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La Junta tribune., 1910-01-29
Primrose Ministries.

The reputation as the best OF all
singing and dancing organizations on
earth is being sustained by the Prim.
rose Minstrels with u vengeance this
season. as can be Inferred from the
really extraordinary press notices re-
gardtng the aggregation OF vocalists.
instrumenialists and terpsichoroan ar
lists. who furnish this important part
of the entertainment II is also al.
lowed that seldom. II ever. have so
many absolute novelty features been
provided as Mr.. Primrose secured for
this famous troupe. amsng which is
n startling act OF fun and frolic pre-.
sentcd by the Ward Brothers and
Gov. Bowen.
The Primrose Mins,rcls will be nc
corded IA warm welcome at the La
Junta Theatcr next "Wednesday. Feb.
ruary I'd. and Nh evening OF glorious
amusement Is being anticipated with
the utmost confidence.
La Junta tribune., 1910-01-29

longing to the ditch for which war
rant was drawn on the county treas
urer for $llO4i2.05. This completes
the transaction Of the purchase Of
the Holbrook ditch by the farmers
and is now known as the Holbrook
Irrigation District. The construction
work on reservoir No. |, and outlet
ditch to the river. was let to the
National Supply Company for about
$l3 800 and work begins at once. The
Dye reservoir will be turned over
TO the district on January 22d. and
in short time the construction work
will begin. 1t is expected at the
present time that the work Of en-
larging the ditch from the headgate
to the Dye reservoir will not be COM
pleted until after the irrigation seaso }
next fall.
La Junta tribune., 1910-01-29
Real Estate Transfers.

Real estate transfers in Otero
county for the week ending Thurs,
day. January n, 1910, as reported by
Winchell-Pearce Abstract OF Title
COMPANY We're as follows:
Clyde c and Alice p Larson to Sid.
ney c Davis, lots Z, s, blk 81, La j,
$4,000.
j a Larmore to Jack Carroll. lot 1.
blk l. Rocky Ford cemetery. $35.
David W Call to Michael VIII, bond
for deed pit sw or. 5-2S.57, $500.
David Erdman to Henry Green. lot
is, blk p, Sugar City. SIPS.
Henry Green to Belser Seifert. lot
l6, blk g. Sugar City. sll2.5O.
Twin Lakes Land and Water Co to
f v Johnson. pit ne or, 22-2l-57. $500
Twin Lakes Land and Water Co to
J II Pack aud + p Johnson. G hf. Sc
ar. Sc Or. lO-2l-57, $500.
La Junta Land Co to William Nc.
kinley, sw or. ne or. 4-24-5i. $500.
Laguna Canal Co to II Il Dye, wate
deed, $500.
Samuel J Watson to Amos W Wat.
son, S hf. Sc ar. 2s.2i.5g, 5000.
Sidney c Davis to John ". Clyde c
and Alice p Larson. lot S. Woodruff S
sub of NV or. sw or. li.2i-55. $1,000.
La Junia Land Co to James NJ Bell.
Sc or. ne or. 3i-23-5i. 5000.
La Junta Land Co to W c Sherman
ne Or. ne or. 3s-23.5i. $50.
Fred A Sabin and Clare + Anthem
to Herman A Messenger. lot ,. blk
,. Park add La Jun,a. 1915.
James l. Atkinson TO Frank l. Lieb.
lot .. n hf lot 2. blk 81. Manzanola.
$1,000.
Sugar City Townsite Co to Sam
Schmidt. lots Z. s. blk 35, Sugar City,
$50
Nellie A Stanbridge to + a William
Sc ar. NV QQr. ne ar. 1886. $1,000.
Laguna Canal Co to Chrkton Rich.
water contract. S92l
T. Lewis TO Holbrook Irrigation
District. 2h water rights. $4,000.
Lasuna Canal Co to " + Fenton
six water rights. $4,000.
S G Stevens to Holbrook Irrigation
District water right. 1880.
La Junta Land Co to Chas T. and
Wayne Johnson. ne ar sw ar. 36.23.
81, $500.
Twin Lakes Land and Water Co to
John q Weimer. " hf NV ar. l7.2l-57.
5000.
| ID Hale and Joseph Belier to
Holbrok Irrigation District. .G25 OF
one water right. $3.50
Hans W Adsmond TO Edmond Deck
er. Sc ar 2s.22-5s. $4,000.
La Junta tribune., 1910-01-29
Higher Prices for eeets This Year.

