La Junta tribune., 1913-07-05


prohibition. Most Of them had
never been In = saloon In their home
town In their lives. Booze was A.
remote from their consciousness A.
czrbolic acid. Booze h no; In the
Kansas scheme OF things. No one
thinks Of H. Its presence or ab-
sence is not considered by the Kan
sas misd. william Allen White.
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As to Jack johnson. you remember
Iincoln's rAying. II you've got An
elephant BY the leg and he u try
Ing to &c, away. le, him go
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Your head remarked the garru-
louA la Jun,a barber. to the Irish
man IN his chair. "is twice as large
as mine
But OF suppose that head av yours
is big enough for you'" nid the
genial son OF Erin
"wny certainly" remarked the ton
serial artist
"Ay coorse." continued the Irish
man. "phats the use av = man har-
IN . big ,hrunk ~hin he hasn't any
clothes To put in ~"
No, a sin rie marriage license has
been issued during the past week.
and its sure fierce when II gets too
hot Ia get married. Only twenty
on. marriage licenses were issued
during the month OF June. which Is
the popular month for launching on
the sea Of ma,rimony. The marriage
license Industry seems to have
reached the statu quo stage along
with most Of the other business en-
terprises OF this section. II comes
very near being too hot 10 live. but
l', us hope fha, mos, Of us will be
able 20 survive the ordeal
Mise Lotitiia Edgerton writes from
the Canal Zone TO change the address
OF the Tribune from Ancon. Canal
Zone. where she has been employed
a~ nurpe In the khcen Hospital
for over n year. To the !. c. c. Hos
pital. Cristobai. Canal Zone. and
says: Il have been appointed nurse
In charg. OF the operating department
at this station. Much damper her.
than at Ancon. and a great deal
NOR. rain. bu, in many ways Colon II
Just as desirable as Panama City"
Miss Edgcr'on IL daughter OF A.
n Edg.r,on. Of IN. Garden OF Eden.
and has a whole host of friends In
La Junta who viii be pleased to
learn Of her Advancement
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In Rocky Ford no checks are cash
ID outside Of banking hours. The
merchants have made this rule and
lis. up to II religiously. and as =
result no bogus check artists are
able to do business In that city. So
many merchants had been stung In
that city by smooth appearing bo-
su. check artists. lik. William I'D.
ward Ross. "ouc of them damn liter.
AIRY fellcrs." that the merchants de-
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for self protection, There are no ox.
c.piions To tho rul. IN Rocky Ford.
no matter by whom the check Ii
signed. and even II II IL known
fact that N" siTn.r Of the check II
good for a million or more. IN. check
will not b" cashed outside Of bank
Ing hours In view OF the fact that
many Of our merchant. have been
s'unE by bogus check artists. this
would he good rule 10 introduce
In La Iun,a II would work no hard
ship upon any one and would afford
protection ,o our merchants that
many ~ them would b. mighty clad
10 take advan,sg. Of Think I, over.
Paul North. Of Rocky Ford. was a
county seat visitor last Wednesday y
on legal busin.ss lie reports that
n. Allcn.scou republican. progressive
debate during the chautauqua sea
son In Rocky Ford was the bs~'
attended event Of tho -ntir. chsuiau
qua scries. but A. yet there hal
been . total absence Of get toxe,h
.r" sentiment and not . man amons
IN. raj proxre~sivcs In Osero coun
~ will listen To amalxamatton taik
Most H the prosressives when the,
sev-r~d the political bonds that hav,
hitherto boand shcm enlisted 70,
the entire ear. and In Otero cots
y they are greatly pleased with
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