La Junta tribune., 1909-10-09
SATURDAY. OCTOBER .. 1909.
Z Nav AsovT
MI Town

During the past week the ex-village
policeman has been on the qui vive
OF expectancy. One day this week
he received post card indited with
a loving epistle which read as fol-
lows: "Mein darling: l lofe you
SO much dot viii come In your
house tomorrow NIT der wagon what
goes mitoudt horses, und We viii In
der park q ride tooken. Amt It.?
Yes? From Your Darling" When
ever the ex-cop hears buzz buggy
in the distance now he hides out.
The best way to ruin town is
for each fellow to root like blazes
for himself and let the other fellow
take what he can get. says an ex-
change. People should root for them
selves. but q friendly hand on the
shoulder once In a while and kind
ly word or deed will help in the
iooeih6 " hudAe ehah6S 81. AL VI
US like to live in a cheer up town.
That's the kind that prospers and
Is always doing things. The selfish
town or community is never progress
siye and is an abomination.
Everybody In Kansas owns an
automobile-even the editors. There
are 800 automobiles In the town OF
Larned. burg about one-half the
size OF La Junta. Some OF the auto
owners. however, do not live on
flowery beds OF ease. Notwithstanding
the benzine luxury. In a recent issue
of the Concordia kansan the editor
walls thusly: THE editor OF this
paper has an automobile and also a
typesetting machine-but he has no
winter underwear II the expense
bills for the next few months are in
the same proportion as last month.
he'll have no underwear all winter
either"
Fifteen young Filipino sailors Of
Uncle Sans navy passed through La
Junta last Sunday morning on No. s
on their way to New York. All Of
them were naval apprentices from the
training ship Independence" In San
Francisco bay. where novices receive
their initial instruction In the art OF
naval warfare. All Of the young
sters looked like Japs. being small
OF stature. with coal black hair and
the slant Of eye peculiar to natives
of the Orient. When asked II they
were from Japan they denied the
soft impeachment with the most
strenuous pigeon English available
No; me Americana"
3
Inquiry following a humorous Incl
dent shows that nearly 200 girls In
the Kansas City High School have
never seen d live hog. II had been
related that u high school girl re-
Gently went to the country and see
Ing pig run across = yard asked
what animal II was. On receiving
the Information that the scampering
beast was II hog she exclaimed;
why II has hair This led to an
inquiry on the subject and can
vass Of all the high school girls in
Kansas City disclosed the fact that
some 200 marriageable girls OF the
second largest live stock market city
In the world had never seen "A live
member Of the porcinc family.
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La JuntA has two young ladies'
attending Oberlin College this year
who are thirty.second degree boost
rrs. On tho outside Of their apart.
mcnt door they have = printed card
which reads: I'VE are from Ia
Junta. Colo. the best town on the
map" Some class TO those young
ladies. They are not ashamed to
let tho whole world know where they
come from. Some other Ia Juntaitcs
when they 90 hack east. write Den.
vsr" or Pueblo after their names
On hotel registers 10 an effort to
naks total stssnssss think they ere
soDs panpahaA. sun Others. *hsa
~ ere eo1as bask east % visit ri.
ativss II soas little watsstank town
h liiinois o. lndiaaa hat nobody ever
hsaed q always ~ ~ nsvsDaDss.
nsa thsy ~ getag 70 Chisaeo o.
Indianapolis Of Detroit. or some
other seaport that's o. the map In
blg Letters ed nes( everybody On
ssrtA has heard a. Don't BE- ashamed