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La Junta tribune., 1910-06-11
ORDINANCE NO. ,s7.

An ordnance concerning dogs. provid-
Ing for licenses therefor and taxes
thereon. prohibiting certain dogs
from Running at large: providing
certain dogs shall be killed. proyid
ing penalties for violation hereof
and fcpoaiins ordinance No. 5. and
ordinance No. lG5. passed the 7th
day OF May. 1906. and all other or.
dlIano.s or parts Of ordinances In
oonfiic, herewith.
BE Il ordained by the city council Of
the City Of Ia Junta. Colorado:
Section l. That no dog be- allowed
10 run At large. or kept within the
limits OF the City Of La Junts. un.
less the owner or keeper Of any such
dog shall. As soon AS such dog shall
come into his possession. and annual.
" thereafter. on the first day OF eack
year. pay to the treasurer Of said
ciiy the sum Of One Dollar (si.00) for
each and every male dog. and the
sum Of Five Dollars ts5.00l for each
and every bitch or female dog owned
and kept BY such person: and shall
also place upon the neck Of such dog
. collar. made Of durable material.
with the number Of license and year
nom which such liesnxs h paid.
printed or engraved thereon; and
upon the issuing Of the proclamation
of the mayor. - herein provided shall
also cause the mouth Of any such dog
70 b. securely muxRled with . wire
nusxlc. for such time - may BE- pre-.
scrtbcd BY the mayor In such procia.
nation.
Provided. that no bitch or female
dog shall BE- allowed 70 run at large
st any time In said city.
Section ,. whenever The mayor Of
said city shah appsehcnd danger Of
hydrophobia In said city. he shall
Issue biz proclamation. requiring all
psrsoas In the city owning or keeping
any DOG. To confins the same for
svch time - he may desisnatc. dur.
Ing which time Il shall not bs law.
fui for any such dog 70 run at large
within said city. unless securely nui.
sie1 - aioresaid: and II shall bs the
duty oe the city marshal to kin Of
ssuss - ~ kiiIs1 aay t,tcA o. T.
nAis ~ uDea Which tAs licssss ~
~ bsss ~. - 1sssl rusnlas q
La Junta tribune., 1910-06-11

large In said city. whether licensed or
not: and 1t shall be the duty Of the
city marshal TO kill or cause to be
killed any dog found running at large
such collar and license tag and. dur
lag the time as prescribed by the
mayor. without a muxzle. as above
provided. And the owner or keeper
OF any such dog 30 allowed to run at
large. or upon which said license has
not been paid, shall be guilty Of an
offense. and upon conviction shall be
fined In a sum OF not less than five
dollars or more than twenty-five dol
lars for each dog so found running
at large or upon which said license
fee has not been paid.
Section 3. No vicious dog shall be
permitted to run At large in said city.
and the fact that any person is bit
ten or In any way injured by = dog
shall be prima facia evidence that the
said dog is vicious. Any person vio-
lating the provisions Of this section
shall. upon conviction. be fined In any
sum not less than ten dollars nor
more than fifty dollars for each OF.
Tense. and each day said vicious dog
is allowed to run at large. shall be
a separate offense. Upon proof that
any dog Is vicious and Is allowed to
run al large. IL shall be the duty OF
the city marshal to kill said dog. and
the said marshal shall receive the
sum OF one dollar for each dog he
may kill or cause to be killed, under
the provisions OF this ordinance. Pro
yided. no such dog shall be killed
upon any OF the public streets. alleys.
avenues or parks OF the city. except
In cases OF urgent necessity: and pro
vidcd further that the said city mar
shall shall cause the same TO be NOV.
ed beyond the city limits and buried.
and 1t shall be his duty 10 have any
suNu uo6 ~ anu out
led as aforesaid.
Section I. The word dog" wheH-
ever used In this ordinance. shall be
construed to mean bitch. whelp or
puppies As well as dogs. except where
u particular kind or sex Is mentioned.
Section ). Ordinance No. 3. and
an ordinance No. l65. the same being
An ordinance concerning dogs.-Pro-
yiding for licenses therefor and taxes
thereon. prohibiting certain dogs
from being permitted TO run at large;
providing that certain dogs shall be
killed. providing penalties for the Vi.
olation thereof and repeating ordin.
ance No. g." passed the 7th day OF
May. 1906. together with all other
La Junta tribune., 1910-06-11

