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La Junta tribune., 1898-10-19
covnrv As,o VALLEY.
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Rocky Ford will have electric
lights in the near future.
The County Sunday School Con-
vention will meet at Manzanola
on Saturday and Sunday, October
2o and 80. IL ,t5-
Plans have been made for build
ing on the site of the Rocky Ford
burned district two story buildings
Of uniform front. W
The work on the Oxford flume
across the Chicose creek is pro-
crossing rapidly and it is hoped to
have water IN the ditch by October
73d.
Rocky Ford has gun club. 1t
has leased a lake which is to be
fixed up as shooting preserve,
with blinds, stationary decoys and
boats.
The county commissioners will
be asked to open up road along
the north side Of the Anderson
ranch. AT present the new school
house has no road by it.
Olney is on the boom. Now in
sight is grocery store, hardware
store, hotel, short order restaurant
with pool and billiard hall, harness
and saddlery shop and millinery
store.
Olney has received new name.
and will hereafter be known as
Olney Springs. The Missouri
Pacific has p'ped 10 town the
Graham Springs, which are located
three miles west.
Two mangel wertzel beets weigh
ing fifteen pounds each, were grown
near Fowler this season. The
beet makes excellent stock feed
for either hogs, cattle or sheep,
and the yield will vary from eight
to fifteen hundred bushels per acre.
c. H. McVay informs us that
water has been struck at the
Timpas station well at a depth OF
5e4 ieet. The water is hard and
is coming to the surface at the rate
of FIVE gallons per minute. They
will probably continue drilling
until the second dakota is reached.
Rocky Ford Times Republican.
Neat cards sent out by Mr.. and
Mrs. Leroy NJ. Campbell announce
that they will be ''at home" Oct.
7oth, at 2 p. m. at Fredonia, 6
miles ease of La Junta. The oc-
casion celebrates Mr.. Campbelps
5Ist birthday. A number of old
soldiers from Otero county will be
present to extend congratulations
to the ex-President of the Otero
county veteran association. Rocky
Ford Enterprise.
During the past week the Alfalfa
Land & Cattle Company have re-
ceived at the Fowler stock yards
about 4, 900 head of cattle, which
at present they are holding at their
ranch just west of town. From
here the herds will be re-sorted and
distributed among the different
pastures and feeding farms in the
valley which are controlled by this
firm. Several more trainloads will
follow from tie New Mexico ranges
soon to this company, being a
purchase of 10, 900 head which
Colonel Lockhart, the manager,
made about one month ago for
October delivery. The resident
manager, Mr.. Van Norman, ex-
poets to handle upwards of 20, 900
head of cattle from their Fowler
ranch between this and early
ng.-Fowler Tribune.
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-19
% c. L. SEELEY . :
Real Estate, Loans, Insurance
Ia JuNTa. COLORADO.

500. Pair OF Iots In Mt. View addition: terms
easy.
GOOo. Eighty acres: eight miles from La Jun
Ia: under ditch: In cultivation.
etO. Two east front lots: three blocks from
post Office: suitable for dwelling.
enD Eight hundred acres: under ditch; two
houses. fenced; fine stock ranch
500. Two corner lots: yo0r room houee: good
shade and lawn. come fruit trss; snap.
500. Five acre tracts: pei petual water rights
within one mile of La Juntn: easy terins.
92.00D. $50 acres: tn hrce-room house: hfty-hve
acres under ditch with wafer right: some
alfalfa: bearing fruit trees. ga.s
s2,5D. Forty ncres: one mile from La Jnnta
four room house: twelve acrss In bearing
orchard; one acre In grnptf; water si6iAs.
HisSip two miI,s ef E IL Jnntr. icns scres r
stone house; part under cultivation: some
alfalfa; water riyhts In old ditch; can sell
part.
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-19
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La Junta tribune., 1898-10-19

. any known to
the tougue Of
* man. II can
~ invite or repcl.
sigh or smile,
be m eek OF
naughty. tear
Hk a passion to
III taiiers or hum
bly, seek for
giveness.
II can also tell the
story of health A
woman Who suffers
from weakness and
disease in a woman
ly way sits in sorrow
and detection while
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-19
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
ATroeMavs.

