La Junta tribune., 1912-03-09
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Mike, the Duck" In Tuesday
Chieftain. remarks: You can take
II from the sunshine Md that the onl!
money on little Willie Taft It's sure
xs-sunshinc" As the next day was
one OF the worst Of the season We
judge that bet on Little WillIe"
would be sAft--for Teddy Wen bet
Mike years subscription that Lit
tie Willie doesn', get q look In when
the showdown comes Wilson Rec
ord
II sometimes appears th.r, are
more suic!d and attempts at sui
eide In Colorado than In any other
state. or at least one is inclined to
think so from perusal OF the daily
papers cf Colorado These poor un-
fortuna,es. who think that life f.
not worth living. ought TO read tho
Boswell and johnson stories. ponder
over them though,fully. and maybe
save their bacon. One Of these stor
les is ,husly
Boswell once asked johnson II
there were no possible circumstance $
Ia which suicide would be iustifiable
No" was the reply.
We'll" says Boswell. "5upposc
man has been guilty of a fraud lie
was certain would be found out"
why. then. says Johnson, let
him go to some country where he is
not known. and not to the devil
where he is known" seIah'
One OF the forthcoming amend
ments to the Colorado constitution
will provide that no court except
the supreme court may pass upon
the cons,itutionality OF any Law and
that the latter must not declare IA law
unconstitutional except by unanimous
decision. subject to reversal by vote
OF the people. There Is plenty OF rca-
son for the enactment OF such an
amendment In no other manner
have the courts shown themselves
so peruiclously opposed to what the
people want as In their habi, OF
declaring unconstitu,ionai-by divid'
cd decis stons-lA~s enacted by the
representatives OF the people and a'
tn. demand OF the people. Courts
have come 10 believe that the laws
are supreme. not the viii OF the peo
pie. that the people are created to
lister to the people lid and Farm.
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last Wednesday from his son. Ashley
Near. announcing the latter's safe ar
rival a, Eden. Idaho. new town tina
has Just been started abou, fourteen
miles from Milncr. Idaho Ashlc,
says tina, h.. has rented loo-acr'
farm. sixty acres OF which is In hay
ou Ai' ifiN' ~
grow oats and potatoes The Owner
of the farm furnishes all farming I'm
plem.n's and part Of the horses
and receives az rental onehalf of th'
crop Ashley says he will be a
gentleman farmer and live In town
AS the new town is quite close tc
his farm. He shipped several hun
drcd pounds OF spuds from La Juntr
In the car with hiI goods and chat
tells for which he paid ss.5o per hun
dr-d, but all of them wcr. frozen OF
the trip TO Idaho. In tina, state. how
ever spuds are selling for $3.50 pei
hundred The canal from which h.
receives his water supply Is fiy,
times a. large as the Catiin. M Il
must be some ditch. and the water
IL clear as crystal-som. different
from the Catlin. In more ways thar
one
Tn. acid test OF an education Il
put a commercial test to n rniver
sity degree Such n test. however
has been made by the Harvard Ap
pointmcnis ONE. and the sho~inI
Will. startling IL certainly fs
from fiat,.ring. According to th'
statistics avaiiabl. the average ~ag'
Of = man who has received n bAehe
lor'a degree h at first about Sis p~'
week. Princeton reports show tina
Its graduates start at an average q
- pcr week From tables made vi
from the salaries paid graduates II
certain lines Of employment the ~
eraxcs are as follows. brokerage
bustncse. 81 To * p"r week. manu-
facturtaK. 81 to ei?, and engineering
go tn eiS. In all these lines tn,