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La Junta tribune., 1909-06-05
CLOSING Commencement Exercises.

The closing event OF commence
ment week took place at the
Junta Theater last Friday night, the
occasion being the delivering Of the
class address by Ex-Governor Charles
s. Thomas. the Marc Antony Of Den
yer.
Mr.. Thomas address was full Of
good. sensible advice to the class,
and fairly bristled with wise. sayings
and epiErammatic expressions. He
said that 4 republic WAS not the
best kind Of government. but was
the most acceptable and satisfactory
to the mass Of the people. "The
best government. said MIR. Thomas,
IL 4 benevolent and intelligent des.
potism. while q republic like ours
rests upon the intelligence and moral
character Of each Individual member
Of the voting population"
Mr.. Thomas paid high tribute to
the ability. character and statesman.
ship Of Theodore Roosevelt. and
praised the good work he had accom-.
piishcd In the nation while president
Of the United States.
Mr. Thomas is n fluent speak.
or. and polished and well.
cultured gentleman In every respect
outside OF politics. In an inferno.
cine democratic mix.up no one can
anticipate on which side Of the fence
he will land. but the side with which
he casts his political fortune is al.
ways proud Of having won for It's
cause 10 valiant . champion.
Al the conclusion Of the class nd
dress Miss Martha Phillips. on
behalf Of the class Of '09.
presented TO tho high school the
beautiful statue. THE Discus Throw.
err" which In future will ornament
the hallway Of the high school build.
Ing.
The presentation Of diplomas WAS
made BY Superintendent George l..
Hess. also the SIT Of . book TO each
member Of the class. the latter b..
Ing = custom established several
years ago By T. r. Woodruff.
La Junta tribune., 1909-06-05
Notice OF Administrators Sale.

IN The matter OF the estate of Chry.
sostom X. Dodds. deceased.
ny virtue OF an order and decree
OF the county court OF Otero county.
made on the petition OF the under.
signed Administrator OF the estate
Of Chrysostom X. Dodds. deceased.
on the 29th day Of May. A. ID. 1909.
| shall. on the 2sth day OF June. A.
ID. 1903. at the hour OF 10 o'clock a.
m, sell at private sale. to the high
est and best bidder. at 309 Colorado
avenue. In the city OF La Junta.
Otero county. Colorado. the following
described real estate OF said deceas.
ed. to-wit: The northwest quarter
OF section seventeen GD. township
twcnty-four t2D south. OF range III.
tyfive 1861 west: lots thirteen ti3)
and fourteen uD In block twenty.
five 1881 In Highland addition to the
town. now city, OF La Junta; and
lots forty.nve t5) and forty.six tlGJ
block two t2) In otero addition to
the city Of La Junta. situate In the
county OF Otero, State OF Colorado.
upon the following terms. viz: Cash
In hand. Al the conclusion Of such
sale the purchaser will be entitled
TO certificate Of purchase. and upon
the approval OF such sale by the
court the purchaser will be entitled to
a iced Of said real property.
J. ADDISON DODDS,
administrator Of the estate Of chry.
sostom X. Dodds, deceased.
Dated nj La Junta. Colorado. this
9sth day Of May. A. ID. 1909.
First publication. June L. 1909.
Last publication. June 26. 1909.
La Junta tribune., 1909-06-05
New irrigation District.

F. II. Whiting. consulting engineer
OF Denver, and three engineers, ar
rived In Las Animas Monday morning
TO make complete surveys. specifica-
tions. etc. for the Bent and Prov
ers canal and its system of reser-
voirs. Several surveys have been
made In behalf OF contractors who
desired to bid upon the work. but
In each instance II was determined
that there was not sufficient bonds
voted to complete the system. Con
sidering the requirements Of this
large system, and acting upon the
Information determined by previous
surveys, the board OF directors called
an election April 2ith and rescinded
the first issue OF bonds. 81 100000,
and voted new bonds to the amount
OF &2,500.000. which is deemed suffic'
lent to complete the entire system
and provide water for 100000 acres
OF land within the district.-Bent
County Democrat.
La Junta tribune., 1909-06-05
dertaking. as the cost would, in the
end. approach million dollars"

