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La Junta tribune., 1916-07-01

Not only has Bob McGraw. one Of
the most brilliant pitchers ever de-
veloped in the state and Pueblo
boy. received offers from Manager
John J. McGraw. OF the New York
Giants, but recently Hughie Jen-
nings. of the Detroit Tigers. made a
tempting offer for his services says
the Pueblo Star-Journal. II is likely
that Bob's name will adorn the boz
scores OF one or another OF the big
league teams within one year
The offer to McGraw from Detroit
came while he was still with tho
Rocky Ford team OF the Arkansas
Valley League. McGraw left Rocky
Ford this week TO go to Montrose
where he will receive higher salary
than the Arkansas Valley League
team Is able to pay. He said while
stopping in this city Tuesday that
the question OF a higher salary was
the only cause OF his change from
Rocky Ford to Montrose.-Rocky
Ford Gazette.
La Junta tribune., 1916-07-01

Luther Armstrong. leader OF Che
raw's famous military band. has re-
ceived a call from Washington. d.
c.. making inquiry as TO whether he
was available for service. Mr.. Arm
strong says that he is thinking seri-
ously OF organizing a volunteer
band for service In the army during
the war with Mexico. and says there
are . number Of members available
for such an organization in otero
county. Mr.. Armstrong is leader
Of the band at Manzanola. and says
this band largely augmented by
members Of the Cheraw band. viii
be one OF the principal attractions
at the Fourth OF July celebration In
La Juntn next Tuesday.
La Junta tribune., 1916-07-01

Prof. and Mrs. Ralph Pike and
two sons. Of St Louis. Mo, passed
through this city last Saturday even
ing. en- route to Seattle and Puyal-
lup. Wash. They were travelling In
their large touring car and spent q
short time with friends In this city.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Pike are well
known here. Mr.. Pike held the po-
sition OF instructor OF mathematics
in the local high school n number OF
years. and his wife was formerly
Miss Grace Bidweli For the past
ten years they have been located in
st. Louis. where Mr.. Pike has also
taught mathematics in the high
school OF that city. They were sur
prised to note the many changes and
great improvement which La Junta
has made and said that thus far on
their journey La Junta was the best
town that they had visited. They
will visit Mrs. Pixies parents. Mr..
and Mrs. J. X, Bidw.ll. In Puyallup.
Wash, and may spend the next year
In the northwest
La Junta tribune., 1916-07-01
OUR BIG CELEBRATION.
Everybody In the Arkansas Valley
Will BE In La Junta ON the
Fourth of July-Grcat Day.

Preparedness has been the watch
word in La Junta during the past
week. and everybody during the past
ing floats. decorating automobiles.
and getting ready for the big doings
of next Tuesday. Nothing like It
was ever attempted or ever happened
before in the Arkansas Valley, and
the indications are that II is going to
be humdinger. The streets OF La
Junta will be taxed to their utmost
to accommodate the big industrial
and decorated automobile parade,
and It will be the most pretentious
and about the finest thing OF the
kind that was ever pulled off in this
section of the wild and woolly west.
Harmony Hall will be the start
ing point OF the parade. and all those
who are going to be a part OF II are
expected to be in that immediate vi
cinity not later than 10 o'clock on
the morning Of the Fourth In order
that they may be assigned a place.
Industrial floats Will assemble at the
corner OF Colorado avenue and Sixth
street. and the decorated automo-
biles on Fifth street, east OF Colo
RADIO avenue.
The parade will move north on
Colorado avenue to First street, west
on First to Santa Fe and thence
south as far as necessary to disband.
r. G. Dalton will be the grand mar
shal OF the day
The day will be inaugurated with
a salvo OF salutes that will make the
welkin ring. The first OF a duet Of
ball games with Rocky Ford will take
place at 9:+5 a. m. followed by q
band concert In the court house park
until II Is time for the parade to
start, After the parade the big
barbecue will be served In the park.
After everybody has filled up they
will be amused with various sports
and races on the streets surrounding
the park, and at 2:45 p. m. the sec.
ond baseball game with Rocky Ford
is scheduled to take place. After the
ball game there will be another band
concert at the park. interjected with
various sports, fancy shooting BY
Bloice Bowen. and other amuse-
ments. Another band concert at the
park In the evening. and at $3.50
o'clock the greatest display OF fire
works that ever happened In this sec
tion will take place at the City Park
south OF town. This Is an assured
fact, as the fireworks are here and
ready to speak for themselves when
ever the man behind the powder mag
azine Is In state OF preparedness.
La Junta tribune., 1916-07-01

