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La Junta tribune., 1916-10-14
May Reduce Telephone Rates

Valuations of the physical prop
erll OF the Mountain States Tele-
phone 4 Telegraph Company, as tes-
titled to by experts for the telephone
company and for the commission in
the Iitth OF n series of hearings be-
Ing held before the State Ppblic
Utilities Commission In its investiga-
tion into the reasonableness of the
rates charged by the company are at
variance to the tune OF s2.1l3.239.-
Sc
g +. McCarn. general manager of
plants OF the telephone company.
fixed the total value of all Colorado
physical property OF the telephone
company. including $575.OO0 work
ing capital, at &l5.22O.S3366. In
addition to this he stated that the
company should be allowed $1,000
OOO for the cost OF establishing the
business, or going concern value"
as II commonly Is termed.
lie contended, In behalf of the
telephone company. that nothing
should be deducted from this
amount of depreciation. as the com
pany maintains its plant at 100 per
cent service efficiency and that the
public is paying foe service eff
cheney and is not interested in the
actual physical condition OF the prop
ery.
Fred ]. Rankin. electrical engin-
Ger for the commission. who has
had charge of the task of inventory
ing and appraising the company's
property for the purpose of fixing II
valuation upon which the commits
sion might determine the fair rate
Of return TO which the company e.
entitled, testified that, for rate-mak-
ing purposes, the property of the
company should be valued at repro
duction cost new. less accrued de-
probation, BY this process, he tes-
tilted. he fixed the valuation Of the
company. including working capital.
at l2.5O7.39i. exclusive OF any pos
sible allowance by the commission
for going value"
As the valuation is the basis Of
rate-making. since the net fair re-
turn on the investment comes from
the rates paid by patrons. this diff
ference would mean material de-
crease In rates should the commits
sion's experts valuation be accepted
as final by the commission. This
may be seen by assuming that the
commission may decide per cent
to be a fair net return on the In
yestment. and by computing per
cent on the difference OF t2.7l3,-
23oGG. or slsO.GlG.75. Thus. II the
assumption OF I per cent as fair
return Is correct, the company
would be permitted to earn $780,
61G.75 less on the Rankin valuation
than on the McCarn valuation.
La Junta tribune., 1916-10-14
Record Year for Sugar Reefs

Amongst local beet growers there
has been steadily growing feel
ing OF cxul'atlon because Of the APP
parent prospects OF one OF the best
years In the history OF the sugar
beet industry.
Not only are the becis testing
higher In sugar content than n usual
at this early period but the tonnage.
which II was supposed would not be
up to the average because Of the
unusually dry growing season, is es-
ceedinR all expectations and IL lend
Ing emphasis to the oft.repeated
statement that n you are located
under n good irrigation system with
the alluviai soil OF this section Of tho
Sunshine Valley the weather cuts
little ice" with the size Of the crops
that may be grown.
New records are also being estnb-
iished at tho Rocky Ford factory
Of the American beet Sugar Com
pany. and In consequence OF the IA
vorablc outlook for most prosper
Gus campaign the company officials
and employees. farmers. business
men and citizens are all feeling the
stimuious OF the good times
Rocky Ford Enterprise.
La Junta tribune., 1916-10-14
When The Woods Turn Brown


How will it be when the roses fade
Gut of the garden and out of the
glade?
When the fresh pink bloom of the
sweetbrier Wild.
Thai leans from the del! like the
cheek OF child.
Is changed for dry hips on thorny
bush?
Then scarlet and carmine the groves
Will flush.
How will It be when the autumn
flowers
WIthcr away from their leafless bow
ersg
When sunflower and star-flower and
goldenrod
."iImmer no more from the frosted
And the hillside hooks are empty and
Then the forest-tops will be gay with
gold.
H'" will it be when the woods turn
brown.
Th"ir gold and their crimson all
cropped down,
And orumhled to dust? Oh, then. as
Hv lay
nrr ear to earth's lips, We shall hear
nur say
"I' 'he dark. am seeking new gems
for my crown"
W, 00u dream of green leaves, when
'ho woods turn brown,
Lucy Larcum.
La Junta tribune., 1916-10-14
Big Concert

