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La Junta tribune., 1910-08-06

This is admitted to be the dull
season Of the business year. and most
of the merchants will concede that
business Is more quiet Just now than
for many months. II can hardly b.
said. however. that people. the pur.
chasing public. are buying any less
groceries than during any other par.
ucular period OF the year. and the
same is In a measure true of most Of
the other lines. II is true that few
heating stoves or oyercoats are
changing hands. but 1t is small
business that does not deal In SEA
sonable goods, and the very element
which makes one article unnecessary
creates a demand FOR some other
The tendency during the hot summer
months Is 10 lay low. in the hope
of reducing expenses 10 a minimum
The careful housewife is Just as alert
TO a bargain with the thermometer
above a hundred as the small boy is
to 20 swimming and get sun burnt.
and the live merchants figure on the
same basis. Hang up bargain any
time of year and there Is always
somebody around who will shoot
It."
La Junta tribune., 1910-08-06

II is intimated from authoritative
sources that the recent democratic
convention at Rocky Ford was packed,
with malice aforethought. for the pur-
pose OF sidetracking some OF tn lu-
dicial moulders of democratic political
opinion in Otero county. who have
hitherto been the cynosure OF the
spotlight 1t Is rumored that the
e1.village policeman and the future
chairman OF the democratic county
central committee assisted very ma
terially In the sidetracking process.
each being loaded with seven proxy
votes. and all OF which were cast for
the set OF resolutions that were adopt
ed.
La Junta tribune., 1910-08-06

Major Dameron. the old wzrhorse
of otero county democracy. ersiw bile
OF Missouri. requests the greA, tam
lily journal to announce that be Is
going % have another one Of his
numerous birthdays on Tuesday Aug.
ust 18th, but on this particulaS. occa-
sion he ia going to celebrate Ssnd
have a birthday party. and Expects
every man. woman and child In La
Junta. and a part OF otero county to
be- among those present lie will
send invitations TO Missouri. but
every one adjacent. close by or near
TO La Junta Is expected to come with.
out the formsli,y OF an Imitation.
The major says he is going 70 have
one fine. large time. and there Will
be- plenty to eat and drink for all
You are Invited.
La Junta tribune., 1910-08-06

George ". willis. mayor OF New.
dale. Was In town last saturday and
delivered Al the office OF the grea,
family Journal the first ripe can,a
Ioupc picked this year from his field
In accordance with our usual custom
this entities him to years subscrip
ton. 80 We won, have to threaten
him with mo money. no paper" for
some time. The mayor claims that
he has IN. finest eighteen acr. field
Of ean,aloupes IN otcro county. and
Is also willing To wager real money
that he had the first ripe cantaloupo.
He says that some one at Rocky
Ford. whom no on. ever heard Of.
claims to have shipped the firs, ripe
cantaloupcs from Rocky Ford nearly
two weeks ago. but the mayor says
he viii bet the proceeds from his
whole field that they were green and
NOT m 10 eat. The mayor will b.
pretty busy from nov on for . month.
an1 hss invitsd ~ out 70 BIZ ranch
La Junta tribune., 1910-08-06

W III NY OH "@''i H"'S'7 INV NN
loupes. guaranteeing to give US re-
ception that will last al least until
next year.
Local insurance men have been
doing a landoffice business since the
big fire writing new policies-proba'
yly enough 10 make up for the losses
paid, In premiums, in the course OF
a year or two. One business man
stayed UP all night after the fire in
order to make an early call on an
insurance agent He has several
thousand dollars worth OF billiard
and pool tables. besides a large stock
OF cigars and tobacco. and recently
came to the conclusion that he was
wasting a whole lot Of good money
each year on Insurance. Icing con.
yinc.d that he was located In build.
ing that was practically flreproof.
After he saw the La Junta Theater
fire he changed his mind There
were others-seyeral of them. one
OF them being a business man who
carried a $4,000 stock and had no
Insurance until the day after the
fire.
La Junta tribune., 1910-08-06