ever, after this land has been farm
for a time II will lie better. viii pro
duce more grain and fruit--by fruit
mean the seed product OF all plant
and less STALK. straw and vine. Th.s
soil is brown-black color and whe
one squeezes il in his hand 4, is
spongy and yields, and expands VII IN
the hand is opened. Beneath this Il
black silt. fertile soil. the depos.
its OF the rivers and valleys which
undoubtedly will sustain the spon ~
humus OF the surface. This tract is
being sold to people from the north
IN small tracts OF from ten to eighty
acres, generally in tracts Of about
twenty TO forty acres. at Ss5 per
acre. The pumping plant and the
canal system are TO tie turned Over
to the purchasers OF the land, who
VIII have TO maintain and opera te
them. This pumping plant cost about
$4,000. II will not have to be ussd
often bu, must be kept In readin,
for use when needed. flr this spoI y
soil, when once dry. VIII absorb any
ordinary rain. But the experiment IS
new and the people and the prom.
ers are fearful lest the land mirht
be flooded and disaster follow. One
disaster was experienced on this
tract at the star, and the land was
flooded and the settlers drowned out
aud compelled TO a andon thaIr
La Junta tribune., 1910-06-11

phone to connect II with the greater
world around him. About eight years
ago Mr.. Gheens cut large. deep
canal through a swampy prairie. with
cross canals. and drained abou, two
thousand acres Of prairie and about
two thousand acres Of timl cr land.
The prairie land has been farmed for
six or seven years. Mr.Gheens claims
this land was not floating prairie. al
though he said he had not seen the
prairie at Raceland OF Houma and
did not know whether his was the
same or not. am inclined to think
it is similar. Mr.. Gheens and | went
over the reclaimed tract His canals
are from six 10 eight or nine feet
deep. The water is pumped up to
the height OF seven feet and and
thrown into a canal which was cut
through his timber to large canal
used for boats. the canal from New
orleans TO Houma. by means OF a
great wheel. sixty feet in diameter.
which throws the water out with Its
thirty-foot paddle-like arms. This is
the pump. These canals are used also
for hauling his cane and cotton to
the mill from various parts OF the
plantation. found this soil had
shrunk. as had expected. asked
Mr. Gheens whether his land had not
settled since he commenced farming
this prairie. He replied 1t had. He
there are cypress stumps now stand
ing here and there that were not
known at first 10 be on the land, as
they were beneath the ground"
accidentally met Mr.. Hill on the train
as | was ON my way to the Ghecns'
plantation. ] asked Mr.. Hill II his
land had not settled since he tegan
farming 1t and he replied. Yes, II
has settled from twelve to fifteen
inches" | inquired whether n good
many stalks OF corn did not bear ears
He said, Yes. there are some stalks
that do not bear, but not many They
almost all have some kind of an ear 4"
! found in his crib that many ears
were not well filled. The husk was
heavy, coarse, and a great mass OF
husk extended beyond the ears, en-
closing the ear In . great thick mass
OF husk. l knew from my own ex-
perience that corn grown on an old
feed lot would grow q rank stalk.
heavy husk and occasionally one Of
these great, thick. tall stalks would
produce no ear. The soil on the
Ghecns plantation had resolved itself
INTO loose. brownish and rich mold.
The ground was very dry. as there
vas then a severe drouth. The crops
were good. Most of this land Was in
sugar cane. II will produce from TWEEN
tyfiye TO thirty tons OF cane per
acre and has yielded as much as
forty tons OF cane and OF good DUAL.
iiy. However. tbs best crops on the
Reclaimed prairie was as good as the
beat on his other land and no better.
while the poorest crop on his reclaim
lssiood .ui usul isIood sun pusl pa
on the old land There are more THAI
million acres OF these swamps or
floating prairies In Louisiana.
RoBT. W. PATTERSON.
Z Wharton. Texas. May 2s. 1910.
La Junta tribune., 1910-06-11

