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La Junta tribune., 1903-01-28
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For fresh bread, pies or cakes go
to Fishers postoffice news stand.
Money for city or farm, loans on
easy terms. Inquire W.R Gibson.
Seem Flour" best in the market.
Every sack guaranteed or money
refunded.-La Iunta Milling Co.
We do all kinds of clothes clean
ing and dyeing. First class work;
prices reasonable. Give US trial.
Did you look over the list OF
houses and lots offered by Buckley
& Hartf You had better inquire
row before prices advance.
S. Dunkin, formerly OF the firm
Of Carlton & Dunkin, has purchas-
ed Pegrsm's grocery on Colorado
avenue. and took possession yes
terday.
FoR SALE Ten acre tract ia
North La 1unta; eighteen shares
Of stock in the Fort Lyon canal;
cheap for cash il sold soon.-S.
w. Zickefoose.
At one minute past midnigh,
Sunday night 4 new time table
went into effect on the Santa Fe.
the only change being in the siz
hours additional time given to the
La Junta tribune., 1903-01-28
Aas.s, Msst'"s.

The annual meeting OF the
shareholders OF the Otero Loan
and Building Association was held
in the Office OF Buckley & Hart
Monday night. There was good
attendance. 1889 shares being
represented and a keen interest
taken in the affairs of :he associa-
tion by those present. The old
board was reelected for the en-
suing year and is as follows: F..
Finney. president; James McNeen,
vice president; r Phillips, secre-
tary; c. r. Buckley, treasurer;
directors, E. w. Pierce. c. A.
Beerbohm, c. Jameyson. M.
Finity, and the officers named
above.
The secretary gave a report
covering the past six months
showing the association to be in .
flourishing condition. From the
report We CLEAN the following
facts: The ssociatioc hes = mem
ship Of about 400. nearly one-hali
Of whom are borrowers. There
ere Sr,o,ooo loaned out At the
preseat time, the average loar
being e777- Not one dollar ha,
eves been Lost 90 loans, and verl
fev foreclosures have been made
La Junta tribune., 1903-01-28
s.s~msss e.seef.''y.


County Clerk Garwood was
rather surprised when he went
home to his Sunday dinner to
find his domicile in the hands Of
numerous Rocky Ford friends,
but decided to submit gracefully
when he learned that the plot Was
instigated by his better half.
Those present we're: Mr.. and Mrs.
!. D. Hale, Nj. and Mrs. G. p.
Randall. O. G. Crawford, II. c.
Moose. c. w. Johns. Of Palestine,
Texas. snd A. r. Slower, Of
Madrid, Iowa.
La Junta tribune., 1903-01-28
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Piacards are dor sale at the
TRIBUNE Office, at the rate Of Eve
cents each. which read as follows:
For Ssle.
Lodging.
For Rent.
Boarding.
No S4oking.
Dressmaking.
No Hunting Allowed.
Bonding by Day or Week.
Extracts iron the laws require d
70 Be posted BY boardine house
keepefs Il they wodla prutecs
thsmseives against dlihosess
patrons.
La Junta tribune., 1903-01-28
0otjee.

We are now ready to write beet
contracts for season 1903. The
terms are the same as last season.
FOR blank contracts please call on
our agriculturist located in your
district, or address.
AMERICAN BEET SUGAR COMPANY,
Rocky Ford, Colorado.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-18
THEY WE'RE ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS.
Kidnapers of Miss Ellen stone Pass
Under the Searehlisht.
waahInRtou Post

