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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-20
DELEGATION ALL READY
TO MARCH ON CORPU
With Flags SprOuting From Canes,
the Men of the Valley Will Make
Brave Show.

Dr. Hallam, chairman of the COM
mittee of arrangements for the trip
to Corpus Christi said this after
noon that everything was ready for
the start tomorrow morning. Full
ly one hundred are expected to go
from this city, exclusive of the band
and Rifles, and a large delegation
will represent the branch A spe-
cial sleeper has been secured for the
Mercedes Commercial Club which ac-
cording to President Cutting will
turn out thirty-five strong
At three o'clock this afternoon
twenty-five lower births. all but one
in the two sleeprs engaged for
Brownsville had been taken, while
Agent Porter at the passenger sta
ton said that but three excursion
tickets had been sold yesterday
T A Jackson and the OhiO-Texas
Sugar Co. each sent in 70 stalks Of
sugar cane to be used as walking
sticks by the delegates. In the end
of each stalk of cane, small
American flag will be stuck and with
banners and flags flying the valley
delegation will march behind the
band and the Rifles from the sta
ton to the Convention Hall
The committee asks the Herald to
announce again that every man who
goes may become a delegate by regis
tering and receiving his credentials
from Dr. F. j COmbe.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-20

IN the accounts OF President Taft's
visits to the different places in his
itinerary mention is always made OF
the thousands of school children who
are massed. both to see and to be
seen. Probably the president enjoys
sAaiag and hearing the little folks
Certainly the children enjoy seeing
him. and it is a pleasure which viii
grow greater with the passage of the
years. When these little ones of today
are grandfathers and grandmothers,
they viii talk with pride of the time
when the president Of the
United states visited their town
The committees Who included the
school children in the pro-
gram for the presidents en-
,ertafnssent have acted wisely.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-20
-" HIS TROUBLES BEGIN"

re Corpus Christi Herald is to
be congratulated upon its growth
over night. the initiation being caused
in large measure by its dispatches
from the Associated Press
With its increase in Importance
comes also an increase in trouble
It is not kicking but merely offering
a suggestion to the Western Union
Telegraph ompany when it men
tions a delay in receiving dispatches
and reminds the company that Cor
pus Christi is $1,000 large.
The Western Union al Browns
vile serves the Herald very prompt
Iy. Perhaps it depends upon whC
mana es the local oGice.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-20
RIO GRANDE GOOD RIVER.
Is Allowing International Bridge
Work to be Resumed.

After a rantankerous summer, the
Rio Grande seems to have conclud-
ed to behave itself for a while at
anv rate. Engineer FRANKIE of the
international bridge hopes that 1t
has. for he has just begun the work
upon the river piers, which it was
impossible to commence while the
river was unqUiet.
The pile driver moved out to the
middle OF the river on Monday and
started putting down the big sticks
for the center pier Two hundred
SO foot piles are to be driven y
feet below the present level of the
river
The piling for three of the piers,
Number o and [, On this bank and
Number on the Mexican shore,
has been driven while the concrete
work on Number l is finished, and
/ on Number 0 about half done.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-20
COBB GIVES HIMSELF Up.
70 BE Tried Nov. , for Assault OF
Hotel Waterman.

Cleveland. Oct 20.-Ty Cobb. the
Detroit outfelder against whom was
found an indictment charging him
with assaulting George Stanielu,
Waterman at the Hotel Euclid
a few weeks ago. came to Cleveland
today and gave himself up to Sheriff
Hirstius.
Cobb pleased not guilty and trial
was set for November >. Bail was
fixed at $500.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-20

When asked this morning, if he
had any reply to make to the letter
from Secretary Miller of the Corpus
Christi Commercial Club published
in yesterday Herald, Mayor r. J.
COmbe said: i do not see that Mr.
Miller can take exception to anything
that | said at the meeting last
Wednesday night as reported in The
Herald. My remarks were entirely
justified by the facts of the case"
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-20
NOTICE.

The $3.50 Taft Day rate as adver-
tised for October %, has been with
drawn and IA $500 rate substituted,
good leaving Brownsville, October Fl
and ID, and return limit leaving Cor
puS Christi, Oct. %.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-20
Gn.oIine E1nIosIon an. Corpus .ioy.

Corpus Christi Tex. Oct. 1S.-Joe
Chanler. the 6-year-old son Of James
Chanler, who, with a younger bro
ther, was badly burned in : gasoline
can explosion Friday, died today
The other boy, though in a serious
condition, VIII probably recover.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-20
PrTrsBuRG BASEBALL CRAZY
Ball Fans Givethe Champions Rous-
ing Reception.

