La Junta tribune., 1910-09-24

telephone lines are connected with the
a toll call will get any one 10 the couu
~ or In the state. Narke, ana wealth
er reports ARE senf ouf over the rural
lines NJ certain hour each day. II the
market ts especially good the farmer
can call up the local buyer and con-
trnct his hogx n once. or II be prefers
he can call up the railway freight Of
nce and arrnnge TO have 4 stock car
rendy for him the next morning In
most communities the practice OF
changing work" NJ fhrashinH time b
still followed This used to pecessitnts
days work notifying the neighborN
and then frequently II all had to be
d, ne over again on account OF break.
down 10 the machine or bad weather.
Now the notifying Is all doue In q few
moments by phone
On many occasions = prompt teie-
phone call has brought the nearest
do"ror to the bedside OF 4 sick child
could be made to town for the doctor.
This is one Of the reasons that q teie-
phone II seldom taken out after II has
once been put In. In hundred minor
ways the telephone has become neces-
sary to the farm folk. Often after the
farmer has left for town his wife win
think OF something she wants him to
get All she has to do is to call up the
store WHERE be does his trading and
leave a message for him. When the
young folks want 10 give party the
telephone will quickly bring In every
one In the ueighborhood A stray
horse is soon located and brought back
carrier TO get through important let
tiers can be received over the tele-
phone.
one other step Is necessary to enable
the farmer to make the greatest use Of
the rural free delivery aud the tele-
merchants have objected TO parcels
post on the ground that It would favor
the mail order houses at their expense.
This can be overcome by giving a low
er rate to packages that 10 over n rural
route only. A parcels post OF this Kind
has been recommended by the post
master general He figures that II
would prove profitable for the govern.
men'. turning the postal deficit into
surplus With n cheap parcels post In
operation on the free rural delivery
routes the connection OF the farmer
with the town viii be complete. He
can order parcels from town and have
them delivered AT his door few hours
later Things which he cannot get In
his local town he can procure from n
mall order house I'm two or three DAYS
The farmers are united In demanding
this convenience. and II Is bound to
come before long
The final step In the emancipation
OF the farmer was taken when the troll
ley line and the automobile came into
general use The trolley has meant
better schooling for his children II
has brought theaters. lectures and bet
ter churches within reach OF the farm
cr's family. Best Of all. the compel.
tion with the cities has brought about
4 much needed awakening OF the coun.
try schools aud the country churches.
The trolley is u great convenience In
taking produce TO market Most Of
the cars Will stop at any farmhouse
or crossroads TO pick up can Of
cream. q crate Of chickens or . pas
senger Trolley lines are . great fnc-
tor In Fastening the back to the
land" movement The farmer who
lives nenr . trolley line has no de~ire
to go to town because be hns ali the
convcnicnces OF both town and coup-
try
Wherever a trolley line puncturcs .
city the crowded population spreads vut
into the country Al nrst the city pso-
pie move into the country only to have
4 pleassnt-r place TO live whiIs sttii
carrying on their business in the city.
Once In the country few Of them ever
rcgrc, the change. Most Of them say
that they would not ~ back TO the
city to live under any consideration.
What the trolley lines are doing for
the morr thickly settled distrtcta. good
roads. automobiles and driving borsss
are doing for those communities which
are not yet denseiy enough populated
to support = trolley line. The good