La Junta tribune., 1914-05-09

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TIE Buzz Saw. sditsd by Miss Beat
rice Stevens. Of Dyersburg. has been
changed 70 . six column fosr paes.
paper. Miss Stevens e one Of the
leading newspaper women Of the
state. The Bsss Saw. ws believe. b
defined 70 grow and prosper and
play an important part in the de-
velopmsnt Of that prosperous city on
the rorked Deer.-Tri-County News.
Because eighty per cent Of the tele-
phone companies and many Of the
water and light companies are man
aged by incompetents and Is costing
Kansas millions OF dollars every year.
John ". kinkel Of the Kansas Utili-
ties Commission believes the commits
sion should BE- permitted TO hsa out
the incompe'ents and install efficient
management In the utilities Of the
state. There are over five hundred
telephone companies In the state Of
all sizes and kinds" said Mr.. Kinkel
About eighty per cent Of these COM
panies are inefficicntly managed or
not managed at all. There IL every
variation Of service. from the highest
class to the very poorest that could
be provided. There are hundreds Of
these companies that don't kno~
whether they are operating ~ . pro-
III or loss. or whether the charges
are sufficient To meet the actual ex.
pcnses without considering any re-
pairs or bettcrments. rhe same II
more or less true Of many electric
light and water plants. There are
companies that have been operating
five years that have never spent .
dollar for betterments and never hir-
I'd skilled man to make repairs. II
wire blew off the pole some far.
mer vas told To put Il back
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The L. Junta League team play.
Cd two practice games during the
past week and won both Of them.
Last Sunday they played the Las
tnimas Valley League team and woa
~ The score Of 70 !. Starr pitrhed
shut-out hail but Las Animss .scor-
d one lone run on his Wild throw "a
first base. The team played good
all behind him. hitting the he'll h
the pinchss and fielding better thsa
In the earlier games. They broke
~ an attempted double steal which
Las Animas Tried TO pull or. and
showed on several occasious that
they are playing real Ieasus ball.
Herb Love. who causht for Las
Animas caught two IL Juntaites of
first base With snap throws. Las
Animss has . good team. but they
don't seem 70 b. able 10 hit the
brand Of pitching that Rip Starr
serves up. u looks like . good year
for IL Junta In the base ball line.
"Wednesday. the day Of the BIG
celebration. the league team played
the shop team. Also they "plsys1
With" the shop team. The railroad.
efs had nothing 70 stop the heavy
hittsrs Of Manager wincheii's out
NJ. and the Santa Fe boys we're heip-
less before Stars slaats. II Rip
can keep ~ bis gait Of the past week
Manager wincheli may - veil buy
= pole for that psnnant. Whsthsr
the teams Wins the peanant OF not
Il u certainly IN aggregation Of rsal
hall players and the fans Of L. Jun.
a have . right 10 - proud Of their
ball club.
The Initial games Of the regular
league season viii take place To-
morrow. In Junta playing at Rocky
Ford and Las Animas st Lamar. TIE
race for the penaant viii thsa b On.
and L. Junta has already assasgsl
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