La Junta tribune., 1913-12-27

J. =. Conder. of kirksvtlle. Mo-.
and formerly local manager for the
English Lumber Company. writes
that FOR several weeks past Ne have
failed TO receive the Tribune At our
house and have begun to surmise
that the editor needs tickling up =
little. so enclose herewith q 'ticklcr'
for which you will kindly reinstate
me- In the circle OF readers OF the
great family journal. and consider
IN send to my address the dope that
made La Juntx famous" We have
been "tickied" TO such an extent dur
IN. past week and Ne are beginning
tO doubt whether We will be able to
survive the ordeal until the first Of
th. year.
A priest sss giving = lecture on
the evils of great wealth. In the Su-
dience Vas man the priest knew.
The man Was the father OF seven
girls. and the priest pointed To this
man a. AN example. Think" he
said, ''of being the father OF seven
daughters. Think Who Is III. hap
pier the man with the million dol
lars or the man with seven daush-
t.rs. I viii ask Mr.. sheldon. whom
do you think IL the happier. point
Ing to tn. subject OF his argument"
The man arose and said. Father. !
think the man with tn. seven daugh-
ters Is the happier. The man sith
the million worries for more. 4 man
With seven daughter never does. -
Osborne Farmer.
Life on III. ranch In tn. winter Is
one long. s~~., dream That l. II
looks SO to III. town man. Hut did
you ever roll out At 1880 a. m. gam
feet OF snow and attemp, to pail
COW who's. breath freezes So fast
that sh. wh..Ees lik. an sccoriion'
FoiIos this up by bedding tn. pigs
In wind that would par. tn. toe
nails on a shoat oh. II Is soft life.
feeding straw To III. shiy.ring kline.
With feet that ratti. with III. chill
b,ains liz. spar. ribs Ia n skillet.
turning IN. separator 10 a creamery
~ b.r.. ,t.. th.ymnm.t.r hasn't ssnk cd
Its head out OF tn. cellar for a week
and crawling Ia rest IN bed that
cr-aks with III. cold liz. the love
Gong of an asthmatic puliet There
Il nothing softer except tn. head Of
a man Who thinks that III. on the
farm T. summers dream In tn.
and Farm and they ought To know.
Next month, ON the 18th and 18th
III. ith annual convention of IN. Col
orado Good Roads Association viii
road organizations outsid, OF Colo
rado. which are Interested In the pro-
motion Of interstate routes which
~ill 10 through this state. viii bc
we'll represented. and the convention
~iii probably be packed In IN. inter
.st OF N. Lincoln Highway. or som.
other route that will Keep IN. Santa
f~ Trail. III. natural transcontin-nt-
nj highway. In tn. background. Well.
IN. only thing to do Is for the Ar
Kansas Valley bunch to get together
and xiv. the rest of III. state anoth-
sr exhibition similar to IN. ON. a,
Pueblo two y-ars axo, Thi- bunch
made such an impression at Pueblo
that III. rest of IN. stat. has not yet
ceased Ia talk about that Arkansas
Civ. EN- some NOR. Of the same. and
MAX. IA. Santa y. Trail tn. official
int.rstht. highway. /, l. IN. natural
highway already. and no state or
ssniIation can sid-traek u by sim
ply passing "a resolution.
4 conductor OF beet extra on IN.
alfalfa lin. of the Santa f.. writes
thusiy: In your p.rsnrina,ion-
about tn. old town you have probs.
bly, heard various and sundry knock
rss max. the remark that ~ you
took IN" shops away from la Junta
u would blow away. and thsr.
wouldn't be enough left Ia keep III.
breath Of life In II Las, sunda, I
finished up the work OF hauling beet
from the Hoibrook district into
e~tnk. On that day there we're t~o
other trains besides mine doing
so0e Kind Of work. During the
best season ! hauled ;;t carloads Of
bests. and they averaged f,fty tons
Ns& Nhe raY Al AZ ssry Inn that Il