La Junta tribune., 1915-10-09

S>Opts h8to tne DSs 1850 -
bones broken!" Nope" Any
bruises." Nope Well ~
the gospel dispenser. .Ali I've got ~
say is. the Lord must have been vfth
YOU" "wail." replied the farmer.
III He were He was soin' some. !"
The forty-first annual sesaion "
the Colorado Teachers Associattca
viii be held In Denver Novembsr
lth, 5th and 9Th. A rate Of one and
one third fare from all points hAs
been made by the various raiiroads.
According to the secretary Of the
interior, $1,000 persons settled on
government land In Colorado during
the year ending June 80. 1915. II We
can keep this lick up for = few yearn
II won't be long until Colorado will
have an even million population, and
state newspapers can boast Of circn-
lation like some OF the country week
lies back in old Missouri.
A really and truly ''iandoffice busi-
ness IS what the Pueblo land office
Is experiencing these days. II II
said that people desiring 70 file on
government land line up In front OF
the landoffice door every morning
seventy-five deep. This happened
during the month OF September when
the number OF applicants received
was $40. which broke all previous
records. Since the first day Of April
2.475 applications have been receiv-
ed. or an average of over AZ per
month. The boom" Is not yet over.
and Il IL expected that October will
shatter the September record.
As a terse and accurate expedition
OF railroad earnings and the use made
thereof nothing is more Illuminating
than the little table OF statistics show
Ing how the railroad dollar Is spent.
Out OF every dollar taken In BY the
roads In 1914. <5.l5 cents was paid
out for labor. SIS cents for fuel and
locomotive supplies. 1875 cents for
material for way and equipment. 3.ls
cents for loss and damages. A.S cents
for taxes. 1902 cents for interest o.
debt. A.O7 cents for rentals. and 3.3S
cents for betterments. deficits and d.
ductions. These items make . total
Of ss.l7 cents. leaving the balance Of
the dollar. l.ss cents. for divtdsads
and surplus. h.
What are the poor democrats 60
lag TO do next year, Their prospeess
q political success seem 10 BE- fa1-
Tag away With saeh sscessding day.
One day tbs wesk thsy were ssgiDr,
testng for the Novembes election II
Pittsbure. Pa. Out Of . total regis-
tration Of 1880. those Who record.
ed themselves ~ republicans mum.
bered s7.ssi. ~ AGAINST 1861 Who
confessed To being democrats The
democratic registration was barely
ten per cent Of the republicans In a
county that gave Wilson $1,000
votes. Taft $4,000 and Roosevelt
3s.ooo. What is going 10 happen 10
the democracy next year Is really
something painful to contemplate.
hack 10 1871 the middle Of Octo-
ber ~as full Of Joy for all Amer.
cans. ~ Il vas In this month that
the surrender of cornwsiiis At York.
town brought 10 an end the var tina,
meant ~ much Ia our for~fathers,
and nov means - much 20 Us.
Almost on the snnivcrssry Of this
event h the day set apart for
smoke joy"-fos the worship Of the
fair Lady Nicotine" We celebrate
ON October 18th. the discovery Of
mans most soothing comsort-cixar
smoking. Smokers Of cigarettes and
ptpes must take . haekseat our ds,
Let them 90 get . day ef their o~n
10 cslebsste. On Nssioaai ctgar Ds,
u shall Be strictly Improper To smok.
anything but cssars-casmeneits
fctgars.
u the Arksasas VALLEY Baseball
League 10 To live aaa coatiuue play.
ias The class Of hail sAsy have been
playtas. Il 10 svtAeat that som.
scheme asse ~ devissd 70 Dsossde
mere rsvssus. AIoag this lias the
LAs Aslnas Leader vssy sassly oplns.
'thes aess rsveass NEST - though,
y q ~ eass. u b ths hslsht Of
sesassss folly - play bet sas es,a.
. vssh. visA esly twelve hsos eane.
ousoag the seassa. We voull sss.