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La Junta tribune., 1913-11-22
PEOPLE SHOULD OWN UTILITIES
People should Handle Water and
Light Utilities Just the Same ~
the Schools,

Henderson Martin. chairman Of
the Kansas public utilities commits
sion, in an address at Lawrence.
Kan, recently, told the students OF
the University OF Kansas and the
people of Lawrence that Kansas
towns and cities must handle the pub
lie utility question as the schools
have been handled.
The stock argument OF those who
are opposed to municipal owners"
said MIR. Martin, lis that the utilities
are more efficiently and economical
ly managed by private ownership
than they are by public ownership,
There are two answers to this arEu-
ment.
The first one IL that there Is no
fundamental reason why private
management should be more eff
cient than public management. II Is
question Of men. Private owners
of utilities have half a century'x. ex-
perience to guide them. while pubic
ownership is In its infancy. and
know no reason why like expert
ence in public ownership should not
bring the same efficiency and econ
omy that we find In private owner
Ship
The second answer is that finan-
cial profit is not controlling In the
matter of public utilities. In fact.
financial profit should not be the
chief object In the management OF
utilities under public management.
What mean Is that the total cost Of
conducting water plant, for in
stance. should not he paid by the con
sumers of water. Part of the cost
should be paid by the taxpayers.
There are plenty of families In our
towns who need pure water that are
not able to pay the water tax. There
are plenty OF famili s who need good
lights that are not able to pay the
light tax.
our public school policy is the
policy that | would adopt ms a utili-
ties policy There was a time when
1, vas held that the public had no
right to take one mans money to ed
ucate another mans child. Our
fathers were wrong about the school
and We are wrong about the utilities.
We have decided that children
must be educated whether their par
ents are able to pay school tax or
not and for a like reason the people
must have pure water whether they
are able 10 pay water tax or not
The reasons which make II i'm
portant to society that homes should
h provided with good light and
good water are so apparent that ]
need not take your time TO recount
them"
La Junta tribune., 1913-11-22
Ditch Interests Consolidated.

The meeting OF the Twin Lakes
Reservoir Company's stockholders at
Pueblo recently. at which the cleo
ton of directors took place, was at
tended by many farmers and citizens
OF Ordway and vicinity and the new
board seems to meet with the ap-
prOval OF every one concerned. The
various districts are each represent
ed In the list OF directors. Wm.
BrOadbent and u. X. Waugh.
Ordway. A. q. Bowers, Crowley,
Joe Wallace. Sugar City.
The consolidation OF the two
companies, the Twin Lakes Land and
Water Company and the Twin
Lakes Reservoir Company was ef-
fected aud the name changed to The
T~ig Lakes Reservoir and Canal
Company.
Il was voted to remove the offices
Of the company from Pueblo to ord
way, where the business can be trans
acted more conveniently.
Now that the mater Of control OF
tho water system Is practically set
tied, We can look for an Increase In
land sales and general improve
ment In business throughout this
already prosperous section and ev-
srybody should now put their shoul-
der 70 the wheel and do some real
boosting.
La Junta tribune., 1913-11-22
mR COLORADO EDITORIAL LSS0lllel
NOVEMBER n. 1918
REMINISCENT
ul1lD nm mDl
ms q
MNl1Y nASA0