A concert will be given at the
Presbyterian church Thursday even.
Ing. October 26th. II will be real
music festival and will consist Of a
chorus Of thirty voices. auartettes
duets and solos for organ. piano,
violin and voice. II will close with
the community singing that has
been no popular In New York and
Chicago this year.
Mrs. VIM. Martin will conduct
the choruses.
Miss Bertha white will have
charge Of the auartettcs and r. p.
Austin will lead the community
singing.
The concert will be given under
the direction Of Mrs. y. Gard Nd.
wards and Mrs. Coan Moore.
La Junta tribune., 1916-10-14

Entered At postosfice at La Junta,
Colorado, as second. class mail matter.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22

soil is of comparatively little impor-
tance unless there is capital in the
way of brains behind. Not long ago,
according to the reports, New Eng
land was filled with abandoned farms.
These have been brought up and are
now highly prosperous. Massachu-
chusetts is becoming one Of the lead
ing agricultural states in the country
on the production-per-a basis.
Much of the result is due to chem
risty. 1t is merely a question of find
ing what a soil contains and what it
lacks which lead to successful farm
ing. Sometimes fertilizers are used
and sometimes rotating crops bring
about self-fertiliation. There is no
soil in the world which cannot raise
something if properly treated. In the
south there are certain centers of de-
velopmant which stand out promi-
nently. Central North Carolina and
northern Mississippi, as we'll as parts
of Alabama and Georgia, are produc-
ing several times as much as formerly
and without any notable increase in
s@o1 o1;yo%;nn Loc y,onrn1,,
quired intelligent work. There are
spots raising two bales of cotton to
the acre where formerly the yield was
only 200 pounds. 1t is becoming a
fixed law with intelligent southern
planters to use only one-half their
land for cotton.
What the country really needs is
more of the intelligent tilling of the
soil which has been so gratifyingly
noticeable during the past few
months. Then those who own few
we'll managed acres are the kings
kings in health, in satisfied life, in
everything that goes to make up an
ideal existence. In too many ways
to mention they outstrip the people
who are compelled to live in crowded
cities; and, with it all, they are pro-
ducers.
But the old-fashioned farmer must
change his tactics or get out Of the
running. He is proven has BEEN"
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22
EDUCATION AND FARMERS

"There used to be notion" OBJ
serves the FL Paso Times, that any
one could run a farm. All you had to
do was to plow, plant and reap and
leave the rest to nature The bright
boys raised on farms gravitated to
the cities and the ne'er-do-wells
stayed at home All this has been
changing Of late and indications are
that this generation will see a COM
plete revolution in farming.
For many years agricultural col
leges were laughed at by hayseed
farmers who thought what their
grandfathers did was good enough for
them. This is no longer the case
Recently statistics covering a great
number of farms in practically all the
states were collected and classified.
It was revealed that the farmer who
had been through the high school
made twice as much off his farm as
the one who had a mere common
school education; but the man who
had been to an agricultural college
made three times as much.
This is test which ought to sat
isfy the most conservative. It is
more and more becoming understood
that one farms with brains, and the
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22
TOO TRUE

A wise mutt has discovered
that it is unhealthful for two
people to occupy. the same bed,
regardless of the fact recorded
in the Book of Books that
Moses slept with his forefath-
ers, making five to the hill,
and then lived to the ripe old
age of seven and eight hun
dred and twenty years. An
other savior for the health of
his brethren has learned that it
is unsafe to ride horse that
another fellow has ridden, to
attend church where other peo-
pie attend. The kiss has been
branded as tempter of death
in all manner of diseases.
Handshaking is now considered
extremely dangerous. An ex-
change thinks that if things
keep up it will be unhealthy to
be buried in the same grave
yard with other people. The
only place person can be safe
from disease or getting run
over, is in a store that doesn't
advertise.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22

that never again can less than hum
dred men awaken storm that can
cause some thousand Of brave men to
die daily for weeks and months and
years without abatement.
But contemplating those horrors
our countrymen should, with humbled
and grateful hearts, bend in gratitude
today to sing their praise service and
peace service; to exalt in the freedom
that is ours, that a generous harvest
has been given US; that no premoni-
tions of sorrow shadow our skies;
that our nation is moving on with
growing majesty and power; taking
on new prestige every year, becoming
more and more the worlds concern
ment and hope.
Surely ours ought to be a grateful
people and with the Christmas morn
ing with united hearts, with all the
accompaniments of organ and choir,
sing anthems of Peace and Praise.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22
CHRISTMAS DAY
BY Judge C. C.. Goodwin