w r. GIBSON.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Ranch or
city loans and real estate. win practice In
state or federal courts. Room 5, Central
block. La Juntii. Colo.
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-19

FIRED a. sA"S
Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Central
Block La Junta Colorado.
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-19

KiLGoRE & HESS.
Attorneys mt Law. Special attention given
10 irrigation and probate law. LA Junta, Colo.
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-19
ARchITEcTs.
BANKS.
PHYSICIANS

n W. PHILLIPS. N. D.
Physician and Surgeon OHc. nrd ...,g
ience. corner Of Ration avenue aud kHnsap
<tr,-ets. La Junta. Cpio.
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-19

A viracious woman's
fan can frequently
speak in more elo-
4 queut language than
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-19

0R. !. s. bryant
AT home I'm La Junta FROM the Isl io th.. IN
OF each month. Office IN wOshruh io.k
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-19

Arorney-at-Iaw La Junta, Colo Town
and subui ban property for sale and rent.
The Yale expositor., 1898-07-29
Great Canals.

Probably the largest canal in the
world-a distinction of some note in
these days of wonderful engineering
feats-is the Chenab Irrigation Canal
in the Northwest Provinces of India.
It's breadth is 200 feet, with main
channel some $50 miles long, while
the principal branches have an ag-
gregate length of 1000 miles, and the
village branches will extend, when
completed, some 1000 miles additional.
But, apart from irrigation, the long
est canal in the world is that which
extends from the frontier OF China
to st. Petersburg, and is 4,472 miles
in length. The Bengal Canal, connect
ing with the river Ganges, is 900 miles
long, and in all India there are $4,000
miles Of canals, irrigating 100000 Of
acres.
The Yale expositor., 1898-07-29

made along the way for the watering
of cattle. This system Is called
"Abrevadero" and "Potrero Espanto
Suenos." To the east OF the city are
the towns of Sevilla and Caney. The
road divides at Fuerte Canosa, or the
Fort of the Broad Road" Five high
ways issue from the southern part of
the city and lead to Sardinero, Justici,
Laguna, Ataranza, Cruces and one to
the MORO at the entrance of the har-
Dor. Each of these roads was well
guarded by fort.
The business portion of the city is
confined to the streets near the water
front. Here also are the government
and public docks and the terminus of
the railroad which runs into the in
terror for distance of 25 miles. On
the north shore of the bay are the
slaughter houses and the new ceme-
terry. The central portions Of the town
are highly elevated, and are called cal
ta," or high, while the remainder OF the
streets are denoted by the prefix "baja"
meaning low. The high section is
bounded by San Tomas and Heredia
streets. On the bay front is the ala
media oE boulevard tastefully laid out by
landscape gardeners and fringed with
noble trees. 1t Is about a quarter of
a mile long and makes a very pleas
ant promenade.
Santiago is by no means an unpleas-
ant place for garrison, despite sem
sational stories of yellow fever. False
impressions concerning the climate
etc, have been prevalent. or course
the weather is hot there in summer,
but heat has it's compensations. and
with plenty Of supplies there is no
reason why American soldiers should
not enjoy their stay in the town, no
matter how protracted that stay may
be.
There Is no disease in the town for
the man who takes ordinary care of
himself in the matter of diet and bath
ing.
A hill that rises on an easy incline
of $50 feet above the bay furnishes
q site for the city. Until about thirty
The Yale expositor., 1898-07-29

years ago the streets were In poor con-
dition, and the drainage was INSULT
cient. Now the city is we'll paved and
we'll lighted, and combining into a
most pleasing effect with these modern
comforts is the ancient aspect of the
houses and scenery.
SaNtiago has several industries, the
chief OF which is copper. 1t lies in the
center OF the best copper district Of
lyzed all industry in the island it was
the outlet for copper products of great
value. Opposite to the Point de Sal
on the bay are located the great copper
mines of Tomas de Cobre.
The Cubans and the Spanish of San
tiago have ever been an indolent peo-
pie, whose sole desire is set on pleas
ure or qualification of some kind. The
senoras and senoritas are picturesque.
handsome and intriguing. and the men
are mostly good-for-nothings, who pre-
lude the day with brief time spent In
business and then give up afternoon
and evening to pleasure.
lueIe Is u puDilC cluU HOuSe III luo
town, called the Casino, which Is pref
ty by day, but gorgeous by night, when
gayly bedecked men and women gather
In its airy saloons and verandas and
drink, chat, smoke and listen to music.
Before the war began there was a
large colony Of Americans at Santiago.
They met socially in the American club
house, building with a modern inte-
rior and an ancient exterior.
The environs of Santiago are by no
means undressing Behind the city
the country is high and healthful. The
scenery in and around the place is
beautiful, even romantic, for an Amer
lean, and the soldiers who are quar-
tered there to keep the position will
have no lack Of entertainment and re-
lief from the hardships they have pass
ed through.
The Yale expositor., 1898-07-29