The diplomatic correspondence which fol-
lowed the kidnapping by Bulgarian brig
ands of the American missionary, Miss Ell
len Stone, justifies the comments of the
sensible newspapers at the time. We now
know upon the highest official authority
what the Post and other conservative jour
nails believed at the very outset. that Miss
Stone was not seized by the Turks that
the outrage was not prompted by any Mo-
hammedan hatred OF Christian persons or
their work: that. on the contrary, Miss
Stone was the victim OF Christian brigands
OF most orthodox piety, and the money ex-
torted for her ransom was used by the
Macedonian committee-composed of the
most devout Christians-in political con-
spiracies and intrigues against Turkey.
It reads like the hbretto of an opera
bouffe. The capture was made by the Bull
garians for two reasons. First, they wanted
the money for their own purposes, and, sec
ondly, they hated and despised the mission
aries anyhow. Then. as revealed by the
correspondence in question, our govern
ment was assured that the women were In
no danger whatever OF personal injury.
They received very fair treatment; were
reasonably we'll fed and lodged; had the
beneft OF religious ceremonies every day
sometimes twice a day-and, generally, en-
JOyeu everything eACepNihb hpViNS' ~ "o9
delicate touch of humor, too, and we can
imagine how Mr. Assistant Secretary Adee
reveled in 1t. that appeal by the State de-
partment to the Russian ambassador at
Constantinople 10 secure the porte's aid in
achieving the release OF AfiSs Stone and her
companion in captivity Mr.. Adee is one
OF the wittiest and most whimsical OF men.
How ne must have enjoyed the situation.
A Christian missionary kidnapped by Chris
tian brigands; our government invoking
Russia's influence with the sultan TO nc
complish her release; finally. the failure OF
the missionary societies in this country 10
contribute TO the ransom fund.-
No doubt history contains a chapter more
grotesaue than this. but doubtless we have
never seen Il
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-18
Personal NOTES.

Levi z. Morton is In Paris and Is about
TO begin a tour on the continent.
DR.. Edward de la Granja. once a promi-
nent physician, Carlist and reformer, has
just died in Boston. He was banished from
Spain.
Frank d. Underwood, president of the
Erie Railroad company. began his career
as a deckhand on q ferryboat on the Po-
tomac river, where he received a salary Of
$40 month.
1t is said that Senator S. b. Elklns OF
West Virginia cleared out of his many and
varied interests last year between $7.00oOOo
and $1,000, 900, and his entire fortune is put
at S5O,OOO,oOO
Ex-President Grover Cleveland has made
a liberal contribution to the monument to
be erected in the capital square at Rich
mond. Va, to General ]. e. b. Stuart, the
gallant confederate cavalry leader.
General John B. Sanborn of st. Paul has
been elected president OF the Minnesota
Historical society to succeed the late Gov
ernor Alexander Ramsay General sanborn
has been a resident OF the state since the
early SOS.
Edwin Wildman the former vice consul
general at Hong Kong. has written let
ter in which he says that the Russians are
III MdHNnuIld 10 SldNs 116 sees no menace
in the occupation, but the opening of the
doors of commerce to the world.
1t is said that James r. Keene, the vet
eran speculator. broke all records in stock
failures when his Southern Pacific pool
went to pieces in Wall street last month
The estimated decline in value Of the pools
holdings was $2,SOOOOo The total cost Of
the stock aggregated s16,e6e 900 against a
present market value of S13,s6o,Ooo
King Christian of Denmark, though IS
years old, is still a hearty old man, as is
shown by the fact that he is about to re-
turn the visit of the French president
Later he will cross the German ocean and
call on his son-in-law and daughter, the
king and queen of England. Queen Alex
andra is about to set UP at sandringham a
marble statue of her aged father.
Elbridge T. Gerry. father Of the Society
for the Prevention OF Cruelty to Children.
is preparing for his annual trip to Europe.
This means an annual visit TO the law de-
partment of the custom house. Mr.. Gerry
wears a sealskin cap summer and winter
To bring 1t back into the country when once
taken out, without the payment of duty,
requires a special permit. Mr.. Gerry never
forgets to provide himself with this docu-
ment.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-18
An obstreperous Governor.


A funny sort Of an old fogy must be
Governor Van SAINT of Minnesota. The
representatives OF the Minnesota legisla-
ture passed a resolution just before ad-
Journing to take to their respective homes
all the desks, chairs and other detachable
furniture as inadequate remuneration for
their services to the state. When the vans
began to back up to the capitol Governor
Van SAINT was there. After lively debate,
in which several honorable noses were
fiattened out, the furniture was wrested
from the lawmakers hands and locked In
the governors private office. II such
action as this of Governor Van SAINTS isn't
unconstitutional It is untraditional. irreg-
ular and indelicate. We cannot endorse
the undiplomatic attitude OF Governor Van
SAINT, for the legislators might take re-
venge by refusing to adjourn.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-18
Nay ExoLUDE IMPURE FooDs.


