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La Junta tribune., 1915-12-25

vacated by the town authoriiieH. At
tho request of the railroad company
Tn" fact that the company was
seeking to buy land. led to in
guirlra fur town loia The earliest
applicant ! believe. was James III
rnrn. vho took possrssiun Of iao
lots ln block -. aud put improve.
mouta thereon. With my knowlodEc
na executor long hrfnr" aas IN con.
ditiun TO make sales llr took chanr.
os ou being fairly dealt wi,h when
tho time came. aud hr was not dis
appointed il.s loiH cost him $3.50
apiece worth n"a. pofhapa. tHon
iy 10 thirty times that price.
irza than tao years later n" on.
inrprialuF school directors of th"
time. Nrrra Hunrll. : II Kiigoro
and spano. secured fnf arbuol pufpoa.
ra. withuu, cost. tho whul" Of block
Is. whore Lincoln school noH Etandp
At an earlier date un 1850 tho
railroad company acquired by gift.
La Junta tribune., 1915-12-25

l"Fo. her Rest Room. her Merchants
IuhuHtrinl Association. her Loan and
building Association. hor Harmony
Hall Then an interesting account
might be- given Of her Frntcrnal So
r,tira, twenty-five or more In mum.
h"f. In addition to the Grand Army
nf tho Republic and the womon'a re-.
lief Corps and tho ". e. T. 4. Then
possibly nf ai'll greater Importance.
come the various womon'a Clubs. In
Guiding tho Music study club. and
rho over helpful Sunshine club. or
mufu rrconi formation. but capable
of becoming elements Of great pow
"r fer good Ia IA" community. ar"
the brotherhood Associations Of var
I"ur religious HorI"iIor. Al these los
Wy ,u tho riradily growing reooRnis
ton. Boz O practical Ray, Of tho Broth
ufhuod nf Man. So II sormH. at least.
to ole "ula citizen"
T. r. WOODRUFF.
La JuHta. January, 1915.
La Junta tribune., 1915-12-25

for Company Hospital, the tract OF
eight acres now known as the Hos
pl,al grounds. east of the original
town site. also. at cost OF $500. the
,rar, Of about u.nr acres lying north
OF the Hospital grounds, part Of
which Was ar,nrward plated. be
Ilr'r. ns an addition to. the town.
In describing La Junta's growth
of = material sort. mention should be
made. also. OF her progress along
lines that count for her welfare in
ways less tangible. perhaps. hut
equally valuable Separate chapters
might we'll Doe given TO her library.
her Boys club. her city Hospital.
her SanItarum. her Commercial Col
La Junta tribune., 1915-12-25
l. l. WOOdruffs "Reminiscences
OF la JJ MIA

iii"".s entire interests at La Juuta
we're appraised. in 1851. at $2.425.
and were sold, in the latter part Of
that year. at executors sale. for 81
500.
But the ulr Was turning. The
railroad company aau,,d more land
at Lit Juuu At nrs, ten acres was
talked OF, then twenty to thirty acres.
and l.naIIy a sale was made Of lg5
acres. at $50 au a,r. taking in all
the land north OF th, track formerly
belonging To Smith and Rice. in
cludInr blocks TO IL. inclusive. OF
IN" original town The streets and
alleys. including Cheyenne street and
Water street and Pueblo Plaza were
La Junta tribune., 1915-12-25