Mrs. George A. Cunning. who has
been In attendance at the annual
meeting OF the =. y. o. Sisterhood OF
the state. was elected first vice presi-
dent OF the stat. organization last
week. This viii place Mrs. Cunning
In direct line for the presidency an
other year. nm honor that will be
well mcrited by her personally and by
the chapter here. one OF the strong
est In the stRte.-I.as Animas Leader.
La Junta tribune., 1916-07-01

Il. J. Goldsworthy, OF the Cheraw
Herald. was a La Junta visitor last
Wednesday. lie reports that the en-
tire town OF Cheraw is going to close
up on the Fourth of July and come
to La Junta to spend the day. Half
n dozen automobiles will be engaged
In n jitney bus service between Che
raw and La Junta on the Fourth. and
In this way II II hoped to land the
whole town In La Junta In time for
the big barbecue dinner,
La Junta tribune., 1916-07-01
Fourth of July Program.

The program for the Fourth OF
July celebration has been completed
by the committee in charge and Is a,
follows:
$3.50 a. m-Firing OF miscellan.
eous saiutes.
s:i5 a. m.-Baseball game. Pas,
time Park. La Junta VS.. Rocky Ford
1000 a. m.-Until IL a. m. band
concert. court house park.
1900 a. m. until 1913 a. m
Patriotic address In Court House
Park by Judge y. W. Mcdaniel.
1880 a. m. until noon--CombIned
Industrial and decorated automobile
parade. Line OF parade will include
down town streets.
II. Noon Barbecue In Court
House Park.
1900 .. m. until 2 .. m-Foot
races around Court House Park.
100 yard dash. free for all. Cash
prizes OF so. So and 81.
Send entries for this race to u. W
iiaskins not later than July I'd
100 yard dash for boys under sew
enteen years. Prizes IS and 81.
80 yards free for all ladies' race
Prizes So and 81.
2:t5 .. Baseball game Pas
time Park. La Junta w. Rocky Ford
300 .. m-Band concert. Court
House Park.
1870 .. m until 8 p. m. Mrs Mid
dleton's girls chorus. Court Hous'
Park.
.. m. until b:30 .. m.--Bloics
Bowen. fancy shooting around cour,
house park.
1880 y. m. until $40 y. m.-Band
concert. City Park.
$3.50 y. m.--Ftre works. CT,
Park.
s:30 p. m--Orand ball. Eiks' Hall
benefit Of ball club. Admission 81
Ladies' Rest Rooms--Rear Mason
ic Temple and old postoffice build
Ing.
Fourth os Jsly ChilArsa's Pageant
The Daughters Of the Americas
La Junta tribune., 1916-07-01

Mrs. Lloyd Thomas entertained at
n morning bridal party yesterday In
honor Of her sister. Miss Lena Dav-
is. OF Kansas City. and Mrs. Prank
Helm. About = dozen young ladies
were invited to meet the guests Of
honor. and the writing Of original
poems and tossts to the brides we're
given. Mrs. Helm has Just been re-
Gently married and Miss Davis o..
pects 70 - married early 10 the
week. Later . dainty luncheon vas
served.
La Junta tribune., 1916-07-01