Man comes Into the world without,
his consen, and leaves II against his
VIII. During his stay on earth. his
time Ii spen, In one continuous round
of contraries and misunderstanding xs.
In his infancy h. Is nm angel. IN his
boyhood b. is a devil. In his man.
hood he Is everything from a lizard
up. In his duties he IL a damn fool:
II be raises a family h. IL a chump;
N he Raises a check he Ia thief:
and then the Law raises hell with
him. II he Ii poor man. he IL a
poor manager and has no sense: II
he Ii rich. he Is dishonest. but con.
sidcred smart: II he is In politics.
he IN . CRATER and a crook. II h. II
out OF politics. you can't place him
and he Ia an undesirable citizen. II
he goes TO church. he Ia hypocrite.
II he stays away from church. he Is
a sinner. II he donates TO foreign
missions, he does II for show; II
he doesn't. he is stlngy and n tight
~ad. When he first comes into the
world. every one wants to kiss him
before he goes out they all wan,
TO kick him. n he loans his money
be 10 . sooA fellow. but II be asks
for its return he y related 10 . dog.
II be dies young. there vas . great
La Junta tribune., 1910-08-06

Mayor speer has Just returned
home from tour OF eastern cities
and Is full OF new IDEAS for beauty.
Ing Denver and improving municipal
conditions In the capital city. In an
Interview he made some {. servatlons
concerning good roads In Colorado
that are well worth considering By
county commissioners all over the
state, as follows: Colorado needs
a constructive policy. This particular.
ly applies TO the necessity for good
roads In the state. II We had better
highways II would bring thousands
more tourists to Denver and Colora.
do every summer. There are thous-
ands OF people OF ample means tour.
Ing the country every year In their
autos. met scores of these people
on my trip and asked them why they
did not come 10 Colorado. They es.
planned that the bad roads In this
state was the greatest drawback to
offset the wonderful mountain seen.
cry and delightful atmosphere 1t
would repay the people Of Colorado
tenfold TO have excellent highways
They would then secure large part
OF the great auto contingent. II could
be easily and cheaply done by dlyid
Ing the state into road.buildlng dis.
tricts. These districts could issue
long time bonds at low rate OF
interest and secure ample funds to
construct the highways wi,hou, work.
ing any hardship on the taxpayers. e
-
La Junta tribune., 1910-08-06

future before him; II he lives to a
ripe old age. he II In the way-only
living to save funeral expenses. Life
is a funny proposition after all.
La Junta tribune., 1910-08-06

W. B. Wiswall. the dry goods
man who lost most OF his stock in
the recent Pierce block fire. sold all
OF the stock tha, was rescued from
the burning building TO the Williams
Smith Dry Goods Company yesterday.
Mr. Wiswall says that he has de-
cided not to engage in business again
in La Junta. at least not at present
With the insurance and the stock
saved, upon which the INSURANCE ad-
justers placed a valuation OF 81 500.
Mr.. Wiswall will come out about
even. making him the most forum
ate OF all those who suffered OF ac-
count OF the fire.
La Junta tribune., 1910-08-06

Pertinent query by the Pueblo
Chief,ain In yesterdays issue: by
the way, what has become Of Secre'
tary OF State Pearce? Not = demo
cratic paper has mentioned him edi
toriaily for five days. Space all
used? Appropriation exhausted"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-21
ROSES FOR LIVING
INSTEAD OF DEAD
rs NOVEL SCHEME

CHICAGO, Dec. 21.-"Oh, yes; ]
am very fond of roses; bus l want
them now, not when I en- dead"
So sings Fred II. Yaple, the Wolver-
inc poet, and his idea is being car
ried out in a movement rapidly
spreading over the country
Flowers and sunshine Tor the liv-
ing-in hospitals, orphan asylums
and homes for the aged rather
than a wealth of blossoms upon the
collins of the dead.
That's the idea which had its
origin in Cleveland, O., where the
Jewish asylums and other char
liable institutions constantly ac-
knowledge receipt OF donations II
money following Jewish funerals
From a small start the custom has
grown to such tremendous proper.
tions that 1t is quito a source OF
revenue for some of the institutions
The original suggestion was giver
by Rabbi Moses j. Cries of tn,
Temple. 1t is claimed that tn,
neral flowers and now used to allie
viate the sufferings of the poor an
add sunshine to the lives of thu
orphans and the dependent aget
serves a much better purpose.
Occasionally this custom is varied
| by the friends of the lead joining -
starting a library known as me
mortal library and named after thu
dead friend and relative. Such ;
| library is generally made n part O.
some large library already il. exist
Ience.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-21

