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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-13
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PUBLIC SCHOOL
SYSTEM UNEXCELLED

First of all comes the public school
buildings of the city. With the new
$35, 900 Furlow Grammar school build
ing, the modern High school building,
and the two branch grammer school
buildings Americas boasts school
system with buildings worth in the
neighborhood of $65 900. Americas has
right to feel proud of these build
ingS
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-13
SEVERAL HUN
DRIED THOUSAND DOLLARS

Then after the list was completed
we estimated the value of the build
ings. And then we gasped again. For
several hundred thousand dollars, in
fact over a quarter million dollars
were represented.
Here was our list. Look over it and
then thank yourself that you are citi-
zen of such modern, up-to-date, hust-
ling city.
La Junta tribune., 1914-02-28
t.lks' Memorial ~ l'u~t,sO

TIL. Elks OF Pueblo propose TO un-
veil AN immense memorial In Elks'
Rest IN beautiful Roselawn cemetery,
on Sunday. May ?tth. The design
viii BE- unique. and Il is declared that
II viii be- the finest Elk memorial In
the entire west The base for the
memorial Will be- solid boulder Of
Saiida granite. weighing twelve tons.
The boulder viii have the appear
ance Of having been thrown up out
OF III. earth and on II will b~ mount
I'D u huge Elk. cmbl.matic OF watch
Ing over the dead brothers Inferred
In the Elks' section Of the cemetery.
The statue OF the Elk viii be OF
bronze. and will measure nine feet
from Its hoofs to the top OF the ant
lcrs. From the ground To the top
Of III. antlcrs the memorial will
measure thirteen and one-haif feet.
The graves OF departed Elks are al
ready adorned with handsome mark
crs that have won much admiration.
Tn. memorial will cost about $4,000.
La Junta tribune., 1914-02-28
I...-~, Dances ., wo.d-rly's

At Wonderly's Theater last Tues
day p,stt the p~,ple of this city
qu.:e generally Availed themselves Of
the opportunity to witness an exhi-
bition OF sm he latest fads OF the
terpiSchorean art. including the ex-
tensively advertised Immoral dance"
known to fame n the Argentine
tango" The demonstration was xiv.
en- by Mr.. and Mrs ]. Van Week.
both former we'll known residents OF
La Junta. the latter being a daugh-
ter OF Doc" Morgan. who was a
veterinary surgeon In this city for a
good many years.
Wonderly's Theater played to ca
pacity Tuesday night. having a regu-
lar Saturday night crowd, and We
have yet failed to find any one that
was shocked at the exhibition by
Morgan and Van" (Which is the
stage name under which they are
travelingD not even with that terri
BILE Argentine tango" One has to
be exceedingly nimble on his toes. as
der to get away with this dance. but
there was not the least thing sugges-
tive In it-not half as much as there
is in some OF the moonlight two
steps pulled off in this city at Elks
Hall every week Besides the Ar
gsntine tango there was also an eN-
hibition of the skip Boston" terp-
ischorean invention OF Morgan and
Van. which is now the rage all over
Palm Beach Wave.s and "One-Step
Variations" which included the Gas
tie Swing" Castle Walk" and
Lame Duck" These appellations
show that the nomenclature OF lat
ter day dancing is at least very eu-
phonious. no matter what We may
think of the posing In the bunny
hug" the tango" and the Brazil
ian MaxiXie." whatever that is
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Week are now
travelling and giving exhibitions OF
all the latest dances IN the lsrg.
cities. They had n four weeks en-
xaxement at the Hotel Savoy In Dem
yer the first Of the year. aud .,sye
juss finished another four weeks en-
gakement ~ the Congress Hotel In
Pueblo. They Will open In Kansas
City next Monday at the Baltimore.
the largest hotel In that city. and
have booked ahead as far east ~
Albany. y. Y. They left for Kansas
city on No. ~ last Wednesday a.
t.rnoon.
La Junta tribune., 1914-02-28
lpraih IT Jpha Y. tAls.ns