From Planting. Never Cultivated
homes. This occurred by the ba ss
of the canals and the leyess sildHE
In and letting In the water from rle
surrounding prairie. The levees aud
banks of the canals are now frm
and solid. There are several nice
houses aud good farm improyemc rs
on this tract. cattle, horses and hUas.
Trees are being planted. roads are
graded and fair start hasaS "A
made.
went from Raceiand 10 Hogla TO
investigate the same kind OF Trsiric
land. only at iioumA, Il seen b. can
be drained ty gravity, sim by
cutting the canals deep enough To
carry the water into jh, Htyou.
Houma Is thriving town OF 70 to
i.co0 people. on the banks Of ayou
Terre Bonne. small bayou TEND
ing to the gulf and used To- oats.
II is very narrow bayou. .Ty 10
sixty feet wide. and IL full H. mall
crsfi. One boat OF consideraH.. size
makes regular trips to New us.eans.
a canal has Just teeu eompI,..I run
ming through this prairie ..rJ the
bayou. / went out to look uE.r this
prairie and found IL a. de- ribed
above. The canal was dl9 bout
twenty feet wid. and six or 7isht
feet deep. tut IN The prairie the
lanks laden with the diri thrown out
had given away and slid IN and had
filled up the channel so that one
could only see the black path here
the dr.dge had run. That par u the
canal through the timber bordrring
the bayou stood firm Aft,f the
water has drained for some tim. from
the prairie the ground viii l"oome
firm and win probably suppor tn.
banks OF the canal when u % gain
dug.
! Was anxious TO see AN sNaInple
of this land tina, had teen farmri for
several years, TO learn wha, the re-
suits would be. hal given nay opin.
ion that when this land Vas cultivAi.
cd for several years and the yegeta.
ton was all killed and this mass OF
fiber and roots Mas ro,,ed aud turn.
I'd to soil. this three or four or SIX
fee, Of mold or humus would shrtnk
TO three or four OF six inches Of solid
earth. After considerable trouble I
learned that there Was a tract Of this
sort Of prairie. which had been re-
claimed slx or cigh, years ago. near
i,ockpor,. some forty or nfiy miles
away. took the train for Lockport
and drove twelve miles TO planta.
ton owned by the Ghcens Bro,hers.
They are old plantrrs.own nifty thous-
and acres Of land near Lockpor,. and
valuable property In Louisville. Ky.
where one of the brothers resides.
while one lives on this plantation. an
old bachelor. and the other spends he
time between Louisville and this plan.
taiion. There are sbou, four ,hous.
and acres Of land in cultivation on
these plantations. Mr.. Ghccns. the
old bachelor. I found a courteous snl
hospi,able gentleman. His home v
. flnc southern plantation home .xrsoA
barns, cotton Gins. = sugar mill. =
great store and . little world OF its
ovn. viii IL post office and tsls.
La Junta tribune., 1910-06-11
A. othsrs See Us.

The Tribune says La Junta should
al least show as much life as Cheraw,
Swink and North La Junta- The Tri-
bnne is most wonderfully correct.
Trade will not always be passed to
them on silver platter Cheraw
Clarion.
La Junta tribune., 1910-06-11
A St0rekeeper Says:

a lady came Into my stoes lateiy and saAs
have been using New Perfection Stove a vuP
n my apartment want for my summer home tha
these od wonderful only wonen knev vhsH
La Junta tribune., 1910-06-11
Canals Built and Millions Spent to Take Water
on the Land-Annual Rainfall Sevent, Inches
-Luxuri>ns vesetation-NammothC Corn Eish-
Feet High.

lNCE my last letter | have
Travelled more than two hun
dred miles and am now one
hnndred and fifty miles with.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-23
OBSERVE
 THANKSGIVING DAY.

Thanksgiving day vii receive ap propi ate observance at the Y. N. (. A. In the morning a trip vii, be taken to the mountains. Among the features will be potato roas.. Ladies and gentlemen are invited to participate, each bringing their lunch and potatoes.
 4 sumptuors dinner will be served at the association building at 5:30 o'clock Ladies desiring to participate should leave their names with the secretaries not later than Tuesday evening.
 In the evening an At Home, af- fair will be given. Taffy pulling poping corn, roasting chestnuts and marshmaliows will be the chief di- versions. A musical and vocal pro gram will also be given. while those who desire to make Christmas gifts will have department reserved for their use. The association has left nothing undone to make the evening hoTnelike and comfortable. A per. soral invitation Is not necessary "the latch string is always on the outside"
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-23
oR. MCCORMACK TELLS
 HOW TO GET BENEFITS
Continued from Page 1.l

