La Junta tribune., 1906-01-10
LOCAL AND Personal ITEMS.
Trade with H. G.. Todd.

| want 200 loads of good body
cedar wood Matt Daimler.
/ Claude FAIRY left last week for
Denver to resume his studies at
Sacred Heart College.
Gem" -four. best in the market
Every sack guaranteed or money
refunded La Junta Milling Co
The Presbyterian Missionary So
ciety will meet with Mrs. Emma
Todd Thursday afternoon at 3.
O'Clock.
I. Miss Lizzie Needham, who has
been very i'll for several days. suf-
fering from tonsiIitis, is reported
somewhat improved.
I Mrs. o. O. Paris was made happy
by visit from her mother. Mrs.
Thorno, Of La Junta, and her broth
er, Master Leon Thorne. Ration Re
porter
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas K. Hoifmire
We're down from Pueblo this week
for several days visiting friends,
Mr.. HofTmire having business in the
district court.
I One hundred and sixty-eight poor
people were cared for by Otero
county last year. Some that are not
so poor are still rustling for the
necessaries of life.
/ The receipts of cash fees in the
office Of the county clerk for the
month Of December aggregated
Ss639 80. a considerable amount over
the average for the year.
/ One hundred and fifteen tickets
for the Ben Hur" engagement at
Pueblo last Thursday were sold in
La Junta, and 40 from Rocky Ford
The show was the best ever.
Gulliford Academy, $50 Lake ave
nue., Pueblo, Colorado. The winter
term will begin on Tuesday, January
Z 2, 1906. and there are vacancies for
two girl boarders. For particulars
address the principal. Miss Gulliford
F. Il. Johnson. who has been in
charge of the engine room of the
Holly sugar factory during the sugar
making campaign, returned home I
yesterday, the factory having closed F.
down for the season.
Mrs Harry Mcintyre. of Pueblo, .
accompanied by her infant son, /.
arrived in La Junta a few days ago
TO visit her sister, Mrs. A. L. Doyle, /.
and brother, J. A. Vestry. Mrs. .
Mcintyre was formerly well known .
in La Junta as Miss Mae Vcstry.
The Mayhem House Furnishing .
Company sold big order Of furni-
turc the first of the week to the .
Holly Construction Company, which .
already has a well equipped .
office at La Junta and is preparing .
10 house a number Of employees at .
Swink. who are at present engaged .
in preliminary work.
Fred Bulen. of the Bullen Bridge .
Company. Of Pueblo. bought three .
lots on the corner of Cimarron .
avenue and Second street last Sat .
urday from Matt Daimler. The .
consideration was 81 800. 1t is said .
that it is Mr.. .Bullen's intention to /
use the site to store machinery and .
bridge and building material. much .
Of which he has had stored in the .
Bradish addition for several months .
past.
Articles Of incorporation of the .
Mcpherson Lumber and Supply 4
Company were filed in the office of
the county clerk Monday. The in
corporators are W. ID. Mcpherson.
H. VI. Mcpherson and George c. /.
Manly. who are named as the board
Of directors for the first year. The
capital stock is $1,000 divided into
100 shares Of the par value of S10O
each. The principal place Of bus
iness Is located at Rocky Ford.
Sam Flint's stag dance at Elks'
hall Monday night was the limit.
Over one hundred and fifty men.
whose knowledge Of the art terpsi-
chorean is more or les limited. joined
hands and circled to the left. and
then danced on one leg and then or
the other. With a few nigt.s' prac-
tice they hope to be able to glide
around the hall with consun ate ease