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La Junta tribune., 1915-08-21
N-wm,aa'. "s,rIcsiy N-s,rai."

The little play selected for presen.
tation by the Joseph Newman Com.
pany this season has tho timely utic
Of "atrictiy Neutral" II IL not q
war play, however. but Just n merry
comedy In which all the members Of
the company will have opportunities
for clever character acting. Ruth
Oiliis will have the role Of the stat.
uesqus and intellectual Miss Quincy.
Of Boston: Miss Nelson will be seen
- the witty aud busIness.like Miss
Crosby Of New York: Miss Hoover
NIL portray the demure and sesthet.
10 Miss i.awton Of Philadelphia. and
Miss spriss will appear - the bree'
~. ~ 70 the minuts Miss Davis oi
Chlcogo. NJ. Newman will have ~
rooo q Dick wiisos. Who tsses 70 b
''sesiesiy asutssi." TIE little come
~ u full Of csiso. elsaa asl saaepy
llalegus ssl bsbbiss over witt sesl
naesssl sun ~ satire. TAs asDsas'
49, q ~ JesseA Newman csapaas
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La Junta tribune., 1915-08-21
Death of Mr~. Dssa Frs.ca.

Mrs. Dina Fresch. = pioneer resi-.
dent Of Ia Junta. answered to the
summons Of death aud passed "a
her great reward Friday morniug NJ
l:1s .. m.. after y short illness.
About = week ago Mrs. Frcsch be-.
came III and on Wednesday Of this
week she suffered = stroke Of paraiy.
sis. u second stroke coming on
Thursday morning resulting In death
NJ the time aboys mentioned.
Mrs. Frcsch WAS born at Weitsiss
ON the Rhine. Germany. and was
about IS years Of age st the time Of
her death. Her husband died Ia
Germany. Thirty years ago Mrs.
Frcrch came To America with hcs
two chiidren. iocitins In Chicago.
In 1891 the family came To Ia
Junta. locating ~ III cimsrron ay.
.nu.. where Mrs. Frcsch has rc.id.
cd since.
She loved her home aud her chill.
drcn and devoted her entire time "a
them. She made friends with all
whom she met. and especially Amons
children Of whom she Was especially
fond.
She leaves TO mourn her death
three sons. Dave aud Adoiph Frcsch
Of this city. aud Paul ffcsch. OF Salt
Lake city. Utah
The funeral will take place thi,
afternoon at . o'clock from Harmon,
Hall. services being conducted b,
Rev. Byars. Of the German Luthsras
church Of Rocky Ford. IntermenI
~iii h. In rsirvie~ cemetery.
La Junta tribune., 1915-08-21
Do.t w... Utili.is. Commi.s.oa

At the last meeting OF the city
council the electric light committee
OF that body, to which was referred
the petition Of the La Junta Indus
trial Association requesting that the
Public Utilities Commission be In
vited to come to La Junta and make
an Investigation OF the electric light
situation. reported adversely on the
petition. After an investigation the
committee decided that It would not
be advisable to take the matter up
at this time. and suggested that the
La Junta Industrial Association take
the matter up on It's own Initiative.
II Is not probable that the association
will do anything further In the mat
ter, as some Of the members seem to
be of the opinion that II a complaint
is filed against the Arkansas Valley
Railway. Light and Power Company
II should originate with the city
council.
All that Is necessary to secure an
investigation Of the electric light sit
uation in La Junta by the public
utilities commission Is to file CON-
plaint. signed by twenty-five tax
payers. against the Arkansas Valley
Railway. Light and Power Company.
and this will be done upon the initia-
tive Of the Tribune. II will be very
easy matter to secure the necessary
twenty-five signatures. and after the
Investigation the people Of La Junta
will probably know more about the
electric light situation In this city
than they do now.
No harm can possibly result from
this investigation. and there 10 q
prospect that every user OF elsctrici-
~ In this city will be materially
benefited. That an Investigation
will result In . substantial reduction
being ordered by the Public Utilities
Commission thecs y hardly . Quss.
tion. and ~ the Dreeeot conIsact
Sith the Arksnsss Valley Railway
Light and Power Company does moi
expire for nearly two years II viii
rssult u . savias of ssvssal thous
e1lx 1ellege4ep - 1aosamses : q
sssessIssly q tits c|ay. it q AZ
probable that . reduction VIII be o.
dered 10 the rates charged for stree,
lighting. and In that event the city
Of In Junts itself will be very ma.
terially benefited.
La Junta tribune., 1915-08-21
I,s.sA u iAssss M~rie ss.sss.