SOutlnueu rom P2ge I.J
 not only a preventable, but the most typical of the filth diseases. No one can have 1t except by getting into the mouth something from the bowels or kidneys of some one who has the disease. usually carried there by wa CT. flies or m k Medical literature abounds with accounts of fatal epi demics from ai these sources in ct es, towns. country districts and military camps If these discharges From every case of typhoid fever could be systematically q sinfee led clean water and milk provided, and flies gotten rid of. there would be 10 typho.d fever. There is also a large sick and death rate from q ptheria. dysentery. scarlet fever. measles whooping cough and like diseases, to say nothing of the cruel slaughter baHes during every hot season from the use of dirty or adulterated milk One and all, these diseases are d disgrace to our cisilizat on. With clean, healthy living, personal and domestic, municipal and national, they could be so effaced as to have only historic interest. And it would actually cost less to do this than 1t does to treat and nurse the sick and bury the dead. to say nothing of the pain. sorrow and loss of life prevent ed
 With such aims and possibilities before it. fully realizing the magna tude of the reform, the obstacles. and the self-sacr fcing labor required to cnrs 1t Dn, he An.cucaG N.edica association with branches reaching TT to every state and county and a'r-ost < 0Go members. join're aaiids with all others. individuals O. organ zed. who will take part in it, has entered upon a broad campaign of education which it is hoped will ultimately reach every home in this land In the very nature of it, med cal men must lead this movement in most communities. and to better qualify them to do this carefully planned postgraduate course, adapted to the needs of al schools of practice with weekly or more frequent meetings. and attract i've rewards for those who complete the four years work. has been placed within the reach of the profession of every county without cost. Thus in time it is proposed that an up-to- date doctor will be placed within reach of every family now without one and at the same time leaders for this reform be developed or encour- aged"
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-23
Whar Has Southwestern
 Up Its Sleeve

track between Santa Rosa and 1u- cumeari and the wisdom of Solomon again became appartent The Ei Paso X Southwestern now runs over it's own lines from Fl Paso to the great coal beds at Dawson
 But the best coup of all was the late episode which began with the pr. Pearson syndicate getting gay and having dreams of an interna- tional trans-continental line from the Mexican west coast to the Great Lakes, the first step in which was to buy an influential interest m the Rock Island which was to be extended via Roswell. to Fl Paso to connect with the Mexico North western, now partly built from El Paso and under construction to Az labampo. It all looked nice, but one morning, while Dr. Pearson was sip ping his coffee in Galveston await ing routine news from London and a fresh engine to haul him to the Mexican border, he suddenly became aware his sy0iicate's Rock Island acquisition was in jeopardy and fairly flew back to New York. When the smoke cleared away 1t was learned by the public that Dr. Pear sons syndicate's influential Inter est in the Rock Island had become the property Of the Fl Paso X South western.
 Dr. Pearson is now giving close attention to the details of the con structiou of the Mexico Northwest ern: Col Epes Randolphs with an eye open for trouble, is busy attend ing to routine matters connected with the administration of the Southern Pacific'c lines in Arizona and on the Mexican west coast and
 -lastly-the high officials of the FL Paso & Southwestern are saw ing wood-with those surveying corps in the field in Southern Arizona
 In days agone Jay Gould was known in the railroad world as the wizard;e F. H. Hartman was sometimes called fthe four-eyed mystery and Col. Epes Randolph who is still with us (and recently walioped the Colorado river up-one- sideand-dowp- the-other while he skinned the Santa Fe out of thar famous Box Canyon in Arizona on the sidel. is generally known as a pretty warm one at the game. but the Fl Paso & Southwestern is coming through fast and poking the old giants in the ribs as if hs,bs merrily along developing and making greater and greater the Great South west.
 Take it all ip all the chances are that when the situation c.ears up and it's all over the Southwest will be richer by considerable ad- dition to it's present mileage and greater facilities afforded for open ing up the country. And best of all the city of Es Paso will grow and prosper accordingly.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-23
(El Paso Times.)

