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La Junta tribune., 1917-07-12
Rocky Ford I.anseatatioa

A ROCKY Ford woman visited La
Junta one day this week. and while
sauntering down West First street.
cautiously entered the front door of
the cheese factory OF Libby. McNeili
Z Libby. She looked, around rather
timidly. and finally mustered up
enough courage to approach Mrs.
Hasten. -the bookkeeper. and pro-
pound the query.
'fs this the cheese factory"
Yes. would you like to look
around!"
! sure would. l may want to be-
COME q patron Of this institution,
as have some surplus milk to sell" :"
Mrs Hasten then showed her all
OF the interior workings Of our new
cheese factory. and she was evident
ly greatly impressed. but there was
a show Of disappointment on her
face as she observed,
Il don't see why Libby. McNeilI 4
Libby ever picked out q place like
La Junta to locate an institution
like this. Evidently they didn't look
around much. Why. Rocky Ford has
more cows twice over than La Junta
ever will have or ever can have. 4"
Well" replied Mrs. hasten. Ia
Junta wanted both . cheese factory
and . condensary. and went after Il,
and that Is probably the reason why
both are located In this city. Rocky
Ford could do the same thing II
she had any gumptiou. People who
have gumption and strive hard for
something they want real bad. always
succeed In this world. La Junta Is
doing quite well. too. in the matter
OF delivering the goods In the milk
line. We receive milk from all the
territory for thirty miles around
and found II necessary to Increase
the capacity Of our plant one-third
10 two short weeks. We are up
against II to handle the milk we re-
ceive right now. We already have
$50 patrons delivering milk TO the
cheese factory every day. and the
number has increased every day since
the cheese factory opened. We have
just . few cows around Ia Junta
any way. and hope to have more" I"
We'll. I suppose all you say Ia
so. but I don't see how 1t could be.
Any way. I have some surplus milk
to sell. and ~ I want to find .
market for III ! guess I'll have to
take four Of your old cans and give
you a trial any way. although
can't say that ! like II very much" 4"
She departed With four new milk
cans. and IL now delivering milk
at the cheese factory every day.
La Junta tribune., 1917-07-12
Served His Country and Then Died

After serving his country faithful
iy and netting the local Red Cross
about $3.50. Mr.. Red Cross Pig gave
up the ghost. and the places that
knew him once will know him no
more forever. We refer to the much
talked-of land therefore much-adver-
tised) pig which p. J: Riley donated
to the local Red Cross chapter. The
pig was raflied on at the Dag pole last
Saturday, and few citizens had con-
scientIous scruples against support
Ing the rafhe when they Understood
II WAS not for personal gain. and
when II was known the person hold
Ing the lucky number was expected
10 auction his pisxhip 10 the highest
bidder and turn the money over 10
the Red Cross. DR.. Van Der schouw
had that honor. holding the lucky
humber. -. He auctioned the pig
to the Brotherhood for $40, and
shortly after. the pig died. He was
faithful TO bis country. however. and
the $3.50 he brought the Red Cross
may relieve the sufferiugs Of some
Fowler soldier lighting for the liberty
Of the world. and II not some row-
Ter soldier. then one from some other
town.-Fowier Tribune.
La Junta tribune., 1917-07-12
Red Cro.. Organized .s M.nsanols

Mrs. Lyde Lawrence. who has been
appointed chairman OF the Red Cross
work In Manxanoia. accompanied by
Mrs. y. o. Russell. Mrs. y. s. Bow
ers and Mrs. s. p. Sportsman. mo-
tored TO this city last Friday to In
vestiEate the workings OF the organ
ixation and TO secure samples OF
the work. II being the duty OF Ia
Junta chapter to orgaixe all branch
chapters in Otero county. Mrs. J. N.
Lamb. the local president. and Miss
Mabel Cartwright. the secretary. and
Elizabeth Lamb. went 10 Manxanols
Wednesday morning and effected the
organization.
La Junta tribune., 1917-07-12
houston Dasnrroa on Furlossh

Mrs. q. N. Dameron snd daughter.
Dorothy. Of Pueblo. left = few days
ago for West Point. ". ". 10 visit
Mrs. Dameron's non. Houston. but
before arriving there they received
. message that because Of the excel
lent examination and expert marks
manship Of the young man he had
been granted = furlough for two
months. and would be allowed
10 return home. The family re-
turned together and passed through
In Junta Sunday morning en- route
TO their homo In Pueblo.
La Junta tribune., 1917-07-12
IL ssssa Boys An safe

