La Junta tribune., 1904-11-12
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you will discover it means as
thetic to the eye. music to the ear.
salvation to the purse.
Have you been planning to
build. and on the eve Of opera
tions has the expense Of opera
tions barred your Progvessf
You're the man who will give a
Methodis,ic "Amen" to the latest
story OF progress as It will affect
the Greater La Junta.
By common consent citizens
are agreed that La Junta ought to
be a city Of homes in which the
average resident should be the
owner of the roof above his head.
The best deterrent against the
shifting nature OF oar population
in years past is individual owner
ship of the home. Give a man a
home, and he will not forsake his
castle even though the odds
slightly favor an exodus. He will
stick to his lstchstring.
In the natural evolution Of in
dustrial resurees La Junta has
reached the period of expansion in
the line OF development Of her
native resources. The best sand
in the state is down by the North
La Junta bridge. For years this
has been going to waste for no
better reason than that local enter
prise has been over conservative.
This may have been due in part to
the presence OF the omhipsesent
"knocker. whose orb. by the way.
rightly interpreted. is an omen Of
good rather than OF evil. since
night naturally precedes the day.
So It follows. that after the
recent period Of pessimism, capi.
tai is prospecting for new fields OF
glory and has discovered 4 sphere
through which it will revolutionize
building operations throughout
the city and valley.
The sand by the bridge is to be
utilized. 1t comes about in this
way. In September the trustees
Of a local church took up the
question oi new structure. The
dimensions OF proposed operations
barred early movements on the
ground OF expense. yet they re.
fused to cut the cloth to fit the
purse. They proceeded to fit the
purse to the cloth Careful inves-
tigation was made OF the merits OF
concrete or cement blocks. The
best and most reliable information
on the subject was sought and
finally found II WAS found that
concrete blocks were superb ma
terial to substitute for brick and
sandstone and could be produced
on the ground at a considerable
saving. But the committee dis
covered there were blocks and
also blocks. Some were hard as
adamant, others a delusion and a
snare The next step was to
discover the particular block that
II would .s~-l eu~e
After repeated visits to Denver.
where several plants are in opera
ton. the committee approached
the Utopian Concrete Block Com
pany OF Denver, and communi-
Gated their plans. This company
expressed a willingness to estab
blish plant IN La Iunta il suffi
cient local capital could be raised
for this purpose. The committee
set about for the organization of
company composed Of La Junta
citizens, and, when the enterprise
seemed on the point Of success, il
lperished The plan failed out OF
fear that this particular block
might not be the best block.
Again the company in Denver was
J approached and familiasized with
the facts. They asked but one
question. and it was this: docs
La Junta want and need q plant1"
The answer was speedy eyes"
Forth with the president Of the