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The daily sentinel., 1913-03-01
AREN'T YOU ASHAMED, LOUIE?

W/HAl wouldn't give for the elastic conscience
w possessed by of Bull Moose friends who think
nothing of holding down job political organization and at
the time hang tight the rens of another party-CHfon
Success.
1t can't be that the James H. Rankin named president
of the Bull Moose party the Rankin who holds an official
position in Grand Junction For that would be against the rules
doncherknow.- Clifton Success.
Those hundred Norwegian families would certainly be most
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05
PROGRESSIVE CITIZENS. WIN
Mayor and Treasurer Elected unani.
mous!y-Four Progressive and
Two Peoples for Council.

La Junta is redeemed once more.
II wasn't unanimous. but 1t was near
enough for all practical purposes,
and great Improvement upon four
years ago and two years ago. The
election was rather quiet AS COM
pared to two years ago. but II was
not tame affair by any means. and
every effort WAS made to land all
the votes possible by both sides
Out OF registration OF about 2.l00
only i.015 votes were polled-3s5 in
the first ward. 3i2 In the second. and
3is In the third, or about fifty per
cent OF the vote registered.
Lamb. for mayor and Fisher. for
treasurer. made clean sweep In all
the wards. the fact of their being on
both tickets being very largely re-
sponsiblc for their universal popu-
larity Sam Brown. for city clerk,
carried the second and third wards.
being especially strong IN ais own
ward which he carried by majori.
~ Of IS. but lost ont In the first
ward by majority Of % His ma
Jority In the three wards was Sc
The vote In the table below was
taken from the official count which
was made yesterday morning by Ma
yor kcarus and City Attorney Mil
Ter. The vote IN the second ward
was close. Richter being only three
votes shy of having as great a to-
tai as Fiscus In the first ward
Barr and Bcerbohm. who have al
ways been very popular candidates
In county elections. fell down lament
ably. probably for the reason that the
only campaigning they did was to
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05
Death d Mrs. A. N. Parrish.

Mrs. A. n. Parrish died IN Mercy
hospital. Denver. Wednesday. March
:s. 1918. of bronchial pneumonia. Mrs
Parrish WAS n resident of Ia junta
for six years and during that time
wan \ member Of e. Pxtrick's Cath.
Ollie church II this city. For thu
past five ycsrs she has bern In
Mercy SAnitarium. Denver. Hhs
would have been -ishty.scvcn years
os age on June 18th Of the present
year.
Mrs. Parrish had no children. Mrs.
". n. Brown. Of Las Animaa. . niece
and Mrs q. ". Minchin. NJ Chilli
cothr. H.. . grand niece. arc hes
nearest relatives.
tunsrsl services we're held In ~
chapel q Mercy Saaitarium IN Den
vsr aa1 lasesusnt occurreA IA tha
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05
NUMBER IA
PEYToN JONES DEAD.
One Ct the Pioneers CT the Arkansas
ValIey-Accvmul lated His Wellth
in Cattle Bu.iness.

P"yfon ). Iorcs, for foriy-four
years a r-sii,Ht os TIE Arkansas Val
ley. died In his rooms AT the Jones
block last Saturday morning, after
an Illness wh',h hal confined him
to mis- he'd for -four we, ks. or since
the first day of March his rugged
physique : emel d silrcd to make
his span Of M reach to the century
mark, bur he succun bed TO bodily
Ills. suff ring intensely wacn nature
refused TO peri rm IS functions. aud
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05
Make IL Jvnts City Beautiful.

Are you getting ready. Mr.. Good
Ci,izon-yes. and the whole family
To make your hous" and lot "a thing
of beauty this summer Are you
planning for flowers and shrubs and
vines 10 your lawn mower In good
shapo'
Small things. are they Yes. but
Ia. bixRcst sort Of things In the sp.
p-arance ot 4 town. Take England.
Every village " n garden. TIL"
most disrspvtAblc houses are trans
formed ~ flowers and foliage into
thing. of beauty.
A bisak bare mining town may b"
= 10, more prosperous than Nh Eng
iish hsnael. But II doesn't hook ~.
FOR the neancst. poorest sort of =
dwelling y xioriiied by the touch Of
Nature.
II cvssy family In Ia junta shosld
make Il . Do.nt 10 get the best p's.
sible seoacts ost a planting this
spring. IN could be made \ verit'
able ~ osastifHI--A deiixht 10 the
eye. sa1 Aseoiacs 70 he Apirit. Bui
. few qmr1o saat - II. The sfiert
must bGSnna3nsss. Oas nesiectel
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05