John V. Edens. the Santa Fe
brakeman who had his left leg %
badly crushed In \ railroad accident
at Trinidad two weeks ago that L
had To b~ amputated Just below the
knee. died nj the Santa re hospital
last Tuesday morning. The right
hand was slso badly crushed aad
blood poisoning set In. resultins II
tetanus. or Iockjsw. which vas ths
Immediate cause Of death. Ills wife.
Mrs. Ida u. Edens. and brother-ia.
Law. o. r. Beauchamp. proprietor Of
the coiumbia Hotel at rrinidad. were
with him when the cad cans. D.
ceased vas 30 years old. The ~
maias werv sAipps1 70 rriaidaA lase
Wednesday aoenias On No. . eee ~.
d intes0set.
La Junta tribune., 1914-02-28
M.rx.r-. Illl.sso. with. ii. Law


Local theater-Eoers are manifest.
ing unusual interest In the announce
ment that Margaret Hing in Bay.
ard Veiller's exciting new play OF
modern American life. within the
Law" which Is the reixninE dramat-
ic sensation OF New York and Lon
don. will be the attraction at the
Rourke. La Junta's new $4,000
play house. on Monday night. March
9Th.
In .h:s gripping drama OF thrills
there is adopted for the first time
for use on the stage smokeless pow.
der and Maxim silencer. such as
the accomplices OF the Mcnamara
dynamiters are alleged to have EN-
ployed to rid themselves OF persons
who might hamper their plans.
These ingenious instruments OF
death add considerably to the mys-
terry the police are called upon to
solve In the play, mystery they
might never have fatnomed but for
the sacrifice OF a professional GRIM
inal who takes the blame upon him
self and goes willingly to his pun
ishment out OF unselfish devotion to
. young woman who stood by him
shen he was in peril before
AS background for this story is
the social problem OF the person who
is convicted of a crime, goes to pri-
son and serves the sentence In fun.
only to be prosecuted afterward by
the police and bounded away from
the endeavor to earn a reputable live
lihood. In within the Law" the
convict is a young girl. played by
Miss Ellington. who is innocent OF
the offense with which she is charg-
ed, but is sacrificed to the plans OF
hypocritical employer. Upon her
tween a life of the streets or taking
up warfare on the law. She adopts
the latter course. adroitly keeping
beyond the clutches of the machine
she defies.
The battle she wages is extreme
ly daring and Ingenious anil her tri-
umph. while not complete. is suE-
Eestive OF the methods Of escaping
ssspeaslbtaity ~ - be employed
by financial buccaaeers In their 80
called big business operations. ="
within the Law" exercises an al
most Irresistible human appeal on
all classes Of theater-goers and Il is
said to be one Of the most exciting
theatrical offerings OF many years.
An admirably fine cast supports
Miss Ellington.
La Junta tribune., 1914-02-28
Psss-s~os II Nao rssal". Hrasii

W. 4. Hart received \ letter one
day this week from X. W. Patterson.
who Ii stiil at 3so Psulo. Brazil. The
letter was dated February 9Th. and
Ia written on = postal card with u
view Of the "Theater Municipal &c
built by the city Of Sac Psulo Al .
cost Of Sl.0O0.00O II In u hand
some aud Imposing structure. sppsr-
entity nearly ax large ss the capitol
building Ia Denver. surrounded with
= beautiful lawn. Ornsm.ntrd With
flower beds. intersscted With c~-
ment sidewalks aud an imposing ar
ray Of orur mental light posts. which
must make I; = thing Of beauty and
= 10y forever Al night Mr. Pstt-r-
son says In part;
II Am at this moment NJ the Ho-
tel sportsmsn uhink Of that for =
safe and sane L. JuntA bank~r)
waiting In the hall To s-~ Updik-.
Who is In the dtninE room. visited
Murdo Mckenzie this morning. lie
has invited me Ia go out Ia Malto
Crosse In his special car to s~c the
bix ranch OF the Brsxii Land and Cat.
Il. Company. Of which he II the gen
eral superintendent. This company
owns 100000 cattle aud more than
10000, geo acres Of land. Sac psulo
4. u larx. city. = great business con.
ter. but II II In III. strip Of = ~orr"
rrt.i. than ! ever saw In the United
states. II grew too fast-too much
credit. too much speculation. aud
too much building Of great factories
~,,hou, money. II viii soon pass
over. for thi. country has but we'll
started and the resources Of the
country tributary To Sao Paulo are
very great This II the center Of the
Brazil coffee trade. thr greatest cof.
fee market IN the world. The ell.
mate here IL fine. sleep snder
blanket simo., every night The sle.
walton II some $500 feet ! Will 90
10 Santos. III. seaport. In = day or
tive
La Junta tribune., 1914-02-28
Hs,sss~ a. ThaW Out.

