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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-28

Many train has been wrecked
i'll a ballroom.
About all a pretty girl asks is a
chance to show of. b.l
A dogs bark is worse than his
bite, because it lasts longer. s-5
AS the years roll by. many old
proverbs take to the tall timber. .
The other fellows joo always
looks good.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-28

About two dozen weekly papers are
claiming to be the best in the State.
The Marietta Journal, in our opinion,
is the newsiest weekly that reaches us,
with the Skeletons Elberton Star a
Glove second Greensboro, Ga, Herald
Journal.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-28

Ihes destruction of the Augusta
Chronicle last week by fire, is source
OF deep regret. The building and plant
went up in the flames. Loss about
100000; insurance, $50, 900 The Chron-
lcle is the oldest newspaper in the
South, having been established in 1875.
one hundred and twenty-five years ago.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-28

Prohibition is said to be spreading
over Kentucky like wildfre. Out of
llS counties nearly 100 have gone dry
under the. local option law, and it is
now predicted that within year only
the counties with the big cities will be
wet" ..
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-28

At Santa Cruz, Cal, in the St. George
Hotel, is a tank containing fifty trout
30 tame that they take meat offered to
them from mans hand and rub their
sides against the hand of the one that
feeds them.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-28

The War Department reports that
extraordinary expenditures by the Uni.
ted States on account of the occupation
OF Cuba already aggregate about 81
100000.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-28

Money IS the greatest broadening or
the most narrowing power the world
knows Money in the hands OF some
people proves an awful calamity for the
community in which they reside. Let
a narrow-minded man have money
enough to work his will and any city
would be better off without him.-Ex.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-28

The Georgia law places a penalty of
$40 for the failure to return marriage
licenses within 80 days after the cere-
mony is performed.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-28

Clark Howell made himself famous
ey his epigram, 1T will be great day
when we can get the trains to run on
time and on the tracks"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-28

The Southern railway is to be divided
into two grand divisions, with head
quarters OF the Southern and Western
division in Atlanta.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-28

The Baltimore Sun suggests an ex-
animation of District Attorney Je-
rome's sanity.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-28

The republicans seem as hard put for
presidential candidate as the demo.
Gratis. They say Taft won't fill the bill.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-28

Ii the third term should be thrust
upon Roosevelt, he would doubtless
say, II hate to be discourteous.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-28

Jerome seems to have the "brain
Storm"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-28

Give others credit for the good
they do, even if none of it reaches
you.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-28
TEN PAGES.

On April 18th, Rome will vote on is
suing bonds to own its lighting plant.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-28

1t is a disgrace to be poor if it
your own fault.
La Junta tribune., 1907-09-07
State Fair.

The Colorado State Fair will open
in Pueblo. September 9th, and will
continue till September 18th. Ev.
erything points to the fact that the
state fair this year will be by far the
best one ever held in Colorado. and
that the attendance and exhibits will
break all previous records. The rae
ing program is very attractive one
and there will be a.great many new
features furnished.
Since the first state fair held seven
years ago this institution has grown
wonderfully and last year visitors
from ali over the country said they
had never seen state fair in the
east that could compare with that
one.
There will be an excursion train
from La Junta one day next week
with a very low rate for the round
trip.
La Junta tribune., 1907-09-07
SOME MORE .ocA. .Qy,ss.

Monthly school report cards, good
for any school district in Otero
county, for sale at this Office.
Ralph Mendelson left this week
for Evanston, III to enter the med
ical department of the Northwestern
University.
Prof. Edwin Williams, the new
principal of the Columbian building,
arrived in La Junta Thursday morn
ing from his home in st. Cloud,
MINI.
Ralph Eversole. of Cedar Falls,
Iowa, arrived in town Thursday
morning and expects to go to work
in the engineering department of the
Santa Fe in the near future.
John McVey, of Nego, on the Be-
lin cutoff. is visiting his uncle. c..
F. McVey. MIR. McVey has been
boring wells for the Santa Fe down
that way, and is on his way to Penn
sylvania to visit his old home.
Donald Ferguson. of Cedar Falls,
Iowa. a brother of Mrs. George l..
Hess, arrived in La Junta this week
and left Thursday morning for San
Marcial, N. NJ, where he has secured
a position in the engineering depart
ment of the Santa Fe under f. NJ.
Bisbee.
George ii. Little was in town for
few hours between trains Thurs
day. He was on his way to Du-
buque. Iowa, where he has been Of
fered a position as division foreman
on the Chicago and Greatwestern
Railway, the territory extending
from Dubuque to Chicago, with
La Junta tribune., 1907-09-07

