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La Junta tribune., 1911-02-18

attorney generals favorable opinion
as TO the validity of the title, the
department Will pay the money
Congress has not as yet made an
appropriation. to-wit, 81, to pay for
the site, but has mercy authorized
the secretary of the treasury to con
tract for its purchase. and the ven
dor will be required to furnish bonds
guaranteeing to the United States
that within sixty days from written
notice of demand he will cause all
buildings or improvements 10 be re-
moved from the site, and that he
will also, pay monthly in advance
such rental as may be agreed upon
for the use Of the ground from the
date Of payment Of the property.
Arrangement for acquiring title
to the site and effecting a transfer
to the United Stat, are now under
way and it is the intention to close
up the deal at once 1t is probable
tpat within year work will be com
menccd upon La Junta's new federal
building.
La Junta tribune., 1911-02-18

crous other lines OF interest.
But my boy wants To 40 to the
clu- Instead Of saying at home'
That may b. true. The psychology
of the boy is an Interesting one. II
Is truth that there is nothing on
earn thas a boy loves more than his
parcats. lie does not always show
it, but time will prove that he does
The love OF mother can and does
guide boy far more than any club
or teacher Is able 10 do. It Is not.
then lack of loy. for home that
the growing boy seeks the club or
the compa lDnship Of other boys n
rs the Unborn longing that grow.
Ing boy has % minslc with the oys
OF his own age. To grow with them.
TO delight In their games; to share
their joys aud srrows and thus to
grow into manhood with them. Thus
the boy learns to do for others. TO
be- - selfish. to forgive aud share
La Junta tribune., 1911-02-18
Uncle Sam Acc-7ts Pos,offiee Site.

Uncle Sam has accepted the site
for u 10000 posiolf,rc building ten.
dered him several months ago by sev
eral generous Ct.z IS Il this com.
munity for con Iteration OF 81 The
generous citize are now under the
painful necessity OF laisiug $500 to
purchase the s, guaranteed and
this Will have To bee done within the
next sixty days rdius 10 let.
ter received rrCIJly by r. Phil
lips from Franklin MACY Nca-h. srcrc-
tary of the treasury. The site is
located on the northwest corner Of
Colorado avenue ami Fourth street.
fronting l25 feet on CoIora 20 Avenue
and 40 feet deep. Four Of the lots
are owned by T. T. Woodruff. and
one by X. w. Patterson.
La Junta tribune., 1911-02-18

this club are not to be realized and
carried out at once. Each year will
make II of more worth to the boys
Of our town. 1t is the belief of the
writer that the time will come when
the attention of at least one man
can be given to this work through
out all the school hours of each day
Then can come required physical
training in the gymnasium. basket
weaving. printing, de at,s and mum.
La Junta tribune., 1911-02-18

III HE school year of 1901
marks the initial year OF
] the Boys CluJ at La Junta.
y Five months have pa sed.
hope this short time has shown
Hess and the school authorities
the club is here TO stay We
e much proof that many homes
lt II TO 30 forward TO greater
igs.
70 Mr Hess. the school board and
ers thanks out of the best in
.sts Of their hearts they built"
the boys, and they will not for.
Let the reader step within
see what is offered the active.
wing boy In the first place, had
r. been presented no more than
manual training room. the result
bid merit the approval OF La
kta parents and schools. Here with
ld light, large assortment OF first
- tools, encouragement by lead.
tMr Trueb.oodj who is untiring
his efforts, great work is being
e 1t is with great interest that
writer pays short visit TO this
~ each Afternoon The majority
the - have lar more In mind
IA to - ny gain a passing grade.
ne and see what aud how they
|ld. Certain 1t Is that from this
ly training they viii uuild better
life.
.ct Us now enter she club proper.
re We find ample work for ail A
boys are busy n the boxing
IN, two teams are playing basket
I Some lads are spinning tops
the stone n .or How muah bet.
to spin" here than In some back
~ where luaTrels often result In
more harm. Pass into m, bowl.
alleys and here We see a friendly
me. The bath room Is large cuougl
i furnishes ample showers for all.
Our library We take great pride
It's collection. Here We have
arly two thousand volumes. They
NE chosen ly man who knew
lat he was doing We are glad to
y that the use OF these books Is
ireasing with each month II is
III pleasure that We invite oNami-
t!on of the collection.
Club hours are from four until six
the AZ crnoon and from seven
III nine In the evening. The II.
nry is open To all the boys from
rec untn five every Sunday after.
on. During the week the attend
ce 4 As high as my aud
owe. lbe only cost 10 the mem.
rs Il entrance fca which Is
ly cents f5r boys between s,x and
el,e,and one dollar for thos above.
Ie mcmbcrshp is now above two
ndred and my
Il was stated a owe that this is
! initial year for the club. This
Ing true the management fully
,lIzcs that all the possibilities Of
La Junta tribune., 1911-02-18

