La Junta tribune., 1905-11-04

the past Few years
Carlton & Howard want to trade
groceries for good delivery horse.
Sam Mcdonald has been on the
sick list this week. being threatened
with an attack Of typhoid fever.
r. B. Cook. the real estate man,
has made arrangements for an Office
with H. H. Clark in the new Miller
block.
II. w. Axtel. the Pueblo contrac-
tor. completed his work on the new
Miller block last Wednesday and re-
turned home on the noon train.
I Ed Downey. of Ordway. was a
county seat visitor Thursday inter
viewing the county treasurer as TO
his annual tax donation.
/ l.. o. Evans has been awarded the
contract to do the necessary grading
on the new park site and expects To
have four teams at work early next
week.
All of the rooms in the new Miller
block have been rented. The last
one was rented TO Mrs. F. NJ. White
and Mrs. Incl. who will open a
dressmaking parlor.
Mrs. NJ. F. Miller and daughter.
/ Frances, who have been visiting Mr.
MiIler's mother near Nevada. Mo-.
during the past month, returned
home last Wednesday morning.
Orrin C. Kneedler and Myrtle Nc.
Comb, both Of Olney. were married
in the county court room last Wed.
nesday. Judge Wallis officiating
and utilizing the beautiful and i'm
pressive ceremony that causes two
hearts to beat as one and be happy
forever after.
Work is progressing on the state
road between this city and Rocky
Ford and nearly a mile of roadway
is now completed. The new ten
ton steam roller ordered by the
county commissioners has not as yet
arrived although word has been re-
ceived that il was shipped on the 2'd
ultimo.
Mrs. l.. V. Greer had very mar
row escape from death last Wednes-
day. She took a dose of corrosive
sublimate by mistake. supposing it
to be bromo seltzer. the two drugs
being in similar bottles. Mrs. Greer
had a very strenuous time for two
days. but is now reported To be on
the road To recovery.
Miss Annie b. Albert. of Fort
Collins. arrived in Ia JuntA last
Monday and on November lst as
sumed the duties Of librarian Of the
Young Folks Library. Miss Al
bert is trained librarian. serving
her apprenticeship under John F..
Daniels. librarian at the State Agri-
cultural College. where Miss Albert
was assistant librarian previous to
coming to La Junta.
The La Junta State Bank has just
installed an elegant case Of metal
vault furniture. made by the Art
Metal Furniture Company. of James
town. n. Y. 1t is equipped with
letter files. safety deposit lock boxes.
and alphabetically arranged files for
cancelled checks. letters. etc. II is
an up-to-date piece Of furniture and
right in line with the progress
rampant in La Junta.
For several months past the men,
bers of the Presbyterian church
have been raising funds with which
to purchase a pipe organ for the
church by making contribution Of
one cent a day. The committee in
charge of the organ fund have a
sum sufficient on hand to make the
first payment and have instructed
the trustees Of the church To go
ahead and make the preliminary ar
rangements. The organ will cost
about $500.
At the Mennonite Church and
Sunday School Conference at Hub
bard. Ore. in October. the project
of establishing a sanitarium at La
Junta was endorsed. At the general
conference to be held at Berlin.
Ontario. about the middle Of the
present. month. it Is expected that
similar arfion viii be taken. which
will probably result in something