La Junta tribune., 1911-05-20

Why not abolish the umpire and
have direct decisions by the people
at baseball games! Is there no pro
gressiyeness In baseballdom?
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Sig Thomason has rented farm
In the Garden OF Eden district II
Is reported that sig Is tired OF NOV
ing around and has decided to settle
down and go to farming In real ear
nest-where the farming is good.
c. A. Schafer accompanied by his
daughter. Miss Jennie. left last Tues.
day morning for Middl, ton, Ohio. to
visit relatives Mr. schafer expects
to return to La Junta In about three
weeks. but Miss Jennie viii remain
until the latter part OF August
Water was turned out of the
headgate Of the Otero canal last
Tuesday night after ten days run.
which the farmers all along the
line pronounce as having been the
most satisfactory In every way that
they ever experienced.
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over at Canon City last Saturday
Ex-Governor Thomas made the caustic
remark that outside of Colorado's
late. lamentcd legislature. the sky
line drive ON the top of the Royal
Gorge was the crookedest thing he
ever saw In his whole life
Members of the La Junta Gun
Club are making arrangements for a
shoot for the championship of the
Arkansas Valley which is to be pulled
off In La Junta on Decoration Day.
There will be team trophies and
individual prizes, and contestants are
expected to participate from all OF
the towns In the Arkansas Valley
from Dodge City to Pueblo
We are In receipt Of the 1871 man
ual OF the Century Presbyterian
church. Of spokane. Wash. OF which
Rev Conrad Bluhm. formerly Of this
city. is pastor At the communion
service Of sunday. April I'd. thirty
seven members were received by con
fcssion and eleven by letter One of
the new members received 10y letter
was Miss Zelia Hinman. Of the First
Presbyterian church Of this city
Jack D.yine, crstwhilc known as
the oG,yillagc policeman. but these
latter days distinguished In local
circles as the undcrshorin Of otcro
county. left last Monday Tor Abor,
deem. s u. which II on the verge Of
the North Dakota line. TO take into
tow one Jack Jameson. who is want
I'd In thes" parts FOR vmb'zAliug SisU
from the Moose lodge Jameson was
aNAAlu Ia aAAtA AHA NAhNa hA'Ahhe
and organized the local lodge Of
Moose. and Is charged by some OF
the head officers with having appro-
priated funds that did not belong TO
him The eH-sillagc policeman, with
the Moose appropriation In charsv, II
expected to arrive In La Junta today.
Charles Norman. wno had his left
shoulder injured two weeks ago by
sustaining hard fall In the Fulton
Market. Was abl. to b" on th"
streets Thursday with his arm In a
sling An old man met him and
propoundvd the query
What have you been TO the war;
What battle we're you inf'
Then both ruar-d with laughter
They we're both ,x-soldicrs OF the
ei,il war. aud these questions we're
the usual ones asked of man. with
his arm in sling. when b. appear.
I'D on the streets of northern city
forty.fiye years ago
Mr Norman Is quite old aud fee
bl". In fact II Won't b. many years
before h. reaches the century mark.
but Is getting along nicely
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Ia our reminiscent column Will b"
found an Item chronicling the sale
by M Gauger. twenty years ago. of
forty acres la IN. falrmount country.
10 J. II Harper Tor tl.soo-or at tn.
rat" OF $50 per acre. This land l.
the tract upon which the Mayor OF
S.~dai. has been making his record
crops OF cantaloupes every year for
80 ons n period that the mind Of
the old timer h"r.abou,a kno~.th no,