BY Judge C. c. Goodwin
There are few days in the year
that are punctuation points to man.
kind.
They, too, mark signal stations in
human lives and in the lives of ma
tions. The most significant Of all
these is Christmas day.
To herald it's first coming a new
star came in from the outer tirma-
ment and driving back the darkness
Of the night lighted with soft radi-
ance lowly city and the surround
ing gray hills, and following it close,
songs of thanksgiving filled earth and
air, and far off planets and suns, their
golden axles rolling in attune, filled
the universe with celestial music.
What had transpired meant new
departure, about face for the human
race, a doing away of violence among
nations and men; the giving up of
what is brutal; the emancipation of
women, the exalting of man through
that emancipation; the final bringing
in of reign of justice on the earth.
To make these results materialize
,, men have been struggling for nine
teen hundred years.
The progress has been slow; so
slow that sometimes the struggle has
semed hopeless, and advancement can
only be noted in the aggregate.
Often it has seemed as though the
world has been deserted and the plan
to save the races abandoned, until a
day came when it was made clear that
there was design behind the suf-
fering intended for ultimate good.
Sometimes the farmer starts his
plough and turns over the surface of
his clover field, for the time convert
ing what was winsome fruitful pas
ture into what seems to be a desert.
: TO the ignorant and blinded it
might seem to be a great misfortune,
but is made clear that the farmers
design is to bury the clover where the
nitrogen that has been gathered by
its roots from the sunbeams and the
air may be assimilated by the soil
and thus gather more strength to
bring forth another harvest; the Wis
dom of his work is made apparent.
The plowshare of an awful war has
been turning over the fields of Eu-
rope for two and a half years and
converting them into deserts. Men
cannot comprehend any design in the
mighty mutilation, sorrowing millions
! look on dazed; millions of wives and
mothers with hearts broken and eyes
wept dry have no longer the strength
to pray, so awful is their sorrow
1t is as though all the ministers of
mercy had fled the earth, and all the
ministers of destruction had been let
loose to devastate the earth, the air
and the deep sea and usher in a reign
of chaos.
And still last night was as serene
as was that night when over Bethle-
hem the star shown down and an
thems of praise and of good will to
man rang out upon the world and
called all the agents of harmony to
join in the mighty praise and peace
service.
1t is not impossible that after the
storm passes. it may be seen that the
so-called divine right of kings shall
have passed away; that the old rule
that "men are nothing and man
everything" has been reversed, and
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22
Jimmie's Tips to Film Fans

"Davy Crockett was "A Thoroughbred" and
had 'The Heart of Hero but "The Dream Girl
who "A Modern Thelma' told him to be careful
of "The Reckoning Flame" Pretty Good Ell? Now
this is Xmas week and you just have to get that hol
day spirit make yourself present of ticket to the
Orpehum any night at all and if that aint about the
classiest present you got then miss my guess.
Xmas Day we have a special matinee at P. M. and
two shows at night, we have Frank keenan, in ''The
Thoroughbred" some race track story I'm telin you
keenan, plays the part of Southern Colonel who
owns race horse and they sure do have some excit
ing time. We have peach of keystone comedy
that day too. New Years day give special matt
too at P. M. have Louise Glaum in "The
Wolf Woman" and believe she is some doll her
gowns cost more money than expect to see
there's dandy comedy with this too Have to 20
now cause have to buy my best girl present. and
four matnees in week keeps guy pretty busy
so long.
JIrlrllE, the Usher
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22

PepsIar Mechanics offers no premiums:
does noe Join in "eiubbinS offsrs." and
esnpioys oo sojieitoss 70 sseuve su6sevioeions
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22

Many a man who pretends to be
looking for work looks the wrong
WaV
Evening journal., 1916-05-03
By The United Press.

BY The United Press.
PETROGRAD. May 3.-The mashers
of Broadway. New York, State street,
Chicago, or Market street. San Fran
cisco can take a lesson today from the
front lines of the massive Russian
army.
There are women i'm these front
lines ranks pretty women. fired by
martial patriotism to fight for Rus
sia or to avenge a fallen father or
brother.
Every Russian soldier is a child
OF the Car. Every Russian fighting
woman is a child Of her regiment.
And she is protected as such.
II is against military regulations
for women to be found in Russian reg
iments Consequently. it has been
seldom that stories Of female fighters
filtered back to Petrograd from the
fighting fronts. But the heroics of
Russian Amazons are brought to light
just the same.
A Russian soldier has just been dec
GRATED with the cross Of st. George foi
gallantry. He" was Vera
When the Russians took NovasiOlky
south Of the River Styr. and captured
1000 prisoners. no soldier welded Z
bayonet more handily than Vera.
Every man of Veras regiment de
served a medal. declare the reports
but Vera. who outwardly looks exactly
like any Russian private, got the
Cross, because she was a woman.
Vera's comrades agreed that If there
was to be a medal. it should go tC
Evening journal., 1916-05-03
HELp ON ROBBERY CHARGE.

