The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-12-11
THE GLAD LITTLE HURRAH BOYS

MONDAY of last week a wonderful day in the
Denver stockyas More than % 900 head of cattle
shipped in there sale day. breaking all former
records-and how the serious minded patriotic
city raved it, An unprecedented of
prosperity n they shouted from the housetops!
such WEALTH. Such business activity Such bunk!
The truth is that that day the stuckmen of the
neighboring driven desperation by
the harred of their existence during the past few
years of booming property, unloaded and at
prices which didn't pay food and freight, moth
ing original ultimate profit 1t wasn't gil
gantc revival of business it just sort of fna
crash for the stockmen who haven't made for
four years of being inspiring it
pathetic but the Denver sob squad turned loose it the
vias of their unthinking enthusiasm and converted
business tragedy into the likeness of boom.
There is something with the livestock business
thing radically wrong-but just what it is
to know 1t is Improbable except under the most
ideal crcums and that situation is not confined to
any locality any state. Possibly it is change in the
public taste; possibly it is caused by the thousands of
farmers in the middle who furnish few cattle each
to the market each year; possibly of thou
sand things combination of all of them But GER
ainy there is something with the cattle business
when 2s.OO0 head shipped a limited market
single day for sale sacrifice prcesthe Denver newspa-
pers to the contrary notwithstandng-Weld Co. News
THE death in automobile accident of Mrs. Gene
Straton Porter which last Saturday evening in
Los Angeles from this life of Americas
delightful writer's Mrs Porter contributed
literature interesting books all
of which not only popular but clean and uplifting.
Perhaps "a Girl of the Limberlost" and "Freckes"
tracted most attention She close observer of the
Outdoors and from it undoubtedly absorbed many of her
high ideals and much of the purity her thoughts
writings differed widely from those of others that they
became notable because they different. The world
loses much when brilliant passes ahead of
her time.
LAST Saturdays Durango Democrat announces the
passing of ownership of that from the Day family
to syndicate of retiring Democratic county off
cias viz George w and Mrs Lane, John B. Mrs,
oRouke and Reese McCloskey. The owners are all
good Democrats and the policy Democrat will re-
main unchanged We are just little at loss to know
how the state press going to get along without Rod
Day in the editorial chair some where The papers an
that he will likely go business in DURANGO
But no hint is given to the line All the boys will
wish him well, however
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EX-GOVERNOR THOMAS is out with an expression
Of the hope that the legislature will reestabsb the
State Constabulary What for he does disclose We
have as much use for them have for of piles
but possibly they would the sort of pur
pose as David Harum declares eas to be good
He said certain amount of them kept the dog from
Eliminating on the fact that he dog Gov Thomas
makes some strange suggestions He always an enig-
ma and in his old age becomes a real puzzle
BROOKLYN prognosticator says that this old world
will be plunged into four years. within the next
year lie produces newspaper clippings prove his abil
'S W wars lnese SIPS snow that this lor
tie foretod the last in the early part 1914 and
also the JapRuss six months before it began Ac-
cordng to his fgures there will be 900 men en-
gagged, of whom 66666667 will be killed. The European
nations will fight among themselves America Mex
lco and South America will lock horns-Grand Junctio
Sentinel
THE daes state that Governor Sweet has about con
cuded to appoint Harry Cassaday a member of the
State sniveF service commission good idea for
TWO reasons: the place has got be filled Mr. Sweet
mas a right to make the appointment Harry Cassaday
IS one OF the best in the administration
we should very much like to him AS budget
ana efclency commissioner, he rotten
ness and member of the "snveY service commission
ne is sure to make good as the position per-
mts of.
BRISBANE says have ll2 900 900 people and most
oi the gold in the world We have nations
une IN one union free trade among ourselves and pro-
eeton for working and business men against the
outside world We have good neehbors the north and
SOUTH an ocean the west We the Democ rats
"nen we read all this excited that we feel like
jumping up and saving Oh God you wish YOU were
esf-- l. T. h, il Denver Democrat
IHE Pueblo Chieftain is calling for suggestions on
new legislation to be considered by the assembly soon
convene we call that punk idea. What state needs
most is more statesmen like Billy Adams
10 Kill new legislation Quit fooling with the laws Al
ready we have more than enforce or respect The
main problem for legislators taxes and after all the
buck passes back to the school districts cv and county
unts.-Alamosa Journal