La Junta tribune., 1917-12-20

Colorado's hay crop in 1917 was
nearly twice as much as that OF any
previous year. and accounted for
about thirty-five per cent OF the
value OF all 1917 crops in the state.
Tht gross income OF railroads is
the greatest In history. while It's net
income is the smallest. due to in
creased cost of wages and material,
and their rates are the lowest on
record.
The retail price OF milk in Eng
land has been advanced from IL TO
1s cents a quart. The sale and use
Of cream has been prohibited. ex-
cept for invalids. infants. and for
butter making.
During the year 1917 the state of
Colorado spent Sls.50o.ooo for au-
tomobiles. which is the best evidence
of prosperity that we know OF. and
notwithstanding the fact that some
OF us have no, as yet been able TO
Join in the gasoline procession.
II. s. Scott. OF Frankfort. Ind. for
merly located In La Junta as chief
dispatcher OF the Santa Fe. mourn
fully writes thusly: 'As / can't buy
sugar or coal here am doing the
next best thing and enclosing you
$3.50 for the Tribune for another
year" He probably had a huneh that
something was going to happen.
On the Atlantic Coast, where there
IL not a single oil well. you can buy
coal oil for l2 cents a gallon. but
right here midway between the two
great producing centers OF OkiAho-
ma and Wyoming. we must pay 90
cents. The price fiIer at Washing
ton evidently need some new sources
of Information He has made an
awful mess OF his Job ou, west
~
The Fowler Tribune boasts of the
fact that ninety carloads OF beans
we're shipped out OF that burg this
fall. besides hundreds OF cars OF al
faifa. alfalfa meal. sugar bects.
grain. cattle. hogs. and every other
product that makes for prosperous
conditions In a community. II is pre-
dicted. however. that the crops OF
next year viii be even greater than
In 1917 because OF larger acreage
and more intensive cultivation.
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G. u, Pash. OF Amarilla, Texas.
and prominent attorney OF that
section. was a La Junta visitor last
Saturday. and an interested inspeo-
tor OF some OF the features Of dairy
day. MIR. Pash was the guest OF
Judge +. W. Mcdaniel and claims
the responsibility for having turned
that legal luminary loose upon an
unsuspecting public. The latter does
NOT deny the allegation and admits
Il was In the law office OF Mr.. Pash
In Ogden. Utah. that he firs, delyed
into the mysteries of legal lore
DR.. A II. Beard. who has been for
the pas, three months assisting Ma
tAy Coli. la hA " NJ
New York. has been ordered TO re-
turn TO the Base Hospital No. :s.
In Minneapolis, MINI. where the
members OF the Medical Corps are
being mobilised this week. Later
Mrs. Beard received telegram
Tuesday from her son notifying her
that Base Hospital No. 9s had been
transferred TO Atlanta. Ca. and that
he would leave for that place at
once. There are $40 mea attached
10 Base Hospital No. IS.
r. =. Jones. on- OF our old time
railway postal clerks who was recent [
ly transferred 10 Trinidad. Was IN
town last Tuesday hobnobbins With !
old.,ime friends He says he 10 now
quito content In his new home. after
having become finally and definite
y located, but seems TO Be doubt
full as to whether the transfer Of the /
postal clerks resulted Ia arr srae,
advantass TO the government A. far |
~ service and economy are con-
eerned. which Was the one thing
hoped for and expected BY the pow
ers that be when the change VAS
made.
Every sias,e person having . net
iaeens Of $1,000 OF over aad ever,
Married person having . net income
u $4,000 or morc 10 required b. iaw