The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-06-19
SUNDAY NIGHT MUSINGS
By c. T, RAWALT

By c. T. kAWALT
PAONIA is having quite an interesting time with
prohibition enforcement these days Some little while
ago Federal man to town and pinched several
high class fellows, and it suspiconed Mack Da-
Wis, who happens to be broherin-law of editor
gave him information Mack always has been a
pestiferous prohibtonst. suspicion that if
he could tell the officers anything, that did so Any
they formed nice little mob selected big buck
to beat Mack up, to his house at night and
sent the selected man to lick Mack Davis. He made
enough disturbance raise and got licked for
his pains The encounter being in the dark the family
were alarmed the sounds which they not under
stand and the daughter accidentally discharged six
shooter in the air while trying disturbance
That evaporated the mob all except the who was
being licked One member of the crowd of
OF the assaultor home fast that it is said
to have made him sick and he call physician to
treat him for exhaustion He probably needed
clothes cleaner than doctor Sngularly loca
paper could not find out thing about it and wildly
enthusiasts friend, Tom Blackwell also treated it with
silent contempt. In late issue the Paonan comments
as follows touching Davis having announced himself a
candidate for sheriff:
Sheriff. Yes the erstwile reported asrant for the job
emily tried to keep the home town folks from finding
out by advertising his intentions in Delta paper But
reless reader discovered it and the has
leaked out. Good luck Mack.-Paonian.
Some years ago the super-sanctfed prohibtionists
elected Davis sheriff for two That they helped
He the Democratic ticket and was played up
strong man who would enforce the law 1t is his
credit that he did, and is also the direct his
being defeated for a third We Delta county
pretty well Fifty per cent of those who supported pro-
hibiton did with robust mental reservation. They
in favor of prohibition for everyone except them
selves The fact is that Mack Davis suited them too well
They want sheriff who will pinch the poor fellow and
make big display while ignoring the nice big church
members and business who lagrantly disobey the
law Mack is good sheriff, all except his fool prohibit
ton ideas, and it really if he the logical
for the job in county that bluffs about wanting
the law enforced Of course know that they do not
want it enforced Mack will be beaten for the nomina
tion, but glad he is running 1t will put lot of
hypocries the grdde and expose their nsincerity
SOME very interesting information is given by
editorial brethren regarding the Elk Mountain Hotel
burning Crested Butte. The Hotel built about AZ
years by Hart Axtell, pioneers of that day Our
exchanges give credit Winfield Scott Stratton the late
mining magnate who when the Crested Butte hotel
built, did not have the wherewith build a chicken
house. Mr. Stratton tramped Cripple Creek with his
box of carpenter tools his back because he did not
have enough to pay fare, twenty years after
the Elk Mountain House opened for guests Mr..
Stratton good carpenter and because he was too
poor sport with the boys he spent his spare time
tramping the hills around Cripple Creek He did not
know much about mining pig does about palms-
ary but day he spotted something that looked diff
ferent took it to and found out that it was
good He back and staked the Independence.
When he died he owned the Brown Palace Hotel in Den
ver, he did the Elk Mt. House in Crested
Butte. So much for historical accuracy.
THE nomination of President Coolidge was foreor-
dained We reminded of the little girl who
strated with the cackling hen who celebrating the
laying of egg. you fink your smart, bod made
egg, couldn't help but lay it," By set of utterly
unexpected circumstances the republican candidate
President madd to order and had be endorsed by
the party But his running mate the evidently hon.
est and unnf1uenced act of the convention. Without
question they would have preferred any of
others, but the intended victims side stepped the
pending accident. Chas G. Dawes got in the road and
got hit with political lightning. He is far above his
chief in point of ability and brains we'll be
agined Mr. Dawes is somewhat verbose and spectacu-
lar character but who does things and does them
WELL The convention result is like mating wild cat
with porcupine Talk about the tail wagging the dog!
Ye gods! what team. "Slent Cal" He'll Maria
Dawes This is going to be interesting and
ing show miss The democrats can
match it only by nominating AL Smith and Billy Bryan
That would put the most spectacular political vaude-
Vile .-- ..t .t.,
..- GUARANTEED t....s
EITHER for practical malicious joke
tackled up signs the Welcome signs entern ng