La Junta tribune., 1913-03-01

An eminent divine, who has evil
IDENTITY mad some experience in saloon
circles. says: My personal convic-
tons, after my experience with sa-
loon men, is iaat tn. saloon Il all
right in its place, bu, tnat its place
Is In hell.
Maybe you remember this one.
1T was a little lawyer man, who
softly blushed as he began. her
dead husbands will TO sean. he
then said to her SO tenderly: You
have nice fat legacy And when
next day he lay in bed. with band
ages upon his mead. he wondered
what on earth he'd said
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The patronage Of the president Is
not as large as most people presume.
In the civil branch of the government
there are less than 1000 people di-
rcctly depending upon him for ap-
pointment. and nearly 1000 OF these
are postmasters OF the first. second
aud third classes While he has
the power to remove practically ~.
cry one OF the more than i00.O en-.
ployees IN the executive serNic". his
appointing power is limited TO less
than II 600 offices
Have you had one OF the new
nickels IN your inside pocket yets
The Denver mint has started work
on the new 1918 uickcls and is
turning out an average Of $500
day The new coin far surpasse@
the old one IN beauty having on
one side an Indian head aud IN"
figure OF buffalo on the opposite.
The composition Of metal IN the
new piece is ~ per cent copper
and - per cent nickel These coins
were released this week and very
soon viii be- In circulation all over
the west
r \ Mckinney arrived In town
last Sunday morning from Denver,
where ne had gone for brief Wis
II after completing the work ON the
biggest directory ne ever turned out.
embracing IA. territory OF Alamosa.
Monte Vista and the San Luis Val.
ley MIR Mckinney will stay around
home for awhile now rest up and get
In good trim To tackle hi. next tob.
He expects to get out a directory Of
La Junta before the end Of the year.
h. usually turns out about four
directories year.
For the first time in the history
of Colorado the spring municipal
election will be- conducted under the
hcadlcss ballot law. There viii be
no straight ballots for any party or
ticket Each voter will have TO
mark after tho name OF each candi.
date he wishes to vote for. and
there will be no party designations
after the names on the ballot unless
the candidate provides for II In his
petition for nomination. Unless he
Is armless or blind no voter Will be
permitted to have any assistance
from the election judges In marking
his ballot Each voter will have TO
have brains enough to know what he
wants to do when he exercises the
elective franchise In Colorado In the
future.
&. W. phllnour. OF Clovis. y NJ
transportation iopecior " the Pc
COS division Of the Santa fc. srriy.
cd Va la 1unta las, Saturday for a
few days' visit with his parents. his
mother Mrs G 4 Phllhour. being
here for brief soiourn from her
present home In Danbury. Texas SIR
Philhour left Tuesday morning for
Clovis. accompanied by his mother
and sister. Miss Helen. who after
visiting him for few DAYS. will
leave for their home IN panbury
Texas. where one of the younger
sons. Frank. is endcayorlng 10 dem.
'lNHA' 'hat Akfi'uliuf' v ih' Only
pursuit on this mundane sphere that
II worth while In time N. young.
si'r expects TO convince the old
man that h. mad. a mistak. In
choosing his pr.s.n, occupation Of
steering locomotive over u Santa
y. rish, OF way.
friend of ours formed IN. habit
of coming around every tim. after
the paper was out and reminding ~
that ~c had failed TO print this. that
and tn. other news item. says an ~
change. The result Was that w~
} got tired of him and he got = little
sos~ ~ ". Hut he vas = reasonable
man and really wanted ,o help "
make our paper better. An idca
came To HIN. ur would write oui