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La Junta tribune., 1909-09-04

prosperous and will continue to be
the Good Samaritan TO the stranger
who knocks at the door for aid and
comfort"
+. a. Brown. OF the La Junta Hard.
ware Company. arrived home last
Sunday morning from Gunnison. Col.
where he has been visiting his par.
ents during the past month and catch.
ing trout for pastime. He spent a
few days In Camp La Junta. and al.
though he Is an expert at casting"
and can land on an object half way
across the river. as small as the
head OF ten penny nail. with his
trout line. he did not have any more
luck than some Of the amateurs that
recently visited that section. His
family is still visiting In the Gunni.
son country.
DR.. r. Finney arrived home the
first OF the week from a four days
fishing expedition In the Gunnison
country. He WAS located with a
party OF four on the banks OF one OF
the minor streams that empty Into
the raging Gunnison. twenty-five miles
north and east Of the town that bears
the name Of that classic stream. DIR.
Finney says that his party caught go
trout In four days. n good deal more
than the law allows. and feat OF
which very few fishermen are cap.
able-this year This makes a good
fish story. however. u qualification
that Is a necessary adjunct Of an nc.
complished fisherman.
We are In receipt OF an cpistle
from ". A. Jcffrics. erstwhiie OF city
directory notoriety Of this city. but
now OF one big burg known to fame
as Chicago. The first day he walked
Into the office OF the Chicago Dircc-
tory Company they wanted him to 20
to work st once and aS they made
him . very tempting proposition he
accepted. He leaves for New York
City early this month to work for
the Chicago company on the telephone
directory book there. He In going
for the experience and will then try
for some Of the western telephone
directory books for W. A. Jsffries 4
Co. ''Jeff'' would make good getting
out . directory Ia the wilds Of Africa.
Makers and dispenseru Of intoxi.
eating liquors now have . new worry
besides the worry Of the prohibition
party and other reform elements. The
regular drinkers Of "hard liquor" have
suddenly developed . preference for
buttcrmilk. They find Il gratifies and
satisfies and does not incbriate. To
such an extent has this beverage TAX.
on hold upon the drinking public
that Il now takss eli Of one mans
time II the waidorf.Astoris 10 carry
Jars Of buttssmiik from The cellar 70
the bAr. Fifty quarts \ below The
La Junta tribune., 1909-09-04

tel knickerbocker bar. Brownies chop
house has put In an immense porcc-
lain churn to keep buttcrmilk handy
for devotees OF the Rialto. Three to
-four hundred drinks OF II is the daily
average consumed by the sporting ele-
ment which frequent the Union Cafe.
In broadway and Bourse. and other
saloons In the financial district sell
more buttermilk than malt liquors.
We are fiddling while Rome burns.
Why is there scarcity OF wheat?
The valley OF the Euphrates was once
the gardcn OF the earth. Why did
that scepter Of greatness pass away?
When Greece was master OF the
known world why were laws enacted
pronouncing sentence OF death on
anyone shipping grain beyond Crete7
Why did Rome build her wonderful
roads but to bring food from foreign
countries? Why did Spain launch
out on . policy Of foreign eonques,
but to bring from abroad the wealth
which her own soil could no longer
yield? Why did Greece and Rome
and Spain fall back from the leader.
ship II the nations Just as soon rs
produce ceased TO pour In from
abroad! We are growing more wheat
than ever before In the history OF
this country, but the demand Is grow.
Ing taster than the supply. Europe
an Countries that formerly used
scarcely any white bread now use
from a pound to n pound and half
per capita week and our own popu'
lati)n II growing faster than the food
supply. This Is where conservation
touches us practically james J. Hin.
Most OF the towns on the West.
crn slope are fortunate In having =
good water supply. but that is the
only advantage they possess over the
Arkansas Valley. We are blessed
with lands Just as fertile and our ell.
mate 10 Just ~ baimy aud invigorat.
Ing. In Montrose the water supply
Is secured from the Cimarron river.
forty miles away. and II is Of excel.
lent quality. ~ most all virgin noun.
tain streams. where the surrounding
population u few and far between. arr
bound 70 be. Montro~c has = gravity
system. Installed At . cost Of Siio..
900. whIcA supplies an abundance Of
water The water rental Il - per
quarter. with u additional per month.
for Lawn and irrigation. Over In
Grand Junctton. however. they have
the poorest and cheapest water In
the state. Il costa - per year for =
four room house. and ihn't worth that
much. The water Ii pumped direct
from the Ounnison river into = 'fIl.
terins reservoir" and II 10 very evi.
dent. Wherever you turn on . faucet.
that the filter 10 not working. In
color TIE water resembles . very
yellow Dair d Shoes. about the same
We wou1l have u W pumped our
water l1eoce iron We Arkaasas river.
Tha WnAnn u Nha a0AnAonn nnaA u
La Junta tribune., 1909-09-04

