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SUCCESS AT LASH.
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 Although the machinery of the Pat ent Department is in excellent work ing order, and in spite of the multi plicity of patent lawyers and the in- creased facilities for protecting inven- ton, it Is rarely the inventor himself who profits financially by the product of his brain and labor. The struggle of Lyman Blake, chronicled in the ence, but the success is an unusual sequel. Far oftener the inventor sees another grow rich on his cherished idea, while he himself lives and dies poor man.
 Blake went to New York in the lat ter rart of the sixties He had in vented machine for attaching the uppars of women's shoes to the soles. With a few dollars in his pocket, and a large fund of faith and expectation as capital, he arrived in the city and put up at the Astor House, then a fashionable hotel
 bOyOdoiy anu NOhllNiSltly nC Sldl lCNl out to show his machine to capitalists and manufacturers. When tEe first man he approached dismissed him with curt, No, don't think VIC was sorry for him. By and by he be- gan to get sorry for himself. Day after day he sat in the walting-rooms of the wealthy, and day by day his confidence dwindled away-that is, his confidence in himself. He never lost faith in the value of his invention. His money gave out, and he began to live on credit. His dreams of being a millionaire grew fainter and fainter.
 He determined to make one more at tempt. 'Take 1t at your own price" he cried to the capitalist, who, like all the rest declined to take it up. Let me have one hundred dollars and you shall have It."
 Really, I would like to help you, but I am very busy" replied the capi- talist.
 Blake went into the street like one in a nightmare Wearied in soul and body, he thought of Gordon Mckay, a friend who was in business in a small way, and he went to him.
 'Take 1t for anything you will" said Blake. This thing will drive me crazy. All I want isl enough to pay my board bill and get home. am desperate
 Mckay thought there was a possl- bility of the invention being worth trying.
 "Do what you please" said Blake. 'T'll be satisfied if you give me cent for every pair of shoes sewed with my machine"
 Mckay advanced money enough to enable the inventor to get home. Blake died about ten years ago, very wealthy man. Mckay became null timillionaire. The invention Is still in use.
 In England 1t Is known as the "Blake" and in America as the "Mc- Kay" machine.
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Prejudiced.

"The grand jury that indicted me-" said the grafter, twas grossly preju- diced"
 "How was it prejudiced?"
 By the evidence, of course. ."-Wash- ington Star.
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No Longer Needed.

Her. hear the count has broken of his engagement with that homely heiress. I wonder why?
 Him-He recently inherited mil lion from distant relative.
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AppnIIing EYect of Prosperity.

The struggling author opened the letter the postman had just brought.
 It was from his publisher and contain ed check for a large amount.
 Well" he chuckled. T seem to have found the secret of write living at last !"
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Yelled Sarcasm.

Jack-Where did you get that rose?
 Tom-Oh, a young lady just gave it to me-
 Jack-Say, that's a great scheme of the department stores to have their sales ladies give away flowers with every pur- chase, isn't it?
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Optimistic View.

He-The doctor tells me that poor Hyer is dying by inches.
 She-Oh, he'll probably live quite a number of years yet.
 He-Why, do you think so? She-He's so awfully tall.
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The Obese Lady-The wild man of. Borneo will not appear this week. :, The Living Skeleton-What's the trouble-is he sick?
 The Obese Lady-No; gone to visit his parents in Indiana.
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Lives of great men all remind u how easy 1t is to be small man.
HI. Best Recollection.

"Tommy," asked the elderly friend of the family, "have the insurance people settled with your father since you had that fire at your house?"
 "No, ma'am," answered Tommy, "but paw says the disguster is comin' to see hirn about it tomorrow"
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The Fitness of Things.

Isn't it queer that a cultivated man like that should have such a turn for hand organs"
 Ut must be because he's crank" ;" Baltimore American.
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As Others See Us.

Mrs. Knox-Mrs. Gabbleton tells ev- erything she knows.
 Knox-Her husband is even worse. Mrs. Knox-How can that be? Knox-He tells lot that he doesn't know.
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TRUMPET CALLS.
Ram's Horn Sounds a Warning Note t to the Unredeemed.

EASON always balks when you try to drive it into the belief that things just happen.
 No sorrow was ever sweetened by scowling.
 A pulpit gas- light may be 9 poor headlight.
 The light heart n c V CT makes
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Accumulated.

