La Junta tribune., 1913-03-08

V0 the windows looked
like business. The
old postoffice is
across the street
from the old church.
which was built In l54y--before Bry-
an ran for president the first time.
The insurrectos had taken the post
office and the federals occupied the
church. The federals threw hand
grenades on to the roof OF the post
office and blew II up and then 1t
burnt down. In the meantime the
insurrectos were shooting at the
church. aud as can be seen by the
bullet marks In the five foot thick
walls some Of them actually hit the
church. That Was fine craftsmanship.
was IL notg Remember. they were
on opposite sides OF the street. full
ly one hundred feet distant This
WAS told me by one OF the heroes
who was behind the five foot walls
The races In Juarez are going on
Just the same as II there Was no
war. also the bull fights every Sun
day. NJ tourists are Also thick In
FL Paso and Juarex. But don't
for minute get the idea In your
head that there IL no blood shed. II
" BY the bulls In the Plaza de
rofDs- Any way you look at II.
the bulls Get the worst Of II. The
people that run the show get the
money. the matadorx. toreadars. plea
doris and the deck hands get paid.
the audience gets n run for Its mon
ey. the soldiers get the beef 10 eat
after the matador has killed It. but
all the poor bulls get is the con
soiousness that they die for their
country. That iH. they die that
Mcxico's brave soldiers may eat.
You know In the United States
when they kill steers In packing
house. a big husky rsps the steer
over the head with nm axe. or simi.
liar household utcnsii. and another
artist cuts his throat Time. five
seconds. In Mexico. however. when
they want some beef they advertise
the event The butchers are dress
~ up In fancy clothes. the band
plays and everybody excep, the aris.
'ocrncy buys himself = yard Of sugar
cane for five cents Mex and goes
prepared to enjoy himself. They
stick rosettes on the bull. also hand.
eriilas and after they tease him about
twenty minutes. the man In the
bunch that gets the most money does
. hot Of fancy st-ps and finally In.
serts = sword into the animals back.
and he dies. Then everybody hol.
l~rs. provided the high priced man
with the green knee pants didn't
take too long At H. The soldiers
holicr too because they see that
they are Eoinx To cat ~ least for
one more week. II the poc- maisdor
doesn't do the Job Just rixht the
hoi polloi IN the blcxchers tell him
to 20 back to work ON the section
tidcl DiAx was the man Who did the
killing Sunday and he got $500 for
his days work. have an idea that
somc Of those fellows that were tell.
Ing him where 10 get off NJ are able
To max. that much money In about
three years.
got to Douglas ~ /: o'clock Mon.
day and went to Bisbsc NJ 8 O'Clock
and In those three hours I heard
about eisht different stories about
the fighting Sunday. There are
twelve troops Of negro cavalry In
and around Douglas. One of the
negro troopers told me that the
Mrxicans were trying to get between
the outpost and the town when the
trouble started. He said that one
Mcxican was captured who WAS ~vi.
IDENTIFY q spy. He was apparently
trying IN find out how many soldiers
were ~ Douglas. The trooper sah
there wcrr several Mexicans killed
In tho fight. Then another story vas
that one brave citisen of Douglas
went ACROSS the Ilne anl cpunte4
twelve bodies. also etxht dead hor.
~ an1 two mules. Accordlns 10
NE ssory ~ pscked ~ two risles