La Junta tribune., 1899-12-23
animation will take place before
Judge Finity next Thursday.

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organs, Sao to $35.-Guy E. Smith.
Get your toys and holiday goods
at half price at the Racket and get
rebate stamps.
Finest line OF pipes ever shown
for Christmas in La unta at the
Palace drug store.
G. H. Downer yesterday pur.
chased large wagon load of corn
fed turkeys for his big shoot Christ
mas.
Call at Fisher & Larsen's and
make your selections for Christmas
presents early if you wish to have
the choice OF mammoth stock.
Engineer Harry Newfer, a for
mer resident OF La Junta, but now
Of Dodge City, was in town sever
al days this week visiting friends.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders OF the La Junta Canning
and Creamery Company was held
at Hecox hall last Wednesday al
ternoon.
The programme of the Patter-
sonian Literary Society, planned
for Thursday evening, December
71st, has been postponed until at
ter the holidays.
1t is said that COW bells are pro-
duced in only four factories in the
United States and are made just
the same as they were 100 years
ago and sound the same.
Henry Hegener has sold his in
terest in the second hand store Of
II. H. Clark & Co. to H. H. Clark,
and will not be interested or con-
nected with the business after this
10Th day of December, 1899.
There will be sacred concert
at the African Methodist church
Monday evening, in addition to the
Christmas tree. The concert will
be under the management OF Mrs.
M. A. Berry. Admission, 10 cents.
The Ladies Home Improvement
Society OF North La Junta was
entertained at Mrs. Joe Mock's
Thursday afternoon. Coffee and
cake was served and most enjoy
able afternoon was passed. The
oyster supper was decided on for
December 28th, at the North La
Junta school house.
Miss Lou Crockett left on No.
6I7 Wednesday morning for Trip
lett, Mo-, to spend the holidays at
her former home. Miss Crockett
will visit Kansas City, St. Louis
and Chicago during her absence to
purchase spring millinery goods
for the firm OF Hodges & Crockett,
and returns to La Junta in about
two months.
Nine instruments for record in
the county clerks Office were re-
ceived yesterday morning by
County Clerk Winchell from w.
l.. Hartman, of Pueblo, attorney
for the National Sugar Beet Com
pany, Of Ordway. One Of the doc
uments was a water deed from the
Twin Lakes Land and Water Com
pany to the National Sugar Beet
Company. Revenue stamps to the
amount Of $I23 were attached to
the instrument. This beats the
record for revenue stamps on any
instrument ever filed in the county
clerks Office.
A quiet home wedding occurred
at the residence Of A. 6. Bentley,
on Smithland avenue, Thursday,
at high noon, the contracting par
ties being Miss Lettie Bentley
and Mr.. John w. Francis. The
ceremony was performed by Rev.
F. w. Hart, of the Baptist church.
and was witnessed by the imme-
diate relatives and few friends.
The young couple have the best
wishes of a host Of friends for a
happy and prosperous married life.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis left on the
afternoon train for Beatrice, Neb.,
to spend their honeymoon with the
parents Of the groom. They will
be at home in La Junta after Feb
ruary 1st.
At q conference at the Brown
Palace hotel in Denver, Thursday
night, between Henry T. Oxnard
and James A. Davis, industrial
commissioner Of the Santa Fe, the
final arrangements were made for
the beet sugar factory to be erected
near Rocky Ford. Mr.. Oxnard
says: "The Rocky Ford factory
will not be quite SO large As one Of
the two California factories ! own,
but it will be more modern in its
equipment and therefore much bet
ter, there being no doubt but that