La Junta tribune., 1911-10-21

Now Is the time we'se ought to
all get busy said Biinker Murphy.
of south OF Market street. Frisco.
Let's see. I've got IL all doped
cut There are n lot o. guys In
Frisco. especially out In tn Pctre-
70. who's haven't $4,000. and never
will have by workin' fer II. Well.
now. that xe'se got a initiative and
referendum. lets put through law
yiyin' all the guys that amt got ten
thou a pension. II any ledge rules
1t as unconstitutional. we can recall
him Grea, scheme. wo;?"
John II. Miller was In town the
first OF the week visiting his father.
Jesse Miller. and other relatives.
John has been with the Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing Com
pany for several years and has evi-
IDENTIFY made good judging from the
number OF promotions he has r.cels-
ed. During the past four years he
has been representing the company
In Denver. his territory including
Colorado and Utah. He has nov
been promoted To the position Of
general superintendent of erection
for the Westinghouse Company for
the territory west OF the Mississippi
rs far as Utah. with headquarters In
St Louis. Mo. Mr. Miller leaves
Colorado with regret. as he planned
for a long while to secure a position
with the company In this state. and
was satisfied when he accomplished
his great desire 4 man in the en-
ploy OF a big corporation. however.
has no choice In the matter of loca.
tion. especially when he is In lire
for promotion.
l.. NJ. George. of the Holbrook coun-
try. recently had rather exciting
experience. while hunting ducks in
the Holbrook reservoir, during which
he rescued himself from watery
grave He was out In the middle Of
the lake IN water logged boat,
which suddenly took a notion not To
fioa; any more and seemed inclined
TO scrape an acquaintance with Dayy
Jones at the bottom Of tn. lake. by
hard and fast rowing Mr. George
succeeded In reaching the nearby bul-
PUSHES. or moss. that surround the
outermost boundaries OF the lake.
where he had an opportunity to com
mune with himself for four long
hours. and hope against hope that
somebody would discover him as
Moses Of biblical notoriety Was dis.
covered ages and ages aso. The
hoped for relief did not mat-rialize.
however. and Mr.. George was buffet.
ted about by the ~Aves. which were
running unusually high. for four
long hourn. When the sun went
down the raging waters calmed and
the lake became as placid as sum.
mer sea Then. and not ill then. Vas
Mr.. Georg. able to make any pro
gres~ toward reaching tn. shore. and
when he did shook hands with him.
self on having successfully accom-.
plished the heroic feat. singi.-handcd
and alone. OF rescuinx himself from q
~a,ery grave.
In tn. very near future the tax.
payers OF La Junts will probably have
an opportunity 10 yot. upon several
water propositions " the present
plans Of our city council ar. carried
out One Is the 500 900 Horse Greek
proposition. which was somewhat of
y busaboo Issue In the last city elcc-
tion. another Is the across tn.
river" project. which viii necessi-
tate putting In an entirely ne~ pump
Ing plant. and r.quir. an additional
bond Issue Of $50. 900. and the third
project Ia TO increase the supply at
the present source with additional
wells. or one large well. with the
funds on hand from the $4,000 bond
tssu~ authorized at the last city
election. The Tribune is not In favor
OF either the first or the second pro
3ect At the present time. Both will
~ available ten years from no~ II
our necessiti~s should demand them.
~ there 10 M prospect Of either
being carried away or appropriated
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