La Junta tribune., 1917-12-06

which potatoes have been selling
during the past year made this crop
very profitable one for dry farm
| Miss Estella McManes, r. n, who
has been In the employ OF the d. 4
X. @. Railway Hospital at Saiida,
Colo. during the past year, has re-
ceived call for service in the Red
Cross, and has been assigned to duty
at the hospital In Fort Riley. Kan.
where she is al present located
Things never do come right, ae-
-
eording to the little folks who do
not at all feel happy over the pros
pect OF less candy and presents for
Christmas, but now a new vail is GO
ing up from both little and big peo-
pie. for on looking at the calendar
for December. housewives have found
that Christmas comes on a mea,Iess
day. OF course they can s,ill eat tur-
key and chicken. but most house
holds plan on two or three meat
dishes for the big table on that day.
Whether they will be asked to keep
their pledges strictly or not for De-
eember 25,h has not been an
nounced
One OF the smartest little Job. go
Ing nowadays is to make two pounds
Of butter out OF one in pretty much
the same old bunk way. One of the
big department, stores in Denver has
fallen for II and is putting on two
demonstrations a day 10 sell a little
tin machine for ninety leigh, cents.
The operator is pretty clever at
iedEerdemain. He takes a pound Of
real butter. cuts /, up into small
cubes. adds pint OF whole milk.
gives the thingabob a whiri or two
and in three minutes takes ou, two
pounds OF the most elaborate butter
you ever saw. They call IL merged
butter and II Is wonderful how the
NoEAcu lfAGN lor IL
.
DR.. p. d. Llnville. who was
awarded a commission as first lieu
tenant at the close OF the recent Of
iioers' Training School at Fort sher-
idan. arrived in town last Friday for
brief visit With hts wife and nu-
merous friends hereabou,s. He has
been ordered 10 report for duty at
Camp Lee. near Richmond. Va. on
December 18th. and expects to leave
for that place In a Few days. The
officers training school was in ses-
sion Tor period OF thirteen weeks.
and out OF seoo Who we're In train
ing, .,soo were awarded eornmIs-
sions There were five mlllionaires
who we're awarded commissions and
one lieutenant governor.
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Manager worderiy has been Civ
ing u out right along that he would
have good music again when the
psychological moment arrived. and
this propitious period OF time has
evidently arrived judging from the
results that have been In evidence
a, the Rourke TheAier during the
pas, week. Mr. l.. A. Macarthur.
late OF the Princess TheAter OF Den
yer. past master vioiinist. has been
installed a. leader OF the orchestra
that made La Jun,a famous. with
l.. J. Miller. late OF Rocky Ford.
In charge OF the big bass fiddle. Mr..
Miller Is sAid TO be one OF the best
manipulators OF the big bass viol In
the United s,aie-. and what Rocky
Ford loses is La JuntA's gain. Mr
NeAr'hur has already demonstrated
TO the patrons OF the Rourke that
he is fine riolinis,. and Mr.. Won
DERBY announces that he 10 here 20
stay. The orchestra that made La
Junia famous s nov equipped TO
regain some sf the laurel ~reatAs
II has lost during rceen, weeks.
~
William II. Meredith. OF the Santa
fe relay office. ~As released las,
saturday from . prolonged three
months siege with typhoid fever In
the santa Fe Hospital. Bni vent TO
the hospital on watermeion Day. In
stead OF making his annual jaunt to
Rocky Ford. and he has been van.
derihx along the shores Of the river
s'yx ever since. He says he did no,
Ike the looks OF things on, the other
siee and made up his mind tina, he
would stick around awhile yet n II
wasn't for anything more than 10 BE-
amonx tho~e preseat ., the sind W
and fiaish Of the Hohensoiisrn
Ieynas,y. His enforced .oiouru at the