Pittsburg. Pa, Oct 1S.-Pittsburg
is baseball mad tonight, the time set
Tor the great banquet IN honor OF
the Pittsburg club, winners OF the
worlds championship
The various divisions of the great
parade began TO gather early and by
100 O clock me pageant was ready
to move.
ouch a parade was never seen IN
Pittsburg before Led by Mayor Ma
gee and the members of his cabinet,
and all the members of the PlJtsburg
baseball club, the Fourteenth and
Eighteenth Regiments of the Nation
al Guard of Pennsylvania formed the
vanguard of the most unique assem-
blage that traversed the streets OF
the city. Practically every political
marty of Allegheny County was IN
line. as were also about 100 athletic
organizations Every part OF the
CITY constituted a division of the pa
rade, while the business and various
trades unions marched in another
class.
Forbes Field was taxed to its ca
Dacitv for the celebration. Mayor
Nagee and other prominent citizens
were among those who made ad-
dresses.
Detroit Banquets Team.
Detroit. Mich, Oct 1S.-The citi-
zens of Detroit tonight banqueted
the Detroit American League cham
Dion baseball team. Ex-Mayor COdd
was POSTMASTER. About 20 base
ball enthusiasts attended the dinner
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-20

transportation aerial and trans
portation aquatic are dividing our
intention about equally
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-20

Consolidated in 1898 with the Daily.
Cosmopolitan, which was published
in Brownsville for sixteen years.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-20

Entered at the Postoff1ce, Brownsville,
Bexas. as Second-class matter.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-20

eRcial County and city Journal.
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-27

thai oaay. a torrent OF water whirlins
and rrnshing down It's course. Some
one T. the car said the snow was
rrsittng in The mountains Remember
inx ;h1oss three impressions. the Kan
>as fslcific Railway. the flood Of
waiter and the echo from the hills. I
AKA rreTainded that the echo. only. re-
naiE-as unchanged. The branch road
h1As bsesn taken up so long ago that
naL,g here who count themselves
o.ds i-rzcrs have never heard Of H.
A taistoTy repeats Itself. La Junta
had inst as well begin TO get ready
fo1 aIlsather railroad for it Is bound
to ooI=rs. Tho water has disappeared
from the river. but only to be trans
fosrsoi on the farms into golden
paiE-- And here again Ne win find
hiafoETJ repeating Itself and learn
that, tthe cultivation Of the soil In
the Arkansas Valley has only just
begun But the echo and the hills
are thsere yet wonder how many
pcovssa In La Junta ever heard that
echoIf Some never have. Well. you
iust, listen sometime when a santa
Fe' eor zine gives a sharp whistle.
Therg hearing the echo for the first
tiras. yyou can readily comprehend
how iii Is that our surroundings may
be iiliird with voices which We do
no; hscsr. or hearing we do not heed.
] WANT 70 tell you that the air is
full tsf voices echoing down from
the passt and rolling on We know not
whsrr telling OF mighty changes go
iaz ca all about us, We are IN their
mialt and 20 ploddins along as
thourh unconscious of their ceaseless
grind. and most of us are
Ttla editor has asked me 20 say
some tlins about the future of La
JEafL and this suasm u mine about
the rz1ish'y chaugcs is Just an In
trodrCtl ION 10 the remark that BE-
liesc mtCro county Is going 10 be.
come one Of the garden spots of the
worisi alud support population 50
denze shat La lunta will become a
IHe'rpspelis. and am no, much of a
peoyaset either. speaking, Of prophets
rsasf<ss me OF y &C. Decay. a mighty
psopsatI. 'sho.is eniitied,to the honor
Of stfag is- nrst mayor OF N. pres
ssa La iignts. i must hlgress right
hsse flor a moment to remark that
tAste haare been two LA Juntas. The
fffsi La Iluaia. the tail end Of which
l. sAss ,snat idsy IN June. 1871. -four
AhsSi FLOR few years prior to 1875.
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-27