Emmett Hyre. OF Rocky Ford. was
In town looking for work.
Ed Hamilton's new house on Cim-
arron avenue was nearing compile
ton.
Guy (. Smith. of Colorado Springs
was In town looking for business
opening.
Denver was In darkness on ac-
coun, of strike among the elec-
tric light employees,
c. p. Miller found two coyotes In
his hen house making a Thanksgiving
dinner out OF his poultry.
Judges Elwell and Voorhees, were
down from Pueblo and sat en- banc
to dispose OF a number OF cases.
The Knights OF Pythias gave their
annual ball this time with "a Thanks
giving banquet at the Harvey House
as chaser. Some class to that.
Water was drawn off from the
| Holbroos reservoir for the first time
and big force OF men and teams
were at work upon an outlet ditch.
Sheriff Potter and Undershertff
Csmmill took three prisoners To the
psni,sntiary-W william Wilson, Ed
VIII, and John Williams. alias
Snowfall.
The Tribune wanted TO know II
there was any good excuse for tn.
city council permitting gambling In
La Junia. or II II was a fact that the
city dads had entered into "a partner
ship with the devil.
Among the applicants for the job
OF city marshal were Elmer r. Kis-
sell. Frank Gilchrist. Frank X. Bat
tey. w. L. Long. Pony Cabler. Geo.
{. Taylor and George Barr-to sue
coed W. Lewis. resigned.
o;ero county had furnished nine
cases for the keelsy Institute In Den
yer AT cost OF over $1,000. and
sHNf' ""T eoou uN0s VI
among the taxpayers thcreat The
cure had wrought some effective re
formations among inebrixtes.
X. c. Graves was prospecting for
coal In and near La Junta and was
satisfied that there was plenty of II
at no great depth beneath the sur.
face. While prospecting he came up
on a considerable quantity OF mineral
that assayed 81? ounces Of silver to
the ton-the highest grade of sill
We! ore ever discovered around La
Jun;a.
Complaint O! hard times was
heard O. on every street corner In La
Junta. according To the Tribune. The
cause was ascribed to "tinhorn gam
blers" o! which there was n great
surfeit In La Junta. Men drawing
salaries of from 800 TO 5000 per
month. did not spend their money
building houses. buying clothes or
depOs!ting II In the bank. Most OF
them Deposited II In THE Mint" and
other kindred institutions-accord-
ing TO the Tribune.
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en- and children, and the breeches
buoy takes one at time.
An Aerial Bean Pot
But meanwhile the life car was bent
into the whip and willing hands
hauled it out. Nor was there hesita-
ton about opening or getting into the
queer conference.-the little, fiat
topped, round-bellied, corrugated iron
pot, that looks scarce big enough for
one, yet in which seven grown people
can be packed through the tiny hatch,
to be shut In helpless, sardined
against the iron walls, chilled to the
marrow and all but suffocated with
little air. Yet there, those who use
the life car are safe from drowning,
for though air can get in. water-in
quantities, cannot. For this is the
merit OF the life car: suspended from
a cable and hauled back and forth by
hand, 1t rides either over the waves,
on top of the waves, or through the
waves. and at times all three, one
after the other. The breeches buoy
browns man who is dragged through
too much water, killing while saving
him. To be safe over a bad sea, the
breeches buoy must be hung high.
And here on the Ayrshire, with no
masts left and two-hundred-yard pull
to shore, there was no way to hang
the cable high.
So the little life car made it's first
trip under the water, Invisible and
smothered in foam. You can be very
sure 1t was quickly opened when it
came to the beach at last, and the
cheer they gave for the seven who
were hauled out, almost frozen, stiff
and pale with the pallor of too close
an approach Of death, has left an
echo wherever the iron car Is used.
Two Hundred Saved.
Not seven only, but over two hun
dred. did this, the first, life car save
that day. Twenty-nine trips it made
through the impossible waves and the
indescribable storm. For every trip
John Maxon tailed seven lives saved.
save once only.
That was when some man-hero
who gave his place to a woman or
coward afraid to wait his turn, who
can say now?-mounted the top of the
car after the metal hatch was closed
and left the Ayrshire clinging to the
hatch. No one saw him go nor knew
how long he clung, buffeted and beat
en-, on the perilous perch. The car
came in as before, with seven within,
The St. Mary banner., 1913-07-05
HAIR CUT By A SQUIRREL
Rodent Barber Gets Busy on Thatch
Of Sleeping Oregon Pho
tographer.

Ernest J. Bloom. Photographic,
of Hood River, Ore, who has been
passing the last two weeks at the
ranch of r. E. Scott. secretary OF the
Commercial club. returned home with
a portion of his hair gone.
Mr. Bloom had been working in the
garden and making a lawn on the
ranch. He was taking nap after
lunch when a squirrel that had been
making It's home in the house this
winter. evidently thinking his long
black locks would make an excellent
timing for a nest, trimmed OF a por-
ton Of the hair while he slept.
THE rodents teeth must have been
sharp" says the photographer, "for l
could scarcely feel him at work there
cutting away the hair. l must have
moved in my sleep and in his excite
ment he evidently pulled some Of the
hairs out instead OF cutting them.
This awoke me and let out yell
that almost frightened the squirrel to
teath. Oregonian.
The St. Mary banner., 1913-07-05
Something Good for
Youc LaZY Liver