Beginning with tomorrow tho
churches will hold union services ev-
cry Sunday during July and August.
The different churches Will take
turns In furnishing the auditorium
for the services. The meetings will
not be held In the park this year ~
usual. last summers experience with
the elements and other disturbances
arising In the park causing the min.
istsrs 70 feel that . church building
II the only sstisfsctory place for
such aeetiass.
La Junta tribune., 1916-07-01

La Junta engaged In siugfest
with Denver's Grizzly Bears last Fri
day afternoon. and came off second
best. the Bears winning by a score OF
20 to 8. Denver scored In the first
inning by knocking the ball out Of
the lot. This stunt Was repeated on
nine separate and distinct occasions
before the game was over. Stevens.
the big catcher for the Bears. being
credited with four home run hits ov-
er the fence-every time he came to
bat. In fact.
Maher was on the mound for La
Jun,a. and outsid. OF the home run
hits did quite well. Seven runs were
made off OF him In one inning and he
was relieved by Lefty Griff.n. who
did not have much better luck.
Third Baseman Dyer and Rebel Oaks
performed the pitching stunt for
Denver. and La Junta succeeded In
making a total Of thirteen hits Oft OF
them. one OF them homer" by
Pelky. Denver was credited with
seventeen hits during the game.
A crowd OF nearly 1000 people
witnessed the game. and the local
aggregation cleaned up a nice little
sum on their venture.
La Junta tribune., 1916-07-01
Rocky Ford Wins Finally.

Rocky Ford defeated La Junta by
a score Of 4 TO 2. Thursday afternoon
on the grounds Of the former. VIII
iiamr was on the mound for Rocky
Ford and pitched shutout bail. La
Junta's seven hits being we'll scatter.
ed. Ia Junta scored ON errors. Ma.
her for Ia Junta pitched excellent
ball until the eighth. when the Cubs
landed on him for \ bunch Of hits
that allowed them three runs. sew.
Ing up the game. Harwood and 90.
bin both were out Of the game and
Manager knsune put Msier at sec.
ond and Maxwell st third.
The score by Innings:
Ia Junta. 80 eooeooss o--s7
Rocky Ford, % - 90 "a 4
La Junta tribune., 1916-07-01
La Junta Won From Fort Lyon.

La Junta won last Sundays game
from Fort Lyon by a score of s to 5.
Stevens pitched fine game, striking
out fifteen men, and although nine
hits were made off of him. the
bingles were widely scattered aud the
runs did not come in punches as they
did with La Junta. In the third in
ming La Junta scored six runs-two
home runs. n single. walk and four
errors figuring In the onslaught. Ev-
cry one OF the eight errors made by
the Sailors counted in favor OF the
home team. Ballinger was batted
out OF the box In the sixth and was
relieved by 10y. the southpaw pure
water phenom from Fowler. The
left handed finger allowed but four
scattered hits during six innings
which counted for two runs. Home
runs by Pelky and Cotton" Sievers.
with men on bases. won the game
for La Junta. The Sailors started a
batting rally in the ninth. which
looked dangerous for time. but 1t
only netted them two runs.
Score by innings:
RHE
la Junta. .....O o o . 90 x-s7 l
Fort Lyon. II o o II 0 e-5 8
Summary-Stolen bases: Pelky.
Thomas. Ley. Gardner. Two-base hits:
Ley. Bockewitz. Home runs: Pelky.
Sievers. Struck out: by Baiiinger /. by
10y J. by Stevens Is. Double play: La
Sale to Peck to Mellicker Innings
pitched: BY Baiiinger la. runs 8.
hits ;; by 10y "a. runs 2. hits 4: by
Stevens ,. hits >, runs s. Hit by pitch
ed ball: BY Stevens. Peck and Gibbs
by 10y. Mattick. Time Of game 1856
Attendance 1000. Umpire: Roth.
La Junta tribune., 1916-07-01
PROGRESS IN smo BUILDING.
Machine Invented by jay Anderson
Greatly Reduces Cost Of Build
ing Concrete SilOs.

