La Junta tribune., 1900-06-20
FNNEYS PHARMACY KoDAKS AND SUPPLIEs

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and both were bound over to the
district court, bonds being fixed at
5000 each, which were furnished.
Earl Scheetz left yesterday morn
ing for Las Animas to accept po-
sition as chief devil and all-round
printer on the Bent County Demo-
crat. Earl is bright and active
and with a little sticktoativeness
will excel as manipulator of the
silent messengers of thought.
We are in receipt OF the first
number OF the Herald, published
at Sugar City. Colo, by G. p.
Devenpart, formerly Of the Rocky
Ford Tribune. 1t is illustrated
with several fine half tone cuts and
contains large amount of matter
descriptive OF the sugar beet indus
try and the 5000, 900 factory now
in course of erection. The Herald
ought to be winner, and has the
best wishes OF the TRIBUNE for
success.
Francis w. Tompkins and Mrs.
Jennie l.. Harris were married at
6 o'clock Monday morning at the
home Of Mrs. L. II. McGinn, Rev.
Hart officiating. The happy cou-
pie left on the BLY, for Colorado
Springs, where they will reside
after making a tour OF the Pacific
Coast.
The first annual ball of the Span
ish-American Union given at Com
mercial College hall last Saturday
evening was the event of the sea-
son both in Mexican and Ameri-
can circles, nearly as many of the
latter nationality being present as
the former. A very pleasant even
ing is reported by those in attend
ance.
The Colorado Telephone Com
pany, as soon as the contract can
be let and the supplies necessary
for construction purchased, will
begin the construction Of a me-
tallic circuit wire connecting Sugar
City and Ordway with La Junta.
The Colorado Telephone Company |
stands ready always to meet any
and all telephone requirements in
which it operates.
c. S. Stubbs, of Nepesta, pur
chased the grocery store of P. ].
Hecox yesterday, and on the same
day sold the stock to c. w. Lump
kin, OF Colorado Springs, who will
Immediately assume charge. Mr..
Stubbs has learned to be light
ming change artist in the matter of
buying and selling since becoming
a resident OF the metropolis Of east
ern Pueblo county,
All the leaks in the wooden
state pipe to the new city reservoir
have been stopped, and the pipe
is now doing good service. The
pipe has caused great deal Of
trouble during the past few months
flooding North Ration avenue and
making the roadway almost i'm
passable. Repairs have been in
progress ever since the pipe was
laid in January, but tits now hoped
that the difficulties have been sur
mounted and that the trials and
tribulations of the water commits
sioner are at an end.
The baseball game between
Rocky Ford and the Pueblo Rovers
which took place last Sunday in the
sugar beet metropolis, resulted in
q victory for the Pueblo team by a
score Of 10 to 9. The Rocky Ford
team lost the game through care
lessness. Up to the seventh in
ming the score was 9 to 3 in favor
of the Rocky Ford team, aud think
ing they had a cinch they began to
"play horse" instead Of playing
ball. The result was that the Pu-
eblo team made six runs in the
seventh and the Rocky Fordites
went to pieces. They couldn't
have hit balloon with q wagon
tongue alter this inning and the
team from the Little Pittsburg Of