the mouth OF Tempe Creek and the
very first csxt Of the net brought up
with a lot Of other fish. a queer mon
ster Ike a mermaid. which. upon ex-
animation, proved to be catfish
with twisted gunny sack for
tail. OF course II WAS the big fish
we had los, In our accident the
week before. who. when he found him
self In his native element again. had
succeeded in getting his head through
a hole In the sack and struck out for
home We xere all sure he ~as
the same fish Tor he acted as though
b. recognized us One OF the boys
said he had known Of many cai
coming back. nj this Vas the first
to bring the sack along OF which he
had ever heard Then We gave him
tghe fish some bait and Ioosing him
from the zunny sack let him go. and
even nov can see the look OF erat-
itude on his face as be waved Us an
adieu with his tall
Nov. Nh Editor and old.ilmers. |
am going 10 close, but In doing so
want to propose this toast. Here's
to La Junta. the Gem City Of the
Arkansas Valley, may she have a
long and prosperous life during which
she may never breed anything but OPP
timists and boosters. but II litter
o; croakers should, perchance. find
shelter here. may kind Providence
put them In a sack and sink them
In the Otero Reservoir so heavily
weighted that they will never come
back
R PHILLIPS
La Junta. Colo. November Is. 1903.
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-27

Juuta's cirizess. some OF them office
holders. when the citizens formed a
vigilance committee and the only
reason somebody wasn't hung vas
because the candidates for thai hon
or got tip somehow and could not
be found. when the issue In the city
election, after pigs had been allowed
10 run Wild In the streets. was hogs
or no hogs" and the hogs were cleo
ted. but you see II would be out Of
the question for space viii not per
nit and besides some of these fel-
lows might be at the reunion
Neither have | space 20 tell Of
the early society events when the
girls were so scarce that at a dance
Ee had 10 tag some Of the boys aud
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-27

the farm. In an endless chain fashion.
70 the elevators al La Junta Well.
this sounds visionary enough. but
wait a minute" Perhaps the water
Of the Fort Lyon canal will yet car.
~ freight TO La Junta for they are
talking even nov OF turning the
water Into electricity as n crosses
Horse Greek Then with this power
hitch.d to our vehicles, Mr. Dcnuys
prediction will come ru. sure enough.
but not In the way he expected La
Juntz has had many prophets. some
good and some evil The evil
prophets ar. nearly all dead but
those Who hay. no, died are crawling
into their holez. say all honor to
man like Mr.. Denny. May his
tribe increase untl the town il so
full Of optimists there will be no
room for croakers.
Nov. Mr Editor. would like moth.
Ing better than TO refer Ia this little
reminhecenc. to each on. OF the
long list Of loyal hearts who have
played = part In the unfolding OF La
Junta's drama. But this ls out Of
the question for there ar. 30 many.
and then I would like to recite some
Of the stirring events Of the early
days-when Ba, Mastcrson xas mar.
shal. when Jim Catron torrorixcd
tho town. when outlaws had no fear
Of arrest for the officers belonged to
their number: when the Tribune Of.
flee vas shot full Of holes for daring
To uphold right. when prominent men
In the community. men Of wealth and
highly respected. condoned crime and
sheltered the criminal: when the
court house and its contents were
burned NJ Las AnImxs ia Jun,s was
In Bent county them and the county
clerk dted very mystcriousiy. a few
lAys afssg. svidsnuy because he
knew TOO much: vAsa the bank vas
rosbsl sad Tie rpbbss caught and
esavicssl, aithsagA ~ ~ Tie sym
Da&Ay - euoosst eiaAssiaiiy aat
eeAeevlDo. g lnsUs aunAss q L.
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-27

J. c. Denny started In 1879 or 1850,
and was Incorporated In issi To-
Gated in this new town In the fall
Of 1850. and have never been able
70 get away since.
But going back to Mr Denny and
his prophetic visions. | am ready 70
testify that many Of his prophecies
have come true. which al the time
we're thought rather visionary. yet
there Is one OF his prophecies which
has not yet been realized when the
Fort Lyon canal was proposed. Mr
Denny grew very eloquent aad de-
clared that the same canal would not
only carry water to the thirsty land.
but would be crowded with canal
boats. transporting the products sf
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-27

