La Junta tribune., 1916-06-24

Those song writers in New York
City who are putting some OF Wood !
rows ringing phrases TO music. !
should not overlook the "Too-proud-
to-fight" expression.
Crowley county has issued nearly 4
800 auto licenses since the first OF /
the year. Nearly every family in I
that county must be riding in an au-
tomobile by this time.
3.
Our normal exports OF barbed |
wire amount TO about 81 900. 900 an
nuaily During the nine months end /
ed March, 1915, We exported 49, |
600, 900 worth OF this commodity. !
for harbed wire ENGAGEMENTS in the
war zone OF Europe.
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At this late date they are now say
ing in Europe that had France. Rus
STA and England been prepared for
the war which the Germans have
been preparing for years. the present
war would never have taken place.
Just little pointer on preparedness.
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In Colorado four years ago Wilson
received a popular vote OF ll4,232,
~ ss DaaH.v.t,
and Taft was 1852. Wilson's vote
in the state being 1890 short OF a
majority. Wonder II the democrats
figure on carrying Colorado this
year? II they do they are going to be
Erieyeously disappointed.
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Billy Sunday concluded seven /
weeks campaign in Kansas City last
Sunday night and departed with a
cashiers check for s32. 900 In his in Z
side pocket. which the people gave
him as thank offering. He preach /
ed ninety-three sermons In the tab /
ernacle to 1856. 900 persons. and .
20.6i5 Of them hit the sawduA
trail. on the last day $1,000 persons /
heard him preach and 2l2l hit the .
trail. The ministers OF that city say
that several thousand were convert 4
ed who did not Hit the trail
j J. Hill soon would have endors- |
ed nation wide prohibition had he
not died. Prof. irving Fisher Of Yale .
University said last week In St. Louis I
where he appeared before the resolu-
lions committee OF the democratic .
convention to urge prohibition
plank Professor Fisher said he had I
received a letter from Mr. nm In
which the railroad maEnate said the
greatest factor In promoting crime.
disease and poverty In this nation
was due to the liquor traffic and that
he believed national prohibition was
the best solution Of the problem.
Wilson received la5 electoral
votes in 1919. Roosevelt S.. and Taft
s Forty states In the union east
their electoral vote for Wilson. five
states for Roosevelt and two for
Taft The electoral vote Of California
was divided. II being for Roosevelt
and for Wilson. Wilson vas elect
cd by biz majority In the electoral
college. but the combined vote OF
Taft and Roosevelt was i.3ls.3s0.
greater than the popular yot. for
Wilson. 20 he was elected president
by minority vote. and his minority
vote this year will be much smaller
than II was four years ago.
] y, Gaugcr II making money fas,
these days. and probably will be for
several weeks, or as long as his sup
ply OF Honey Dew cantaloup.s holds
out His firs, shipment OF honey
dess from the eahtaionpe fields OF
California was made to Minneapolis.
MINI. and n.tted him $40 per
crate. 4, takes about .igh, or nine
melons to fiil a crate. The fir,, car
load shipment TO Chicago netted
$40 per crate. or about SIS cent,
for each oantaioup.. He expects TO
b. shipping at leas, 500 crate. a day
befor. the season closes. and n he
keeps up this pae. for a very extend.
ed period viii be n can,aioupe pluto
crat.
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wha, a say. Of indignation would
have animated the democratic breast
u some republican had written the
indictment Of wilson's Mexican poll
ey ~ heralded TO the world through
the recent note to carrania. Roose-
teit himself could mt have made IL