La Junta tribune., 1909-02-27

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Two Of his clients, Mr.. 4. C.. Childs.
OF st. Clair. Mo. and A. l.. Patton,
of Lily. S. d., visited the site of
the Clear Creek reservoir the first
of the week. Every member of the
party was favorably impressed with
the limitless possibilities Of the res
eryoir to furnish water supply, and
one of Mr.. Farnsworth's clients be-
came SO enthusiastic that he wanted
to telegraph for his father and two
brothers to come al once, while there
was an opportunity to invest in
some of the choice lands under the
Otero. He was prevailed upon. how
ever. to wait until he returned home
and use his persuasive powers at
personal Interview.
Down at Kendall several years
ago a small boy who is now young
man OF family, was down to speak
piece-they call 1t reading now
at the Friday afternoon exercises.
The teacher was J. B. Hammond.
and the boy was-but never mind
the boy. The rising young Demos
themes started off boldly with. ''At
midnight in his guarded tent the
Turk lay dreaming OF the hour when
Greece her knees" Here he came
to full stop. backed up. sanded the
track and bore down in the blockade
under a full head of steam. but at
Greece her knees''-biff, he hit the
same old obstacle. Then he tried
to find the thread of his discourse
by looking on the floor for it, rest
ing on one foot and then on the
other. mumbling Greece her knees.
Greece her knees" until the school
was rippling with laughter. When
everybody paused To take breath the
teacher remarked, Greece her knees
once more. Johnnie. and she'll 60"
Syracuse Journal.
Taylor Kensel will play third base
for the Pueblo Western League Club
during the season of 1909. Last
Sundays Pueblo Chieftain contain
ed an excellent likeness of the third
sacker In his base ball togs, and
among the base ball notes was the
following: "In Tay Kensel the To-
cal directors believe they have land
ed a classy player. Kensel, whose
home is in La Junta. was playing
manager Of the Oska.oosa, Ia, club
last season and made good rec
ord. Patterson was after kensel
last spring. but the deal was not
closed. Since that time Kensel has
developed greatly as a player He
is a third sacker but II necessary
can go to short or second base. He
is a fast infielder and sure hitter.
Patterson thinks that kensel is
another Corhan, although he will
probably hit more than the Spider"
kensel has been In Oskaloosa since
the close OF the season, but Is cx-
pected to arrive in Pueblo In few
days on his way home to La Junta.
and this means great deal"
In every community there are peo-
pie who claim to be business men.
and have store or some other kind
of business, whose names are never
seen on subscription list and who
never contribute one dollar to an en-.
terprise of any kind that is calcu-
lated to benefit the city. Their
names are never seen In the adver.
Using columns of the local papers.
and It is often the case that they
do not even honor the paper with
their subscription. It is am admitted
fact that no other agency or enter
prise does as much gratuitous work
for the upbuilding Of city or COM
munity as the local paper. The first
thing an intelligent prospector asks
for in his letters for information
regarding the country IL copy of
the local paper, and II 1t presents
. sickly appearance he will make up
his mind at once that he doesn't
want anything to do with the town
It halls from. no matter what the
paper may say about the brilliant
future in store for the city in which
1t 10 published. Therefore we would
say patronize the man who takes an
interest In your town and demon
strates that he does by putting up
money for enterprises and improve
ments: patronise the man who spends
his money for everything he can buy