Farmers in the valley last week
received the following letter from
F, Il. Weitzer. manager OF the Amer.
lean Beet Sugar factory at Rocky
Ford:
Rocky Ford, Col, Jan. l2, 10.
Dear Sir-We intend to issue for
the coming season beet growing
contract with better terms than in tic
past year. Our data is not all in for
the past season and we are therefore
not in a position to say at this time
Just what We can do, but realizing
the unfavorable returns q year ago,
the loss to some OF the growers on
account of frost this season, and con.
sidering the high market conditions
for our product caused by the gen.
eral prosperity. We expect very short.
ly TO be able to announce a contract
the terms of which will be more sat.
isfactory than any previously offered.
Yours truly,
F. X. WIETZER, Manager"
The above information given to the
growers. Just at this time when there
is feeling of disappointment among
the farmers who were unalle 10 get
all their beets out OF the field on ac-
count OF the frozen condition of the
ground, is welcome news to the en-
tire valley. The nature of the new
contract will not be definitely known
for few days.-Fowler Tribune.
La Junta tribune., 1910-01-29
rlMPAs NEWS.

We understand that Mr.. Reese will
move to La Junta soon.
Mr., George Smith is back again
after two months absence.
Lloyd Messenger was visitor to
his parents Saturday and Sunday a
week ago.
We understand our school super
intendent was out to visit our city
schools Tuesday.
We are thankful for the fine wealth.
er the man above has been sending
us the past two weeks.
w. S. Lawrence has traded his bar
ber fixtures to Harry Col, for fine
residence lot in Timpas.
II. B. White and family arrived all
right in Sketa. Okla. and Mr.. White
has good position already.
Ed Graham rendered his resigna.
ton and will assist his father on the
tion as section foreman at Aver sta.
Timpas section
| Harry Colt sold his barber fixtures
to Arch Null Monday, and Arch also
( purchased Mrs. Blevins business lot
and expects TO build soon.
The Cochran sisters are doing a
good business In their new restaurant
Call on them for square meal when
in town, II you are hungry.
Mr.. Ed Coe, the bridge and build.
Ing foreman for the New Mexico di.
vision OF the Santa Fe. Is repairing
bridges, etc. In our vicinity.
At meeting OF the directors OF
4 the Santa Fe Reservoir and Ditch
Company w. S. Lawrence was elected
secretary and director in place of II.
b. White. who resigned on account OF
his leaving the state.
The Timpas Greek Land and lrriga-
tion Company began repair work on
their bitches and headgate Wednes-
uas. luts viii Duliu TesluenCe at
the headgate for the ditch rider, also
put in three large cement drops and
various other improvements.
J. Browning thrashed his wheat
"Wednesday. that he raised without ir.
rigation, 1t making little better than
five bushels to the acre after having
lost half the crop. II our land makes
ten bushels of wheat such year as
last year without water, what will II
do under irrigation?
I Timpas boasts of a Farmers Mu-
tual Telephone Company. Those lucky
enough to own phones are: Masters
I Tom and Charles Garrett, Mr.. Stuck
Mr.. IL. S. Burger and Mr. Lance. We
understand Mrs. Burger will soon
have a phone installed In her store
In town. May the good work con.
tinue until Rocky Ford or La Junta
will offer to met us half way with a
free exchange as the eastern towns
do the farmers all through Kansas
and Missouri.
La Junta tribune., 1910-01-29
MUST BEL|EvEIT
When Well. Known La Junta People
Tell Il So Plainly.

