La Junta tribune., 1910-11-26

1t was claimed bsfore the election by
the advocates Of the initiative and
referendum that many OF the laws 10
be voted upon in Oregon we're intro
duced by opponents Of the system In
order To make the law as obnoxious
as posi- lie. II will have to be admit
ted that the dear people ir Oregon
are very discriminating In exercising
the iawmaking power. and II the
dear people OF Colorado are as dis
eliminating In exercising the same
right as they were In the selection
OF candidates toutside OF Otero coun.
". of coursel. the initiative aud
referendum will not prove such a per.
nicious and revolutionary measur. as
some OF the corporation lawyers I, ar
ed 1t would.
A B Ward. OF the fairmOunt coun-
try. has Just completed threshing his
alfalfa seed crop from nine acres. from
which the total yield was fifty bush
els, and the proceeds. at 81 per
bushcl, 1850 On four acres OF the
nine he had an average yield Of
seven bushels TO the acre. Mr. Ward
had firy acres In alfalfa this season,
aud at the line OF the big flood on
Crooked arroyo last July forty acres
had been cut and Was Ia shock. The
entire crop OF this forty acres Was
washed away by the flood. and Mr..
Ward is quite confident that he would
have had 300 bushels OF alfalfa seed
from It. His loss from the flood Of
last July he estimates at 32.ln0.
which Is almost as great a fatality to
him as 1t was for repu lican printer
To have two democratic county com
missioners elected In naturally re
publican county.
The Success Magazine says: era
dies are going out. children ar. not
wearing them any more. People tell
us that rocking is unhygienic; la
bies according TO modern ideas should
20 to sleep naturally In a stationary
germ.proof bed. with antisepiic pl'
lows and sanitix.d rattle. ssntl-
ment may say. the cradle for little
while, but sooner or later II will go
to tn. dusty attic along with the
hair-cloth sofa Maybe the infant OF
tomorrow will bear up somehow
under these accumulated misfortune.
will struggle along somehow to ma.
turity. but what a out tn. artist the
poets. the song writers. what
world of sentiment and melody has
been woven around the theme of
IN. mother and the gently rocking
cradle. What kind of song vii the
poor poet OF tn. future be able to
make about an enameied ron crib
with brass trimmings"
'h' VI Wv Wv ~ hhAlfN IA hu'
world Is 10 I'LL the news columns OF
n local paper with interesting items
when there is really no news 10 write
II Is far NOR. yexing and perplexing
than person who has never had any
experience In newspaper work can
well imagine. The paper must com.
a
has to b. supplied from some source
When the brain OF the editor becomes
} weary. mind inactive and his faithful
! scissors dull. is 1t, do you imagine.
any child's play for him TO probe the
gAs bags OF his imagination and
! bring forth a column or more OF or.
iginal wind that will 10th edify.
delight and Instruct his readers. Yer
! lily tn. life OF n country editor IL
full OF trials. troubles and p.rpiexi.
ties and lik. the wicked. b. Is doom.
I'd TO not live out half his days. We
hav. not been feeling at all we'll
since the election.
II is usually the men Who make
sport OF hen parties as hey will
discourteously term womeus after.
noon teas. Hut not long ago a hus.
band asked his wife why she did not
so TO these affairs. and she replied:
Because you get noShcrc-,he talk
Is so ,apid and meauinglcss as to be-
! positively inan.. Besides women do