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La Junta tribune., 1911-12-16
Notice OF Petition.

State Of Colorado. county OF otero.
So.
In tho county court.
In the matter Of the petition Of Syl'
via l.. Bishop. for the determin-
alton of interest IN the lands and
tcnements Of John W. Barr. deceas'
ed.
Notice OF hearing ON petition To de
termine the descent OF real estate
Notice IL hereby given that on
Wednesday. January 3. 1912. mt the
hour OF ten o'clock a. m. Of said day.
the same being one OF the regular
days Of the December. 1911. term OF
the county court OF Otcro county. Col
orado. the court will receive aud
hear proofs concerning the heirs Of
John W. Barr. deceased. pursuant 10
the verified petition Of Sylvia l..
Bishop. heretofore filed herein ask
Ing for q judicial asccrtAinmcnt and
determination Of the descent Of real
sstat-. .bsloaxinE 10 the estate Of said
John W. Barr. and from which II
appears that said John W. Barr
departed this life At Ia Junta.
Ot.ro county. Colorado. on or about
thu 18th day Of February. A. D..
1904. and thst he was the owner Of
lot number seventeen u7) and tho
south five tS) feet Of lot number
eighteen (iD In block number TWEEN.
ty-scven t37) In the town. now city.
Of La Junta. Otcro county. Colorado.
said property being valued At $3.50.
That the names Of the alleged HERR
Of said decedcnt are ~ follows, 70.
Wit:
F1orclla Barr. widow. residing At
Topeka. Kansas.
Goida q. Packard. Daughter. rcsid'
Ing at Topeka. Kansas. and
sylvia L. Bishop. daughter. resid'
Ing at Topeka. Kansas.
Any and oil persons who arc or
who claim To be heirs at law OF tn"
said John W. Barr. deceased. arc
hereby required IN he and appear
thcrcat. or abide the determination ol
the court thereon.
Dated st La Junta. Otero county
Colorado, this 18th day Of November
A. D. 1911.
by order Of the court,
(Seal). r. W. MCDANIEL.
Judss.
First publicatios. Novembse y. 1911
lLaet puh)lsaaieA. .Deesnhse -. 1911
La Junta tribune., 1911-12-16
Notice Of Adjustment Day.

Estate OF Hiram II. Clark, deceased.
The undersigned. having been APP
pointed executor OF the estate OF
Hiram II. Clark. late Of the county
of Otero. In the state OF Colorado.
deceased, hereby gives notice that
he will appear before the county court
Of said Otero county. a; the court
house In La Junta. In said county,
on Monday, the 18th day OF Decem'
Der. a. d. 1911. at the hour Of 10
O'Clock a. m. OF said day. at which
time all persons having claims against
said estate are notified and requested
to attend for the purpose Of having
the same adjusted. All persons In.
debted to said estate are requested
to make immediate payment to the
undersigned.
Dated At La Junta. Colorado. this
iith day Of November. A. d. 1871.
MARION =. MILLER.
Executor OF the estate Of Hiram II.
Clark. deceased.
Marion r. Miller. Attorney.
First publication. November IL. 1911.
Last publication. December Is. 1911.
La Junta tribune., 1911-12-16
Notice to Taxpayers.

All those interested In water sup
ply for La Junta are requested to be
cember 18th. at O'Clock. We are
at the city hall, Monday evening. De-
through investigating. and are now
ready to submit to the taxpayers a
sitions. with an approximate cost OF
each.
J. F. kEARNS. Mayor.
La Junta tribune., 1911-12-16
Nsties u Adjustment Day.


Estate Of Justus p. Carraher. DE-.
ceased.
The undersigned. having been ap.
pointed administrator Of the estate
Of Justus p. csrrahcr. late Of the
county Of Otsro. In the state Of
Colorado. deceased. hereby gives no.
tice that he will appear before the
county court Of said Otero county. st
the court house In Ia Junts. In said
county. on Monday. tho eighteenth
day Of December. A. d. 1911. a. the
hour Of ten o'clock 4. m. Of said day.
at which time all persona having
claims against said cs'at" are noti.
fled and requested n attend for the
purpose Of having the same adjust
ed All persons indebted TO said
estate are requested TO make immcd.
late payment To tho undersigned.
Dated At Ia Junta. Colorado. this
goth day Of November. A. q. 1911.
FLOYD r. ROBERTS.
Administrator Of the estate Of Jus.
tus p. Csrrsher. Deceased.
Perry. Lambe I Butler. attorneys,
Beaver City. Nsbeasla.
rirss Dubtsatisa. Nevsabse =. 1911,
Last Dsbileasies. Dsesabse 10. 1911
La Junta tribune., 1911-12-16
ELECTRICITY IN THE
HOUSE.
New Armored Wire Makes il
Easy TO Wire Old house.
For Electricity.