ne STU llht tHt Is
something that every farmer would
like to have. Actual experience has
shown that silage Is the most salts
factory food to feed cattle. and stock
raisers greatly increase their prof
its and lessen forage problems by the
use of It. Silos like automobiles
cost money. and II is the high cost
that keeps many farmer from get
ting either, Several kinds OF silos
have been put on the market, differ
ent kinds giving different degrees OF
satisfaction. Some silos have prov
ed very unsatisfactory In this eli
mate. being reduced to heap OF
kindling wood in comparatively
short period OF time. The sight OF a
few such heaps is sufficient to cause
the average farmer to go slow in
contracting for a silo.
There may be numerous kinds of
silos that will give satisfaction but
the one in which the average man is
more prone to put his trust. is the
one built OF concrete. When proper
ly constructed cement silo will de-
fy almost anything that the wealth
er man can send against It. The
chief obstacle to the cement silo is
the cost Of having one built or the
great labor necessary for the farmer
to build one himself. Temporary
forms are expensive and the lifting
OF cement to the height necessary
for depositing In the forms Is no
mean task. Numerous machines
have been invented for overcoming
these various difficulties but most
OF them have serious drawbacks.
Jay +. Anderson In an advertise
ment in this issue OF the Tribune de
/ scribes the merits OF q machine which
he has invented and used with salts
factory results. The only labor he
requires besides his own is man or
IN -bsy and =. horss. The machine
mixes the cement which Is thin
enough to run readily. When the
cement is properly mixed II is dump
ed into trough merely by reversing
/ the direction OF the mixer. From
the trough II runs into tub In the
center Of the silo and Is lifted by
horse power to the height OF the
! forms and there is dumped into an
other trough which carries II into
the forms.
/ The forms are made OF heavy
sheet iron Jackets and permit the
wall to be raised four feet In one
day. The machine proper is a sort
OF derrick standing within the space
to be occupied by the silo and is
equipped with elevators. for lifting
the cement, the jackets and the
platform on which the workman di-
recting the pouring of cement into
/ the forms. stands. The forms are so
arranged that the thickness OF the
wall can be reduced gradually to-
ward the top II desired and In prac-
tice Mr.. Anderson draws In the
width of the wal, from seven inches
at the bottom to fiv. inches at the
ton.
w,., oo ,a,s ,,,,a ,. ~,
ovor nt.,, an, ,oooro. har,ono, -
somo ov,o,, Tho o,,or ,orm 90, \.
loosened and raised 10 the height re.
ouired for the coming DAYS work.
While In this position there is
annie opportunity for cleaning IN.
sheet iron, each section OF which ia
four by twelve feet and weighs one
hundred and fifty pounds.
who, tho o,,e, farm IA uv,,.,o,
,,,a ,,.o. ,,,a ,a.ai.. l.. ,,,, ,.,a
posi,ion and then IN. inner forms
La Junta tribune., 1916-07-01

The Daughters Of the Americas
La Junta tribune., 1916-07-01

la Jun,a. - sooeoos o. :
Rocky Ford. % setooos s-<s
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-01-27
Testing an Explosive.

One OF the most dangerous Of explo-
sives is iodide Of nitrogen. q black pow.
der which the slightest touch will
often cause to explode when dry with
great violence. In experiments to de-
termine the cause Of its extreme ex.
plostveness some damp iodide of nitro.
gen was rubbed on the strings of a
bass viol. 1t is known that the strings
of such an instrument will vibrate
when those Of a similar instrument
having an equal tension are played
upon. In this case. after the explosive
had become thoroughly dry upon the
strings. another bass viol was brought
near and the strings sounded. At a
certain note the iodide of nitrogen on
the prepared instrument exploded. It
vas found that the explosion occurred
only when rate of vibration of sixty
q second was communicated to the
prepared strings. Vibration of the G.
string caused an explosion, while that
OF the E string had no effect.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-01-27
METHODIST CHURCH