Merle. the little daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. l.. X. Estep. died suddeniy
last Sunday afternoon after an 10.
ness Of only about two hours. Mrs
Estep and little daughter had Just
returned home at noon Sunday from
visit with Mrs. Estep's relatives Ia
Olden. No.. and the child vas taken
suddealy III . few hours after thief
arrival. In spite Of al that physi.
clans could possibly do. the littls
one succumbed 70 death In about
two hours. Death was due 10 eere.
brai meninsitis.
Merle was horn In Ia Junta. April
is. 1913. and vas years and
months Of age st the time Of hes
death. She leaves 70 mourn hei
death her father and mother and
young brother. Mrs. Estep. who Il
Ia poor health. 10 prostratcd over ths
sudden death Of her little one.
The funersi Was held Monday a.
ternoon and interment took place Ia
rsirvicw cemetery.
La Junta tribune., 1915-08-21
Twelve lssisx GAME.

The La Junta team and the Fed
erals. the latter composed Of ex.
players Of the regular league team
played q very interesting game oi
ball Ht Pastine Park Thursday a.
ternoon. Thraiikiii. Pyle and Davis
offIrisscd IN the points for the Fed
erals. aud Forester. Griffin and
Gardner for the regular team. II
v a. . close aud prolonged game. and
not until the twelfth inniss aid The
regular team succeed In cseturina
the long end Of the : 10 3 score. Ths
sympathy Of the crowd vas With ths
fcdesais. and . bissis u several
stages would have won the game foI
them. but the hoped for blnsie fail
cd 20 matesiaiiss.
La Junta tribune., 1915-08-21
De.sh Of william E-.so..

William Fenton. one Of the oldest
and best known railroad men OF this
city. died At the Santa re Hospital
Saturday evening. following an III.
nsss Of about three weeks.
william Fenton was born In Oar.
lington, Wis. January II, 1857, and
died in La Junta. Colo. August II,
1915. being 5S years. Z months and
; days Of age at the time Of his
death. He came west In 1879 and
fired an engine on the construction
train while the Santa re road was
being built into La Junta. In May
1881. after the road was completed
Mr.. Fenton was promoted to engin.
eer. having charge OF the first yard
engine In this city. In 1883 he went
on the road and has pulled train,
over every division out OF La Junta.
On April 2l. 1884. he was united
In marriage to Miss Gladys Gray at
Pueblo. Colo. and brought his bride
to La Junta where they resided for
twenty-five years. In 1906 Mr.
Fenton was transferred to Denver
where the family made their home
until 1910. when he was transferred
to La Junta. being In charge OF 4
yard engine here until about q year
ago. when he was transferred "a
Syracuse. Kan.
He leaves to mourn his death. mis-
wife. Mrs. william Fenton . daugh.
ter. Mrs. George Karr. Of Pueblo
and two sons. Earl and Claude Fen.
ton. OF Denver. and . sister. Mrs. FL.
len O'Lsary. Of Darlington. wis.
The funsral was held Tuesday
morning from the Catholic church,
the services being conducted BY Rev
Felix Dilly. and was largely attend.
I'd By the railroad men OF the city
and By many nsishbors and friends
Of The fs0lly. lnterment took plscs
y peifv1ev cemetery.
Thees from out Of town Who cans
70 II Junts 70 attend The funsssI
vses ~. cad Afs. A. Saydss. NJ.
ssA Ars, CAas- oeAroll. ~ rrs1
4alaeas- ~. s6saseoaG snes0an ~
syraesss. asd llasesr Y ilse6anss
PSits. also Of oyraeuoe. sl.-r
Ars. Featon. accompanied b. hsl
childrsn. left "wednesday for Syra.
cuse. Kan. and will make arrange.
ments to move TO Denver where she
will make her home With her sons.
La Junta tribune., 1915-08-21
xewnsa's vassssy Il IesssssaIsmss

Bright. clsvsrly writtsa sonss.
hisA class asd popuiss vocal and "
sessneatal music ss1 . daiaty smus-
ias liseie eas 81 eeas1y strictly
Neutral" VIII - elseee1 for the -
jeyneoe - eAoDe whe % 70 see ~
SessoA Newman Ceaoesy st ~
nsusks Theaese. fhusslay sveaiao.
August Soth.
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~ lasoo1oo 0eoee )eG1soa. sepeaaos
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DesBeaoees: Dells 1ooovos. vislla1co,
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La Junta tribune., 1915-08-21
Public school Columa.