death came as welcome relief
peyton Smith Jones was born In
Cannon county. In middle Tennessee.
October ~. 1879. aud at the time
OF his death was aged 81 years. +
months aud one day. He lived W
his native state, until hs .xss. twen-
ty-one years of age. attending school
and working on = farm. In 1850 he
removed with his parents tn Red
River county. Texas In isi2 he
WAS employed as AN oversocr on n
large plantation. which occupation he
followed for five years. Al the ex-
piration of this time he bought n
buncn OF ca,tl. and moved To Palo
Pinto county. Texas. whcr" he re-
when he entered the conf "dcrai. ser
Vice Ia 1862 and continued In II un-
III the close OF the war. In 1855.
In company with thrss brothers. he
engaged IN stock raising at Fort
chadbournc. Texas. and remained
thcr. until 1863. when he removed
To bent county. Colorado. camping
the first night. December 18th. near
where the Higbcc postoffic- now
stands. He was associated with
] his brothers In the cattle busincss
until December. 1882. when they
sold their holdings. which included
about 80 900 head Of cattle. to the
/ Prniri. Cattle Company for &775.0oo.
During the past twenty years Mr..
Jones has lived almost continuously
block. located ON III. corner of Colo
T RADIO av"nu" and West First street.
aud also til" thr.c corner lots Just
across Colorado ay"nu" on ia. same
street. besides tlrcc properties In
tn" rcsij"nc" district. Mr.. Jones al
so owned two farms In Texas. one
Of ias acres near Ennis. Texas. and
another of Go acres ON Trinity riv-
cr. besides bank stock IN Council
Grove. Kan. and som" properly IN
Las Animas, \ conscr,a,iy" esii.
mate of III. value OF his estate. In
III. opinion Of y. u. Wood. n nephew.
who ha. looked after the bnsincss In.
t.rcsts of his uncle during IL. past
two years. is that II will total In the
ncivhhorhood of S??a 900
Mr.. Jones' had never married and
his only surviving immediate rcls.
tivcs are three sisters. SArah N.
Dean and AilomA joncs. of Weather.
ford. Texas. and Mrs Amanda =.
Wood. of this city. and three bro
theirs. J. &. Jones. n Jackst,oro. Tcx.
~. q. y. Jon~~. os Midland. TEXAS.
and 4. r. Jones'. of wichita. Kan.
Tie funerai took place yesterday
morning n , O'Clock from the under.
taking pariors Of the Mayhew Hosss
Furnishing Company. Brief services
were conducted hy Rev. Emaausl
Payne. a. the baptist church. aetes
whtrA the bo1y was taken 70 LAs
Aaimas for fiHai inlsrneat. spsciAl
car tslAG attarAe1 = ~. Z tss ~
accsao1stssa 4 sslAeives ~ q
Il =" -. = Z. -
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05
Death es Mr.. Amanda Wood.

The death Of Mrs Amanda Wood
occurred Thursday afternoon at $3.50
O'Clock NJ the home of her daughter.
Mrs J. H. Carson. i'll Carson avenue
Death resulted after \ min" days III.
noes from pneumonia. and II IL
tnouxh, that the shock of the death
ns her brother. Mr. Pryton Jones.
Contributed 10 the fatal termination
Of the disease.
Mrs. Wood was horn In Cannon
cevuty, T~nncss~c. December ~. isas
ana n the time of her death was
ased u year~. : months and u days.
oh~ had h-cn = resident of Ia Jun.
u and vicinity for about twenty
yeass. residing here and ~ Hisbre'
~ i~aves slx children. - follows;
.. &. Wood. Mrs. J. ". Carson and
1tss. Charles Nelson al II tnis city;
Mn. Stella Oiliisp.e. Of waisenbars
Oseo.: Frank wood. = rsnrh~s. Nv
~ about twelve miIcs southwest d
L. Junta. and william Wood. Of Bic
~. ArisoaA.
TAe AeaeA q Nm. WOOD ssA bet
lsseAes. psytaa Jeaes. leaves thres
teotAsss anl to sisters survivine.
~ sunsgai vii taks psars nss'
Nsalay nssnias q 80 o'esork fres
11aoAawib Ua1sstatias PssSess. VII
o1nemsut - ulgbsA whers -
n.1ln1 - ! - - 1sssAssr -
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05
VOLUME "a
PRESBYTERIAN ANNUAL
Banquet and ousinsss Meet.
ing Memorable Afssir-chureh
Free from Debt.

