La Junta tribune., 1911-07-01

maximum or any other kind OF rate.
and without price. but no one is
under any obligation TO patronize
the corporation. whatever 1t is. un-
less the necessary Inducements, in
the way Of rates and service are
made. In order to get business The
right OF way is given. but there Is
no Law compelling people TO patron
ize them. II is business PROPOSE
ton. pure and simple. and one In
which the business will have To be
developed
La Junta's postal savings bank is
now doing business at the local post
office. being opened for business last
Monday morning. Up to the noon
hour yesterday twenty depositors had
been enrolled at the new bank. Miss
Grace Dalton. daughter Of the post
master. was the first deposition and
in the years to come this distinguish
I'd honor will cause this young lady's
name to swell the sounding trump OF
fame.
A dust and rain storm combined
came very near putting a Quietus
upon the baseball game scheduled to
be pulled off at PastIme Park last
Thursday afternoon between the east
enders and the westenders Between
200 and 800 people attended the game
but most Of them went home before
the second inning was concluded Be-
tween rains the boys finally did
worry through seven Innings. the
Santa fe avenue bunch being victor
ious by score of IL to 5. Crozier
and Spicer did the pitching and re-
ceiying act for the Santa Fe avenue
gang. and welch and Stubbs for the
Colorado avenue bunch.
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T. c. Coltman returned home last
Thursday from a two weeks sojourn
on the western slope. during which
he visited Grand Junction. Delta.
He was accompanied by his son. Her
bert. who decided To spend the sum
NOR at Cedaredge AT this latter
point Mr.. Coltman met r. Smith. for
merly master mechanic of the Santa
fe at La Junta. and J. W. Gorsuch.
formerly head blacksmith. both OF
whom are engaged In farming. and
he found them together helping each
other in the bayfield,. At Delta he
promoting an irrigation scheme by
pumping water on high land from the
Gunnison river He also found our
old time Santa Fe ticket agent. Mr..
Noble. NJ Delta. who Is engaged In
the work OF looking after the inter.
os,s OF the Grand Junction sugar fac
tory at that point
While irrigating at the home place
ten miles north OF La Junta last
Monday. Charles Winner. discovered
strange looking object floating In
the lateral Al first he thought IL
was some kind Of fish. something
he had been In the habit of spear.
Ing with pitehfork quite frequently
when there was full head of water
In the lateral Closer inspection. how
ever. demonstrated that 1t was some
Kind OF an animal. tn. back OF
which Was the only part that was Wis.
ible ON the surface of the water. He
forthwith proceeded to the hous. and
secured his trusty shotgun. not being
inclined To monkey with an animal
the like OF which he had never be-
fore seen. He blaxed away and
caught the animal amidships. which
had the effect of putting II out OF
business for all time. When II was
hauled out OF the lateral he found
that he landed a beaver. which subse-
quently tipped the scales at exactly
twenty-five pounds When skinned
the hide of the animal reached from
Mr.. Winners waist to tn. sole OF his
shoes. This Is the first catch OF
the Kind that Mr.. Winner ever heard
of Ia the holbrook country.
Bob. the whit. canine now on exit.
billion al WondeIly's Th.a,.r. II
wonder. and pulls off stunts equal to
any human mind reader tha, ever
trod the boards In La Junia. Bob
occupies the center OF the stage.li like
the beautiful blindioided lady Of
the human mind.reading species. while
his master l. down on tn. main floor