La Junta tribune., 1911-06-03

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Just a. well nurse cancer or leproxy.
II breeds grief. brings trouble. nurses
haireds and makes a town or
county the laughing stock Of It's
neishbors."
| XIII the dandelions before they go
10 seed or the Job VIII be q great
deal worse next year. To do this dig
the plant out by the roots getting as
much OF the tap root as possible and
squirt gasoline In the hole on the
end OF the iaproot A more simple
remedy Is a twenty per cent solution
Of the sulphate OF iron applied early
| in the morning on bright days with
a sprinkiing pot three or four times
during the summer, The solution
costs only five cents gallon but al
least three applications must be made
1t from ten to fifteen days apart to
do an effective job This sulphate
can b. procured from almost any
drug store at the rate Of six pounds
for twenty-five cents. The sulphate
not only gets rid Of the dandsliOn but
all other weeds.
| Our governor has vetoed the bill
providing for the creation of the
fourteenth judicial district out of
the countts Of Baca. Bent. kiowa
and Pruw.rs. for economic reasons
During 1910 court was held In these
/ four counties less than thirty.nine
days In Baca county court was
held for only three days during the
year. and the governor thinks that
I the expense involved In maintaining
fuil-nedged court Is not justifiei
I by the conditions. He Is right. Our
governor. however. signed the bill
I creating Crowley county. with n total
population Of 3.css. where full.
fledged corps of county officials will
be maintained. by what process Of
reasoning he arrived at the conclu-
sion that the creation OF this new
county was justifiable from ALI eco
nomic standpoint is deep, dark.
democratic mystery.
Wednesday We expected To find
the rain gauge chuck full of mos
ture, and were somewhat disappoint'
I'd when We found only 0.6s OF an
inch-a little over half AN Inch
Most of the rain evidently fell on
the hills south of town. As there Was
certainly more than all inch OF water
on Santa Re and Colorado avenues,
/ In fact both OF thss. avenues were
almost raging rivers for an hour or
two II did not rain more than thir-
~ minutes, however. and II may be
that the rain gauge Is telling the
truth On last Sunday the inunda.
ton aggregated u total Of V5s "
an inch. and II only rained >esoxA
To break up a baseball game The
total precipitation for the month Of
May Was $50 inches, thcr. being
four DAYS on which rainfall VAS re-
cordcd-the sth. sSth. :sth and 30th.
There were twcnty.four clear dayx.
five partly cloudy aud two cloudy
days, and the wind blc~ In a va
rious assortment OF directions. the
prevailing direction being southwest.
The Labor Digest. an advocate Of
higher efficiency and business meth
ods ON the par, Of labor unions. pays
a ,ribut. To tn. iocomotiy. engineers
by saying that no labor orsanization
has ever achieved SO much and
gives as one reason that u had the
courage to .Spsl members Who vio-
lated contract and revoked the
charter of an entire subdivision for
the sam. offense. ''on January !.
1910. the brotherhood had a member.
ship OF st.59s. embracing ninety per
cent of all locomotive engineers In
the United State~. Canada and Mex.
leo. IL had contracts governing the
rates % wages. hours and conditions
Of ser,ic. With is. railroad compan-
les. including every system of impor-
tanc. In the country" Il does not
Insist upon card Of tn. organixa.
tion as condition precedent to ne.
curing employment No other labor
organization has done 30 much for
Its members. and while thcr. may b.
~orkmen who receive = higher rate
per hour Will. actually employed. the
annual income OF tn. a,.rag. loco