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La Junta tribune., 1900-05-12

being present, much to his regret.
NJ. X. McCauley, Of the Democrat,
carried off the honors of the even
ing.
We have just received number
Of sample copies OF the American
Farmer for gratuitous distribution
to present and prospective sub
scribers to the TRIBUNE. The
American Farmer and the TRIBUNE
one year for SI.5o.
Under the head Announce
ments," devoted to advertising po-
litical ambitions, the Lamar Sparks
attaches the following explanatory
note: "Cards under this head are
IS each, payable in cash on the
spot. Jawbope and hot air not
recognized as currency equivalents
here"
Engineer L. w. Gilbert was op-
Grated upon at the hospital last
Monday for appendicitis. The
operation was performed by DR..
Frank Finney, assisted by DIR.
Kaster, Of Topeka, chief surgeon
Of the Santa Fe, and was emf
nently satisfactory and successful.
Mr.. Gilbert was reported to be do
/ ing nicely this morning.
The county commissioners in
spected the "chicken ranch" bridge
last Tuesday. The bridge is high
and dry in an alfalfa field about
lone mile south Of where it really
ought to be, having been carried
Tout by the recent floods in the
Crooked arroyo. The commission
| en- have let the contract for re-
placing the structure to the Pueblo
Bridge Company.
II. E. Clucas, ex-master me-
lchanic at this point, was presented
with an elegant diamond stud last
"Wednesday evening by the shop
iemployes as a token of their es-
lteem and good will. Mr.. Clucas
lhas made many friends during his
| residence in this city, both among
| the employees Of the shops and the
citizens Of this community gener-
/ ally, and they view with regret his
return to his former position a
4 Pueblo.
La Junta tribune., 1900-05-12
LOCAL AND ressosAl ,rsns.

Trade at Joys Pharmacy.
Ask Crescent riders. They
know.
Flowering bulbs in great variety
at Bomgardner & O'Neil's.
Buckley & Hart have plenty Of
money to loan on good farms.
Money for city or farm loans on
easy terms. Inquire w. r. Gibson.
For RENT. - Furnished rooms
for light housekeeping. Inquire
at this Office.
Two furnished rooms for rent.
Inquire Of Mrs. l.. w. Gilbert,
Ration avenue.
Why not own your own home and
save rent1 Look at the list offered
by Buckley & Hart.
An elegant line of portieres Al
the Valley Furniture Company's.
Closing out at cost.
Miss Florence Sargent, super
intendent Of schools of Bent coun-
ty, was La Junta visitor Thurs
day.
A new and elegant stock of pic
lures just received by the Valley
Furnitute Company. Great variety
Of popular subjects. Your inspec-
tion invited.
A new line Of hats in dresa
shapes just received at Hodges 4
Crockett's, besides something en-
tirely new in collars, belts and
neck ribbons.
The artesian well at the SAINTS
Fe Shops has reached depth d
365 feet, and the work is progress
ing slowly At the present timss
The prospective depth Of the wei
Is 600 feet. u
The mems oratorical contest ~
der the auspices ot the w. G. a
u, took place u the opera hous,,
Thursday evening. The TRlBuNl
reporter attended ! republican ON
torical contest in Denver that dai
and did not have the pleasure =
La Junta tribune., 1900-05-12
A Week Of Rare Bargain

AS all aehware this backward spring
Gull Our Of selling goods let
profit but wpud wonder could
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

The Santa Rosa Press-Democrat
states that Luther Burbank Of that
city has received a. consignment Of
seeds from the Hawaiian Islands with
which he will commence the work Of
creating a new sugar cane for the ISL
and planters. He hopes to produce a
happy medium, as to size, between the
large and small canes grown in the
islands, and cane that will contain
a. greater amount of sugar than that
produced by the large variety. Mr..
Burbank is also experimenting in the
production of a new coffee plant for
the planters Of Central America.
Stockton is making elaborate prep
arations for her street fair, to begin
on the evening of June 20. Gov. Gage
will assist at the formal opening, and
Mayor Phelan and Atty.-Gen. Tirey
L. Ford of San Francisco, with the
Mayor of Stockton and others, will de-
liver addresses. Concerts, parades, all
manner OF street shows, old country
sports, a firemens tournament, a We
netian illumination and fireworks, with
many other features of entertainment,
are to fill the eight days Of the fairs
duration full Of interest.
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

