La Junta tribune., April 22, 1911, Image 4

About La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939

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MAN
ABOUT
TOWN
Tlu* I.a Junta Trl line ktoh« quite
•*ii tli tin liimi l< onr the »«) the wo
men vot* <1 (or piolilultloii tin out. r
ilny, ntnl In the bent most (or women
NllfflUKe we hate mu'll In >• urn The
lleruhl In not mu* ll of a believer 111
woman miffr ag*. but l( tiny want to
vote h t them Thing* itmld not be
worst* tlimit they an * ail« ti t It)
llern Id.
♦
The Deliver postmaster received a
letter u few da)N HKo from a La
Junta mail Niiying he had five hun
dred 111 111 Inti ilnlltt.* he wanted to tl*-
|nll with I tali Sam Our bmitlrg
booge U n N|Humil>b foi a good many
thing* w* know, hut If tin l.a Junta
hr* w make* a man m*c that mud
money uo wonder they voted dry by
an overw helming majority It* lit
County Ik iimh rat
♦
Dr v I. StuldiM returned home
latt Tu**Ndav from u brhf pro
f«*»»kmal visit to the l*a*.f< toast,
having accompanied Klinlir Cade, of
Fhicago, a patient, to Sa< rauieiito.
Calif Mr t ad. wa» taken off of a
Santa F* train 011 \prll bth. and for
four day* was a pathnt at the City
llonpiial When In lesumiwl liln jour
my. Dr Stubbs accoutpaiiUwl the pa
tb'Ut at hi* request On th«* wav
ba« k Dr Stubtis visited San Frauds
tv, and went down via the Coast line t
to lets \nge|e» and from there to
Salt Imke City and home ov*r th*
Denver A t Kto lira tide
W 4! ! I deman left |ant Monday
tuorultiß for his home In Centerv lib .
lowa. aft< r a brief visit with old
time friends In lai Junta Mr lllle
man owns a trad of land under the
Colt project and Mopped off at la**
Animas on the way home to Inter
yb w a |M*rty that had made litm a
Rood offer for It lie e*p> •t|to n*
turn neit June ami take up In* per
luani til nsblen.e 1.1 North la* Junta,
when- he is thoikitiß of acquiring a
ten aefc trait and ««y* If it wen t
for tie fait that his stn gradual'**
from th« Centerville »« (tools In May
he would not go Itat k home at all,
hut would s»nd f t his family and
lacome a resident of Cokirad«i at
on* •* lie seemed to liav i a l»ad rase
*»f (Nilorado fev'-r after a w*-*-k » stay
- ♦
\ not» from Roy Finn* v whnh a*
i'ouipant' I the lett«r to Im* found In
another I'olumn of this issue say*
fWt Saturday,
If lad «UI | vadoa |
in .» day m bq Wt . -i., bi
In for two or thre*- months
and until we are settl'd send the
Tribune to l.udgate t'tr* us. ear** of
Thomas Cook a Son lath* r and I
will .« In hospital work all the time
w«* are tn l«ondo«t Our w hoi* trip
ha* been a sun ess tn every way
and I ha it the highest prats*- tor
Mr Clark and su« h a well planmd
top not a stortuv lauding, not a
mlnui* b»*i go**d guides. go«*»l hoi. I*
and a One old ts»at V\ r shall cer
tal.ilv U lost now that *«• are thrown
»m» our i>wn r* sourv*s Don't (<»rg«-t
the paper*
Colorado Springs ha* prartba.ly
kwt all hope of sai ing the lawns
»»t that * ty front the .land* Hon p* st
In iw*uver ait' • id flu* lawn* ha*«
been plow. d up to get Md ibf the
*la le|n»ns la Junta now t»*a*ts of
many b**aattful lawns au.t peevishly
ba« mor«- than any small itty In
the state Some n| the properly
•woei* biwsnr. »"iu to hr • ■uilrely
Ignorant of the danger of this p> st
to their taw us. or else wholly tmltf
ferent as tc the results judging from
th. luami 1 tn whWh this p« st Is
alkiweoj to thrive tu bundl'd* of our
lawns Tw lake the p«-st In hand be
fore It U everlastingly 100 late will
mean mwh for our beautiful Utils
rlty Mkewever g d*nd«|.«*n show#
bis hi ad In your lawn rut It out
root and braaih rat him out deep
had bury him In tbe awhpit A
•tltrh tn lime will poveut many a
damleln*n
knot her formerly of man
la avgjourntag at tblw popular report
l«e is V\ II Masters*** of New York.
