La Junta tribune., 1915-05-29

Every day Il has been our day to
iSTigate this week Il has rained.
Curses! We are being cheated by
the municipality owned water plant.
This IL another argument which goes
to show that municipality owned wa
ter plants are failures.
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Today II the final day Of Pay Up
Week. Did every man in Colorado
do his duty? There are several in
this burg. Of whom We are personal
" cognizant. who did not. and in
consequence thereof We we're forced
70 be somewhat diatory ourselves.
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The Abilene Reflector's stratesist
fears that with the vienerwurst sup
ply cut off by Germany. the spaghet-
Il supply closed by Italy and the
champagne crop cut short In France.
the Great White Way will have 10
subsist chiefly on ham and eggs next
season.
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Next Tuesday Is cleanup day In
La Junta. and you are expected to
be on the job OF making this city spic
and span for the Grand Army En-
campment which meets In this city
the latter part OF the week following.
Let every old soldier ;eave La Junta
with pleasant memories OF the best
and cleanest little city In the U. S. A.
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A. +. Thaver. superintendent of
the Denver Gas and Electric Com
pany. was a La Junta visitor for sew
eral days this week. investigating La
Junta's past history and present stat
Us. with view Of making n report
10 some financiers as TO whether
this community was desirable
place In which To invest real money.
We surmise that his report is going
To be favorable. There will prob
ably be something doing In La Jun
ta In the near future.
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Four steel towers are being erect
ed BY the Arkansas Valley Railway.
Light and Power Company. west Of
tovs. which are TO carry the trans
mission line OF that company across
the Santa Fe tracks. The towers
are five feet square at the bottom.
ascend sixty feet upwards to point, |
and are set In solid concrete to a |
depth OF eight feet. The Santa Fe
regulations require these steel tow
ers TO carry Transmission lines OF
high voltage across their tracks.
Seymour Hall. the candy man OF
Ia Junta. was doing business and
talking baseball with our merchants
Tuesday. Seymour IL OF the opin.
ion that the Valley teams are play.
Ing . faster game OF ball than will
BE- found IN the western league. That
10 Why the invincible Ryan was un-
able 20 keep the Rocky Ford boys
from batting the pill from the hearth
stone To the alfalfa. II made little
difference what Ryan piiched-he
could not keep from hitting the
bst.-Roeky Ford Gazette.
Rev. Otis @. Dale. = former mas.
tor Of the Presbyterian church In
shis city. Who has been officiating
10 . similar capacity In Tucson.
Aria. during the past two years. has
Just been elected Director Of Rels.
ssous Education and Finance" In
Emmanuel Church. Los Angeles.
Calf. snd Will locate In that city
early In June. Il 10 . church Of g..
$50 memben. Mf. Daie's many
sssesds In IL Junta will b. pleased
70 learn Of his cali 10 the larger field
es ssefulaess which he IL 20 we'll
euajifled 70 fiii.
A uausual freak Of nature hap
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sasee. Dustas . ssvess storm a.
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hgAtaes. asd ths whole root Of shs
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