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La Junta tribune., 1907-01-19
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The La Junta State Bank has just
issued its semi-annual statement for
the six months ending January z,
1907. showing very gratifying in
crease in business, and rejecting in
no small measure general business
conditions in La Junta. The total
deposits now amount to $307, ,542.
showing an increase over one year
ago Of ab out twenty-five per cent.
The La Junta State Bank was Or
ganized in 1893, and the first report
issued showed deposits aRRregating
$SS. .265.l Is. Since that time there
has been y steady increase in the
volume Of business each year, and
the last was the best Of all. La Junta
can congratulate herself on being
well-fixed in financial way. - both
banks at the present time have
larger deposits than ever before in
tbeir history. the total aggregating
nearly $75O, 900.
La Junta tribune., 1907-01-19
SUGAR CRY DEPARTMENT
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commissioners than the handing out
Of "plums" In appointing Chris
Schlunne4gar. man Was selected
who will make an efficient road
overseer. and at the same time one
who had made no effort TO secure
the appointment. IL IS unfortunate
that 50 many candidates were in the
field. and the commissioners certain
ly had notify problem TO solve
The democratic majority" on
the board Of county commissioners
appointed quite a bunch Of good
republicans To Office Al the last
meeting
With IL, GO tons Of beets still in
sight. il looks as il the campaign
would last till the middle Of March.
This will be the longest. since the
building of the factory.
Mr.. McKeever. Of Decatur. H..
has settled on the Carr place. This
is the old Wickstrum place which
was sold To Mr.. Carr last summer by
the beet sugar company.
Manager j. H. Windfelder. Of the
Sugar factory. returned home from
Baltimore last Monday where he had
been attending q meeting Of the di-
rectors Of the company.
Mr.. Seibert will return from st.
Louis about the 18th with q number
Of foreigners from Missouri. We
hope that many Of them will decide
to become naturalized. They make
good citizens.
La Junta tribune., 1907-01-19
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The United States Civil Service
Commission will hold an examine.
ton for clerk-carrier in this city
February I'd. The salary attached
is from $500 to $3.50 per annum. A
substitute letter carrier is paid at
the rate Of 81 per annum. and at the
rate Of $500 per annum when serving
in place Of carriers who have been
granted . leave Of absence. A va
cancy in the regular force Of carriers
must be filled BY the promotion Of
the senior substitute.
The examination consists Of the
subjects Of letter writing, penman-
ship. copying. United States geogra-
ply and reading addresses. The
age limit is IS to Is years. All per-
sons Who have been examined for
the position of clefk-carrier within
the past year may Be re-examin ID
upon filing new applications in due
time.
For application blanks, instruc-
tons to applicants. and further in
formation, application should be
made to J. s. Walsh. ut the local
postofiice.
La Junta tribune., 1907-01-19
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Mrs NJ j. Drury. wife of ". j.
Drury. mechanical superintendent
OF the western grand division Of the
santa Fe. died AZ her horne on Cim-
arron avenue last Wednesday even
ing Mrs Drury has long been q
sufferer from asthma. but had not
been seriously i'll until a week ago,
when relatives we're notified TO come
10 La Junta AT once As il was
thought the end Was near. Mrs.
Drury Was greatly improved on
Monday. and her brother. John
Cook. master mechanic for the San
IA Fe At San AarciAI. y. NJ. re-
turned To his home. a. il was not
thought there was any immediate
danger There was . relapse on
wednesday and the end came about
8 O'Clock that evening.
Ars- Mary Cook Drury was born
in Graften. Va. June 10. 1855. She
was married to u. J. Drury in Par
suns. Kan. in 1876. and came to Il
Junta in 1888. remaining until 1885.
From 1856 until 1897 the family re-
sided in Arkansas City. Kan. re-
moving during the latter year To
Winslov. Ariz-. and later to Ration,
n. ~. where Ar. Drury oAseistsd
- master mechanic for the Ssnts
Fe. On November 1. 1906. Mr.. and
Mrs. Drury returned TO La Junta,
Mr.. DruSy having been appointed
mechanical superintendent for tn
western grand division Of the Santa
Fe- The husband and one child,
Charles J. DFury. survive. Who havs
the sympathy Of al in their greal
SORROW.
The funeral took place yest.rdaS
aftefs'ooa from tie Catholic church,
and the remains vill Be shipped Sun
day TO Psssoas. Kan. for fnsl ia-
termsat.
La Junta tribune., 1907-01-19
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Representative Parrish. of Prowers
county. introduced bill m the leg
islature this week providing for a
new judicial district TO be composed
of the counties Of Otero. Rent.
Prowers. Kiowa. and Baca. At
present Otero and Kiowa are at
tached to the Pueblo district. while
Bent, Prowers and Baca are in the
Las Animas district. The growth Of
the five agricultural counties and
the Importance Of the judicial busi-
ness in them. has made the forma-
ton of the new district almost a
necessity for the proper conduct Of
the business.
Pueblo and Trinidad never paid
the slightest attention to the claims
of the agricultural counties during
an election period, and as they have
nothing in common in Jurisprudence
at any season the wisest solution Of
the difficulty is the formation Of a
new district. 1t is said that Govern.
or Buchtel has already endorsed the
proposed measure. having full
knowledge Of the conditions and cir
cumstances. and before many months
have rolled around the new judicial
district will he a reality.
La Junta tribune., 1907-01-19
Ssess c'sv's Gssssss.