4 synup Is Of the letter received
by Mr.. fhIlls Is as follows: Pursu-
ant 10 The uush rity Of the public
luildins act BuLe 20. 1910. for the
acquisition Ji fc cral building site
at La Junta, Iuc pr p1sal of July g.,
1910. to snll % the uatod States five
lots on "a, .Hrn'r Il Collra o ave
nua and fuur IA street. is h.r,by ae.
eeptol Ni.a.n sixty days from the
date of ar. aIiLco. ald without *.
pes g. lHr ted stat s. the ven.
dor shall .l 10 be- executed and do
u cr d al Htra O.. oaacUc,s Of
title aud ID 4 co s,,yauoo That
as tlc Ifi. . be paid Tor the site,
to.wit, i. ,sHllAts the a,aAablc tai.
ancu II lhD tYl r.atOn. or the
amOu 10 which tho est of the
land Il lmIu.l by inw. the vendor
sdal pay Hn e ~ of G rlins the
dccuS. whoa the utlg papers are
rrce.,,d ly Ie de tmcnt,with the
La Junta tribune., 1911-02-18

largely your cluj and your best is
needed. Also bear In mind that
Mr.. Woodruff, Mr. Hess and the
school board have done much They
will continue 10 do for you In pro,
portion as you do your part BRING
In your b. st. do FOR others. aud
above all things boost" Just one
thing more. You have the club
Just suppose It we're given to any
OF our noighboring towns They
would be pleased to have II for hoy
have said 80. Have you ever tCId
those who are Interested that you
are pleased? DO 1t some time. II
viii do him and YOU both good.
We with 10 thank the people Of
La Junta Tor 'hc interest shown and
the help given. It Is our wish that
all may be- ".oosters" for the Boys
Club that II may grow TO be- of far
more worth TO the boys ,f La Iunta
Ia the future than now-at It's start
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-27
Editorial Comment
A Mans Right to Work.
New YORK WORLDLY

New York WORLDLY
In the SabO case it was not the boy
cotting of an unfair" manufactures,
or the kind of freedom of speech Sam
uel Gompers in his own person has so
piously upheld. but fragrant injustice
To a tradesunionist by a trades union
that the supreme Court condemned.
The man Sabo was grossly discrimi-
mated against by his own union in the
matter of fees, then expelled ON re-
fusal to pay. and finally bounded from
place to place whenever he secured
work, with threats to his employers
that strikes would be called if he were
not discharged. The court not only
orders the union to reinstate Sabo but
to pay him for wages lost and costs.
The case is one for trades unions to
ponder we'll if they are really inter-
ested in the rights of labor. They can
never justify themselves by such
methods. Their only defense can be
thai If a trades unionist resents inius-
tice within the union and refuses TO
submit to il he has the privilege of
starving. However logical this may
appear To certain defenders of the
practices of organized labor, fertu-
nately the courts do not sanction it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-27

Spinach, dandelion and asparagus
act directly upon the kidneys and
keep the system pure and free from
elogging. Asparagus is best eaten in
the spring and summer, but spinach is
eilicacious the year round.
Tomatoes are perhaps the best
vegetable for the liver. They act
directly upon that organ, for they
contain large quantities of vegetable
ealomel They should always be
eaten raw when used incidentally. as
the action of fire destroys the power
of the calomel. Never eat the skin of
a tomato; it is indigestibie.
Carrots are excellent for the blood
and for asthma. They should be
eaten raw, but should be finely grated
or ground in 4 food chopper. They
may then be eaten as a salad with
lettuce and dressing. They are also
recommended for nervous patients
and should be very, very thoroughly
masticated.
Lettuce is excellent for insomnia
and for cooling the entire system. II
should be eaten green, not white
The green juice in the lettuce is the
medicinal part. 1t is not natural for
lettuce 10 he white. although we all
ind it SO delicious that way
Celery has remarkable medicinal
qualities. 1t is good for nervousness.
rheumatism, neuralgia and nervous
dyspepsia. The green leaves Of cell
cry are excellent; also the root when
boiled. When one is eating the
stalks of celery. none OF the cellular
part should be swallowed, as it is in
aigestible; ii should be chewed until
all the juices have been extracted and
then the pulp should be removed from
the mouth.
BeetS are excellent for making
fresh, new blood, and should be eaten
raw for this purpose Crate them
fine and serve as a salad with lettuce
and a dressing Of oil and lemon juice.
National Weekly
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Maine Gossip
The Optimist.

