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La Junta tribune., 1909-04-24
Expert Opinion on
Otero Ditch Water
supply

''ln my opinIon." says Mr.. Geo.
q. Anderson, ''ths otsre Canal. ~
Inforesd BY the Clear Greek rsssr.
veir. will furnish ample water to
fully Irrissts the $4,000 serss Of
land In the otsro District"
Mr.. Anderson 10 one Of the fore
mest irrigation engineers In the
United states. and his opinion will
bs accepted BY svssy psrsen who hes
the welfare Of Ia Junta at heart IN.
tIi experience shall have dsmenstrat-
ID even partial deficiency Of water
supply.
The canal has never before had the
bsnssit Of storage system. and ths
average person has no conception
either Of the greatness Of the Clear
Creek rsssvelr Or Of the value ef
storage water. Il b entirely WITH
In the knowledge and judgment Of
competent engineers.
La Junta tribune., 1909-04-24

August 1. 1907. until cancelled. AS
the bond coupons became exhausted
with the date of expiration. it was
necessary to endorse the last inter-
est payment on the bond itself.
La Junta tribune., 1909-04-24

road. II Is a manufacturing PROPOSE
ton that is destined to bring large
returns, as there is an unlimited. de-
mand for the ties, with the whole
world for a market.
La Junta tribune., 1909-04-24
MAx AsovT
Town

What want is babies. my own lit
tie babies. to nestle at my heart, to
call me mother. I want eleven Of
them every twelve months.
ct Ellington.
o, Margaret. Margaret.
La Junta tribune., 1909-04-24

A very interesting letter from
Corvallis. Ore. by Mrs. Alice J.
scheets, . former well known resi-
dent of this city. will be found in
anothes column Of this issue. Mrs.
scheets IL . thirty-sceond degree
booster Of the purest ray serene. and
after reading her letter We presume
La Junta tribune., 1909-04-24

Pueblo lodge. No. 80, B. p. o. F. 4.
will celebrate its twenty-first birth
day May 26th, in an appropriate man
ner. When the Pueblo lodge was
founded 1t had only nine charter
members. and to-day its membership
list bears the names of 966 Pueblo
ans. Only Gen. d. L. Holden, J.
Knox Burton and William Barber
are alive of the charter members.
and they will take a prominent part
In the birthday celebration.
La Junta tribune., 1909-04-24

most OF our subscribers will feel like
pulling up stakes and making their
skiddoo for the land of the webfoOt
In note to yours truly, the writer
concludes: when you come out to
the Yukon fair this summer. come
down and see us and Corvallis, and
eat fruit washed down with good.
pure mountain water. We have moth
ing stronger in Corvallis. Judging
by the account of the recent cleo
ton you will be so used to similar
conditions by that time you won't
want anything else" Why, the idea.
How awfully shocking, especially to
one who has been travelling in water
wagon circles for such long time
that is, it seems like long time.
Since making his annual report to
the city council City Treasurer Fisher
has called in and cancelled two more
of the Otero canal bonds. leaving
three more of 81 900 each still due.
Ten thousand dollars worth Of Otero
bonds were issued August l, 1892, for
the purpose OF assisting in the com
struction Of the Otero canal. These
bonds were issued with the under
standing that the canal was to be
completed to the county line within
certain time. There is nothing in
the bonds designating an agreement
of this character. nor even a clause
to the effect that mo other condi-
tions. verbal or otherwise. will be
recognized" as is usual In such in
stances of this nature. The result
is that La Junta has not a thing.
tangible or intangible. to show for
this $4,000 bond issue-not even
water right, and the canal was not
completed to the county line until
years and years afterwards-after the
bonds were due and payable. in fact.
The bonds were issued August ].
1892, for a ten-fifteen year period.
and we're due and payable August l,
1907. They are signed by J. E.Walk-
er, mayor; J. G. Howard. clerk; and
r. G. Dalton. city treasurer. Through
an oversight the city council neg
lected to make an appropriation for
the payment Of the bonds In 1907.
and an arrangement was made with
the owners of the bonds to carry
them until the city was ready to
liquidate. The two bonds cancelled
this week were owned by c. A. Ohm
stead, OF Harrisburg. Pa. who is a
member Of Congress from that state.
Mr.. Olmstead also owns the three
bonds which are still to be liquidat-
ed, and from his letter appears to-
be perfectly satisfied with the secur-
ity. The interest payment on the
two bonds paid this week was $z0e.66
dating from the time Of expiration.
La Junta tribune., 1909-04-24

