La Junta tribune., 1911-03-25

tear for the feathers. TN be
peach Of town. II the drys win,
won't 1t? And here you are workin'
tooth and toe nail for dry town.
How do you suppose us sports is
gOin' to make a livin' II La Junta
and Swink both go dry, as you say
they's goin' to? You've got an
awful mean disposition! What's the
matter with you any way? You don't
seem to be content with bein' an
'insurgent republican. SO you've took
another notch and come out as an
insurgent booze fighter. You're about
the limit, and no mistake.
why. II the town goes wet us
sports will have coin to melt, where
as now We have hard work In Just
pickin' up little perfumery money?
1t does a man good to get horrible
sorry on once in awhile. Why I've
woke up some mornings. after the
night before, with the wheels In
gum dIouHu 80 last tldi
| believe If ! had put my fingers
~ my ears they'd have been cut
off How do | feel now? Well. If
felt any better | couldn't stand It,
and I've been drinkin' whisky and
beer every day of my life even
though | am seventy years of age.
Yes, sir. I'm shinn' example of
what steady diet of whisky and
beer can do for man, and I'm so
proud of it that I'm going to have
my picture in the wet organ next
week. Old Van amt got no edge
on me. I'm just as much entitled 10
Carnegie medal as he is.
"Speakin' of our wet organ, did
you notice the last issue! They
ainda handed You bunch didn't
they? Well, that was mean trick
Poor Fred. How would you like to
be poor colored orphan, with only
one grandmother. and besides that
have seventeen year old daughter
TO support. besides yourself. on S4.60
per week? Why that wouldn't keep
me in cigarette papers. Don't let
your fanaticism run away with you
TO such an extent that you have 10
make sport OF poor colored or
phsn with only one grandmother. near
y y hundred years old. Shame on
you IL | was you ! would try TO
square myself by takin' Poor Fred
NO the picture show some night. and
after II WAS all over buy him a
couple of hot sparrows and pint o.
that high.tariff water. He'd sure
appreciate II. He's been some high
liver himself IN days gone ly accord
In to the history OF his life which
he deals out In sections to his pat
rons. Any time you want 10 burn
bale OF currency you Will always find
Poor Fred ready to strike u match
FOR you.
so you still think that La Junta
Is the best town on the map, even
II 1t Is dry? Not vacant house
In town? Wei. n.w know that
ain't so. saw 'em ,ctting ready TO
move three OF 'em off OF Colorado
avenue only this morning. Every one
OF EN- Was vacant. and | heard they
was goin' to move 'em ON wheels up
10 Swink-where Its wet. People
walkin' the street every night look.
In for place TO sleep and can't
find It. Well. I've done that my
self. but II Was because didn't
have the price OF IA bed. not because
they wasn't plenty Of places open TO
receive the coin. Newcomers are
actually In distress because Of their
inability to get a decent place TO
live In. aud some of 'em are gcttin'
sore nj the town because no one
seems to be- Interested In allcvint.
Ing the condition. You ain't got It
sized up right nj all. They're walk.
In the street nj night iookin' for
\ drink and cant find Il! That's
what makes 'em sorc7 As soon as
W. get u wet town we'll all be- happy.
"Wxlkin' around town iookin' for
. drink. eh7 Well. that's the big
come from Swink, Why | don't
have To walk more than two blocks
from this dump TO get anything !
want to drink. from real suds to Pc
runa. All hay. to do Ii to give
tho barkcep one Of them Johnny
Killing signals so that nobody else In
wise and I gets anything I wants.
Now wouldn't \ model saloon bc bet
ter than such dumps M you've got
nowy WHY we'll wixV n bond IN