Mrs. Hiram, here's a
letter that has money In 1t. I've
been renewing my subscription for
the great family journal. 1t ought
to go by registered mail. l suppose" :"
MIR. Hockafus-"Then don't send 1t
by me, Lucinda. I'm unregistered
male. forgot to go to the polling
place at the last city election"
Arkansas Valley Items, a democrat
lc organ OF Pueblo, says: THE gov
ernor has signed the bill under which
the state is to pay campaign ex.
penses OF candidates. He sired it.
1t Is his child. not ours, thank the
good Lord. IL we should be respOn-
sible for such an offspring we would
seek medical attention. 1t is club
footed. knock-kneed, rattle headed,
and has neither brains or bowels"
When Ambassador Choate went to
England he made a reputation as a
wit with one joke.
He sat at the breakfast table be-
side sprightly young lady.
In England they serve soft boiled
eggs wrapped In napkin. The
young lady fumbled, and the egg
fell to the floor.
"Oh. Mr. Choate, she cried in dis
may. what shall do? have
dropped my egg"
"Cackle, my dear, cackle."
It's mighty fine thing to dc lit
tie cackling once in while. Cack-
lie about your business, about the
town you are living In. Let all the
world know what good thing we
have here. and La Junta will grow.
Whenever you have a chance to
cackle about your town and boom 1t,
don't hesitate. Remember the fable
of the old hen that Observed that
every time she cackled some one
came and took the egg away, She
thought It would be much wiser for
her to hide her nest and keep quiet
about Il. and she did-until sun
day school picnic was organized,
Her owner was asked to contribute,
and he said:
We'll. that old hen is not laying
any more. and | guess she'll do first
rate for fricassee."
Moral.-If you want 10 keep out
OF the soup pot. cackle.
La Junta tribune., 1909-06-05
REMIMI
. . .
00mUlSed FeoWs ye1AsNo
Files -
T~sSsy Yssss ASs.

II. H. Norton was building large
adobe windbreak for his cattle.
"A young cigarmaker' arrived at
the home Of l.. c. Gillen, May %,
1889.
surveying for the Bob Creek ditch
on the north side Of the river was
In progress.
The city council reduced the H.
cense on entertainments at the opera
house fifty per cent.
A letter box was established at
the depot for the convenience OF
travellers and others.
Sherman Locke and Miss Matte
Goodrich, both of La Junta, were
married, Sunday. June ., 1889.
The country was full of horse
thieves, and Sheriff George Morris
was in receipt of reward offers al.
most daily
John W, Manley advertised, only
one baby carriage left. Come early
and avoid the rush" No such
shortago In the market these days.
County Clerk Foley bought two
lots on Santa Fe avenue, north OF
the Methodist church, and commenc.
ed building house on them. The
lots are now occupied by Chestnut's
palatial rooming house.
zThe oxford Farmers Ditch, in
the west end OF the county, was com.
pleted, The canal, which was four.
, teen miles long and fourteen feet
wide, covered 5000 acres OF land. all
OF which was taken up by the thirty
stockholders of the ditch
Pastors Of the various churches in
La Jn'a twenty years ago were as
follows. Episcopallan, DR.. For.
rester; Methodist, John r. Wood;
Presbyterian, J. J. Gilchrist Cath.
Ollie. Rey.F. Rivallier; Reformed Pres.
I ~ ~ 'N''f r. W hullShUs
Rev j r. Wood. of the Methodist
church In sermon on Money, "
made q special effort to induce li0
citizens Of La Junta to contribute
$40 apiece TO pay the church debt
The effort was pat TO the subject
and ought to have worked
Decoration day was not very gener.
ally observed In La Junta twenty
year ago. except by a generous dis
play OF flags. This year there was nc
flag display at all to speak of. and
many old soldiers commented on It
one OF them remarked, when Jerry
Dougherty was alive he used to re,
mind everybody In La Junta that II
was decoration day, by appearing on
the street early In the morning with
his ice wagon covered with flags
He was the only man In La Juntn
that never forgot This year no one
seemed TO remember that II was
decoration day until the old sol
diors marched up the street" Some
truth In that observation.
La Junta tribune., 1909-06-05
- Nav AB0UT
MI Town
DIRT AND DARKNESS.

