La Junta tribune., 1915-01-23

A real humorist was the !. w. W.
leader In 81. Louis who said. Home.
james," 10 the driver OF the patrol
wagon.
Miss Alice Roosevelt Longworth
must be different from her father.
She was down with the mumps re-
Gently. and when solicitiuos report
ers called TO inquire after her health.
she sent them word that she did not
want her mumps to get into the pa
pers.
The Colorado Young Mems Chris
tian Association will meet In their
twenty-seventh annual state conven-
ton at Boulder. February 5th to
7th. II is ten years since this body
has met In Boulder. and extensive
preparations are being made for the
convention. The program Ia OF rare
excellence.
Our president says II Is none OF
our business how the Mexicans 90
about their task OF achieving liber-
". On the same line OF argument
Il Is none Of our business II man
licks his wife, staryes his children
or beEs for n living. This IL free
country and a man has the right to
do as he pieases-as long as he licks
his own wife. starvs his own chill
dren and works on the system that
the world owes him n living.
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Our school master president says
this Is the first January In the rec
objection OF business men and bank
ers In which n money stringency had
not been temporarily created because
Of the necessity Of paying out great
sums In dividends. and gives credit
70 the new currency act. Very few
people get short OF money paying
out dividends under n democratic
administration. and maybe the new
currency act did not have much to
do with the new condition after all.
II may be as the president says.
that the republican party has not had
a new idea In thirty years. We re-
member one OF the bright Ideas afloat
that the republican party did not
grab was the free coinage OF silver
at the ratio OF sixteen to one as a
panaeea for all IN. ills that flesh IL
heir too. How about the hosts of
democracy that year. Wilson Vas
n gold bus democrat In 1896. and
probably did not have very exait-
ed opinion OF tn. disciples OF JEFF
ferson.
In four years. says writer In
Travel" trap shooting. a sport In
which a clay disc IL hurled rapidly
from n steel spring trap to be shot
at by a marksman. has increased
fourfoid. There are now 1000 trap
shooting clubs In the country. and
last year they used soc. .ooo. 900 clay
pigeons. The sport. which has sup
planted the cruel praetie. OF pigeon.
shooting. IL said now TO occupy
position second only TO baseball In
the number OF it, devo,ecs and ac.
tive participants
During Roos~vcits adminisira-
ston the republican party sprung .
few ns~ IDEAS. notwithstanding IN.
psesidshi's assertion that IL has not
had ns~ Idea In thirty years. Among
shsm we're the Panama Canal. the
greatest achievement Of modern
times. and one that would not have
been attempted With any other man
than Roosevelt st the helm. postal
savings hanks. parcels post. federal
railway regulation. conservation and
reclamation. and . hoet Of others
that afe nov considered very good
ideas BY most people Of progressive
teadeaeies.
J. X. Webster. Of Lubbock. Teaas.
sspresestins the Lubbock Seed Com.
Dosy. Of that city. was . La Juats
visstes ese day this week. eadsaves.
lae 70 tatsrest some Of our local
seed dealers In handing hss product
dusias the coming season. sosdaa
grass 10 The srpatess drought resist.
tas forage eroD kse~a. uades -.
seaAbls cssditsoas Il Yields y larger
tonnage Of hey pef aess shaa ssy os
~ NV eru0s kneun. aa1 Il u claim
- that n 10 ~ new agricultural
eonsaeIea - shs vesi1. n The ~
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