Show desert dust by johnston A few business men and the grand junction dally sentinel have certainly done their part in trying to delay the development of the natural gas in the vicinity of grand junction there Is no doubt about the supply of gas in this locality the field Is you might say proven from debeque colorado to Green river utah this field means a great future for this country those that doubt it should look over some of the towns located in the gas fields of the country these same men and the paper mentioned have been bitterly denouncing the tariff wall our government has built around the country and at the same time they are trying to build the same thing around tha city of grand junction by prohibiting outside trucks coming to their city to trade with them from the general rumor the people of southeastern utah dont seem to want to pay any sort of premium for the privilege of spending their money in grand junction with the improved roads and freight facilities the people of the southeastern part of utah can obtain their goods from price or salt lake at practically the same cost as grand junction you hear a great many advocating government ownership it Is only a matter of time till their dreams will at least partly come true these railroad loans under mr hoovers reconstruction st plan means uncle sam s first installment paid on the property these people that are making so much fus about the tariff the slowing up of our foreign trade and conditions in general donic seem to realize they are getting just what they have been voting for for years the reception our soldier boys are receiving down at washington seems to have a different taste than when they visited washington during the world war then they were spoken of as patriotic sons of america now they are juet ex soldiers on the bum excursion trains run by the canadian pacific railway have carried over persons in the past month but they have nothing on us our hoover specials on the D R G railroad carry around 50 persons per train ail they are not compelled to have a ticket of any kind when george Mor larty the noted umpire announced that he was ready to whip the whole chicago team and after reading the tight round by round you could not help admiring george for als gameness but as the old saying goes he seems to have taken in a little too much territory henry ford says that it is a disgrace to donate to charity or to stoop to take it henry fords fortune was donated to him by the poor people of the country you never saw a man with means driving one of those old model T puddle he has given the common people less for their money than any other manufacturer in the world mexico has a law forcing people to take baths As soon as we get a little farther advanced we may pass laws to thit effect but it will be tough on us desert rats unless there Is alon furnished to the river ladue william left the last of the week for a visit at preston idaho |