Junta's early days tend more in the
direction OF land than of people, for
| did not make my home here until
1895, although my knowledge OF the
place dates back to lS7g-thirty
years ago. My first visit to Colora-
do was in 1876. when visited Den
yer and Colorado Springs At this
time | met my friend, Major James
NJ Rice. who had recently laid out
the town OF La Junta, OF which he
VAS part owner and the main pro
moter. he having acquired an inter
est In the land in 1875 from Edward
G. Smith. portion of whose home
stead became part OF the original
town site. Smithland avenue was
named after this pioneer. who died
IN 1875. leaving his estate badly in
yuIycd. so that his widow and chll-
drrn derived little benefit from his
Investments here.
Rice. whose home was IN Trim
iH#.. IAHN'A Il ~ ~ lAA A'''' lA4 ~ . ] = H.
leaving his estate badly embarrassed
H. aIll named me as umc Of the three
"x,. gtors The others, Who resided
r. Quincy. Ill. and Kcokuk, Iowa.
trrIlmcd To serve. As was foot
Inuar. having shortly before returned
from a prolonged absence In Europe"
{ l..idcd to come out and undertake
the ihanklcss task Of winding up aW
m.ulyunt estate. seeking and find
ms other employment. meanwhile,
'u pay my expenses Will" out here.
Rice's holdings included a half
interest In the La Junta rown-sit". |
acquircd the Smith interest, by pur-
phase at sale under a decd OF trust.
and then proceeded to wind up tn"
Rice cstat. by selling the realty at
rlblic sale. for the purpos" Of pay
.us claims-Mrs. Joanna T. Wallace,
t sister OF Major Rice. and the prin-
rlpal creditor. becoming the purchas-
,r In 1855 purchased her inter
"sts In Colorado.
a, the time | took charge Of AZ
'airs the town of La Juutl "aa prncs
'lcally dcad-tho extension of the
railroad beyond this point having
put an end To the active huslursa
,arficd on her" whil" this wa tor
minai point, Houses and waruhUus-
- were moved away. and ihcr" wac
not much left to indicate It's former
temporary Importance as a transfer
point Tn" land was unEalcablo and
seemed almost valucl"Ss, Many lots
had been sold In tn. boom days.
at high prices. but only three buyers
ever took the trouble 10 record their
leeds iRic. bought these back at
rom SO 10 SIS api"cot Many fol
IoWcd up the railroad 10 repeat their
aPccula,ions at new points. \ icH
oi the early settlers. however. stayed
Rith the old town.
J. G. Denny. at one tim" agent fnf
Rice. wro,. me In 1850 that Mrs
Wickham would take an acre, where
hrf home iE." a, t?5. lie asked for
a lot on which ;o build school
house. suggesting ,ha, the west lin"
could make good location. just
.nuth of track near engine house"
Tho neglected taxes Of tn" tim"
rhoS something Of the conditions
hen. on N. 9th OF April. 1881. !
Hsfa ,k. ,.....,. - IA, ,,.t,,.,.s
La Junta tribune., 1915-12-25
OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY.

though the owner OF considerable
property In La Junta, where he later
made his home. The motive lead
ing to the founding OF the institu-
tion is briefly indicated on the print
ed label found In each book:
Established by one who believes
that property is a trust. and who
takes this way to return to the peo-
pie part Of the gain that has come
to him through the increase In the
value OF land in La Junta."
In July. 1855, MIR. Woodruff pur-
chased 735 volumes. selected main
ly with reference to reading for the
young, provided these books with la
bells. numbers. etc. packed them In
cases provided for the purpose. pre-
pared printed catalogue. and tho
necessary material for circulating
the books. and shipped the outfit to
La Juuta This collection was plaC-
ed IN II" charge OF Miss Clara S.
Sherwood. trained kindergarten
teacher, who IA pursuance OF the
same motive. had been sent to La
Junta "A short time before. to cstab-
lish ana carry on free kindcrEar-
ten. Sh" continued to act In the
double capacity OF Kindergarten and
librarian until early In 1894.
Tn" beginning thus mad" Was fol
lowed hy purchases of books from
time TO time. which wcr" shipped to
La Junta. ready for circulation. In
deed. IN" founder made II his prin-
cipai business for number OF years
to cOll"c, books for tn. library. hay-
Ing special facilities In Boston for
making purchases. not only from
publishers. but also through second
hand stores and auction sales. which
h. haunted regularly. acquiring thus
many books Of value not readily pro
rurahlc otherwise. II. early began
Ia send also. pictures and other oh
i.cts ~ interest. including a classi-
fled collection OF shells and corais.
Mr. Woodruff set aside. for tho
us. of the library and kindergarten.
corner lot. centrally located. near
III" southeast corner Of the Court
House Park. and proceeded To erect
thereon "a building for the joint us.
Of the kindergarten and library. A
portion of the building fronting on
Colorado avenue was used for bust
ness purposes. as planned. In order
90 furnish some revenue for the H.
brary, The large room east Of this.
sine. used for many years as read
ing room. was originally the kin
d"rgart"n room. and was. for many
years. La Jgnia's only public hall.
Tn. supply Of books accumulated
and NOR. room vas needed for them.
In March. 1898. u new ston. stack"
building was erected and IN 1870?
the hooks were moved to n larger
room IN the Woodruff Block. which
iH fiill used for the library.
From the beginning the property
has been held by Mr. Woodruff and
his associates ~ trustees and the On
iifo direction and control of 4, has
boon in their hands. except an they
have been aided from time 10 time.
by frW of the citizens. by eoniri-
buttons on the part Of tho city 70.
wards the maintenance Of the read
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-03-25
DEMOCRATS
WANT BURKE
FOR SENATOR

