La Junta tribune., 1910-06-18
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much more portable and convenient
than a thick book OF rules. All good
laws come out OF the hearts and
minds OF men. The common law. a
growth, the recorded experience OF
many wise men-the law OF the
neighborhood-ha grown like a tree.
II is briefly stated, live and let live
Ny liJerty ends where my neighbor's S
liberty begins. II one desires to live
free Of this law OF the neighborhood
let him move out OF the neighborhood
go to mo mans land ."-Myron
Reed.
There is man who never drinks.
Nor smokes. nor chews. nor swears. /.
Who never CANDLES. never flirts
And shuns all sinful snares-
He's paralyzed'
There is man who never does
A thing that is not right;
His wife can tell just where he Is
At morning, noon and night
He's dead
Railroad building In Texas in pro
gress Is greater than In any other
state In the union. The Santa Fe
contemplates building In the next
two years almost 600 miles OF line,
supplementing its present mileage.
The Coleman Teaico cutoff. 2s0 miles
long. is now building. This will con
meet the Gulf. Colorado 4 Santa fe
with what is known as the Belen
cutoff and will. when completed. es-
tablish new gulf.to-coast line.
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According to a recent Issue OF the
American Grocer the population OF
this country is increasing while the
consumption OF booze is decreasing.
The consumption OF alcoholic bever.
ages has decreased during the last
two years sliO.ls5. 500 During 1909
the consumption OF liquors was:
whiskey. f565.sl5. .J3l; beer. ss79.s72.- :
jie: wines. $i07, ,2ls 800; total. sl.5ji.
Oo5 .sS3. For 1907. the estimated total
retail cost 81 liquor was sl.6st. .lsl. ;.
t63. According TO the bureau OF sta.
tistics the population increased 2.71s,.
s6s In the same period. The per cap
ita use OF spirits Is the smallest since
1900 and OF beer since 1905. Last
years consumption Of tea. coffee and
cocoa was the largest since 1905.
During the past week We sent out
si1ty-si1 cards notifying that number
OF subscribers that their subscription
TO the great family journal had ex'
plred That was the total number
of dolinquents that We were IT, ia
find In our city and rural route list,
and most of them were not over a
month behind. We think that speaks
pretty well for the no money no
paper rule adopted In this office some
/ time ago. Every one has been mott
fled and II your paper fails to show
up after this month Il will be very
evident that there Ii r,ason. The
rule applies To every subscriber with.
out distinction as to class. creed. po-
iitical affilistion or previous oondi-
tion OF serNitude. II the paper isn't
worth tn. money don't take II, sub.
scribe for IT or have II around to
bother you
| Two carloads Of furniture for the
new postoffice In the Alb.ra block on
Santa =. ay.nu. arrived Thursday
and is now being placed In position.
When II rs installed la Junia viii
have on. Of the mos, up TO dat.
postoffiocs In the state for a city
of It's size The furniture Was pur.
chased from the Stratton estate and
Was In use for some time Ia Colorado
Springs. !, Is OF quarter sawed oak
throughout and the furniturc includes
everything that would be needed In
a city twice the sine Of La Jun,a
I, would cost over $1,000 to duplicate
II at III. prcscn, time. but Vas pur'
chased for abou, on.fourth Of that
amount The Albcra building ha,
been leased by tn. soy.rnmcn, for
u period OF eight years at u MONTH,
rental Of tioo SIR. Alb.ra hope. To
have the new quarters ready for occu
pancy ty July is n possible.
II Ia none too early To call att.n'
,ion TO III. article In the American