La Junta tribune., 1911-07-29
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The annual report OF the Brother
hood Of Railway Trainmen shows that
more than 32.eco.0o0 Was paid In
death and disability claims by the
organization last year.
Statistics complied by Deputy state
Labor Commissioner Edwin V. Brake
show that 81 $50 miners are Employed
In Colorado OF these 1865 are
working In coal mines and the re
uainder In metal mine sand mills
A copy Of the Congressional Rec
ord, folded and wrapped Just as IL
comes through the mails. makes one
Of the best fly s~atiers ever used
For the big blue bottle flies Records
containing the reciprocity speeches
Of Cummins and LaFollette are unus-
ualiy effcctiye-I.amar Sparks.
City Editor: Here Is fun ae-
count OF eock-fight. with photo
graphs of the steel spurs used. the
cockpit. spectators. birds In battle,
etc. with every round described"
Great Editor: GLORIOUS, Get II
all in"
City Editor tdoubtfullyl; But this
is moral Sunday paper"
Great Editor: YES know.
Head 1t. A Brutal Sport Where
Were the Pollce7'"
This Kansas. Colorado suit is a
good deal like the crop failure which
We heard so much about during the
first few weeks In June-the alarm
Ing conditions are subject TO change.
Since the rains OF July reports from
all over the valley indicate that crops
will be- even better than last year.
and before many months 1t will be
shown In the highest court In the
land that the Kansas Colorado suit
has no merit. never did have and
never viii.
Colorado is trying TO stir up the
old water trouble. II must be that
some CRATER out there sees chance.
.~.. ..-.x tn,......, E.u..u aud rnlny..
do Was tn. biggest graft ever pulled
off In tn. state" So says Senator
Brady. editor OF the Lawrence Jour
nal. who wants to go Ia congress
next year. That shows how near
right an editor -congrt ssman can b"
when he makes n desperate effort
Colorado is entirely guiitl.ss Of start.
Ing anythiLe In this suit. but is going
TO put up the best fight OF which
she is capable to hang on To all the
privileges tina, she Is already posses
sed OF when you have possession
nine.tenths Of the battle Is already
won.
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An old.tim. farmer who has lived
In and about la Junta for twenty
fiye years says that he never before
saw 80 much rain during III. month
of July NJ ". have had during the
present month And yet some Of
tn. Wise ones. who predicted a crop
failure In June. knew that II Mas
sure to come about becsus. there
WASH, n possibility Of rain or water
supply In July. II never rain.d In
July aud ther. wasn't enough water
In the mountains To wet the river
down TO Nepesta Even the old.tim.
err don't know for sure vhs, Is going
to happen-not IN Colorado. During
the month Of July all Of the bitches
IN IN. valley have been running bank
full and II raincd nearly as much
In July a. II did during the whole
of the previous six months Selsh'
.
r y. D1nahue returned home
Thursday morning from months
visi, with relatives In Dcbuque. Iowa
Mr. Donnhue says that corn and oats
In Iowa ar" looking fine, with fair
prospect of sn average crop OF corn
and very good prospect Of a prolif
ic yield OF oats. Iowa has been has-
ing frequent local showers. bu, there
Is great need a, the present tim"
of n heagy rain. In Nebraska wheat
IL the only crop tina, will have even
an average yield. oats and corn both
being poor In Kansas he dh not s"e
good crop of anything anywhere.
and talked With people from all sec.
tons Of Oklahoma who reported ev.
eryshinE burned up In that state.
According to Mr.. Donshn~ Colorado
IL the only state west of the Mis-.
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