When public endorsement II mad" ~
n representative citizen of la Junin tho
proof is positive. You must b,li.s. u.
Read this testimony. Every bncknchc
sufferer. every mmn. woman OF child
With any kidney trouble viii fnd profit
In the reading
Mr.. N. Frnnkiin. :s07 Carson Ave-,
la Junts. Col. mys. ~ hr, used
Deans Kidney I'lls nbou, three years
ago and ] r~twivci such great benefit
that ! have thought highly of th~m ever
since. ] have an almost constant ac4s
In the smsli II my hack which wn. par'
ticularly srverw early H. the morning.
Often In order 10 arise ] had to grasp
the aide of the hesi for support. had
headarhes and ! knew thst my kidney:
were disor9ervd. ~ the secretion. passed
too fr-queauy. The frs, few doses oi
1Doan'. kl1ssy i'iIls brought relief. and
IN n shost time they had completely ~:
moved oil NY pains and had restored
my kilneys 10 their proper working or.
der. 4 couple ri months Rso ] noticed
that the kldney secSrtions were passing
too frsQueNtty and ! at once procured
q box d t)uan'a Kidney pills At the Ia
jnn'n Drug 20. They proved just ~
effective - kGioss."
cents. fesses. aiihirn Co.. Bunnlo,
New Yesk. ssse axssts for the usIssd
States.
R-mealss N. ssme-t,oas's--ssd
tate - otAef
La Junta tribune., 1910-01-29
Typhoid Fever . National Disgrace,

When the people understand ths,
typhoid fever is ~ prcventsblc ns
are railroad disasters. We shall have
= causibclli. and the courage needed
for . victorious campaign. The gov.
ernment now protects us from chol-
era. icprosy. yellow fever and other
exotic plaques: why should II no,
also guard ~ against the dangers
that are present - we'll - those ,ha,
are but remotely imminent? Prescn,
dangers such - tuberculosis. prieu
noais. typhoid fever and infantiis
diarrhoeas. are infections which reap
the highest toll Of death among W
aa1 ere fosmso worthy Of our bcs,
efforts.
Il II the plain duty Of the public
health militia 70 sse that our gov.
erning bodies. whether the federal
government. the state legislatures or
the municipal assemblies saact public
heakh measures Of "a obvious. useful
ed trisd nature aad also psovtds for
thslr. sn1ogve0sat-Ds. J. Rossnau.
Dsaa q eAs Hafvasl Mslisal osAooi.
La Junta tribune., 1910-01-29
hoLsRook CENTER.

A. J. Grom is on the sick list this
week.
Miss Elsie Mast is phone girl at
the Cheraw office.
Revival meetings begin at the Cen.
ter church Saturday evening. January
29th.
Mrs. S. n. Rose. OF La Junta. Is
the guest Of Mrs. ". +. Stanton this
week.
o. II. Wilmer left the first OF this
week for Nebraska TO purchase a
Norman horse.
W. II. Shirk has sold his farm to
X. c. Todd. OF La Junta. and intends
TO move TO Kansas.
Mrs. Bc5ee and children. from
Rocky Ford. are visiting her brother.
Charlie Price and family.
Last Monday Ruben Ebersole. while
driving a colt. was thrown from the
buggy and had his ankle broken.
Mrs. Grncy and children moved
last week to the ranch from La Jun,a
where the children had been attend.
Ing school.
Mr. Lenmans returned TO their
claim last week. Mr.. Lcamans had
received a leave Of absence while at
work In the Swink sugar factory.
Mr.. Abncr Stokes and his young
bride from Colorado Springs, are Wis.
iting relatives In the ncighborhood.
while many good wishes and congrat.
uiations are given them.
The infant son Of Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Town died Of pneumonia Tues.
day. Mrs. Town WAS visiting with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Lenockcr.
II the time Of the little ones sick.
ness. The funeral services were held
st the East Holbrook church. and the
burial at the east cemetesy Thurs.
day.
La Junta tribune., 1910-01-29
HsIbeeek Bonds es't.

