La Junta tribune., 1901-05-29
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People. With Apologies 70
George Ads.

Al NSttaIu loWu pot oScS
Thousand Miles from Swink there
were not many live ones. The
typical Resident had been there so
long that he had taken Root and
had Lichens and Moss growing on
him. II he had a Dollar he was
hanging on to it like Grim Death,
now and then letting out a Low
Wall about Texas. When asked
to Contribute for some Public En-
terprise that would be benefit to
him and every man in the town,
he always sprung Fairy Tale on
you about having been Buncoed
in a Canning Factory Scheme, or
Held Up in an effort to establish
Mill in the Burg. OF course he
sold his stock for 90 cents on the
dollar, but that cuts no ice, he was
loser a Tener, and he couldn't
afford to invest One Dollar in any
Kind Of an Enterprise unless he
saw Two Samoleans in Sight. He
is always Kicking about People
Spending their Money Away from
Home, and seems to Think chat
he is entitled TO all there is in
Sight and then Some. II he wants
New Bicycle or some Printing
done, however, and Finds Out he
can get them cheaper in St. Louis
or some other seaport, he goeth
straightway like a Lamb to the
Slaughter and Purchaseth a Bum
Bicycle, which thereafter spends
most of its time in repair shop,
and his cheap printing has more
errors in it than would patch hades
Several Miles. The Golden Rule
Of "Pa,ronize Home Industry and
Spend Your Money Where IL Will
Do the Most Good" applys to
Other People, but not to Him.
If aroused from his Trance and
compelled to Ante for . Fourth Of
July Celebration or something Of
that Character, he would separate
himself from about rs cents in
Coppers, Postage Stamps and
Milk Tickets and then he would
SIT down and cry like Child.
In this town there were some
Public Spirited Men. They were
in favor OF Baseball Nine. Brick
Sidewalks and an Opera House.
They were all the time scheming to
Bleed the Other Fellows for
Funds to Improve and beautify the
Municipality. II the Public Spir-
tied Gang sprung anything on the
community for its betterment, the
Other Fellows always threw cold
water on the project by irsinuat-
ing that there were other ways to
spend the money that would do
the town More Good.
BY Hammering away the P. S.
gang finally got Water Works,
New Reservoir, decent Fire De-
partment, and sat on the Neck OF
the City Council until it promised
to sprinkle the Streets. Some Of
the People of the Burg made
great Holler about the Town being
held up in making a Buy OF the
Street Sprinkler, and it was made
an Issue in the next spring elec
ton. They said the street Sprink-
Ter was away ahead Of the Town
and the Burg couldn't possibly
catch up. But it did-some.
The town needed an Opera
House Bad, and when a Scheme
was sprung upon the citizens by
an Outsider whereby one could
be Built, the Public Spirited
strained their backs for several
weeks trying to pull the Town out,
of the Yellow Mud and give itt
Standing in the Amusement
World. The Scheme didn't work
at al ae First. and the Whole
Ihise sesmed to be slipping away.
nptil 6nally il came to . chow
down. Thea the Public Spirited
Eang goe oef sshsir Sledse HAM
ness sd cIsavsyp apd made a|
I,..d .rea - ~ vfeierfted foss