All the public schools. high. ele-
mentary and kindergarten. will be
open for the session OF 1876 on
Tuesday. September 7th. The pre-
paratory and commercial depart
ments will be combined in such man
ner as to render II possible to oper-
ate both in the building formerly oc-
cupied solely by the college prepar-
atory school. BY SO doing It is ex-
pected to effect economy Of opera
ton without impairment OF efficien-
cy The courses Of the two depart
ments will be substantially the same
as before the consolidation. Such
courses will be regular college pre-
paratory. two year and three year
commercial, and four year general
course, combining the preparatory
and commercial courses. In many
respects the new arrangement will
work to the educational advantage
OF the students attending high
school.
Principal II. d. McClintock will
have direct supervisory and admin
istrative charge OF all high school
activities. He has already arranged
the schedule Of studies for the new
term. and the same will be published
next week. Mr.. A. II. Reelhorn. OF
Morgantown. Ind. and Mrs. Gertrude
ballard. will teach the commercial
subjects. With the exception Of
Miss Healy and Mr.. Bronson. the
preparatory high school staff Of
teachers will be the same a. last
year.
In order that everything may be
In readiness for active work on the
morning Of September 7th. pupils
are urged 10 complete their high
school registration prior to that
date. To this end Principal Nc.
ciintock will be In his office At the
high school building. San Juan av.
enue. on rhursday. Friday. satur.
day and Monday. September ID. Sd
9Th and 9Th. from 3 =. m. to ~ m.
aud from Lac 70 4 .. m. for con
:; = =,
ths sisosatsry schools Of L. yunss
and all others never before sarollsd
In the local high school. should con
suit the superintendent Of city
schools at his office In the CONNER.
ctal College building before present.
Ing themselves for registration.
All nonresident pupils enrolled ia
the high school will bs required "a
pay = tuition fee Of So per school
month.
The new school year will witness
the return Of nearly all the slemen.
tary school teachers employed last
year. Supervisors. except for pen.
manship. discontinued. and princi.
pals will be a. last year. The kin.
dergasten. music. art. domestic sci.
sace and manual training will bs
continued. The Boys Club will bs
open ~ usual.
II the elementary schools q tut.
ton Fate Of 81 per month will bs
CHARGED each nonresident pupil.
Arrangements for the payment oi
tuition-slementary and high school
should be made with the superin.
tendent.
Teachers are already beginning "a
make inquiry relative 10 suitable
rooming and boarding places and
many prospective students from b.'
yond the limits OF the local distric,
are seeking Information relative "a
school activities for the ensuing
year.
La Junta tribune., 1915-08-21
TAsmpsss vsssIssss sssse ssa1.

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store On oaats re avsaue oao 6ay
this vsek 70 0rssa Bros. os 0k1a.
hena. whe ses roe u sAafos. NJ
TAoaosea fseaiss aal vil1 seil1 80
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La Junta tribune., 1915-08-21
SAME THING ALL OVER AGAIE.
Rocky Ford lnvincible when Piaying
With La JuntA-Win Close
Game by Sc0rs Of . To I.