Bismarck, March 25.-The demo-
Gratis of North Dakota are already
planning an aggressive campaign for
the next United States senatorship
and some of the leaders say they al
ready have the consent of former Gov
ernor Burke, now United States treas
urer, to make the race.
"While we have not actually secur-
ed his written permission to announce
his candidacy" stated leading demo-
crat recently, Eve are confident that
it we demonstrate to him the party in
this state is united and the leaders as
well as the rank and file want him to
become candidate, he will not say
no.
"There are several reasons why he
was not candidate against Gronna
last year. In the first place he had
only recently received the appoint
ment to his present federal position.
But next year the situation will be
different. Other democrats have had
their fling and demonstrated their lack
of strength. The democrats are now
returning to Burke. They realize that
unless he can win for them, the cam
paign will be useless. They also feel
they must lay aside factional feeling
and unite in harmonious campaign.
I predict this sentiment will greatly
increase.
Senator McCumber, now complet-
ing his third term, will seek a renom-
ination. He is an able man, but out of
touch with his constituents and that
is great weakness in red hot CAM
paign. Governor Hanna is certain to
go after McCumber's scalp. Con-
gressmen Helgesen and Norton and
possibly U. L. Burdict are also likely
to be in the race. The democrats for
see Kilkinny time in the republican
camp"
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Will NOT CALL
EXTRA SESSION

Washington, March 25.-Formal
announcement was made at the White
House today that at present President
Wilson has no intention of calling an
extra session Of the senate or of con-
gress before the beginning of the reg
ular session next December. It was
said that the President sees no pros
poets of any contingency arising
which would cause him to alter his
present intentions.
Several Senators had suggested that
the president will call a special session
of the senate in October to consider
ratification Of he Columbian and Mic
araguan treaties. Other suggestions
were that an extra seccion of congress
be called during the summer to take
up the question of giving the presi-
dent authority to declare an embargo
on the expectation of munitions of wal
and foodstuffs to the belligerent ma
tions of Europe.
1t was announced to-day that the
president would not carry out other
suggestions.
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THREE DATES FOR
BILLS TO BEGIN
DIFFERENT DATES ON WHICH
ACTS OF LAST ASSEMBLY WILL
Bf EFFECTIVE.

Bismarck, N. D., March 25.-Ac-
cording to an opinion of Attorney
General Linde bills passed at the last
session Of the legislature will become
effective at three different dates. The
general budget bill to which was at
tached the emergency clause as pro-
vided by the recent amendment to the
constitution became effective as soon
as it was signed. The bill to which
the old emergency clause was attached
will become effective Friday, June 4th
and the balance, by far the larger
class will be operative July first.
The initiative and referendum am
endments to the constitution provides
that bills to which the new emergency
clause is. not attached are subject to
referendum by the people but that
such referendum petition shall be used
before the expiration of ninety days
from the final adjournment of the ses-
sion at which the bill was passed. The
new amendment did not repeal the old
emergency clause and so bills to which
the clause is attached will become ef-
fective as soon as the time for filing
referendum petitions has expired.
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ST0RK'S VISIT
WINS A LARGE
OIL TRACT.
OKLAHOMAN BET SURVEYOR HE
WOULD HAVE TWO MORE
CHILDREN.

Oilton, Ok, March Pa half sec
tion Of oil land in this vicinity, now
worth in fee at least 100000, be-
longs to squaw man among the
Creek Indians, as the result of a deal
in futures that he made number of
years ago.
He made the bet and won The bet
was that he and his wife would be-
come the parents of two more children
within certain length of time. And
they did. The additional half section
of land that he thus secured when the
Creeks were allotted constituted the
allotments of the two children, and
the land has proved to the most val
liable that he obtained.
This squaw man made the bet when
he. was having surveyed tract of
land that would be his following the
allotment, it contained six quarter Sec
tions, one each for his wife and five
children. After the surveyor had
completed his work the squaw man
said to him:
"Now go back and survey two more
quarters"
"But I have surveyed the full am
cunt that you are entitled to-" protest
ed the surveyor.
"That's true" laughingly replied the
squaw man, "but remember that my
wife and I are both in good health and
we have planned to have the stork Wis
it us twice again in the future"
The surveyor ran the lines around
the additional half section of land, the
stork later made his two visits, and
these children, still minors, are re-
puted to be among the wealthiest In
dian children in the state.
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DEVILS NORTH