Once 1t was thought quite impos
sible to wire an old building for elec-
,ric light People owning fine old
homes did not want them torn up
and disfieured by gang OF electric
ians in an effort to install electric
light For this reason they used oil
and gas for many years although they
realized that electricity was better
and safer.
Unfortunately electricity has been
with us but few years. at most and
by far the greater number OF homes
in this country were erected before
the advent of electric light. II is
quite an easy matter to install elec-
tricity In a new building in course
of construction. In this case the
wiring is all done before the plaster.
floors and moulding are put In place,
When an attempt was made to put
network OF concealed wiring In an
old house the result was anything
but pleasing.
As for the outlets for brackets and
switches. Dashboard outlets. etc.
they are secured by fishing" the
wires up or down between the joists
and the la,hing which forms the wall
on either side. the wires being
brought ou, readily at any point pre-
yiOusiy selected after test OF the
space shows IL TO be free OF obstruc-
,ions. In this way some OF the finest
residences. containing beautifully
hand. painted ceilings and tapestried
walls. have been completely wired
without the necessity OF single
dollar being expended for re-decora'
ton on account OF the wiring work.
Suppose that We take the average
two-story house with attic and base
ment. or In place of the attic. tn"
usual space between the ceiling OF
the upper floor and a fiat roof. which
Is generally OF ample size for the re-
quIred work. II the electric mains
are on poles in the alley at the
rear. they must be brought over to
point on the outside OF the building
from which a straight drop can be
made In iron srmored pipe to the
basement where the service meter
cutout box. and main switch may b.
located. The next step Is to explore
the walls preparatory to running the
circuit wires. In flexible conduit to
the points where light or switch ont
lets are wanted. This Is done very
easily ~ 4 rule and is called "fsh
work"
In fishing" work = piece OF fex'
lille steel tape Is used to explore the
space between jo!sts. and perhaps =
bsseboard section IL removed upstA'r'
and . brass chain. such ~ that ""ea
By plumbers 10 dropped down to mee'
dis from above. when Il is foano
that II V quite easy to pull .ne
Chain hight through. II 10 p'e'.'
safe conclusion that the e'ee''''
La Junta tribune., 1911-12-16
Notice OF Annual Meeting.

The next annual meeting Of the La
Junta City Hospital Association VIII
be held In the city hall. La Junta,
on January S. 1912, at p. m, for
the purpose cf elec,ine board of
trustees for the ensuing year and
the ,ransacting OF sach other buslnes
as may properly come before the as
ISOLATION.
J. r. KEARNS.
W. NJ MOORE, President
Secretary.
First publication, December ., 1911.
Last publication. December 30. 1911.
La Junta tribune., 1911-12-16
First National Bank Annual Meeting

The annual mec ting of the share
holders OF the First National Bank
Of La Junta. ColoIa5o will be held at
the bank on Wednesday. January 10.
1912, at three O'Clock p m, to elect
a board of directors and to transact
auy other business ttat may bc
lawful
RoBT. W. PATTERSON,
President
First publication. December .. 1911.
Last publication. December 30, 1871.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-09-11
FARMINGTON NEWS
NOTES OF THE DAY

FARMINGTON, N NJ, Sept. L.
What came near being fatal acci-
dent to Mrs. Stump, wife Of A. f.
Stump, occurred late yesterday aft
ernoon at their home one mile west
OF town. The horse Mrs. Stump was
driving took fright as she was en-
terng the home driveway and ran
away. throwing the lady ou. when
the buggy collided with farm wagon
rear the house. She was unconscious
for time but DR.. w. w. Smith re-
ports the patient resting comparative
ly easy this morning, although not
yet quite past the danger point, Mr..
Stump is an old settler, and one Of
the prominent fruit growers of the
country.
Mr.. Ritter, an extensive farmer and
ranchman Of the Durango country
with his family are in Farming:on
visiting relatives and gathering fruit
for home consumption.
p. C. Mattox, the oil man who is
drilling for oil ten miles west of
Pennington, is off for the Seven
Lakes oil field this morning where
he intends boring another we'll
Some of the nimrods ara finding
sport in duck shooting in this vicinity
Disciples of Walton are also having
a good share of the sport with the
finny tribe in local streams.
This is busy day with the fruit
shippers.
Mr.. Jackson, late arrival from
the Wichita Falls country, Texas, is
so delighted with the agreeable
change in the features of nature be-
tween that drouth stricken country
and this country beautiful that he is
constrained to speak of the Farming
ton country as second edition Of the
Garden of Eden. The gentleman who
says he never lived in fruit country
before, says he would never tire Of
picking fruit but for the ladder ex-
ercises associated Herewith. He is
here for life, he says.
Some fine specimens of curios from
the ancient cliff dwellers and the Az
tee ruins by travellers coming in from
the country south of here.
New candidates for county Offices
are bobbing up almost daily. Prof.
L. M. Garrett entered the field yes
terday and was passing cards around
soliciting support to his race for
county superintendent of public
schools.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-09-11
Fl. LEWIS SCHOOL IS
NOW READY