Übo kw iwssrrtH w Ith tbe sportlwg
depart mewl of oae of tbs metropobtaa
naw spapers Hat as be la familiar
ty lonaod. mads bka Mat la tk>
lews paper baalnwsa ta Lamar an me
laraty lwa years aja aa aamarials «d
liar of IM Jkdrmraaa. a Mwftag weed
y; * ■ay.rwu « »■»*>*
(AMMaMnuwssJs.
(tn) one who mad<* forcible objec
tions to the policy of th** paper The
editorial work was done by Charley
Hoik, a *dx f k>l glunl of t oitMidcruble
tub 111 and no compunction whatever
K ink is now living somewhere In
the San Luis Valle), loading the
p« aeeful Ilf** of a ranchman —Joe T
Diwb kk. or lovuiar Sparks, now ut
Hot Springs. Ark
— ♦ —
.Next Thursduy the Williams' Ju
bib e Singer* will give one of their
fnmous concerts In this city at the
i*re*. yt'-rlan chur» h This company
gav. n concert In I*a Junta about
thr* • years ago. and every one who
h«ard them on that occasion will
surely want to Improve this opportun
ity to listen to their *wtn t melo
dies once more
—-
There Is a petition at Fisher s
bookstort* r* quest lug the powtofftce
d"part ment to c|os«* the post office on
Sundays If you favor the dosing of
the postoffii «* on Sunday*, and up
pnivi of giving th** * arrt'T* one
day's rest ju*t like ordinary folks.
p|ea*« «all at Fisher s ami sign the
do* Uinent It Is Up to the people of
lui Junta to decide the question, and
I'out mast* r Dalton ib-slres to have
an egpre*.*km of opinion In the mat
ter
W II Hew*, of Chera* manager of
the Holbrook Vlfaifa M«at Mill, ratnc
over to the county **-at on th*- motor
*ar Thursday morning to attend to a
little bustne**. returning In the af
teruoon Mr ll'a* report* that the
alfalfa n»**nl mill has been running
••very day for two w.-*-k* and grind
ing atwiut fifteen ton* of ulfulfa per
day The quality of hay available la
very poor for mill purpose*, and the
market (of the output Is not of the
best N«»* until there 1* a new crop
of hay will the mill b> run to full
rapacity
■ ♦
Mr* May Vestry Mclntyre of lien
ver. ami Mr* Maud Mumlell Valid'r
arbouw of Fowler, vlsltevt lu Junta
friends yesterday. > timing down from
• No. Ml, tad
FowU*r In th* evening Mra Mi In
tyre was formerly an employe id the
groat family journal but ta now the
wifi* of a deu»o* rath *tat*aman hold
tug down a job tn Colorado's famous
legislature Mrs Mclntyre *av* that
a senator will not be e|e* t.-d st the
present s* s*ta»n aud that Colorado's
lawmaker* I*l wtd pro ably adjourn
tonight sine dl*’
—♦—
Janos K Dye left last Sunday f.r
\**uuipt K»n 111 to bring ta« k Jo** ph
Itumiuell. who ie*-ently • *. apod from
the penitentiary at (’anon City where
he was serving time for the murder
of a bartend'r Hummell was stay
Ing In \*sumptton at th* horn* «»(
ht* father whom he had not *eon fur
ten v«ar* and who knew i.othlng of
th* ••• aped*- of hi* *on. »H»r that
he had been serving time in the |e*n
H-ntlary llumnH stole a s.* «*mu
draft from kt* father and ran a»ay.
and It was for tkls crime that to
was arrived The (act that h* was a
t'okuadi* camvM U *-* *t* qw-xl later, and
he D now bring brought Ua. k to
serve out kls time Jim arrived In
l«a Junta last Uednesday on No 2.
accompanied by bis prisoner. and
laKI over for the night In order to
get a wink or two uf sleep a* hr
had lee« on duty almost constantly
siß'e h* left U Junta on Sunday
Mumm. I spent the ntxht la th*
Ot.ro 'ounty hul k and Ike nett
day Mr Ihe tod h * prisoner to
Canon City
Spring Rally.
The .print tall) at the Woman •
Mlaekwart Crete of the Soatherw
C.dorwdo Itaptmt t««tattoo will he
hehl la tn Junta al llarmoxt Hall
Vprll Sitk The howrw for aienMj
will he | Je la the afteeamm and
T 30 tw the etewlnx
The ladle* at all otb.r .trvle* are
moot eurdtail) la*lied to hr prereel
Baseball Tomorrow.