When wells.Fargo missed 81 900
and a trusted clerk at the same
time 1t put two and two together. but
could make less than nothing out OF
IL
La Junta tribune., 1909-09-04

the new Y. NJ. c. A. building looks
like the water in the Fort Lyon ca.
nal during flood times-not very In.
viting. II you are looking for q bath
where cleanliness Is the object most
desired. People who kick on the
water here Ia La Junta, which is not
near as bad AS II is painted. ought
to move over to Grand Junction.
They'd have real kick coming then
and come back home and be tickled
to death with the change.
1T has been forty years since
passed over this ground" said n
member OF an automobile party who
spent Saturday night In this city. and
put up at the J. c. Handy garage.
Il wasn't riding In an automobile
then, either. and there was no La
Junta here. Neither was there any
Santa Fe railroad. The Santa Fe
had their line built to Emporla. Kan,
but the extension westward had not
been commenced ut that date.
put up over night nj block house
which stood west OF where La Junta
is now located. and imagine It was
about on the site OF the Anderson
ranch. The block house afforded u
pretty fair protection from Indians.
and after spending the night there |
hit the Santa fc trail for Trinidad. '
The Speaker was Joe McClelland.
state agent OF Oklahoma for the
Buick and Regal automobiles. Mr..
McClclland was an old school mate
OF Her Potter. and while In the
city Saturday night made an cffor,
TO find him, whom he had not seen
In forty.five years. but was unsuc'
cessful. Mr. McClelland was on his
way to Oklahoma, and was accompan.
led by his daughter and also his son
and wife.
Bob Fisher and DIR. keehn are
stili Mt Camp La Junta on the banks
Of the raging Gunnison. fishing for
dear life. They have TO fish In
order To eat. notwithstanding the at
tcndant misery and discomfort. They
may bc back the middle Of this
month and they may not. They may
never come lack. not ~ long M
there Ii 4 spccklcd beauty left. In
the morning they mcandcr up to the
ripplcs above the railroad bridge. and
fish and fish and fish. where the
sunlight spills through tho trees and
leaks out over the sttii. smooth pools
where spcckled beauties most do con.
wrcgatc. In tho evening. when the
cold. round moon shines deeply down.
and blue the water. blue the sky hangs
like an ocean hung on high. they
meandcr down TO the rippics below
the bridge. where the big fish lay In
walt for "hclsamitcs.'' u small craw.
fish. With . thousand legs, two horns
and = stingcr. used ~ fish bAit). sent
sdrift when the rocks on the bot.
ton are turned over By the swiftly
running waters of that tufsiA stream.
o., MO. ~: there y sons pestsy
La Junta tribune., 1909-09-04

During the past ten days the great
family journal has been the recipi'
ent OF a small carload Of watermelons
and cantaloupes and the entire force
has tried TO show It's appreciation by
making away with the whole bunch.
One OF the assignments OF can'a'
loupes was OF the freak order-twins.
grown by J. II, Vert, OF North La
Jun,a, and 10th were OF the ultima
thule OF iusciousncss. Some people
will probably be looking for squalls In
editorial circles.
La Junta tribune., 1909-09-04

We notice that the man Is dead
nwho invented the phrase. Hello. BIZ. y
will be news to the average man
nt the phrase ever was. invented
Any man who thought he had In
vented It would have had n hard
time trying to prove Its originality
In order TO get patent.
La Junta tribune., 1909-09-04
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. 1909
Nav AB0UT
Town

"Airship neck" is the latest hu
man affliction as result OF recent
successful aviation.
La Junta tribune., 1909-09-04

know how the needle was recognized
-ssidxs sV 40 ssslun suo smSs op, So
sion OF its eye. How II got from
the young lady's waist into the mans s
arm is a secret which battles science.
There Is still some drinking In La
Junta. for the human race cannot be
reformed by one law In one day. but
there is not and will not be so much
drinking as under previous conditions
W.. man takes the trouble to
learn the ropes on How to get a
drink" he arrives at but one con.
clusion. and that with startling rap
idity, ITS not worth it,
Trout fishing Is like tase ball. only
different. When an amateur gets
three strikes" on the raging Gunni.
son. and nary n fish, he can make up
his mind he has struck out" and
that It is time to retire to the bench
crawl In the hay In The tent and
fight It out the rest OF the night with
the imported Jersey mosquitoes. He
won't have any difficulty In securing
strikes" from the latter. nor In be-
ing successful In landing a few OF
EN-.
La Junta tribune., 1909-09-04