Dr. e. Il. Hubbeli returned home
yesterday morning from Chicago.
and says thst Il WAS the first warm
day h. has experienced since the
nrs, Of the year. In cons~q uencs
he has decided To make bis head.
quarters In Ia Junta once more. hav.
Ing recently accepted the position oi
state registrar for the American Ex.
tension University Of Los Angeles,
an Institution that In devoted 70 the
prom uigation Of legal trainine fos
business nee snd students.
La Junta tribune., 1914-02-28
D..sh os v. n. HIcko,. P.".~~r

W. u. Hickox passed away al the
home Of his daughter. Mrs {. l.
McKsivey. $40 South Tenth street
Rocky Ford. Al an early hour last
Saturday morning after = weeks III
ness. and was buried Monday morn
Ing at 10 o'clock under the ritual oi
the local odd Fellows. lie ~as bs
years Of age.
~. II. Hickoa Vas horn In H''.
nois In 1855 snd came to Rocky Fofd
seysatsea yesrs ago With bis ~'f'
asd daughter. Mrs. H'ckox died
sight years ago.
M. Hlckox served the city - a.
dsrnas for aix years and was elect
"a - ths first dry" council hs
vas actively sasased In business io'
. aunbss Of ysars and followed MI
profession. that Of barber. and our
iss bis life seesmuistsd consider,
ab,s rsai estate In Rocky FORD ase
from ths rsatais Of bis properly VA
saabasl U iivs euiss co1so'sasv'
La Junta tribune., 1914-02-28
rostm..,.~ Dalton Retire. To-day

After twelve years Of faithful and
efficient service X. G. Dalton retires
as postmaster at La Junta today, to
De succeeded by NJ. r. McCauley. Mr..
Dalton took charge OF the office on
March l. 1909. succeeding Charles
ID. Parks. who It Is reported died In
Missouri about five years ago.
There have been some wonderful
changes In pOstoffice circles since
Mr.. Dalton took charge In 1909. The
La Junta tribune., 1914-02-28
Blizzard Raging In Ohio