have been the means OF connecting
Ii Jun'a'x first bank with the pres
ent Nov while this may te inter
ing history. the only reason |
refer TO IL Is because J. c. Deany Is
likely 10 BE Al this reunioa and. II
he IS anything like be used TO lie. he
xill claim ali the prizes I am willii 9
TO conced. mos; OF them 10 him. ut
in the matter OF "hsagmg onto a
job ! have tim beat and this honor
am si,llnS 10 di Id. virh cur old
friend. A II Pau!sen. who has
worked for Welis-f argo since he
could walk. No@. there Is another
honor. which a suffering pg lic ~ho
reads these letters Is likely to be
stow. and that Is. who should be pres
idsnt OF our Ananias Munehausen
Lyre Club. Being extremely modest,
am willing 10 grant this distinction
TO either Mr. Denny CT Sr. Paulsen
and | am sure the public viii second
my nomination OF one o. them-
have read somewhere tina; rem
iniseence like this is not complete
without a story so here Is one from
my own experience One balny sun
day morning IN early spring. bunch
Of Us borrowed a hand ear. and
using il a. means of conveyance.
made our way westward 10 Tempe
creek after fish-,his Was iefore
there were any churches. Arriving
al our destination we hid the car
in some willows along side the track
where proving section man might
no, find 1t and proceeded with our
fishing which was done With a net.
We caugh; a good many. among them
a big catfish which sas put In a
gunny sack by himself because he
vas SO big When the time came
10 20 home a strong east wind had
risen and II vas almost impossible
TO make any headway on our hand
car against II. While battling against
this wind. a freight train overlook
Us and ~e lifted our car off the
track for the train to pass. Nov.
the wind had also come pretty near
putting the train out of business and
as 1t passed Us very slowly. We hur-
riedly put our car on the track and
with the train a. a wind break. very
soon overlook Il and made ourselves
fast to the rear end We were just
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-27
MRS. J. M. LuckEv.

Yours OF October Goth received
and so you want "reminiscences
from all former La Juntaites OF days
long gone by As look back and
think Of the one year lived in La
Junta get chuck full'' OF "remps."
for certainly that one year was filled
10 the brim with what We can now
call fond recolleotions"
think II was the year OF lsss
when MIR. Luckey went to La Jun
Ia as master mechanic In a short
time myself and three little girls foln
lowed. shall never forget my firse
glimpse OF La Junta. certainly
thought We had landed in the desert
Of Sahara. Instead. however. | found
We were still In the land OF the
free" After few of the most home
sick days have ever experienced,
through former friends who had pre-
ceded Us TO your now Leautiful city.
We were finally assured that La Junta
was not nearly SO bad as 1t looked.
began to look around and really
found people who we're as white as
We were. who were happy and who
were friends with those who we're
willing to be friends with them.
All the same. La Juuta was that
year as Wild and wooly'' as they
make them. That year We had
bank robbery In broad daylight. The
cowboys used TO give vent to their
feelings every once in while by
coming into the burg and shooting the
town full OF holes-as 1t were.-or
riding into the open doors OF the
saloon. forcing every one to drink
with them who happened" to lie
In such places-but. with all this ex-
element. there were lots and lots
OF things to make life pleasant. The
social life was very pleasant DR.. and
Mrs. Finney came just when We did.
and there were Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Rathburn. division superintendent OF
the Santa Fe. Mr. and Mrs. Steen,
Mr.. and Mrs. KIlxore. Mr.. and Mrs.
Seeley. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Phillips.
Miss Clara Norton. and = number Of
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-27

Use them for girls to fill out couple
Of sets and the music was only a
mouth harp with sometimes a gultar
for accompaniment. when the school
entertainments in the adobe sehool
house were something wonderful. q
prominent feature OF which wAs
little squeaky organ presided over
by a Laehelor girl who sang Il gant
TO b. somebody's darling and she
finally was. when one long summer
the chief amusement was a cr1quet
set located In the street at What Is
nov the corner OF First and santa
f.. and the wickets remained ln the
ground for weeks unmolested by tras.
el. for First street Was wide and
there Was all ou, doors to the west
giving any stray passing vehicle am
pie room In which to go around:
when the skating rink. where SIR.
Leroy's feed yard Is nov located. vas
the center about which La Junia so
eie,y spun; and 80 forth and SO on
until my head spins. even nov. 10
think Of Il all.
But. MIR. Editor. mus, bring
these rambling remarks TO a close.
and In doing so ! think I will be-
pardoncd II make brief reference
TO myself There have been elshtI
banks In the town. established In tho
following order: Joncs Bros Bank
OF La Jun,a. Bank OF Commerce. In
eorpora,ed Bank Of La Junta. Bank
OF Eastern Colorado. First National
Bank. Home Bank. Ia Junta State
Bank. Colorado Savings and Trust,
Company. When the First Ma.
tionai Bank. with me ~ cashier. be.
gan business In 1891, Il was the sue.
ccssor Of the Bank Of Eastern Col.
orado. which In turu came from IN.
consolidation Of the Bank Of Com.
meFce and Bank q Ia Junta. and
- ] vas the last cashier Of the
Jones Bank. having the Job Of wind.
ins uD ~ affaifs. amer which
! esSaaised tAs Hank q La
1sata. Il tAus AAeesas tAat 1
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-27

coneratuiating ourselves on being
to~ed into town SO easily when the
wind died down and the train t.gan
running like mad In going around
the curve west OF town by the river.
the train played the same Of snap
the whip with US and the first thing
We knew. our hand car was whipped
from the track and We all went roll
Ing down the bank into IN. river
Fortunately no one was hur, and be-
sides losing our fish aud getting wet.
there WAS no harm done But nov
comes the strange part VI my story
The next Sunday. being stlil hungry
for fish. ne went fishing again to
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-27
HENRY c. FISHER.