Thr Paula Fe ha.ehall team and
tbe hrnwwau. at Parhb wtD open
the haerhan mom at Faatlm* Park
tamorrna afl.ewnaa The same will
be cwbed at 1 a rtarb. and the ad
mtaakaa will be 33 rente Tbe let
urns Min end Meoap el tbe leea)
Wb li m Mm*. Tbplv. If Hdfe.
In is I rsiha m rnmm:
Ministers Celebrate Dry La Junta.
Among the results of La Junta
"going dry” at the recent election
wan a delightful nodal event whl< h
took place Thursday evening, when
In fulf llixi* nt of h pre-eleclion prom
lae, Hev and Mm. B. A. Crooks en
t'*rtalned the uieinbera of the Min
later's Alliance and their wives
Those pre-ent w»-r*- Kev. and Mrs. J '
Weal y Neely, Dr and Mrs J T
Cooler, Itev. and Mrs K. C. Farmer.
Kev and Mr* O. (» Dale, ami Kev
\V. T. Davis, Mm Davis l»lug un
able to attend on account of lllnes-
Dinner was served at 5:30. Th*
table waa moat taNtily aet, at J
lighted with candles. The place <>f <
each guest was deglgnated by ban 1
painted eurda, and a large IsKjuet < f
s w «***t p* -a * firmed the center pl«»c
A four courm* dinner. Including tie
usual article of ministerial diet ot <
special occasions, together with He
genial flow of good humor, occqpb 1 I
the guests for an hour. Aft* r fnll I
Justice wm* don*- to this portion <f 1
he program. Mrs ('rooks proved h- t
self as delight fill as toastmaster a
she is as hostess In IntriMlucltig He |
following toast* with apt and an.
Ing comment. ,
Mr Davis responded very afq .
priateiv to the topic, "The K*lati 1
of Chi* k*-n to th* Ministry.’* draw
largely upon hla |H-rsonal experlet 1
Mr Neely was th* 11 to c 1
Th*- Distinction Between a Prca- 1
er and a Clergyman." from the sta
|s»int of 1 ertmln I quid orati rs .1 i .
damp jMtliti'lans, with the follow v.
result!
"Wet ster inaketh a wit;ht dlsti • ?
tl mi b tween preacher and clergyn (
Hut sotue lexltographers uiak*-th
very great difference between th j
W ebster deflneth a pr* a« In ras • f
who rrletb out tn public, theref"'' j
one who tuaketh a noise, and tone- (
tlni'** it Is a v**ry grievous nols< It (
grat'-th on the ears of some. « {
would go a out their business n*«t • (
daring to molest or mak'* t• • ::*
afraid Th«* n*»t meaning of th*' *
signtfleth 'to make known T<>
mak*- known, to snoop about, to
cover, to point th* flgner and -
•’Thou art the man and th**n w
«l'-r why It Is that some do not '
him According to sonic up-t<- st* '
Icil' otcrapbers tlo pr« a< her - t«ry i
ordinary man. quite undlattnguo able ,
from rabble, eith* r u h or j
dress lie annoyeth, h* rant He
Iross aseth a very prominent 1 tory ’
projection that |M»keth Its* f Into 1
other p -opb- s business and » lleth 1
a smell e«rn If It pa**- • rtaln ,
place* of business He tax*-1-1D ttl lit |
•* and Ml
awkward for |si|tti'lans t< . on
siutwithly lastly, while h- b *plw
eth filthy lucre he nevirth*’b»* turn- I
•*th hl» eye* toward a fat in 1
the Vntl SalvMiti l.eagu*
On th«* other hand 4 * man
Is a gentleman who known. his 1
pla*e and stay**th tn it vmt.r g not ’
forth if he hearctb th* no * .f a 1
dtsturhanie He butt* th twt He
ts not of the earth «-arth* The *
work* rs of lulqutty. Uke \ devils '
**f old «ry out Let u* al and
h*- l«-tteth them ainti* and * rise I
up aud «all him td'*s»« a d li- (>r<-acb 1
••th a s mpie gosjM*|” (hat dlstur
•th tH»I lie staiideth not 1 the
way of s oners, but walk< -nine- 1
tim* * In th*- »'*uns« I of th* godly 1
and stttrth In the seat of th- •core*
• ' * 4 • * K. th 1
certain d'«ors aud sayeth la>, I *
»m* II not Y- a having **ar* 1 hewr- '
eth not. havng eye* h«* *••« th not. 1
having a smeller hr suielleth >t He
would rath* r b** a dunrk r for [
th*- saloon k«'**p*r than eo>** « fat 1
Job with the Mill Saloon L* «g • 1
Mr lialr then »**mm*tit*>l ,*n l»ry 1
l-s Junta and the l k r«aa*b*-r. referr
lug to his aaus*-metit at th* satiety
shown by hts brethren of th* minis 1
try a* to his te-.ng *qusr. th* 1
saloon q mnon she*, hr f jr »t ar
rDfd in the midst of the fLht lie
•Iso *pok* serkntsly of th* r'.nstrwc
