La Junta tribune., 1908-09-19
SuvIls.st.,,'

Baths 1T the Swtnk bath Houxe are
% cents.
Hot and cold baths at the S~ink
Bath House
A. Stoop Is very III at his home.
being very low with the dropsy.
wanted-Dish washer. Apply to
Saddle Rock Restaurant. swink. Colo.
The little son OF Mrs. Osman is
confined 10 his bed with typhoid
fever.
Sam Stewards little boy is Ill with
typhoid fever. but is doing as well as
could be expected.
Gerald Daimler. the efficient night
marshal OF La Junta. was swink
visitor Wednesday.
The Swink Bath House has the fin
est soft water In the valley. Try
1t when you bathe-
Mr.. and Mrs. Cate have left the
thriving city OF Swink for fields new
ana pastures green
J. l.. Shy who has been operator at
the depot for some time past, has
resigned his position and left this
week for Denver.
Miss Dora Webster, who has been
at her home In Grinnell. Iowa. for
several weeks past, returned home on
the stub Wednesday evening.
L. X Van Wrinkle went to Pueblo
Wednesday where he will take in
the State Fair for several days. af-
ter which he will go TO Denver for
a brief visit.
Born--To Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Re
berger at Sugar City. Colo, last Fri
day evening, & twelve and one half
pound son. Sam is the proudest dad
We have seen for some time.
Rev. and Mrs. Smothers Of Rock
vale. Colo. arrived In Swink the first
OF the week. Rev. Smothers comes
to take charge of the Methodist work
in this city, and Is man OF ability.
Joe Powars is home from the dem
ocratic convention that was held In
Pueblo by the democratic bunch. He
was carrying his little cane under
his arm. to which WAS attached a
crimson banner bearing the word.
Bryan ami as the sun cast its rays
on the crimson cloth, the letters
spelling Defeat were as plain as
the handwriting on the wall on the
other side.
There vas meeting of the anti
saloon league In Fairmount one even
ing last week, which was largely at
tended. The majority and then some
being in favor of making a dryness
in their precinct. which by the way.
Is the one in which Swink is To-
Gated. equal to that Of the Sahara
desert There were fully one hun
dred at the meeting. and when the
vote was cast, only one ballot was in
favor Of the saloon. That Is rather
gloomy outlook for the wet bunch
Al Gauger was the victim of an
accident that might have resulted
disastrously to the prospective seek
er for the office of county assessor
on the democratic ticket He was
driving from Swink to La Junta We'd
manageable at passing train. and
proceeded to kick the buggy to very
small pieces. The animal was final
ly subdued, but Mr.. Gauger had to
phone home for another conveyance
before continuing his journey to La
Junta.
in hard lines for some one to ad-
dress them on the political issues
OF the day. Last week the burg was
visited by medicine fakir, who evil
IDENTIFY thought he was next to the
peerless one when it came to shoot
ing off his baxoo on the fine points
of Jeffersonian doctrines. He ran
off at the mouth on Thursday even |
ing, and didn't get through, so con-
tinued his mouth airings on Saturday
evening. Those who attended both
fiascoes say he repeated what he had
already said before with slight yaria- |
tions. He was selling rheumatism
dope. and 1t is said that most OF the |
democrats bought dozen bottles on /
the sly, in order to take the kinks
out Of the mule that will be ineyi- /
table on the morning after the cleo
tion. They should have bought |
few bottles to send to Billy" so he |