Arrested at Clayton on last Friday
and lodged in the Kent county jail.
suspected OF being implicated in the
robbery of nearly $1,000 worth Of
merchandise from a freight car be-
tween this city and Clayton. William
Carr, Earl Manning. Frank Collins
and Robert Brown. all of this city.
we're taken to Middletown Monday af-
ternoon. by railroad detectives. where
they we're given a hearing, inasmuch
as the robbery was committed in New
Castle county. and held for the Court
Of General Sessions. They were COM
mitted to the New Castle county
workhouse yesterday.
Evening journal., 1916-05-03
Here's a Story for
Every Masher in the u. S

Vera. And Vera got IT,
From Galicia comes another story
of one Of these Russian Amazons.
Tanja Kakourine cut his" hair short
and joined a Russian regiment be-
cause her mother did the same in the
Russo-Turkish War OF 1871
Tanja is 16. She is as brave as the
best Of Russian troopers. She has
fought in many actions. She has been
recommended for the Cross.
Tanja is pretty. her round, healthy
face surmounting a trim military
cloak that sets OF her loveliness. She
talks and laughs like a. child. and is
the idol of the rough soldier-oomrades
who protect her by common accord,
and act toward her as fathers and big
brothers.
The soldier who dared touch Tanja
unkindly would die at the hands Of his
regimental companions.
Evening journal., 1916-05-03
BY The United Press.

py Inc United lfesa.
SARATOGA SPRINGS. n. Y. May
S.-Was a log cabin in Sans Creek.
Carroll county. Md. or a sail loft in
William street. near John street New
York, the first Methodist Episcopal
Church in America?
This question. the subject OF a CON
troversy among high dignataries in
the church. started four years ago.
and will come up for settlement at
the General Conference at Saratoga,
which is now in sssion here.
Sides have been taken openly on the
issue.
Methodists down in Maryland, ig-
noring the credited history of the
church. held a celebration two years
ago i'm honor of the i50th anniversary
Of the foundation of the oldest Metho-
dist Church in the country. which
they say was erected at Sans Creek
Here in New York. Methodists are
preparing 10 celebrate in October this
year the l50th anniversary OF tho
John Street Methodist Episcopal
! Church. on which site they insist the
| first Methodist Church in the country
was built. Their claim is backed by
church records, and has official sane.
tion Of the General Conference, the
church's law-making body
Philip Embury. a missionary. ar
rived in New York from Limerick. Ire
land. i'm 1860. His following uuickl,
grew. When this congregation ont
grew its new home he began holdin
services In a sailloft in William
Street This was I'm 1857 One veal
later Embury had raised enough
money to found a church on the site
Of the present John Street Church
Evening journal., 1916-05-03
General Conference 10 Decide
Fight About Oldest ME-. Church

The present pastor is the Rev. L. R.
Streeter.
Maryland Methodists claim that
Robert Strawbridge sailed from Ire
land two years before. Emhury and
founded the first church at Sans
Creek fifteen miles from Baltimore.
There is no officially approved rec
ord Of this. but there was a church
at Sans Creek. which lasted few
years.
In 1912 the subject was brought up
at General Conference meeting and a
commission of seven clergymen ap-
appointed TO solve the mystery. The
meeting was held in Baltimore and
here enters politics.
Seven representatives were invited
from Southern churches to vote on
the question" said the Rev Carroll
today
"The Rev. Kelley the Rev Chad
wick and myself refused to vote as
! the vote said the church founded at
Sans Creek was the oldest In
America"
The board Of bishops then requested
: that action or the commission ne ue-
forrod until the meeting Of the Gen
+ ieral Conference this year.
This was ignored. and two years ago
the Southern churches celebrated the
/ sesQui-centennial at Sans Greek.
The Rev Carroll said there will be
la minority report TO the General Con
ference obiectine 10 the adoption of
the report that the Maryland church
/ is the oldest
Meantime. the Rev. Streeter rs hus'
getting ready for the sesqui-centen.
nial celebration at the John Street
! Church
Evening journal., 1916-05-03
ST. PAUTS MISSION SOCIETY.