Just to give you some little new
OF the cold weather We are havinl
Just now. On last Sunday mornin,
II began to rain. but soon change,
to snow and growing colder an,
showing harder all the while. TIL,
wind blowing a terrific gale was pii
Ing the snow In banks everywhere
by Monday night the snow drift
were from two to six feet deep ant
packed tight enough to walk on top
To say all traffic was hampered Il
speaking In mild form. The stree
car company had their snow piov
and sweeper out all night Sunda,
night and Monday. which kept tn,
snow piled up In the street on both
sides OF the track. so as to render
teamtng impossible.
The Ohio Electric Railway Com
pany, between Lima and Fort Wayne
Ind. was without car service from
Sunday morning at o'clock until
midnight Monday. when they were
able to make the complete run. Part
of the way was Travelled at the rate
OF six miles In four hours. The ther.
mometer dropped from l6 above zero
TO 10 below. a change OF 26 degrees
In 32 hours. II caught many people
unprepared and In consequence wa
ter pipes were bursting everywhere.
The condition is pitiful all over the
city. Quite number left the city
early Sunday morning for visit In
the country. and either got home late
or not AT all for day or two and
thus conditions were left to the mer-
ciless grip of the cold
The writer and family were among
some of those who went To the coun-
try but were fortunate enough to
get back late Sunday night, with
nothing more serious than two frost
ed ears of which | was the victim
Mrs. j. II. Fisher. OF La Junta.
Hef''u mere LOT tne Deusiut OF ner
sick mother. only to arrive the day
after her death when was very sad
news To her indeed.
Miss Nora Ross. who had the pitt
full experience with fire two weeks
ago. Is slowly improving. and the
doctor says she In out Of dagger.
Am glad to $50 through the Tri-
bune that La Junta has q set CT Of
ficers who are not afraid to 60 after
the bootieEEers and give them what
they deserve.
Well. here's hoping that La Junta
gets the milk condensary. the federal
building. and every other progress
sive enterprise that comes down the
pike. for she deserves them all he
cause she is tn. garden spot OF the
west
J. G. SwARTZ.
Lima. Ohio. February -. 1914.
La Junta tribune., 1914-02-28
Death of ". h. wi.w.li

william d. Wiswall died At his
home In Denver Friday. February Is,
1914. aged n years. 3 months and 8
days. MIR. Wiswall was engaged In
the dry goods business In La Junta
for several years but Was burned out
when the La Junta Theater was de,-
troyed by fire In July. 1910. Since
that time he has lived In Denver with
his sons. Mr.. Wiswall was one Of
the pioneers OF Colorado and a brief
review OF his career as published In
recent issue OF the Longmont LedE-
er. Will be of interest to his many
friends and acquaintances In this
city:
Bruce Wtswall. as he was famil-
iarly known. belongs to Longmont's
history. and as such is entitled to
more than passing mention, though
1t mas been about twenty years since
he left us to make his home else
where
Mr. Wiswall was born at Farm
Ridge. Illinois. May 7. 1896. and re-
manned there until 1868. when with
his father. william Wiswall. his bro
ther, Ferris, and sister. now Mrs. f..
II. Newman. crossed the plains be-
fore the railroad was planned and
went up To Golden Gate above Gold
en-. William Wiswall kept the toll
gate at this place. Bruce Wiswan
travelled between Golden Gate and
Blackhawk for ten or more years,
selling and shipping hay by rail anc
wagon.
Mr.. Wiswall's life and character
are beyond reproach. He was an ac-
tive member of the Congregational
church. when that church was a
small affair. was a trustee and a
member of the choir
He was married In Longmont I'm
1876. and We remember well the mil
linery store which was conducted by
Mrs. Wiswall In "a frame building on
the lot now occupied by X. G.. SUIT
phen's real estate office. Mr.. Wis
wall built the brick house on the
northwest corner OF Terry street and
Third avenue. and LAYER the h0use
now occupied by J. W. Dsato ~ .
family r-sidence. corner Pratt street
and Third avenue.
In the early days Mr.. Wiswall
played a u flat horn In one Of the
first brass bands of LongmOnt
william wtswall. the father. died
south OF LonEmont about is yearn
ago.
Bruce left l.onKmont In 1884 aud
kept n small store In the town OF
Fowler afterwards In La JuntA. but
was burned out and lost heavily
about four years ago. After this he
was associated with his sons In .
photographers studio.
Funeral services were held In the
l.onEmont Congregational church on
morning by the Rev. Mon
roe Marklcy. and the intsrment took
place al Mountain View cemetery.
MIR. Wiswail left a wife. two sons.
4 brother and y sister.
La Junta tribune., 1914-02-28