Repairs at the Fort Lewis school
are nearing completion and in few
days the buildings will be ready for
use as far as the plumbers, carpen-
ters and painters are concerned. The
buildings that are to be used for
school purposes have been thoroughly
cleaned, repaired, painted and made
inviting and cheerful for the young
people who are to occupy them.
The office building has been thor
oughly cleaned and the interior paint
ed.
The dining hall has had new water
pipes put in in place Of the old ones
which were broken in many places. A
new hot water boiler and back
have been attached to the kitchen
range and there is now plentiful
supply of hot and cold water. A stand
pipe and hose has been installed for
fire protection.
The entire building has been finish
ed on the interior in white and green
All the interior finish can be wash
ed at any time without injury.
All windows are arranged and 1T
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-09-11

sition and hastenod downstairs. Next
minute. he was entering the presence
oil the higher caste Easterners with an
other profound salaam. In measured
tones, the Swami. who had resumed
his Oriental robes, gave him instruc-
uons to which the Hindoo servant lis
tened with intent respect. the Prince
from time to time emphasizing the
priests orders with nod.
You may go. ALL" said the Swami
In conclusion.
Il go. master" the Hindoo replied.
backing through the portieres. He
maintained his respectful bearing all
the way along the hall, out the door,
and down the brownstone steps. Then,
when he had walked quickly to q
point several houses on and his face
was well out OF the angle of vision
OF the conventionally curtained win
dows at the front of the strange dwell
ing, a peculiar expression spread over
his features. Once round the corner,
no wheeled and gazeG piercingly to-
ward the house he had quilted. as II
his eyes could penetrate the inter
vening walls.
rs thy servant dog or the son OF
q dog?' he said under his breath
menacingly.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-09-11
We ARE NOT in JAIL
YET

The judge having decided that the
question was one for jury to de-
eide, the editor of this paper is now
bound over to appear at district court
to answer for having damaged the
reputation for integrity possessed by
one Sam TRULY of Elco, who admitted
today, on the witness stand, that he
was afraid to go into New Mexico for
fear that the San Juan county sheriff
would arrest him and that he was
now under indictment, in La Plata
county, for the attempted murder of
Ike Cox and also for conspiring with
others to commit murder. This is
not libel for Sam TRULY admitted it
on the witness stand today, in JUS
tice Shannon's court, at the same time
that he admitted that Sheriff Dufer,
of San Juan county, New Mexico, was
in possession of warrants for his ar
rest.
The attorney for the Trubys, one
johnson by name, brought into court
a voluminous bundle of copies of the
Durango Evening Herald, which he
had borrowed from the clerk of the
district court, with whom they had
been filed with an application for a
change of venue from La Plata county
in the Ike Cox attempted assassination
case. District Attorney Lane was
present but took no part in the slaugh-
ter of the innocents save to give John
son citations when requested to do
so by that attorney. Ben Russell ap-
peared as our attorney and in his
cross-examination Of couple of the
witnesses he drew out some quite in
teresting admissions from them re-
garding their past record.
AS things stand at present we will
go right on in our peaceful and har-
monious editing of this Great Family
Guide and Defender of the Faith, we
shall continue to fight for law and or
der, we shall continue to publish press
reports, sent to us by parties in whom
we repose confidence, confident that
no jury on all Gods footstool, con-
sisting of twelve lawabiding and de-
cent citizens, will ever find us guilty
of having libeled Sam TRULY to the
extent of one penny's worth.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-09-11