Dirt and darkness mean dis
ease and death. Light and
cleanliness make for life and
health. Then let US abolish
the dirt and let in the light.
Every up-to-date town in Colo
RADIO has had a cleanup day
except La Junta. Even Rocky
Ford had cleanup day last
Wednesday. II members Of
the city council will take
trip through the alleys Of la
Jun,a and inspect some Of the
back yards and ashpits they
will at once recognize the i'm
pera,ive necessity Of having
cleanup day in La Junta.
There are not drays enough In
La Junta, light transfers and
all, to carry off the tin cans
and rubbish that ornament
some Of the streets, alleys and
baekyards Of La Junts. The
city can we'll afford the es-
pense Of hiring enough teams
for one day to haul away the
tin cans and rubbish. No good
citizen will refuse TO give
one hours work on cleanup
day to gathering up all the
refuse and tin cans on his
premises and piiins IL in the
alley to be removed by city
teams. An hours work will
be a srea, suffieieney In most
Instances, and by united ae-
ton and cooperation for one
hour la Junta will be made
more beautiful and more de-
sirable in every way a.
place In which TO live and
have your being. Most peo-
pie will be willing TO do their
share. rs up TO the city
council TO name the day.
La Junta tribune., 1909-06-05

Your complexion - well
as your temper u rendered
miserable BY . disordersd
liver. By taking Chamber.
laia's Stomach and Liver
Tables you can improve
boA. They cleanse and n
vi0eeats de seonaeh aad
imessvs IL desssea.
La Junta tribune., 1909-06-05
Tell me, are you advertising
In the same old-fashioned way

Tell me. are you advertising
In the same old-fashioned way
That your great.erandfather used to
And expect such ads to pay?
or did you get your card" idea
From the ,ombstones OF the dead ?
They are not unlike each other
Never changed and seldom read.
What you need is an awakening.
You're not dead. but fast asleep;
Pinch yourself and get in motion.
Tombstone ads are not so cheap.
Ads not read mean money wasted.
To get dollars and spend dimes
Get a lot of space and fill It
And for dimes sake change some
times.-"Doc'' Diyilbiss.
La Junta tribune., 1909-06-05

Three doctors were operating on a
man for appendicitis After the OPP
Grafton was completed one OF the
doctors missed small sponge The
patient was re-opened, the sponge
found within. the man sewed up
again Immediately the second doc
tor missed a needle Again the pa
tient was opened and closed. Then
the third doctor missed a pair of
scissors. Gentlemen" said the
victim, as they were about to open
him up again, for heavens sake. II
you're going to keep this up. put but
tons on me."rSuccess.
La Junta tribune., 1909-06-05

ON the northern border OF wyomin
the government In building the high
est masonry dam In the world. This
structure. which will rise 32s.t feet
above It's foundation. blocks very
narrow gorge. II will be- los feet
thick on the bottom and only 10
feet long on top. We might get \
better conception Of the ENORMOUS
height Of this dam II We compared
Il with the height ot some familiar
building. Take, for instance. the
Fiatiron building In Nee York City.
Placed side ~ side. the Shoshone
eism would rise two stories higher.
Twelve miles below the Shoshone
dan Q diversion dan has been built
La Junta tribune., 1909-06-05

Two eclipses. one OF the sun and
one of the moon, win occur during the
present month. The former is due
June 18th. and the latter occurred
June 3. The moon rose totally eclipsed
and was visible in La Junta June 3D.,
but an hour, the moon not rising
until 1920 o'clock. and the shadow
passing off at s:li. The beginning
was visible generally In South Amer
lea. Africa. Europe. Southwestern
Asia. Eastern United States. the
ending being visible generally In Cen
trail and Western Europe and North
America except the Northwestern
part. The central eclipse OF the sun
on June i7,h is visible here ms par
tial eclipse, the sun setting eclipsed.
La Junta tribune., 1909-06-05

"You mus, be the whole push
said passenger as the fat man
forced his way aboard santa re
morning train.
Il guess | am the main squeeze
remarked the fat man.
Fia,tened against each Other the
res, gave silent assent.
La Junta tribune., 1909-06-05

A young man named Du Bose In
yited his sweetheart to take buggy
ride with him. The young woman has
n very fetching lisp. When they
reached a very lonesome bit OF road
the young man announced: This
4, wher. you have to pay toll. The
toll Ia either q kiss or squeeze.
"Oh. Mr.. Du Both" exclaimed MS
companion.
La Junta tribune., 1909-06-05

