u which power development might be cop templated. This does not mean that the p6Wer development would be blocked, but that # would have to be carried out in such man. ner as not to interfere with future naviga- ton projects. In the second place. the clause waa designed to prevent such development as would be fractional and prevent later utiliza- 5ffen of the total power potentiality, through impounding dams and the like. The provision Ess in no manner obstructive of legitimate ariyate power development, but was protec- &ve of the public right of conservation of
 i resources in connection with streams
 To be sure, the case for the people is not et lost, for later legislation to the same ffect will be presented. But the episode
 fyes to show how powerful the trust is in
 sernment circles, so that even the secre-
 fV of war, whose duty lies in the opposite
 gtction, moved to protest the provision. " ia high time that the people awoke to the Seessity for greater concern in the type of Sn seht to Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-17
Watching The Parade
By JOHN PILGRIM

That Pop Dannenberg affair was funny, in the sense of odd, strange or queer. Even yet 1 cannot tell whether Pop was actuated by lofty motives or whether he simply got fed up. I asked Mrs. Dannenberg today if she had heard from Pop:
 "Oh, yes" she gushed. "He is in Morocco now. Having a perfectly lovely time We're so glad he's enjoying himself"
 I notice that Mrs. Dannenberg isn't wear ing as good clothes as she used to do. And the sound of jazzelry by night does not come across the street from the Dannenberg home quite so often. The pink son-in-law of the Dannenberg family has sold his car, too.
 Pop was little, shrivelled, dried up man whose one habit was to read books after mid night. Mrs Dannenberg is florid and rather noisy. Her two daughters take after her. Dannenberg junior didn't favor work. The poor boy, his mother explained, was so popular in society.
 ''I sort of turned on en- Dannenberg told me the day he disappeared. The day before it had rained hard. and Ma and the pink son. in-law and one of the daughters had taken Pas car, Pa rode on the street car The red -in-law tried to borrow money from him. When Pa demurred his wife called him stingy old thing. The son clamored for Pa to loosen up.
 You gotta plenty. Pop" said he, loudly. There were guests in for dinner that night. The family doctor had let it be known that Pa must take a rest and the dinner party decided it should be taken at Palm Beach, | They would all go. The wife of the pink son-in-law said that now Pop would have 10 come across for some new dresses. She sim ply could not go to Palm Beach in thesa old rags. Right after dinner Pop unobtrusiveIy started for Morocco, and I doubt if he'll ever come back.
 ''I might not have gone. at that" said Pop to me when he said goodbye. Except that I heard what Ma said to, the girl before din ner. She said:
 "'Give Pa the cracked plate There's only enough of the good ones to go around
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-17
THE NEW REVENUE BOARD

The vote on the board of revenue, in which only one former member is returned, and he one who usually voted in a minority, is in- terpreted as an expression of public dis approval of the manner in which county af- faifg have been managed. This disapproval rests upon a number of counts, and it may S be well for the new board to analyze the haseB of disapproval and seek to carry out the public will as far as it may be ascer- tained It may well be taken by the new board that one of it's mandates is to CO., |operate with and not seek in any manner to obsfruct or heckle the administration of pub < lie health. This community has an excep- xional health personnel, as proved by incon- trpTertible results. There is no alignment more forcible than attainment of the results aimed at.
 Another count against the retiring board is an the subject of highways. It is true that the board has built many miles of high ways, much of them paved. But it is prop eriy felt that some communities have not been given their due consideration, and that some of the paving types have not only been vinEerior, but that they have actually cost more than better types would have cost, had the specifications permitted wider eompeti- tiou It is not believed that the retiring
 
 ministration that the situation demands, and 1t is believed that the public has not received full value for the money spent on highways. The halting, resuItless, vacillating policy with respect to the soreiy-needed new courthouse has done much to alienate support from the old board The new board can perform no greater public service than to handle this problem in a businesslike manner.
 There is also a constantly nourished opin- ion among the people that the administration Of finances and public expenditures lacks the efficiency that would make provision for fu- 7 tnre as well as urgent demands It is be- .ieved that the income of this county is ade- uate, if properly managed, to supply more public needs at smaller-per unit cost than [ present. Nothing would please the people lore nor be of greater service in continuing ficiais in office than expert and judicious
 ianclng. If the board members are them
 Ives not experts, they can at all times have
 pert advice from those who devote their
 ae to business and finance. The new board
 a fine opportunity, which will amount to
 JEhat the board makes of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-17
SAFE HANDLING OF FOOD

