La Junta tribune., 1914-12-26

One aTuent AuSOcate OF pubic OWN
ership at the Mayors Conference in
Philadelphia rather lamented the
present system OF public regulation
on the ground that good regulation
postpones the day OF municipal own
ership.
Two hundred and eighty-five sa-
looms In Denver last Saturday paid
the $500 license for the six months
period extending from December
18th 10 June llth. 1918. OF the re-
naming lS2 saloons In the city Il Is
believed that more than half will re
new licenses. the remainder going
out OF business chiefly AZ result OF
the adoption Of the statewide prOnI-
bition amendment which becomes ef
fective January I, 1915.
D. J. Blakesley. Of Rock Springs.
Wyo.. making the twentieth annual
renewal Of his subscription TO the
great family journal. sends q picture
postcard view Of the new high school
recently erected there under his su-
pervision. Mr.. Biakesley WAS for
many years superintendent Of schools
In La Junta. and his many friends In
this city will be glad to know that he
has made a wonderful record In his
new field OF labor. Of which the
modern and handsome new high
school building Is one Of the most
tangible evidences.
.
Some Americans seem 10 have n
craze for imported articles OF food or
Taiment. A certain brand Of pick
eied" onions Is fayorite deiicacy.
II Is said the onions are raised In
Illinois and exported TO England.
where they are picked. bottled and
labeled. and shipped back to lsli-
nois To be sold ut high price. We
are also paying freight on our cot
ton To England and back again. Civ
Ing English manufacturers the prof
Il incident To turning the raw ma
terial into the finished product.
Isn't Il about time 10 devote some
serious attention TO the Made In the
y. 4. A." industry:
In Pueblo this week the new mo-
tor sprinkler Was given ,ts first Of
fetal test. The machine worked per-
irctiy aud the only interruption to
G.s success Of the t.st cured vhca
Ne driver pulled ihe ,rur. lever aud
flushed an innocent b.stander ~
the sidewalk. The test Of the ma
chine showed that Il could bc filled
and then sprinkle n mile of street on
both sides In twelve minutes. or at
the rat. of five miles an hour. II
Ia Juhta had one Of ihes. motor
sprinkiers We could cut out sprink-
ling at ni.ht during the summer and
sprinkle every street In town inside
OF two hours. One Of the two new
drivers that are TO be- hired To run
IN. fire truck could do this job ~hii.
he II resting.
IN Rocky Ford this week tn. city
council was presented with n petit
tion signed by II. women of that
city asking that body TO prohibit, all
vaudeville at the Grand Opera House
an the ground that the acts are I'm.
moral aud many Of them no, fit "a
he seen ar tn. language heard by
the younger people OF that city. They
also want the moving pictures cen.
sofcd. No action was taken by this
municipal fathers. but II IN rumor-d
there viii be something doing al
som. future meeting. Some of ths
vaudeville artists that are roaming
st large over this circuit ought to be
arrested aud made TO give some good
reason for affiictinx themselves
upon the body polite. They are q
pest from which thetc IL no r-courss
or remedy save by bsnlshmcns oi
prohibition.
Under the anti.ssioon iaw sown'
and cities that adopted that lac a.
vcsted themselves Of any power q
enforce the liquor laws and thereb,
tavcstcd the power 10 enforce suci
laws upon the district attorney ol
the district IN which such town ot
city Is located. The adoption Of ths
sati.saloon Law automatically ~
psaied the ordinances Of towns aat
eleies relative 70 enfoscement Of ths
1seai opsiea Law. and whsa the 20
~ Of the STATE aAeDsed state wS1<
osDhihltioa that lAw automatically
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