After next month all foods, liquors
and drugs imported into the United
States will be subject to inspection by
federal officials and articles found to be
adulterated may be excluded. This is
provided for in a section of the agri-
cultural appropriation bill, passed at
the last session Of congress, which au-
thorizes the secretary Of the treasury,
upon application of the secretary of ag-
riculture, to furnish the latter with
samples from original packages for in
spection and analysis. If the articles
inspected are found to be dangerous to
health, or are forbidden to be sold or
restricted in sale in the countries
In which they are made or
from which they are exported, the
secretary of the Treasury is required to
refuse delivery of any such goods to
the consignee.
DR.. Wiley, chief of the bureau Of
chemistry of the Department of Agri-
culture, says it is the intention to
strictly enforce this provision. After
July L." he remarked, ''you will hardly
be able to buy in this country any
frankfurters imported from Germany.
Germany objects to the borax in our
meats and we will object to the borax
in her sausages, for we have found that
they all contain borax. Then, too, the
French wines that come into the United
g., dt,oc
is probably not a wine sold in this
country under the label of pure French
wine that is not a mixture or blend of
French and italian and other light
wines. We intend to make these people
tell on the label the truth about what
is in the bottle" He further stated
that the bureau Of chemistry had al
ready obtained the data on which to
proceed when the law becomes opera
tive and that no time would be lost in
putting it into effect
While perhaps not intended to be re-
taliatory, it is easy to see that the law
can be made to thus operate as to i'm
portations from any country that dis
eliminates against our products, on the
ground that they are deleterious to
health. There will be no question, we
think, as to the justice of this law,
since 1t is a well known fact that vast
amount of imported foods liquors and
drugs are adulterated, goods not per-
mitted to be sold in some countries being
exported to the United States. Possibly
these adulterated articles are not espe-
cially dangerous to health, but as our
people pay the price of pure goods they
ought to get that which is pure.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-18
Didn't bryan Get some ApplauseI

Perhaps the editor OF the Comnnoner
would be interested to know that one of
the quotations from an autograph album
read in a comic opera in Boston Monday
night was something like this: 'T don't
care who makes the laws OF the country
so long as can shoot the ducks. Grover
Cleveland" This was received with ap-
plause and laughter. but when Mr.. Hodge
added the gag. II don't know but 1 may
have to vote for him again." the applause
was tremendous.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-18

The corporation gang behind the ef-
forts Of Hascall & Co. to break into the
next city council must be desperate.
Their scheme to saddle the community
with a bunch of repudiated councilmen
In defiance of the popular will and with
out giving the people a chance to say
whether they want them or not is SIM
ply a logical consequence OF the viola
ton Of the principle of home rule so
fagrantiy iouted by the late Douglas
delegation to the legislature. The per-
petuation by legislative decree OF coun-
cilmen discarded by the people is of the
same piece with the infection of gov
ernor-appointed police commissioners
and water boards. If the citizens d.
rectly concerned are not to be consulted
in the selection of one set of local OH
GERS, why should they have a voice In
the choice of other local officers-city
councilmen for example? If the citizens
who pay the bills will examine into the
matter they will see that home rule is
the only safe pillar to tie to and that
to insure their rights Of local self-gov-
ernment the titles OF all local officers
must come from the people of the COM
munity over whom their authority ex.
tends. 1t is the corporations who refuse
TO trust TO the people.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-18
DOMINATION MUST BE PEAOEFUL.


Remarking upon the presidents state
ment that our geographical position in
sures our domination of the Pacific If
we insist upon our advantage and our
serves that the domination must be
peaceful In order to be profitable, but
we can insure its being peaceful only
by an exhibition of strength on those
waters that will deter any other power
from resisting it. While not desiring
more territory or the responsibility Of
protecting or governing in that part of
the world, nor desiring the exclusion of
others from its trade on equal terms,
yet we cannot brook the policy of any
European nation carving out for itself
a sphere of exclusive control or shut
ting the door in our face on the western
side of the Pacific ocean. 1--WE are
to have pacific policy in its double
sense, but 1t may be a policy that will
have to be enforced by a mighty sea
power in order to be made permanently
pacific"
There is no subject appealing to the
consideration of the American peo-
pie of greater interest and Inn
portance than that which President
Roosevelt has placed before the country
In regard to our interests in the Pa
cifc ocean. There will unquestionably
be a great development OF communica-
ton and trade between the Orient and
the rest Of the world and In such trade
the United States should command a lib
eral share. In order to do this we
must avail ourselves of every opportu.
nifty and we must be in a position to
do this. If any European power shall
attempt to shut us out of the far east
ern markets or restrict our commercial
intercourse with them, we must be pre-
pared to protect our interests. "Mr
Roosevelt in his exuberant way may
seem little defiant" observes the New
York Journal of Commerce, "but he hal
grasped the idea of the necessity OF
the United States standing guard reso
lutely over her opportunities to the
westward, while Europe is plotting t.
curtan them to the eastward Our Pa
ciic coast is a prolific region with pos
sibilities of Industrial development tha
are hardly touched and the day Il
coming when we shall need that vas
outlet for our trade that lies open oI
the west and the traffic with the Orien
which is now In its nascent stage"
The United States will employ onl,
peaceful methods in extending it's com
merce, but il must not be unprepare,
to defend and safeguard that which i
may obtain and the purpose to do thi
cannot give reasonable offense to an
other nation, certainly to none that in
tends to deal fairly and Justly towar
US. Our government has been largel
instrumental in saving China from dis
memberment. 1t has now TO see and (
: firmly insist that no part of that grea
market shall be closed to our trade an
that no right or interest which we hav
in that quarter Of the world shall suffe
through a hostile policy on the part Q
any other nation. We should, on tn
one hand. do nothing to give offense G
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-18
What Colonel Watter.on Thinl..