When the answers were all tabuiat-
ed it was found that IS per cent had
answered that they came through the
newspaper notices. AS the manager
had also used an extra supply of
billboard space. the answers were ali
the more significant of the drawing
power of newspaper advertising.
La Junta tribune., 1909-04-24

The newspaper men who gathered
in New York this week represent
ed more than a quarter billion dol
lars invested in the production OF
newspapers In the United States.
There are some $4,000 newspapers
and periodicals. and their aggregate
annual circulation amounts to near
ly twelve billion copies. One person
but Of every four gets daily paper,
every other person in the United
States gets a weekly, and two out of
every three get monthly-these at
least would be the figures II there
was no duplication.
The high school teams of La Jun
Ia and Lamar will meet on the local
diamond this afternoon and engage in
. terrific combat for supremacy. The
pitching department OF both teams
is well supplied with choice assort-
ment Of wide benders and saliyated
spheroids. and the game promises to
be . warm one. Both teams defeated
the Ration aggregation by about the
same score, and are consequently
well matched for an interesting con-
test. Lamar is in the lead up to
date for championship honors in the
interscholastic league.
A. G. Olds. Of Wichita. Kan. al
falfa and feed milling expert and
milling engineer for the Williams
Patent Crusher and Pulverizer Com
pany, of st. Louis. Mo-, was a La
Junta visitor several days this week.
and one of the guests at the month
ly dinner Of the La Junta Industrial
Association. Mr.. Oids erected the
alfalfa mills at Wiley, Hartman and
Bristol. and has just closed a deal
to furnish the machinery for q mill
about to be established At Fowler.
Mr.. Olds created something Of a SEN
sation when he walked into the ban
quet hall. being . dead ringer for
John e. Godding. the Rocky Ford
banker. who IL suppooed to be else
where just at present.
John e. Heston. Of Denver. presi-
dent and general manager Of the
Great Western Milling Company.
manufacturers Of sweet alfAlfa brand
feeds. has been . Ia Junta visitor
most oe the week, for the purpose Of
looking over the field with . view
to locating an alfalfa meal factory
naar tkta rsfv Ne wfsftesa All a. The
La Junta tribune., 1909-04-24

All OF the democratic newspapers
OF this section are boasting of the
fact that John A. Martin. our repre-
sentative In congress. believes in be-
ing friendly with the newspapers, be-
cause he has placed all OF them on
the Congressional Record mailing list.
John A. is evidently particular as to
the breed of newspapers he is friend
ly with. The great family journal
has been on the Congressional Rec
ord mailing list for the last four
years, but as soon as John A. went
into office he probably issued an
order to "stop our paper" as we
have not been receiving 1t Of late.
We are so sorry, too. as we had been
using the Congressional Record as
wrapper to mail our own sheet in.
that icing the only useful purpose
which sse could find for 1t.
A Santa Fe trail marker" was
erected In the northeast corner Of
the court house park last Monday
without ceremony. this important fea-
ture being postponed until the Fourth
OF July, when 1t Is to be one Of the
leading stunts. The monument is of
routh granite. about two feet square
and five feet high, and weighs about
two tons. On a polished surface.
which ornaments the side fronting
the rising sun. is an inscription which
reads ~ follows:
La Junta tribune., 1909-04-24