acknowledgment of the salutation.
Slowly the visitor Strengthened him.
self and looked at the divan. without
raising his eyes to the face OF the
man upon 1t.
The peace Of the Immutable One
be upon you," he said in his harsher
dialect. Your servant All comes to
report upon his mission"
Peace be to you. faithful one" an
swered the other. Not until then did
All look his master In the face
The master seemingly did not wear
the evening dress of the occident in
which he had appeared in the opera
box adjoining Mrs. Missioners His
slender. well-knit figure was swathed
In the clinging garments OF the East
garments OF silken stuff that fut.
tered and rippled with every move
ment. that seemed to rustic in echo OF
his thoughts
What are your tidings, Ali?" asked
the man on the divan. He gave little
thoughtful tugs at a punkah string
and the resultant breeze stirred the
smoke wreaths from his narghileh.
Inc JeWel, " SWaHl.
The others eyes glistened.
''What OF it?" he inquired.
"Gone," returned the humber Hin
doc. vanished"
And you did not get it?"
swami. | did not. Your servant In
a dog and the son of dog. but he has
done his best"
ha ha u nj q
servant through slitted eyes.
Where is the jewell" he asked
sternly.
who knows. holy man2" replied
the visitor 1T has taken unto itself
wings and in its place false stone
was left The wit of your servant is
completely at fault. | know not
where the diamond is
The swami did not tell him he had
seen the destruction of the false Ma
haranee by Griswolds heel in the
Metropolitan Opera House. He
smoked thoughtfully. his fingers knot
ting and raveling the punkah-string in
ar absent way.
And you have come straightway
with the news?" he asked.
''As the hawk flies, master" said the
servant. There was trepidation in his
eyes. but he answered unhesitatingly.
1T is well,' the Swami said. be.
tween rings of blue smoke. Wait
without. All, and | will have speech
with you in little while"
The visitor. with another low sa.
laam, withdrew as he had entered,
backing across the threshold. In the
hail. his figure shot to Its full neight
and he flashed glance of uncertain
meaning at the outer side of the por,
ucres. He passed silently up the
stairs and slipped into room above
that in which the Swami sat His cat
like tread carried him to closet, Into
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-09-11

which he crept. Flattening himself on
the floor, he applied his ear to hole
so small it scarcely widened the crack
between two boards. He could not
see, but he could hear the creak OF
the punkah as, after violent tug
by the man on the divan. it continued
swinging to and fro.
Hardly had the Hindoo left the
room when the Swami, like mum
mer throwing off a mask, arose brisk
ly from the dfvan and cast aside the
silk robe that enveloped him. The
silken turban remained on his head.
but in all other respects he was
dressed like Wall Street man. His
feet, drawn beneath his robe as he sat
on the broad couch, had not shown
the patent leather shoes in which they
were encased. He lighted European
cigarette and pulled as If he enjoyed
the change from the pungent Eastern
tobacco.
Up and down the room he walked
springily, pausing from time to time
with puckered forehead and thumbs
cts Then he walked softly to door
at one side Of the room. and opening
1t little way, called softly:
"Kananda"
A man of mature years came in
quietly and looked inquiringly at the
Swami He was of portly build, but
his vigor still showed traces of the ath-
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lish schools and colleges. His West
ern manner and excellent English
were not In surprising contrast to his
Indian swarthiness among those who
remembered the vogue British edu-
cation had among India's petty princes
in the reign OF Victoria, Queen and
Empress. Prince. Kananda had been
bridge eleven. His popularity among
the democratic young aristocrats OF
the period had sprung from the day
when he remarked 1t was not his fault
his father was Maharajah, and that
II shouldn't be treasured against him.
even though he couldn't live It down.
Mandy. as they called him on the
banks of the Cam, was voted a good
sort The classification had stuck
to him wherever men foregathered.
from the Strangers Club Of the Straits
Settlement to Whites and the Union
League.
Whats the row. your reverence?"
he asked. On the surface, he took
the faith OF his fathers lightly. Orr
entail though he was In the marrow
"The Maharanee has disappeared"
said the Swami.
'whee-ee!" returned Kananda. IF
that blessed stone isn't the Wander
ing Jew of Jewels. How long has It
been missing this timer"
Nobody knows. unless It be It's
present possessor. Moreover, prince
you are. ruler you may be. but can
not overlook your levity In connection
NTH so sacred q gem. Besides. my
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-09-11
ted with washable curtain, which bv