The annual banquet and business
meeting Of the First Presbyterian
church, held In Harmony hall Thurs
day night. proved to be not only
very enjoyable affair. but a most
memorable one for what was accom-.
plished First. the ladies OF the
church served most tasteful and
bountiful supper About l25 persons
partook. Some one said there were
thirteen articles OF food--all good.
After supper, DR.. Stubbs In his us
ual jolly manner acted as ioastmas.
ter, Miss Cohoon sang two beauti-
full solos. and then the doctor expati-
ated on the aim and benefits OF
church socialbilities Mrs. J. Quay
Chapman responded In plea for
more socialbility In which the men
could join Mrs John Madigan read
an appropriate poem about men and
church.
Mr.. 4. s Marshall discussed the
question. lis the Change In Admins
traiion Responsible for the Wealth
err" He decided in the negative.
The pastor gave brief talk on the
progress OF two years. and this part
OF the program closed VII. q quar-
t,tte selection by Prof Jcnner. Miss
Cohoon. Mrs Grecnlee and Mir. Syl-
yester. which was very well receiy.
ed
The first item of business was a
statement regarding tn. special fund
being raised to clear off all payments
on the church building. II MAS found
that S6as wxs still needed. After
brief talks by chairman Stubs. DR..
Flnasy asd NJ. uols. additional snb-
scsipttoas we're saksd from those ~
sal, aud In . very short time the
entire amount vas provided for With
enthusiasm and the doxoiogy Was
sung with vigOr. THIS means that.
not only what payment. were behind
but all future payments. the last not
due until 1915. will he made st once.
absolutely freeing the church from
debt.
After this matter was disposed Of
annual reports were read from the
trustees. and all the churcn orsaniza.
tons The financial report wis very
gratifying Al bills for the year
are psN and y balance Of S?s IN the
treasury. The total current expense
for the year WAS S5.sio. The beney-
olenccs amounted To t%Ol. making =
grand total Of 33.,ii. given and ex.
pended by the congregation during
he year.
This II an additional Testimony
10 favor Of the unified budget sys-
ten of church finance. During the
entire year not = dollar was raised
By indirect methods. nor asked of
the general public. Adding the S:7's.
peovidcd 10 meet the debt. the ron.
grrgation has swung y budget tnis
year Of Ss.ss7.
Dr. stubbs. ". G. Gordon asd A.
=. Marshall yer. reelected trustees.
and after happy congratulations all
around. the meeting closed In excel
l-nt spirit by singing "Bicsr~d be-
the Tie that Binds"
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05

Women played an important part In
many lily elections In Colorado. and
of Twelve candidates for municipal
office, only onc-st Rifle-sas defeat
ed Two women wer. elected IN
Loyoland-one city clerk and fh"
other m alderman. ar aldcrwoman.
and one each at Colorado Springs.
Colombo CITY. Manliou. Idaho
springs. Montrosc. Victor. Goldfield.
Telluride and Glenwood Springs,
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05

question and this was delayed un.
til about two months ago. Tais time
the majority was so decisive that
1t menus the elimination Of saloons
for two years at least.
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05

II. i, Dye. the original booster of
Manxanoa was elected Mayor of that
burg. along with r. r. Beatty. WIN
Miller aud NJ X Eichling for trus-
tees The town ought to 20 ahead
some with Horace in the front seat
on the band wagon.
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05

request their friends to vote for
the other fellow. Both seem tn be
very much cintcsi over their defeat.
which Ii something Of an innovation
In defeated candidate circles.
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05