Mrs. Lizzie Sinclair died very sud.
denly At her home on Firth street
In West La Junta early last Tuesday
morning. aged So years, death result
Ing from heart disease. Mrs. Sin
clair had not been feeling we'll for
several days. and on Tuesday morn
Ink her son. Herbert. y youth OF ten
years. got up and built q fire and pre-
pared breakfast for his mother. She
ate breakfast quite heartily. While
the son went out of doors Ia do some
chores about the house. when he re-
turned he found his mother dead.
Ciyd. Sinclair. u young man about
twenty years OF age. who has been In
the employ Of the postofficc for sew
-ral years. was In Pueblo taking the
civil service examination for rail-
way postal clerk. lie was immediate
~ notified and returned home on the
afternoon train.
". H. Sinclair. the husband and
father. was notified at his HON. In
idaho. but did not arrive until Thurs
day evening. owing to n delay Ia tn.
trains. and as all arrangements had
been mad. for the funeral Thursday
Afternoon II was thought not best Ia
postpon" H. The funeral occurred
Thursday afternoon at stark's un.
j.rtakinx pariorS, services being con
duc,.d by Rev. Howard Goidi.. and
the int.rmcnt taking place yesterday
morning after the arrival of Mr.. Sin.
clair. The two younk sons have the
deep sympathy Of all In their great
sorrow.
La Junta tribune., 1914-02-28

1brnth of Mrs. llssir Sinclair

Lima. Ohio. February -. 1914.
La Junta tribune., 1914-02-28

postoftice at that time was located
In the store room now occupied by
Rapp's Grocery. II was moved from
that location In July. 1902. into the
new Simonton block. In the store
room now occupied by j. W. Fisher.
In July, 1911. IL Was moved into its
present location on Santa Fe avenue.
When Mr.. Dalton took charge In
1902 there We're two clerks In the
postoiitce with an allowance for
clerk hire Of 81 .OOo per annum. Al
the present time there are thirteen
employees. including the city and rur-
al carriers. and the allowance for
their salaries per annum Is $4,000.
In 1902 the floor space OF the post
eOtfiee WAS 256 square feet. while at
the present time IL Is 5000 square
rsxAe allow ance for rent In 1899
Vas s:75 per annum. and for the
year lsl& II Ii Sl.2e0 per annum.
In 1870: the receipts OF the post
office were 81 800, while for tn. year
1913 the receipts aggregated total
of Sls.5"o. when Mr. Dalton took
charge Ia 1909 there were eleven
postal clerks on tn. payroll. and the
amount paid them In salaries each
year was 3la.0oo. For the year
1919 there ar. t~-nty-six postal
clerka ON the payroll. and the amount
paid them annually In salaries is
$4,000.
The number OF money orders is
sued from iss2 tn 1909. a period Of
twenty years. was l5.020. The mum
her Of money orders issued during
the twelve years Mr.. Dalton has Of
ftclsted as postmaster Was l56. 900.
and the approximate. amount OF the
money orders for that period OF time
was sl.S00.000. The dat. Of the
first money order issued from the la
Junta postoffic. was August I. lss2.
and the nam. OF the r-mitter was
Mrs. Anna Il. Phillips.
During Mr.. Dalton's incumbency
ths pOstofficc WAS advanced In grade
IA the sccond-class. a.,d during that
time two rural routes have been -s-
tsblish.d. besides city free delivery.
the postal savings system and the
parcels post.
The greatest prosperity Of III. local
poatofficc during Mr.. Dalton's In
cumbsncy was from 1903 to 1907
the receipts showing AN incr.as. for
that four year period OF i.o per cent
Mr. Dalton r.tircs with the good
Will of every patron OF th. postofficc.
and even thos. who are not Of his
political persuasion. admit that h.
has been the best postmaster La Jun
u ever had. and has conducted III.
affairs Of the offic. along strictly
business lines. and entirely free from
political bias. either as to the en-.
pioy~s Of IN. offic. or its patrons.
Mr.. Dalton intends to devote his
entire time and attention to his ~.
tsnsivc stock interests. and has al
ready arranged for u down town Of.
flee with the winch.ii Abstract Com
pany.
La Junta tribune., 1914-02-28
B.s4,-sssr C..-. Neat M"s.i.,
The case. against Ira Todd. u.