On January 10th ei5o.oeo Of the
Hsibsosk District bes1s we're tusss1
over 10 Wilcox and Son. Of Denver.
for the purchase Of the Holbrook
Glitch. sssesvoir sites. and for the con.
struction work. for which amount. less
the discount. was turned over 70 our
county treasurer. On Jaauary nth
he heirs q the Holbeesk estate turn.
"a over 20 the HoIbeook lrrigatiea
District thsis latseset u he hsieroek
esaal. resssvelr aal lall psepsstjss ~.
La Junta tribune., 1910-01-29
W c. 7. v. Meeting Next Tuesday,

he ". C.. y. T. will meet at the
HON" OF Mrs. T. T. S,ephsnson. 3o5
East second street. next IN, sday af'
tcrnoUn Rt . 81 , cock Everybody
welcome.
La Junta tribune., 1910-01-29

. = = = = = = = = = 80 =
= WHAT
= IA JUNTA HAS
= IN 1910
No saloons.
Four hotels.
Four parks.
= One laundry.
= Three banks.
= One city hall.
= Two hospitals.
. Nine churches.
. One court house.
. One opera house.
= One skating rink.
. One planning mill.
= One kindergarten.
= Four lumber yards.
= One fire department.
= Six school buildings.
= Three livery stables.
Two steam laundries.
= Free delivery OF mails.
= One cold storage plant.
= Three telegraph offices.
= Two automobile garages.
One band and orchestra.
= One fifteen-ton ice plant.
An altitude OF 1000 feet.
. Twenty.four social clubs.
4 School population OF 1900.
= Finest climate In the world.
. Two moving picture shows.
. Seven thousand population
= Bank deposits OF 81 l,000.00O
. A $4,000 high school build.
. Ing.
. Twenty.three passenger trains
. daily.
. One star and three rural
. routes.
. Telephone system with TOO
= phones.
. Nine trade and labor organ.
. iaatioss.
. Most sunshine Of any Colo
. RADIO city.
. Miles Of brick and cement
. sidewalks. .
. Santa rs shops. employing
. 1000 men.
. Monthly payroll. al sources.
. Of 100000.
. One public library Of l5..
= 900 volumes.
= Water and sewer system
. owned BY city.
= One railroad reading room
. and club house.
. Three printing offices and
. one Newspaper.
. Twenty-Five fraternal and
. secret societies.
> Average monthly postoffice
y receipts Of Sl.+03.
= Mennonite ssnitarium. five
y miles west Of city.
. One Touring mill Of 800 bar.
= rels daily capacity.
= Best prospect OF any town In
= the Arkansas Valley.
= One brick and tile plant. Of
= 10000 daily capacity.
. Rapidly growing. surround.
= Ing agricultural territory.
. Champion amateur base ball
. team Of the state OF Colorado.
. Headquarters Of the western
= grand division Of the Santa 70
. railway.
. Electric light and power
. plant. with all.day and all.
. night service.
. Ten thousand acres Of VIZ.
. gin agricultural territory now
. rapidly settling up.
= e0ety%Aese .0Soeo q Santa
. Fe sidstrack. with . freight
= cas capacity Of $500.
= Local building and loaa -.
. seeiaaiea With ,o3.eooyeoe eap.
= ~ >aaA joAns u oesro coSs.
= Y agEsesllss esee.soe.
. la-fAet. L. 1uata b he best
= town Of ~ siss IN the state
. q CeioeaAe. nd y The, csa-
= tss 80 aA1nfal clsAfiAg
. houoo - tho s1ehoet valley n
. ~ ves1A.
. . . . . . 80 . >1&-4>t
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in every argument placed against him.
He has demanded that those who are
against the chief bring some specific
charges against him and prove their
| theories. Thus far no one has come
out against the chief in a proof or
signed statement. This has made
hundreds of vote for the mayor and
has done wonders for the sentiment in
favor of the much criticised Eaton.
If W. H. Kemper is elected to the
position of mayor it is reported that
he will appoint A. Bowers as his chief.
Bowers has been in city politics for
number of years. He has always had
an active part in the campaigns of the
past. It is said that Mr.. Bowers is in
tensely interested in the Kemper cam
paign and has done much for the live
ly candidate Mr.. kemper is running
strong and if work counts for victory
he will receive a good slice and a
beautiful pick from the plum tree"
(not the old fashioned plum tree of
course)
If J. B. Billiard is elected it is con-
coded by his friends and by those who
have become identified in his cam
paign that he will stand for Maurice
was at one time sergeant on the po-
lice force and was discharged by Mayor
Green for alleged trouble with certain
women prisoners. 1t was claimed at
one time that the whole move was of
political nature. 1t is said Jenkins