The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of st. Paul's NJ. E. Church met
at the parsonage Wednesday after
noon The topic for the month was
zone Heart. One Way" and the chap
ter on Horea from the Kings High
way" proved Of exceptional interest
The yearly report Of the treasurer
was encouraging and showed a de-
cided increase i'm the funds Of the So
ciety. Letters from DR.. Mary Stone
and Miss Laura White were read. DR..
Stone solicited dainty articles for the
babies ward OF her hospital.
Evening journal., 1916-05-03
Says He SERVED
ONE EMPLOYER
TWENTY-SIX Years
Mr.. Justin N. Anderson,
Well-known in This City,
Tells What Herbal Lax
atone Did For Him.

A man who has served an employer
faithfully for twenty-six years and is
a respected citizen is surely worthy
Of consideration. and his word should
be taken by anyone who is skeptcal
and has a doubt In his mind as to
the value Of Lax-a-Tone or the truth
Of our testimonials. Mr.. Anderson
eavrs
Evening journal., 1916-05-03
DANCE PARTY at LArREL.

Or. r. L. Bennett Of Laurel. Monday
night entertained at a delightful dance
al his home His guests were Colonel
and Mrs. s. d. Marvil. Dr. and Mrs
Roscoe Elliott. Carleton Hearn. vir-
gil Hearn. Mrs. Paul Burnet Of Laurel.
S. o. Atkins OF this city, Miss Kennedy
Of Harrington. Miss Mary Riggin and
Miss Blanche Cannon Of Seaford. Miss
Thresdgin Of Salisbury and Raymond
Martin of Seaford.
Evening journal., 1916-05-03
POLITICS DROVE
HIM TO UMPIRING

% Scott f. Chestnut. OF Birming-
ham. Ala, newcomer to the In
o ternational League staff Of um-
pires. is a glutton for punishment
. He once had political aspirations,
running three years ago for lieu
. tenant governor OF Alabama on
. local option ticket. only to be
. beaten by a paltry 10000 votes.
. Then he took to law. graduated
. from Alabama State university
and finally advanced TO the role
he now fills Players who have
mixed with Chestnut say he
doesn't mind being roasted.
Evening journal., 1916-05-03

II am now working with the General
Chemical Co. formerly resided at
1907 West street, this city, and am
we'll known here. worked for VIM.
Lea and the Lea Milling Co. for
twenty-six years, and I want TO add
my Endorsement FOR Lax-a-Tone and
become one of its friends. / have
had a heavy bloated feeling for the
past six years. My food would lie
heavy on my stomach and seemed
10 get no relief at all. am glad 10
say that Lax-a-Tone has accomplish
ed much. and I am now free OF my
stomach trouble. I can heartily in
dorse IT,"
Lax-a-Tone is for sale al The Miller
Drug Store. 4O4-406 Market St.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-07
Gardner CiUen
Heavy Scoring
By Colleagues
Republican Congressman Civ
Ell Warm Denunciation for
Remarks Against German
Nation and the Hyphen.

Washington. Jan Representative
Gardner was vigorously assnilcd today
in the house by two Republican col
leagues, stafford and Cooper of Wis
consin. when ne made a speech crit
ici2iug German Americans and the
German nation.
The remarks We have jus, heard
were as violent as would have been
made In the British parliament,
shouted Mr.. Cooper who " the rank
ing member uf the foreign affairs com
mittoc.
iu an nupassioncd address Mr. stat
fora declared Nh Gardner 60 he moro
British than American criticiz"d MIN
fnr the nntur. of his rcmarks. when
every member should weigh his words
carefullV" aud strongly defended
German Americans Mi. stafford took
particular exception tu the dcCihra-
ton that Americans were de-
s'roying American muniiiou factories
with their gold ana dynamite.
"Thusc chargos cannot be- made
against the N.000.0u0 Gcrman- Amer
cans who ar, IN this country ne de-
clar.d ~ ana not advocating tho
German cause but I know that IN my
own districts mVnitions factories iAr'
rounded hv thousands ui German
Americans are running daily without
interference T. therefore RS" io re-
scnt this basoless charge, which j. IN
worthy of any man.