La Junta tribune., 1914-12-19

Shop early in the season; shop
early In the week; shop early In
the day. and make the Christmas
season happy one to the merchants
aud their employees as well.
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II is reported that the Rockefeller
Foundation has spent about one mil
lion dollars for the relief Of the
starving population OF Belgium.
Wonder n that means an advance In
the price Of gasoline!
1t Is currently reported In Denver
that one real estate firm has sold
eight farms to saloon keepers within
the past thirty days. This does not
look like hard times. Good times
and prosperity are bound to result
when a liquor dealer quits raising
hades and goes to raising hogs.
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In Rocky Ford the newspapers
call our local gas plant the Rocky
Ford-La Junta Gas Works" Any
old time that Rocky Ford does not
lead the procession In claiming the
earth and the fullness thereof tin
ciuding the gas works. II will have
To be something that IL not worth
claiming.
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A brief note from Mckinney. who
Is now In Durango making his deliv-
cries ON the San Juan Basin Dircc-
tory recently issued from the press
cf the great family journal. says: Il
saw Ripp Starr In Durango this
morning. He Is going to Telluride
10 work In a mine or a mill. Du-
rango is his old hang out. and he liv-
ed here for some time"
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A Kansas city syndicate has Just
purchased 1000 lots OF mountain
land adjoining the mountain parks
Ia Colorado. The syndicate will
erect summer homes which are to be
occupied by Kansas people. They
expect to establish a summer colony.
living here for three months In the
year. according TO members of the
company. A hotel Il also under con-
alteration.
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In Ohio recently four men were
suffocated by Jumping down into .
layer Of carbon dioxide gas. which
had accumulated above the silaGc In
= siio. below the level Of an open
door by which they had entered.
This item IL printed as u warning to
the farmers Of this vicinity. many Of
whom have erected siios during the
past year and are probably not ia
miliar with the danger To which they
might expose themselves.
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y. II. tinvilic. who II nov located
In Edna. Mo-. has not forgotten Ia
Junta. nor his good Impressions of
u. as he writes: u am sending
drsf, for si.so In payment of my
subscription TO the great indispensi.
bic for the ensuing year. Glad to
note the improvements In Ia Junta.
They are undoubtedly the result Of
the boosting spirit Of the business
men. La Junts is bound 10 be =
good town always. Give my regards
Ia all III. bunch"
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According to q recent report Of
Secretary OF State Pearce the num-
Der Of automobile licenses towners
and iesicrsl issued In Colorado dur
ins the year 1919 was i5.iss. and
IN. revenue derived thcrcfrom
amounted 10 tso.sls In 1914 the
number Of licenses issued wis iS.tis
AN Increase Of asa machines.
The amount of revenue for 1914 was
sso.oi7. an Increase of tis.:is.
Twenty thousand tags have been or
dered for the year 1915.
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tn. ord~ay Alfalfa Meal MIL
closed down las, week for the first
time during the grinding campaign
since II opened In 1907. The miil
has had an output during the pseseat
campaign Of s:i carloads Of ground
alfalfa. The campaign h not half
through. and Il 10 expecsed that
sslndins ~iii b. resumed q the Mill
early In January. Il 10 estimated
that the output of the mill dusins ~
present campaign viii ~ abeut I.see
carloads Of the finisAe1 pFo1ues.
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Ia Junts 10 not ~ oaly town thal
y coming 70 ths fseat h sAs yeas
1913. Dusiss The ysas new dsaw-
oo9 10 q coooo The eoVn of NovI