La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1916-07-08


work organizing second company
under the auspices OF the Young
Mems Business Association. They
are sure some patriots at Lamar.
Officials of the Holly Sugar Com
pany estimate that the company 5
factory at Swink, Colo, will be sup
piled this season with an acreage OF
1900 acres OF beets The Sheri-
dan. Wyo., factory will be supplied
with a yield Of beets from 5000
acres. The crop which will supply
the company factories in Caliior-
mia comprises 5000 acres
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The most potent "renunoation.
OF the week comes from Ripon. Wis,
where the city officials and 456 ciu'
zens wired Senator Hastings to turn
back into the United States treasury
the $4,000 voted Ripon for a new
government building. Said they pre-
ferred that the money be used in the
care OF those families whose fathers
and brothers are preparing for war
Kansas City Is done with the old
time. noisy celebration OF the Fourth
Of July. Not shot was fired in that
city on the Fourth, and this is the
fifth year that II has happened. They
say that the people Of Kansas City
would be more surprised by the boom
of a firecracker on Christmas than
on July 4th now. and they seem to
like the innovation.
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Thomas A. Edison recently said
that We were on the verge OF great
discoveries that will put all our pres
ent power and light plants into the
discard what lucky thing 1t il
that our city dads have not as yet
cashed in on that $4,000 bond is
sue authorized by the people to build
a municipal light plant We might
have had the same experience with
the SIS. goo bond issue that We had
with the $4,000 bond issue for the
otero eanal-had 1t to pay and moth
Ing 10 show for II.
The farmers Of Illinois. Iowa. Mis-
souri, and other eastern states buy
alfalfa and other products in Colora-
do and still make a profit feeding II
60 dairy COWS II the farmers Of
Colorado ever realize what the farm
ors Of those states are putting over
on them they will certainly stop ship
ping their profits and their soil
building materials from the state
They probably do not care how long
this state Of affairs continues. hut
isn't 1t about time for the farmers
of Colorado to get WISE
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G 4. Dahlgrcn has been about the
proudcsI and most elatod man IN
town during the past week, and has
been setting up cigars right and left
Tho cause Of his supcrahundance Of
"Nhubcration was on account Of the
arrival at hi- home last Saturday Of
a bouuccr Of baby boy. who weigh
cd eleven pounds In his swaddlinE
clothes. and Gus says the clothes
couldn't have weighed over a pound
G. A. DRhlgrcn a Son will be the
style Of new contracting firm that
will be launched In la Junta In the
course Of a week or two.
Quite a number OF homestcadcrs
have enlisted In the militia since
they found GU, that the Law provides
that homestoader who serves one
year In the army Is given two years
credit on his homestead. II II
thought that many bachelors among
the dry farmer class will nov enlist
as there does not seem to be much
prospect OF a crop this year with no
prospect OF rain n they could serve
in the army during the dry years
and farm during the wet years II
would be an easy matter TO prove
up some day. and much shorter thar
under the old system
I, is generally known that IN.
combined Taft Roosevelt, vote o'
1912 exceeded tina, OF Wilson by ].
2ii.ttt and that the distributor
was such tina, united republican
party would have swept the country
II Is less generally known tina, N,
total vote for all candidates. demo
cratic. progressive. republican. soc
ialist. prohibition and social labor
wa sonly Its.1o0 more than IL
1905. notwithstanding the increase
In population and the addition Of IN,