La Junta tribune., 1909-09-25


acres OF cantaloupes. This is above
the average, Lut slo0 per acre can
safely be relied on by thrifty far
mer''- Kansas City (Mo) Pointers.
started with this first notice from a
printers Journal
An anxious father got wind OF the
rumor that his son was leading rath-
er a conyNial life at college But
the son strenuously denied the charge
in letters to his father. Still unsatls.
fled. the father made an unexpected
visit to his sons lodging-place, and
giving the bell manly pull was met
by a grim-faced landlady.
Does Mr.. James Smith live here?"I
asked the father
He does" replied the landlady.
Bring him right in
The way the yard sticks ratified.
ylHritu anu uul
and clerks moved around last Satur-
day evening indicates lively trade
for our business men. Most every
body in town went to the picture show
and later to see the Alaskan" and
1t seemed to be the concensus OF
opinion, gleefully expressed, that La
Iupta'e thnranub ha
fore so densely thronged as last Sat
urday evening. We are getting to
be big town now.
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Few Colorado people not In the
real estate business or in some way
interested in watching the increasing
demand for Colorado lands have any
idea Of the enormous increase that
has been made in the value of lands
within the past year. The increases
are due mainly to the large number
of irrigation projects now under way
for the reclamation of these lands.
and the fact that the railroads. real
izing that the state Is building up
rapidly, have begun building and sur.
veying numerous lines to serve the
new agricultural district.
r. A. Mckinney, erstwhile OF the
firm of w. \. Jeffries & Co. publish
ers of the La Junta City Directory.
writes that he has arrived In the
beautiful city of Montrose and started
last Monday taking information for
city directory OF that burg. The
town looks good" says Mac, and all
the people seem to have money. All
have to do Is to induce them to
turn loose OF II. That's all. got
here just in the nick OF time as two
different parties were figuring on
getting out directory. but OF course
when a real directory man appeared
on the scenery they gracefully re-
tired"
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The Atchison Globe tells OF an old
man dependent on his relatives who
do not like the enforced task of TAX
ing care of him. This man says:
Had ! saved ten cents day during
my younger years | would have been
Independent. | might have saved a
dollar day during all my working
career and not stinted myself In the
, least.'' The Globe says this old
mans experience Is worth talking
about. Yes. suppose person could
and should save a dollar day for
forty years. at compound interest. he
| would be worth n hundred thousand
or more. But to save regularly and
not become miserly Is more than some
people are capable OF doing. and the
man who dies a bcggar has often
done more for humanity than the ms
who has always been a skinflint We
believe Ben Franklin's saving prov.
esbs did more harm than good. II
little matters how cxtravagant a
young man IN. II he invests Il certain
fixed amount and spends only the
surplus, he viii never go to the poor.
house.
A popular young man OF La Junta.
son Of a prominent business man. was
In Denver last week for n few days
vacation. While there he decided
that his face needed working over.
so he walked into n barber shop and
with much gusto announced that he
was from La Junta and wanted the
best Of everything the tonsorialist ha3
on his menu. When the razor WELD
er got through the young man had