headquarters in the former city.
George is now located at Colorado
Springs with the Short Line. but if
the new position looks good will
probably accept. His many La
Junta friends will be pleased to
learn'of his advancement in railroad
circles.
Mrs. A. F. Welte. of Waco, Kan,
accompanied by her two little
daughters, arrived in La Jnnta last
Monday morning for a two weeks
visit with Mrs. Welte's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. S. Dunkin.
w. l.. Bertrand is in charge of the
transfer mail room. while recuperat-
ing from his recent illness. w. S.
Green, the regular transfer man, has
taken Mr.. Bertrand's run in the
postal service between this city and
Albuquerque.
Mr.. and Mrs. Enos Ferguson, of
Wichita. Kan. have been the guests
this week of Mr.. and Mrs. S. Dun
kin. Mrs. Ferguson is niece of
Mrs. Dunkin. Mr.. Ferguson is an
extensive grower of melons. and is
investigating our system with view
to locating in this vicinity.
Can:aloupe shipments are now
averaging about thirty-five carloads
a day from the Arkansas Valley.
The receipts are averaging from SO
cents to 81 per crate net for the
grower. This is not quite up to ex-
pectatiohs. but the growers say that
it is better than nothing-the net
price received by most of them two
years ago.
w. N. Randall. one of the best
known and most highly-esteemed
residents of Otero county. accident
ally shot and killed himself at his
home in Rocky Ford about six o'clock
last Wednesday evening He was
packing his grip preparatory to
leaving for Connecticut to join his
wife who has been visiting there for
several months. when the revolver
was accidentally discharged. Mrs.
Randall has been summoned and is
expected to arrive Sunday morning.
Otero county has lost one of its best
and most progressive citizens.
La Junta tribune., 1907-09-07
Watermelon Day at Rocky Fore.

Everybody. including his sister
and his cousin and his aunt. attended
the watermelon day Festivities at
Rocky Ford this year The crowd
was bigger than ever. and some err
thusiasts estimated it at 10000, but
it was probably a few short of that.
The total number of Rocky Fo d
tickets sold at the La Junta station
was 1864. about 200 more than last
year. Including the people that at.
tended by private conveyance there
were at least 1000 among those
present from La Junta.
The exhibits in the agricultural
department were not up to the
usual poor standard of excellence.
there being only one lone plate of
apples and similar exhibit of
peaches. After high noon it was
impossible to secure seat in the
grandstand, and about one-half the
people were compelled to stand up
for hours and hours, including the
trip home. the Santa Fe being as lax
as the Rocky Fordites in providing
accommodations. Everybody has
sworn off on doing the watermelon
day stunt until next year.
La Junta tribune., 1907-09-07
NEWS OF OTERO COUNTY
coMPiLED BY
GREAT FAMILY JOURNAL REPRESENTATIVES

it again for sl3 to another party.
The case all around is somewhat of a
Chinese puzzle. and will probably be
unraveled in court.
On the first of the month beets
were brought to the factory for the
purpose of acertaining their ripeness.
and quality and per cent of sugar.
The tests showed that the beets were
ripe enough. of good quality and
yielded good per cent of sugar.
The hauling will commence today.
and the factory will be running full
blast by September 18th.
La Junta tribune., 1907-09-07
SUGAR CITY.

