La Junta tribune., 1913-12-06

Some Of the split skirts already In
Ia Junta Will bear Watching and
no on. seems to be- overlooking any
b~ts.
For tn. first time in hundred
years. II Is announced that the post
office Is going to show a surplus
this year. This IL 50 sudden--and
under a democratic administration.
too
President Ripley. of tn. Santa Fe
has become pessimistic In contem-
plating the prospect of government
ownership OF railways. which he an
nouDces In advance will be a failure,
and II In rumored that he Is about
10 retire. A report is current In
railroad circles that II. L. Nudge.
president OF tn. Rock Island. and for
many years connected with tn. San
n re In various capacities. VIII be
his successor
A transcontin.ntai motor ear road
through Kansas city and Denver ~as
the object Of visit OF a trio OF Colo
rsdoans to tn. former city one day
this w.ek-from the northern part
of tn. state of course. Tn. Arkan-
Nas Valley bunch OF good roads en-
thusiasts viii hay. to wax. up. or
there H. such a thing as a Santa Fe
Trsil-~ith Sso.o0V concr-t.
bridr. right on III. main highway at
Ia Junta- Tn. 4. Y. bunch. how
ever. hay. a stat.-v id. reputation
for going after things, when they do
~ake up. a. demonstrated at Pueb-
10. almost two years ago now.
>
The most striking f-atur. of Pres
id.n' Wilson's recent mcssng. Il his
advocacy Of presidential primaries
II l. something new as applied To
national politics. aud IN the lirh, Of
III. political grand larceny commit
ted In Chicago In Jun. of last year
". are strong for II Why. II Ne had
had presidential primaries la every
stat. In IN. union last year Teddy
would hat. been m. republican can
didat. Tor president without doubt.
and th. republican party would have
been redeemed, and nov be- In charge
OF the pie counter at Washington. u
g. instead Of having Just remnant
LETT ia Utah and Vermont
Missouri exchange says. "Our
subscription books show that We
have about y8.oo0 du, on subserip-
tion There's some abyautar, after
all in running your subscription list
ON thr "so a- you please. pay when
you want Ia plan, especially " you
figure that O. book account is an az
set The great family Journal can.
not boast OF single nickie due on
subscription Every mothers son Of
subscriber H. paid In advance. aud
Ne are 10 vcll satisfied that vc are
not going To change the system. To
have $4,000 on your subscription
books may sound like a bank account
Ia som. people. but IL Isn't the kind
of music that you can r.alix. ou at
n grocery store
Several years ago when a host of
United States senators left their
seats Ia n body whil, I.afoii.,,. was
speaking, b. remarked, Many of
ihes" vacant seats viii b. vacated
permanently In IN. near future" and
how prophetic his words yer. L. at
tested BY IN. fact that of III. ninety
s~natorH who met a, IN. beginning of
Roos"N"lts term. eight years ago.
only nineteen remain. At that time
publican, whii. nov u has a demo
cratic majority OF two. Al In eight
short years. and this notwithstanding
the .iN year senatorial term makes
the process Of changing rather slow
We wonder Why Progf.ssi,sn.ss-
We hop. so
Juds. L-~is has made another de-
rtsion Ia the effect that railroad, or
other corporations cannot avail
themselves of the relief of an In.
junction to prevent county tr~s.ursru
from collecting taaes ON the ground,
that such ,ax-- are improperly lev
Nd. The Santa - railroad had ~.
eured = temporary injunction against
the county treasurer Of Pueblo coun.
~ and sought To make the injunction
pesmassat. but this ~ss denied BY
Judge Lewis. The decision II to the