Bad government seems to prevail in
Corea. The United States Consul Al
len in a report says: 81 hear from the
country that the high price OF rice
has induced the farmers in many re-
eions to reclaim new land for the
purpose of increasing the production of
this staple. The short-sighted greed of
the official class, however, will, as
usual. take away the profits from the
producer and cause the farmer to raise
only enough for bare subsistence.
Recently whole villages OF prosperous
farmers, who had been taught indus
try, frugality, and honesty by the
American missionaries. were arrested
on the false charge of holding secret
and seditious meetings and thrown
into prison. Every possession they
had in the world was taken by the
soldiers, runners, and magistrates, and
several of the men actually died of
starvation in prison. Strong effort was
made to have these poor people brought
to trial, that their cases might be set
tied one way or another, so they would
be able to get in their spring crops.
Nothing could be done, however, be.
cause of the reluctance of the magis-
trate to have his acts investigated.
Another pernicious custom is the send
ing out of secret inspectors, presum-
ably to investigate abuses, but, as these
men have great powers and are ex-
pected to bring in large extra revenues,
they squeeze every man who has any
thing worth taking. There are good
officials, and these are honored and re-
spected by the people, but they are
few" 1t is thus that all reforms arc
frustrated among a people dishones,
by habit.
The Yale expositor., 1898-07-29
ALL ABOUT SANTIAGO
The Ancient Cuban Capitol That Has Been
Surrendered to the Victorious Troops
of the United States.

The City OF Santiago, surrendered to
General William r. Shafter, is the old
est town In the western hemisphere
with the exception OF Baracoa, which
Is also in Cuba. The limits of San
tiaSo inclose an area Of two square
miles. The city is about a mile wide
and two miles in length from the shore
Of the bay to the eastern limit. The
town is situated at the eastern end
Of the grand bay OF Santiago. BY
water Santiago is seven miles from
the coast, but owing to peculiar curve
In the outline OF the bay 1t is much
nearer by the overland route. In 1888
the population of the city was esti-
mated at $4,000.
Santiago is laid out from the Grand
Cathedral, and that temple is the
number center for the streets. In the
vicinity Of this building are all or
nearly all the fashionable residences.
The cathedral itself is by far the most
superb and imposing edifce in Cuba.
Its beauty surpasses the finest of the &C.
clesiastical structures in Havana itself.
This building and the beautiful yacht
and boat club house on the bay front
the two points in which Santiago
rises above Havana. In all other re-
spects 1t is a secondary city. Havana
is always classed as the first city of
Cuba, and Santiago as the second.
Directly before the cathedral is one
of the numerous small public parks
which separate the great church from
the residence and Offices of the civil
governor Of the province, of which
the town is the capital Hard by are
the palace Of the archbishop of the
city, the post Office, the telegraph Of
fee, the residence and Offices of the
military governor, a branch of the
Bank OF Spain, the principal theaters,
jail and a large and well-appointed
public market. Issuing from the city
on the north are four broad roads that
lead to the villages and towns of San
Luis, Chisto, Santa Ines and Cuabitas,
and to the copper mines four leagues
away to the northwest. One of these
roads is famed for the ample provisions
The Yale expositor., 1898-07-29
ZEN. WILLIAM E. sHAFTER.