lue6l lOCdtlUu IOT duOtueT.
He found the old man sitting on
the fence.
"Howd'y, pap? How's your son
Jim doing these days?"
"Jim? oh, he's running rele.
graph key at the depot. Jim's an op-
orator."
"And how's Ecker"
"Zeke? Well. he's captain OF a
lake steamer He's a navigator"
"And Pete? Is he still living?"
"Oh, yes Pete's working on an
air ship. He's what they call an
aviator"
well, what has become of Bill?
Is he doing anything"
"Yes, stranger; BiIl's hanging
around the house all day. grunmbing
and saying the country's going to
smash. Bills an Just a
plain aggravator."
The Clark irrigation bill was sign
ed by Gov. Shafroth last Monday.
and In the future all state lands. in
stead Of being sold as formerly, will
be leased by the state land board on
long term leases. The bill provides
that all school lands In irrigation dis
tricts, or districts soon to be or
ganized must be leased. or IL a sale
is desired 1t must be done by ,at-
ent. The lands will be assessed just
the same as other lands in the dis
trict. Where school lands are leas-
ed or purchased the assessment will
be largely based upon the price paid
for the land. The new law Is design
ed to prevent speculation in state
lands by irrigation promoters and
save them for the use of bona fide
settlers.
A unique experiment was recent
ly made by New York theater to
determine what is the most efficient
advertising medium. The manager
sent out some $4,000 circulars, as
many more post cards. and employed
: heavy contingent Of sandwich men
When the time for responses came.
he had every person In the theater
answer the question: what kind
Of advertisement brought you hero:'I
This question wss put to each IL
dividual who came Tor . whole weel.
La Junta tribune., 1909-04-24
The Great Clear

ouaoines Of the stream maintained
BY my assistant In charge Of the
construction. The winter flow Of the
stream, from November list to April
tst. inclusive. ~ shown on the state
mont. 10 about the normal flow for
that season. For the balance Of the
season the run-oH shown In the state
ment 10 above normal; that 10 to
cay. the flow Of 1907 was hiaher
than usual. nearly twice ~ much
- for thIs year 90 far. though this
year 10 undoubtedly above normal.
Ny Judgment 10 that the normal win.
tse flow will MI the reservoir. The
watee stored during that period would
b available for the early supply to
ths Canal System during the month
Of May. and the reservoir could
asaln be filled during the months Of
June and July for use In the later
months Of the Irrigation season, Az.
gust and September.
ThIrd-i attach copy Of the Head
gate Keepers record Of the flow Of
watsr In the canal system during
1907 and 1908, which, In conjunction
with the flow Of Clear crssk, sivss
the best Idea Of the assistance the
reservoir will be to the canal sys.
TEN. For instance, In 1907 the
canal GOT no direct supply from the
river In April, and for only six days
In May. Had the reservoir bssn
completed, the stored water would
have given the 10000 acres under
the canal system = supply Of prae-
tIeaiIy one-haf acre foot per acre
In these months, six inches In depth
over the whole area. The reservoir
would again have been filled In
June and July and supplied the whole
area with another onehalf acre foot
per aero In August and September,
when the canal only got water d.
reetIy from tho rIver four and one
and one-haif days respectively. In
other words, In addition to any water
obtained directly from the river. the
reservoir would ordinarily supply one
acre foot per acre for the total area,
La Junta tribune., 1909-04-24

