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La Junta tribune., 1916-02-26
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A. Intereatins Ren1aiscsncs q ~
Days whea Qtsre Was : Past -
Oad neaf Cesnty.


A reminder Of days Of thirty year,
laso was handed - by John b.
Rhoads one day this 1esk. Il VA :
sheet Of letter paDer On ths front
Iside Of which was printed NE card
/ and business Of A. Rhoa1s { Bro,
/ the brothers betng Abfam and John
D. Rhoads. They conducted : gsnsr-
Ial store. and II NE articles manufae-
tnred in those days and the neces-
saries In the market were mot listed
Iit is because there wasn't room on
the letter head 70 print them. The
printing Il nice. clear and clean and
was the handivoFk Of John A. MUIR
ply. now our very efficient postmas
Ter.
There were boosters IN those days.
and the firm Of Rhoads Bros. bslisv-
ed In sending ont information 70 the
public concerning the greatness. the
resources and business opportunities
offered In Bent county. for ON the re-
verse side was printed the brands Of
the many cattle herds that roamed
over the then grassy unpopulatsd
prsiries. and . description Of the
county. Al that time Prowers. Baca.
Otero and Kiowa counties had not
been formed from the kingdom Of
Bent county. This description u
quite Interesting and we learn from
II the following:
Bent county ID ~ miles wide by
10 miles long. and has . population
of 1850. Its acreage II 6.sl3.s00.
OF which l3s.3o7 Is patented or deed
cd land. There IL roaming over this
vast extent Of territory. according to
the assessment Of 1855. l0i.sss cat
tie. 5.ss4 horses. $50 mules. s4.l07
sheep. and Il II figured by expert cat
tlemen that Il requires 2s acres TO
each head Of stock and 10 acres 10
each sheep 70 grase ON duriAg the
year. On the Arkansas river bot
tom $4,000 tons Of hay is cut annu-
ally.
A. the election November 8. 1855.
SOS votes were polled Of which over
half we're cast In the towns Of West
Las Anlmas and La Junta. and the
population Of the county IL averaged
to be about one-third women and
children. one-sixth railroad employees.
one-sixth business men and their en-
pioyes. and one-third stockmen and
employees. The business Of the coun-
~ is divided among eight general
stores. three hanks. i've hotels. three
hardware and furniture stores. three
lumbsF yards. two newspapers. scv.
|easeen ssloons. two church organi-
aations. four drug stores. six physi-
ciana. three lawyers. q
Fort Lyon IL garrisoned by 800
soldiers and IL connected with West
Las Animss by telephone. A signal
station vas established st the latter
place In 1881.
The school orEanixation comprises
thirteen districts with school popu.
lation Of sss. presided over BY fif-
teen teachers. who are paid by = levy
Of fifteen mills on the dollar on the
taxable property Of the county. and
which averages about SIC for each
child Of school age. Nearly all the
districts have . school house which
are valusd st Sis.7:s.-Bent County
Ilsmocfat
La Junta tribune., 1916-02-26
saAe a. s~..se I,s.soessss.

Uaite6 States Senator Fall. Of New
Mexico. Who was In Detroit rscsatly
With . party Of consressmsn. return
Ing 70 washiastoa from The Liacola
club baaauss II Osand Rapids. Msch..
IL . practical Joker. He b proud Of
Il. an1 tolA here witA relish what hs
cosssdsesd Bis bisssss coup.
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wsss oselisg ~ ever The Mezima
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La Junta tribune., 1916-02-26
cr...ery rsodsess Dslivsssd Fsss.

Any cash order amounting to IS
cents Of any Of the following cream
cry products. whipping cream. cot
fee cream. milk and buttsrnilk. DE-
iivered to any part Of the city. PAoae
East 33S
T wrswELL's CREAMERY.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10
HINSDALE, N. H.
Town Remains in Dry Column.

