La Junta tribune., 1911-12-30
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Too often the profits OF farming
are less In evidence than the pro
phe:s Of farming. more's the pity.
IL. as alleged. the main business OF
life Is making money. II is amaz.
Ing the number OF people who fail at
IT.
X n Kirkpatrick received fine
large package on Christmas day all
the way from Missouri when he
opened II he found two very natural
looking corn ccbs. bearing the label
SHOULD aud acquaintance b. for.
got'" Kirk still bclie.es that tho
Mlssourlan who sent him a Christmas
present is resident OF La Junta.
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We are going 10 have Lincoln
Day banquet In Denver next Febru-
AIRY. which will be attended by repre-
sentatiyes Of every belief IN the r..
publican party with the purpose In
view Of uniting diversified political
opinions and presidential desires into
oongenlal. oonglomerate mass.
Chairman Mcdonald has named WI.
liam i. Goblin To represent Otero
county on the committee that will
arrange for the banquet and get.to-
gethcr love feast Bill is for Taft,
Guggenheim and Angel Archle'
What's the use?
Clarence Carlisle arrived In La
Junta last Saturday from Monrose.
Colo, To spend the holidays with
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. r. NJ
Carlisle Clarence is becoming quite
proficient as city directory expert.
under the tutclaEo Of r. \ McKin.
ney. past master at the business
They have Just wound up the lnforma.
tion stunt on the Montrose directory
and are now ht work on similar
book for the city Of Delta Clarence
expects To take the daylight trip
over Marshall Pass on his way TO
Delta early In the glad new year.
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There is as much diffcreace In the
manncrisms Of dogs as OF Deople You
meet one dog who viii look at you
with smile and Wag Of his tail
in friendly recognition Possibly the
mex, one you meet will not even look
at you. while still another will favor
you with glance which you are In
clinnd To interpret; Speak to me and
IN bite you" 1t has been said OF
domestic animals that they adopt
more or less, the disposition Of their
owners. and the fact that they are
amenablo to training. makes this ap.
pear logical Anyway thore are good
dogs and bad dogs. and dogs who get
into bad company Ike faithful old
Dog Tray" who are sacrificed to
punishment In evidence OF the fact
Every democrat who takes trip
back east these days as far as New
York returns home and promulgates
the joyful tidlngs TO the great un.
washed here In Colorado that it's
cinch that democratic president,
will be elected In 1919. wherea, there
IL great Joy In democratic prospec.
tive pos,oifcc circles Some times
II Is Harmon that is a candidate for
the walkoy'r but more often II Is
Woodrun Wilson. Every republican
that takes trip back east comes
back home again with some more
Of the same kind Of dope Mos, Of
them make the declaration that Taft
has cinch on the nomination and
will be elected without doubt. bu,
there are still others who say tina,
Roosevelt will stampede the national
convention n, the psychological mo
mcnt and swamp tn. country with
an inundation Of ballots when oiec.
ton time comes around. The latter
contingency In tho only one that
will suit yours truly. .
Ny friend. w. worry too much over
the fool ". always have with us.
observes Bert Walker. We can't get
away from him, know. ~ the next
best thing to do is To forget him.
We find the fool In every walk Of
life and In every cline. lie is on
the train. In the hotel. on the street
no nook nor corner Is free from
him. The fool always has a good
time. lie is wiser than We are In
that respect Let him sing and
whistle his head off. II Is n little