Two helpful services were held
last Sunday. the subject in the
morning being an interpretation
of the First Psalm, and in the ev-
ening 1.-The Power Of a Word
The subject next Sunday morning
will be Sons and Heirs, based
on the 4th chapt>r Of Galatians
Sunday School at IL M, and Ep-
worth League at $3.50, and even
ing preaching at 1880 P. M. The
prayer meeting will be held al
1880 p. NJ. Thursday.
During Rev. Shows visit in the
interests of the Laymen's Mis-.
sionary Convention several of the
laymen registered for the con-
vention. The pastor will also at
tend, leaving on Wednesday sc
as to be able to attend the ban
quet in the evening Of the open.
ing day.
A cordial invitation is extended
to all the services of the church
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-01-27
midas GREAT Oct.
Plain Living and High Thinking Rule
His Existence.

Plain Living and High Thinking Rule
His Existence.
In "Rabindranath Tagore," by Basan.
Ia Koomar Roy. Is this picture of the
simple life Of the great poet and seer
OF India, who won the Nobel prize for
literature:
Tagore himself lives alone In q
house. He gets up with the morning
bell, sometimes before. and takes his
morning bath. goes on the roof and
loses himself in meditation for hours
at time. In this house he quite Of
ten cooks his own meals in an eco
nomic cooker He does not eat much.
Boiled rice. boiled potatoes, cauliflower
or beans. enough of butter are all that
he cares to eat. He is not fond Of milk
or sweets. He takes long walks for
exercise and is fond Of gardening.
"Plain living and high thinking is
the Keynote Of his life at Bolpur. He
breaches to the boys and to the teach
ers twice week in the temple. His
love for the children is of an ideallstic
nature. At times one Of them will
steal into his room and watch him
smile and move bis head to and fro as
he writes or thinks over a poem. One
such boy startled him by exclaiming,
That's how the madmen do
"'Yes, my child. poets are worse
than madmen. When did you come
into the roomY"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-01-27
VALUABLE RUBBISH.

Fortunes Made Now In What Yves
Once Looked Upon ~ Refuse.
A gold mine in a refuse heap may
sound strange. but 1t is q fact. for
many things once considered nero
waste are now a source of more wealth
than an ordinary gold mine would
yield.
In the earlier days Of gas lighting tho
coal tar was regarded as q horrible
nuisance and surreptitiously got rid Of.
Then the great discovery was made
that al the hues Of the rainbow dwelt
In this dirty looking stuff which men
despised and threw away. Today the
byproducts Of coal tar are counted by
the scores.
In Lancashire alone cotton waste,
once considered rubbish, has an annual
value Of f15.O0O.OOO! It consists Of
fag ends and sweepings and pickings
and combings. Thousands Of women
are employed to divide this stun into
good. middling and bad, and It Is sold
at various prices for different purposes
.-papermaking, mating, surgical wad-
ding and. most Of all. the making Of
shoddy.
Soap boilers used to have great din.
Guilty In getting rid Of a thick, evil
smelling liquid. which was the chief
byproduct Of their industry. They ran
1t into streams and sewers. Presently
some one began collecting it and refin-
ing it. The result was pure glycerin.-
London Answers.
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Regular preaching services 40:
30 a. m. and 1880 p. m. S. S. ~
M, Bible Study Glass and S. S.
Board meeting at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Barber Thursday
evening at 1880.
Rev. w. a. Baker will fill the
pulpit for the morning service.
His subject will be "Require-
lnents of Immortality"
Erwin Van Buren, will lead the
Endeavor Society, which with the
Young Peoples Choir and Or
chestra will provide for the COM
ing service. Your attendance at
any or all of these devotional
meetings will be an inspiration
to others and blessing to your
self.
Miss Ruth Whips was received
into membership last Sunday.
Each Sunday the beauty of the
musical numbers seems to sur
pass that of any previous Sunday.
If you have no church home,
COME and receive tho exalting
benefit of our services. Sunday
morning the quartet consisting of
Messrs. Jones and Clipfell and
Misses BardWell and Jameson
gave two anthems. In the even
ing we were favored by a choir
number. violin solo, 1.-The Last
Chord" by Mr.. Peterson and "A
Duet. Beautiful isle of Some
where" Miss Morden and Mr..
hoffman.
The Endeavors will give "1al-
ent Social" in the church base
1nent, Immediately following the
choir practice Saturday evening
You are cordially invited to attend
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-01-27
THOMPSON YARDS INC. MAS
APPROPRIATED $50, 600. 90
TO FINANCE FARMERS
WHO WANT SlloS

