La Junta tribune., 1917-08-02

keeping him from voting. The
black man. In view OF the Southern
political manager. Is of use only to
do manual labor or to be counted
in making UP population upoa
which to secure democratic votes In
Congress and In the electoral col
lege
American troops In France have
chosen their own soubriquet. adopt
ing the name. "Amexes" This was
formed by combining the first two
letters OF the word American Expe-
dition.
The increase granted for sugar
beets is nothing, after all. when COM
pared with the market prices OF that
commodity. Growers have large
crops this year. but that is no criter-
ion that they will have crops next
year. Their treatment has been such
as to cause them seriously TO con-
slider the advisability of raising some
other crop than sugar beets in the
near future.-Senator J. S. Hasty.
The way to have settled the Den
nian-Goethals controversy was to
have Secretary MeAdoo step In and
can his California satellite. The row
would have Immediately ceased; the
Grown Prince would have received
the credit for II. and this would have
strengthened his campaign for the
nomination In 1890 Sacrificing =
follower would have been the Wilson
way. which appears to have been
cruelty successful.
A eolored Baptist was e1horting:
Now, breddern and sis,ern. come
up 10 de alter and have yo' sins
washed away"
All came but one man
why. Brudder Jones. don't yo'
want yo' sins washed away"
II done had my sins washed
away
''Yo' has Where yor had yo' sins
washed away"
"ober at de Methodist church"
''Ah. Brudder Jones. yo' Amt been
washed; yo' les been dry cleaned.
"
A hungry tourist put his head out
of car window a. the train pulled
in TO La Junta one day this week
and said to boy: Here boy. take
this dime and &c; me a sandwich at
the Harvey House lunch counter. will
you- And by the way. here's An
other dime. Get a sandwich fortyour-
self. too Thanks. boss" and the
kid dSrted away. He returned
munehins a big fine sandwich Just
as the train vas starting off. He ran
10 the tourist. handed him a dime
and said; Here's your dime back.
boss They only had one sandwich
left"
Arkansas has only one motor car
for every ils persons. The country.
as a whole, Is far ahead OF Arkansas.
there being a car to every twenty
nine persons But the states are not
ranged cutie as one would expect,
Al the top stands Iowa. where every
two or three families. or. in the more
scientific lingo Of tn. census. every
eleven persons. are blessed with =
motor car Then come in order Calf
ornia. Nebraska and South Dakota.
while We are Informed that the New
England states are NOR. uniformly
supplied with cars than any other
section
7. 7. Ma1sy. Advertising agent Of
the Burlington railroad. after a trip
10 the Rocky Mountain National
Park. declared that there are more
tourists In Colorado than in all other
parts OF the ~e.; put together. The
tendency. this year. he said Was TO
make shorter trips than formerly.
and the accessibility OF Colorado 10
all parts OF the country IL attract
ing tourists here In unusually large
numbers. The srea; majority are
making Longer stays In the state
than when the yisi, to Colorado ~as
made . s,op-o,er for = journey to or
from the Pacific Coast.
And all this comes from the pen
Of the lady editor OF the Canon City
Leader: 1t 10 apparent that soms
young ladies are going 20 take ad-
vantage Of the slogan Of conses,s.
tion and apply Il 10 abbrevistion.
Skirts have been shortened until
there IL little use Of wearing any.