GEN. WILLIAM E. SKATER.
the men in the army who has been
able to do what he was ordered to DO;
not a man to find out how things can't
be DONE"
General Shafter has blue eyes under
heavy, shaggy brows-the blue eye
which is at once kind and shrewd, with
a hard CLINT, too, at moments. He
has the fighting hook nose;' more
than that, it is commandingly Roman.
He has a Fitz Lee chin that is at once
firm and Jolly. A heavy moustsche of
gray, and white hair parted in the
middle. Plenty of room for brains be-
tween the ear line of the facial angle
and the top OF his head-and this head
rests with comely poise on-big, broad
shoulders. A man not quite six feet
great soldiers have rarely been so high
with comparatively short legs and
great length of trunk for breathing and
digestion, for which most men of en-
durance and distinguished action have
been noted.
He stands heavy and swarthy, and,
one would say, grim, were not there a
hint of good humor playing underneath
the composure of self control.
Shafter was % years old when the
civil war came. He entered the Sew
enth Michigan infantry as first lieuten-
ant in 1861. He served with distinc-
ton through the war, having been con-
secutively major of the Nineteenth
Michigan infantry, lieutenant colonel
and colonel of the United States infan-
try, and was in March, 1866, brevetted
brigadier general.
His commission as colonel of the
First infantry was vacated May 4. 1897,
by his commission as brigadier-general
succeeding which he was put in com
mand OF the Department Of California.
with headquarters at San Francisco.
HE has," said General Corbin, "serv-
ed with distinction in the Indian cam
paigns of Texas, New Mexico and along
the Rio Grande as lieutenant colonel OF
the Twenty-fourth infantry"
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tary Career.

army comrade who was talking, and he
was talking of Gen. William e. Shat
ter, the man who leads the first army
of the United States in Cuba. When
these two comrades stood near one an
the civil war there were behind them
in the shape of hospital corps, men who
gathered up the slain that were left on
the field by the scythe OF battle, and,
added the old comrade, sit may be that
Shafter in those days might just as
we'll as not have thought of the time
when as bare-legged boy he was walk
ing behind the reapers through the har-
vest fields of Michigan. He came from
what Lincoln called plain people, he
did not go to West Point; he was q
self-made soldier, if there can be such
n tEing. 1t were better to say that he
was born soldier and that even had
he tried to alter his career he could not
in spirit at least, ever have been other
than a soldier"
The man who was talking was Henry
G. Corbin, adjutant general Of the Unit
cd States army-Corbin, the man who
was brevetted for gallant and merit
orious services in the battle of De-
catur, Ala; again for gallant and mer-
itorious services in the battle of Nash
vile, and who is still the gentle SOL
der.
Corbin loves Shafter, as brave men
love one another, and so when the
writer asked the adjutant general why
General Shafter was selected as the
leader of the Cuban campaign he was
not surprised at the answer.
ION account of his rank and conced-
cd ability" replied General Corbin, "his
vigor and good judgment. He is one Of
The Yale expositor., 1898-07-29

SPANS lack of financial foresight
and its abnormal perception Of "honor"
will ruin her without other aid If she
continues her present course OF policy.
If her fnanciers would but stop to re-
fleet upon the general law that money
has a tendency to accumulate In few
hands, in two or three centuries, owing
to interest of money alone" the folly
of increasing the public debt to such an
extent as to make q debt for centuries
to come or to lose honor and caste
among nations by making tabula rasa
by a revolution would be apparent.
The Yale expositor., 1898-07-29

For the murder of woman in Null
berry street, New York, five Italians
were arrested. They had been only
a few years in this country, and the
detectives decided to look up their
records" in the prefecture OF police
at Naples. 1t turns out that one OF
them was convicted nine times, In
Italy, of theft and blackmail; another
sixteen times, OF assault, blackmail and
attempt at murder; two others, six and
nine times respectively, of various
crimes; and the fifth, twenty-one times,
Of assault, theft and attempt at muir
der. OF course 1t is we'll for Italy
that another nation stands ready 10
take such scoundrels off her hands.
But, really, should We lose anything
except a reputation for soft-headed
hospitality-if we enacted immigration
laws that would keep them out?
The Yale expositor., 1898-07-29
Then lie Remembered.

