La Junta tribune., 1913-05-24

EiiSHt put III yooI hpSft Time look
Ing for the pot OF gold At the end
OF the rainbow that showed up In
the Garden OF Eden the other day.
You are just as liable to find one
as the other. and maybe both Of
'em
Since 1907 IL is estimated that the
population OF the United Statss has
Increased eleven per cent. while the
number OF beef cattle has deer Az
ed thirty per cent--and the price OF
sirloin steak is only double What II
was seven years ago. According 10
the laws OF supply and demand the
price ought to BE- three tines as
great-that Is. II the price at any
time is based on supply and demand
but is IT. Usually prices are based
on what the traffic will bear. or shat
people will stand for.
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Dave Bole. OF the FairmOunt coun'
try. WAS In town last Saturday ey.
.ning. for the purpose Of PURCHASING x
n supply of tae longest fishing poles
he could find to utilize In spraying
his frui, trees for the coddlinx moth.
With the aid Of fish pole Dave
says he Is able TO reach the utter
most top Of any fruit tree or his
fruit prospect this year that H. has
ever known. and he has lived around
La Junta for nearly thirty years.
All of his apple trees are loaded
with blossoms. and ne viii also have
: good crop Of peaches and ch. .rries
Som. of Mr. Bole's apple trees arr
twenty four years old.
During the past week the humid
shadows lowered over all the star
~ spheres and the melancholy dark.
ness gently wept in rainy tears fre
quently after frequently. From an
standpoint. art hath not
Of tone or cadence that can work
with such spell. in the hearts mys-
t.rious fountains where the tears
Of rapture dwell, as that melody Of
nature, that subdu.d. .subduinE strain,
that is made upon the shingles by
the patt.r of the rain--Nhich H.. 9th
.r words. Is to certify to the fact
that all OF us farmers sincerely ap-
preciat. the sup.rabundancc Of vet.
ness. and wish to notify the lupi.
ter Pluyius powers that b. tia Ne
can stand more OF H.
According TO Mr. Taft IN his Yale
lectures there are just two kinds
Of public men despicable dema.-o-
gu-s. who ''coddlc tn. people. and
stern men Of highest judGmeni and
recsisude. Who kDoS chat
10 l,ssi for the country. s1d -s.~ho
ought to b. permitted to run the
without any interferenc.
from ''th. mob" II he we're frank
ly to cite examples N the two
classes undoubtedly he would point
to President Wilson and Colonel
Roosevelt as belonging TO the first
typ. OF statesmen who fo1hshly try
to carry out the peoples mandate.
Hi< shining examples of the inde-
pendent statesmen would be- Senator
Pcnrose. Mr. Barnes. of New York
and ex-senator Lorimer KanxAs
City Star.
Tn. last cviienc. of Ia JuntA's
former moral obliauity. when II was
noted for IN. number as well ~ the
extensive patronage Of IT. thirst
parlors n, this syason OF
tn. year when III. call of Psbs, and
Bud~eis.r ar. particularly allurins.
~as wiped OFF the face of the earth
this week This relic o. autiQuity
Was Patst Blue Ribbon beer ~a-
gon. Inherited by the La lin,a Ice
and Storage Company from ihr Mills
Ic. plant, II was no, very good
advertisement Of dry t0Wn. as
tn. Pabst Blu. Ribbon slgn slood out
strong. and probably aroused hopes
In the h-ar Of the zsyfarer with
In our mids, that were subs"au~nt.
iy blastcd-aithough not alguys. ae-
cordinE to tn. Testimony OF those
who ar. Initiated. The pag0u Vas
ornArn-n'cd with new coat of
paint this week. and IL noW AZ xr~~u
ss any Of the other wagons Il this
company that circuia,. about town
distributing CONCEALED moisture.
Henry J. Allen. editor of M. W.
chiiA beacon. and on. of The most
prominent progressive IN the
country aud ('hnYi,s y SCOT, . -