Travelling men Ike to play o"
names OF towns when they strike u
hotel register. For instance. there
Is the man who always writes !"
.,ixor,h'-you have seen that. The
other day u travelling man wrote
.Jayayiilc"-af,cr his name. "Where
In the world do you suppose thA'
town is." asked an onlookcr. That's
easy" was the reply. That's Just
his way Of saying he is from Corey
, Vile"
La Junta tribune., 1909-06-05

in the river which turns the stream
into a tunnel three and three-fourths
miles long. connected at the other
end with large canal which carries
the water out upon 100000 acres Of
fine land. The first unit OF 1900
acres was opened to settlement last
year. and 80 rapidly was 1t taken up
that another unit OF about $1,000
acres will be thrown open this spring.
More than 1000 employees OF the
Pennsylvania railroad were receiving
pensions from the company, January,
1909, and payments authorized to be
made TO them during the year Of 1908
amounted to $544,245.0s. Since the
pension department was established
in 1900. the sum OF $3.793.775 has
been paid to retired employees.
Four hundred and sixty-one young
men and women graduated from the
various high schools OF Denver this
year-the largest number OF grad
yates that were ever turned out in
the history of the capital city. Ar.
rangements for the Auditorium We're
considered, but were abandoned later.
All OF the exercises of the various
schools will be held June 10th. Won.
der how long it will be before La
Junta has a graduation class of 466.
Twenty-three for La Junta this year.
La Junta tribune., 1909-06-05

Members Of Pueblo Chapter. ID. A.
r., are planning An excursion 10
Mas Animss on Bunker Hilf" day.
June 18th. upon which occasion a
Santa re trail marker. Identical with
the one that ornaments the cour,
bous. park In this city. will be un'
yelled. The site for the marker IL
a, the junction Of the main roads
north of the Arkansas river bridge
La Junta tribune., 1909-06-05

The third assistant postmaster gen.
eral has sent out another Latch OF ad.
vertising circulars to the postmas'
ters with the instructions to put
them into the patrons boxes, adver.
Using the government envelopes.
which are printed for nothing In
competition with the country print
ing offices. The circular says amy
one who uses government stamped
envelopes Is aiding the department
In improving the service" Why Ii
this 30. Mr.. Third Assistant. any
more than when they buy stamps!
How much does the department make
clear profit when a patron buys OF
Uncle Sam 500 envelopes printed for
81 cents, DO you also include In
their cost the millions OF four.psEe
advertising letters you sent out re-
Gently telling the people TO buy them!
La Junta tribune., 1909-06-05

Sixty business men OF Rocky Ford
attended \ Board Of Trade meeting a
few days ago to hear the report OF
the delegation that visited the McIn'
tyre ranch on May cath TO investigate
the pure spring water supply Of that
section. Each memler Of the dele
cation told Just what he saw. and
gave his opinion Of the project. and
all were favorable. both ~ TO the
quantity and quality Of the water.
On the strength Of the opinions ex'
pressed. the city council indefinitely
pos, poned signing up a contract
with Colonel Faw. after an eight
hour session. They decided 10 de-
lay action for thirty days In order to
find out what prospect there WAS OF
securing = pure spring water supply
from Stcclc's Forks or the territory
Immediately adjacent. The Rocky
Ford Tribune says: Every member
Of the party agrees that there Ia IN
abundance Of pure mountain spring
water, sufficient to water the whole
Valley for years to come Most Of
them are enthusiastic over the pro.
ject, but q few are doubtful % 10
liz being noesible 10 finance the 10.
La Junta tribune., 1909-06-05

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two, over 5 600.

