La Junta tribune., 1912-12-07

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her In twain from top To bottom.
They'll b. sorry. he SAYS, some time
but not soon The wager made
by the Judge was for the sum Of
ten cents and he says he has liquidat-
ed the bet just like any other dead
game sport would
last "Wednesday m1r1 ng at the
unholy hour OF 2 m. II A. Daw.
ley was awakened from a sound sleep
a, his home In Rocky Ford by the
loud and continuous ringing of his
telephone II made so much racket
that MIR Dawiey decided that eth
er his or somebody els.'s house was
on fire. and that the call from the
arms OF Morpheus was urgent when
he took down the receiver he found
Ben Corblu on the other end OF
the line. aud that worthy gentleman
wanted 10 know at what hour Mr.
Dawlry expected 10 arise in the
morning He had something very
important to communicate 10 him.
and hoped tha, he would get up as
early as he could He did. and they
say that Ben Corbin walked around
the block instead OF taking short
cut through the court house square
Wednesday
Fred Bulrn. of the Pueblo Bridge
Company. was La Juuta visitor
Wednesday on business His com
pany finished up the work on the
wells Of La Iuuta's new water plant
this week. and 10 was very prolous,
I'd si"Er, especially when they got
on the job Of putting down the big
we'll which is twenty feet iu diane
ter The casing vas not Of suffi-
cirHt thickness 20 slthstand IN"
pressure from th" outside. but this
vas finally obyla'ed by installing
braces oU th. Inside Engineer IsV.
is advised 3EnHst experimenting with
a big w.lI a. he iid not think 81
would ba feasible. but was ogerrulei
by f1o powers tHat ba " 'ho oIry
council SIX ~ The smalllr wells
CON Easr born pot down FOR th"
money thar vBs spo7i Do experiment.
ING With thc hlr uell. and the biz
pump has tbus far breu unable 10
exhaust tre surply ia The two small
20 wells already Installed
or" ~ tr. most important bills
20 come up at the present session
Of rl1rr,-s Is the Kenyon b1l which
orrblblts fhs shipment ~ liquor
across stat" lines into prohibition
states This b. hill which the tenn
pruHyr people have aiyo,atrd for
mara than ten Years and which
would have passed on any day. az
any time. during that period L u
had come 20 vote The bill has
alRavs been prevented from passing
however. hv the rthods common
during the Cannon rrgimc Cannon
Ehn" speaker. always carefully
packed" the judiciary com
mitt"o nralust H. Before ap-
pointing the said Judiciary com.
mlt'r". Cannon would alwavs have an
understanding with a sufficient nun.
b"r of the appninte's TO the effect
that when this bill came to them
they would quietly hold II in the
committee and never report II back
IN the house All this has chanr"d
however. aud the Kenyon bill is IKE
Is 10 come TO vote early this sss
sion
Back in old Missouri. at the re-
cent election. democrat and r..
publican each received lsss votes Tor
sheriff Last week a special elec.
ton vas hrlf and the t.t.ocrat was
elected by about 900 majority The
voters were sore AZ the republican
because he inAlsicd on new "lec-
tiou 10 decide the tie, while his dem,
oemiic opponent offered 10 settle m"
matter by drawing siraws The rc.
publlcaus seem 10 have mad" a mess
~ things IN Missouri inst like they
dld everywhere else=-e,ccpt Utah
and Vermont This story reminds
"a II tie vote on sheriff IN otcro