'eThere is wonderfully trained owl out at the golf club"
 "What does it do?"
 Says mon after every single 'hoot.' Judge.
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What They Ohiect.to.

New Woman--Is there any good req son why there should not be female law. yers, female congressman, or female sen. atorsp '"-''
 Meek Man-None whatever. What people object to is female gentlemen.
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An lnsinuatiOn.

Women" remarked Growells, "al- ways have their purses filled with sam ples." V ypv saG rl7r'
 Anyway" reJoined Mrs. Growe'ls. in tone redolent of sarcasm, I've, don't get them filled in sample rooms.''" ,'
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wilIinr to Obliwe,

Impatient Guest-Hey, waiter!
 Fresh Waiter-Sorry, sir, but we are Just out of hay. How would you like some corn or oats. sir7
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Liked It Dark.

Mother-That young man comes much earlier in the evenings now than he used to in the summer, doesn't he, Laura? :.
 Daughter-Oh, yes, ma; but, you know, it gets dark 50 much earlier now.
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Not So Very

T hear he loves her very extrava- gantly" 8'.U a2A 4.f f.
 "It's mistake; he doesn't spend hardly anything on her." Houston Post.
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Out of Society.

There was young lady from Nashville Who had always cut wide dashtille
 The boss watched one day
 When she thought him away And noticed her frisking the cashtille. .-Detroit Tribune.
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Early History.

Wakeful Willie-Mammal
 Tired Mamma--Well, dear?
 Wakeful Willie-When Santa Claus was little boy who filled his stock ingf-Woman's Home Companion.
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she Didn't Mean that Kind.

The Widow-I can't understand why uny man should want to lead double life.
 The Bachelor-Same here. A single life Is good enough for me. a
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-12

KEaSEG7t wiles known to her sex-the Summer
G@zs&y Girl?
Running her own motor boat?" ventures the
man in pink shirt!.
Wrong, next
''Wearing her big brothers flannel shirt?"
suggests a former victim?
Mercy, no Gust though girls ever thought
OF appropriating mems togs.)
Outdoor photography ?".>1 You are getting
warm.
"Um~well-- Posing for the newspaper
camera" Bravo!
And let me confidently whisper that this craze
is not manifest in that mild, spasmodic fashion
women pick up some fads for time and then
toss them indifferently over their shoulder.
The summer girl is just as anxious to see her
smiling countenance in printers ink as the poll
tician who is running for office and few other
things.
HOW THE FAD STARTED.
As might be expected, this scheme originated
in the fertile brain of New York society
girl known for her individuality and who fits
about from season to season like the veriest So
cial butterfly. - ->t>.s
One letter during the winter dates from Cairo,
the next from Rome. then to Riviera to meet
hosts of friends; in the spring to Paris for the
and gowns, then to London for the "sea-
SON. hence to Newport and Lenox for late
summer and autumnal gaieties.. "a. ..
Being a celebrated beauty Of "A not less ,cee-
brated family, she has been persistently snapped
for newspapers and journals at home and abroad
for the last three years. During her first sea-
son "out," she started diary and scrap book
containing newspaper clippings regarding her
social triumphs and photographs taken under
various circumstances. - ....
As might be expected, this little book con
tains very interesting information authoritative
and that which originated purely in the elastic
brain of the society reporter. 49,. *
At the beginning Of summer, it was agreed
among her chums to keep duplicates of thei
pictures as rney appeared in the social columns
and at thesend Of the good old summer time,
a prize to be awarded to the one possessing
the greatest number. t1~. #5
Of course, their little plan leaked out ant
other bellies of smaller towns started simila
ciques ',' >'->' %~@:% .<.'
g., + COMPETITION KEEN
Now everybody knows that the newspape
camera has discerning eye for beaut
{don't blame him for the grotesque reproduc
tions, it's the fault of poor paper). And assu1
,edly he is not going to snap anything but tn
best that he can get. Down on the sands is hi
favorite haunt. He can pick from scores of W.
men, petite, Amazonian, young, old, SHAPED,
scrawny pretty and homely from all classes
Her costume may be abbreviated or for th
salty plunge or one of those fetching little beac
frocks for promenadlng.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-12