S"O' ONtI - WV.
1t is the town that makes the diff
ference because IN the town you are
able to dispose of your farm pre-
duce, such as butter, eggs, chicken,
garden truck, etc, and incidentally.
your corn wheat and cattle.
Take away your towns and your
land will drop until it reaches the
level of North Dakota.
Take away the men who make the
town what it is and you take away
the towns capacity for consump-
ton.
Take away the consumption and
you take away part of the value of
your farm.
Taking it for granted then that
you realize the Importance of hav-
ing a good live town in your ctm-
munity within easy reach, and can
you do to make that town keep up
with the procession?
You see it is really case of re-
ciprocity. Without you, the towns
people. you suffer at once through
the loss Of a ready market for the
produce of your farms.
We will begin with what the
townspeople should do, and with the
townspeople mean the business
men of the town.
First-They should see that all the
approaches to town are put in such
a condition that they are passable no
matter what kind of weather.
Second-They should provide
some means of caring for the deople
when they come to to town-not
make it necessary for the men to
congregate in saloons, nor the wom-
en- to nurse their children exposed
to the gaping of every idle loafer.
Third-They should provide some
place for the farmers to dispose of
such articles as may have served
their purpose for them but which
might still be of use to somebody
else. '.g
Fourth-The merchant should
keep their stocks in up-to- date shape
and do business on up-to-date prin-
ciples and with that | mean grant
ing credit only to such people as
have a good reputation and are in
such financial circumstances as make
them desirable credit customers.
| use the word grant, because
it is favor to extend credit to any
one, on matter how well fixed he is
financially; no one has right to de-
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but if we do and send you something
that isn't what from our description
you would naturally think it would
be, you must stand the expense"
To give YOU few instances of how
well the Sterling merchants are able
to give you the best possible value
for your money if you deal regularly
with them, let me cite from page
780: their cheapest price on mems
feeced underwear is 40c., No T 402
and 404. If any Of the Sterling
stores carry as cheap class of I'M
derwear as that garment is they are
selling it at Csc. to 39c. 7. 408,
our special wool fleece is sold
every day in every store that | know
know of for SOC, but Montgomery
Ward & Co. have to have Soc for it..
On page 872 Silks: Our black
taffeta silks from 257O to 1888 are
guaranteed to give reasonable wear
for four months, except" land there
are about as many exceptions as you
can think of. There are eight num-
bers covered by this flimsy guaran.
tee. and they occupy space little
over two inches, but $3.50, which is
not covered by the guarantee, gets
an inch and half and sells at S1.37.
Can you guess why?
On page SIT Staple Bingham;
Loretta Apron Bingham, 27-in.
wide, a cloth equal in quality to
Lancaster or Amoskeag goods. We
can not quote these brands on ac-
count of the limited quantity
made" and then for two inches
more, we hear all about the
Loretta.
Why, if Montgomery Ward & Co.
really buy dry goods in such large
quantities that they can buy direct
from the mills. don't they purchase
a brand that you know instead of
one on which you only have their
word? Can you guess why?
But enough of this-every page
in this 1920 page catalogue pulls
some extra money out of your
pocket, and if you compare item for
item with what your local merchants
offer you, you will acknowledge
that my statement is true.
Just a case in point; Last sum-
mer, while was visiting in North
Dakota a man whom we will call
Smith came into a store owned by a
Mr. Nelson and asked the price of
sugar by the sack. Nelson quoted
Continued to page g.
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mand credit and credit should only
be extended to such people as by
their previous conduct have shown
themselves to be reliable.
Fifth-The merchants must carry
stocks of sufficient size and variety
to fill all the wants of the cOmmun-
ity, and if occasionally a customer
desires something not carried in
stock they must be willing to pro-
cure that for him.
Having disposed of the townspeo-
pie, let us see what the man from
the country must do to fulfill his
part of the cooperation.
rst-The farmer must take the
proper care of his stock on the farm
Self interest will tell you this any
way, so | need not elaborate on this
point.
Second road must be built
up and kept in good condition all the
year round. This thing of going to
a picnic once a year IN May or June.
roadwork some people call it's the
poorest possible excuse for filling
that part of your obligation and if
you would only get down to
brass tacks, you would realize that
by leaving your roads full of holes
and poorly ballasted, you actually
rob yourself Of more dollars every
year than you would have to pay IN
special taxes for keeping a force of
men steady at work on the road.
Some years ago, | lived in South
ern Minnesota. The countav was
prosperous, well settled; the farms
well kept, farmers had money to
loan, but the roads were morasses
in the spring anu fall and when the
frost came it was just like humping
the bumps to take a trip to town.
One spring we took four horse
team to pull a heifer to town in a
lumber wagon and that same spring
four horses has to be killed because
of broken legs from being mired
Just outside of the city limits.
In spite of this. when we tried to
get the county board to vote bond
issue for $50, 900 to be used for i'm
proving the roads. only two of the
seven commissioners were willing to
back the deal but the same year they
bonded the county for $75, 900 to pay
for new court house although the
old one was in fairly good shape.
and conditions are the same in prac-
tically any county you can think Of,
And still. if you can not fhaul the