Hinsdale, as was expected, went Rcpub-
lican, but llughes's small lead of six votes
over Wilson in this town was the real
surprise here of the day.
License or no-liccnse, however, was the
real issue here and the result was that
Hnsdale remains in the dry column by
the narrow margin of seven votes, the
count being 1876 to lS9' The majority last
year was %. Every town in Cheshire coun-
ty voted mo" this year.
Orren c. Robertson, being the choice of
both Republicans and Democrats, was
unanimously reelected. +. A. Davis, the
local candidate for county commissioner,
received a large majority of votes Rev.
+. II. Cole was elected moderator and the
old board of supervisors, f. l.. Latham,
C.. p. Lynch and Arthur Porter, was again
chosen.
OF 474 voters listed on the check list Il2
awaited themselves of the opportunity to
vote, four more than came out two years
ago. The counting was finished shortly
after midnight.
The vote for president was Hughes 204,
Wilson 1873 Wilson ran ahead of his tick
ct, the vote for governor being Reyes 2l0.
Ilutchins 1856 One Prohibition vote and
two Socialist votes were cast.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10
Fossil Plants of Great Age.

The area known as the Mississippi
embayment is low-lying region which
has alternately been submerged and
emerged since Cretaceous time
known as the Age of Reptiles, over
5 million years ago. 1t embraces
roughly 100000 square miles. In past
geologic ages this region doubtless fur
nished congenial habitats for several
thousand specific types of plants of
which we can never hope to know more
than small number. Nearly all these
types have irrevocably vanished and
this vast area is tenanted today by an
entirely new set of plants. The United
States Geological Survey, Department
of the Interior, has recently published
scientific report by +. W. Berry de-
scribing some of these long-vanished
plants the fossil remains of which are
found today in many of the rock forma-
tons. The report gives a systematic
description of more than 800 species, in
what are known as the Wilcox and Mid.
way formations.
The Wilcox fora is made up almost
entirely of plants that lived along the
ancient coast, ON the strand, among
iagoons and sand lunes. The physical
conditions under which the plants lived
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10
The High Price Conspiracy.
New York World. J

The more the abnormal coal situation
Is probed the more apparent becomes
the responsibility of group of I'M
scrupulous middlemen for the exorbi.
tant prices. The big producing compa-
MES have not advanced their rates, and
the output of the mines, though tenn
porarily reduced, remains sufficient for
all normal demands.
What has happened is that the tenn
porary shortage of supply in this vicin.
ity has served as an excuse for unprin.
cipled spectators to bid up the price
and rig the market. Who are the
"operators' whose "coal fields are
only an Office and a stenographer and
who are taking advantage of the condi
tions to advance prices by proving on
the fears of the public? When they arc
discovered and prosecuted, the artificial
famine they have engineered will come
to n sudden end.
The conditions clearly call for an of
fetal investigation. Both District At
torney Swami and United States Attor
ney Marshall have intimated their read
mess to prosecute conspirators on evi
dencc. Why is not the fact Of Sl2 Goa
of itself evidence enough? Certainly
prices have been manipulated with
barefaccd disregard of the public wei
fare, amply iustifying government in
! PREVENTION. If consumers have any rem
edy under the law, it should be apple,
without delay.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10
Tractor and Detractor.

Those ungainly, slow-moving, ugly-
looking armored motors which the Eng
lish are using along the Somme battle
front are Peoria's principal contribu-
ton to the great conflict in Europe.
This Illinois town has thus been
brought prominently into public no
tice, but do not make the mistake of
crediting that municipality with manu-
featuring the entire machine which
one morning recently ambled with sur
prising ease over the trench-seamed
and shell-torn field between the Eng
fish and German lines.
What Peoria did was to furnish to
the British something like 1000 of
these motors which move on an end
less roadway of their own. On the
other side of the ocean the rest of the
contrivance was fashioned and pu' to-
gether. IIarncssed in the machine
which left Peoria shops was the power
of 120 horses, and this contrivance
pushes itself along on a belt of wood
and iron that greatly serves to make
level any unevenness of the ground. One
wheel or two wheels cannot fall into
Il rut. The platform or endless belt
makes the highway for the motor and
prevents that. The idea is not new.
Brooklyn Standard Union.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10
Hunters Have Varying Success.