Christmas doesn't mean gifts
and holly and happiness for them.
It's Just another cold, dreary day
to be lived through somehow.
The tiny babies won't mind so
much. There's milk fund, to
which thousands have contributed
providing milk for the babies. The
strikers and the rest of the grown
folks will keep stiff upper lip, F"
bolster each others courage and
fighting spirit.
But the boys and girls who've
always believed in Santa Claus
and always found something in
their stockings will have a
mighty tough time of it on this
one-meal Christmas of 1910. To
them comes the physical suffering
and the lost faith in childhood's
happy fiction, without their know
ing why, without any fault on
their part.
Thousands of other Chicago
working people, not out on strike,
are giving up part or all of their
simple Christmas celebrations to
keep the strikers from being
starved out by the National Asso-
citation of Garment Manufacture
ers.
For instance, there's Agnes
Johnson. She's a glovemaker,
and she doesn't earn so very
much. She has to count every
penny and make it go twice as far
as you'd ever guess a penny could
go. But by being very careful of
every cent all this past year she
saved up her pennies until she
had 10 big dollars to buy Christ
mas gifts for those she loved.
While 1 was in the Women's
Trade Union league headquarters
Agnes came in. She dropped the
10 dollars into the strike fund.
my people can live without
Christmas presents" was all she
said. Those words cost world
of self-denial.
Factory girls all over the city,
in all lines of work, are doing the
same thing. Christmas is beau
tiful thing, and it means consid-
cradle happiness to buy presents
for ones family and friends. But
they think it's more important to
buy bread for homes where there
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-21

The measure Is designed to re-
place the present system of recov-
ering damages for personal in
juries incurred i'm industrial occu-
pations by a code which will elm
mate the company claim agent,
the jury investigator. the fixalble
witness and the ambulance-chas-
ing personal injury lawyer.
Damages Automatic.
Where it is now necessary for
an injured workman to bring suit
at his own expense against large
and wealthy employing firms, the
proposed system does away with
this form of litigation altogether
and makes the damages resulting
from industrial accidents a charge
upon the industries. instead of
against the persons connected
with the affair on either side. AT
present the workingman not only
carries the risk of contributory
negligence, but a still more SER
ious risk in his helplessness to
cope with the we'll organized legal
forces of large employers.
The states represented are: New
y ork, Massachusetts, Connecticut,
New Jersey, Ohio, Illinois, Wis
consin, Minnesota and Montana.
In all these states which have leg
islatlve sessions this winter, the
uniform bill will be presented. 1t
is expected to receive the endorse
ment both of the workers and the
employers.
The proposed code fixes a man S
earning capacity as a new basis
for an adjudication of the dam
ages he is entitled to receive. |
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-21
EARTH" MEANS HUNGER AND COLD TO GREA
THRONG INNOCENT LITTLE VICTIMS OF THE CHICAG
STRIKE, SAYS MISS VIVID PICTURE OF THEI
"CEIIEBRATION"
BY LUCY PRICE.

21.-Can remember when lost faith in
Santa Claus? can, and a bitter with
I have all
bunch who
that EARTH
them chill, comforess
Chicago to find out just what Christmas would
people involved the workers strike
families
girls quit
en- revolt.
talked with the strikers visited their homes down
haed with their mothers little brothers sters held
babies-and kissed them, despite the germs!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-21
KILLING OFF
SCORES IN CHINA

tion is reported to be grave
The German consul has demand
ed that radical measures be taken
TO end the epidemic. He declares
that unless the authorities act on
his demand that the German gov
eminent will interfere.
From the latter part of October
to December &c, SAB Chinese were
stricken by the plague. and 81
Russians within the precincts of
the Eastern Chinese railroad have
died.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-21

is no pretense of serving more
than one meal day.
The realization of this by the
poor and their instant, generous
response to the need with gifts
from their own scanty store dis
couraged a club woman who came
in with her collection from club
members the same day.
81 am discouraged" she said
II hoped for so much more"
cit isn't really anything to be
discouraged about" Mrs. Ray
mond Robbins explained to me-
The club women have responded
splendidly to our appeal for con.
tributions.
1.-THE trouble is that she
expected the wealthier class
to give as much as the poor
people do"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-21
MINISTER HITS
At Gen. OTIS

