La Junta tribune., 1910-02-12
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY II. 1910.
MAN
ABOUT


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Engine No. 53i. recently assigned
to duty on the third district as help
er Ia the passenger service between
Las Vegas and Glorietta, blew out
cylinder head last Saturday and vas
sent to the La Junta shops for re-
pairs.
People Who are critical Of La Jun
ta's dry condition and kick on the
erorbitant price OF coal should move
over to Paris where conditions have
been unusually wet OF late and the
price OF coal has ranged from sls TO
SIG per ton. Even wet conditions
have their drawbacks.
Cooper p. Mitchsm Who arrived In
the city recently from La Junta for
the purpose Of accepting a position
with the Santa Fe as car inspector.
decided that Las Vegas Was little
too high" for him and continued his
travels on TO II Paso. where things
are little bit lower. Las Vegas
optic.
r. y, Berry was in town yester
day evening to attend a meeting OF
the school board and made the Adyo-
cate a call He says the apples are
going through the hard winter In fin.
shape. and indications promise good
crop the coming season. Mr.. Berry
believes that he will have a sia.thous-
and-dollar fruit crop.-s~tnk Advocate.
Leyina e. Matteson. Of La Junta. lie
of the essence OF ant-sting notoriety.
appears in a new role He denies the
feline story and breaks out into yers'.
We were cognlEant Of his noVledge
of astronomy. his profound chemical
research. his skill as doctor. his un-
questioned statesmanship. but We
A'''i NA'aAA'N VI A4hA h'AAN n Pe'ts
Ellabelle May Dooli,Ile can't hold
candle TO him.-wley Journal
Today Is Lineoln's birthday anniyer
sary lie was born on February ~.
1899. and died on April ~. 1865. while
officiating as the eighteenth president
OF the United States. The day viii
be observed as a legal holiday in
Colorado and many other states OF
the union, and the county offices and
the banks will be closed all day.
Even days more generally observed
than Lincolu's birthday are not ma.
tional holidays washinston's birth.
day. a legal holiday throughou, the
length aud breadth Of the land. Is not
national" holiday. In fact there
are no national holidays. not even the
Fourth OF July. there being no gen
eral statute creating them
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"Ther. was a time In the life OF
Job. when hfriction and trouble fell
fast around him. that he might have
been Justified In quoting that most
popular OF all modern phrases. Life
Il Just one Damn Thing After Anoih.
er." said Rev. Dr. NnliAm } Hindley.
pastor Of Pilgrim CongregatiAlal
church. OF Spokane. during an addrcs
tai A.FTr.4 .nN
pcople, who listened With rap, aiien.
ton throughout But when It as
sumes III. proportions OF a modern
philosophy. adopted by the business
world. and tackled on the wallis Of
thousands Of homes and offices. II
shows there IL reason. namely. the
people want a broad religion"
Las, Monday Lamar increased her
ante for the proposed Denver 4
Gulf railroad to sioo.ooo. and the
money Was deposited In a local bank
that day. Lamar has had bad
attack OF ranroadius for nearly a
month. and none Of the dcnir.ns Of
that burg will talk abou, anything
else bu, rallroads--no, even A r.
Bcn,. who In . recent conversation
forgo, to even mention that he would
be = candidate for governor OF Col.
orado this fall. Lamar raised $4,000
In the first instance. which was to
BE- paid over when swcn'y.fiv. miles
Of road had bern completed south
Of Lamar. Then the promoter want
q oite 80. which vas to BE- PAID
ev~ vhss the ros1 vas completed