The most perfect Constipation rem
edy the world has ever known comes
from Hot Springs, Arkansas
No matter what you have been TAX
ing to tone up your liver and drive
poisonous waste from the bowels, the
sooner you get a box OF HOT
SPRINGS LIVER BUTTONS, the
sooner your liver bowels and stom-
ach will be In fine condition.
They are simply wonderful. splen-
did they are gentle sure blissful
Take them for sick headache, indiges-
tion. loss Of appetite, etc. All drug
gists have them at 25 cents box.
Free sample from Hot Springs Chem
ical Co.. Hot Springs, Ark.
The St. Mary banner., 1913-07-05
The Spirit& ST
Bunker Hill
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Sooner or later every stranger who
visits Boston invariably announces:
II must see Bunker HILL" June II is
the ideal day to crafty that wish; to
correctly entertain my guests supply
of luscious chicken and ham sand
wiches should be packed, with plenty
of pickles and few pieces Of pie,
for Charlestown-accent on the
town." and pronounce 1t clearly,
please-is within the "pie belt" We
climb the stately pile on Bunker Hill;
attend the exercises held by some
historical association: listen to the
strains of that old ode sung at the
dedication of the monument in 1843,
when Daniel Webster delivered his
famous grafton; behold the parade
sweep in majesty about the foot Of the
historic pile, and watch the sun flash
in golden CLEANS on the renowned
Sword Of Bunker HILL" Like many
another historical landmark that 9th
erwise would have been obliterated,
Bunker Hill has been preserved to
posterity by the devotion OF women.
Where today are well-kept turf, a
stately monument and joyous sight
seers, in 1775 a bare summit SCARED
by cannon-shot, raw. half-sOdded
fieldworks and low redoubt overlooked
the burning churches and houses Of
Charlestown. Beyond from the Charles
river, the British men-ofwar joined
the land batteries on the farther bank
in the unceasing thunder of artillery.
hurting death upon the men of Massa-
chusetts Bay, Vermont and Connect
cut
Due north to the very verge of the
Mystic ran q weak breastwork across
pasture lands and meadows, with here
and there an orchard abloom with the
delicate pink and white of apple. pear.
cherry and ounce: fields Of yellow
hearted, white-petalled daisies swayed
in the vortex Of cannon shot and the
mad rush Of furious charges.
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Anon the orchards were full of red
coated, white gathered infantry; the
snow-white daisies were marred by
great splashes of fe-blood, and the
pastures strewn with patches Of scar
let, where soldiers in their gay uni
forms had fallen to rise no more. To
the left a half-score Of brass howitz-
ers. posted amid brick-kilns and clay
pits, sought to enfilade and sweep
away the Baymen who kept the hill.
Farmers. sailors, fishermen. trades
men. clad In everyday garb, armed
with their homely weapons OF the
chase. with scarcely flag to fight un-
der. suffering hunger, thirst and weari-
ness under the broiling sun, coolly
trained across the Bunker Hill breast
work the long. rusty tubes which had
already heaped windrows Of dead and
dying men upon the fields below,
where the new-mown hay still lay dry
ing. The British lines continued to
charge. Don't fire until you see the
whites Of their eyes," The word pass
ed down the line of set faces, and
levelled guns; moment later hoarse
cries. Fire. Fire!" rang out; a crash
of triple volleys and the rattle of dead
ly file-firing followed The powder
failed. the provincials broke away pur-
sued by Pitcairn's marines-for the
moment, our fathers hope of victory
was over.
Yes. visit Bunker Hill; look upon a
monument erected to cherish the
memory of defeat that brought sue
cess. for Victory crowned the van
quished that day. The day set apart
to commemorate the battle of Bunker
Hill Is exclusively Charlestown holi-
day, but far wider than Boston's "tri-
spreads the spirit of
Bunker Hill throughout a great nation
chrfstened on that day in the red
blood Of American freeman.-Joe
Mitchell Chapple, in the National Mag
azine.
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Really Not Up to Her.

A girl forced by her parents into a
disagreeable match with an old man,
whom she detested. when the clergy
man came to that part of the service
where the bride is asked If she con-
sents to take the bridegroom for her
husband. said. with great simplicity:
"Oh. dear. no. sir! But you are the
first person who has asked my opinion
about the matter"
The St. Mary banner., 1913-07-05
Absent-Mlnded? Oh, No!

Two absent-minded college profes-
sors were walking together on the
street.
DO you know" said one, Il must
have a double. The other day a
woman stopped me on the street and
asked:
Your name is Mr.. Remington,
isn't it,"
well, WELL" his friend replied,
and was it,"
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MEMORY IMPROVED.
Since Leaving OFT Coffee.

