La Junta tribune., 1912-04-06
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the front or back yard must BE- neg
lected. freinds, l., II be the front
one. Don't try to pre-ent Queen
Ann front aud Mary Ann back An
III kept back yard is dangerous and a
menace to good health.
~ sho, an arrow In the air. II
fell In the distance, | knew not where
! till a gentleman said II killed his
calf. and | had TO give him SIX and a
slay some rats and lady swore II
killed her cats. and rather than argue
across the fence. paid her four dol.
lars and fifty cents. One night |
sent sailing a toy balloon and hoped
1t would scar until 1t reached the
moon. but the candle fen out on a
settle or 20 u law That is the way
with random shot. and the Joke you
spring that you think so smart. may
leave a wound In some fellows heart.
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Harding has very interesting
dl play In one OF his show windows,
showing five Of the twelve different
processes in hat making The first
exhibit shows the fur as II cones
from the animal second. the fur
after being blown in a blowing ma
chine, third the first process be
fore being steam shrunk. showing a
cone three feet high and three feet
In diameter. and In the fourth pro-
cess this mammoth cone is shown
shrunk almost TO the size OF an or
dlnary hat The fifth exhibit shows
the hat In the first shaping pro
cosJ There may be some big heads
with not much in them. but you won
think this OF a fur or felt hat after
you see this exhibit
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Last Tuesday morning, While No.
II hesitated tn La Jun,a for few
brief moments. the portly form OF Al
G Field was observed perambulating
up and down the depot platform.
He and his herd OF minstrel mokos
came in on No II. occupying two
special cars of the train-a combin.
alton baggage and dining car and a
Pullman sleeper and observation ear
The aggregation Was on its way tn
Rocky Ford. where they were shed.
uled TO appear that evening In
days gone by Al G Field and his min
strcl bunch visited La Junta every
year. and they always gave very
classy entertainment, III. wonders
why We don't build an opera house.
aud some of the rest Of US are won
dering why also-but that Is as far
as any OF us ever get
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Il II Elliott. Uncle Sans official
rain gauge inspector for the territory
contiguous To La Junta. reports u
total precipitation for the month of
March Of siSty-fiye one hundredths oi
an inch The total snowfall for the
month was three and one-half inches.
and IL showed on eight separate and
distinct days-in the Italian eli.
mate OF sunny Colorado. The great.
est snowfall was on March sth. when
there was a total Of one and one half
inches And on the mex, day IL
snoved-that Is the next day after
the las, day In March. the first day
In April That didn't fool Ms much,
however. even II II was All Fools
day, We are getting used To this
changing. tickle. snowy weather. and
We are not surprised when anything
happens In the weather line u urlng
March there were twelve clear days
eleven cloudy days. and eieh, partly
cloudy days-in this land Of pcrpct
ual sunshine. where cloudy day 1.
u rarity.
You have probably noticed the new
style OF money orders that have beer
In use for abou, six months hi,
you know that the change In none,
order styles has brought abou, a say
Ing Of 100000 per annum to unci.
Sam. This Was one OF the scheme,
adopted To place the postoffic. on ,
p paying ba-is fer the first time IL
] its existence Under tn. old none,
, order sysctm the domestic advic,
: slips. which were In every tnstanc,
, required 10 ~ Mailed BY IN. issu
. Ing to the paying office. cost the gov
, crnment 1soo.oo year. Under IN,
; new form Of money order the advic,
, slip eorms . part Of the order itself