Among so many women of varying types COM
petition is very keen. To favoraby attract the
eye OF this expert in feminine .loveliness taxes
the skill and ingenuity of the contestants, but
tney WIN out--at least some of them do.
When it comes to posing in it's varied phases
there are no better actresses for the part than
Women it's part of their makeup.
They assume those carelessly artistic poses
such as fascinate the discerning eye of the art
1st, and when there is beauty and shapeliness be-
nlnd IL, Well-these attributes go far toward rec
ommending this coy little beach coquette
Every girl has pet pose that she has nrac
tlced no doubt many times in front of her own
mirror. VIVA
, To lounge gracefully on the sand, with her
mead raised on one arm, is a pose that some
girls affect who know a few things about tho
work of French artists.
"A. girl Is very sure to bring her good no;nts
Of face and figure prominently to the fore. For
INSTANCE, when her arms are shapely. with ner
haps a wicked little dimple in her elbow she
has a tantalizing waysof crossing her hands be.
hind her head. - = =: =,
IMPORTANCE OF PICTURESQUE CARR
When she is young and blessed with q bind
of innocent, spiritual beauty she wears a beach
sun bonnet; when Of the dashing type, with do.
| cided coloring she chooses a French b,tb;na
hat Of leghorn, large and foppy of brim. sim,
ply tied over the crown and under her chin
T. Women at Newport have adopted these, and
every other siren seems to wear na1e bluo
| streamers around these hats. Yellow and hlne
are good combination, especially for brunettes
1t is the aim of this flirtatious siren to mal~e
herself quite as picturesque in her bathing fran.
/ pings possible. Her accessories are as rn.to.
date and becoming as she can get them. Manv
favor princess bathing SUITS In pure white or
those relieved by dashes of color, pink, pale and
dark blue, and :buf, together with black. thew
become very striking. '&@~-s.s f.. -
The camera man knows what will show r.,
nicely in black and white, and the summer oir
who makes a specially Of posing knows it too.
There are two types of this girl who poses
The girl who is just dying to be snapped, bu,
who gives lanigs excuse when asked for per
mission, and the other who is overanxious.
! Two incidents Secured on a fashionable beach
the other morning that are worth repeating. a
very pretty young girl belonging to conserva
tive old family has endeavored for the past two
}, weeks to attract the eye of the willy camera man
J, just before taking her plunge and altogether un
conscious of his scrutinizing gaze he stepped be
fore her and galantly asked permission to snap
A brilliant color spread over the pretty face al
: she was just about consenting, when her father
man Of stern mien, put in his untimely pres
ence and gave the camera man piece Of infor
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-12

nation. that made him fade suddenly into the
distance F,"%1rt
Here's the ,otheer cruel tale of woe
A witching coquette who boasts of a stunning
wardrobe and wonderful Titan locks. was the
centre of an admiring group Of men the other
morning. She wore most becoming blue taffeta
princess gown with white embroidered Dutch
collar and coquettish headdress also of pale
blue. Only camera representing SO many:
large daily papers snapped this enviable bundle
Of lovelinesss that morning. u ~
Enter the horrid villain. A merry wag nrr1lrs
bered among the party, and according to his nos
ton she was receiving far too much adulatf
Something must be done to curb her vanity.
It should be stated that this mermaid had re-
she was just as dainty and fresh looking with
those Marcel waves in her hair, ais when she
left heS dressing table.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-12
CAEZZcEe e)etZJ
ACZTZN

r. 7HAT do you suppose is the latest fad of
IwI that curious anomaly of feminine per
suasion, comprising all the arts and
EEISESaS wiles known to her sex-the Summer
&SGS Gir12
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

oil the axle grease required 10 acoeler-
ate It's movement.
stu another bill which has been In,
troduced requires that no towerman
shall work more than eight hours con.
secuttvely. This might be- defenslble
ON the ground Of public safety. Its
passage may be opposed. however. be-.
cause OF the increased expense TO
which It will subject the roads for the
operation Of thes towers.
One more bin which has been In.
troduced proposes to create q railroad
commission. composed Of three mem.
beers, who are to receive salaries of
$4,000 each. It IL proposed to clothe
them with full power to regulate
freight and passenger charges.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19
AAaryianders' ideas.