Many persons suffer from poor
memory who never suspect coffee has
anything to do with 1t.
The drug-caffeine-in coffee, acts
injuriously on the nerves and heart,
causing imperfect circulation, too
much blood In the brain at one time.
too little in another part. This often
causes a dullness which makes good
memory nearly impossible.
Il am nearly seventy years old and
did not know that coffee was the
cause OF the stomach and heart trou.
BILE I suffered from for many years.
until about four years ago." writes .
Kansas woman.
"A kind neighbor induced me to
quit coffee and try Postum. I had
been suffering severely and was
greatly reduced in flesh. After using
Postum q little while / found myself
improving. My heart beats became
regular and now I seldom ever no
tice any symptoms Of my old stom.
ach trouble at all. My nerves are
steady and my memory decidedly
better than while l was using coffee.
I like the taste of Postum fully az
we'll as coffee"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek. Mich. Write for booklet. "The
Road to Wellville"
Postum comes In two forms.
Regular Unjust be boiled).
Instant Postum doesn't REQUIRE
boiling but is prepared instantly by
stirring level teaspoonful in an or.
dinary cup Of hot water. which makes
It right for most persons.
A big cup requires moro and some
people who IKE strong things put in
Q heAping spoonful and temper 1t with
. large supply Of cream.
Experiment until you know the
amount that pleasss your palate and
have II served that way IN the future
there's . Reason" for Postum
The St. Mary banner., 1913-07-05

came. i O8Q 0umO
spells and was dizzy,
had black spots be-
fore my eyes, my
back ached and I
was so weak l could
hardly stand up. My
was yellow,
even my fingernails
colorless and I
displacement. I
took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
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who told Of the man who could not

who told Of the man who could not
wait.
The crowd on shore pulled and
hauled on the ropes until their hands
were blistered and sore: fast. fast. FOR
the wreck was breaking up and the
mass of immigrants seemed scarcely
diminished on the low decks when
rift in the flying snow showed the Ayr
shires white, shrouded form to those
on shore. To drag a heavy car SIX
hundred feet out, and then maui IL
home again, laden and low-no Won
der their hands got sore and their
arms gave out. Then John MaXon
brought his oxen into play and the
two plodding beasts walked uncom-
plainingly back and forth, back and
forth, all day long. until the car had
made twenty nine trips and every last
man, woman and child on board. save
the one who could not wait, were
pulled by main strength from Watery
grave and set on shore, cold, shaken.
frightened. but safe!
A Record Rescue. =
The life-saving service has many
brilliant rescues in its history and
many hero on its rolls. But never
before or since this time have so many
people been rescued from so bad
wreck in SO terrific a storm. And
this fact was recognized at the time:
that here was a happening which was
likely to stand unique for hundreds of
years. So the little life car, no longer
new and shapely, but dented and buf-
feted by wave and sand and many
heavy loads Of human lives, was re-
tired from active service, It's honors
won in this one days work. and now
rests, an object of curiosity and OF
veneration, in the United States mu-
scum at Washington, for all to see
who look.
The sand buried the Ayrshire. as If
the ocean, cheated OF its human prey,
would at least take what 1t could.
Thirty years after. the tide-perhaps
the ocean forgot its vengeance.-un-
covered the bones of the Ayrshire.
and in them was found the ball which
fell on deck. bringing the light line
which spelled life for two hundred.
That ball, now suitably engraved. is
one of the most. If not the most, cher
ished possessions Of the life-saving
service. which grew with the years
and necessity into its present huge
proportions.
There are still life cars in the sta
tions of the service. For many years
after this demonstration they played
big part in saving life. and probably
will again. OF late years improved
life boats, better facilities for erecting
and using the breeches buoy. and finer
life-saving methods have made its use
less common. But 1t is always ready.
the last resort of the crews when all
else fails. and no matter what the con-
ditions or how bad the storm. there Is
always the memory of this story and
the Ayrshire-which every surfman
knows-to prove that, be conditions
what they may, while there Is life 20
save and the life car to save 1t with,
there is still hope.
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His Heir.

Mrs. Newedd Ito tramp)-Aren't you
the man who called here last week?
Tramp-You mean the pore felle1
you gave the 'ome-made pie to? No.
mum, | amt him. He left me his Oh
'Ogs when he pegged out, dat's all
The St. Mary banner., 1913-07-05
All Dead.

do you suppose there are any men
who can prove they had no vices?"
Certainly"
where's their proof"
"Ou their tombstones.'
The St. Mary banner., 1913-07-05
NO. SIX-SIXIY.SIX

This is prescription prepared es-
pecialIy for Malaria or ChIIs and
Fever. Five or six doses will break
any case, and if taken then as a tonic
the fever will not return. 25c.-Adv,
The St. Mary banner., 1913-07-05
Both WayS.