The Optimfst.
There was once a man who smiled,
Because the day was bright,
Because he slept at night.
Because God gave him sight
70 gaze upon his child,
Because his little one
Could leap and laugh and run,
Because the distant sun
Smiled on the earth, he smiled.
He smiled because the sky
Was high above his head
Because the rose was red
Because the past was dead
He never wondered why
The Lord had Numbered so
That all things have TO go
The wrong way here below
The overarching sky.
He toiled and still was glad
Because the air WAS free,
Because he loved. and she
That claimed his love and he
Shared all the Joys they had!
Because the grasses grew,
Because the sweet winds blew.
Because that he could hew
And hammer, he was glad
Because he lived he smiled,
And did not lock ahead
With bitterness or dread.
But nightly sought his bed
As calmly as a child
And people called him mad
For being always glad
With such things as he had,
And shook their heads and smiled
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Why Are Prices High i?
(Colliers.)

u pAiitt So
This nation is not improbably within
a year of the consideration of drastic
wage reduetion-the incident which
comes Just before the end of
that series of successive eeono-
mic phenomena which constitutes
an industrial depression. Before
that time comes. while manufac-
turers are studying their cost sheets
to determine what makes the prices of
all commodities so high that there is
halt in the eouptry's ability to buy. it
is worth While to inquire whether the
excessive tribute exacted from bust
ness by certain forms of inflated capt.
tai has not at least as much to do
with it as the high wages of labor
One phase OF the tendency, univer-
sal during the past ten years. TO or
Eanize every form of industry into
large units. has escaped public atten-
tion--the fact that the lighting and
heating business in practically all the
medium-sized cities of the United
States has passed into the hands of
syndieates, owned and directed in the
financial center of New York. To
consider one example which is typical,
the American Light and Traction
Company owns the gas plants of these
cities (to the names of most of the
cities we append the price per thous-
and charged for gas:
Detroit. Mich, 80 cents to so cents.
Grand Rapids, Mich, 80 cents net
Madison, Wis, 81 to s1.25.
st. Joseph, Mo-. 80 cents matural
gas).
ST. Paul, Mimi. 81.
Muskegon, Mich.
Bnghamton, y. Y. 81 %.
San Antonio, Texas.
Long Branch. n. j.. $1.35.
st. Croix. Wis.
Milwaukee, Wis. 60 cents to so cents
Each of these local gas plants is
bonded for sum which probably ap-
proximates its value; on top of this
capitalization the American Light and
Traction Company has placed a stock
issue of. roughly, $4,000, 900 preferred
and $10.000,000 common. On the pre-
ferred stock, six per cent. dividends
are paid; on the common. cash and
stock dividends are paid which aggre-
gate about twenty per cent. While
the terms of issue of this common
stock are hidden in maze of intricate
finance, that it represents only water
is fair TO infer Qts price now is about
$500 per share). This is but one of
many similar syndieates. and we wish
merely to point out the heavy tax on
the factories and homes of the various
towns caused by this excessive capt.
talization and the dividends paid upon
m
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out four camps with accommodation
for four hundred visitors, the charges
being $40, $22.50, $40 and $40 a day
The last two rates are for accommo-
dation in buildings and the first twofn
tents. The minimum period foR.
which accommodations can be reserved
will be 20 days. The charges cover
board, lodging, lights, firing and water.
European servants will be accommo-
dated at charge of from Sc to 10
daily and two native servants will be
allowed free.
In the $40 camp accommodation will
be given by preference to residents in
India. Spaces, with lights and water
will be provided on which visitors can
pitch their own tents and make their
own arrangements on payment of q
small fee. A great military tourna-
ment will be included in the program.
Union.
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"The Folly of HIGH License