Young Belford, son OF Jim. stopped
Into Plaindcaior office Sunday. en-
route TO Siiverton. where he Is going
to do q newspaper stunt on the Min
er, and asked US what our politics
were nowadays. and We could not an
swer. because We did not know. We
would like to be- q Democrat II there
was = democratic party In Colorado
that any scltrcspccting voter would
care TO associate with or be caught
dead In. but there Is not. Guess We
are a muxwump. or = pirate. or some
thinx. Count HulaniskL
La Junta tribune., 1909-09-04

ner. hope the hospital will be very
prosperous and will continue to be
the Good Samaritan TO the stranger
who knocks at the door for aid and
comfort"
La Junta tribune., 1909-09-04

Some Denver newspapers are max
Ing such q great howl over the ar
tleles that Judge Lindsey has not
published yet. In some eastern maga'
zine. that some Of Us entertain the
suspicion there Ia something rotten
In Denver politics. Some OF the best
OF us have thought no for a good
many years.
La Junta tribune., 1909-09-04

A recent letter from Ruth G. Tous
ley. OF jamestown. N. Y. to DR.. A.
l.. Stubs compliments the admins
trst'on Of the City Hospital In the
hishest terms. c. r. Tousley. Z
brother OF Miss Tousiey. WAS an In
mate OF the local hospital from June
iith until his death from chronic
trouble on August ard. The letter
says: I'VE take . great deal Of com
fort in the fact that my brother had
10 much kindness and good care
shown him while In the City Hospital
Please accept our sincere thanks ana
kialiy extend the sane 70 hiss bsss.
La Junta tribune., 1909-09-04

You have often read Of those cases
whcrc . woman ran . needle into her
finger and about twenty years later
II worked itself out Of her big toe
Well. here's . more wonderful case
still. An Ohio school teacher three
years ago made the mistake OF PIN
ming her belt with . needle and the
needle ran into her and could not be
found; just the other day Il was dis.
0vsred coning out Of the arm OF
~ q tAe local school officials who
vas kssDlng eoaOaay With her q
he ume e ~ aoelleat. We don't
La Junta tribune., 1909-09-04

Two young ladies' recently passed
the examination Of the state BARRIERS
board and arc now full fledgcd ton
soriaiists. II conversational powers
were . test Of efficiency the fair
damssls would score not less than
loo-providing they are built on the
samc lines - some Of those We
have here In Ia JuntA.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-06-25

Pacific has come to be one of the
great passenger roads Of the c0un-
try, and is deseryedlX popular. line
with tourists. Its scenic offerings
are not to be excelled, and the or
dinarily heavy Park travel is aug
mented this year with the through
traffic to Seattle. The conditions
prevailing in North Dakota, this year
are happy. The season has been cool
and the rainfall has been heavy,
there is little dust, the track is Dor
dered with splendid fields of grain
and the impression made upon the
traveller is good. Passengers through
the state get a good notion of. the
broad acres that supply the great
bread need of the. world, beef, NUT
ton, fax, wool and varied agricul-
tural products. The immense ex-
panse of titled fields. reaching from
the, track to the visual horizon, and
through the Red river valley un-
broken as far as the eye can see ex-
cept by little clumps of trees or the
travelled, highways, is revelation to
the +easterner whose view has been
accustomed to little fields and
patches. 1t is fortunate for the state
that on the occasion Of such pill
grimage through it's borders, nature
has been kind and the state is at
itc hest
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-06-25
DR0DAlEl[IN[ T0I:IaE|B HOUSE


