Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1883-08-24
OUR COLORADO LETTER.
GRAND JUNCTION. August /,

GRAND JUNCTION. August ).
Thinking few items from one o
Ajair's old citizens would not be ou,
of the way I address you.
The GRAPHIC is ever welcome in
our family, it is next to letter from
home. Having shown Ex Gov. Craw
lord Of. Kansas, now President Of the
Grand Junction Town Company, one
Of your papers he made the remark.
Il wish Grand Junction had such a
paper" We have two papers here the
Grand Junction News and the Grand
Junction Democrat. but they aie no,
to be compared with the GRAPHIC.
Recently there has been a murder com.
mitted near Grand Junction, between
here and Whitewater. One Mrs. Her.
rick left here about a year ago with a
saloon keeker and went to New Mex
ico. Her husband got divorve and
had a Mrs. Thompson keeping house
for him. On the 10th of last month
they were coming to iown-Herrick
and Mrs. Thompson-when they were
about three miles this side of white.
water they we're met by Mrs. Henick
who began to abuse Mr.. Herrick and
Mrs. Thompson. She rode along be-
side the wagon for about two miles and
and when they started down hill she
rode up within about s:x feet of the
wagon and shot Mrs. Thompson
through the heart killing her instantly.
Now about our valley which is the
finest in the state. Since come here
1t seems as if some great magician had
been at work \ wonderful transfer.
nation has taken place and changed it
from the howling Of the wolf to the
shrek OF the little iron horse. and from
the barren looking adobe 20 waving
fields of oats corn and wheat and grass.
Our advantage over most valleys of this
state is that we are lower and can raise
melons, corn. tomatoes and cabbages
while in many other places the season
Is too short tor these to mature. The
rainy season has set in. Every day We
can see the beautiful rain and get the
cooling breeze from the mountains but
it rains very little in the valley which is
all the better unless it would rain
enough to raise crops. 1t mas rained
very hard down on Green: river and
washed out 7 bridges and 9 miles of
track, also above here it caught Two
trains between the two breaks with
about 200 passengers. They have
been here about a week at the d. &
R. G. Ry's expense. They pay fifty
dollars per day for busses to haul the
passengers to and from their meals and
pay all of their expenses. Good for
our baby road. they are working for
our country. Grand Junction, not two
years old yet, boasts OF 1900 ii.hab-
itants. The most Of the building done
now is of brick and white sandstone
of as fine a quality as exists in the state
The bricks are pressed here by brick
machine which has capacity OF IL.
BOO per day: there are now about IS.
900 brick pressed per day. There
ara two saw mills sithln +, mills of
town which cut about s, 900 feet per
day each. and one shingle machine
doing good business. There is lots
of game here. While in town today
saw Mr.. Gibson come in from Plnion
Mesa with seven fine deer which he had
shot in two days besides catching lots
Of trout. The Grand River ditch is
about completed Fl miles, covering
,bout $4,000 acres OF land which will
make another grand change, in year
instead ofthe dry parcned ground there
will be many little rivulets running hith-
Il and thlther all doing their duty which
S to impart life 10 the seeds planted
oy the farmer. Where is the Ncvinger
correspondent gone tos Is he esad
u gone off 10 rusticate.
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