La Junta tribune., 1911-12-23

renewing h'lNdllI la4ait mp VITA Iu''E
old.timc friends
The officials Of tie Santa Fe rail-
way have announced that tho rnEu.
lar semiauuual dividend of the con-
pany win be two and our-half per
cent on the preferred stock This
dividend viii BE- paid February LIST, 10
all the stockholders who we're of rec
ord on December Goth.
B. r. Jackson. our nifty hid band
boy. and his faithful euphonious horn
are iHscparsbl". even on his honey
moon. However. We fear he viii lose
all the charms Of music on his re
turn to Fresno when he grcets the
local Santa Fe dishpan blnd.-Frcs-
no tCslitI correspondence. Santa r.
Employees. Magazine
In New York one day this week
half dozen small bets az odds of
five TO one were made In Wall Street
that Theodore Roosevelt would be
the next presidential nominee Of
The Republican party and would be-
reelected. The great family Journal
hopes that the way Eambl rs BET
shows which Vay the wind is blow.
ing
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Marriage licenses vorp ls.usd dur
iuE the past VI" as follows MI
liam q. Palmer and CARR" n Hub
bell. both Of Fowler Fred Parher
and Claraudia Nar"uio, both Of FoV
Ter. Frank G Evans Of Denver, and
Lucille Stalker. Of Fowler, Glenn ,
Kulp aud Geraldine Montgomery both
OF Denver J Ben Wiley and Edna
DeIl Ritgh!" both Of Rocky Ford.
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Charles. \ Champion formerly .
popular clerk With the White House
of this city. and undcrstudy OF Geo
$ Thompson the uHd rtaker. writes
10 change the address Of his Tribune
from Denver 10 Sheridan. wyo whore
he h iu the employ Of Morgar"idge
4 Morgar"idg". uudertak.rs q that
city II would probably b. rather
ghoultsh 10 wish an undertaken sue.
cess in his chosen vocation. but What
else are you going 10 do In case
Ike thls.whcn be wishes ms and our
including the dam dog. Merry
Christmas aud a Happy New Year
Hear the s's'ras with the b lls-
silver bell
What world 0i mrrrimnut their
melody rnt-lls.
How they unkle. tinkle tiuklc,
In the icy air Of night:
While the stars that oyersprinkle
Al the heavens Sec m 20 twinkle
with a crystalline dolight;
KrUpiuF time, tine. time.
In a sort of RuliC rhyme
To the rr lnuabu'ation that so mu.
siDaIiy wells
From the bells bells bells. bells
Bells. bells. bolls.-
From rba iiHal,ug and ca. 'luklIn
uf tho bells.
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Hoko smith. ~ Coorgia. II one ~
tho tau new senators sworn in al
tho present session 0f congress II
WAS h.E fret APPEARANCE in official
lIfr at Washington. since a. was sec.
rotary uf the Interior during Prcsi.
dent ClHyaluHd's term fifteen years
ago. and he received a very warm
welcome from tho members OF the
senate u may be- OF interest 10
state that Senator Smith astnniFhr q
his cUmpatriots and colleagues In the
senate by refusing 70 take salary
which he did not earn. he was elect
I'd last July but did not take th'
oath Of office until now Something
Ike 81 600 had accumulated TO hl'
credit but when III" disburslng clerk
rendered him the amount. he refused
20 take a.. ordering Il turned bach
into the federal treasury
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There is probably less real knowl
edge OF La Follctes political RECORD
than any other man In public lie
ua l. looked upon as an agi'ator an,
political firebrand with nothing t'
his credit In the line OF eons'ruc
tive craftsmanship On the CONTRARY
he has an un.auallci record as tn
author OF constructive legislation
not only In Wisconsin but In con
rress. ~. secured the primary elec
tion law for Wisconsin. While GOV
.rnor OF the state he also secured IN
passage OF an anti.lobby law. an anti
pass Law and n corrupt practices act
He secured the passage Of a law r"
quirinx railroads to pay taxes on TN
valuation Of their physical property
the same rate ~ paid by other prop
ertiea. A. q representative IN con
greas he vas prominent In secnf,n'
the paaaaEe Of the law cssablish'n'
the interstate commerce commission
40 senator he has fought for ads
evate coatfol and supervissoa by tn
.~> rnu~iaaAnn over ntefstat