with La Jw0tA-Wt0 CIOo0
Game by Scors Of . to 1.
In pitchers duel last Sunday be-
tween Griffin and McGraw. played
before one Of the largest crowds Of
the season at Rocky Ford. the melon
rollers once more copped the bacon
by score Of 2 to 1. Griffin pitched
the best game Of his career In this
section Of the baseball world, and
should have won with ease. but all
the breaks as well as some bonehead
playing were against him. Only
four hits were made off OF Griffin,
two OF them for two bases. and be-
sides that he had seven assists. off,
ciated In the only double play of the
game. and cracked out single.
Griffin surely did his part and ought
to have won. but II appears there Is
nothing doing In that line with Rocky
Ford as our opponent.
In our reminiscent column you
will find that the La Junta team had
the same experience In baseball
tournament at Rocky Ford twenty
years ago. when the melon rollers
copped the championship OF the
county by q score Of 3 to Z. History
has to repeat itself about every 80
often. and II may be that this Ii re-
sponsible for our defeat last Sun.
day. ~ no one has - yet been able
to give any other satisfactory reason
for Il. Our boys cracked Mc0raw
for seven hits. against three off Of
Griffin. and on three different occa-
sions we had . chance TO win the
game with . single. hut the hit that
We longed for failed To materiaiise.
In the sixth inning with two men on
and nobody out Il did not look ~
though II would be possible 10 beat
~ out Of 4 run. On 4 bunt and
run siGDai one Of our players started
In froh third and then fell dead
whGa be sprained his ankle within
three feet Of home plate asd had 70
retire from the game. There u
| lpethl1g thss wili Overcome such hard
lpek e that. sad Il q net a6S6 ~
der that Rocky Ford's hoodoo woa
once more.
Rocky Ford scored two runs In
the second inning. Bobbie Nc.
Griw cracked the first bali pitched
to him for two bagkcr. and . mo.
ment later he should have been nab.
bed when he made = clean steal Of
third. while our catcher WAS leisure.
ly sauntering over t0 pick up q half
passed ball. McGraw should have
been an easy out. hut instead he
landed safe on third. and then scor.
ed the first run Of the game.
whaien scored . moment later on .
hunt. being called safe on = ciose do.
cisIon ~ the plate. which many
thought should have been out. but
as the umpire has the first and tho
last sucss Il IL useless 10 argue this
question.
La Junta scored her only run In
the third inning. when chclisord hit
for two sacks. and when Gardsnsr
hunted the ball To MeGraw started
for third. and kept on going when Nc.
Graw threw wild 10 first 10 nab
Gardener. and the latter landed on
second. La Junis had thr~. oppor.
tunitics TO win th. game with . hit
after the third inning. but there was
nothing doing In that line. and ws
had Ia be- satisfied. though not con.
tented. with the short end OF . TO
! score. the details of which are thus.
~;
La Junta tribune., 1915-08-21
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Evening journal., 1915-04-26

strong party man, recognizing the ne
cessity of holding the organization to-
gether and working through it, and not
against IT, Therefore he gave Senator
Platt consideration, in view Of the lat
ter's official position and standing in
the party, while at the same time as
serting his own independence.
It was the year 1912 that brought
the rift in the Lutte. Mr. Barnes be-
fore that time was "all right" After
ward he was all wrong. The quarrel
between the two men is essentially "A
political quarrel-a difference Of opin-
ion as to the manner of conducting
the affairs of the Republican party.
Mr.. Barnes was not the only leading
Republican with whom Col. Roosevelt
differed in 1912. He happened to be a
strong character, however, and his un-
terrified opposition to the Colonel and
the situation in New York State drew
the latter's fire. The first week of the
trial has failed TO bring out anything
damaging TO the reputation of any one
concerned, and from present pros
poets the case will pass into history
along with other famous political
quarrels, without injury TO anybody
after having added 10 the innocent en-
jcyment of the onlOokers.
Evening journal., 1915-04-26
EVOLUTION A failure

when I contemplate the chasm,"
Said the Quivering Protoplasm,
"That yawns 'twiXt me and PrOtozoa,
When ! view the bonds that link us,
To the gay Ornithorhynchus.
Or the Steganopodes upon the shore;
when I see how things develop
From the ugly oyster she'll up
To the fascinating young Cephalopod;
How the decapoda followed.
To be subsequently swallowed
By the lobster pot or hungry Thomas
Cod;
How the diligent crustacean,
Spurning other recreation,
Confined himself TO evolutin' up.
Till he stood in the regalia
or the higher class mamalia.
And was fondled as a barking. brindle
pup;
when see the long procession
That in infinite progression
Struggles upward through the geoio-
gic ages,
From the end OF the azoic,
To the recent and heroic,
Including all the tertiary stages;
"When think, too. how much bigger
Is the present human figure,
And how much more ornamental is its
shape
Than the first developed mammal.
or the burden bearing camel.
Or rurr than anfhrCnnfda1
II am struck with admiration
AZ the wonders OF creation.
And look upon my progeny with
pride;
But for my first contribution
To the scheme Of evolution.
The experiment might never have
tried"
And yet" said Protoplasm,
With a meditative spasm,
As he gave himself a moments
thoughtful pause.
81 am sometimes led 10 wonder
II we haven't made a blunder.
In developing such loosely swinginl
jaws.
They are good enough for eating,
But In every public meeting.
And whenever there's an audience il
reach,
There's a pair OF them in motion.
Pouring out a perfect ocean
/ OF muddled and befuddled parts o
speech.
Look at Stewart OF Nevada.
Evening journal., 1915-04-26
BARNES AND R0Os-YELT.

