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Show I F Desert Dust DustBy - ' ' ITI ITIDesert DustI ] 1\ 1 \ 1By I By JohnstonIL Johnston JohnstonWhile I IL L-- L . - - LWhIle While the upturn uptUln In business is isnothmg isnothing Isnothing nothmg nothing to brag about , it is a fact that thatthe thatthe thatthe the future looks a bit bnghtei brlghtel brighter . You Youknow Youknow Youknow know when a man has been sick and andat andat andat at the point of death for a couple ofmonths of ofmonths otmonths . months , his friends and relatives relativesnaturally relativesnaturally naturally give up all hope for his re- re recovery recovery re recovery - - ! covery The only on , fellow that don t tgive tgive tgive give up is the doctor Then when you youare youare youare are all aU set for a funeral . , Doc says saysthe the patient is a little httle better Then V.Qall VQall rte rteall " . e eaU aU all visit Vlslt the patient , that makes hIm hImfeel himfeel himfeel feel a lot better , makes Doc f feel feelbetter feelbetter el elbetter better , . in fact everyone every one concerned concernedfeels concernedfeels concernedfeels feels better . So it is with 'Ith Ith pith ' ' the nation nationIf nationIf nationIf If thlnkpconditIOns most every man you meet thlnkp thinks thinksconditions thinksconditions conditIOns are a little better , it is only onlya a matter of a few weeks until it is isbetter isbetter isbetter better , and if . we v.e ve aye can all retain that thatthought thatthought thatthought thought we stand a fairly good chance chanceof chan&eof chaneof , & of getting wellAccording well wellAccording StreetCharles According to news from Wall Wan streei Street . , Charles presidentof E Mitchell , former presideI1t president I of the National City Bank , is broke brokeand brokeand brokeand and in debt Well , what of it if ? " We brokeI are arepersonally e epersonal1y I personal1y personally arepersonally acquainted with a lot of ofgood ofgood ofgood good men right around home that are broke arebroke ofJohn In reading the te testimony timony of John ofthe 6fthe W . Pole , former fonner comptroller 6f of the currency , . it would seem that the thereason thereason thereason reason that some of the heads of our larger ourlarger banking institutions were not investigated notinvestigated sooner , was that the ad- ad administration ad administration - administration ministration believed beHeved that it would In- In In - jure Injure Moral'Never MoralNever the banking banldng industry . Moral Moral- ' . - Never arrest a thief if theie thcle there is danger of dangerof jeopardizing jeopardlzmg the business busiress of another . thief anotherthief . I Former Treasurer Ogden Mills seems to seemsto be trying to work in on the expect expected expectedsilver expectedsilver d dslIver slIver silver boom He has purchased a con- con con - trolling controlling interest in the Truckee & Vir Vir- Vir- Vir Virginia Virginia - - byD Virginia ginia railroad This road was built bunt by D 0 Mills Mllls , Ogden Mills's Millss ' grandfather grandfatherand , . and has been operated in recent years by yearsby the Mills Ml11s and a"1d a1d " Shaion Shmon Sharon estates of I ofSan San ' Francisco I'rancisco Irancisco At one time this tWs road roadwas roadwas roadwas was the most ; profitable rail ran line in the theworld theworld theworld world It is reported reporte < : ! " " that on or about April aboutApril Hoovervisited 2 Former President Hoover Hoovervisited Hoovervisited visited the Mills MilIs mining property to tomake tomake tomake themineral make an engineer's engineers ' report as tothe to- to - tothemineral - - the themineral themineral mineral mineralea1th Wonder \ wealth \\ea1th ea1th of the property . Won Won- - der if we have been guessing h1m him h1mwrong himwrong himwrong wrong all aU this time ? We was under the underthe Impression that Mr . Hoover was just wasjust a n stationary engineer . storywe Just how much there is to this story we can not say . But it is being told for toldfor the tho truth . A sheep man in the vicinity thevicinity Coloradostarted of at Grand Junction , . Colorado , . started negotiations with the lecon- lecon recon- recon - struction iccon-structlon iccon structlon leconstruction reconstruction finance corporation for a loan aloan on his sheep . He explained that thathe he was without funds and that it was situationto Imposslb1e impossible wasimpossible wasImposslb1e owing to the bank situation to get a . loan in Grand Junction Also I th tht that ? t he was lambing lambmg and would have hav havto haveto e I Ito to raise funds to pay the lambing e'C- e'C eC e'Ci e'Cpense ecpense ex ec expense ' - _ i pense In about ten days he receivethe received receivedI receive receivedthe receivedthe I the following follovl1ng icply teply reply , , ( probably from fromone fro froone fromone one of their brilliant brllUant clerks ) "Appli Appli "Appll- "Appll Appll "Appllcation "Application "Application " fromI - : I cation " denied yre We advise cease lamb lamb- lambi lambmg lambmg lambing - i ing mg I IOne II I One of the big moves on now is to tohmit t tlimit tolimit ) hmit limit wealth Health \ ealth It is predicted that whe whea when whena ) a man gets to be " worth "orth orth north a million mUllon , . he heWIll hewill hewill " WIll be told in a polite way to quit quitMost quitMost quitMost Most everyone would be pleased with witha a little old million mllUon and the averageperson average averageperson averageperson person wot would d not make four bits dif- dif difference difference dif difference - ference between one million mBhon and two twomllhons twomillions twomillions twomillionsNo mllhons millions millionsNo No doubt the reason so many peopledon people peopledont don t like spaghetti , , . is that Washing Washing- Washington Washington . - I Iton ton advi advised , > ed us that we should aVOld avoid aVOldall avoidall avoidall -all all - foreign entanglements"How entanglements entanglements"How "How How " am I going gomg to account for the the$10,000 the10000 $10,000 10000 $ , , the cashier skipped out with with"asked withasked , , " asked the head bookkeeper of the thebank thebank thebank bank president , 'Oh Oh ' Oh . , charge it torunning to torunning torunning repliedthe running expenses , I suppose , . " replied the president . When thou en enjoyest joyest the favor ofpowerful of ofpowerful powerful men , , let not thy pride pnde bepuffed be bepuffed tobe puffed up , . as these men may cease to be powerful |