La Junta tribune., 1912-05-11
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Grand Junction will celebrate the
completion OF mountain water sys-
ten. Installed at a cost OF half q
million dollars, the middle OF Jure.
II 10 estimated that Mesa county.
In which Grand Junction is located.
will produce 5000 cars OF fruit this
year.
The people do not desire TO 20
there like the goadcd OK. Ordinarily
sOciaiiH,ic writer's could not bring
about socialism In a thousand years.
The greed Of the big combines is
making the thought OF the people
until we ar. right on the eve Of a
great change |, is IN the air Ey'
II Yet many fear to speak the word
or TO admit the truth,Field and
Farm
Some people are inclined to be un-
reasonable IN their ideas OF a news
paper They seem to think the
paper ough, TO be run for their spec
ial benefit alone Just remember
that something that displeasos you
-. a. ,.fh Ia.
low as the best thing that ever was
printed And the thing that you CON
slider just about right may gc, some
other man fighting mad The editor
who runs a newspaper that pleaSos
all the people all the time does not
live on this earth. Just as soon
As he arrives at this happy stage
Of efficiency he gets Job on the
Heavenly Chroniclc.-Craig Empire.
The opening OF the Panama canal
will affect the following saving OF
distances Europe to San Francis
co. $500 miles. and TO Valparaiso.
2.iO0 miles. England to New Zea.
land. GOO mil,s. New York to
Shanghai. 400 miles. Montreal to
Sydney. 2.7iO miles. New York to
Australasian ports. an average of
1900 miles Every mile saved. Of
course. means saving In coal con
sumption by every ship which use.
the canal. not to mention the none
Gy value OF the days saved In the
delivery Of goods All this means
tremendous economies to the own
ers OF the worlds ships.
In speaking Of third presidential
term. Tx Senator Bcyeridge. of indi-
ana. who Is now campai,ni for
Roosevelt In California. said; Cur.
ious. Is II not. that the very men
who fear that tn. election Of koose
welt viii make him king are In.
very men who fear that II the peo-
pie are given more power they viii
destroy our Institutions Big busi.
ness does not hamper itself by any
gets the very sblcst man II can find
10 do Its work. keeps him as long ss
he can do Its work better than any
body else and gets rid of him the
momen, he fails 10 do Its work well
=
l, Is OF little matter In this con.
test whether any on. man fails or
succeeds but the caus" shall no,
fail. for II Is the cause OF mankind
when | plead for the crippled brake
man on railroad. for the oy.rwork.
cd girl In factory. for the stun,cd
child telling a, inhuman labor. for
all Who work excessively or In I'm.
healthy surroundings. for III. family
dwelling Ia the squalor Of a noisomc
tenement. for the ~orn-ou, farmer In
regions where the farms are worn
out also. when ! protest against the
unfair profits Of unscrupuious and
greedy exploitation OF the helpi' ~ by
the bencficiarics Of privilege ! am
no, only fighting for the ~.ak,
am fighting also for toe strong. This
country viii not be good piac" for
any Of us II II IL not . reasonably
good place for all Of us.-Thco odorc
Roosevelt.
Even tn. Mctlodisss have sour..d
on Taft Al tile recent conference
held In Minneapolis = resolution Vas
passed denouncinx Secretary Of AZ
riculsurc Wilson for accepting tbs
honorary chairmanshtp Of = brew-r~
congress-. ard further declared Pr~st
dent Taft. Secretary Wilson and Sec.
.r~tasy knox have forfeited all claims
ON the future franchise oe the Chris
ttsu and aobcr manhood cs the na'