The election is over and peace is
restore There is no peace. saith
the Lord unto the wicked. Isaiah
xlvii:22
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05

Las AuiMaa voted wet by major
ity OF six. eight votes 1t had been
dry DARN. Zoe past two years. and
the sup Wy court may decide that
II will b, dry Tor two years more
when thai body considers an inJunc-
ton sui ilat was brought tn keep
tne subni,-iDH Of the wet aud dry
question oH OF the ticket The To-
cal optic 4w provides that pcti-
ton for o. art aud dry vote must
be filed with the city clerk thirty
days beforc election. In Las Animas
the petition Was not filed until March
ad-tweniyuiu days before election.
The petitioners were thrown out OF
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05

Rag dancing and Sunday nmusc-
m.nts were the issues nj III" city
election In Engicwood. and both were
endorsed.
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05
ELECTION ECHOES.

Commission form of government
was adopted nj Monirorc. and Du.
range held iss first commission form
election.
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05

Holly and Swink still have the
distinctou Of being the only legal
ly qualii'.l oasis on the Santa Fe
betwcen Kansas City and Pueblo. llol-
ly's voic uU local option was 20i
wet an 80 dry The fight was
fierce, being The most beligerenr that
that tow has known for ten or more
years.
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05

Colorado Springs decided that there
shall h. no liquor sold IN the res.
taurAn's and that Sunday Hmusc.
mcn's should bc prohibited.
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05

Tile Father Of Waters" II stili
cn the yob and Will nov have an op.
p0rtunity 70 DO something for his
oefsprins the accent on the
spring.
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05

court by Judge Mciiendric. and an ap
peal vas taken 10 the supreme court
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05

Ounntson. which has b~cn vel
since the flood. had = very bittcI
nxht IN the w"t and dry question
and went cry. TOR the first tim'
IN its history.
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05

Miss Pearl Cunninx. = former vel
known resident ot thi. city. va,
the Dry canli1ate for city clerk oI
iAs Anioas. bst Las Anlmas votet
VET sa1 Mtss Frances Cahili Wal
electel rierk.
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05

Colombo Ctay's first eisction Nm.
def The ceaaisseoa tbrm q sovcrn-
neat nals ~ towa IN ~ ~ vesss
Tvs ysers - GAs lrys woa ~ .
- 80. . y. = .s:::.' sss.s :. =. |.
Gilpin observer., 1913-02-20
FOREIGN.

Turkish soldiers attempted to as
sassinate and succeeded in badly
wounding Enver Bey. the Young Turk
leader.
The quarter adjoining the Saint So
phia mosque in Constantinople was
burned. A hundred and fifty houses
and shops were destroyed M
]. Pierpont Morgan was taken sud
denly and seriously i'll at Cairo,
Egypt, according to a dispatch from
Rome to the Exchange Telegraph
Company.
The exceptionally cold spell pre-
vailing throughout Italy reached its
climax in a snowstorm after the
temperature had fallen several de-
grees below zero.
For the third time in this montn
Miss Sylvia Pankhurst is under ar
rest. She was taken by the police
while engaged with other suffrag
cites in window breaking III the Eas.
End of London.
the Montenegrins lost 5000 men IN
a futile attack against the Turks on
the heights of Tarabosch and Birdit-
"a, dominating the fortress of Scutari,
according to dispatch received from
Constantinopie.
The Lord Mayor of London has is
sued a fresh appeal to the public on
behalf of the fund that is being raised
for a memorial to Captain Scott AMI
his comrades who died on the expe
dition to the south pole, owing to the
small amount of the donations thus
far received.
Gilpin observer., 1913-02-20
COLORADO
LEGISLATIVE
DOlN G S
Western Newspaper Union News Service
MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS.
CoIorado's Protest Against Federal
Governments Public Domain Policy.
o o N G s

colorado's Protest Against Federal
Governments Public Domain Policy.
Denver.-Colorado's protest to the
federal policy of controlling and ad.
ministering the public domain. pre-
pared by Governor Ammons, after
several weeks work, was presented
to both branches of the Legislature.
The memorial prepared by Governor
Ammons takes issue with the conser-
walton policy. Colorado wants conser.
walton of energy and the prevention of
waste, but not the keeping of the land
and forests in a state of preservation
for future generations, is the slogan
enunciated throughout the memorial.
Every phase of the land question,
the water situation, and the various
methods of control and supervision is
taken up and combated by argument.
In its array Of facts and figures the
memorial that is givec to the Legisla-
ture for action is in every sense a
brief for the whole West.
Gilpin observer., 1913-02-20
WASHINGTON.