NHUCH that has been known to everyone for years
IVA is being brought out a result Of the Barnes
Roosevelt libel suit that on trial in Syracuse Much
else that has been broadly suspected by everyone for
a long time is being spread upon the court records
surprising thing about all is that such old stun is be-
ing treated by certain metropolitan newspapers as If
it we're matter of a surprising nature
William Barnes Jr, is now. and has been for years
out-and-out organization Republican He also has
been practical politician He never has professed TO
be anything else His shrewdness and treless activity
in the political field have many victories for the
Republican party His loyalty to that party never has
been questioned II has been proved time and again.
by his acts He is a machine politician if that term
please you, and a good one His record as a party
is far better than that of the man whom he has
sued and is prosecuting for libel.
The Wilson Democratic administration stands as a
monument to Colonel Roosevelt's ingrattude to the
party that made him all he is and that give him. di
rectly indirectly most of what he possesses wher
it has suited his purposes and interests has beer
cheek-by-jowl with Barnes and other practical poli
tical politicians He has given approval to their act
and has prohted by them Nor has he failed to turn
upon and attack those men, and work hand-in-gov
with so-caled reformers and for the Democratic benefit
when he could not boss" the so-called bosses
According to his political philosophy when the
we're working with him and for him. by their method,
they were high-minded and patriotic American citizens
When they working against him. by thos
some methods. they bosses bedamned who shoul
Evening journal., 1915-04-26
The Colonel's DebF OF Gratitude
(From the New York Sum

The size of the Honorable Theo-
dOTe Roosevelt's debt of gratitude to
the Honorable William Barnes can
not be measured with precision; but
Of its existence and considerable
volume there is no longer the slight
est doubt. Everybody now recognizes
the fact that Mr.. Barnes of Albany
is the Colonel's rescuer and preserver
and benefactOr. This is not the less
true because it is a case of invalun-
tary benefactiOn. In the interest of
equity and the square deal even be-
tween belligeTents, and as the i'm
partial admirer of what Is truly good,
truly great and truly respectable in
each of the eminent statesmen now So
jOurning in Syracuse, The Sun re-
cords and registers the Colonels OBJ
legation in this public manner.
What an unexpected breeze Is 10 a
vessel becalmed in the doldrums,
what an unforeseen oasis with an ac-
tive water supply is TO the parched
throat of the traveller i'm the desert,
what an unsolicited notice of reap
pointment is to despairing fourth
class postmaster under a hostile Ad-
ministration, what the sweep of the
returning spotlight is to the actor
immersed in the gathering gloom,
what the tenuous but sufficient strand
OF dangling sisal is to the man at the
bottom of the well-all this and a
hundred times more the Honorable
William Barnes has now by his own
act become to the Honorable Theo-
dore Roosevelt
Evening journal., 1915-04-26

militia is, we're subjected to three
months training before being put
into the firing line. The volunteers
we're trained for six months and more.
Using such troops. militia or volun-
teers. before they are properly train
ed is cold-blooded butchery.
We find then that, rhetoric apart,
our navy would be for three months
after a declaration of war our sole
line Of national defense Under our
present military system, which is
based on factors that are not likely
soon to change. we should have no
other line, Between our coast cities
and the enemy stands the navy, and
the navy alone.
This is not a temporary condition
arising from the whim of politicians
It is the settled policy of the country
and, as such, it throws an enormous
responsibility on one mana re-
sponsibility that. since August ]. has
grown in the minds of many Ameri-
cans to be the weightiest in the
country.
Unfortunately. that one man is the
present Secretary of the Navy.
Evening journal., 1915-04-26
THE BATTLr or THE Wc,s.

VAJ LILLIAN GIBBS McADOO. Secretary of the Treas
w ury and son-in-aw of President Wilson is said
TO be after the political scalp Colonel William
Combs, chairman of the Democratic National Com
mittee Rumor in Washington has it that his plan is to
make the Office OF national chairman so uncomforta-
bic for the colonel that he will retire Voluntarily so to
speak
One explanation given for the McAdoo attitude is
that the Secretary has discovered cannot control
Colonel McCombs and that he is eager to obtain
chairman who will recognize In the present head OF
the Treasury Department the power that is behind
the throne In view Of the work that Colonel Nc
Combs has done for President Wilson in the past the
President very we'll demand his retirement from
the charmanship nor can he go very far. openly at
least in aiding any plans which his son-in-law may
have TO the control Of the national organization
from the colonel
II may he. in view OF several endorsements
in which Secretary McAdoo already has involved
the President, that White House influence will be ex-
erted quietly in the colones favor. rebuke 10 Nc
Adoo and check upon his troube-making activities
Time will show how this interesting situation shapes
up and what effect the attack upon Colonel McCombs
from within the lines will have upon the Wilson wing
of the Democratic party.