lell We see man who is
worth $8O,0OO.OO we say there
goes a rich man. Eighty thou
sand dollars is a lot of money.
That is just what il. is gong to
cost Thompson Yards, Inc. to
furnish 200 Weyerhaeuser Silos
pay the freight charged, and pay
the erection crews to put them up
on 200 Northwest farms.
Last year Thompson Yards. Inc.
shipped solid trainload of Weyer
saeuser Silos into the Northwest.
In several cases this company
erected the first silos in entire
counties. In other eases they
erected as many as 35 in single
counties. All of this was done
because Thompson Yards, Inc,
realizes that in order for it to
prosper it must help its CUSTOM
ers prosper.
Owing to the number of expert
enced men necessary to properly
erect silos. Thompson Yards, Inc.
can only accept 200 applications
for Weyerhaeuser Silos. These
will he taken after February tst.
and will not be accepted after 200
have been approved.
There should be a silo on every
farm in this community. 1t seems
to us that when local concern
is willing to finance our farmers
and furnish the silos-erect them
complete-paint them-guarantee
them-and then let them pay for
themselves that there is no reason
why we should not have as many
silos as we have barns.
( Let's make 1916 the biggest
year of all for silos i'm this country
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and erect it complete with roof,
chute and foundation on the farm.
If the silo should blow down with
in three years of the date of erec-
ton, the company will erect the
silo without cost to the farmer.
The terms of payment have been
made On a basis that enables the
silo to actually pay for itself.
There are only 200 silos to be
furnished ON this basis. The offer
opens February Asst and closes as
soon as 200 applications have
been accepted. We expect to see
quite large number of these
silos erected in this community.
You should attend to this at once,
as the offer may be withdrawn any
day.
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Coming to
WAHPET0N
Dr.. Mellenthin
SPECIALIST

DOES NOT USE SURGERY
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-01-27
THE SECRETARY BIRD.
Il Kicks Like Mule and Can Swallow
a Snake Whole.

q ondk0 VvuOt0s
The rarest and most valuable birds in
the New York geological garden are
the strange pair of secretary birds quar-
tered in the ostrich house. Secretary
birds" they are called because of the
crest Of long dark plumes that rises
from the back of their heads. giving
them the appearance of a clerk with a
bunch Of quill feathers behind his ear.
It's an aristocratic name. but the thing
that makes the secretary bird valuable
Is not his looks. The natives Of South
Africa love him because he can kick
like mule.
Toss into his cage q snake. no matter
how vicious. and the fight begins i'm
mediately. The bird cautiously ap-
proaches the snake with wings wide
spread to escape the sudden lunges by
flight IL necessary. Once, twice, three
times perhaps the snake lunges. The
bird darts back, waiting his chance.
At last it comes, and one of those long,
hard legs shoots out like the hoof of a
mule, landing squarely on the snakes
head. It reels and falls back stunned
to be knocked out completely by a sec.
ond blow. And then its victor pro.
ceeds to swallow it whole.
In South Africa the birds are regard.
ed as a great protection. They are ar.
fectionate mates and always travel to
gether. When pursued they spreac
their wings and make of over the
ground with the speed of q runninn
horse.-Every Week.