The sixteenth annual meeting of
/. the Arkansas Valley Odd Fellows An
Dniversary Association will be aeld
I'm Rocky Ford Monday at Odd Fell
lows Hall. The meeting will last
all day. The morning will be given
over to the transaction of business.
The afternoon and evening will be
given over to social entertainments,
for which very attractive programmes
have been arranged. and the day will
close with social and banquet sery-
ed by the Rebeccas.-Rocky Ford
Tribune.
The finest pair Of elk's horns in
the world is to be presented to the
Rocky Ford Elks' lodge by five mem
bers of that new lodge headed by W..
r. Dye. The horns measure 81 7-8
inches across the spread. They are
~ inches from the base Of the skull
to the tip Of the horn The lifters
are 20 inches in length and the
prongs 2zh inches. Ono bur II l1k
inches long and the other 11A. They
weigh . little over 40 pounds and It
takes q crate four feet four inches
square to crate them.
8. r. Mold, Of Topeka. Kan. finan-
cial agent Of the Baird Railway Steel
Tie Company, Of Kansas City. Mo-.
has been . Ia Junta visitor for sev-
eral days and tnterested quite .
Z number oe our leading citimes In his
proposition to the extent Of effecting
sale ce block Of 100 shares Of
stock. The Baird steel tie has
besn testsd ~ the Santa Re and
1|tlly saAosssd ~ the oktiesals Of that
La Junta tribune., 1909-04-24

$3.50 Equitable Building,
Denver, coIo., July =, 1908.
Mr.. n. A. Mcintyre.
President La Junta Land Co..
Denver, Colo.
Dear Sir:
In response to your inquiry Of the
oath uIt., regarding the Canal and
Reservoir system Of the otero irrI.'
cation District, for Mr.. J. P. Wao.
nsr, Engineer, ! would say:
FrIst-That the capacity Of the
Clear Creek Reservoir, completed. will
be, practically, 10000 acre feet.
seeond-That the run-oH Of Clear
Crock would ordinarily ill tho reser-
voIr twice each year. attach the
flow Of the stream from May, 1907.
to date, a. obtained by accurate
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15
WANT MARKET PLACE
Farmers Of County Want Provision
Made for Them on Market Square

Farmers in the county and especial
ly those residing near the city who
have been accustomed to using Market
Square for a market place do not take
any too kindly to the work that the
city is doing there as they seem to be
of the opinion that the completion OF
the work will result in the farmers
being forced to find some other place
to display their products. The city
has as yet made no provision for a
change In the market place, but many
places are being suggested for this pur-
pose The Council will be asked at an
early meeting to designate a place to
be used as a public market 1t is GER
tain that public spirited citizens in the
western part of the city will provide
"a market place on Rowland avenue, but
another one will be needed in the down
town district. The corner of East Mar
ket street and Exchange street has
been suggested for this use and it is
thought that the suggestion will meet
with the sanction of majority of the
members of the Council.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15
READY FOR 4 HIGH TAX
Liquor Dealers Have Supplies Of
WET Goods" Waiting in
Bond To Evade Tariff
TOBACCO ALSO IN BOND

No matter whether the tariff goes
up or down it is certain that much will
so down In Wisconsin in the shape of
many things to drink, and much will
go up in the shape of fragrant smoke
from the weed, as soon as a tariff bill
is passed.
Importers of liquors and tobaccos
have concluded that no matter how
hopeful importers of other goods may
be, there is little doubt but that the
import duty Of wines and liquors will
be revised up instead of down.
In preparation for this, wholesalers
of liquors and wines have laid in a
stock. The consignments are held III
bond ready for the decision as to what
the future tariff rate on these imports
lis to be. Should it seem likely that
The tariff will be raised when the bill
goes to the president, as they now
anticipate it will, the wholesalers will
take immediate acsion to get their
imported drinks out of bond under the
existing taliff rates. On the other
hand, at the last moment, should they
find (and this is thought to be entirely
improbable) that the tariff ON these
goods is to be decreased, they will
leave their wares in bond and take
advantage Of the reduction.
Tobacco dealers have feared ter
mination Of the reciprocity treaty be.
tween Cuba, which will make it neces-
sary to pay duty on imported tobacco
Preparing for such contingency, they
have laid in a>large supply Of tobacco,
which is now in bond. Of this there
is filler, which is Havana tooacco, to
the value of $4,000; and wrappers,
which come from Sumatra, to the value
of $4,000 in bond in Milwaukee
alone.
The large proportion of the liquors
in bond is the property of Milwau-
kee importers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15
MAY FIGHT SAVOY AGAIN
Frank Conley Asked to Meet Pete
Savoy at ST. Joe, Mo-, July 20

Frank Conley, the Kenosha fighter,
has chance to take another fall out
of Pete Savoy, the Chicago fighter, and
he is booked to go against Savoy at
ST. Joe, Mo-, on the afternoon of July
20, if Savoy can enter the ring at 126
pounds The two met three weeks. ago,
but at that time Savoy entered the
ring at 136 pounds. Savoy will proba-
bly, accept this provision of the ar
ticles as lie is anxious to get another
chance at Conley. The plans for a
battle between Ad Wolgast of Milwau
kee and Conley have gone glimmering
as Wolgast has absolutely refused to
make any terms for the fight notwith-
standing the fact that he had chal-
lenged Conley just before the Savoy
Conley fight. Wolgast has even de-
clined to answer letters from Conley In
regard to the fight.
Conley is now suffering from sore
hand. but he would get into condition
If the fight with Savoy materiaizes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15
NEW BOOKS OF FICTION
For Summer Reading at Gilbert M.
Simmons Library

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Bell-Whither Thou Goest.
Bojer-Power of a Lie.
Brady-Man and the Ring.
Bryant-Christopher Hibbault.
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Crawford-White Sister.
Davis-White Mice.
Della Pasture-Catherin Child.
Egan-Wiles of Sexton Maginnis.
Forsslund-Olo Lacy No. 81.
Galsworthy-Fraternity
Glbbon-Salvator
Glasgow-Romance of a Plain Man.
Glaspeil-Glory of the Conquered.
Archaeological End.
Inner Shrine.
Lee-Simeon fellows Shadow.
Leroux-Perfume of the Lady in
Black.
Mason-Mystery of Miss Motto.
Miller-Less Than Kin.
Norris-Third Circle.
Pidgin - Further Adventures OF
Quincy Adams Sawyer.
Ramsay-S Straw.
Reynolds-False Position.
Rice-Mr. Opp.
Rinehart-Man in Lower Ten
Marriage 6 la Mode.
WebsterAMuch Ado About Petel.
eyman-Wild Geese.
Yorke-Mollie Deverill.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15
UPHOLDS BAKERY LAW
Judge Stevens at Madison De.
GIares That Cleanliness Pro.
vision Is All Right
LAW IS MOST REASONABLE

Judge E. Ray Stevens of the Circuit
Court at Madison upholds the state
law relating to the cleanliness of
bakeries, and sustained the demurrer Of
j. d. Beck, commissioner of labor and
industrial statistics and c.. j. Kremer,
state bakery Inspector to the complaint
Of William Bemtz and Fred H. Markell
ski, Milwaukee bakers, who attacked
the constltutionality of the law.
'The provisions of the bakery law
are in no sense prohibitive, declares
Judge Stevens. "There is nothing IN
reasonable or prohibitive about re-
curing basement to be well drained,
with walls that will exclude vermin
and floors that shall be smooth and i'm
pervious to moisture It is not unrea-
sonable to require the walls to be
whitewashed once every SIX months or
to require the bakery and it's utensi is
as well as the clothing Of the bakers
to be kept clean, nor to provide that
water closets and sleeping rooms shall
be entirely separate from the bake
rooms.
"a careful study of the law leads to
the conclusion that the statute in
question is a reasonable and valid
exercise of the police power"
In conclusion, the court says the
plaintiffs were chargeable with the
knowledge of the provisions of the
law and having failed to comply with
it they are in no position to urge
that it is unconstitutional.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15
GOT ON WRONG TRAIN
Two Chicago Boys Started for Picnic
and Landed in Kenosha as Result

John Loony, aged 10 years, and Sam
Shapiro, about the same age, were
placed in the care of the police of Ke-
nosha Thursday under unusual circurn-
stances. The two boys had started
from Chicago early Thursday morning
to attend a picnic and they got on the
wrong train, The train brought them
to Kenosha as this was the first stop
ping place. The boys with many sobs
told the police of their trouble and af-
ter considerable time spent in explain
ing the police decioed to send the boys
back to Chicago. Telephone messages
were sent to their parents and they
readily provided money for the return
trip.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15
What would you take?

Suppose you were required to live for
a certain length of time on only one
article of food Which would you
choose?
There is one food that stands without
rival for such test. Quaker Oats is
that one. 1t furnishes more strength
with least wear and tear on the digestive
organs than any other food You'll feel
well and strong at the end of the time.
Try it. Don't stop eating other things,
but eat more Quaker Oats and you'll
notice the gain in strength.
The regular size package of Quaker
Oats sells at 10c, the large family size
packages cost Csc, and the family size
package containing a piece of beautiful
china for the table costs SOC. All
grocers sell these.
Eat Quaker Oats daily for breakfast,
it strengthens you for the days work.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15
ONLY ONE ASKS LICENSE
AutomoDi.s aud Motor Cycle Owners
Fail TO Co.nnIy With New Law

Automo1i!s aud Motor Cycle Owners
Fail to Comply With New Law
Automobiio and motor cycle owners
IN KeAosha seem to take little interest
il tie now state law in regard to the
registration of automobiles and the
registration of the motorcycles and up
to the present time County Clerk Jones
has received but one application and
that is an application for license for
a motorcycle. Under the provisions
of the law al Of The motorcycles should
nave licenses at this time, bat the auto
mobile owners have go days more in
which to provide for their re-registra-
ton In many of the cities Of the
state owners Of motorcycles who have
not secured a state license have been
Offered by the police to secure them at
opca and under the provisions Of the
law he men riding unlicensed motor
cycles could be arrested at this time.
i is expected that the applications will
come in faster after the publication Of
the new law and the motorcycle own
or lealr OF its provisions.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15
MEET AT MADISON
Wisconsin Paid Firemen's Association
to Convene August 10 and IL


Fire chief Charles w. Heyl of Madi-
son is making elaborate preparations
Tor the meeting of the WISCONSIN Paid
flrenen s Association, winch will
gather there Aug. 1912. The commit
tee IN charge of affairs has prepared a
program for discussion and the more
important fire chiefs of the state will
appear thereon. Some of the topics
20 be discussed follow: Are Auto
Fire Apparatus a snecessa"> 7. A.
clancy, chief of the Milwaukee depart
ment: The Chemical Engine as an
Effect, Edgar Bedford of Sheboygan
and Chief Olaf johnson of Superior:
A Closer Cooperation Between Fire
departments and Local Underwriters, -
J. Mabbett Brown, superintendent of
the Madison Fire Agents association.
What is the Best Protection for
Schoolhouses?' Chief James Cape Jr..
Of Racine and Chief J. j. Sweenv of
Green Bay; "Hose-Its Manufacture
and Care j. A. Hull of the Manhat-
tan Rubber Company, Chicago; "The
steam Fire Engine Against Direct
PRESSURE Chief George P. MCCLELLAN
OF Appleton and Chief H. G. Kline of
GAINESVILLE: Progress of the Fire
Alarm Telegraphy," Frank G.. Slower
.of the Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph
Company, Chicago; "Our Pension Law
is it a Success as It is at Present?,,
Chief Z. 0. Cleveland of Fond du Lac
and Chief H. A. Tsermann of Kenosha:
Inc Proper Handling and Storage of
Gasoline" Cnlef r. A. Brauer of Osh-
kosh; "Turret Nozzles and Their Use 4
Thomas P. Nation, superintendent of
the Milwaukee department shops;
Why and What Are we Here For?p
Chief j. H. Kratz of Manitowoc.