The above title appears over an ar
gunent by the National Wholesale
Liquor Dealers Association in favor of
selling booze" as groceries are sold,
without any returns TO the city, coun-
tys state or nation. In this case we
offer the entire article from "The Bulle-
tin, the official organ of the rum trust,
in proof of frequent assertion that the
grip of the rum octopus is progressive;
that when il accomplishes one advance
1T Immediately clears a place for the
the liquor interests fight for the privi-
lege of local independence" of cities
and towns; then they demand state
recognition of uniform system of
license thigh if necessary, but low if
possible); and then they urge that a
better grade of liquor can be given
and less hypocrisy" created if there
be no license fee demanded.
Following we give in full the argu-
''sAt put ioltIl DE the l1qu0r interests
in opposition 10 taxing their business
What does the imposition of high
license on the business OF liquor selling
ace2mplisnsSfof the cumrnunity?
This inquiry. 30 often made opens
Observation-Disclosures of the justice and adj
visibility of imposing any money exac-
tien for the privilege of selling liquors
Many of our economic questions are
settled on lines of usage or custom
without any extended process of reason.
ing as TO the right or wrong OF what gov.
eminent, state or national, may do.
Certainly IL is right to tax the bust
ness Of selling liquor. But why2
Very few can give answer TO thi
question. Except as a tax upon the sal,
OF something which is sometimes u lux
ury, but as often a necessity, there is n,
good reason why the sale of liquo
should be penaiized any more than TN
sale of millinery or Jewelry or confec
lions
but admitting. for the sake of argu
ment. that the sale Of liquor should b
taxed, what sound argument Is there i
favor of a high or excessive tax? All
sviuNtls f1uAt- So. ~ sssaaa
some people, who know little o
nothing about the question will tell u
that "it puts u better daks of men
pc business How absurd. The ur
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-27
State Song Wanted.

To the Editor,
1 am informed that your State song
is Beneath the Pines of Maine |
have written TO the different music
jobhers in your State whose names |
could secure for IA copy of this song.
have also written the educational
department Of Maine, and various
others. but am not able thus far to
secure copy II you cannot tell me
where / can get a copy, viii you
kindly announce in your paper that |
am very anxious to get copy of
Beneath the Pines of Maine" words
and music, and perhaps some one of
your subscribers VIII write me where
1 can get IL.
Thanking YOU in advance for your
kindness, / am
Very truly,
JOS. +. AVENT.
superintendent of the Goidsporo
Graded Schools.
Goldsboro n. c. Dec. %. 1911.
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Wednesday, December 27, 1911,
Panama Health Resort.

The report of the department OF san
ftation of the Isthmian canal commits
sion gives new hope to those who are
watching the advance of science in its
combat with disease. This report for
the month Of October, 1911. shows that
during that month there were S7496
colored and 1896 white employees at
work on the canal and railroad. Thir-
tv-three colored employees died of dis
ease and six from violence, a total of
80 deaths, or an average annual rate
per thousand of 12.4S. This is the
death-rate for October. for nearly 3D.
600 negro laborers, working in what
was, a few years ago, the pest-hole of
the tropics.
The Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association says that the death
rate for the United States for 1910, for
all classes and climates. was 16.1. near
ly 1 deaths per thousand higher than
the death-rate for the poorest class OF
laborers in the Canal Zone. Among
the white employees, numbering E,3l6,
FIVE died from disease ana two from
violence. a total annual death-rate of
Csc per thousand. Returns from the.
1910 federal census show thatstheI
American city having the lowest
death rate in 1910 was West Orange, N.
j., where the death-rate was SIS. while
the highest death-rate, that Oh
Charleston, S. C., was g9.7, or over four
times the rate among white employees
on the Isthmus. 1t is true that in any
city infants and the aged, not to speak
of the chemically diseased, help to-
swell the death-rate, whereas the en-
ployees on the Isthmus are men in the
working period of life; yet this COM
parison only shows the progress that
has been made since the Isthmus came
under control of American sanitary
officers
4 survey of the death-rate among
the white American population. in
GLIDING women and children. gives
even more conclusive, proof of this
achievement. OF the seven White ern-
ployees VINO died in October. only one
was an American. man aged a. who
diea of effonSea aebiritis.s The only
other death among white American
men. women and children in the Canal
Zone during the month of October was
THAI of a. child, aged Is months, who
died of peritonitis Think what this
means! Nearly twelve thousand white
men, women and children from the
United States-l1,S3 TO be exact,
these figures including about four
thousand of the white employees pre-
vionsly mentioned-are living happi
~. comfortably and safely in what
was, a few years ago, a hot-bed of
disease-and the annual death-rate
among them, as indicated by the
deaths for October. was 2.03 per thou
sand. And vet the League for Medical
Freedom. headed by Senator Works,
demands that the President revoke his |
order limiting the right TO treat dis
ease on the Isthmus to properly edu-
Gated persons, and that the wonderful |
results secured by the toll and sacri |
flee of devoted, clear-headed scientific |
men be surrendered at the behest of
deluded and uniformed religious en-
thusiasts.
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DuReAR ACCOMMODATIONS.
Must Secure Reservations Far in Ad-
vance.