desires to receive vindication at the
hands of the people.
In spite of all this talk there is very
little chance that anybody will be
chief of police except r. w. Eaton.
Chief Eaton was appointed one year
ago by Mayor Green to serve out the
term of two years. The commission
from law says that appointive
and elective offices of the city with
the exception of the mayor and coun-
cilmen will hold over to the end of
their terms. This would leave Chief
Eaton in as chief of police until the
commissioners went out of office again.
The "Wet'' and Dry Talk.
1t is almost foolish to grant that
there is such a thing as ''wet'' and
"dry'' talk in the coming commission
election, but there is a strong dividing
point between the two sets of candi-
dates just the same-and 1t is the
basis upon which every candidate is
talking his campaign and making his
representations. Among the "wets"
of the city this sentiment is so strong
that they have picked out their candi-
date for MAYOR and thier candidates
for commissioners and have resolved
themselves into body to vote for them
and no one lese.
It is figured out by the city hall poll
ticians (and this is the meeting place
of all of them)--thaI there are five
candidates fer commissioner who will
be considered wet" and one mayor
who is in this lineup. And the rest of
the candidates are shivering in their
boots.
It is declared that out of the 10000.
voters about 5000 favor the free and
easv government" Now if these 5000
didates they will undoubtedly be high
men in the commission race and if they
all vote for the alleged wet mayor
the outcome will be the same. This is
the fact that is worrying the two other
candidates for mayor and the other
candidates for commissioners.
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tile political ground of the people.
Here is an example of the class OF
stories sent forth: Those who fear the
strength of H. P. Miller claim that the
reason he did not attend council meet
1Eg Monday night when the street rail-
way ordinance was passed, was because
he had been bought off by the railway
company. To show the absurdity of the
story-Mr. Miller was sent to bed last
Saturday morning by physicians in
charge and not until today did he ap-
pear on the streets and at the city hall.
He had a very serious case of blood
poisoning and he still shows the effect
of the sickness.
Then some of the few enemies of c.
E. jordan. another especially strong
candidate. claim that if he is elected
commissioner he will move from his
present home in North Topeka to the
southwestern part of the city. Blue
BLOOD" they cry. Mr.. Jordan owns his
property ON The North side and from
the many improvements and the man
ner in which he was worked his ideas
through the city council to improve
this part of the city, there IS little
chance of his making the change. Mr..
Jordan denies the story einphatlcally.
Some of the ''iDsurgents" to the pres
ent city administration claim that they
know man who knows another man
" no says he saw Mayor Green come out
OF the Elks' club drunk one night. In
the first place Mayor Green is not an
ir for such a purpose and in the sec
cid place there is nothing to drink af-
steI you once get inside. Then there
is story out about W. G. Tandy
charging people for moving their
houses under telephone wires and at
forwards making the telephone people
10 the work for nothing. This has been
denied with proof. The NJ. c. Holman
story was one of the most malicious
of all.
Such stories travel with lightning
like speed and make it hard for the
candidates to prove untrue. People are
always ready to believe scandal they
hear about men running for Office and
il is hard to make them think differ
emily afterward.
Chief of Police Appointments.
There is lots of talk going the rounds
concerning the probable chief of po-
lice in case ne4ef the three candidates
for mayor secures the place. This talk
has taken a hold of the people so
strongly that in some instances it has
become campaign literature.
1t is the general opiEion that Mayor
Green would reappoint Chief of Police
Eaton, but Eaton's term does not eX-
pire for a year. The mayor believes
in Chief Eaton and has defended him
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FIRE GOT BEST OF HIM.
But by Help of Several Hundred Farm
ers They Saved Their Homes.