soil, and make them four feet across
in poor soil. The sides of holes should
be perpendicular and the bottom flat.
Break up the soil in the bottom of the
hole to the depth of the length of a
spade blade. Place 2 or inches Of
fine top soil, free from sods or other
decomposing organic matter, in. the
bottom of the hole. On top of this
place the roots of the tree, spread
them out as evenly as possible over
the bottom of the hole and cover with
p or 8 inches of top soil as befxre.
Tramp firmly with feet and fill the
hole with good earth, leavingthe sur
face loose and little higher than the
surface of the surrounding soil. When
the work of planting is completed the
tree should stand about 2 inches deep
er than it stood in the nursery.
In order to insure symetry of growth
trees must be allowed unrestricted
area of development. At least 40
feet should be allowed between trees
intended to occupy the ground per-
nanently. Quick growing temporary
trees may be planted between the long
lived ones to produce immediate re-
suits, ubt these should be remomed as
soon as they interfere with the devel-
opment of the permanent plantations.
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1'1-
cen. MANAGER
EMERSON HERE

General Manager Geo. Emmerson of
the Great Northern was an over night
visitor in our city Monday night. Mr..
Emmerson was on tour of inspection
Of the road, and remained over here a
day to look after matters and greet
his many old time Devils Lake friends.
Twenty-Five years ago the editor of
this paper knew Mr.. Emmerson when
he was railroad engineer running
out of Devils Lake, and was known
and liked by everybody in this section.
His careful attention to business coup
led with his ability as a railroad man
has won him a most enviable reputa-
tion, and to day he is one of the lead
ing officers of one of tile greatest
lines of road in America. But at the
same time he never forgets his early
friends and aquaintances of Devils
Lake.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-03-25
.S|SAL HEMP ZONE
. |NICREAT DANCER

Washington, March 25.-Secretary
Bryan and Sir Cecil spring-Rice, the
British ambassador conferred over the
new danger menacing the Youcatan
Sisal hemp supply from which must
come the twine to bind this years crop
of wheat in the United States and
Canada.
A committee of Youcatan citizens
represented the Carranza officials at
the Port Of Progreso burning the
alton and penalties because Of their
stores of Sisal, and threatening the
growers and shippers with heavy tax
refusal to accept the Carranza COVER
nor. It is understood steps will be
taken to prevent the interference with
the shipments Of the much needed pro-
duct.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-03-25
SHOE COMPANY
TO Be CLEARED
BY i. S. APPEAL
COURT DECIDES MEMBERS OF
UNITED DO NOT CONSTITUTE
TRUST.

Boston, Mass, March 25.-Imme-
diately following the decision of the
Federal District Court today that the
governments suit to dissolve the Unit
ed Shoe Machinery Company as an un-
lawful monopoly under the Sherman
act, was not sustained, United States
District Attorney W.. G. Anderson
started preparations for an appeal in
case the Department of Justice de-
cides to take such a step.
Anderson has been requested by At
torney General Gregory to make re
port on the case to the department at
Washington with with view to pos.
sible appeal.
Although there is criminal suit
pending here against the company on
a charge similar to that decided today,
no proceedings on it will be attempted
pending the final disposition of the
civil suit.
The decision of the court today sus-
tains the legality of the original COM
bination from which the United Shoe
Machinery Company was organized in
1899, and of the acquisition of the
business of more than S. companies
and individuals, together with the va
ildity Of the company's leases and its
patent monopoly.
The decision of the court, which was
composed Of Judge William L. Putnam
the presiding justice in this district;
Judge Arthur L. Brown, and Judge
Frederick Dodge of this circuit, was
unanimous on all points at issue.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-03-25

