La Junta tribune., 1914-01-17

est ideals In civic life. II Rocky
Ford had as many things to crow o'-
er as La Junta already has she would
go plumb crazy.
On. OF the best indications that
tn. republican party In Colorado Is
dead H. the fact that Angel Archie
Stevenson. has emigrated TO fields
green and pastures new, and Is nov
trying to lead the progressiyes OF
California astray. Angel Archie
was one Of the arch conspirators that
put Taft over at Chicago during that
rar. month OF June last year. and the
result was rather narrowing, as all
tha, was left OF III. republican par
ty. when the final returns were all
| In. was Utah and Vermont. along
with Barnes. P.nrose and Crane. My
coun,rym.n. what a fall that vas
after nfty years OF undiminished
glories, and the thud thereof maketh
the heart OF the Taf, supporter sick
/ till yet
La Junta Is making new records
every day now. In recent Inter
I view with &. G.. Se.ley. manager OF
tn. Pueblo district for the Mountain
States Telephone Company, he said
I that La Junta. according 10 popula-
I tion, held IN. record during the
month OF December, for the greatest
increase In tn. number of telephones
used Of any city In III. state of Colo
RADIO. Twenty new telephones We're
cembcr. and siNty-sey.n new ones
during tn. year 1913. The number
OF telephones now IN use In La Jun
Ia Is 1885 This at least shows that
la Junta l. going forward, and not
backward a. some of the oroakers
are sull inclined to asssryate with
great y.hcmeuc.
La Junta authorities arrested
twenty-nine bootlegrers the first of
the week IN an effort to clean up tn.
town Wen wager that out OF tn.
twenty th.y'n get about fiy.
convictions At cost of som. 81 .0oo
to ot.ro county II seems to b. a
most difficult matter To convict a
man for the Illegal selling OF liquor
even when there Is no doubt as to his
! ,uilt. mighty weak point In our
laws. surely Las Animas Leader.
/ Don't judr. La Jun,a by Las Animas.
out Of III. tw.nty-nine informations
i filed th.r. w.r. tv.nty-nine conyic-
tions. ". do things In La JuntA.
i, They can do the same thing else
wh.r. II they ha,. the right Kind OF
officials Their. il no such word as
fail II tn. officials ar. fearless Ia IN.
diseharr" OF III. duties that they
ser. elected to perform. and ar.
proof against siekly son,im.nia,ity.
=
Their. IL an averar. of on. motor
car for every forty -elrh, persons In
III. stat. OF Kansas Nearly $4,000
motor ears hay. been registered with
the secretary OF state sine. IN. regis
,ration Law went into effect Their.
are also Sass motorcycles Tn. ma
| fnln,sN A H.s ttA.k.., Ia.
OF III. stat. known a. III. great Am
-rican Desert Edwards county e.
III. priI" motor car county of tn.
state. II has on. ear FOR every TWEEN
, tN-one persons insid. of it, borders.
Barton county, of which Great Bend
. l. the county seat. Is not far behind.
having on" motor ear for ever, tween.
y-nin. persons. Ford county. of
, which Dodr. city. Is tn. county s.at.
|, has one car for every thir,y.nin. per.
sons, aud finn.y county for,y.s.,.n
. The present generation OF kansan.
. has wasted 40 litii. OF their sub.
b S,anc. on boos. tina, II H. not much
. wonder that one famil, out OF ever,
A fiy. or six il abb. To afford tn. la.
u ury OF a motor car. Tn. motor cal
, habit Is sur. .,id.nc. of som. pros
' p.rity In Kansas.
|, Pueblo baseball fans ar. yer,
u mush excited over the prospect %
n organizing n Colorado State League
composed of Colorado Springs. Pu
.blo. la Junta. Rocky Ford. Lama,
= and Trinidad. making = six.team lea
3 rue. The proposed yearly saiar,
i limit IL to he $1,000 for each play
d "r. None of the baseball fans Of Ii
i Junia. however. arr very much .x
4 cited over the prospect Of this cit!
4 b~coming = member Of the league
}. We arr going "a stick 10 the Arkan