purses in their hands. The denuncia
ton was caused by the trial before him
Of man who had snatched pocket
book from woman. AS the woman
kept her presence of mind, gave chase
to the thief, and called for aid, the man
was captured almost Immediately. Tht
Judge sentenced the culprit to two
years in prison, and then, looking at
the prosecuting witness, he said: The
careless manner in which women carry
their purses nowadays imposes an un,
necessary burden upon the police, al,
though their carelessness is no excuse
for theft" The subject Of a woman's
pocket and the carrying Of her purse
In hand is not new one. No adequate
solution. seems to have been suggested.
If she carries her purse in her hand II
is likely to be snatched. Usually she
has no pocket and If she had one and
made use Of it the purse might cause
the pocket to bulge, which would spoil
the fit of the gown. If the Philadel,
phia judge would devote his energy
and talents to devising some solution
of this question of feminine purses he
would be a benefactor to half the
human race. If he cannot do so his
criticisms are not likely to be needed.
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08
OIL I Lighthouses.

The oldest lighthouse in existence is
believed to be that at Corunna, Spain.
1t was built in the reign of Trajan and
reconstructed in 1884. Britain and
France have lighthouses which were
built by the Roman conquerors. The
famous Cordovan Tower Of France at
the mouth of the Gironde, in the Bay
of Biscay, was completed in 1911, in
the reign Of Henry Nv. After standing
287 years it was still considered to be
one Of the finest lighthouses in the
world, although its height has been in
creased. The famous Pharos Of Alex
andria antedates both of the above by
many years, as 1t was built 25O B. c.,
but it Is not always considered light
house.
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

If women are not to be reached on
the bird millinery question on moral or
esthetic grounds, If they refuse to see
the cruelty or the ugliness Of museum
millinery, there Is still the financial
ground upon which they may be met.
Of course, this is putting the matter
into the hands Of man, for, no doubt,
he still pays the majority Of the milli-
merry bills, and If tradition be true he
will welcome any new cause for COM
plant. Let him refuse to pay for the
bird hat or to be seen in company with
Its wearer. There have been societies
OF women banded together for the pur-
pose of boycotting the smoker, and why
should not men thus protect themselves
against worse evil? OF course, some
women 60 so far as to believe that
four-and-twenty blackbirds gathered
into q pie for masculine consumption
is as great sin against bird nature as
the placing Of this same feathered tribe
upon a hat for the qualification Of "fe-
male vanity" And deep in the femin-,
Inc heart lies the conviction that If to-
bacco plants were live things there.
would never be any protest against the.
sin of taking life for personal gratifica-,
ton. But mans opportunities for
admonishment are rare land though
he himself is an imperfect being, let
him not throw away this chance to cx
hibit his disapproval and hurl mascu-.
line maledictions at this wanton dis,
play Of female vanity"
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

At every meeting of secondary teach
ers addresses are made urging the i'm
portance Of thorough instruction in
English. This is not only proof that
English Is now insufficiently taught in
most schools, but it also shows an
awakened interest which cannot fail to
be of effect. The time may come when
English Is studied as thoroughly in
English schools as French is in the
French school or German is in those Of
Prussia. One of the best addresses on
the teaching of English was made by
Mrs. May Wright Sewall, teacher club
woman and author, at the North Gen.
trail Associations meeting at st. Louis.
She declared that the defects which ex-
list in teaching composition in the Sec
ondary schools may be traced directly
and principally to defects in elemen-
tary teaching in composition. Children
are not taught from the start correct
sentence structure, pains, and the hab-
it of selection In vocabulary and care.
full punctuation. Just as foreign lam
guage can be most easily assimilated
by young child so can these funda-
mental elements Of composition be
most easily acquired, not only as mat
ters of knowledge but as habit by chill
dren in the primary grades. As such
instruction is seldom given in the lower
grades pupils are weak in the mechan-
ical part of composition. A point made
by Mrs. Sewall is that the teacher Of
English in secondary schools often fails
to realize that in all his intercourse
with his pupils he is teaching them En-
gl:sh, and many times the defects in
English which the teacher spends a
large portion Of the recitation time in
endeavoring to correct have been ac-
quired from himself in the hours when
not teaching English and he was, so to
speak, off his guard. 1t is also true that
teachers Of other subjects than English
are not careful in their language, and
while giving instruction In mathemat-
les or history teacher may be uncon-
sciously giving his pupils direct instruc-
tion in hating or at best commonplace
and inelegant English.
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