Salina, Kan. March 25.-In the last
twenty-four hours prairie fires have done
damage in Lincoln county and the western
part of Saline county. Near Lincoln a
farmer named Beermaster, while burning
weeds. let the fire get away from him.
The flames spread over about ten sections
of land before checked and great damage
was done to fences. Several hundred
farmers were in the fight to save their
homes with plows, buckets, brooGns and
old sacks. In the western part of this
county the farm of Oscar Anderson was
covered by fire. BY hard work the home
on the farm was saved, but number of
outbuidings were consumed. Later de-
.velopments from the west indicate that
the territory covered by fire was not SO
large as at first reported.
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HE RAPS BIG FIGHT
English BarOnet Takes a Fling
at Coming Battle.
Jeffries.J OhnsOn Mill Is Brutal
and Degrading.
PERKS WAVES FLAG.
66ToSS DsoII - Till c.
PERKS WAVES FLAG.
TEX" Richard and Little Sam
Working Out Details.
"The Indicated One" Back
From Tehachapi Mountains.

New York, March Eff the United
States ever gets into trouble in the
far east. England will be at her side,
and the combined navies of the two
greatest powers in the world will sweep
the seas with the stars and stripes
flying from the halyards as the flag of
St. George s anr
This is the terse summing up Of the
far eastern question given by Sir Rob-
ert w. Perks. for nearly 20 years a
prominent member of the British par
lament before a meeting OF New York
Methodists at the Metropolitan tenn
pie here last evening. Sir Robert, be-
sides being an M. P. is the head of
one of the largest international con-
tracing firms in Great Britain and is
known, as perhaps. the wealthiest ac-
tive layman of the Methodist Episcopal
church.
II want to denounce those jingoes
who have been attempting to stir up
trouble through false reports of ami
n osIty between Great Britain and the
United States over some of England S
treaties with far eastern countries" he
said in beginning his address. There
is not word of truth in their stories
/ do not believe that there is any dan
ger threatening in the Pacific. But.
if a struggle comes. you will find that
blood is thicker than water and strong7
er than treaties. If trouble comes all
such diplomatic contracts will be swept
overheard like so much waste paper"
Toward the end of his address, the
speaker turned abruptly to the Jeffries-
Johnson fight.
Il am sorry to observe" ne said,
that a remarkable instance of brutaH-
ty and degradation is to occur in San
Francisco in a few months. Two men
are to engage in a disgusting exhibition
there that seems to have attracted
world wide attention. When they ask
me in England how the United States
has progressed socially and morally, I
shall say nothing about this prize fight
Tex and Sam at Work.
Chicago, March 25-Jack Gleason, of
San Francisco, who. with TEX" Rick
ard, is staging the Jeffries-Johnson fight
in san Francisco on July 4, in company
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SPEEDING. AUTO KILLED HIM.
Flame From Match Blinded Di Persea
Ground to Pieces.

New York, March 25@Antonio Di
Persea, a we'll to do grocer, tried to
light his pipe in the middle of Upper
Broadway late last night. Blinded by
the flame of the match, he stepped
directly in front of a speeding motor
car and was killed almost instantly.
Two men who were in the car were ar
rested.
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427 Buchanan Street
Candidate for City
Commissioners.
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shot wife for GOING to Theater.

New Orleans, March 25.-Enraged
because his wife went to the theater
with his brother. taking the children
of the family with her Alfred Mitchell
today shot and probably fatally wound
ed her, seriously wounded the 12-year-
old son and 7-year-old daughter and
then shot himself in the head. dying
instantly.
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Tex end Sam at Work

Tex and Sam at Work.
Chicago, March 2a.-Jack Gleason, of
San Francisco, who. with TEX" Rick
ard, is staging the Jeffries-Johnson fight
il san Francisco on July 4, in company
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DINGY LITHOGRAPH $500
Highest Price Ever Given for a Print
at Public. Auction.

New York. March 25.-The highest
price ever given in America for a
print at public Observation-Disclosures
paid by a New York collector last
night for a dingy co1ored Autograph
dated 1928. showing Wall street at the
corner of Broadway.