La Junta tribune., 1913-05-17

Of Waters has been much distress
I'd In mind owing to u great falling
off IN the water supply. The
force" has been woefully lacking.
and on Capitol Hill It has almost
been a minus quantity. One of the
wells At the pump house was out OF
commission owing to leak In the
suction pipe. and had to be shut
off in order To make necessary re-
pairs. One Of the campaign promise"
given out by the Father OF Waters
was that In case Of his election
and that people could irrisate their
lawns nigh, and day. as there vas
plentiful supply OF water \ lady
on Cimarron avenue. while watering
her lawn one evening this week. be
came greatly exasperatcd at the az
rrayating deficiency In the water
supply. and while IN this mood hap
pcned to remember the campaign pro
mise OF the Father of Waters. She
forthwith seized the business end Of
telephone and communicated with
him thusly;
rs this the Father OF Waters'"
II are" came back the answer In
expcctant tones
well. whats tho matter with
your old water supply l. this the
way you are going {, max" Eood
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ing Us lees water than We ever
had
"Ny dear. madam have patience;
the suction pipe is smoking wind
Jus, as soon as the leak Is repair
I'd therein b. plenty Of water
We'll you'd bcttar gt pretty
busy ON your old water works and
furnish MS NOR" water n You ever
expect TO be- mayor ot this town.
There1l BE- nothing doing IN 'he may
or line n you don't"
"Ha. ha." was TIE only answer
You can fool an Of tho peopi@ in
the First ward some Of the time.
but not all af the time.
Postmaster General Burlcson an.
nnunccd during the las, week that II
was tn. purpose of President Wilson
and himstif to take into the classi-
fled service. probably tils year. all
pOstmaAtsrs of tde second and 'hird
classes. As the La lunta posioffice t
II ia the SECOND class tiis means
that all candidates FOR the prospcc-
tive appointment will be- subjected .
to competitive examination to de-
torminr m'ir fitness Tor the office .
Well. sell wouldn't It be- a iok. II
the present incumbent. whose term
expires next March. should be award
81 the plum after all Tie probably
would De- II th- examination was
ON tn. square. but there is very lit
tie possibility Of such contingency
under democratic regime
kauSas city recently sold s2i.1t
worth OF motor ears owned by the
city. for s3,6s7 So Al of the old
cars disposed Of. which were of var
ious styles and sir-s. are TO b" Re-
placed by twenty-five runabouts of
one make. aud I, IL nop.d thus to
lesscn the cost of upkeep. :. ".
Zickeioose. former city marshal of
Ia Jun,a. is still chief OF do,-ctiyes
IN Kansas Ciiy. aud has n car and
also chaffeur at nj, beck and call.
Some of the cars sold cost IA. city
s, 600 aud s. .0oo when new. but the
highest price any Of them brought
Was $50. One of the ears sold for
- 80. Evidently automobiles az. a
liability Instead of an asset
=
Do women really wan, to have III.
rights. privileges aud duties OF the
st"rn"r sea thrust upon them There
are few of u. who hay. ai~ays
had their doubts. In Pueblo this
week there ~cr. three women drawn
on a jury lis, taken from TIA. box
BY the county commissioners. and
all o9 them cmpha,ioally refused TO
serve. declaring that they w.r. not
suffragciier. aud did no, propos. To
be mixed up IN Jury ~ork-so there.
There are occasions. probably. when
women would iis. To serve as juroru.
and they would probably do \ good
Job of melting out justic"-that In.
under certain conditions. the man
would probably get all that was com.
Ing to him.
The La juntA Tribune must have
purchased that nev vpe-se,tias ma.
chine that Il has threatened to do.
for last weeks paper Was all set In