An explosion Of q black powder
magazine at the Mare Isisnd Navy
Yard. near 6an Franclsco. last
Monday. caused relatives and
friends Of soas Of La Juntas col.
der boys 70 b very aaxseus for
. time last Tuesday. until . tels-
gram was rscsivsd from one Of then
announcing that all were safe
and sound In iimb and BODY. olz
were killed sad thiPty-oas iajursd
By the sxplesioa. but all Of ths L
Junta boys sscaped. ~ "a
Anoag the boys who are new q
Mars Islasd ssi Jsnn Decker. w
vas tssssfssrsl = Jsly -. fro0 ~
~ Desasstsa Navy Yas1s nsas =.
stt,s. - 10ass lslas1. neloA 0AesI
aan. 0Ad oAsenaa. Vogsoa ~.
CUoA ~ neG1sV asl Ches1ees Wlet.
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La Junta tribune., 1917-07-12
Dr. Archie BEARD Arrive. HON.

DR.. A. II. Beard. OF Minnea polls.
Man. arrived homo Monday Tor Q
visit with hio parents. Mr.. ssd' Mrs,
John Beard. DR.. Beard has enlisted
for service IN the Medical Reserve
Corps and has been ordered 10 .ro-
port for dut> on July 18th. though
Il is possible they win not be called
10 soon. The doctor is now aaso.
cssted with the University Hospital.
0ne-half Of the physicians connect.
q With this Institution have eniist.
- ID the Medical Reserve Corps. and
the remaining one-haif IL supplied
~ Mayo Brothers Hospital. The
dectos expects TO BE- called 70 Fort
Harrison In Psnnsyivanis. % that
, vhsrs oil OF The Medical Reserve
cesDs Will probably BE- mobiiised.
La Junta tribune., 1917-07-12
La y.as. Makes II Nine. ss-.asht

q The La Junta team continued IL
winning streak last Sunday after
noon making Il nine strnAKht by de-
feating Trinidad by ths. score Of 2
to 4. The game was, we'll played
throughout. being a pitchers duel.
La Junta won the game in the first
inning when Wilburn drove home
run over the fence scoring Kinsei
ahead Of him. sal rb (
Some Of the teams from ths
northern part Of the state may coma
to La Juuta to try and break the
winning streak. Manager Oakley
has issued challenge to any anna
teur or semtpro team. s
Score by. innings: nr
RHE
La Junta ....2 o 0 90 es 81 3
Sumnary--Batteries. La Junta.
Billings. O'Byrne and Love: Trini-
dad. Rossi and Irons. Stolen bases.
Griffin. Two-base hit. Rossi. Dou-
bio play. Mc0iil Davis. McGili. Neill.
Left on bases. La Junta I. Trinidad
2. Home run. Wilhurn. Struck out.
Rossi S. Billings 2. O'Byrne 3. Bases
on balls. Rossi 2. Tims OF same,
l:35. Innlnss pitched by Billings
Z. O'Byrne 2. Umpire, Boyd. At
tendance, 500.
La Junta tribune., 1917-07-12
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La Junta tribune., 1917-07-12
Storm ss~~s Ny p Ah..do..a


1t has always appeared to the
great family journal that the szpen-
diturs Of $4,000 for q storm sewer
on First street was a useless and
needless expenditure of monsy that
might BE- expended for some other
purpose to greater advantage. That
much money would be almost enough
to pave First street frosA end to end.
At the last meeting Of the city
council Alderman Marshall suggest
cd-a solution Of tie problem for
taking care OF the flood waters on
First street which h the most SEN
sible one that he's yet been advanced
He, proposes - install . curb and
gutter on ths north side Of FIRST
street. and make II large enough
to take caro- of all the water that
accumulates there after a hasd rain
something that does not happen
much oftener than once a year, and
some years. not at all.
There have been times when Colo
RADIO and Santa Fe avenues were
raging rivers. and rendered impass-
able for ordinary locomotion. Store
rooms on First street have been q
foot under water, sometimes. with
water up over the sidewalk on Sec
ond street. There was one occa-
sion when all Of the county officials
were shanghied at the court house
on account of the water that flood
ed the court house park. and had
to be rescued by 8. N. Rose with
his trusty hack. That was q long
time ago. however. and nothing like
II has occurred in recent years,
since most OF the thoroughfares in
La Junta have been practically
made over. and surplus water comes
down all The avenues aad alleys
instssd OF jSst sss lose sllsy sorth
of the court house and the two ave-
hues on either ode. The drainage
Of the entire town seemed 70 be coa-
fined to that territory. but It iy dif-
ferent these days.
II Ia doubtful II q storm sewer
could be built that would be large
enough to take care OF the surplus
water. II we had floods such as we
used to have. and for this reason
the great family journal is con-
vinccd that storm sewer would
be n needless and useless expendi-
ture OF money. With storms such
as we used to have. the streets
would be flooded any way.
The cost Of putting IN a curb and
gutter on the north side OF First
street would be very small ss COM
pared to that OF installing a storm
sewer. The Santa Fe has already
agreed to join the city In putting In
storm sewer and bear half the
storm sewer ana oesr one-half
OF the expense. and the officials
would probably be equally as gra-
eious in bearing one-hAlf of the sx-
pcnse OF installing this much more
sensible solution OF the flood water
problem. --..-'
With a curb. gutter and sidewalk
on the north side Of First street II
viii be an easy matter TO eliminate
the open ditch. the telegraph poles
and other unsiKhtly features OF this
theroughfare. and park the grouads
arousd the depot. making Il a beauty
spot that every resident Of La Junta.
aud the Santa Fe a. well. Will have
reason to be proud forever and Q
day. frE
La Junta tribune., 1917-07-12
R~tsr.sa Mis~iosAry vi.i,i.x H-s

