La Junta tribune., 1913-05-31

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Next Monday is cleanup day in La
Junta, and every man. woman and
child witaiu the corporate limits In
supposed TO get on tie job and give
IN. old to~n tne greatest cleaning
up that It over experienced. Alto
grtncr nov. and everybody get busy.
W L. Simpson. Of Chicago. and
former manager OF the Postal Tele-
graph Company at this point. sends
us a postal announcing that he has
Just arrived IN Follansbee, West
Virginia. and stln going east" W.
l.. Is some traveller these days. The
last post card We received from him
was dated at Dayton, OHIO. where
hc was engaged In cleaning up the
Postal wreck after the flood.
Catching fish on the paved CUTTERS
oa Santa F. avenue was one OF IN"
now experiences iu la Juua last
sunday. Whenever there is water In
tho otcro canal the gutter on san.
Ia Fc avenue is utilized 10 carry OF
the surplas and last Sunday after
noon several catfish four and five M
coea lonz were caught without oi'h-
'r hook or halt Hs naked hand Dee
iHr aU rlat eas necessary fo enc
SNARE them
G. g. Holm. vlu hra b.rH n tar
east Hs Gar m Chl.aro. ou pros
prlt.HE "trip fOr au U'ero county as-
urul'ural enterprise. duriuE the past
two weeks. returned home Thursday
morning Tho lIgrllce burr hn found
ON his "trip WIS ua-ilowiur okla
where brand Bga OH millionaire
ls born almost every day Everybody
IS iiinE rich buying and selling oil
irases and nearly everybody has
money tp burn
A resident Of sRink pulled of
stunt at Woudrrlys Thraryr last
Monday uigAt That was NOT on tine
vaudeville programme. aud be- To-
,cis"d even more applause iuau the
vaudeville star Just A. Jic swink.
ite WIS about 10 take ais seat In
,ar audience. lnrso quar- bottle of
SSinks best vt goods slipped out
of his ilsidc pocket and broke with
a great crash on the floor The bot.
tie Was spllnterod into a thousand
fragments. and tle perfume Of splr
It's f-rmrntli suffused a.. atmosphere.
causing everybody Ia smelling dis
tame, 10 become slightly in.briated
and almost acquire second hand
Jar The swiuktc cast longing. but
rather shcopish eyes. a, the spent
plop OF what had been aud when
th" applaus" became yocif-rous. made
a hasiy exit through the first door
ne could find lie probably wen,
outside to commune with himself and
round up choice collection OF
words 20 express his disgust.
Denver has only about one sixth
as much street paving as Kansas
city. Denver has seventy miles OF
paved streets and fci.5i7Is was
spent last year for street cleaning.
Kansas City has more than four hun.
drrd miles OF paved streets. and las,
year spent only ss25 ,ooo for cleaning
Roth cities had the mayor form Of
government last YEAR. and both cities
arc after the commission form-with
Denver slightly In tho lead II IL
evident that Denver needs IN. com
mission form much more than Kan.
sas City-if the latter form Is a
panae"a FOR municipal grating. ~
u u said TO b.. What a lot Of graft.
crs there must be IN N. street clean.
ing department IN Denver with one
sixth ~ much street paving. Denver
spent nearly third NOR. Tor keep
inx her streets clean a. compared
10 Kansas city-and they are no, all
angels In the latter city either. tina,
". II there ,s any truth IN n"wspa.
per reports.
J"ff.ray. who's. ads" are leading
features of the daily press In the
capitol city. morslircs ON his defeat
s'nt election. ,husi,; Politics and
and neglected business oy.rstockcd
my shack. IT'S all right to swell up
with self importance. bu, II won't
buy milk Tor the babes. The n~xt
guy that mentions what q tot the