La Junta tribune., 1917-07-26

tult IN suTs N"ss
the exemption boards require proof
not only that n man is married but
that he is truly and actually the
wife's support and that II he goes
away she will miss him.
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Otero county Will soon have 1900
automobile owners II the county
clerk keeps up his presen, lick OF is
suing motor car licenses. Licenses
have been issued thus far TO ltle
owners. and about fifty dealers.
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Eight hundred dollars per acre
was the record OF one strawberry
patch near Sugar City this season.
They also claim to have had an I'm
mense run on gooseberries and cher
ries, but whether they averaged as
great a financial return deponent
sayeth not.
In California the Industrial vel
fare commission has set the mini
mum weekly wage scale for adult
women at SO, the highest paid In
the United States The new scale will
be in effect the first week in Sep
tember.
During the twelve months ended
July lst, 1917, there were 4.773
car loads OF gasoline and refined
oil handled in Colorado. OF this
amount. 2.537 carloads came from
wyoming. iss from Colorado and
l,77e from other states.
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The women saved Wilson because
he kept us out of war. Wilson saved
beer and wine on the plea OF speed
ing action on the food bill, and fell
down because the food bill isn't
Law till yet It's now up TO the wo-
men.
only tango lizards and few
gray haired men now tread the dance
floors Of the gilded trotteries about
town" says a New York letter writer. /
who predicts that before our army
is fully mustered abroad the dance
game will be allowed to die a na-
tural death Republican France puts
its Paris apaches In the first battle
line, but New York's tango lizrards"
are In for a less rapid finish.
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II alfalfa hay grown in the Arkan-
sas Valley Is worth s25 a ton to the
dairy farmers OF the eastern and
southern states. why isn't II worth
that much to the farmers OF this
section7 II the dairy farmers abroad
can make money feeding s25 hay to
their cows, what would II profit the
Arkansas Valley farmer II he kept
all his hay and fed It on the farm
where II is prod.eed7 Think II
over.
As the sugar grinding season In
Cuba draws TO close Z, becomes
evident that the season Of 1901,
while failing to realize the hish rec
ord predicted for It before the be-
ginning OF the harvest, viii show a
final outrun OF sugar second only
TO that OF the previous year. which
was the greatest crop in Cubs's his
tory. II Is poSible that when the
full returns are In the total yield viii
elosly approximate that o, this pre-
cedinE record breaking season.
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The great family journal has re-
eeiyed several copies OF four page
pamphlet. recently compiled by the
Colorado State Board of Immigra-
tion as an aid TO the food prescr-
walton campaign. The pamphlet
contains valuable and up TO date in
formation on the subjec, OF canning
and drying fruits and vegetables.
They are for free distribution. and
wiii be given Away Just as long as
they last FRS, come. iirs, served.
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The farmers around Mulvane,
Kan. where . milk condensary was
established . few years ago. are nov
receiving from that Institution over
$500 In cash every day In the year.
That IL $4,000 . month. when there
are thirty days In the month. and
e<s.soo = month when there are
thirty-one days In the month. We
can count on something like this
happenins In La Junta In the course
Of . few years. and the Santa Fe
On the payroll proposition.
The sixty-third convention Of the
International Typoeraphicsi Union
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