La Junta tribune., 1914-01-24
PRECIOUS LIFE SACRIFICED
Mr.. 'ourtney's Sister Writes the Trl.
hume of the Life Sacrificed In La
Iunta's BOOtlex Whisky Fire

The Tribune Is In receipt of the fol-
lowing letter from Lauretta l. Ran
cal, OF Sprague, Wash, the young
est sister of Mrs. Courtney. the vic.
um OF La Junta's bootleg whiskey
nre Mrs. Randall states In her let.
Ar that perhaps the sacrifice OF the
NIe 50 dear to many. may help make
white Colorado.
DR. Jean Mcneil sent to Mrs. Ran.
oil few articles belonging to Mrs
Courtney, among which was found
NE following penciled lines:
Ny little barque is out on the sea.
$ Gliding away, away,
Over beyond they are waiting for me
would not stay. not stay.
Oh. but this world with It's beauty
and charm
Has lost II. hold one me.
tor Aeeo my frail little shallor
iron. ha'm,
u Par at sea far at sea.
The letter OF Mrs. Randall is a,
foilows, and gives an outline OF tn.
as hich had such sad ending IN
Ia recent fire:
81 am the youngest sister OF tn,
lote Rev. Mrs. T. Alclifte Courtney
TIL news OF her passing away did
moi reach me until Wednesday. tn,
3lth Yesterday copy of the Tri
reached me. II was the first full ac'
count ! received of the tragic ending
of nay precious sisters life on earth
Wien read the heading Human
Lie. Etc, Wiped Out OF Existence
Through Whiskey." the words con.
veyed TO me AN awful revelation
Tho arr burned into my brain. They
ar. branded into my crushed and
breaking heart.
Alr Mason. let me tell you some
thiug about that precious lif. sac
-tficed on the altar OF bootleg whis-
kay She was converted when a
young girl. Soon after she felt call
ID to be a temperance evangelist and
Il the age Of sixteen years gave hei
~ A0pnR4Acs addrsss. Her abili
N = public worker befns resUH
niz.d by all. she WAS ordained under
the Evangelical Christian Alliance IN
later life. II cannot give the date.
She has carried the temperance mes.
axe to many. travelling over the
counl1y from east tO west, and north
and south. In Canada and Mexico. ~
we'll ~ the United States. lovingly
vet f0vcefully and bravely working
Tor Christ'x Kingdom and cause
The Christ that she loved M devoted
ly. unselfishly. making and defrayins
h. own expenses. In the last TEN.
p-eance address ! heard her deliver
Shich WAS In 1911. while visiting Us
at PaSoss Springs. wh.r. my hus.
baad was then pastor Of the First
MsthodiHt Episcopal Church OF tina,
towa. ! remember how she appealed
To the voters to use their ballot In
the cause Of temperance. and Ia
thus save "Our brothers. IN. rum.
sollsss." In her great love for hu-
msntty, she called them her broth
.rs. and how she has worked to save
then. down In the slums Of eastern
citjss. and on the western prsiries.
She has always been ready to h-lp
th0ss In need Of help. prayed with
tAs susr0wing. aud buried the dead
mlsistertng 10 the afflicted. In her
life work. M she Was "a preacher
pOst and sOnx writer" Besides her
hooks Of poems. Heart Echoes aud
"Hongs OF Love" th. press has re-
ceived from her pen many helpful
contributions.
0he WAS born In lemmingford. =
Quebec, Canada. Raised In Wav.rs
New York. Married j a. Courtney
Z soldier of III. civil War. who about
tsn' years later passed away and war
buried at Addison. New York. where
see by your paper her remains were
shipped on Tuesday night
Her life was not lived without H.
sorrows. Like Jesus. our elder bro
thsr. she was 'aoiunintcd with
grief
LAuUETTA J. RANDALL.
spraguc. Wash