Such progress as has been made by the hdAlkh department, in carrying out sanitary lhtions applying to food dealers, is en- pfaEing to citizens who realize the impor- ace 0f this work on behalf of the public f5 and welfare. More than one-fourth of 8 food dealers, or two hundred and forty he. have been issued sanitary permits Most " Aese are in the central district, and the lsh department will now devote attention o 1ealers in the outlying districts Within he year it is expected that all dealers will have made the necessary physical changes t8 meet the sanitary regulations including fhe removal of all foods from outside ex- AeeuRe, screening and other protection against EuNk and flies. The regulations will be strict " enforced after dealers are given sufficient Nra to-meet the requirements.
 yf IS interesting to note that the Retail roeers' and Butchers Association has co 6sarnfed with the health department in carry An out the sanitary regulations and has been Considerable aid. This is good business eliey. Many purchasers of food will favor sslers who take all needful sanitary precau tne. It is a matter of self protection and f preservation, which is the first law oi nre Thus 1t is seen that the public can much towards making the new food or nces effective by their patronage. When ood dealer finds that he is losing consid t1e business by failure to observe the reg stlons, he is apt to change to the more iltable policy.
 Nhile 1t may require some time for all
 food dealers to make the necessary naes as regards storage arrangements aenfng, refrigerator facilities and the like observe the food ordinance, there is nc bn why there should be delay as respects handling of food products including bread
 naetries, in their distribution from man
 tareg te dealer. Frequently one wit
 unnecessary and inexcusable exposures
 od products to dust, flies and other dan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-17
The Right Word
AN EASTER PRORTENI
By CURTIS NICHOLSON

William Raby and R. Mcleod of Kendall Sask, submit a discussion for a decision. The letter reads as follows: s.s
 "We appreciate your column and would be glad to have your opinion upon the following line which we saw in recent advertisement :: "'Easter is coming soon.
 Ut seems to us that if Easter is coming that means it has started but tackihg the word soon on the end makes it appear as if it hadn't started" e-
 "The Right Word" regrets that it has been unable to answer this query sooner; at least to publish it before last Easter Sunday. It was impossible. Therefore, Easter has passed.
 However. next Easter is coming although it is now long way off. In fact, Easter is always coming, for us soon as one has gone by another is on the way.
 If we were back in the early part of April, it might be better to say, Easter will be here soon
 Insists on Subjunctive -;s
 C. J. Kelley of Opportunity, Wash. cor rects the following sentence: ''Of course, if there are two alternatives only, to- be con sidered, the right word is better"
 Mir. Kelley offers two correct versions as follows A. Of course. if there be but two alternatives to be considered, better is the right word: B. Of course, if there be only two alternatives considered, better is the right word"
 "If there be" is correct. The expression is precise. However, according to modern usage, If there are" is also correct. "The Right Word" has already placed only before two, and, since but may mean only, Mir. Kelley E corrected sentences are otherwise gramatical.
 Yesterdays Error
 Wrong: doctor who you saw only once. Rixhts n doctor whom you saw only once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-17

Readers are requested to contribute. All humor: epigrams tor humorous mot toesl, jokes, anecdotes, poetry, burlesque, eatires and bright sayings of children must be original and unpublished. Ae- cepted material will be paid for at sched- ule rates, which will be furnished on ap- plication. All manuscripts must be writ. ten on one side of the paper only, should bear the name of this newspaper, and should be addressed to the Fun Shop, care Age-Herald. Unaccepted contribu- tions cannot be returned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-17

gers, not to speak of more or less widespread practices of handling ready -to-serye foods without wrapping or other protection. This can and should be stopped by rigid enforcement of the ordinances, because it would require neither delay nor extensive outlay in improve ments or arrangements of facilities for storing or handling foeds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-17
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Our Inquisitive Reporter yesterday asked this question of four people taken at random !:
 eff you subscribe to Confucius' theory that civilization is the sum of intricacies whereby every mans personal dignity is preserved and respected, how do you account for the fact that so many red-haired men wear button shoes?"
 Agatha Thorne, cloak model No, thank you, already subscribe to four movie mag. azines, and I don't care much for heavy reading, anyway"
 George Pinehurst, street car conductor Sure. I'm in favor of civilization. Why don't somebody start it?"
 T. V. Kuhns, merchant: That's possible, of course, but the best dressed men are no longer wearing tan spats" .
 Johnny Simmons, boy scout: You can search me, Mister. I ain't seen nobody that looks like that in my neighborhood."