According TO your request | will
now proceed to file my epistle as an
old-timer of La Junta arrived In
La Junta in September. lsss. and as
was recently from Missouri. | en-
tered the general store Of H. A. Bal
lentine by the front door. in broad
daylight. and proceeded TO hold the
old gentleman up for a job as counter
jumper In the store which was then
the largest in your city | succeeded
in holding that position until Mr. Bal
len;ine died.
Shortly after his death went into
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-27

seem 10 have the right kind Of TAFT
30 we caught no suckers. In due
time returned TO La Junta-sadder
and wiser.
In April. 1883. left La Junta for
the gold fields OF Virginia. Since
that time my experiences In the min.
Ing business. In Virginia and Mary.
land. nave been many and varied
agree with the editor OF the great
family journal that La Junta is the
creates, place In the west and the
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-27

~, That time La Jun,a Vas the ter.
rnsasas of both railroads and did =
lassso sfreightins business Into New
N<sfieo and Southwestern Colorado.
Tnso population IL indicated By the
t>Sun casting . vote Of 100 In 1876.
Thhen the Santa Re continued oa
~ Way and the Kansas Pacific vas
t4kben ~ aad he tovs moved svay
a1Dees eet>es1y. ~ $4,000 Il
jon1AA. = - 80 ~ have ~, VAtsA
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-27

people the best on earth-not even
excepting Rocky Ford. In the near
future expect to return to La
Junta to live-and don't fail to con.
tinue to send me the great family
journal. as il Is q sure cure for the
blues.
Yours for old times sake.
II. C. FISHER.
Tabscott. Va, November 2. 1909.
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-27

the grocery business with Messrs.
Daimler and simonion. the firm be-
Ing known as Daimler. simonton 4
Fisher. Later ] sold my interest TO
my partners. Then | went into part
nership with J. ". Fisher In the
postoiflee bookstore.later selling back
10 him. Then bought the grocery
stock OF J. ". Ritter. after a time
selling the business TO J. V. Peoples.
As suckers are always ready to
bite let A. c. Kennedy talk me into
buying county rights In the state OF
Iowa to sell kitchen cabinets. Mr..
Kennedy and proceeded up to Iowa
and stayed some time. We didn',
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-20
FINISH CONFERENCE WITH GEN.
ERAL MANAGER cUTTER-To
MEET AFTER ELECTION
CUTTER INDIGNANTLY
DENIES ANY POLITICS
Mayor lnsledus Had Written General
Manager, Infsrrins as Much After
Publication Of Norris Letter, and
Cutter Wishes to Postpone Action
Till After March 90.
Special to Times Republican.


Minneapolis. March 20-The Mar
shalltown committee met General Man
ager NJ. b. Cutter, of the Iowa Central.
according to appointment this after
noon, and will return home believing
that the shops will be retained.
Just what will f1ave to be done to
settle the matter amicaby can not be
known until another meeting. owing
to the fact that Mr.. Cutter deferred
making any definite proposition until
after the city election.
lngiedue Intimates Politics.
He said that Mayor Ingledue had
written him saying II am sorry the
Iowa Central has jumped into the po-
litical arena which caused Mr. Cut
ter to insist, with Indignation. that the
road would have nothing to do with
politics, and in order to avoid being
involved he wished to defer definite ne
gotiations with Marshalltown until af-
ter the city election when he promises
to meet the committee again.
Outside Influence Must Cease.
Then followed two hours converse
ton. in which Mr.. Cutter told the COM
mittee that the roads employees in the
past had not been loyal in their work,
as they should be. and that outside in
fluence. tending to incite disloyalty,
must cease.
The defense of Ingledue's course was
made by two members OF the commit
tee. which was combatted by Mr.. CUT
ter, but the latter agreed to waive ali
past aside and bury bygones.
No corrsctions in Norris Letter.
Mr.. Gutter read the paragraph from
the Norris letter. in the Times -Repub-
lican, inquiring about. the Club" men
toned in the contracts. This was ex-
planned satisfactorily, and upon direct
question he said that he had no cor
rections to make in any statements
contained in that letter. The commit
tee will return optimistic. believing
that the roads demands will be reas-
enable, and can be met.