La Junta tribune., 1916-10-07

A record was not the only thing
the late congress broke-there's the
federal treasury, for instance.
There Is just one thing that We
will all have to admit, and that Is
that the president is never too
proud TO sidestep.
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Some people are always happy,
come are constitutionally miserable.
while others have difficult time
deciding which they prefer.
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Three years ago Woodrow Wilson
was explaining that hard times were
psychological. but he isn't trying to
squirm out Of the responsibility for
the alleged prosperity that is said
to be raging on this terrestrial
sphere at the present moment.
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Just boiled down. the best that
has been said Of President VIII
sons Mexican policy is that he had
good intentions. They say there's
road somcwhere-we do not know
for sure. just where. but somewhere.
that Is paved with this same kind Of
material
We know man named Bently
who is so particular to have every
one OF his cows return 500 year
that a Iaggard Is chased off to the
butcher whenever the record falls
under this figure. What would hap
pen II all our dairymen would
adopt this maxim? II would be next
to the millennium in the COW bust
ness-Field and Farm.
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Daughter" said the stern father.
your young man staid until a very
late hour last night. Has not your
mother said something to you about
this habit OF his?"
Yes. father dear" replied the
daughter sveetly. Mother says that
men have not altered a bit Poor
father is noW sorry ne spoke.
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They say that negotiations have
been opened with the Burlington
with a view to getting the Santa Fe
into ST Louis Nothing definite has
been done a. yet. and they say that
the entire matter will remain In a
quiescent state until about March T.
1917, when Mr.. Hughes viii be in
aururatcd a. president uf the
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THE permanent interests of the
American people lie not in ease and
comfort for the moment no matter
how obtained as Mr. Wilson would
teach Us. but in rcsolute champion
ship Of the ideals Of national and
international democratic duty and
In preparedness 10 make this cham
pionship effective by our strength,
Duty first' Not safety first"'-
Theodore Roosevelt
when thieves entered his hen
roost recently and stole all but four
OF his fine flock. Edward Nc Ayoy. a
retired sergeant Of the United States
Marine Corps. who operates a chick
en- farm, posted a bill on his front
gate deiying the thief To come back
some time and get the four he had
Inadvertently overlooked" The
next night the thief. or thieves. car
ricd off the quartotte Of hens that
had been left behind on the initial
excursion.
We have just received copy OF
little book known TO fame by the
title of wit and Wisdom OF Wood.
row Wilson" The front cover IL or
nameht.d with likeness OF the
author done In the highest style OF
the photographer art. and presents
him in one OF his pensive. stadious
poses that so become him. We GER
tainly appreciate wilson's Wit
concerning our recen, mission work
In benirh,.d Mexico. but will
have to 30 TO school some more be-
fore We will ever be able 10 com.
prchend his wisdom. II ia altogether
too deep for us a, the pres.n, writ
ing.
Cutting off the stamp taxes and
substituting therefor a tax on the
profits of few war materials
carefully emitting the sacred cotton
OF the south-may be good politics
but II is doubtful finance. Suppose
the war ahould end as Hnddenly ns