DR.. H. d. Geddings, former assist
ant surgeon general of the public
health service, and who served con-
spicuously abroad in connection with
cholera outbreaks. died here after a
four months illness.
They buried Uncle Joe Cannon un-
der an avalanche of praise, congratu-
lations and farewell blessings. The
dinner in his honor at the Raleigh ho-
tel was the greatest political function
of the winter season.
Because of intense anti-American
feeling at Acapulco. Mex, the cruiser
Denver was turned back into that por.
to protect Americans and other for
eigners until the cruiser South Da
kota put into port there.
Development of world police, such
as was begun in avoiding Internal war
in China. to be utilized by nations in
policing the republic OF Mexico. was
suggested in resolutions adopted by
the Washington Peace Society
There is nothing whatever in cor
ditions in the West to warrant the
belief that irrigation agriculture Is In
any danger OF extinction today, tomor.
row or within the next 100 years." as
serts Secretary Wilson OF the Depart
ment Of Agriculture in reply to let.
| ter from Secretary Fisher
Girl friends of Miss Helen Taft
have presented her with a farewell!
gift in the shape of magnificent gold
handbag studded with amethysts. Vie
tually all Of her close friends were
represented in the presentation
which was altogether informal.
The best jewellers In New York are
at work on the design for the $4,000
diamond necklace which Washington
women are going to give Mrs. w. II.
Taft, as a token Of their apprecia-
tion Of the manner In which, as first
lady OF the land, she has performed
her social duties.
Gilpin observer., 1913-02-20
CONGRESSIONAL.

House passed public building ~
appropriating $25,oOo,OOO.
Sundry civil appropriation bill, car
rying $113,271,615, was reported to
the House.
House passed bill authorizing
bridge across Mississippi river at Ba-
ton Rouge, La.
Representative Prince in speech de
nounced sentiment in favor Of inter-
vention in Mexico.
Favorable report on Rockefeller
foundation bill ordered by Senate jul
dietary committee.
Senator Ashurst. introduced resoln-
ton asking President Taft to trans
init facts regarding Mexico.
Senator Roots proposed repeal of
free Panama canal tolls rejected by
inter-oceanic canals committee.
Interstate commerce committee ten
tatively agreed to amend railway val
uation bill to include telegraph and
express companies.
John r. Hill, said by Director Ralph
of the bureau of engraving and print
ing, to be the most expert script en-
graver in the world, died here from
apoplexy.
Senate pensions committee decide |
TO report favorably bills to grant pen
sions to widows of Spanish war ve--
diers and of Civil war soldiers who
married after 1890.
The House held memodial services
Sunday and euoliges were delivered on
the late Representatives w. w. Wede-
mayer of Michigan, John G. MeHen
ry of Pennsylvania, Richsrd E. Connell
of New York, and late Senator George
S. Nixon of Nevada.
Gilpin observer., 1913-02-20
SPORT

During the last week in March one
of the biggest bowling tournaments
ever held in Denver will be pulled
off.
Lieutenant Mittner of the Austrian
army, while making a trial flight in
new aeroplane at Vienna, fell from
height of 800 feet and was killed.
Authentic information that Miss
May Browne of Los Angeles, nation
al tennis star, who arrived in Mexico
City February list to participate in
the Mexican national tennis tourna-
ment, was safe, was received az Los
Angeles by her brother, Nat Browne.
Gilpin observer., 1913-02-20
GEN ERAl. =.