He is . nondescript. as are most
knockers: looks like . man. but lacks
the essential qualities that 20
towards the making Of . man. Hon
or. truthfulness. loyalty. are terms
that he is unacquainted with. To
him Sugar City is synonym for al
that is worthless. He takes special
delight in gathering q little bunch
Of strangers about him and dilating
upon the absolute impossibility Of
making = living At farming or any
other honest labor here. and yet this
same knocker owes to Sugar City all
that he Possesses. whether gotten
honestly or otherwise we leave to
his patrons to decide. Know him!
La Junta tribune., 1907-01-19

Mr.. McNutt eft for Rocky Ford
THURSDAY
James Cayanaugh was Holbrook
visitor Thursday.
Mr.. Male has been promoted TO q
station Of his own. at Has~eil-
Presiding Elder Chase preached
At the NJ f. Church Sunday
Mr.. Caywood stopped over be-
tween trains Sunday morning.
There is still the statute book
a Law prohibiting the sale Of intox-
icants TO minors
Elmer Hosler is the new road over
seer in the Ordway district He
succeeds himself.
The factory IS threatened with a
coal famine. There is only enough
in sight to run a day or two.
Chas. Hosler was appointed con-
stable TO NIL the vacancy caused by
Elmer Houston's resignation.
h. Weber was appointed justice Of
the peace at the last commissioner
meeting, to fill Rockwell's unexpired
term.
Charles Pond. Of Colorado Springs.
WAS in town this week looking after
improvements on his ranch south Of
town.
The Office Of deputy assessor has
not yet been filled. There is yet .
chance" for Big Brother to succeed
himself.
DR.. c. II. WAxhAm, was reappoint-
ed health officer. The strange thing
about il is that he had circulated no
petition.
E. W. Richards is reducing dead
stock land some that il hot % dead)
BY means Of An auction. Mr.. Weber
is oficiating.
Burris 4 Hedges are rebuilding the
new store front. The weight Of the
brick cornice seems TO be too great
for the plate glass.
Mr.. Wiebel. former night chemist
At the factory. is now in Old Mexi-
CO. II is reported that he is earning
500 per as chemist in brewery.
The question Of good roads is
greater in the opinion Of the county
La Junta tribune., 1907-01-19
Sec AbOssoes eigw.

The Beerbohm- -Winchell Abstract
of Title Company is the name Of =
new firm just Incorporated and
launched on the strenuous sea Of
business life in La Junta. They
will make = speciality Of Abstracts.
loans and insurance. c. A. Beer
bohm is president Of the company
and G. H. Winchell. secretary. Mrs.
Joseph Hart has been engaged as
typewriter and stenoGrapher for the
new firm.
Mr.. Beerbohm has just completed
nine years Of effective service for
Otero county Is county treasurer.
and - m Office man has few equals.
Mr.. Winchell is the well known and
popular cashier Of the ia Junta
State Bank. and::will continue to Of
ficiate in that position. devoting on
ly his spare time to the affairs Of the
new firm. Mr.. Wincheil served for
four years as county clerk. and both
members Of the firm have not only
an intimate acquaintance with prop
erty values and titles through out
the county. but an acquaintance
that is almost universal. The new
firm will prove . winner.
La Junta tribune., 1907-01-19
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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-10
Sweet Simplicity.

