La Junta tribune., 1911-04-08

pened We VIII make him Christ.
mas present OF years subscription
TO the Tribune. We have four paid
In advance subs riptions Of people
who stopped the paper during the
recent unpleasantness that we want
to give away to somebody.
Boulder. which was expected to go
wet by some mis- guided enthusiasts.
went dry y 100 majority-bigger
than ever. James Cowie. ex secre-
tary OF state. the wet candidate for
mayor. was elected. however, by
majority of 200.
1t seems to be the unanimous opin.
/ ion OF the election judges that La
Junta needs night school to teach
some people how to vote A full.
[ fledged mock clt cton in our public
schools once In awhile would not be
a bad idea, TO teach the young idea
how to vote-as well as shoot.
In Swink the Independent. or wet
ticket, was elected without a slip.
and John Holly, mayor. who was on
both tickets. a total of 1913 votes
out OF total registration of 1863
were cast The trustees elected are
r. H. Burshrars, ". T.. Gaines and
I J. b. Wall
The vote for dry town would
have been much larger If some OF
the voters had placed crossmark
after the word no" at the bottom
of the ballot Instead Of writing In
the word yes" In the blank space
after the word no Yes" tney
voted no" bat did IL COUNT NO"
Twelve towns weat dry and eleven
towns went wet In Colorado last
Tue sday. Most of the towns ttat
w,re dry continued the dry policy
by increased maj j5rities. with the
exception of Co orado Springs. which
returned to the drug store regime.
but win not have open saloons.
The total registration In the three
wards Of La Junta was 2.i0l. and
the total vote cast was .5ss. or a
trifle more than 20 per cent OF the
registration. Two years ago the
total registration was 2.i97. and the
total vote .5iS. or u trifie less thaa
20 per cent
swink Is hopelessly wet until the
present generation dies OFF The
majority keeps increasing with each
succeeding election. and last Tuesday
II went wet again by majority of
10. the vote being ~ wet and 81
dry The only thing that will make
Swink dry is county option and we'll
have that ms soon AS Colorado elects
republican legislature.
Gee What a wet day II was last
Monday. and how II did dry up on
the next day. commencing ut I a M.
ON the morning after the night be
fore and lasting until x m. after
dark. We noticed several wet indi.
yiduals. however. ON election day
that did not appear to be- suffering
from the prevailing dryn.ss.
Some real old timers were chal.
lens:d ON election day. among them
being DR.. J. r. kearns. dry candidate
for mayor. Victor Alb,ra. wet candi.
date Tor alderman. and J. y. Bradish.
Just wet Al had the necessary doe.
umcnts to prove that they were en.
titled To vote aud all ex' rcis.d their
great American privilege. even n
they were born Ia foreign lands.
Every ward IN La Junta voted dry.
the first ward by 20. the second ward
py - and the third ward by i.s.
TIL. total majority WAS 23s Two
years ago III. first ward voted dry
with "a majority Of ~. and the third
ward with majority OF 50. while
the second ward voted wet with n
majority OF 81. The dry majority In
the three wards two y.Ars ago was
Is.
While tn. total vote IN III. three
wards WAS .sss. the total vot. for
mayor WAS only 1913. and from this
II IL evident that there were Is peo.
pi. who did not vote for mayor at
all. There WAS the same discrcpan.
~ on the wet and dry proposition.
The total vot. was I i.6ss. while the
vote ON the wet and dry proposition
was only 1855. tr 10: short of the
total vote east.
Only taxpayers voted ON the pro.