The New Jersey House of Repre-
sentatives passed on second reading
Governor Wilson's antitrust bills.
Twenty-Five per cent OF the pack
ages carried by the express compa-
MES has been affected by parcel post.
New Workers gradually are becom-
ing race of vegetarians, according
to George Dressler, a commission mer-
chant.
Among those who have promised to
join in the suffrage march from Phil
adelphia is Miss Helen Mermark OF
Marble. Colo.
James Purcell the veteran gambler
who testified before the aldermanic
committee in New York that he had
paid police graft over a period of sew
enteen years, quarreled with his wife
in their apartment and began shoot
ing. Mrs. Purcell tainted but wild bull
let's struck their thirteen.year-old
daughter, Agnes, who lay covering in
bed and killed her almost Instantly.
Thinking that he had murdered both
women, Purcell surrendered himself
to the police.
General Stewart l.. Woodford. vet
eran publicist and former United
States minister to Spain, died at his
home in New York.
Judge Noyes in the New York Fed.
eral District Court denied motion to
admit to bail Edward F. Mylius, the
journalist convicted in England of H.
beling King George.
Twelve Newport. r. l.. women, have
Joined the physical rolling class for
the reduction Of rotundity, which IL
presided over by Mrs. Walter G. Hol.
comb, formerly Of Los Angeles. They
are keeping their identity o secret
Gilpin observer., 1913-02-20
No NOSTALGIA.

H. Atterbury Smith. who with his
open stairway plan promises to revo-
lutionize the tenement house. said in
New York:
THE open stairway tenement. with
its abundance Of sunshine and fresh
air. will make a tenement apartment
actually home. The tenement dwell
er Of the future needn't feel like Capt.
Salt.
I've sailed the seas for 81 years.
Capt. Salt, a seasoned old 'shellback.'
boasted.
Don't you ever get homesick. cap
tain" lady asked.
'Homesick? Me homesick?' said
Capt. Salt 'Nosir-ee! amt home
enough for that"
Gilpin observer., 1913-02-20
AMMoNs MAKES APPOINTMENTS.
Link, Hunter, Bell and Hicks Are New
Iy Appointed Officials. :

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-Governor e. M. Amomns
sent the following appointments to the
Senate:
CELSIUS P. Link as a member of the
state tax commission to succeed him
self.
John B. Hunter, candidate for mayor
at last spring election against Henry
]. Arnold as engineer of the State
Land Board to succeed Blair Burwell.
Former Congressman John C. Bell,
as judge of the State Court of Appeals
to succeed Tully Scott, elected Su-
preme Court justice.
Henry A. Hicks as member of the
state civil service commission to sue.
ceed Horace N. Hawkins, resigned.
For the next six years CELSIUS p.
Link, former assessor of Park county,
will serve on the state tax commission.
Link is appointed to succeed himself.
Link formerly conducted a newspa-
per in Park county. He will receive
a salary of $500 per year for the six
years.
Numerous candidates presented
themselves for the office to which for
mer Congressman Bell was named by
Governor Ammons-that of Judge of
the Court of Appeals.
John B. Hunter is well qualified to
serve as engineer of the land board
according to the governor on ccount
Of his experience as Denver y en-
gineer and member of the board OF
public works.
Henry A. Hicks, who was defeated
by John Rush for district attorney Of
the city and county of Denver at the
last election, gets an important posi-
tion as successor to Horace N. Haw-
kins on the state civil service commits
sion.
The appointments of Bell, Hunter
and Hicks were confirmed in executive
session of the Senate.
Governor Ammons has number Of
appointments to make. 1t Is under
stood that within few days he will
appoint state engineer and an adju-
tant general.
Gilpin observer., 1913-02-20
Julius Caesar.

The almost unanimous verdict of
ancient and modern times IL to. the sf-
feet that Julius Caesar was what
Shakespeare calls him: "The fore
most man Of all this world" Never
before or since has anyone exhibit
ed In SO high a degree all the quail
tiles of a born ruler of men. And
never had any man a grander role to
play. To preside over the most i'm
portant crisis in the history of the
most important branch of the human
race was a task that none but the
greatest Of men could successfully
perform. Caesar swept one obstacle
after another aside. end stood at last
where he meant to stand.