0O0O E4I
Some Of the Legislators Of Maryland
seem to have reached the limit in
their ideas Of Whist should cohsti.
tute reasonable compensations for the
railroads for the transportation Of
passengers. They are preparing q
bill, the object Of which 10 to compel
the roads to issue forty.two mile trip
Communication tickets ct q rate not to
exceed Is cents. This would be at
the rate Of . little less than half a
cent . mile. Generally commuters
are satisfied by getting rates which
are a little over . cent q mile.
What the railroads would think Of
such a basis OF rates IL not hard to
guess, and It IL not 1t all unlikely
that the federal courts would adopt
their view to the extent Of at least Il.
suing injnnctions to restrain the en-.
forcement Of such a law on account
OF Its confiscatory tendencies.
The Marylanders appear to be I'm.
der the impression that some Of the
roads are not paying their Just pro-
portion Of the public expenses, and
they have appointed a committee, to
be assisted by the attorney general,
and four other lawyers, TO inyesti.
gate and e II steps cannot be taken
for the more adequate taxation o. the
Baltimore 4 Ohio and the Pennsyi.
vsnia systems.
Another bin II IN preparation, the
object Of which n 70 prohibit any
railroad company withia the state
from contributing to the funds Of any
political party. Il Ia hardly likely that
the roads viii throw any serious o.
stacIes In the way Of the speedy pas.
sage Of this measure. On the con.
trary. they probably would be Willing
% lend The promoters Of the measure
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19
Always kesps chambsrlalN's couah
Remedy In kla Aouaa.

I'VE would not be without Cham.
berlain's Cough Remedy. It ia kept
on hand continually In our h0me,,'
says W. w. Kearney. editor OF the In.
dependent. Lowrey city. Mo. That Il
Just what every family should d..
When kept at hand ready .or instant
use. a cold may he checked at the
outset and cured ~ much less time
than after It has bee pne settled In
the system. This remedy IL also with.
out a peer for Group in children. and
will prevent the attack when given as
soon ~ the cold becomes h0arse. or
even after the croupy cought appears.
which can only be done when the
remedy Is kept at had. Foi sale by
all drug ststs
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19
BALTIMORE HAVING
SOME GRAND OPERA,

Baltimore. March 19.--Many visitors
are In the city for the engagement of
the Metropolitan opera company, be-
ginning tonight. Four performances
are to be given In Baltimore and -four
In Washington, after which the trans.
continental tour to the Pacific coast
will be resumed.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19
scHepvlg "a CANYON.

The street Railway company 30
established the following - the per
manent schedule to 0allinas canyoo
and return:
Week day time table. car No. l03
gives . 40 minute service after 100
o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

The new foot bridge across the San
Juan at Pennington was completed
last week under the supervision Of
Frank Hon. The bridge is twelve
feet above high water mark and there
Is very little danger Of It being carried
away again when the river comes up.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19
NAV Wear Out Old Uniforms.

N N~t
AS the old Santa Fee uniforms wear
out the conductors and train en-
ployes on that road are replacing
them with uniforms made after the
new model which was made official by
an order issued recently and which
was to have taken effect on the whole
Santa Fe line last month. The point
of the order has been stretched so
that the new uniforms will not come
In vogue until the employees have had
a chance to wear out the uniforms
they have at present, says the San
Bernardino Times-Index.
The new uniforms are to he made
of blue Waterloo cloth and the change
affects passenger trainmen, train and
chair car p~orters, news agents, depot
masters and porters.
In the Arizona, Valley and Los
Angeles divisions the conductors and
brakemen on the passengers will be
allowed to black alpaca or silk
coats in the summer time. The agents
are o required to wear uniforms but
that they wear the regulation caps
and badges is imperative. 1t Is not
the intention to do away with red
caps worn by station porters.
The conductors and depot masters
Will wear bell crown caps with gilt
badges and gold cord across the front
half of the cap. The passenger brake
men. agents, train and chair car por-
tiers and candy butchers will have the
same outfit only silver win be used
instead Of gold.
The transfer, station and baggage
agents and the passenger and station
porters will YEA the bell crown cap
with the silver badges but the silver
cord will be replaced with 4 black
cord.
Freight conductors and brakemen
will wear the silver badges on 4 black
hand.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19
Longest B,ock system.