Rev. Sydney Strong, in his ser
mon at the Queen Anne Congre-
gtional church of Seattle. last Sun
day, referred to General Otis. In
part he said:
"The greatest riches of life.
labor, love and religion. are with
in the reach of the poorest. Yet
the poor envy the rich and the
rich pity the POOR. Both are fool
ish. The spirit of envy and pity
is the root Of all kinds of social
disorders. AS result We have the
conflict between capital and labor.
81 read Gen. Otis speech before
the Manufacturers Association. 1t
breathed neither peace nor good
will, but defiance and insistence
on certain rights as to property.
Not a word was said of God, of
children, of human needs, of the
infinite value of a human life as
compared with a dollar.
'This Is Gen. Otis Christmas
message, one that would make
angels weep, not sing: Control is
the supreme question
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-21

was unloading. Hutton tried TO
push the calf off the track in front
of an oncoming switch engine. In
the meanwhile the maternal in
stinct was steaming up about ten
feet i'm the rear of where e. E. sits
down. Under fun steam the ma
ternal instinct hit Hutton. The
Iswitchman has a dislocated and
broken shoulder and is badly
bruised elsewhereC
The buffalo COW and calf
capped injury. l
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-21
OPERATE ON SKULL AND
CURE MAN OF BLINDNESS
AND PARALYSIS QUICKLY

of the mans skull that was press
ing down on the optic center of
the brain, and the removal of a
small clot of blood from the brain
itself.
. A year and half ago the Greek
was struck on the head and i'm
mediately lapsed into a semi-con-
scious condition. He was taken
to the laborer's quarters, where
for over a year his fellow country
men waited on him when they had
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-21
Baby Weighs !
Pound, Lives

Omitted Press Leased WiFe.)
GAIT, Cal, Dec. pa
baby boy weighing less than
one pound and 1-2 inches
long, born to Mrs. John Har-
vey, Saturday night, will live,
the attending physicians say.
The youngster is the tiniest
on record for his age. His
father weighs 200 pounds
and is six feet tall. The
mother weighs 100 pounds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-21

HONGKONG, Dec. %. - I'm
checked by modern methods of
sanitation or medical skill, the
bubonic plague is raging in Mon
golia and scores are dying each
day, according to advices reaching
here today.
Corpses frequently are found
where the nomads have camped
according to the dispatches.
| I'm Manchuria the plague situa,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-21
THE HUMAN BAKE OVEN

We have the GENUINE GER
MAN BAKE OVEN for the Treat
ment of Rheumatism. We can
Bake Bread in it. No water used
just Dry Heat. We give you
quick relief. Regular doctor and
trained nurse. 501-2-3-4 Bankers
Trust Bldg. M. $50. %~*
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-21
STEAMER TRYING
TO BREAK RECORD
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
LONDON, Dec. 22.-The Cum
ard liner Mauritania was report
ed by wireless today speeding to-
ward London on schedule time in
it's effort to break the record for
a journey from London and re-
turn. Should the Mauretania keep
up it's present pace it will reach
FIshgard at 10 o'clock, Green
wich time, eleven days, IA hours
and seven minutes having elapsed
since the trip was begun.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-21
GIRL TELLS OF
SEEING MURDER

EVERETT, Dec. 22.-Miss Nell
lie Cady, telephone operator, who
was an eye witness to the murder
of Charles Montrose in a saloon
across from the office, gave her
testimony in the case yesterday.
Charles Kirk, the man ON trial for
the shooting, came out of the sa-
loon i'm a cloud of smoke just as
Montrose fell to the sidewalk, She
said
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-21

(By United Press Leased Wirc.)
PORTLAND, Dec. 22.-After
Is months of blindness, inability
to walk and semi-coma that cloud
I'd his mind, G. Gorgina, a Greek,
has been restored to his eyesighlt,
cured of paralysis and is recover
ing his mind, due to a surgical OPP
GRAFTON performed at st. VIncent's
hospital early this week. The OPP
Grafton, it was learned today, con-
sisted of the removal of a piece
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-21
CHRISTMAS A BITTER JOKE TO $4,000 CHILDREN
He was helpless.

time. He was helpless.
A few days ago DR.. Sargentich
called to see the man. He found
that the skull had been fractured.
When Gorgina was operated on at
the hospital it was found that the
skull had attained three times it's
normal thickness at the point of
fracture.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-21

'ailr0ad SWITCH
man. is In the
hospital, as the
,esult of mon
teying with the
maternal | n =
;tinct of a buff
ialo COW.
A cute little
buffalo calf got
IN the railroad
rack near the
pot where a
Wild west show
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-21

DR.. Meyer, appointed by Taft TO
take Knapp's place on the inter-
state commerce commission, is a
Wisconsin university product, a
wellknown sociologist, and an OK
pert on railroad valuations. AS
such he has already served AS
special agent for the census bureau
and the commission OF which he
now becomes a member.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-21

is Thought that this plan will pre-
vent accidents, inasmuch as the
workman himself will become in
terested in averting risks which
may decrease his earning capacity.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-21
WOULD DO AWAY With
ALL DAMAGE SUITS
by United Pre- IS Leased Wire.)