Mr.. Orr has returned from his
vacation.
Mrs. Carr. of Decatur, Ill. is visit
ing her son.
The Citizens Bank is now located
in new quarters.
E. R. Melton is spending month
in Palisade. Colo.
Mrs. Ingalls, is on the sick list with
an attack of typhoid fever.
The Cravens' Hardware Company
has moved into its new quarters.
Sugar City was totally and com.
pletely depopulated on Watermelon
day.
County Commissioner ingalls, at,
tended meeting of the board in the
county seat last Tuesday.
0. r. Esley arrived in Sugar City
from Nebraska this week. and will
remain for the sugar beet campaign.
Mrs. Lancaster's niece and family
have arrived from Stott City, Kan,
and will make their home in Sugar
City.
Lee Sayler. mine host of wide ex-
perience. will open the National
Hotel in the near future. Lee is a
Sugar City pioneer. and all wish him
success in his venture.
Mr.. Wilson. who spent the winter
in Sugar City and returned to his
home in Missouri a few weeks ago,
died on August 25th. His wife has
the sympathy of many friends here
in her great sorrow.
The Sugar City baseball team
closed a successful season Tuesday
by defeating the Fowler team by the
overwhelming score Of 10 to l. This
game makes grand total of fifteen
games won out of twenty-five played
and the fans are enthusiastic over
the showing.
La Junta tribune., 1907-09-07

consider criticisms. and will do all in
our power to satisfactorily adjust
any dissatisfaction that may arise.
We hope that it will not be necessary
to enforce the compulsory attend
ance law as that almost invaribIy
causes unpleasant relations between
the school authorities and the
parents. which we wish to avoid as
much as possible.
Books and supplies will be fur
nished by the district.
Very Respectfully.
CHAs. Brown, Principal.
La Junta tribune., 1907-09-07
OLkEY.

A. P. Smith was a Pueblo visitor,
Saturday.
w. N. Dennis, of Ordway, was in
Olney Tuesday.
Wilber Work went to Pueblo
Monday to attend school.
Born September 2. 1907. to Mr..
and Mrs. Ira Gilbert, a girl.
Born-August %, 1907. to Mr.. and
Mrs. George Edwards. girl.
John Mancher, who has been in
Granda the past year. arrived home
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cless Scott, OF
Fowler. visited relatives in Olney
Sunday.
Miss Nora Forsee went to Pueblo,
Saturday and will attend school at
that place this winter.
John and Miss Nellie Work are i'll
with typhoid fever at their home,
three miles east of Olney.
Oscar Griswold. who has been i'll
for some time. went to the C. F. and
!. hospital in Pueblo, Saturday.
Mrs. TAYLOR, who has been a
guest at the McComb's home for
some time. returned to Pueblo
Saturday.
Mrs. Dilliner. after visiting re.
latives in Olney for the past three
weeks, returned to her home in
Missouri Monday.
The Rev. Mr.. Dudley, of Man.
zanola. will preach at the Olney
School House Sunday afternoon,
September Sth. at 8 o'clock.
La Junta tribune., 1907-09-07
New Subscribers.

There has been quite furry in
subscription circles of the great
family journal this week, and many
new names have been enrolled. If
your name is not written there on
ourlist, we mean. of course now is
a good time to get in the game. 1t
only costs 35 cents to ante from now
until the first of the year. and that
will keep you in the game for quite
long period with no danger of going
broke. Those whose names were
written there this week are as fol-
lows:
Sd. Fleetwood, C.M. Garica. Mrs.
A. L. Wade. Mrs. Anna Kranz, c..
L. Semeyn. Mrs. w. H. Conditt.
Mrs. w. M. Crawford, r. E. Selby,
w. S. Bergen, F. P. Burwell, Mrs.
F. j. Baker. Charles Smith, A. A.
Rauth, M. A. Foster, Dan Coyle, Jr.,
William Fepton, William Wakefield,
Eugene Hill, George A. Baker, John
w. Baker, Mrs. Tressa Nichols, Mrs.
p. B. Weeden. Frank Ries, Herman
Beimer. Albert Schultz, Mrs. B. P.
Richards. w. H. Moore. Mrs. J. H.
Gates. Mrs. j. C. Gobel. D, l.. Lucas,
j. +. Lee. all of La Junta; W. E.
Clark. w. w. Samples. Wiley Nc
Peek, j. A. Gauger, all of Swink;
DR.. Jean NJ. Mcneil, of Pagosa
Springs. Colo; Mrs. Normandy Cor
don. Trinidad; Miss Jennie Ross.
Elida, Ohio; w. W. Welman. VIM
field, Kan; G. w. Cary, Greenfield,
Mass; Ada M. Parish. Denver, Colo. /;
Enos Ferguson. Wichita, Kan.
La Junta tribune., 1907-09-07
soMe MORE LOCAL ,rsms.