"Who is back of this show?"
John Jenks-away back. | believe
the sheriff is in front"
The St. Mary banner., 1913-07-05

A woman can make pie out Of al
most any old thing
The St. Mary banner., 1913-07-05
HOW THIS WOMAN
FOUND HEALTH
Would not give Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
for All Rest of Medicine
in the World.

Utica, Ohio. 60 I suffered everything
from q female weakness after baby
The St. Mary banner., 1913-07-05

WILL RELIEVE NERVOUS DEPRESSION
AND Low SPIRITS.
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic.
GROVES TASTHLKSS chill TONIC, xrouses the
liver to action drives out Malaria and builds the
system A sure Appetizer and aid u digestion.
for adults and children. 50 cents.
The St. Mary banner., 1913-07-05
Another Case.

Nebo, 1ll.-"I was bothered for ten
years with female troubles and the doc
tors did not help me. Twas 80 weak and
nervous that l could not do my work
and every month had to spend few
days in bed. l read SO many letters about
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound curing female troubles that got
q bottle of it. It did me more good than
anything else ever took and now it has
cured me. l feel better than l have
for years and tell everybody what the
Compound has done for me. believe I
would not be living to-day but for
that. - Mrs. HETTIE GREENsTREET.
Nebo, Illinois,
The St. Mary banner., 1913-07-05

Compound and now am stout, well and
healthy. l can do all my own work and
can walk to town and back and not get
tired. would not give your Vegetable
Compound for all the rest of the medi-
cines in the world. tried doctors med
icines and they did me no good. Mrs.
MARY EARLEw1NE, RID. No.3, Utica,
Ohio.
The St. Mary banner., 1913-07-05

Ez EMORIES of horror are
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yN~1I might discount the story
lk NGaI of the storm of January
12. 1850, If 1t came from
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1913-05-02
CHAPTER 45eLH. f. No. go.

AN to amend Chapter 2ee Of General
Laws Of 1907, as amended by Chapter 28a
Of General Laws Of 1911, relating to com
pensation Of members Of county boards in
certain counties.
Be it enacted by tho Legislature Of the State
Of Minnesota:
Section i. That Section 1 Of Chapter zoe
OF General Laws 1907, as amended by Chapter
2S3 of General laws 1911, be amended to read
as follows:
Sec. i. The several members of tho coun.
ty boards Of this state. in counties containing
less than seyenty-hye thousand inhabitants
and every day necesss rily occupied, in the dis
charge of their official duties while acting on
any committee under the direction of the
board. and ten cents per mile each way for
every milo necessarily Travelled in attending
such committee work. and shall also be en-
titled to mileage of ten cents per mile each
way for every mile necessarily Travelled for at.
tending meetings Of the board, not to exceed
twelve meetings in any one year; and in ad-
dition, tho chairman Of the county board
shall receive ten cents per mile each way for
during recess Of the county board"
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be In
force from and after Its passage.
Approved April %. 1918.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1913-05-02
CHAPTER 457-H. F. Nc. Goa.

AN ACT providing for the voting by ballot
machines are used.
Be It enacted by the Legislature Of the State
Of Minnesota:
Section /. That in all election districts
In this state in which voting machines now
are or may hereafter be lawfully provided
Notwithstanding, at any general. special, or
primary election. vote by ballot, subject to
Sec. 2. In all such election districts the
election officers shall provide printed ballots
for one-half the number of electors entitled
to vote in such district. and shall also pro-
vide separate booths in which electors may
elec,or presents himself for the purpose Of
voting at any such election district all the
voting machines in such district are In use.
the election officers shall provide such
%elector with such printed ballots and shall
permit him to vote thereon instead Of on a
voted upon, shall be handed by the voter
to the election officers Of the election district
and by them placed in sealed boxes, and
shall be counted, listed, kept and returns
thereon made In all respects as provided by
aw In cases where no voting machines are
used.
SEQ. 8: Any, person violating any provis-
ion Of this act shall be guilty Of a felony
and be punished by a fine not exceeding One
Thousand Dollars, or by Imprisonment in
the State Penitentiary not exceeding one
year, OF by both such fine and imprison-
Sec. 4. All laws and parts of laws In
consistent with this act are hereby repealed.
Sec. s. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after It's passage.
Approved April %. 1918.