possessing more laughter and whole
some fun than any comedy of recent
years. The continuous mirth proceeds
equally from the action, carictatures
and situations of one of the most novel
and ingenious plots ever presented on
the screen or stage. If the old philo-
sophere are right, and laughter is
wealth" then "The Million" is we'll
named.
The subject also presents one of the
of the most remarkable. examples of
character acting supplied in many
years,in the impersonation Of "Le Bar
on, the crook, byEdward Abels. In
the course of the story he is called up
no to portray no less than six entirely
distinct characters. With the assunp-
ton of each impersonation, Edward
Abels not only presents a wholly var
led physical appearance; but lends to
each of the six roles a totally distinct
personality, first as the crook with the
police baying at his heels; then as Ike
Damskinski, the second hand clothing
dealer of the Bowery, and following
these two characterizations, in rapid
succession as the duplicate of the sing
er, Donatelli, in which he convinces
Donatelli that he is seeing things; as
reporter, changing from the bearded
Damskinski to a dapper newspaper
man; as the waiter at the road house,
and finally as the blond cabaret dane
er.. 1t can be readily seen that the
performance Of so difficult and exact
ing role must offer an actor an op-
portunity to exercise every phase of
dramatic art. The absorbing swift
ness of the various changes from char
acter to character makes the role
chamingly unique. Of Edward Abels
it need be said only that he fulfills ev-
cry requirement of the trying role,
and that his series of performances
place him in the foremost rank of
American character actors. "The
Million" is all fun of the merriest sort.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-03-25
BIC CONCERN
AFTER LOCATION

Head officers Of the Bovy, Schultz
Lumber Co., have been in this city
during the past few days, and were
looking over some of the larger build
ings with view to securing Offices for
general headquarters. This is one of
the big lumber companies of the north
west, and at present they have Offices
in Minneapolis, but with view to get
ting in closer touch with their many
lumber yards in this section they are
figuring on making Devils Lake head
quarters. Should they decide to do
this it will mean several omre families
for our city, and headquarters for a
big concern.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-03-25
j. S. AWARDED
FOR DETAINED
PMENTS

London, March 25.-The prize court
ordered paid 100000 on American
shipments of flour and wheat detain-
ed on board the Norwegian steamers
Alfred Noble, Kim and Bjornatjerne
Bjornson and the Swedish steamer
Fridland.
So far as known this is the first
money paid by the prize court on
American foodstuffs. The owners of
the cargo of foodstuffs on board the
American steamer Wilhelmina, des-
tined for Germany were becoming
discouraged over the delay of the prize
court in giving the case hearing. It
is now likely that the case will come
up March Goth.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-03-25
MEX|CANS ARE
MASS|NC FOR
BIC BATTLE

Washington, March 25.-Reports to the
State Departments from the Mexican
agencies here have continued to indi-
cate that Villa and Carranza forces
are massing near the coast in North
ern Mexico for what may be the most
decisive battle since Huerta was over
thrown. Advices from Tampico say
the Carranza forces are retreating to
Victoria and that the Villa forces are
marching on Victoria.
This is thought to mean consider
able yart of the Tampico garrison has
marched inland to join the army as
sembling to meet the incoming Villa
troops.
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SAFE BLOWERS
ARE ARRESTED

Williston, March 25.-Two men Civ
ing their names as Edward James and
w. F. Coleman were brought here by
Deputy Strom to answer the charge
of burglary. They are accused OF
breaking into one of the Wild Rose
stores last week. When taken Cole
man had some fuse and other dope
used by safe blowers. The men waiv-
ed examination and it is reported,
said they would go before the Judge
and take their medicine. The man
James was in Jail here about 2 years
ago for running gambling joint in
this city and was known as Bill Shea.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-03-25
AMERICAN IS
EXECUTED
SAYS REPORT

Douglas, Ariz., March 25.-Henry
Carlson, an American soldier of for
tune, and Col. Dominguez, Villa
commander, are reparted to have been
executed after a battle Friday result
ing in the capture of Cumpas, Sonora,
by Carranza and his force. The Villa
forces are marching northward and
massing onn the frontier, ostensibly to
besiege Agus Prieta.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-03-25
PLANTING
SUGGESTIONS

The beauty of shade tree depends
upon its normal and symetrical
growth. In order to insure this, be-
fore planting cut off the ends of all
broken and mutilated roots; remove all
side branches save upon evergreens,
SO that straight whip like stalk alone
remains. Dig holes at least two feet
in diameter and one foot deep in good
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-03-25
LOSE LIVES IN
BIC .SN0WSL|DE

Vancouver, B. c., March25.-Fifty
miners were killed and as many more
injured by a snow slide which swept
away several bunk houses at the Brit
ania mine at Howe Sound, B. c., ac-
cording to dispatch. Besides the
bunk houses, part of the aerial tram
way Of the mine was demolished.