La Junta tribune., 1913-05-10

Out Of thirty.four important com
mittee chAirmanshivs In the House.
twenty eight are held by Soutnern.rs-
In the Senate the chairman of the
Finance Comnitiee Is from North
Carolina. Practically all the other
important committee chSirmanships
have fallen to the same section.
Tho president. five members Of the
cabinet. and the Chief Justice Of the
Supreme Court are Southerpers.
>
II have Just about completed my
work OF assessing In the Fowler dis
trict," said Deputy Assessor Melon
aid To the Fowler Tribune. There
are few little odds and ends yet
to attend TO, and then the job Is
done"
Did you experience much objection
10 the assessment on a basis Of
full cash yalue?"
WI IA'lf wan ~ W ~
ly no kicking whatever among the
people IN the country. and only
few In town Offered objection
while the highway commission IS
fus-ing around ir,inr To nni the ave-
nucs of ezcap. through the mountains
for the dslrctsti"n Of the round b"lli"d
tourists In sBs wagons they have quite
forgotten upst the farmers who put up
tn. tases to pay for th.-. luSurics
would liz. to have little auto piS.
of their own We would IKE to know
In this connection hoW they PROPOSE to
build th.s. roads No material has
yet been discovered that Win make
country roads last ten Year,. Automo-
blI.s tear them Ia pieces IN two years
and old man lyman has not enough
TRUSTEES to Keep them In repair Field
and fsrm,
". o skinner. OF Pueblo. and di.
vision freight agent OF the Santa r"
at that point. has been named by
III. Pueblo county commissioners as
the director of that county for the
r.au Mr. skinner WAS agent for
the Santa Re at La Junta for years
and years. and since leaving here has
developed into one Of tn. best boost
ers for the Arkansas Valley that
this promising agricultural domain
knows OF Anywhere. May his sha-
Ing spirit. like all other good spirits.
Improve with age.
f0r th" first tim- IN sixty y-ar- Io-
mas r-nil.tun ~ Saybtook. Conn. f.-
Gently enjoyed th. iuSur, of shave.
Jonas is noK .irbty-on- years Old. and
befof. tho razor had done IT. p.rfert
~ors h- looked 40 patriarchai 40 Me
ttus-lah Now be has put on the
sliF' of th" averuE- 0ctog"n.rian. II
~as neither iscA of ie-ir. for a smoYth
visag- NOE wsHt Of the BARRIERS fee
and zip that constrained Jonas 20 re-
main To- shAppy condition. bot a
foolish vov When b. gas tw-nty -un.
y'nrs "id h. sworc that he would
never shaw. agsiH until bridr. was
built over The Connecticut Hy.r be-
tween ssyhruok and I9ms No, bong
ago III. bridge was opened. aud Jonas
shed hs whisA,rs
tn. credit fa the nfr "G"oi Roads
Day" In the state fof IN. year isi1 be-.
longs 10 Monte Vista p.opl. Last
~".s isa eitiI'ns of that pias. Ieft
their bushes, for day and vent to
~ork ga the road leading from th.r.
To the summi,yiile mining district
r1cks snd -ho,'ls were loaded into
automobiles and dwing th. day over
thirty miles ~ the road N.r. covered
rni the wor-, places nN'd. About
.: go has been raised by popular sub
-cription thsf. and engineers and men
~ill b. at work making further I'M
pruy.m.nts Wi,h,n shor, tim. Everi
section In Colorado should haN. i,-
Good Roads bay" tn. Idea nr.i
originated In ~. Arkansas Valley aud
as result much work Was accompii.h..
last year on IN. santa y. Trail How
about tn. "oooi Roads bay out o,
la Junta-,hsi never Jid CON. offT
over In Canon CITY on. hundred
and fifteen school children. comp.i
Ing for prizes offered by the Civic
Improvement League. brought In Z
total os LOSS pounds Il dand~ltons
which they dug up on dandciion day
Tho plants we're carried In baskets
and sarkA To the committee wht