"And now. Johnny" said the Sun
day school teacher. tell me the fourth
commandment. Johnny hung his head.
Dear me-" said the teacher, "cant you
remember it?" Johnny evidently
couldn't. whats It about?" Johnny
couldn't tell the teacher. "I'll tell you
word or two and maybe then II will
all come back to you. Remember the
-" Hold on" cried Johnny. RE
member the Maine. "ACleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Yale expositor., 1898-07-29

The sinking of La Bourgogne and
the horrible stories that will not down
about the inhumanity of the crew and
steerage passengers indicate the neces-
sity for a closer examination into the
conditions of ocean travel at present.
Happily such instances Of selfishness
and brutality as are only too well &C
credited in the case of the crew of the
Bourgogne and its steerage passengers
are rare in the annals Of the sea.
The Yale expositor., 1898-07-29

Suffering; 4. Plaza de Dolores-Dolores
Square; 5, Iglesia de Santa Lucia
Church OF st. Lucia; 6, Dolores bar
racks; z, Cores y Telegrafo-Post Of
fee and telegraph bureau; 8, cathedral;
., Plaza de Armas-Military Square: 10,
Administration building; IL, branch
Bank OF Spain; II, Gobierno Militao-
Military government; 10. Carcel-pris-
The Yale expositor., 1898-07-29

The election Of single boodler to
any office would ruin the political party
toywhich he claims to belong in the
next campaign. Do not vote for man
OF bad record. The duty is to God and
country before party. 49,
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on; IA, Church Of st. Francis; is, rec
tory; 16, Church of the Trinity; IT,
Church of st. Thomas; IS, Church Of
Christ; 10. Beneficencia-Charity build
ing (almshouse); 20, copper entrance;
81, slaughter house; %, highway; %.
railroad depot; "a, railroad shed; rs.
park; 26. bull ring: q. road to Castle
MORO.
The Yale expositor., 1898-07-29

II Cervera wishes to accept the priv
fleges which go with his parole he can
travel all over the United States, live
on the fat of the land, and all at Uncle
Sans expense. He may do all these
things, but IL he hopes to retain the adj
miration Of the American public he will
steer clear of the monthly magazines
The Yale expositor., 1898-07-29

Gale, street: Fuerte, fort; Aduana,
custom house: Embarcadero, wharf;
Cimenterio. nuevo. new cemetery; CT
menterio viejo, old cemetery; Canine,
road; Quartet. barracks; Tore, tower;
Asilo. asylum; Baja, low; Alta. high;
Iglesio, church; Fabrica. factory. /,
barracks OF Reina Mercedes; 2. market
place; 3, Iglesia de Dolores--Church of
The Yale expositor., 1898-07-29

Christopher Columbus knew how to
make an egg stand on end, but he
never could have made Spanish feet
float after the American navy got
through with it,
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A prominent citizen, says a Kansas
contemporary, met death at the hands
of a horse" Has the horseless car
riage been displaced by the hoofiess
horse?
The Yale expositor., 1898-07-29
GEN. VIM. E. SHAFTER,
THE MAN OF THE HOUR WHO
LEADS FORCES IN CUBA.
A Farmers Boy from Michigan, Never
Went to West Point, ana Is Fine
Soldier and Man-story OF Ills Mill.
tary Career.
washington letter.

IL w A 5 only a
farmers boy, tough
and lean as hick-
DRY, following the
S C y the barefooted
in harvest to bum
die up the wheat
that was to go into
the shock that was
TO go into the
ack."
1t was an old
The Yale expositor., 1898-07-29

No matter how much party loyalty
the candidate may exhibit, he is not
a member of the party if he be dis
honest. Do not vote for boodler for
Office.
The Yale expositor., 1898-07-29

Spain may be lying low, but the in
dications are that she is doing a good
deal OF low lying.
The Yale expositor., 1898-07-29

Strength isn't one of the necessary
qualifications of shoplifter.
The Yale expositor., 1898-07-29

A New York physician has found a
cure for blindness. He ought to try
1t on the blind pigs.
The Yale expositor., 1898-07-29

Schley bottled Cervera and was for
tunately on hand when the vintage OPP
ened.
The Yale expositor., 1898-07-29

The titled foreigner who courts an
American heiress usually talks brok-
emily.
The Yale expositor., 1898-07-29

Marriage often means the selling Of
ones liberty for a mess of affection.
The Yale expositor., 1898-07-29

But few men are wise enough to rem
der one word sufficient.
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