MINNEAPOIIS, Dec. 22-Hug c. Mercer chairman the
commission
today made public
era investigation correspondence
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-21
SWITCHMAN HIT BY
BUFFALO INSTINCT

FORTWORTH, Tex, Dec. a.
e. e. Hutton, Texas & Pacific
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-21

Your Holiday Frozen Dainties
at the Tacoma Ice Cream Co.
Main 2S20-A 2S02. THE Pure
Food Cream"
OLYMPIC ICE CREAM co.
Successors.
The Jasper news., 1910-12-15
Baptists Begin Meetings.

Rev. Sample began series of
meetings at the Baptist church
last Sunday, which is drawing large
crowds nightly. the church being
too small to accommodate the
crowd Sunday night. The meet
ings began very auspiciously and
church people look for great good
to result from thema The singing
of J. E, Ogden is no, small factor in
the interest of the meetings. Mr..
Ogden possesses a splendid tenor,
and the big chorus is beginning to
show the effects of his instruction
1t is not announced how long
the meetings will last. They are
expected to continue all next week
at least.
The Jasper news., 1910-12-15
Christmas Rush is On.

Jasper merchants say,the Christ
mas rush set in earlier this year
and has been steadier in it's in
crease Of volume than ever before
in the towns history. Merchants
elsewhere are saying the same
thing, to their own satisfaction
and to the desperation of the un-
counted thousands of salespeople
who "get theirs in terrific chunks
while the big rush is on. AS the
shop-girl heroine in a current mag
azine story remarks; ; Every De-
cember d whole woild goes bug
house" and a goodly portion OF
the new year is gone before they
recover their equilibrium, from a
shopping standpoint.
The Jasper news., 1910-12-15
Germs I'm
Her System.
Every Woman Should Read this
Advice and the Generous
Offer that Goes With

The number of diseases peculiar
to women is such that, we believe
this apace would hardly contain a
mere mention of their names, and
it is fact that most of these dis
eases are of a catarrhal nature. A
woman cannot be we'll if there is a
trace of catarrh in her system.
Some women think there is no
help for them. We positively de.
clare this to be mistaken idea.
We are so sure of this that We offer
to supply medicine absolutely free
of all cost in every instance where
it fails to give satisfaction, or does
not substantiate our claims. With
this understanding, no woman
should hesitate to believe our hon
esty of purpose, or hesitate to put
our claims to test.
There is only one way to over
come catarrh. That way is through
the blood. You may use all the
snuffs, douches or like remedies for
years without getting more than
temporary relief at best. Catarrh
in general is diseased condition
of the system that shows locally
most frequently in-dischargcs from
The Jasper news., 1910-12-15
Almost Beat The Train.

There was a gentlemansin Shell
don who wanted 10 go to Jasper
one day last week, He lad had
some experience With the Missouri
Pacific having made; a 500 mile
ride on it afew days before, Lets
see" he said to himself. or words
to that effect ''it's.only twenty-five
miles to Jasper, and it's now>scven
o'clock in the morning. IF the
morning train is as late as it us
ually is can beat it to Jasper.
So here goes And he went. He
stopped at Boston for fuel--beg
pardon, for dinner-and the time
spent there lost him the race. He
hotfooted it along at about three
and half gait, the train passing
him before he. rfsched his desti-
nation, which he did at one o'clock
that afternoon. coming back ne
patronized the Pacific, which if
but little speedier is less wearing on
shoe leather. = Sheldon Enterprise.
The gentleman who made the
strenuous hike referred TO above
was Harry Kelsey of Dayton Ohio
brother of Mrs. L.. 7. Waterbury
of Jasper. Mr.. Kelsey, whose
health is poor, has been ordered to
the mountains by his physician,
and occasionally INDUCES in a long
distance jaunt afoot to strengthen
his lungs.