Although partridgcs are rather scarce
this fall the hunters are at present Sc
curing good bags. Woodcock hunting
has beel more or less uncertain in most
covers owing probably TO early migra-
ton and to the wide eXpanse of feed
ing grounds, as is the case in wet sea
sons. Ouch hunters are having vary
ing success and reports have it that
there were over 800 ducks III the lake
one day the first of the week.
The deer hunters are already begin
ming to estimate their chances during
the first 10 days in December and as
usual there is difference of opinion as
to the number of these animals here
abouts. However, it is a certainty that
many are being seen almost daily.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10

seminary balloting booth Monday. The
vote cast gave Wilson 1865, Hughes 1874 -,
Prohibition candidate 9, Socialist 2. An
authority stated that the seminary,
however, was strong for Hughes.
About sixty attended the very inter
esting lecture given at the Unitarian
church Sunday evening on Ten Months
With the American Ambulance Corps.
Miss Alice M. Holmes gave a remarka-
BILE account of her hospital work on the
war front in France. Miss Holmes lee
tured in Brattleboro Friday night.
II. S. Stone returned to the North
field hotel Tuesday from his vacation
of month. He had an interesting
trip, spending two and a half weeks on
the Hood river in Oregon as a guest of
Miss a. NJ. Spring, who owns two large
apple ranches, also the Pentecost place
in Mortified He visited the Santiago
fair in Los Angeles, Kansas City and St.
Louis.
The annual meeting of the Women s
Board of Foreign Missions of the cast
ern states will be held this week We'd
nesday, Thursday and Friday in the
First church and Edwards church of
WI 'htihPtoh' ne lolloWlhS people
from the local society will attend: Mrs.
l.. r. Smith, president of the Franklin
county branch, Mrs. A. G. Moody, Mrs.
c. f. Dickerson, Mrs. S. C. Richardson
and Mrs. II. B. DcWolf. Many mission
aries will be present at the meetings.
Miss Amy f. McKowen, who is support
ed by the Franklin county branch in
Japan, is home on her first furlough and
will return with Mrs. Smith. She will
speak at meeting Friday evening at
Las at the Mortified hotel, to which
all women are invited.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10

cd to escape but was killed by blow
from club.
Mrs. Ed. Nichols and little daugh-
ter, Hilda, of Windsor, VT, were guests
from Thursday to Sunday of Mr.. and
Mrs +. f. Gould.
The temperance debate held in the town
hall last Saturday evening was very lightly
attended and women composed large ma
jority of the audience.
Frank Bonnet of Windsor, VT, G.
Milan Smith of Springfield, Mass, G.
+. Stevens of Greenfield, Mass, and
William johnson returned here Tuesday
to vote.
Squakheag tribe of Red Men worked
the third degree on three candidates
Tuesday evening, after which an oyster
supper was served while the members
were awaiting the election returns.
Harold White was awarded the $3.50
gold piece prize in the prize speaking
contest which was held in the Congre-
gational church Monday evening. There
were five contestants and each deliv-
cred a temperance address.
The missionary society of the Uni
NtlobiloA NHulih i'lu llo ihNNh-
ing in the home of Mrs. +. S. Leonard
Wednesday afternoon. The following
officers were chosen; Pres, Mrs. j. M.
Lamb; vice president, Mrs. +. II. Cole;
secretary and treasurer, Mrs. F. S.
| Leonard.
A bountful turkey supper was served
in Forester S hall Monday evening by
| the single men of the lodge to the mar
ried men as reward for the latter s
baseball team IS victory over the former
some weeks ago. In addition to the
members of the lodge there were a few
invited guests present. John Il. Scott
acted as toast master and several were
called on for speeches. After the ban
quct pleasant social evening was en-
| ioyed.
Marvin Barrett and John Coll found
a shepherd dog last Sunday caught by
h hind foot in steel trap near Artie s
! pond. The dog evidently had been
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10
Two Greene Stories.
Rutland Hcrald.)


Commenting on the long concession
of Wilson "notes," Congressman Frank
L. Greene told two good stories in il
lustration at Fair Haven Wednesday
night;
"A telephone company once desired
to run line across a farmer land,
but was forbidden to do so and had
to apply to the legislature for a special
charter. After the act was approved
and put into effect, the foreman showed
the farmer a certified copy and was re-
luctantly permitted to begin work dig
cling holes for the poles.
"Shortly afterward, the farmer
opened a certain door in the barn and
awaited results. Presently the foreman
said to the farmer:
Say, we can't work down in the
meadow. The old bulls out and is
tearing up and down, paving the
ground and throwing the dirt over his
head.
'All right said the farmer, just
show him the paper.
The second story was located in q
Washington place of amusement, "not
in the capitol,' he explained. The en-
tertainer was eXtolling Woodrow vii
son.
yes, said the entertainer, che kept
us out Of war; Applause from friends
OF the administration.
we ought to thank the Lord for
Woodrow Wilson, More applause, not
quite so strong.
But, he declared, IF Woodrow
Wilson ever gets the name of that man
eating shark that is devouring Ameri-
can citizens on the Atlantic coast, II
bet he II write him a note. -
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10
Might Save in Delivery.