Prof. Pictet, of Switzerland, has dis
covered a method of extra citing oxy-
gen from the air. With an expenditure
of 500 horse power 100000 cubic feet
of oxygen can be obtained from the air.
The commercial use of this oxygen, it is
said, will be to produce higher temper
atures in furnaces. In the process, Of
course, the oxygen will be converted
into carbonic oxide which Is a poison
ous air. This discovery has led some
thoughtful men to asking whether or
not modern Invention may not become
q menace to human life by exhausting
the life-giving properties of the atmos-
phere. AS the atmosphere is pretty
large and the invention is not likely to
come into general use FOR several gener-
atoms there is no immediate call for an
Injunction against the Inventors. New
ertheless the time may come when
some big trust will get corDer on the
oxygen In its immediate neighborhood
and like the highwayman demand your
money or your life.
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

The immigration statistics show that
the people Of Germany take but little
stock in their governments theory OF
this being a germ-ridden nation.
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

A Louisville woman had her husband
arrested for kissing her. The Judge
dismissed the defendant upon promise
that he would never again be guilty OF
such conduct. The Judge was under
the correct impression that the woman
was the one to be punished, and he
knew best how to administer the pun
.ishmant sSsg -
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

: 'Incircumscriptibleness" is not the
longest word in the English language.
-Nonintercommunicability" is longer
one. which may appear in the new OK
ferd dictionary. 1t will be great boon
to space writer's.
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

Dispatches from Washington state
that there is much friction In the
army over new explosive" The army
oueht to be careful. Friction and ex-
olosives do not go well together, ana
frequently result in terrific skyward
flight Of the frictioneers.
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08
Cash DeSOsitOries.

One small boy sly papa puts the
money he don't give to mother in a cof-
fee pot.
Other small boy-Mine don't; he puts
it in a jackpot. heard mother say SO.
Detroit Free Press.
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

In the interest of public decency, the
City Council of Mount Vernon, n. T.,
adopted an ordinance, two years and
half ago, providing, under penalty, that
NO handbill, circular or poster OF any
kind should be displayed or distributed
without being submitted to the Mayor
for approval The present Mayor
writes that, although the ordinance Is
not stringently enforced. it has proved
a corrective and restraint, so that
"theatrical companies and bill-posters
are very careful as to the class OF ad-
.yertising matter they distribute in the
city" This,plan seemed more effective
and less vexatious than the prosecution
of particular offenders.
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

His Royal Highness the Prince OF
Wales must be Of the opinion that 1t Is
worth while to be shot at semi-occa-
fdonally If only to realize the extent OF
his personal popularity.
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

Things in China seem bit quieter,
hut no one can tell what that terrible
Dowager Empress An may. be up TO
behind her prescription screen.
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

A New Jersey man won a bet the
ether day, by drinking a quart OF
whisky without stopping. Unfortunate
IL. however, the amount won was not
large enough to pay his funeral ex-
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

The woman who knows that her hus-
bands life is insured for the benefit OF
his mother may pretend to be happy,
but what's the use?
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

Up to the present no one has taken
the pains to sympathize with the per
SON who supplied the geographical
names for South Africa.
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

Employers look at a boys fingers
now when he applies for job. II the
fingers have yellow stain on them
tie boy doesn't get it.
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

There are lots of men who look as
discontented as the servant girl in the
kitchen, but who haven't her privilege
of giving notice.
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