live work aow nniwary to insure
(vMitlnnol *u* * r*s of tk« 1 au** of
righteousness
Mr Farmer spoke of Thr I‘reach- 1
rrs the morning after tb* tioa.” I
la aa amusl.ig way Dr Couter dls
•wMirsed upon The Duty of I’Tegrh
#er» to Mind Their Own
wad Mr Crooks spoke on ITeach
rtt and the Frews, making r» f* reace 1
to the pleasure it gave him aad
Mrs Cr*w»kt to see hts name la prist
so often during the rampatgn
After the gentlemen had spoken,
the ladles nere ashed to relate a mas
tag eg pen en.es that com* to mMHs
ter s wives, of shirk there are not a
lea
The dinner service aas In chart* <
of Miss Kami Her* assisted hy Him
Oram homer* lie. sad was chart***
ty carried oat Aa hoar s vtalt <ma
ctw4~4 a very evening.
Jiatsacwßß&ki
HIGH SCHOOL.
Francaa Stray ar. Contributor.
Kev. Ib adle* preached an excellent
sermon Wednesday evening at the
Methodist church especially for the
high school students, and the su Ject
wan "Remember.” The high school
attended In a Ikm!)* and the church
was decorat'd In the high school col 1
on.
The d< bate at Rocky Ford last
Friday uight was won by our oppon
ents although we are greatly pleas
ed to hear good reports about our
representatives. The debate her*
which was postponed from la*t w«***k
took plat e at the high school build
ing last evening.
The parts for the senior play have
been received, the parts assigned aud
rehearsals will begin Monday after
noon. The play ts entitled '’Strenu
ous Life” and Is considered one of
the best plays ever given In the
high school, so watch pretty close
ly for anything In regard to It. We
are in for business.
The senior girls entertained the
Hoard of Education at dinner Wed
nesday evening at 5:30 o'clock The |
affair was pronounced a great sue- I
cess and was the last of the series!
of dinners which the seniors have !
been giving It Is the last cooking !
lesson we will have In school and ;
no one tan appreciate our sad feel- [
lugs who has never had that pleas |
ant advantage
Wedn* sdny evening Rev Beadles j
and Mr Fischer paid us a visit and
wire much Inter* sted in our school.
Mr J Iseher favored us with some
songs aud K«*v Headles gave us a >
much appreciated talk 011 chemistry
the < hem Hal composition of man.
It was very Interesting aud he set j
forth the qualities we must develop
liefnn- w** could become integers in !
th- lirent Arithmetic." tamely body.
111 inti aud soul All numtHTs were
much enjoyed anti we hop*- that on
th*ir next visit to l«a Junta they)
will not forget us.
Las Animas Burglars Caught.
Five Denv*r youths from IT to I*o
years of age were arrest* d tn Den
ver last Monday charged with th«*
rob err of the Simon Brothers’ cloth
Ing store in Las Animas one night
last week. 11l which fJ<K» worth of
clothing and men's furtiUhlngn w.re
taken The boys were arrested In!
iKuiver by l>ete*lives Harr and t*on
nor T*-n suitcases ftlb-d with the
stolen goods w.re recovered by the
!*>th •
Tb** youths are Frank Johusou. It
F»urn 11. Oscar Chrlstafson. Joe ■
Hrowu. alias Dailey, and Jo* Lang
hau alias Ikiyle The quintet Is
said to have made a full eouf'-sston
of the theft shortly after their ar 1
rest
The bov s ro«>tiicd tog'ther at s
hotel ou Stout atr**rt John son. t*aug
ban and Brown made th« trip to
Animas in an automobile, euiercd
Simons liras store at the r* ar. load
ed the tllS' hln*- full of Btiiti s fill.-d
with tlothlng and returti'-d to IM-n
--v*r. where thr*'' of the suitcases and
th* Ir cunt* nta were subsequently
sold
Through the arrest of the youths I
th*- police hop** to 'bar up a numl»* r
of robb« ri* s of re« cm o*« urr* 11*« In
D*-nv'r. tn which the toys are said I
to be ImpHcat***! v\li*-n their room
was search'd yesterday the dete*-
lives found s'vrral dollars In un keU
cou» * aled behind th*- radiator Th**
telephone tatoth of the hotel had be*-n !
robbed Sunday night
•The sheriff of 11e..t county we-i» to
ixenver th* f rst of the we« k and
took the boy burglars back to la*
Animas
Special Sermons.