Thirteen count them - Brattle
boro milkmen have combined and
raised the price of milk from seven
cents to eight cents quart. The reason
alleged is the high cost of feed, and it
is probably ample. But the situation
existing in Brattleboro, like that of
every other town throughout the coun.
try, is that a large number of men are
engaged in the business and with
their teams traverse the same territory
uselessly number of times each day.
This cannot fail to add very largely to
the cost of milk to the consumer. If
these milkmen could combine to reduce
their expenses and to avoid needless
multiplication of delivery cost they
would probably find that they could de
liver milk at the former price more
profitably to themselves than they can
at the increased price under the present
arrangement.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10
The Five WIS.

Here they are all in row: Who, what,
where, when and why. ANY newspaper
reporter can tell you about them. for they
must be answered in every STORY he
writes. Ii person is involved in an acct
dent, the reporter must give the name and
occupation He must tell what happened,
where it happened, when it happened, and
why.
Defnteness is the watclword of the
newspaper office. Why not make it the
watchword in the home: Why not teach
our children dircctness and cleamess OF
speech during the school vacation:
One day my neighbours little girl came
over to visit me. She stammered, repeat
3D. duplicated and lost herself as she
talked Instead of saving, Charlie likes
cake, she would say, Charlie, he likes
cake That is just one example among
many, but it is typical OF her involved,
mixed, hazy and haphazard conversation.
One day my cousins little girl came
over to visit me. | was impressed with
the orderlincss OF her speech. No matter
what happened, she could tell it to me
calmly and directly.
A little boy we knew boastcd he would
never fall from his bicycle. lie was cx-
tremely confident. However, when this
very thing did happen, my precise little
speaker told me in her first sentence:
George Jones fell off his bicycle and
sprained his ankle in front of Judge Paul
sons few minutes ago, while he was
learning to ride
Could anything be more compact?
When my cousins little girl told me SO
smoothly about the fall | mentally gave
her a 100 per cent,
No mother is doing her duty unless she
teaches her children the reporters recipe
of who, what, where, when and why. Try
|it!-Louise Van Auken.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10
MORTIFIED, MASS.
Board of Trade Furnished Returns.

The members of Mortified board of
trade made themselves popular Tuesday
evening by the free election service and
entertainment given in the town hall
The hall was connected by telephone
with Greenfield and as the returns were
reported they were thrown on a screen
by stcreopticon in charge of S. f.
Walker. Between times an excellent
program was given. An orchestra of 1G
pieces from Mount Hermon rendered ex-
cellent music; Elliott Brown and II. S,
Stone sang several solos; speeches were
made by +. l.. Duley, f. +. Howard, n.
p. Wood and G. n. Thompson at u
O. clock all were invited to the banquet
room, where hot coffee, doughnuts and
cheese were served. Every scat and all
standing room in the hall was filled
with the interested audience and much
good.natured raillery was rife.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10
VERNON.

Mr. and Mrs George c. Turner of Aver,
Mass, are guests of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs w. n. Hale
Mrs. II. A. Staten Mrs NJ. I. Reed and
Mrs. b. H. Newton will hold box social
in the home of Mrs. Staten on Thursday
afternoon, Nov Is, for the benefit of Brat
tleboro chapter, d. \. Il. Each lady is
asked to bring box containing luncheon
for one person. The sale of the boxes will
begin promptly at 1870 p. m. All will be
welcome, whether chapter members or not.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10
HARD CHRONIC COUGH
Made Well by Delicious Vinol