In the old days there was professor
of psychology at Dartmouth who was
so abstruse that it is doubtful if at
times he fully understood himself. One
day he was profounder than usual. He
lectured for nearly an hour on topics
away over in the back of the book
The class was dazed 1t was far above
their heads, and they did not under
stand even the edges Of it. When he
had finished, the old man took out his
watch and said genially: "Now, there
are ten minutes of the hour remaining
If any student desires to ask me q
question, | shall be glad to answer it
to the best of my ability" The class
sat in stupOr. The professor waited
for time and then said: SIS there no
one who has question to ask? There
are remaining several minutes that
could be profitably employed" Finally
one student put up a reluctant hand.
"Ah," said the professor, "you have a
question. What is it," What time is
it," stammered the student-Saturday
Evening Post
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-10
How Bees Gather Honey.

A bee gathers honey by the aid Of
it's trunk" lower lip" or tongue"
which is used as an instrument for ex-
tracing the nectar from flowers. The
tongue" OF bee is not, as was once
thought to be the case, tube through
which the juice is sucked, but is built
more after the fashion of fine broom.
With this broom the bee brushes or
laps the honey Or honey material from
the flowers, leaves, etc, and passes it
down q groove in the upper surface OF
the tongue to the mouth proper. From
that point the juice is conveyed
through a minute orifice into the first
stomach vulgarly called the "honey
bag" The honey bag is real chem
zeal laboratory, where by some mystic
rious process which has not yet been
explained by science the juices are
converted into pure honey. When the
chemical process of transforming the
nectar into viscd honey has been COM
pleted the bee disgOrges it into one Of
the cells made for the purpose s;f 70
ceptacle. For years the la.crOscOpists
and the cntomologists have been study
ing the bees laboratory, but it's work
ings are at present among the unex-
planned mysteries.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-10
Reached the Limit.

A Providence girl, who has been
married about six months, had we'd
ding cards a short time ago from an
old school friend who had given her a
wedding present which, Of course. de-
manded one in return. Among her
wedding presents the Providence girl
had duplicates in the shape of two sill
yer card trays, and in Il spirit of econ
omy she decided to give one of these
to her friend. 1t was marked with her
own initials, but it would be only a
matter of few minutes to have them
removed and the proper monogram cut.
She took it to the jeweler and explain
ed what was to be done. He picked up
the tray. looked at it closely and
smiled
Madam" said he, 1T will be i'm
possible | have already changed the
initials on this same tray five times,
and it has worn so thin that l cannot
do it again without cutting through the
bottom" providence Journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-10
A. Literary Curiosity,

Some years ago Il Paris newspaper
ordered q story of adventure from a
well known novelist. The price agreed
upon was ] franc a line. The novelist
strs @htWay hunted up an old man of
lette the unknown collaboration OF
many more famous authors who
agreed to write the story for % CEN
times a line. When the work had
reached it's second part in the course
of publication the novelist learned that
his old client was seriously i'll. Hasten
ing to his bedside. lie found him dying.
In agony for the fate Of his story, the
novelist rushed to the office Of the
newspaper, got hold of some back
numbers in order to pick up the
threads of the romance and brought
it to a speedy end in few brief
chapters Then he went to the office
with the manuscript.
whats that?" asked the editor.
''Why, the continue ton and end OF
my story"
''Oh, then. you want to change it, /
suppose because. you know, you sent
in the last chapters three days ago"
Admirable self possession on the
part OF the novelist prevented disaster,
and he fnally found this explanation:
The old man, whose price was % cen
times line, had himself sublet his
task to third writer at 10 centimes.
and thus the work had been finished
in safety.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-10
Horses and Grass.

A famous veterinary surgeon de.
clares that grass beats all the drugs in
creation as q cure for sick horses and
mules Horses should have few
quarts Of grass daily from spring until
fall, he says The prevalent notion
that it is harmful is idiOtic and cruel.
Grass to horses is the same as fresh
vegetables and fruit to us. Their cray
ing for it proves their need Of it. Yet
ignorant, unfeeling drivers yank them
away from it as if it was poison in
stead of the life giving medicine it is.
designed by their Maker for them.
When they gnaw the bark of trees or
eat leaves it is because they crave
grass and can't get it, Millions Of bush
els of grass go to waste yearly by the
wayside which should be utilized for
our noble, faithful, helpless, dumb col
league, the horse, thus making him
healthy and happy. Summer visitors
who hire horses should remember these
facts and give the animals a chance to
get at the grass by the roadside once
in awhile.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-10
Had a Slow but Sure Gait.