Miss Laura OiiIiiand. = sister Of
J. l.. Oiiiiisnd and y. p. OilIiland.
Of this city. has Just returned from
Liberia. on the west coast Of Africa.
where she has been engaged In. mis-
ssonary work for the past two years.
Miss 0iiiilaad viii remain IN La Jun.
= uatil August. when she viii leave
for her home u Clsasfisid. Pa.
~ Mis- 0illiland gave . aose later.
estias talk st The Presbyterian
shuFsh last aisht On W. west aaa
espss1saess n The escslsa ftso1.
La Junta tribune., 1917-07-12
Militia Ce~pa.y Isscs,vs. ortsss.

Captain Joseph Mock received or.
esrs lass Aesday noraias 70 mobol.
lss Company c. Of The second Rec.
ioses. Colosado Natjeoai Guard .asA
~ Company y nsw q ~ 1eeai
sroesy awaiting orlsss 70 dscert Tor
Psseos. whsrs tAs osseaA Reetneat
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La Junta tribune., 1917-07-12
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uoeses Installed . Sew CAP csss ~
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La Junta tribune., 1917-07-12
Why 'App,.e.ns. f~ EnIl.s.~.s Fan

Why 10 many men are rsjsete1 for
military service iS partially sxu1alned
BY the weekly report Of Ssssulting
oficer Sergeant q. c. wrlght, com
piled after the recent drive f. re-
cruits In the United States Marine
C0rps. .i.r .r. G.raf
i Out Of is3 appiIsatiess t. enlist-
fnent during the week oaly 81 we're
accepted. Others wsrs reooobol see
the following causes: UsdR -. -:
usdsrwsisht. 30: 1sssetivo S1eles.
70; detective hearing. I: - ~ 10.
oixty-ess others wsrs rsjs>1oo q %.
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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
ROTH NEWS.

W. understand that John D.
Rockefeller claims that the Non
partisan League is a class move
ment. We are not in a position
to state whether it is or is not
but we have some very classy"
movement dope on John D. and
his Bible class teaching son.
Johnnie, Jr., which does not just
exactly sound favorable to said
Johnnie. In 1914 Congressman
Heating of Colorado declared, on
the floor of the House Of Rep
resentatives that the domination
of the Rockefellers in the strike
district had made it practically
impossible to enforce laws and
protect human life. Judge Ben
Lindsay of Denver stated that
"the true story of what took
place is too horrible to print.
Mothers who went to the rescue
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
In looking over the list of

