La Junta tribune., 1909-10-30
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 20. 1909.
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Sure an what the divvil Is q
chafin' -dish?' asked Pat.
Whist. man." answered Nora, "its
. fryin'-pan thot's got into society"
We clip the following for the ben.
eft Of those who doubt the power OF
the press:
Owing to the overcrowded condi-
ton OF our columns. . number Of
births and deaths are unavoidably
postponed this week"
Governor Glssscock Of West vir.
ginia. while travelling through Ari.
iona. noticed the dry. dusty appear.
snce Of the country.
/ Doesn't It ever rain around here!"
he asked one Of the natives.
"Rain:" The native spat. Rain:
Why. say. pardner. there's bullfrogs
In this yere town over five years old
that haln't learned to swim yet
~
An Otero county farmer coming
home from California on the Santa
Fe last week upon looking under his
berth In the morning found one black
shoe and one tan shoe. He called
the porter's attention to the error.
The porter scratched his woolly heed
In bewilderment well, an don't
that beat ALL" he said. Oats de
second time dis mawnin' dat dat mis-
takes happened"
During a ballon ascension at La
Junta the other day the balloon
burst in midair but the man sue
ceeded in landing safely in his para
chute. The crowd that witnessed the
accident never raised even a scream.
but calmly watched what promised to
be q fatal accident. In Dodge City
or Syracuse half the crowd would
have tainted, not being used to ex.
element Of any kind.-Garden City
Herald.
Water from the Clear Greek reser'
voir was turned In At the headgate
OF the Otero canal last Sunday morn.
ing and was flowing In the ditch
south Of town Just forty-eiEht hours
later, making the trip In much less
time than during the summer months,
Every settler in the Garden OF Eden
had an opportunity this week to ir'
rigate his entire tract. but II Is quite
protsb that u number Of them
failed to do 80 just rs they did last
summer when water was available.
Like salvation. the only time to IT.
rixate Is NOW, when water. like sal
walton. is free to whomsoever will.
The worst thing said In the pa.
pers about Peary came from his own
lips. lie tells how he sent back the
white men ~ he neared the pole no
that he could claim the honor alone.
He even told how reluctantly the last
man ordered back. returned. II was
the hope Of sharing the glory OF
that discovery that induced some OF
these men to make that perilous trip.
But for this act he has not gone un'
punished. Most people are Willing
to admit that he WAS probably the
second white man to reach the pole
their sympathics are with Cook
but IL would be 4 big thing for him
lust now to have the testimony OF
three or four white men who had
stood there with him.
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Not long ago there was great ex'
e,,sment In North Ia Junts real es'
tat. circles over the prospect OF tho
location Of the shops. round house
and depo, In that vicinity OF the kock
island. which . promoter DAM
hoo,icd several safe and sane citi'
.ens into believing was coming to
town. Rish, now that suburb Of Ia
Jun,a IL much excited over gold
s,r,ks" In one Of the eants'osss
e.ns Herman Krstchner has esss
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