There have been numerous disap-
pointments in the outcome OF some of
the boys We remember one boy i'll
particular who was the butt of all ridi-
Guile from the boys of his age, and he
took it good naturally. He seemed to
have no particular friends and herded
by himself His clothes always looked
funny, and he had that awkward swag-
ger over which the rest Of us had
much sport. No one ever thought that
that plug would ever get anywhere or
have anything. But today that plug
is drawing a better salary than any
two of the old gang. He has more
money. more Influence and more
friends than any of the rest of us. The
plug had gait that was slow, but it
was sure. He didn't appear to be Il bit
bright then. but he had surface that
took on a polish Westphalia (MoI
Times.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-10
His Fears Realized

TT Na:s the old country couple had
looked forward to spending holiday
in London. and one day they found
themselves in the very busiest part of
the city Together they stood watch
ing the traffic, to which there seemed
no end. They did not know how to
cross the street.
''Whatever you do Liza, don't git
separated from me-" said the old man
to his wife land, whatever you do,
don't cross the road without me-"
Then a kindly constable came along
and. seeing the old woman hesitating,
took her by the arm and commenced to
pilot her to the opposite side.
Dang my buttons" cried out the
old man in alarm, II allus told 'er that
some one wud take fancy to 'er, but
I didn't think any one 'ud ave the i'm
perance to take 'er afOre my very
s"'-London Tit-Bits.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-10
The Reader Who Skins.

A good work of fiction. whether in
prose or in verse-we are here speak
ing only of good works-is a work of
art and can be rightly enjoyed only by
entering into sympathy with the art
lists mind and accepting his work ac-
cOrding to his intention. In perfect
poem the place of every word, in per-
feet novel the place, if not of every
word, of every episode and of every
paragraph. is important, and the reader
who skips throws away the pleasure
he has meant to derive from the har-
mony of composition, in which very
possibly the beauty of the who4a may
chiefly consist, and despises the best
part of the artists laboE He might as
we'll go to see good play and then
willfully miss every alternate scene
ExchanGo
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-10

| suppose that in five years time
anybody who doesn't wear spectacles
will be liable to arrest and imprison-
ment with OF without the option of a
fine. 1 cannot believe that all people
who wear spectacles suffer from defec-
tive vision. I,think that the great bulk
of the people who overdress their faces
with pieces of gold mounted glass do
so out of vanity. They consider that
it improves their appearance and tends
to make them look more intellectual.
You will notice that no pretty woman
or handsome man ever goes about with
gold nose .improver. 1t would, in
deed, be an extraordinary thing if our
oculists. were to tell us that beautiful
people never had defective eyesight.-
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-10
Vet He Didn't Need Them.

He had been calling on young lady
for many moons; but. being backward.
his suit progressed slowly. Finally she
deci Led it was up to her to start some
thing. so the next time he called she
pointed to the rose in his buttonhola
and said:
''Ill give you kiss for that rose" A
large. open face blush meandered over
his countenance. but the exchange was
made. Then he, grabbed his hat and
started to leave the room.
'sWhy. where are you going?" she.
asked in surprise.
ITO the-er-forist for more roses"
he exclaimed.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-10

In an air lock it is common practice
to note that while unlOcking-that is,
coming through the lock- and as the
pressure is being reduced by opening
the discharge yalve-a fog accumulates,
becoming thick as the temperatures and
pressure are loWere4. The writer at
one time was attackoeby the bends, or
the caisson disease, after coming out
of the old Hudson river tunnel. He
was promptly taken into the hospital"
which was nothing but a horizontal
tank about the size of a common loco
motive boiler. The pressure, amount
ing at that time to some thirty pounds,
was admitted, and it acted instantly to
relieve pain and to produce normal con-
ditiOns. He was told to open the throt
tie valve and let the pressure out so
that he might open the door. AS he did
this he noticed that the temperature
was gradually lowered, and at a GER
tain point, known as the dew point, he
was enveloped in fog The pain return
ed about this time, so that he shut off
the discharge valve and opened the
cock, admitting compressed air. The
fog Immediately disappeared, the tenn
perature was slightly increased and The
pain stopped This condition was re-
peated several times, so that here IS a
means by which artificial fog may be
produced at will The same physical
laws apply in the production of fog as
in the condensation of moisture on the
exterior of an ice pitcher or on win
dow pane in winter time.-Compressed
Air Magazine.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-10