In looking over the list of
those who donated toward the
Y. M. C. A. fund we noticed that
Falky's name was quite conspic-
uous by it's absence. Combining
this fact with Falky's failure to
come across for the Red Cross,
makes the matter very interest
ing, indeed. Falky was quite a
shining light in the purchase of
Liberty Bonds Greatly he pur-
chased a couple hundred dollars
worth or so) because he is to re-
ceive interest on the money in
vested. But wnen it comes to
helping the Red Cross to the ex-
tent of twenty five dollars or
the Y. M. C. A. to a couple of
dollars Falky just can't fig
ure it out that he can go in for
such patriotism. Some patriot
ism this lad Falky displays.
When there is a little financial
gain in it for him then he is very
patriotic. The same Falky who
is continually yelping about Soc
ialism is the same individual
who was charged with having
accepted some thirty dirty piec-
es Of silver and he did not deny
it. Some time ago the News
howled about Townley not being
willing to appear before an Am
erican jury. The writer has
more than once offered the News
man the opportunity to appear
before an American jury of Bot
tineau citizens ad the latter has
not dared to come out of the
small hole into which he has
crawled. Yes, Falky, you are
some patriot, deed you are!
O.. o. Lee, our local hardware
dealer has decided to install an
electric plant from which the To-
cal business houses will be light
ed. The plant has arrived and
will be installed Immediately.
been transferred to the cooking
Word has been received that
ALT. Ness, who was drafted, has
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13

Of their babies were shot down
md brutally mutilated. Children
only a few years old were killed."
Further comment is unnecessary
we believe.
Lyle Miller has purchased a
Ford runabout.
The local Red Cross chapter
is preparing to make a shipment
soon.
VIM. Hewitt returned Wednes-
lay of last week from Bottineau
where he had been serving on
the jury.
Raymond Bogstie was a Bot
tineau visitor Saturday.
Miss Marion Miller was a pas
senger to Bottineau Saturday,
where she visited with friends.
The o. l.. Charnholm store is
at present having it's annual sale.
The Minot Messenger conven-
:iently forgot to inform it's read
ers that the majority of it's few
Bottienau county readers are on
the free list. We just happen to
know Of an instance of when
one member of the Executive
committee" Of the anti-league
party in this county told anoth-
er member that the Messenger
was to be sent free to all who
attended their meeting. Using
the rule that "by their fruits
We shall Judge them" It does
beat all how some people are
dead from the eyes up!
The local Sunday School will
have a program in the school
building on Christmas eve.
4r Quite an accident occurred
recently when the section crews
car ran off the track just west
of town. The section boss had
his arm fractured and was also
injured internally.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13

department at Camp Dodge. We
opin that Alt will be quite an ef-
ficient artist at wrestling Lutte
fisk.
The local correspondent being
quite busy this week we agreed
to handle this department once
more. Of course we had to hand
our editor friends a Jew boquets.
"Few people realize that a
feudalism has come into exist
ance in the United States similar
to that which still prevails in a
great part of Europe, a system,
which, up to the French revolu-
ton, was the prevailing method
of land ownership in all of the
European countries" This is
one of DR.. Frederic C. Howe's
surprising statements in his
new book emitted "The High
Cost of Living He further
states: '"There is a submarine
zone about the farmer which
cists our people hundreds of
millions a year. These agencies
include the railroads, the ware
houses, the terminals, the banks
and the slaughter houses" No,
gentle reader, Mr.. Howe is not
a Nonpartisan leader or an or
ganizer, he is immigration COM
missioner of the Port of New
York.
The Souris-C arbury travelling
dishpan dispenser wants to know
why Townley didn't go a little
farther and tell the American
Federation of Labor delegates
why Frazier vetoed the terminal
elevator bill. We'll, Garden,
why didn't you go a little farth-
er and tell your few, yes few,
readers that the Courant stock
holders voted to instruct the in
coming editor to support the
government--as had been the
policy of the Courant in the
past? AS we have said before,
people who live in glass houses
shouldn't toss pebbles.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
PIKEMEN IN BATTLE.
The, Old Greek PhaIanx Was Like .
Mass Of Live earbed Wire.

Mass Of Live earbed Wire.
It is a long reach back from modern
wal methods and big guns to the days
Of the pike and the battleax. But in
It's time the pike did deadly work and
used in the phalanx was a terrible
weapon.
A phaIanx tn the military affairs of
Greece was u square battalion or body
Of soldiers formed in ranks and files
compact and deep, with their shields
Joined and pixies crossing each other
so as to render it almost impossible to
break 1t. At first the phalanx consisted
of 1000 men. but this number was aft
erward doubled by Philip Of Macedon,
and the double phalanx is hence often
called the Macedonian phalanx. Polyb-
ius describes it thus:
1T was a square Of pikemen, con
sisting Of sixteen In flank and 500 in
front. The soldiers stood so close to-
gether that the pixies Of the fifth rank
extended three feet beyond the front.
The rest, whose pixies were not service.
able owing to their distance from the
front. couched them upon the shoulders
of those who stood before them and.
so locking them together in file, pressed
forward to support and push on the
former rank, by which means the as.
sault was rendered more violent and
Irresistible" The spears of those be.
hind also stopped the missiles of the
enemy. Each mans pike was twenty.
three feet long. A grand phalanx con-
sisted of 1884 men.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
PERIL OF COAST EROSION.
The csasslsss Warfare Wassd by the
Sea Against tho Land.