Dispatches from India indicate that
those who go to see King George and
Queen Mary proclaimed emperor and
empress of India at Delhi in December
will be cared for if they get their
reservations listed well in advance.
There are only three small tourist
hotels in Delhi and they proved so in
adequate on previous coronation Dur
bar occasions that in spite of the fact
that a royal tent city was laid our
people even had to sleep in the tombs
of the great moguls and their generals.
A dispatch from Simla states that this
time the Indian government will lay
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-27
2,691,o78 MORE MEN.
There Are Only Six States in Which
Number of Women Exceed.

According "a a compilation by the
census bureau there are i7.332. ~
males and 4i,64o.lH females in the
United States. the proportion being
116 males 10 every 100 females. Most
Northern European countries show
an excess of females and the contrary
fact in the United States has been
ascrihad to the effects of immigra-
lion. as among immigrants males pre-
dominate to a large extent. This is
not the full explanation. however. as
an excess of males is found in the
largest single group of the population,
the native white Of native parentage.
OF this class there are p. 229. 294 males
and 24.259,147 females, or n proportions
of 1o4 males to every 100 females.
Among the foreign whites there are
199.2 males to every 100 females.
Among the native born Of foreign
parents the numbers of the sexes are
almost equal. with a slight excess of
females.
The disparity between males and fe-
males among the native-born whites
is due wholly to natural causes.
At birth the number of males al
ways exceeds the number of females,
hut male mortality is always greater
than female. Consequently, through
the excess of male deaths, the num-
ner of females gradually approaches
that of males and in the later years
of life exceeds ii. In countries where
the death rate is high an equality is
reached at comparatively early
age, and the subsequent inequality in
favor of the females outweighs the
previous inequality in favor of the
males. so that in the population as
a whole there are more females than
males
In the United States there is gener-
ally a lower death rate than in North
ern European countries. and the diff
ference between the death rates of
males and females is. not so marked.
The equality in the number of the
sexes occurs here at a later age than
in European countries, and the slight
y greater male death rate does not
overcome the initial advantage which
the males have at birth.
The result is for the native white
population of the United States gener-
ally an excess of males. For the ma
| tive white of foreign parents. where
1 the conditions with respect TO faortali-
| " are not so favorable. the result is
| that the two sexes are almost Identical
| in number. with. in fact a slight nre-
| ponderance of females in 1916 as
| against n slight excess of males in
| 1900
| On the other hand. the negroes with
| their greater death rate show the
same result as is observed in Euro
| mean countries namely an appreciable
| excess of females in the population
both in 1910 and 1900
There are only six states. Including
the District OF Columbia in which al
| the present time females are in the
i majority, as follows:
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Editor S Letter Box

The publication of a letter in this
department is not to be taken as an
endorsement of it's views by the
Kennebec Journal This column Is
maintained for the discussion of
matters of general public interest
when kept within bounds of reason
and not of a lihelous or abusive
nature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-27

British medical journal advocates
sugar for weak hearts. What kind of
sugar New York Telegram.
me $l,25 per pound kind, mixed with
chocolate, few nuts, a little paste
and sticky juices. viii be found of
great assistance if taken on Sundays
and Wednesday evenings-or oftener.