Some men are born great some
achieve greatness and others nave
greatness thrust upon Them by being
cured by patent medicine.
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

Four women in a buggy were driving
an old horse over the bridge that span
ned an Ohio railroad, when fellow on
q locomotive blew the whistle, rCr
finn" The horse ran away, the women
were thrown down an emDankment-
and the railroad company has just PAID
s8o 600 in damages. 1t Is not reported
how much the. fun" cost the joker,
personally, but we suspect that he does
NOT now control whistle on that line.
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

Henry Labopchere, it is alleged,
smokes poor cigarettes. This may ac-
count for Henry's views on most
things.
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

A Pennsylvania man criticised an
others singing, and was killed for 1t.
The best thing to do when man with
a bad voice starts to sing is just run
away. ;lb Vsf
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

The young man who considers his
best girl the light of his life naturally
doesn't mind sitting in the dark.
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

That projected egg trust evidently
came to grief. They counted their
chickens before they were hatched.
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

The man who itches for fame has to
do a lot Of scratching before he gets
there.
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

A Philadelphia Judge has denounced
the habit Of women carrying their
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

A good roads movement would meet
with great favor in South Africa.
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08


Luis obispo, Kings, Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los ~
Angeles and Orange. M@-s Egs.sg
5000 Acres Leased to Capitalists on Royalty.
10000 Acres Reserved for Development.
Company two million five hundred hous- 80
and shares Of the capital stock Of 50 Of the best oil com
panie in California, thus covering thoroughly as can
be the oil fields - -.
Par Value of this Stock Is from 81 to $40
SOURCES IcoME:
1st-Royaltes on 5000 = +..-
stock held
companies a. s..ss- =
3rd-Oi produced from
It covers expand
Its not all in one basket A 1 AIE - sE
offers 50 chances compared company
divdens there is oil in California
and the best and safest yet conceived
Business plan sensible pruda people
everywhere 81 iJT!@"
having limited resources
when invest in the entire Oil field OF Caor
mia? Why do it,
The California Consolidate Petroleum Company behind
Coast
Their not only OF the honest handling the
but of the of the
company connected directly or in
directly with the Standard Oil Company all umo the contrary
Notwithstanding
bought for time at fifty
share which halof the value This offer will
positively withdrawn advanced share
block Treasury Stock offered for sale has been sold
Should the limited amount
sold before receiving application will be promptly
First first served, is the Companys policy in sell
ing this stock.
Purchasers stock once by paving Of
the balance within days
from date application Following form Of application may used:
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08
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Mesa free press., 1900-06-08
No Liability to Stockholders
] 50 Oil Companies in One :
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5, 900, 600 Shares

Owns of the best oil lands in the best oil fields
between Oakland and San Diego Lands situate in the
counties of Merced San Benito Fresno, Monterey, San
Luis Obspo, Kings Kern Santa Barbara. Ventura Los y
Angeles and Orange. ~
Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

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Mesa free press., 1900-06-08
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Stock Absolutely Non-Assessable.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-12

service ard wandered north, headed for
the Klondike. 1t was reported that he
was dead and for two years he was lost
sight of until the Standard gave news
of his return to Canadian civilization, a
trifle disfgured, but still in the ring.
When volunteers were asked for in Can
ada George promptly volunteered, but
was refused owing to being over weight.
That he is still the same George and in
clined to furnish fish stories to fill space
is told further in the Bulletin in his
search for band of wild horses near
that place. Speaking OF wild horses,
the Bulletin says:
George B. Mclaughlin and party,
who returned on Monday from the moun
tains, where the had gone in quest of a
band of some $50 horses which were
supposed to be running wild on the
ranges among the foothills, succeeded in
securing only 10 head in all out OF the
supposed band. TGey are inclined
strongly to the belief that the $50 are
myth, as Indians with whom they con
versed knew nothing OF any herd ofthat
extent, Notwithstanding that their hunt
ing grounds covered the range. The Sc
curing of band Cf wild horses would be
to novice a difficult and almost i'm
possible task. The means adopted is
simply to erect Il strong corral on one Of
the paths made by the animals. From
gateway in the corral two "wings" are
run; that i9, two fences slanting out for
"a couple of hundred yards This coral
lis generally located in rough, bushy
part Of the country. whore its existence
is not discovered by the horses until they
are onto and into it. After the horse
trap is complete the riders starb out
through the surrounding country round
ing up the quarry, and when bunch is
discovered the animals are headed down
the run way and into the funnel-shaped
corral Here, after being trapped, they
are reped and after being halter broker
are tethered out.
'.The country, in the vicinity Of the
! leavings of the Mcleod and around
prairie creek Mr. Mclaughlin states i.
an ideal ranching and grazing country
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-12
CaD1i2re OF British.