\ Valley CITY, June 24.-Ye sterday
the county sanitary board committed
N. A. Drodalen, a farmer, living four
miles northeast Of Nome, to the I'M
sane asylum and this morning sher-
III Winkler took him to Jamestown.
Drodalen's' case is most peculiar.
His particular hobby was poisoning
his wife and four children He tried
several ways, poisoning food and 4
glass of whisky for his wife, but his
favorite way was to carry, lichorish
and poison It: He carried it about
with him and from time to time
he gave his wife and children pieces
Of it, some OF which proved to poi
soned. He told the sanitary board
that he was not we'll himself and ex-
pected shortly to die and thought It
would be nice for the wife and chill
dren to 60 along with him. He was
very violent when first arrested but
cooled of whel he saw his strug-
giles were vain. i t :ss.t ~ ~ 4
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-06-25

new Babc0tkt press tandy,the size OF
1 the paper has beenSyenlarged. The
German pages hhaye been eliminated,
and Editor Nyes ist giving his readers
more of a metropolitan $paperssth han
ever. - 6 q. ( S;s.s1il4} i f -
.;I 4.-@-- y ~ ~. a.. ~
+ "A young man near. Kuhn while out
hunting with some of his companions,
stopped to roll cigarette. The gun
he was carrying was accidently dis
chaged and: he is in hospital trying
to save his leg. 1851. ~ mr. = :.
/" IL; :;:vy <.-%--: ass :,$&.s " -,
Because. the, Stanley team defeated
the crack team from Min0t the other
day, Little Mac" Of the Sun, Is now
more convinced than ever that. Stan
ley is the real. town that can, do
things. -fs,,s, ~ . - 4g-s -.
"a GY-%>N&, =, u =.
Farmers are coming back, to. North
Dakota from Canada and state there
is plenty of cheap land, up there, but
no school or markets, roads or; bridg1
es, churches or social affairs. 1t IL
considered that quarter. section OF
land in North Dakota is worth, q
whole section of that In. Canada. !,
While some boys, at Bowbells were
in bathing the 12.year-old son OF War
rem Heath: got out Of his depth and
was drowned. None Of his compan-
ions could rescue him as they could
not swim. After about two hours
work the body was recovered.
j The fact that newspaper reports in
the northern part OF the state are al
ready bringing out Secretary of State
Blaisdell for congress, proves he has
loyal supporters in that section =
and signifies to others that Blaisdell's
political moves will be worth watch
ing
<. Hundreds of Norwegians from all
over the state attended the meeting
Of the Hallinggiaget association held
at Fargo during the week. The or
ganization includes former residents
and descendants of residents, of the
district Of Hallingdal in Norway. - :. s.
While some of the papers are scott
ing at Senator. M. N. Johnson because
he is anxious to return to North Da-
kota to explain his position relative to
the tariff' question, 1t will sbe remem>
bered chat when Johnson was "a mem
Der OF congress he came home and OK
planned his vote to tina people of the
state and they thought all the more
OF him Tor it.s% ~ T.. - 49, : . s4:Z
A bunch of boys in Valley City near
the sheyenne river, amused them
selves squirting water at .passersbys.
Two ladies' who were driving past.
became incensed and attacked the.
boys with q horse whip. One little
fellow. to escape the lashes Of the
whip leaped from the bridge and was
drowned, but TIE two women never
stopped to ascertain whether he was
drowned or lived. - ~ !
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-06-25

The Commercial club OF Valley
City is considering the proposition
:of the United Theatre Construction
company Of Minneapolis, to build a
structure which will equal $4,000
or $4,000 structure. the site to be
donated and the city to. guarantee q
full house for six nrst class perform
ances which means. a guarantee of
about 1880. ::..ss
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-06-25

On Monday farmer named Drod-
allen, living four miles north Of
Nome, Barnes county, was before the
board of insanity and was commit
ted to the asylum n. His mania was
a. desire to poison his family, hav-
ing attempted it several times: He
said he expected to die soon and
wanted them to go with him.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-06-25