ARTEsIAN WATER For pure ar
tesian water. phone Moore 4 Tug
gle. Junta 35S.
J Potter has the biggest stock of
school book and school supplies ever
brought to La Junta.
Rev. Conrad Bluhm returned last
night from Trinidad, where he
leaves his family for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. NJ. Mills left on
the noon train yesterday for Denver
for weeks vacation in the capitol
city.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Conyers are re-
joicing over the arrival of a son,
born about two weeks ago in Wal
senburg. where Mrs. Conyers is
visiting.
Joe Prinster has been laid up this
week with bad finger. blood poison
ing resulting from too close contact
with the business end of a meat
cleaver. He will probably lose one
of his digits.
Misses Alice Patterson and Eliza
Patterson, teachers in the public
schools of Topeka, Kan. were La
Junta visitors this week. the guests
of their cousin. r. w. Patterson.
They were on their way home from
Bozeman. Mont. and left tor Topeka
Thursday night.
Watermelon day marriage licenses
were issued from cupid's department
at the court house as follows: John
w. Lynn and Annie Govern. both of
Canon City: Joseph H. Wilsonard
Nellie NJ. Boring. both of Kansas
City. Mo. Apparently nothing do
ing in home talent circles.
| Prof j. S. Morris. former teacher
of mathematics in our local high
school, but for two years past located
at Creede, Colo. visited friends in
La Junta several days this week.
He is on his way to Pocatello,
Idaho, where he will officiate as an
instructor in the State University of
Idaho during the coming year.
w. A. Martin, of Pueblo. a booster
for the state fair at Pueblo, was in
town last Wednesday and spent the
day telling every man, woman and
child he met of the wonderful at
fractions to be seen there on the
occasion Of that great state fete next
week. There will be special train.
with one fare for the round trip,
from La Junta one day next week.
Dad" Stephenson sends US a
souvenir postal from Loveland, /,
Colo. which is inscribed with the
rather caustic comment. You amt
in it with the towns up here in the
hills. They have no knockers. All
pull together for the common veal.
Wish twas SO in La Junta.' So do
we, Dad. Come home and we'll
start a Boosters Club. We need
one bad enough.
A. meeting of the trustees of
the La Junta Hospital Association
held in the Office of DR.. f. Gard Ed
wards last Monday, officers were
elected for the first year of that
corporations existence as follows:
President. T. T. Woodruff; vice
president, j. F. Kearns; treasurer,
F. Finney; secretary, E. Gard Ed
wards. Mrs. Carrie E. Money and
Mrs. Jessie Stubbs were appointed
as committee to select a board of
La Junta tribune., 1907-09-07
REMINISCENT
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Flies ~
Twsnty Ysses Age.