Sunday. April 23d. la derianated aa
a aperial dap ta all rkarthe* for the
re4ebraik>n of tb' three hundredth an
nKerwarp of the pwhllratloc, of th'
Kla« J*me, lerrtoa of the 111 hie It
will be obaerred la tbe FI rat IT**
hptertan . barrb bp two epectal aar
mow* bp Rea OU* Cl UaJr Tbe err
aea la tbe awraia* aIH he on tbe
ewtjer* of "The Relatma of tbe
Mbte to tbe Wot Id and to Huawa
Ufw" la the eteeiac oa 'Tbe Re
dtaeorerp of a boh" All are cor
dtallp Iwrlted
Baptist Church.
Coraee Waa la P> ateaae and Nlatb
etree*.
iaadap erbool >t I C x a.
IT*—blew aortic* at II a-at
R V. P. 1. at * » p a.
rp—cßMd at T:» » m
aai melaf wS be aa tbe tahdrwt
id* ml'ib. Mr M m* bew
'ganH |
New Arrivals
this week
Silk dresses, white lawn dresses
Bag— 11 ■ ! 'gea--- -g~—==== 1
gingham dresses, batiste dresses
All are fresh and clean and new —direct from
New York beautifully fashioned and
trimmed—the last touch of style—com
pare the priefes.
O Wir'w fust received our new
“ Queen Quality ” styles for Spring *V#J
WT and they’re beauties. W t did not |J[
LI believe such footwear possible at the Ft}
It Price. The mahers have outdone tjk
If themselves. Smart, snappy styles with ir
rL plenty of comfort and service—just £
|y what you have been loohing for. You’ll m)
LT buy here eventually. VPhy not to->lay? ■
u Williams-Smith
jt Dry Goods Co. /jD
Lace Curtain
Bargains
Broken Lots of Lace Cur
tains We are Closing Out
I»lr rufTl-ti niu.llu ruruln*. r« ru. »onh I; ,'U. do. SI .80
Thrw (<*lr »c n< 11.-d x-rim rurUlnt, while, $3 Si. now .. 2.40
Four jmlr bniwli net. .ppltqne, »rmb, worth l«. now .. 4.55
Four pair braided arab, worth 110.io, Dow 0
File pair bru«a*-l* net. linen ed*e, worth 13 25, now .. 2.40
Four |* r white arrltn. worth 14 7i, now jj jq
Four pair brurh net. battenbert Irluiui.d. worth II it), now ,05
Tbre.- pair Folnt de I.ur mrtalna. worth I* Ti. now .. .. 5.00
fix pwlr ruffed »<rln> eurtalu*. worth lI.Si, now 00
Three pair Met. lace trliuued curtalna, worth |3 Si, now .. 2.45
Two pair »<rlm with guaranteed waahxble eolored In.ertkm.
worth li. nowr
n*e pair bnwaela net. applique, worth 13 Ti. now 2 60
'h pwlr bruaaeU net. Ilneu larr, worth 13 Si, now 2 15
8e«»n pair white car 11 on acrlm curtalna. trimmed tn brown.
bine, pink and greet, braid, worth 13. now , 225
Thirl*en pair white cwrllun aertm curtains, trimmed In pink.
h4o« and brown braid, wotth IS Ti. now 0 J 5
THU mU Is very opportune, coming at
a tints whan you naad curtains
Owr new trim ru«» ore In Mock, alxe UI2 gIT 00
A new aklpment of »xIS heoty Inxrnln ruxa al g‘ 0 q
*>•**•* prtcoa on carpets this spring
w •*•'••*!•• «• awpiu.u mmr
MS mil artM. pm map g.« mmywKom mm
I ,K * •*•••- »rtag In pmp Mmplm
mm* prtmmm mm S wt will anpllMto IKmn.
-Thy M»y.hewl