LOUISVILLE Courter-Journal.
Briefly. the scheme is this: to foros Mr.
Cleveland's nomination by the arts of the
blaokmailing mugwump and the money of
the syndicate, and, having him nominated,
to buy New York, New Jersey and Con-
necticut and the one additional vote neces-
sary to elect, relying upon the solid south.
reduced to a choice between Cleveland and
Roosevelt to take Cleveland. That is all
And 1t is great because it is so simple
II It works. so much gain. II 1t appears
faulty as the final trial approaches Mr..
Cleveland has only to draw out, as he did
from the goldbug Indianapolis convention,
declaring that no one was authorized to
put him in nomination. But in the mean
time. though Mr. Bryan speculate and Mr..
Villas deny. Mr. Cleveland cannot be In
duced to utter the decisive word. which
would at once stop the chatter.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-18

Congressman Cousins of Iowa has been
made the target for denunclatory reso-
lutions by the Iowa Federation OF La
Dor for failure to withdraw the use Of
his name and portrait from a brand
Of nonunion cigars. Wonder If Mr.
Cousins had been passing the pictorial
cigar box around among his constitu-
ents
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-18
ALrnnrrHrR TOO PrnnrlLnnns

ALIOUEIhhh IuO fbNJlILtDbos
The announcement that the arbitra-
ton plan formulated and endorsed by
the Central Labor union has received
no consideration at the hands Of the
Business Mems association on the
ground that no official notice Of such
proposition had been received is to say
the least to be deplored.
The employers organization seems to
be altogether too punctilious. The ar
bitration proposal of the labor unions
was published in all the daily papers
and no harm could possibly have come
from giving 1t due consideration. II
the plan embodied anything objection
able, or If the conditions under which
arbitration was suggested were not ac-
ceptable to the business men, n counter
proposal could have been made with a
view to reaching n common ground
upon which both parties to the contro-
versy could stand.
Public sentiment in Omaha is over
whelming in favor of an amlcable ad-
justment of pending labor troubles at
the earliest possible moment. Every
days delay not only entails heavy losses
on those directly concerned in the con-
flict but seriously affects every man,
woman and child in Omaha. If it is
true that what the strike costs Omaha
every day would build the Auditorium,
Omaha can hardly afford to indulge in
such a luxury for any protracted pc
Rod Just to satisfy the radicals and
belligerents on both sides.
The problem with which the commu-
nifty is compelled to grapple is not a
theory. but a condition. Corporation
lawyers engaged to fight the battles of
the employers may talk wildly about
emancipating business men from sla-
very, but these lawyers have every
thing to gain by keeping up the fight
and nothing to lose. Few Of them have
ever employed any wage workers be-
yond coachman or household servant,
and most of them could pick up their
belongings and leave Omaha on twenty
four hours notice without suffering Sc
rlous inconvenience or loss.
The time has come for the business
men who have the large interests in
Omaha and who have dealt with large
numbers of wage workers under varied
conditions to come to the front and take
the lead In the effort to restore indus
trial peace. This cannot be done by
talking to one another in closed door
meetings, but 1t can and should be done
by conferences between representative
employers and men authorized to dis.
cuss conditions of a settlement on the
part Of the unions.
1t is to the credit Of organized labor
that It has taken the initiative toward
arbitration and manifested a disposition
to make concessions in order to meet
the employers half way. II the Bust
ness Mems association will proceed tC
give the proposal of the labor uniont
fair consideration In the same spirit
that has actuated the labor unions there
is no good reason why the whole trouble
should not be settled amicably by the
end Of the present week.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-18

