La Junta tribune., 1917-12-27

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pcssimiats are like sparrows--
they drive away the song birds
and don't sing themselves.
.
Coal merch hants In Salida have en-
tered into an agreement to the ef-
feet that coal In that city Will be
cold only on cash basis.
No one is so optimistic as TO be-
Iieye that the tightness of some peo-
pie In money matters is due to the
fact that they are laying up treas
ures In heaven.
In the game OF life, az In the
game OF cards. we must play what
Is dealt us. and the glory consists
not 30 much In winning as in play
ing a poor hand we'll.
Mamma. when people are In
mourning. do they wear black night
gowns7"
why. no. OF course not"
well, don't they feel Just as bad
At night as they do in the daytime'"
Sugar City VIII have a $4,000
high school next year. providing
plans that are now under way and
being pushed by the Teacher
Association and some enterprising
citizens are carried TO success. The
people OF Sugar City will soon be
asked to vote bond issue TO raise
the necessary funds.
Fowler lays claim TO being the
healthiest community In the state OF
Colorado. and cites the fact that
there has not been death there
since July 18th as proof OF that
claim. The births so far exceeded
the number of deaths that II caused
q state health inspector to wonder
At the marvel. Fowler attributes Its
unusual health condition to n clean
town. good pure water and a sani-
tary sewers ystem. @
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In Las Animas they have decided
TO hold school six days in the week.
beginning Immediately after the hol-
idnys This win do away with the
usual Saturday holiday. This ar
rangement Il deemed expedient as
= means TO help along the work on
the farms next spring, and has been
adopted by number OF communities
In Colorado. School will be dis
missed for the summer vacation in
Las Animas some three weeks ear
lier than usual. or about May lst.
A democratic exchange observes
that Colonel Roosevelt Is support
Ing the war policies OF the admin
tstration. Quite true. quite true. but
not because the Colonel has changed
his views In the matter. Mr. Roose-
welt has been preaching the doctrine
Of preparedness for years. and II was
because OF his persistepcy In pro-
claiming that doctrine during the
past three years that caused the peo-
pie Of this country TO wake up TO
the peril of their position and the
administration TO occupy the ground
which pad been prepared by Colonel
Roosevelt.
The announcement made by c. W.
Waterman. OF Denver. that he will
he a candidate for the republican
nomination for the United States
senate. viii no doubt be pleasing TO
= large number Of people In the
staie-democrata ~ well as republi-
cans. Waterman has been one of
the men who iiberally subscribed
to the Liberty Bond issue. and gave
much OF his time to Inducing others
10 do likewise. He was also . lite-al
contributor TO tho Red Gross and Y.
n. c. a. funds. M, reeognised and
unquestioned ability will make him
an exceptionally strong candidate.
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Fred c. Aver. O. Timpas. WAS . |
county seat visitor wednesday, and
made his annual donation TO the |
great family journal Christmas fund. |
Mr.. Aver says that Timpas vii, b
the telephone route very early In the
now year. u. d. Cochran. Paul
CraiE and Lirc bell have just con.
oeructed n private telephone line
oosen miles long from TimpAa TO
An Wants ranch. where n will be
eo0oocted up with the Rocky Ford
e1eooaxe Of the Mountain States
ToooDoeas Company. Timpas has
- hnn1irApped by the abseuce of