La Junta tribune., 1906-01-03

More than s2 go .UD-OO are put IN
circulation by the beet crop alone
There are now 5.Iesl5 miles Of
main track railroad in the state II
Colorado
The La Junta TRIBUNE completed
the twenty-fifth year Of It's existence
Saturday, April -. 1893.
The capacity Of the Santa Fe yards
at La Junta Is 2,Z12 cars. There are
over fifteen miles Of sidetracks-
The bonded indebtedness of La
Junta Is s5l 600 water plant bonds,
si3 .O1o. Otero canal bonds, $500
The La Junta Mil manufactured
and sold -. 90 one hundred pound
sacks of -four during the year 1893.
The first carload Of eantaloupes
shipped from the Arkansas Valley
this season brought So per crate in
New York City.
The number Of warranty deeds
recorded BY the county clerk during
the year was l.Oo5. Total number
Of instruments recorded, 5,2Ss.
Ten acres were grown near Las
Animas this year which will average
forty tons of sugar beets TO the
acre. Two hundred dollars per acre
for raising sugar beets is about the
best ever.
Seventy-one cars of beans Of fif-
teen tons each. were purchased by
the Beatty Mercantile Company and
they paid the farmers $4,000
three cents per pound. The bean
crop realized about Ss0, 600.
The fees Of the county treasurer
for the year aggregated 1852. 4s.
The expense of conducting the office
for the year was S3,iG3, leaving ex-
cess fees to the amount Of $3.50 ~
To be turned over 10 the county.
The La Junta postoffiee was the
only office of its class in the state of
Colorado where the receipts for the
year ending June Both resulted in an
increase of the postmaster salary.
Our postmaster's salary is now g. 400
per annum.
Tom Davis. Of Fowler refused
81, 600 for the beet crop off Of twen-
ty-nine acres. and Henry Redmond.
of the same place. who had fifty-nine
acres in sugar beets. refused 5000
for his crop over Slo0 an acre in
both instances.
The weather on January |, 1893.
was cloudy and there was some
rain. The thermometer registered
IS degrees above. One year later.
January !. 1906, the thermometer
registered 3S degrees above and the
day was cloudy. threatening snow
and the next day il showed.
Land within two miles of the rail-
road loading station may be bought
for s75 to $50 per acre, while good
land with first class water rights
further out may be purchased for
as low as $40 an acre. The price
depends largely on the distance from
town, state of cultivation and other
Twelve sugar beet factories in
Colorado. il Is estimated. will pro-
duce ls5 $50. 400 pounds of sugar
this year. 1t is estimated that the
consumption of sugar on the United
States is $500. .OO0. 600. pounds per
annum. How long will it take Colo
RADIO to supply the demand for sugar
in the United States? Six years ago
there was not sugar factory in the
state.
+. n. Berry. who has one of the
finest fruit farms in Otero county,
three miles west of La Junta. car
ried off more premiums at the
Pueblo state fair than any other in
dividual exhibitor. On his display
of peaches Mr.. Berry was awarded
ten first premiums, eight second
premiums and two third premiums.
Otero will soon be the banner fruit
county of the state.
A man named Shiver last spring
leased from K. Phillips. of La Junta.
twenty acres of land three and a
half miles west of Las Animas.
From six acres he took this season
81. 400 in cantaloupes and from ten
acres he took 81 600 in sugar beets.
Said Mr.. Phillips to Mr.. Shriver: