La Junta tribune., 1909-08-07


wise the $50 prize money offered by
the Denver Post. Bob was accom-
panied BY DR.. H. Keehn. who will rem
DIR every possible aid In bringing
about a realization OF the laudable
ambition Of the lone fisherman.
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Mr.. Fatwun-Don't you think I am
suffering from overwork, doctor?
Doc-Yes; possibly. I've noticed
you toiling hard at the dinner table.
What you need is a vacation on a
desert island. No charge for the ad-
vice.
Habit writes itself on the face.
and the body is an automatic record
Ing machine. To have beautiful
old age. you must live beautiful
youth. for we ourselves are poster
ity. and every man his own ances-
tor. am to-day what am because
was yesterday what was.-So
says Elbert Hubbard.
o. F. Mitchell. who has been In
the employ OF the First National Bank
OF this city for several months past.
rendered his resignation. effective
August LIST, and has accepted posi-
tlon as travelling salesman with the
Burkhardt Implement and Saddlery
Company. OF Trinidad, Colo. Mr..
Mitchelrs recent employers speak In
the highest terms OF his qualifica-
tions as a banker and accepted his
resignation with regret. The induce
ments offered elsewhere, however.
were such that Mr.. Mitchell could not
resist them. He expects to make his
initial trip on the road for his new
employers next week
They tell OF woman down In
Lamar. who. troubled with indiges-
tion, was told by her doctor to drink
salt water. In a few days she re-
turned to the doctor and told him
she would have to have some other
medicine as the salt water was not
doing her bit OF good The doc
tor gave her some capsules with
directions how to take them. A few
weeks later she reported to the doc
tor that the medicine had cured her.
The doctor then told her that the
capsules contained nothing but COM
mon salt Then that woman was
hot. Since that time neither she nor
any OF her family will speak to the
doctor.
A heart.breaking wall from the
depths OF Walt Mason's soul: The
Kansas papers are extremely uresome
nowadays. or they seem so to weary
exchange editor who wades through
a gross OF them every day. Most OF
them are loaded down with original
or borrowed editorials on the tariff
situation In congress. and the local
columns are full Of paragraphs an
nouncing that this or that man will
be candidate for this or that office
There are editors In Kansas who are
of the opinion that nothing can pos
sibly be worth reading unless II treats
OF politics. The most unimportant
thing In the world is the question
whether Jabez lingo will run for
office or not.
The other day merchant In n
nearby town saw farmer receiving
goods at the station from u Chicago
mail-order house. says the Muscotah
tkan.) Record. The goods were In
his line and the same had been car!
ried In his store for years. lie ap.
preached the farmer and said:
II could have sold you every ar
ticle you have there for less money
than you paid the Chicago house. and
saved you the freight. besides"
Then why on earth didn't you say
so!" answered the farmer. II have
taken the Muscotah Record for years.
and have never seen a line about
your selling these goods. The Chica.
go house sent advertising matter to
me. asking for my trade. and they go
It."
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A card from Willis Andrews. dated
Eiks' Club. Seattle. propounds the
query. "How's your hay fever!" and
concludes with the tantalisink infor-
nation. The weather u very cool
here and no hay fever" We have