La Junta tribune., 1906-01-03

per acre profits IN year Is worth
$50 an acre how much is this SO
acre Auckland farm WORTH
Colorado farmers were paid Si.-
6l1 ,235 for their sugar beets in the
year lS-b5. figuring al S. ton
La Junta is destined 10 be not only
the metropolis. but the clearing
house of the entire Arkansas VALLEY
The boilernakers on the entire
Santa Fe system went out on a
strike, Friday. April "a. 1895 The
strike IS still on.
-Four thousand and eighty acres Of
cantaloupes were grown IN the
Arkansas Valley in 1895. about one
third Of that Of the previous year.
The first crate Of cantaloupes for
the season Of 1895 were shipped from
Las Animas July 18th. They were
grown By L. f. Brown. and were
sold in Chicago for s..
The La Junta Mil bought 6O.cJ
bushels of Arkansas Valley wheat
during the year 1905 and SO,0cD
pounds of Mexican beans. Three
cents per pound was paid for the
latter.
A tenderfoOt from the east located
near Fowler this year and bought
twenty acres Of land for 81 600. He
sold 81 100 worth Of cantaloupes off
of six and one-half acres, and had
besides 5000 worth Of heets and $50
worth Of beans.
The new Santa Fe shops at La
Junta. involving an expenditure Of
500. 600. were dedicated "Wednesday
evening. February p. 1905. ofiici-
ais of the Santa Fe were given
complimentary banquet by the Board
of Trade at the Harvey House on
the evening following
Eleven hundred and ten tons Of
ice were manufactured by the La
Junta Ice and Cold Storage Company
during the year 1905. Ice manu-
factured from June lst to October
llth, 1873 days. s39 tons. Twelve
carloads Of ice, 252 tons. We're ship
ped To various Arkansas Valley
towns.
The Reynolds ranch. three miles
east of La Junta had over 100 acres
in wheat this year. and the average
was forty-two bushels to the acre
The wheat sold for Is cents per
bushel. On the O'Neil Bros. ranch
seventy-five acres in wheat this year
averaged over forty-fve bushels to
the e'acre.
The Santa Fe shop payroll for the
month Of December. 1905, was s34.-
800. The station payroll for the
same month was s5, 800. and the gen.
eral office payroll. s.. 200. The num-
ber of employees in the shops at the
present time is $40. and the number
of employees in the general Offices
and at the station exceeds 100.
Lem Brown. who lives at Melon
vile. just this side of Las Animas.
had s.. 900 worth of crops this year
off Of an eighty acre tract. He had
twenty acres in cantaloupes and
shipped the first crate out of the
valley this season. Mr.. Brown had
thirty acres of beets. which aver
aged twenty-four tons. or Sl2D per
acre
The receipts of cash fees in the
Office of the county clerk for the
twelve months ending December 31st
aggregated s7,639.l0, there was
paid for county work the sum Of
s607 so, making the total receipts
for the year, ss.2i6.60. The expen-
ditures of the office for the year
were s3.s77.76, leaving 81, ,36s. 81 in
excess fees to be turned over to the
county. The receipts of cash fees
for the year averaged s636.59 per
month.
The weather man was certainly
asleep at the switch" on Christmas
day. says the Tribune of December
9th. He had evidently lost all
track of the time of year, for it was
an ideal Indian summer day. Ii was
warm and bright and sunshine
bathed the landscape DER from early
morn until dewy eve. During the
afternoon every seat in the park was
occupied. mostly BY women and