El FaSO 1imeS.l
 Notwithstanding all that has been said by President James Douglas and General Manager H. J. Simmons
 of the Fl Paso and Southwestern,
 about the much talked of extension
 of that road to Tucson and Phoenix,
 nothing absolutely definite has been
 stated by either of the gentlemen
 mentioned, further than that sur
 yeys are being made for a feasible
 route to the cities mentioned. The
 lack of a positive statement that
 the road will actually be extended to
 Tucson and Phoenix keeps the whole
 Southwest up in the air though 1t
 looks as though the projected ex-
 tension would certainly be made. Authoritative announcement how
 ever, to that effect does not come
 forth. Tucson and Phoenix are ax-
 ing in hopes and belief and still all
 the surveys Being mace do not go
 via those cities.
 Just what the Fl Paso 6 South
 westevn is up to in having several
 surveying corps in the fields in
 Southern. Arizona is hard to tell unless the purpose Is to go to Tue, son at least but it isn't many years ago since the Fl Paso & Southwest ern exhibited the wisdom of Solomon by putting number Of surveying corps at work running lines from eyerywhere in Southern. Arizona te the Durango coal fields of Colorado. Col. Epes Randolph, the militant chief of the Southern Pacificis lines in Arizona, got busy and. began a campaign to parallel the Southwest ern to Durango which woke up the whole territory. About that time an official announcement came through the mails rom the headquarters in the Southwestern had acquired the E.. Paso & Northwestern to Santa Rosa and tfe branch from Tucufn- cari to Dawson and the coal fields there as well. This gave the Fl Paso & Southwestern what it was really after at it's own price and it is said that when Coa Randolph and the late E. H, Hartman go, the news and learned how they had been baited and sold they were compelled to unbatton their shirt collars to blow off steam.
 Following that the Fl Paso & found it irksome to have to use a piece of the Rock islands track between Santa Rosa and Tucumcari. ..and promptly started another army of surveyors running a short line from Santa Rosa direct to Dawson along the divide Volumes leaked out about how the Fl Paso
 Southwestern was going to build the short line and save several hundred thousand dollars a year by using it and throwing the Tu- cumcari- Dawson branch in the scrap heap Then the Rock Island stood and delivered. It resinquished it's
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-23

vised schedule of prices. But what the public wants to know is this-If the meat trust was respon- sible for high prices in the past if the people and the retailers have been struggling helpIessly in the grasp of the cruel octopus--who is holding the prices up now, in most of the cities, in spite of the fact that the octopus has let go, or eased its grip?
 The members of the meat trust are not saying much. They have re- duced their prices as announced, and it is not up to them to advance ex- plantations. Hence nobody expects them to be taikatiye.. But here and there an economist is arising to remark that our system of distribu tion Of food products is absurd and so arranged that the consumer gets the benefit of the increasing prices only; that when prices have reached top notch, it is hard to get them down again although the initial cost may be reduced 50 per cent. How about il?
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-23

sociation with aristocracy, the Eng fish poet, Henley Summed it up as follows:
 What is mang A button That by a single thread Hangs to the coat of chance, A transitory circumstance. That dangles and is dead What is life? flicker, As from some passing star, 4 little flame that weakly glows. TiB fate draws in her breath and
 blows,
 And dammit, there you are.s A few more men like Hutchinson and Henley could be useful in their humble way.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-23
WHERE ARE THE LOW PRICES?

New York newspapers comment upon the recent announcement of a material reduction in the price of meats, and add that so far as the metropolis is concerned, taere is nc practical evidence that the prices have fallen at all. Los Ange es newspapers are wondering how long it will be before the reduced cost of living, so widely heralded, becomes a fact in Los Angeles. ,.he Boston Transcript staid and careful, and afraid for it's very soul to 1t- ter an untruth, is not ready to say that the reduced prices are effective iE Boston.
 Where have the reduced prices gone into effect? Was the announce. ment of the reduction amounting to several cents a pound On various meats merely an attempt at whole sale bunco? Or has there been a hitch somewhere? There is more or lees evidence that the packers have really reduced prices to the retailers-in some places-and some shops in Chicago are actual H sellins meats on the re
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-23

Colonel Roosevelt is taking plenty of time to make up his mind just what should be said under the cir cumstances. From his side of the political creek it will certainly re quire good measure of strenuosIty to do the subject justice.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-23

Judson Harmon of Ohio, is march ing on the White House in Washing ton at a rapid gate these days. From every section of the country comes the one declaration that Harmon is the man to lead the democratic hosts to victory in 1912.