La Junta tribune., 1914-10-03

That vss awful mistake the sur-
gson made. The man he opsrated on
didn't have what he thought he did"
Didn't have appendicitis At all.
eh?"
"Oh. be had appendicitis Ill right.
but he didn't have any money"
One great obstacle stands In the
way OF permanent prosperity 70 the
people who grow the provender Of
The nation. The farmers have NO
voice In fixing the prices on their
products and In this respect they
work differently than men in all
other lines Of endeavor. What we
need IL . fixer Of our own 70 Get
the price.
Rocky Ford won the baseball
tournament at the Pueblo fair last
week. The games were really won
By the Ia Junta contingent on the
team, but little thing like that will
not prevent the people Of the melon
metropolis from taking all the cred
Il TO themselves. Their provincial
ism Is strong enough TO be used As a
fertiliser.-Lamar Sparks.
~
Everything in the east points 10
heavy land sales In the near future.
They have all made up their minds
down there TO unload both stocks
and bonds and TO take only real es-
tate and buy lands ~ permanent
investment This means period Of
very great prosperity for the west.
] think II is only n Question OF =
short time until we Of Colorado Will
have land buyers from all over the
eastern country.-John W. Spring
er.
r. A. Mckinney. OF city directory
notoriety. and an acknowledged au-
thority on baseball and the watchful
waiting policy as applied to the Mex
lean republic. arrived in La Junta
last Tuesday morning to rest up af-
ter his strenuous labors gathering
the Information for a Durango city
directory. which is TO be issued
shortly from the great family Journal
print shop. He will probably stick
around La JuntA for several weeks
at least until after the worlds
Dsies.
when . man wants 10 20 to the
legislature he ought to want to 20 TO
DO something for the people. instead
Of something for himself. A man
Who does not know what he wants
10 do. or does not know what he
ought TO do when he goes to the
legislature. generally does what the
"crowd" wants him 10 do. That
means that sometimes he does
things he ought not TO. A man who
has no program of his own is eener-
aiiyaily persuaded to take a minor
part In the program Of some other
fc,low.---Arthur Cappcr.
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Sugar City has adopted novel
plan TO protect Its legitimate busi-
ness men who pay taxes and support
the community In which they do
husiness. An ordinance has been
adopted providing that certain con-
Germs which hereafter engare In Ger.
tain lines Of business In that city
must pay license fee Of $500. with
the provision that the money will be
refunded u the concerns remain In
business there more than one year.
Tho idea is 10 put check on timer
ant dealers In bankrupt stocks who
op~eats . few months IN the year 70
the detriment Of established dealers.
Lamar Sparks.
r. =. stubbs. accompanied BY his
soa. Jimmie. rsturned home last
Saturday from Sterling. Kan. where
~ sajoyed . vesy pisasaat visit With
his paspats- NJ. 6tubbs attended
~ state fair n HuteAinsoa duFins
~ week that eless1 on Ssptenbes
letA. He vas anoes tAoss prsssat
- "Kaasas Day" vhsa thsrs were
le.eee ~ sAaisssoas asd S.eee
astsosSllss Daske1 % ~ grounds.
~ slass fAis q HuteAiasea h nsv
80 q ~ lsseitstlsas q tAs osa-
0oWss staee. It hAs 0eee exhibits
g agricultural Deo1uses. fasn inpae.
moots asA 1lve seoek tAaa ~ fals
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