Pretoria, April Sit is officially an
nounced here that at the Blocmfontein
waterwoys the Republican forces cap
turea eleven officers and 362 men, with
eleven guns, two ammunition wagons,
other wagons aud mules.
London, April 8.-A Boer account of
the Bloonfontein watorworks affair
says:
"Col. Broadwooi evacuated Thaba
NChu owing to the advance OF Com
manaant Oliver from the south. The
federal troops found che british camp in
peaceful slumoer without a sentinel OF
outpost 10 give the alarm. Gen, De Wet
Immediately placed the guns and CON.
,nandoes in such positions as to surround
the iritish, who did not have time to re
cover from their surprise"
The Cape Town correspondent OF the
Times discussing the affair, says:
"All the details only serve to bring out
clearly the marvellous cleTerness OF the
Beers no less than the marvellous care
los3noss and improyidence of the British
officers, whom, it would seem, no serie:
of disasters win teach to keep wide
awake.
The Beers in Col. Bradwood's rea
drove his force into the party at th'
drift, ezactly as patridges are driven to
Gun. At The dri Itself as each Wagon
descended the hollow it was showl
which way to drive SO as not to bloci
the convoy. When the guns arrived th'
trap was all clear again for their recep
ton. As one who was present said: 6
wonld like cloak room The Boer
politely took your riao and asked you t
kindly step to one side. There wa
nothing else TO Do
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-12
William PeDO Hanged.

Last Saturday morning at minutes
after o'clock William pepo was hanged
in the yard adjoining the jail at Choteau,
and thus was expiated the foul crime
which he committed by the murder OF
Julius Plath, early in June 1893. When
asked on the scafoll, by Sheriff Hagen
if he had any thing to say Pepo said:
"Gentlemen-I have nothing to say ex-
cept that [ am about to be han 3el, aad
die an innocent man." The moose and
harness were then arranged by the
sheriff ana J. Fl. Devlin, and Pepo turn
ing to Rev. MFR Cunningham, asked him
to pray. Mr. Cunningham complied
with 4 short prayer, and as 5000 as the
black cap was placed in position the
murderer was lifted up three feet bY the
dropping OF the, weight ana remained
hanging with his feet within 10 inches
Of the floor Death was probably in
stantaneous, as the struggles OF the
dying man were OF short dur4t;on.
Pepo left several letters addressed to
iferont persons, and denying his guilt.
He also addressed letter to the E?-
worth league, ana members Of the Meth
odist church, thanking them for kind
ness shown during his imprisonment,
and expre ssing his belief in religion, aaI
in his own ultimate salvation,- not
a reference to the crime for which he
paid the penalty. There can be no
doubt as to his guilt, saving only that
the evidence was purely circumstantial
no human eye being q witness to the
foul murder that was committed. in the
lonely cabin on the Muddy. As he had
expressed some feeling against Sheriff
Hagen for his efforts in tracing his
whereabouts and securing evidence Gu
behalf of the state, it is no more than
fair to give that officer due credit for his
efficient work. No doubt the cause oi
Justice would have been as we'll sub.
served il Pepo had been sentenced K
life Imprisonment for his crime, and it is
worth while to again to consider as the
law makers have often done, whether
the circumstantial evidence, however
strong, gives the state the moral right to
deprive a human being OF his life. LII
any event Pepo has passed, and his de
memeanor since his incarceration leave:
little doubt in the minds Of those IA
miliar with ihe facts, as to the justice O
his sentence.