Tho Characteristic National Meal.
, It Is not only in Scotland that break
fast is the characteristic national meal.
Travel where you, may, the first meal
Of the day is; the one that strikes the
foreign note, luncheon and dinner hay
ing gradually absorbed cosmopolitan
qualities that are; not even confined to
hotels. But you never feel SO much OF
an Englishman as when Switzerland
gives you rolls and butter and honey
and nothing more with your coffee or
when France makes this into one ex-
quistte crumbling 'croissant," with an
inch or two from yard long loaf, or
when Denmark ,adds: cream instead OF
milk to the coffee land dangerous
piece of pastry to the black bread and
round white roll. 90 Yet our English
breakfast became an institution only
In the eighteenth century. Before that
only royalty breakfasted of meat,
bread and cheese and ale. The COM
moner. such as Pepys, took merely
morning draft Of buttered als.-Lon-
don Chronicle. . ~, ~, ,% ,
NJ L. S=;;&:-, .%5ES":-. a;f ~ s.
!. !. :, Ri She Was the, eeilsr. -. (
Topnoody made up his mind that hs
was not going TO be ruled any longer
By, his wife,. 30 when he went home ut.
noon,he called ont 'imperiousay:f
= "Nrs. Topnoody, Mrs., Topnoody!'
Nj Topnoedy came ont or tie kitch-
On, !; dish rag tied round her head and
q rolling pin In her hand: y. =.
I Z, Wei, sir" she said, "whatll you
haver' - -r., W.. :: r..
Topnoody staggered, but braced up. y
:. -Jane, WANT you. to understand,
madam, !" and be tapped his breast dra.
matically, X am the engineer Of this
establishment.'' .'.' :: = &C, Il
!, l..,.s:oh, you are. are xoq1 Well. VII:
.liam.iI want you to understand that t.;
and She looked dangerous am the
sbollersthat .will; blow MP and throw the
engineer over.into the nsxt county. Do
you hear: The steam escaping: ;, Will
Ism - siih1iai y; = t.t s&5i!I 4a.,:> v,:.1
2WiilMn: ,h,eaHd ii, !, saHdt4s assekly iii.
quilet II tIleirls;,s %: va nv Assa1anee hs1
coald rendet i the h !'l.' IN = Pear
sons Weekly. %;..i... 49,. :: 3: : ..:.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-06-25
MEMORIAL TO ROOSEVELT %: ), /: |. j!
Stained Glass window to % Put infs
New York City Church. ~ ..a /.

Stained Glass window to % Put infs
New York City Church. &. ,'s :. 81 u
As tribute to the administration q
Theodore Roosevelt as president at the
United States there is to be placed -
the Metropolitan temple in New York
a stained glass window representing
the subject Equal Justice to AL" lts
dedication, according to- . program LAID
out by Rev. DR.. James Wesley Hill,
pastor Of the: temple, will take place
from May % to 30 ~: = ii rs *=s' Il N,
The window Is to filla circular open.
ing in the front of the church. In. the
foreground Of a woodland scene stands
a white robed figure holding q Staining
torch emblematic. Of Truth IN the one
hand, in the other a standard on which
are painted the scales Of Justice. Be
meath is this inscription: :.s ..:sss
T.. In memory Of tie administration q
Theodore Roosevelt. Sept. II isol-M MAJ, =
4, 1900. I .sx - ~. Il: i;s2t.}sss1;:S a E%
1t is known as the Favrile glass viii.
dow, and the materials used were
made especially for It. pr Hill ex.
poets to have many notable statesmen
and churchmen take part sin the dedi-
cafi1r '- s e ~ = 81 j r.
= ,s,.,v Nfhsnsins Thsy tAfses Alike.
A country minister who In Scotland
was. notorioualy defective and hesitat-
ing In his style Of delivery in the put
pit was sitting having q cup Of -
with, one Of: the Old spinsters connect
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-06-25

y Up At MRdk the city council has
|been. discussing: the matter ade:
quate salaries Tor the new commits
The ordinance committee.
according to a news report, was di:
|rected. to-; prepare an ordinance COW
ering the matter, and the suggestion
was made that about $500 q year
would be adequate compensation for
the president and $1,000 a year for
each of the commission. Evidently
the Minot council does not think
that the work of q city commits
sioner should be altogether a labor
Of love and: patriotism. +
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-06-25
FOUGHTTO sAtDRAW.

=. Calumet, Mich, June SIS fiddle
McGoorty Of Oskosh, and Art AL
lard of Lake Linden, fought ten hard
rounds rs = draw here II Tuesday
night. McGoorty had the better Of
the last SIX rounds, but the agree
ment before the night was that II
both finished on their feet It would
he declared = draw "a y.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-06-25

That lot Of wash goods that IL to
be sold BY Webb Brothers for 19c.
won't last long. Better get down and
do your shopping early Saturday morn
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-06-25

,s The Northern FFxclc seenls TO b
q lttins III shxfs;; Ehd rsrnApg BIT
+ ore than IT. share Of the immense
1a1lc To the Pacific coast. The
|trains are runniag With heavy leads,
sst1rse and four Pullman carl being
art 81 the equipment d each
'sstllrough.train, and these being Alled,
{ tsth upper md lower berths With
rists Tor the Park and for the ex-
tiOn af SeGs me Northern
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-06-25
LOOKING ACROSS GEYSER BASIN at BUILD
ake. ING PACIFIC EXPOSITION. u.

In The attractive groupings
buildings
them Thousands Of climbing vines
andtra