La Junta tribune., 1906-10-20
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iege, the effortwas a success and
won from her vietors their profound
respect, and from their leader, DR..
Coyle, the compliment, Il eongratu-
late you. Bluhm. upon your mag
niheent fight La Junta is all right:
and want 10 say to you, if Denver
fails 10 carry out her proposition
this time, Will throe all my intiu-
enee for La Junta."
The effort showed the public spirit
and the devotion TO the cause of
higher education of the people of
La Junta, for the amount OF money
that was subscribed by them is an
evidence of self-sacrifiee that has
seldom been equaled anywhere and
was not approached by any Of her
rivals IN this contest. 1t not only
stirred UP. but it created a spirit of
education, which now prevades this
community, from the boy in the
primary grade TO the business man
with his intense cares. The harvest
OF this valiant contest will be fruit
ful and rich TO La Junta.
The college committee of eighteen
gave a twenty minute hearing, at
lo;3D a. m. Tuesday, to every can
didare, Of which there were seven.
Canon City offered sixty acres for
site, eighty additional acres 70 be
SOL and $4,000 donation. Delta
offered building, twenty acres of
lani for site and eighty additional
acres to be sold, 200 students and
S4O, 900 in cash. Denver offered the
Westminster College building, l20
acres of land and 5000 for the fl
nancial agent, on condition that the
trustees raise $4,000 within one
year. Grand Junction offered forty
ACRES for a site and $4,000 cash.
Pueblo offered one of two sites-a
twenty-five acre tract adjoining
Carlisle Park for site and use of
the park for campus, and a fifty
acre site and $4,000 donation.
Rocky Ford offered choice of sew
era twenty acre tracts and $40. 600.
La Junta offered choice of two sites,
one on the hill south Of the town,
an eighty acre tract for site and
forty acres for athletic grounds, the
other the 800 acre tract southeast OF
town, of which l6O acres should be
used for site and 100 acres might be
plated and sold. and a cash dona.
tion Of SO, 900. and S., 600 per yeal
for five years, for the financia
, agent and professors-a cash dona
tion of.s75.OO
La Junta was the only one tha
hada proposition in in a business
Ike form. She had the origina
subscriptions, with written guar
antee. good for S25 1000. signed by
fifteen good men, bound herself I,
increase this to $35, 900, and. upon
the pledge of a friend, (whose name
will not be given to the public al
present) SIS, 900 cash and s., 900 pei
year. for five years. and signed
propositions for the land. Not
another offer was made signed il
writing by responsible parties. back
ing their propositions. La Junta',
proposition was business and largely
bankable.
The committee voted: For Den
yer. 13: Canon City, /: Delta. /
Rocky Ford. /; Pueblo, 2: La Junta
none. The committee submitted a
majority report in favor of Denver
and q minority report favoring Pu
eblo. Upon receiving a report OF
this result. our forces became dis
couraged, but soon rallied and wen,
TO work ''in dead earnest" and soor
organized the forces against Den
yer. In the fight. they drove Den.
yer from one point to another, de-
feated motion after motion made by
Denver to delay; to side track. and
TO obstruct. until Denver was on the
run, and. had there been couple of
good leaders on the floor, Denver
would have been routed. for the op-
position had united against Denver.
Preachers, however, are not good
fighters. are not good parlimentari-
ans and have no experience in con-
ventiOn tactics.
A resolution was made to adopt