Another system OF electric railroads to
connect the towns Of western Iowa with
the capital of the Hawkeye state has
been projected and the promoters an
nounce that it VIII require an expendi-
ture Of $10,0O0,OOO to complete the lines
contemplated. The project merits seri-
Gus consideration. but is not altogether
a long felt want With western Iowa
crisscrossed by seven or eight steam
railroads and branch roads, the proposed
electric lines will have lively compet-
ton. But promoters OF railroads are al
ways very sanguinA
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-18
TWO KISSES.

A maiden stands meath summer skies,
Her face is all aglow:
Her eyes are bright, her heart Is light.
life's deepest JOY she knows.
o love so pure, the angels know
It's mingled pain and bliss:
LIES song is sung, life's change Is rung.
with a lovers first fond kiss.
A mother sits and rocks her babe.
And croons lullaby,
Soft twilight falls and over all
The stars shine In the sky.
o mother love- so true and sweet
Who knows a Joy like this?
Come veal or woe, tits she who'll know
Who gives a mothers kiss. ..-
HELEN II. LA MOTTE.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-18

That superb Douglas delegation to the
legislature ought to have known better
than to have divided the city into thir-
teen wards. Thirteen always has been
an unlucky number.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-18

"The Commoner ought to be interest
ing reading if Cleveland should be put
up for president" remarks the st.
Louis Globe Democrat. 1t would hardly
pay TO subscribe now for the year 1904
with the expectation of seeing the fire.
works set off by Bryan in celebration
of Cleveland's nomination.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-18

The controversy arisen over the pass
ing by the state oil inspectors of a guam
tity of Illuminating oil under the test
prescribed by the new law on repre-
sentation that the shipment was made
before notice Of the change in standard
had been given reinforces what The Bee
has repeatedly said about the reckless
and uncalled-for use of the emergency
clause in our legislation. Had the new
oil inspection law gone through In the
ordinary form to take effect three cal
endar months after the adjournment of
the legislature, the oil companies would
have had ample notice and would be
without excuse for failing to observe its
provisions. But the legislature pre-
tended by a fictitious form that there
was an emergency requiring immediate
action, as IL oil explosions in Nebraska
were Of daily occurrence, with life and
property In constant Jeopardy, although
the old law had been on the statute
books for years. There was in fact no
more emergency for this bill than for a
bill changing the line of property de-
scent or abolishing the death penalty.
OF course. after a law is enacted It is
to be enforced as soon as it goes into
effect, but when we change our laws we
should allow reasonable time for those
affected to adjust themselves to new
conditions unless a real emergency
exists.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-18

Advice is the cheapest commodity on
the market. As consequence there is
no dearth Of plans to settle the strike
the adoption Of any one Of them being
guaranteed to restore industrial peace
forthwith. The difficulty lies in getting
the contending parties to adopt them.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-18

Ike HascaIl is the only man of the
solid ave that has the nerve to say he
wants life tenure in the city council.
All the other members in the old COM
bine now declare that they never
thought OF such thing and would not
have it If it was offered to them on a
silver salver.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-18

The increasing tide Of European i'm
migration is good evidence Of the Inn
preston our national prosperity has
made upon people abroad. If the pres
ent pace is maintained, the current
year will be a record-breaker In immi-
grafton figures
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-18

1t was a safe bet that one or more
plots to make away with President
Roosevelt during his tour of the west
would be uncovered by lynx-eyed sleuths
ambitious to prove their powers as de-
tectives and the expectation is not dis
appointed. The real disappointment,
however, is likely to come to the peril
defying police who boldly frustrated
the imaginary eonspirators when they
find that President Roosevelt refuses
TO stand for such con game.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-18

If their platform differences have all
been adjusted, Iowa republicans will
have nothing to do in state convention
except to endorse the administration of
Governor Cummins and his associates
with certificates of denomination
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-18

If King Edward win condescend to
visit us in America, we will certainly
see to Il that he has a good time. And
we will leave it to him to say Just what
kind of a good time he prefers to have