La Junta tribune., 1905-05-06
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For that dress suit see Bowen.
For SALE Oh TRADE-A first
class Jack. Inquire of J. z. Bradish,
Fog SALE-Cedar posts at Roop's
store.
Thompson will show you bargains
I in carpets and portieres.
FOB RENT Suite of two furnish
ed rooms. modern. Inquire at the
TRIBUNE Office.
For painting. decorating and
/ paper hanging. call up Black lsol.
Jack Devine.
Farmers, when you come To town,
d0n's fail 10 see Carlton & Howard 5
{ racket counters.
/ WANTED All the second hand
/ goods in La Junta: best price paid.
Furniture Exchange Company
For RENT Albera's hall, Thurs
DAYS and second and fourth Tues
DAYS for lodge purposes or socials.
I Carlton & Howard have just re-
ceiyed a shipment of entirely new
articles for their racket counters.
Here is a snap for some aggressive
. person four lots, four room house,
well and cistern, all for $3.50. r. b.
. Cook.
Between twenty and thirty club
women of la Junta attended the
district federation meeting in Pu-
eblo this week.
Tom Thumb wedding at Opera
House next Thursday evening, un-
der auspices Of ladies of Christian
. Church Admission, p cents.
For SALE Five room brick house.
1--WE acre tract. stone stable. stone
chicken house and corral; two els
terms: eleven acres adjoining also
for sale; will trade for city proper
ty. Inquire Of Scott Stafford
Wheat has declined 20 cents per
hundred in the last few weeks. and
in consequence the price Of -four has
also declined. This news may be
very pleasing to the average house
hold, but il is not an unalloyed JOY
with the la Junta Mill. The mill
I had s 500 bushels Of Sl.75 wheat on
hand when the price declined to
81 80, and this represents loss of
I 81. 800.
The la Junta bowling team went
to Rocky Ford Thursday night to
play a series Of games with the
Rocky Ford team. The La Junta
team has won FIVE out of the series
eight played 50 far this season, and
the Rocky Fordites are possessed Of a
keen desire to even up the score.
+. ). The Rocky Ford team won.
beating the score Of the La Junta
team by 2l3 pins.
Local banks report that the last
Santa Fe payday was "a hummer. a
greater amount of money being re-
quired 10 cash the checks presented
than for any previous payday in the
history of La Junta The total
amount disbursed. including dis
charge checks. exceeded $4,000.
The payday disbursements will
probably increase with each sue
ceeding month for some time to
come.
The carpenters who have been
working for Blankenship Bros. on
W. +. Roop's residence. went out on
a strike Thursday. H. o. Holloman
has been making window frames for
the contractors. and the striking
carpenters refused to handle the
product for the reason that Mr.. Hol-
lornan is not a union man. Blanken-
ship Bros. have been paying the
union scare and complying with the
union regulation of eight hours a
day. The men. however. insist that
none but union men be employed.
I No other contractors have been
affected as yet.
/ A party of eight Mennonites from
Kansas and Pennsylvania. arrived
I in La Junta Wednesday morning to
view the landscape DER in this i'm
mediate vicinity. G. A kilgore
chaperoned the party through the
Santa Fe shops and showed them
the sights of the city. and they
were much impressed On Thurs
day and Friday the party visited the
Holbrook country and to-day they