Crestline, Ohio.-"I contracted a
nervous and rim down have e snail snail
family of three, and it was hard for me
to do my work. | took different medi.
cines without benefit. Finally | heard
health and strength, my cough is all gone
and feel fine. Mrs. II. IL. CARLISLE.
Vinol is a constitutional remedy for
chronic coughs and colds, and for all
Try it on our guarantee.
Wilfred +. Root, Druggist, Brattle-
bOro.
Vinol is sold in Hinsdale, N. H., by
Mark s. Mann.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10

are discussed, and conclusions are
drawn regarding the climate of the
Eocene period compared with that of
today i'll the same region.
A copy of the report professional
paper 80 may be had free on appli-
cation to the director of the United
States Geological survey, Washington,
ID. c.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10

there several days and was hardly able
to walk when first released. There is
strict law regarding the setting of
steel traps and visiting the same daily,
which in this case was cruelty violated.
The law also requires the trapper S in
itials to be stamped on the trap and it
is also necessary to secure the permits
sion of the owner of the land where
the traps are set.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10
CHESTERFIELD. N. H.

An auction of local interest will he held
at the Corser farm in Putney today by
Chickering q Clough of this place, who
will dispose of Is cows from st. Lawrence
county, n. y. They also will have a con-
sgnment of Is horses to be disposed Of
at the same time
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10
The Vote in Mortified.

The vote Tuesday was as follows:
Hughes 1856, Wilson 81: for governor, Me
Call l73, Mansfield 81; senator, Lodge l75
Fitzgerald 60; yes for New Year holiday
no for constitutional convention amend
ment yes for party annulment. There
were 262 voters out, the number being Ii
less than four years ago.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10

The planet Jupiter being unusually
bright one evening recently, some of
the German soldiers at Breslau fired at
it, thinking it was the light of Rus
sian airship.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10

AS a race, the tallest people in the
world are the Bororos, of the south
west of Brazil. They average six feet
four inches in height.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10

Hibbing, Mimi, is to acquire 1
acres of forest as park.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10

France is the best cultivated coun
try in Europe.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10

. Los Angeles police last year arrested
one person for every IL of population.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10

Most men are willing to confess the
sins they can't lie out Of.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-28
QUIETLY OBSERVED
GOLDEN WEDDING
MIR. and Mrs. D. B. Stedman of
Springfield Former Well-Known
Residents of Brattleboro.

SPRINGFIELD Mass, Jan. 2S.-Mr.
and Mrs Daniel Bissell Stedwap ""lohrat-
ed yesterday their 50th anniversary at
their home 104 Belmont avenue. Because
of the fact that Mrs Stedmans health is
delicate and Mr. Stedman has an attack of
grip the day was not observed in any for
NAL fashion, but congratulations letters
from friends of the family and from rela-
tives and the arrival of their son, DR..
Harry w Stedman, from Colorado, made
the day rather more than ordinary.
Daniel b. Stedman was born in Rich
ford n Y, on July Is, 1910. He learned
the printing business under the late H. ).
Gere of Northampton on the Hampshire
Gazette, being the last printer 5 devil to
be boarded in the Gere family. Mr.. Sted-
man was an apprentice from 1858 to 1861
and boarded in the Gere family for over
two years of this time.
The Courier was the paper which the
Gere family owned prior to their taking
over the Gazette and when this paper com
bined with the Gazette Mr.. Stedman got
plenty of experience with a hand press
which he declares to have been similar to
the press Ben Franklin used in his
Philadelphia printing shop. Mr.. Stedman
attended the banquet given TO Mr. Gere
at Cooley's hotel in this city April 30
1905. on the occasion of his SOth birthday
Mr. Stedman enlisted in the 10th Yer
mont Volunteers on August 26, 1862, en-
listing for nine months and being dis
charged at the expiration of his term in
1868 with the honor of having been wound
ed at the battle of Gettysburg.
He married on January -, 1866, Miss
Mary F. Browne of Brattleboro The
wedding was celebrated in Greenfield and
Rev J. f. Moors was the officiating clergy
man. Mr. Stedman in 1865 became editor
and proprietor of The Vermont Phoenix,
weekly paper published at Brattleboro
and was connected with that paper until
t1SSS, when the family removed to Rock
vile, Ct, coming to this city in April,
! 1892 Mr.. and Mrs Stedman have two
sons, Fred C. Stedman of this city and DIR.
/ Harry w Stedman of Meeker, Col