The csasslsss Warfare Wassd by The
Sea Against tho Land.
All over the world. In America as
we'll as In the eastern hemisphere, is
the sea wagtng a ceaseless warfare
against the land. So serious Is the
danger of coast erosions round the Brit
lsh isles that people are asking wheth.
er England Is not slowly but surely dis
appearing.
Lowestoft has been sorely hit by the
merciless wave which are steadily ad.
vancing. Within the last few years the
east coast town has spent considerably
o than 100000, in combating the
sen. which mean a new promenade,
groynes. breakwaters, piles and huge
cement structures. Only a few years
since tremendous damage was caused
to these then new structures by a
series of gales which wrecked part Of
the promenade, tore down the piles
and breakwaters and made q scrap
heap Of the cemented parts.
Cromer. too. has suffered terribly
from the seas advancement. Not SO
long ago 1t cost this delightful east
coast town more than f45, 900 to make
good the damage.
During less than fifty years it is
roughly computed that England must
have lost more than $4,000 acres of
land by sea incursions. The battle
against, nature still goes on. But it
must be remembered that, while In
some. places the waters are advancing,
in other spots the sea is retiring. But
the balance is said to be not altogether
In favor Of the latter, and new meth.
DDS may have to be devised to meet
and fight the peril.-London Mail.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
Kansas City Star: A sale bill

Kansas City Star: A sale bill
bearing the signature of Twill
Cult Work." has been going the
rounds of the press and purports
to be a Missouri auction sale,
giving evidence Of what queer
combinations can be made by a
printer who is suffering from
the effects of a night out. The
bill includes the following list:
Twenty five good cows, broke
to work; Al head of cultivators,
coming in soon; 10 head of SHOW
cling boars, with scoops by side;
8 piano mares; 1870 rods canvas
betting, better than new; DELAY
al cow, with ice cream attach
ment; Nc ormick binder, in foal,
Poland China bobsled, due to
farrow in April; ID head of
chickens with grass seed attach
ment, in good working order; 2
J. I. Case riding heifers, good as
new spraying outfit, can be rid
den or driven by children; Is
billy goats, 70 bushels capacity,
with nozzle and other attach
ments; many other articles too
numerous to- mention, which I
expect to get at night between
now and date of sale.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
An Equally Extensive View.

A literal Interpretation Of a common.
place remark Is sometimes amusing.
In "Midsummer, Motoring In Europe"
De Courcy w. Thorn tells Of an old
traveller who said to a very small boy
then making his first voyage, who had
climbed upon the bulwark and was
gazing across the ocean to the far hori-
zon. my boy, did you ever before see
such q glorious stretch Of ocean-as far
as you can see. only ocean,
"Yes." answered the boy.
Hardly" said the man. "Where do
you think you saw fitT'
ION the other side Of the SHIP" ~
Piled the y0ungster.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
1ho Ancient 8oeptov.

'e1 The Ancient 8oopt0p.
The Hebrew word translated a.
''s:epter' originally meant q rod or q
stuff and ~ the wand Of a ruler. It
vat thence applied to the shepherds
crook Ueviticus xvii. 81; Micah VII.
~.
1t may be inferred that the scepter
of early Hebrew times was made Of
wood. The scepter Of the Persian
arch il described % 'golden"-that IL,
probably Of massive gold Esther
", III.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13

There is a lesson in every good cartoon, as we'll as fun. The
Vaccinations of Big Business will work only to the harm of Big Bust
ness, if the people, by preparedness, touch off the bomb before i. il
planted, as the cartoonst shows. Preparedness on the part of the
people consists in being alive to the issues, in getting at the FACTS
and in not letting the subsidized press form your opinions for you.
This kind of preparedness will explode the bomb of Big Business be.
fore it can do any harm to the farmers or other common people.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
Clearly Explained.

"Please tell hle. professor, what IL q
periphrasisT" II
Madam. 1t Is simply q circumlocu-
tory and pleonastic cycle of oratorical
sonorosity. circumscribing an atom Of
ideality lost in a verbal profundity."
Thank you, SIR"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-13
Marks of a Great Man,

A really great man Is known BY
three IS irns-generosity in the design,
humanit, IL the execution and modera-
ton in sucrr*s.-Bismarck.