La Junta tribune., 1914-08-29
HoMs NEWS FROM ABROAD.

HOMH NEWS FROM ABROAD.
That Great Prevaricatos. the Rocky
Moantain News. CircalaAas sone
Real News About La Junta.
Some times we have to 90 away
from home TO find out what IL hap
peping in our own. community. Here
Il . sample Of the news that IL cir
culated about La Junta in the Arkan-
cas- Valley department OF the Denver
News. and II Il Just about ~ reliable
~ the strike news that was circulat-
cd by that sheet last winter and
spring. and the war news Of the
present day. This item 10 about ~
near the truth ~ any Of the others.
In . recent issue. under La Junta
date line. the News said:
August 31st has been selected AZ
the date for voting ON the PROPOSE
tion Of . municipal lighting and pow
or plant to cost between $4,000 and
$4,000. The city council has de-
termined the question shall be put
up to the voters.
Business men. anticipating that
the plant will be favored by major
ity OF those who 90 to the polls. al
ready are planning . new street
lighting system.
1T Is proposed TO have four clus-
tsrs Of five lights 70 each block In
an area two miles long. The plan
Il to pay for the new lighting plant
by taxation. La Junta's taxes ara
now considerably lower than any city
OF It's sise In the state.
"At the present time the street r.
Elimination In, this city ID considered
TO be far from adequate"
Now there Ia nothing the matter
with this item except that there ID
not word Of truth In Il. Accordins
TO the news we arg eolRs TO vote
next Monday on the pro- S61e1pa. Of q
municipal lighting and power pJaai
70 cost between $4,000 and $50. 600
~ 80 h II Junta ,aneNs spythlne
80 il-e>@ tyso ~ - r. -
- M -Voku6W U9Go ~ uLV1UUO
asss nsn are Dlsanias . sew lisAt.
ing system. although We bslisvs u
would be . good thing if they did.
II the business men are planning "a
have focr clusters Of five lights "a
each block In IN area two miles long, /,
that would mean that we would have
. white way along the broad
thoroushfare that leads To the de-
struction Of republican hopes. known
~ Higbee. You will remember that
the democratic board OF county com.
missiopers paved this snoroughfare
With gold . few years aso-or q
least spent 20 much money on Il that
Il amounts 70 the same thias. aad II
would BE- very appropriate 70 have Il
brilliantly lishted 20 that the demo-
cratic majority down that way can
read their title clear. In the night
time. u need Be-. all the way 10 the
court house. That would he some
white way. too. believe muh!
That little inaiauation about the
taxes In L. Junsa being the lowest
Of any city Of its stss In the state Il
the biggest feature news item thai
has been circulated about this com.
munity In . long time. Il viii bs
real news 10 most people. and prob.
ably orisinated In the fertile imagin.
alton Of some ofsiceholdes up at the
court house who wants 10 hold on
10 bis Job for another two years. WIZ
the tax for county purposes IN Il
Junta and elsew here In Otero county
was forty.thrre per cent more thi,
year than for the year previous. NJ
u II going 10 b. pretty difficult max
lns any one believe that dope abou,
the taxes In ia Junta being the low
sst Of any city Of its size In ths
state" That II one Of the demo
cratic schemes that won't work thil
year. TIE Democrats are going e
have hard work makins any Of theil
schsmes work this year Of grace--
especially that one about Iov taxes
Better stick 70 the massacre Of ~
lssoceats q ku1jow!
rhs eeaeiudiag parasraph Of ~
News feature stosy b 70 ths eefec|
that eAe serses l1luminatloa 10 Il
Junta b eoasldsred faf froa aAe
euats. TAeFe 70 abous % nucl
tsuth h that - h aay Of he ~
ce6lng etats0eoes 0f alleGo1 ehce