La Junta tribune., 1908-02-01
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The Harvey House lunch counter
was moved last Friday from the
Santa Fe waiting room TO the
quarters formerly utilized for office
purposes. The furnishings of the
lunch room" are strictI5 p-to-da,e
and with tile floor and marble top
horseshoe counter resembles a
metropolitan gastronomic palace.
The lunch room has evolved into a
fuIl-fledged restaurant, and no~
serves everything the market af-
fords from plain steak to fried
frog leg sandwich. with a bottle of
NUNS extra dry for a chaser.
Henry Schmid. a La Junta boy
and a graduate of our public schools.
is making good at Colorado College.
The Colorado Springs correspondent
of the Denver Republican, in yester-
days issue. says: Henry Schmid
was elected captain of the Colorado
college baseball team to succeed
Captain-elect Ackley, who has been
the mainstay of the pitching staff
for the last two years, but who
failed to return to college this year.
Schmid has PLAYED third base on
the nine for the last two years and
is one Of the best infielders in the
state. He is junior in college and
prominent in many of the student
activities. Capt. Schmid has issued
call for the candidates for the
Tiger team to report for practice
the first time Saturday afternoon.
Regular daily practice will be held
from then on during the winter and
spring in preparation for the inter
collegiate games"
K. A. Hoffman. of Pueblo, held
secretary of the Colorado Prison
Association, was q La Junta visitor
several days this week. Mr.. Hoff-
man made number of addresses in
this city. explanatory of the object
OF the association and the good work
accomplished in the past. including
a talk last Sunday morning at the
Presbyterian church. and at the var
ious school buildings on Monday and
Tuesday. He also conducted services
at the county Jail last Sunday after
noon. The object of the associ-
alton is to aid men who have
just been released from prison
n securing employment and save
worthy ex-prisoners from relapsing
into crime. The association claims
1t can save a man for S25, but we
doubt it. In majority of Instances
a man is born with natural inclin-
ations to be straight" in all the
affairs of life. or he is a natural born
crook" and could not even lay
straight in bed without an effort.
Some men keep straight" all their
lives through fear of the law. but
sometimes the temptation proves too
great and they fall, and the world
mourns for one short week over a
good man gone wrong. He is just
PLAIN. ordinary, unlucky victim of
his natural bent, and all the religion
and prison associations in the wide
world could no; save him from him
self if good opportunity to enrich
himself by beng crooked" ever ar
rived. Nothing. no matter how
alluring. can tempt a man who is
born with natural inclination to::be
straight.
The women folks. except a few
brave ones, were conspicuous by
their absence at the presentation of
the 81 ectacular romance known to
fame as the New Black Crook"
which was the attraction at the La
Judta Theatre last Wednesday night.
The men folks were out in full force,
in most instances unaecompanied by
their better halves. and you could
tell by the way they nodded to ac-
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