Fluid resins OF oils from several diff
ferent trees are extensively used in the
Philippines as varnishes. One of them,
called oil of supa, is a pale yellow
liquid when fresh, but it becomes dark
and viscous after contact with the
air. Spread in thin layer it dries
slowly and forms hard varnish. 1t
is also capable of being burned in a
lamp. Another natural varnish is ba-
lao, also called oil of apitong. 1t is
white when fresh, but darkens after
exposure and makes a very tough
varnish. Oil of panao is third vari-
ETY., inferior to the others in its drying
properties. Chemical analysis has
shown that all these wood oils consist
entirely of hydrocarbons known as ses-
quiterpenes.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-10
His Specialties.

Captain Spencer of the Church army
once asked q convict what he did for
a living when he left prison. ''Well
in spring l does bit o. pea picking
and in summer / does bit O. fruit
picking and in the autumn l does a
bit o 'op picking" Yes" said the
captain. land what do you do in the
winter?' well, mister, / may as
well be honest with yer In the winter
| does a bit O. pocket pickingr Cap
tain Spencer next asked, .And what
happens Them The convict replied.
why, comes ere and does bit o.
oakum picking" News.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-10
Wonderful Eczema Cure

Our little boy had eczema for FIVE
years. writes n A. Adams, Henrietta,
Pa. 1.-TWO of our home doctors said the
case was hopeless, his lungs being af-
fected. We then employed other doctors
but no benefit resulted. By chance we
read about Electric Bitters: bought a
bottle and soon noticed improvement.
We continued this medicine until sew
eral bottles we're used, when our boy was
completely cured" Best of all blood
medicines and body building health
tonics. Guaranteed at FL. j. Stangls
drug store. SOC.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-10

Every woman Will he Interested.
If you have pain in the back, Uniary,
Bladder or Kidney trouble and want q
certain pleasant herb cure fur woman's
ills, try Mother Gray's Australian Leaf.
It Is safe and never-failing monthly
regulator. At druggists or by mail so
cents. Sample package FREE. Address
the Mother Gray Co. Leroy. n. 7.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-10
To Know Oneself,

How can a man learn to know him
self? By reflection never, only by ac-
ton. In the measure in which thou
seekest to do thy duty shalt thou know
what is in thee. But what is thy duty?
The demand of the hour-Goethe
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-10
Patmore's Wit.

In the early days Of the Franco
Prussian war the Emperor William
WAS in the habit of sending kilograms
OF a somewhat religious character to
the queen. The late Coventry Pat
more, the English poet, hit this off in
the following skit:
BY will divine, my dear Augusta
We've gained battle-such buster!
Ten thousand F'renchmen sent below
Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-10
The soothing spray of Ely's LIQUID

The soothing spray of Ely's Liquid
Cream Balm, used in an atomizer, is an
unspeakable relief to sufferers from Ca
tarrh Some of them describe it as
Godsend, and no wonder. The thick,
foul discharge is dislodged and the pa.
tient breathes freely, perhaps for the
first time ID weeks. Liquid Cream Balm
contains all the healing, purifying ele-
ments If the solid form, and it never
fails to cure. Sold by all druggists for
75c.. including spraying tube, or mailed
by Ely Bros. Sc Warren Street, New
York. 6
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-10
More News from New England

II anyone has any doubt as to the vir-
tue of Foley's Kidney Cure, they need
only to refer to Mr.. Alvin H. Simpson,
of Williamantic, Conn, who, after almost
losing hope of recovery, on account of
the failure of so many remedies, finally
tried Foley's Kidney Cure, which he
says was "just the thing for HIN, as
four bottles cured him completely. He
is now entirely we'll and free from all the
suffering incident to all acute kidney
trouble. H. J. Stangl.