The cases against Ira Todd. X. u.
1.udden. u. u. Grogksr and Alvrno
Martinez. who were convicted IN
Jsd9s wilkins court on \ charge Of
hootlsgging. received fines Assr~-
eatias = total Of $500. and CON.
btned sentences Of $40 days In jail,
Will b. called In the county court
ssxt Monday morning and the var
Sous cases set for trial during the
March term. Il will probably b.
~ most Interesting session Of Tho
cowaty court that has bern held
Ter . good many years.
La Junta tribune., 1914-02-28
As.,,s,~s s.,ui Msss- NsSp,.

G.. ". BomxArdhsr came down
from Pueblo yesterday morning By
the overland rout. In Amos Rhodes
new Buick car. which will BE- deiiv.
cred To him today. Il IL . twenty.
eight horse power. five psssenses
car. aad one of The riaasssst NJ.
rhipes around these pasts.
La Junta tribune., 1914-02-28
white ss.vrr~ Abruad ~ R..'.. Fos,i

A meeting OF parrots and patrons
of the schools ~as s~ll-d on Wednes-
day afternoon IL the assembly room
OF the high school to consider steps
that might be taken to protect the
young people Of our city from certain
evil influences which exist In our
midst. Members Of the city council
and school board aud the city mar
shall ~ere present by special invita-
ton. together with y considerable
uumber Of the parents. Miss Ot~~ll.
Of the high school faculty. presided.
Information 10 the effect that profess
sional procuFern have been at work
here and that the pupiic down town
dance hall has been providing the
tango dance aud other disr-putable
practices. aud that the young people
have been on the streets and else
whsse from home and without over
sight ~ very late hours. WAS brought
out In The informai discussion. The
quite unanimous s-numsni SEEMED
10 BE- that these conditions must be
prevented and In order that som"
plAn may b~ devised. \ committee
vas appointed to pr-par. and pre-
sent At = subsequent meeting som"
policy TO b~ adopted. The COMMITTEES
consists Of Mrs. W. X. Monkman.
Mrs.. Daniel Ward. Mrs. e. J. Cover
J. y. Lawson and y. J R"if"l-
Rocky Ford Tribune.
La Junta tribune., 1914-02-28
md rs..-. Novl.s T"~ .~,,. Co'.~..,o

u. W. Adsmond. the best assessor
Otsro county ever hsd. In renewing
bis subscription To the great family
Journal. Requests us 90 chang. the
address of his paper from Golden
dale. Wash. where h- has been 10
Gated since leaving Ia JuntA. to Nam.
pa. Idaho. X. r. -. No. 4. He makes
few obs~rvations about that sec
ton thusiy:
u spent the month of November
In Idaho. taking In about all of III.
southern half of the state. liked
III. lsoIs~ district better than any
other that I saw. both In soil condi.
'ions and climate.
Il read the article In tn. Tribune
describing the Shoshon~ Falls with
k-~n interest. because I paid the falls
= visit while In that part Of the state,
snd ! have never bsheld y xrandcr
sight. II II simost beyond dcscrip.
tion. and In certainly worth Eoinx
miles TO s~~. Last fall we took = trip
10 Mount Adams. only about forty
miles from 0oldsndale. and Il WAS 4
trip always 70 ~ remem besed for III
srand scenery. curious caves. etc.
MN. Adsmond ssd the boy ars
getting on real we'll. Mrs. Adsmond's
health hss Improved greaiiy since
coming here. aad willie II sbou, u
tall ~ an. and has developed Into Z
healthy. robust boy. This place has
been . pasadiss for him. givins hIm
every opportunity for hunting. fish.
ins. roaming Tie woods aad mova.
eAass. aa1 sv0sfous othss amuss.
osass."