La Junta tribune., 1914-01-03

On the bills announcing the big
celebration incident to the opening
of the Lamar milk condensary. 1t Is
announced that the factory VIII be
ready To receive milk next Tuesday
morning for which they viii pay
the farmers two cents per pound Ia
spot cash. This Is considered very
good price by those who are well
enough informed to have an opinion
ia the matter.
Tn. Kansas City Star suggests
that perhaps the army OF unem-
pioyed In San Francisco, which is
holding disordcrly meetings. is com
posed OF republican eS-otiiee hold
ers." Maybe so. for there's surely
small army of them by this time.
With new recruits being added each
day. Isn't IL awful. Mabel And
what a shame. too, Maud-for OF all
sad words of tongue or pen. the
saddest are these. II might hay. been
different. II Teddy hadn't been
bamboozl.d out OF the nomination
at Chicago.
Former Senator Billy" Mason
tells this amusing little story about
one OF his fayori,e grandchildren
at Glen Eiiyu. The little fellow.
clad In his flannel paiamas. Was ON
his knees saying his bedtime prayer
hut he was so sleepy tina, the drosy
"Now-I-lsy- me broke of In the mid
die.
Now | lay me down To sleep.
murmured the younEstcr. II pray
tn. Lord-my soul-to keep"
IT" prompted his mother
IL" continued the little fellow
with a strange association Of ideas
''if he hollers, let him 90. Ecnie.
Mc.nie. MIME. No"
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\ petition to contest the local op-
tion election held IN Macon. No. De
o.mb.r Sih vas filed In the Macon
County Circuit Court last Saturday.
II Is charged that many Illegal votes
were cast FOR the "drys." that a
dry representative induced lot
of wet" voters to go To BrookfIeid
Dust like inducing them TO ro to
Swinkp the day before the election.
that IN. church bells were ,olled all
day "a yeritable saerileEel to influ-
enc- voters that dry" workers
swarm.d about the polls all day:
that some of the Judges aud clerks
ed people 10 vote dry that there
~as no secrecy about the ballot. and
that N" entire election l. Invalid
for many other reasons. The "drys"
carried the election by thirty-six
votes. and they are not worrying
about the contest The battle VAS
on. OF the most active that Was ever
.sr.d IN Missouri
II believe that when business
r.ache- size where II stretches out
over forty-oight states. aud indeed
throughout the world. serving vast
numbers Of people. employing vast
numbers Of people. having as stock
holder vast numbers Of people. II
. T. semi-public In it, nature aud
should be- regulated aud controlled
for N. same reasons aud In much
the sam. manner that our railroads
and banks are regulated aud control
led This does not mean iustifyins
or regulating monopoly. licensing
monopoly. or anything Of N. sort
u simply means having federal
supervisory hand on lsrg. in,crs,at.
and international business corpora.
tons which In themselves are n.e-s-
sAry 10 our oonntry's commercial
sro~,h aud prosperity and in.vi,a.
b,e IN IN. present trend Of ind.s-
s''s' ''''''Ph''h'f NV NhiN w WIS
country. bu, thronshoat tn. world :"
Geo. ", Perkins. on. of tn. lead.
sns prosr.ssi,.s.
II Il no, known a. Yet Just how
~st.nsi,. tn. losses OF estti. and
sheep will be on aeeoun, of tn. re-
cent sever. weather. which Mas ac-
~ompani.d by an unusual snosfaii
In th" early part of III. month sh.r-
~ fsnt has 1000 head OF catti. ON
his ranch Ia Red Rock Canyon. but
~ To tn. present date has not lost
any OF them 50 far as he has been
ahi~ to learn His men have been
tspt pretty busy burning tn. stick
erp off Of cactus with a gasoline
~ - o.. al. ~.