G. M, Cameron, of Las Animas,
was in town Monday.
A Flambeau Club was being or
| ganized in La Junta.
The contract for building the new
Methodist church was let.
A voting precinct was established
at Water Valley wherever that is.
G. A. kilgore's new residence on
Ration avenue was nearly completed.
DR. Mel was happy. having secured
an efficient cook for the railroad
hospital.
| The want of suitable opera
house was daily felt. Applications
for dates were coming in at the rate
of four to six day.
There was rumor among railroad
men that the Santa tie contemplated
building extensive additions to their
machine shops and roundhouse at
this place.
Train Dispatcher Garvin was
promoted to more responsible
position, in the same line. at
Emporia, Kan, j. d. Somers was
his successor.
|
The La Junta Board Of Trade was
organized and ready for business.
the charter having been secured
from the secretary Of state. We
wonder if this organization is still in
existence.
School opened Tuesday with Prof.
E. G. Brown as principal. Miss Lyon
in the intermediate and Miss Flan-
merry in the primary department.
There were ninety-seven pupils
enrolled the first day.
Quite a number of our citizens
went to Rocky Ford to participate
in the festivities of Watermelon
Day, We still have the habit and
age does not wither nor custom stale
the same old dose year after year.
| Two hundred people attended the
water melon day celebration at
Rocky FORD. There were about ten
melons to every person present SC
all had enough. How times have
changed. There wasn't one melon
for every ten persons this year.
The TRIBUNE remarked twenty
years ago: I'VE are pleased to see
sneh general movement on the
part Of our citizens to clean up theil
premises" The TRIBUNE of toda,
would like to make similar com
ment. but in the light of present
conditions cannot do so and maintain
its reputation for truth and veracity
Twenty years ago they had the
same old complaint in La Junta that
is with US today. The Tribune said
Notwithstanding the fact tina,
about fifty buildings have beer
erected in La Junta during the past
few months. there is still demand
for as many more. Why don't some
one build number of houses tc
rent? They would pay at least
twenty-five per cent on the invest,
ment." The same condition and
opportunity for investment prevails
today.
La Junta tribune., 1907-09-07
City Council.

The city council met Wednesday
evening. the meeting being post
poned from Monday on account Of it
being legal holiday. Mayor Brown
was in his usual place, and Alderman
La Shier. Morris, Yeoman. De Wese
and Gauger were in attendance.
The minutes Of the last meeting
were read and approved. after which
voting to fill the vacancy IN the council
caused by the removal of Mr.. Dun
lap from the city was held. There
were two candidates in the field for
aldermanic honors. j. w. Ecton and
J. A. Gauger. the latter receiving
the greatest number of votes was
duly declared elected.
Colonel Faw. accompanied by Mr..
Stockdale, were in attendance and
submitted a verbal proposition for
supplying the town with water.
They agreed to furnish all the water
the city would use at any time. at
the rate Of ten cents per thousand
gallons. but expect the city to agree
to use $4,000 gallons per day. The
matter was discussed pro and con.
without anything being definitely
decided on. The proposition will be
submitted to the council in writing
by Colonel Faw in the near future,
and after that time the question will
probably be submitted to vote of
the people.
Swink, with the continual growth
which has been made since the birth
of the town. has now reached a
stage where water supply has be-
come an absolute necessity. and the
city council is making every pre-
paration. and investigating every
water scheme with the view of giving
the people the best there is to be had
in that line, and 1t will not be very
many months until the town will
have tirst-class water supply. and
tie people will be given a voice in the
matter as to what is to the best in
terests of the city. After allowing
the usual number of bills. the city
council got their nightcaps and
wended their way home.
La Junta tribune., 1907-09-07
swink school. Open Monday.


School will commence at Swink
Monday September 9th AS the season
for the opening Of school draws near
it should create in every parent or
guardian of children new interest
an interest in the educational well
fare of the children under their
charge.
Few persons fail to recognize the
importance of an education, yet it is
sometimes neglected for matters
which at the time seem more i'm
portant. and regretted later. In
order TO obtain the best results the
school must have the hearty cooper
alton of the parents. and we take
this means of asking you to cooper
ate with US to make our school for
the coming year all that it can be
made.
A great deal of time and expense
have been spent in putting the
school into first-class condition with
a view to giving its patrons as good
educational advantages as can be
obtained in any community. But no
matter how well a school may be
equipped it can not make satisfac-
tory progress or be made the most of
without the regular attendance of
its pupils. You will agree that no
institution is so essential to a nations
welfare as its bublic school system,
and also that none are SO sadly
neglected.
We hope that every patron will
manifest such an interest in the
educational welfare of their boys
and girls that they will not only see
that they are in regular attendance
from the first day of school until the
last, but that they will visit US,
become acquainted with US. and in
spect our work. We are glad to
welcome visitors as it not only en-
courages the teacher but shows the
pupils. that some one has an interest
in what they are doing, and it
stimulates both to put forth their
best efforts.
We will be willing at any time to