II. H. Hartman has authorized J,
Kruttschnitt, director Of maintenance
and operation Of the Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific railroad, to In
stall Immediately automatic electric
block signals OF the most perfect ad'
vanced type from Omaha to San Fran
cisco, 1900 miles, and from San Fran
cisco to Cotton. through Los Angeles,
542 miIes--the route Of the Overland
Limited.
These 2,342 miles will be the long
est piece Of continuous automatic
electric block signals In the world,
The cost will be between $1,000 and
$1,000 a mile. aggregating three mil
lion dollars.
The work Is to be rushed 10 com
pletion before the close cf the rear
1906, at which time the Unio.l Pa
cific and Southern Pacific will have
3,257 miles protected by automatic
electric block signals.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

He was anxious to part with the time
piece and finally offered to part win
Il for IS cents. He was dust'stained'
His trousers were thought to be OF y
similar material to that Of the ragged
coat found under the train,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

No. I Ar $40 .. m. Departs. 40 4. =
No. . Ar-- 100 p. m. Departs. / is y. m
No, 8 Ar LIB Z. m. D~eparts---1,5 9. m.
No. 10 Ar 1915 p. m. Departs ...l:O p. M
WEST BOUND
No8Ar.-.-6.5 :. m. Departs =. 6sOOA. m
No. l Ar-.,1:N p. m. Departs -~.2O0 p. m.
No, Z Ar--.5.5 p. m. Departs =. $40 p. M.
No. . Ar. 400 p, m. Departs 1910 p. m,
No. 4. Chicago Limited. solid Pull
man train with dining. observation
and buffet library cars, Unsurpassed
equipment and service.
No. 3, Atlantic Express. has Pull
man and tourist sleeping cars tor Chi
cago and kansas City. and : tourist
car for Denver. A Pullman car Tor
Denver 10 also added at Trinidad. Ar
rives at La Junta At 1890 y. n. con.
Meeting with No. 5. leaving In Junta
$40 q m. arriving at Pueblo 500
q. M, Colorado Springs 6:36 I. M,
Denver $3.50 .. m.
No. 8, kansas CRY and Chicago Ex.
press, has Pullman and tourist sleep
ers for Chicago and Kansas City. Ar
rives at La Junta 1915 :. M. connect
ing with No. sos. leaving II Juhta
1910 p. a.. arriving 1t Pueblo 400
p. m. Colorado Springs $3.50 ,. m,
Denver 800 p. m.
No. 10. Chicago Fast Mail. has Pull
maj sleeper. FL Paso to Kansas city
II the connection from all points south
Of Albuquerque. Does the local work
from Albuquerque to Ration.
No. 3. California Limiteo. has same
equipment 70 N0. 4.
No. ! has Pullman and tourist sleep
Ing cars for southern California. This
train does the local work from Rato0
70 Albuqussqus.
No. I, Mexico ana California Impress,
has Pullman and tourist slseping carr
for northern California points. md
PuIlman oar for 81 Paso and CITY q
Mexico. connection for n Paso. Dem-
inc. Silver City and I'll pUints II Ms5-
leo, Southern New Mexico and Ar
sonA.
No. .. California Fast Mall, has rull
man sleeping cars for I'll California
points. This train 10 consolidated
With No. Z q Albuquerqus.
". .. LUCAS. Assat
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

The Sunday time table 10 the same
as above with the addition Of I 1:40,
800 and 4:20 p. m. 4 going. which
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

The Santa Fe IL making arrange
ments to place several new arc lights
In the La Junta yards-one over the
new storehouse platform. one at the
east end and n at the west end Of
the yards.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

Fruit and cantaloupe growers
around Rocky Ford are making y
strenuous effort to induce the Santa
Fe to put on . special fruit express
train up the valley during the COM
ing shipping eason Al things have
been fruits. vegetables and canta'
loupes are twenty.four hours old be-
fore they reach the consumer at Pu'
eblo, Colorado Springs and Denver,
but by having an express train leav'
Ing La Junta late in the evening de-
liveries could be made In all the hg
cities Of Colorado In the cool OF the
morning. and Arkansas valley garden
truck would become an important
item on the breakfast bill OF fare
ct the metropolis. A concerted effort
will be made all up and down the line
to induce the Santa Fe to consider the
proposition favorably.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

Four srsnsconsinenssi trains each WY daily
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

Frank Getchell. formerly a con.
ductor on the Northern Pacific. out
Of Spokane, Wash. has accepted u
position with the Santa Fe. and has
been assigned to SO and "a between
La Junta and Syracuse.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19
RAILROAD NEWS

Engine No. 1927. which vas In the
Tuggle wreck at Syracuse 4 short
time ago. has been sent to Topeka
for a general 'overhsuling.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

The Santa Fe Is unloading fifty
cars OF coal per day In La Junta and
twenty-five cars per day in Dodge
City for storage purposes. The rail-
road company Is evidently preparing
scr the threatened strike of John
Mitchell's coal miners.