ted with washable curtains which by
an ingenious arrangement can be de.
tached and sent to the laundry. On
the outside all the windows have been
fitted with detachable wire screens
and everything has been done to make
this building sanitary.
The girls dormitory has been put
in fine shape and the steam plant has
been thoroughly overhauled and put
in good working order.
The steam boilers and machinery in
the laundry have been repaired and
are now ready for use.
The boys dormitory has had all wa
ter pipes, lavatories, toilets and bath
rooms put in order and the building
has been put in thorough repair and
painted throughout.
Many breaks in the water mains
have been repaired and where the wa
ter was previously available only at
very low pressure. these repairs
have now raised it to fixed and
steady pressure of eighty pounds.
The barn where the dairy cattle are
to be kept has had new shingle roof
put on and the cattle will now be
snug for winter.
The dairy has n new separator and
has also had hot water heater put
in and water has been piped to the
building.
The school is becoming a center of
interest and many visitors look the
buildings and grounds over each week.
Applications for entrance to the
school are coming in steadily, and the
prospects look bright for busy and
successful year.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-09-11

alton and. adjusting them with equal
precision. looked at the gem fixcdly.
This ones the goods. eh?" the de-
tective went -on. Ranscome. with
marked fastidiousness, took the Jewel
from his hand and examined 1t as IL
his reputation as an expert depeuded
on his test Reluctantly, he returned
the gem to Donnelly and said, gently.
with plying glance at Elinor:
1T is diamond"
A sweeping gesture from Sands as
he sprang to his feet flung the tele-
phone from the desk. He reached
Donnelly in two strides and appeared
on the point of gripping him by the
throat. But the big detective, for nll
his bulk and mental slowness. could
be quick enough on his feet when he
must, and he readily sacrificed dignity
to safety. With single backward
spring. he clutched light chair and
confronted Sands.
"tt'll ray you to remember I'm an
officeri" he shouted. You amt deal.
ing with club stewards here. Mr..
Sands. | know you and | know how
much you think your money can do.
But you can't put anything like that
across with me-
Sands. breathing hard, took another
step toward him. Donnelly gripped
the chair for defensive swing.
Il don't care II you know a million
Mannings," said the sleuth huskily.
'If you can't behave like one gentle.
man to another. it'll be the worse for
you. If you don't want to be run I'm.
keep away"
Mrs. Missioner's annoyance and
Dorothy's fright. no less than Elinor's
distress, restrained Sands again.
what does all this mean?" he saio
to Carson. ignoring the other But
Donnelly was not to be ignored His
successful defiance of a millionaire
had heightened his desire for the GEN.
ter Of the stage.
1T means" he rasped, that we
know who took Mrs, Missioners dia-
monds, and that all we've got to do
now Is to find the rest of 'em. And
| Gucss that won't be hard Where
there's one bird. the flock won't le
lar away. Come, Miss Holcomb. We
and you'll be getting downtown. The
chief wants to see you"
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-09-11
OUR BOND
Bond Given by Geo. b. Munson,
Charged With Libel by Sam Tru-
by, Is Signed by Men Repre-
senting More Than Mil
lion Dollars in
Wealth.

We this morning filed our bond with
Justice Shannon for our appearance
in district court to answer TO the
AWFUL charge Of having hbeied the
GOOD NAME and damaged the
GOOD REPUTATION OF Sam TRULY.
The bond was in the sum OF $500
and was signed by twenty-ninc sub
stantial business men and taxpayers
Of the county. 1t represents, so we
are told by two different bankers of
the city, value of more than mil
lion dollars and is said to be, by far,
the best bond ever filed in the county.
These men did not sign the bond for
fun, or for joke but so many Of them
said, as a protest against the idea Of
man charged with a number Of the
most heinous crimes being permitted
to drag law-abiding citizen into
court and put him to trouble and ex-
pense in order to bolster up an appli-
cation for change of venue.
Since filing the bond this morning
six other men have come TO US and
requested that they, too, be given m
opportunity to sign the document and
go on record as favoring law and
order as against crime and outlawry
but, much to our regret, the bond
had gone out Of our hands.
The following is . list Of the names
Of the men who signed our bond:
s. N. CODER
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-09-11
DURANGO ELKS WILL
HAVE CLUB ROOMS

From Thursdays Daily.
At their meeting last night, the
Elks voted to fit up suite of rooms
OH the second floor of Red Men hall
as club rooms. The house committee
was appointed and most of the ar
rangements have been made for the
furnishing of the four rooms, to be
used as reception, reading and billiard
rooms.
The suite is now being decorated
and handsome Mission furniture up
holstered in Spanish leather has been
ordered. The rooms will be ready
for occupancy in couple of weeks.
The Elks are planning special fea-
lures to celebrate the opening of their
club rooms, and it is said will ask
their ladies to share their pleasure
on the auspicious occasion.