The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-12-25

Subscription Price $500 per Year
Advertising cards furnished application
SAM GONtpkRS' rather recently acquired wife will
contest his win which her only her legal rights in
the way of dowry. Looks if Mrs Gompers a bit
avaricous when she accepted the old veteran
-.
GOV SWEET seems likely to get rid of the "snivel
Service" Commission or what amounts to the same thing
the governing members thereof The only bad feature
seems to be that he will likely appoint ones
A RETURNED missionary from Japan says the Unit
ed States made awful mistake excluding the Japs.
The horribilityl If the missionaries and Japs
it nobodys going to object their Jumping tInland
Empire.
ANXIETY is caused among the attaches in the
Mrs Sweetin trial because juror caught winking
the defendant After the made by that lady
with one husband it takes brave juror d-d fool
to try and work up anything with her.
VERY many citizens other than those in Montrose
will welcome the that Ouray and Chpeta
rest side by side in the Uncompahgre Valley very
meet and proper that their resting place should be the
center of their possessions which civilization
disposed them.
ONE of Creede husbands confded to us the other
night that his wife had started economizing their
daily household expenses and that the first and only
thing she had tried far dilute his liquor so
he will have twice much He claims to have a kick
coming but he can't get it from his present supply of
liquor.-Creede Candle
WE are reprinting statement made by DR.. Love in
Pueblo recently touching the of over-croyding
students in the schools seems to us to be very live
question at this time when there so much evidence of
congenita hysera prevalent 1t is very questionable
modern methods of education responsible for
many of our social ills.
THE papers keep telling us that the farmers are
prosperous Evidently the orders have gone to keep
the idea before them that they are doing well and trv
and make them forget their wrongs The President also
appoints commission to find out what them. Fine
that will help them lot when it paying taxes
and buying highly protected goods,
APPARENTLY Rev Hight and his "sweetie". Mrs
Sweetin are to than nominal punishment for
poisoning their wife and husband respectively Possibly
it just we'll With temperament hanging them
would have been little punishment They will suffer
more in ail-presuming that they stay ja-but likely
both will be pardoned Human life is verv cbean
these days and this promotes murders
THAT was some hot -sent1emen,s agreement, that
secretary Hughes entered into with the representatives
of other governments in the disarmament conference
After sinking millions dollars money to the bot
tom OF the ocean our government has appoint
committee to wait the other "sent emen" to zee if
they have kept their agreement. And being diplomats
as well as gentlemen, they will just naturally say yesn
Inland Empire
ALREADY there is a hitch in the republican econ.
omy program, The department recommended the
abolisment of thrtynne land Offices and a provision
abolishng these offices in the interior de-
partment appropriation bill On motion of renubIican
caucus the provision stricken and the
unnecessary land offices will be r,royd
republican patronage Most the sz,calIed economy
measures will meet the fate-Grand Junction Sem
tinel "
THE incoming administration ought to rid the state
of about forty Boards and Commissions but they will
not let go of one in our opinion 1t is mighty easy
get Board or Commission but like pulling eve teeth to
rid the state of after it is established. intro
duced bin to abolish the Capitol ourself and
you would have Thought trying dynamite the
State House BY the way that Board still exists
and for Board that draws salary they are mighty
tenacious at holding on
THE government prohibition officers announce that
the Federal enforcement will trihe with To-
cal matters from but will their entire at
tenton to stopping foreign importaons That is more
like It, We are strongly in favor of curbing the i'm
porter This Lucrative business should be preserved for
the local disller and vendor bank robbine
1t seems to be our leading industry and should be
protected to the limit At least blooming foreigners
should not be permitted to usurp this fertile field
HERE comes Senator Capper and says there's mo
price fixing. If Capper will go to Rocky Ford with a
sugar factory at the edge of city limits and buy
Some retail of local merchant ard find out what
the price Of it is bssed he will how foolish he
sounds And then maybe he us why gasoline is
from u to 10 cents gallon higher in the Juan Basin
than it is in Denver And when he has this wen
have some matters for him keep too busy at to
nave time to make foolish staements-Inland