La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1906-05-16
LOCAL AND PERSONAL ITEMS
Trade with II. G. Todd.


thompson can save yea money on
household goods.
Ice cream and cold drinks with
crushed fruit at Dunkin's
Quarter size collars. two for a
quarter. c. F. Althen & Co.
List your property with Mcdonald
& Helm if you want To sell quick.
Fer fire. life and accident insur-
ance call on ). r. Mendelson. room
3, Miller block.
The Cadillac automobile won the
lo0-mile endurance race in Denver.
For sale by Norton & Downer.
FoE RENT Three furnished rooms
for light housekeeping. Apply to
Mrs. Simmons, 9ol Ration avenue.
Drs. Ragsdale and Brown have
opened an office in Swink. DR..
Brown will be there every day from
, TO ; p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. 5. Shrum return
ed home last Friday morning from
a two weeks visit with relatives in
Topeka and Manhattan, Kan.
Shirts with the snap Of the season
in them and something up their
sleeves besides the dollar mark.
Catch on c. F. Althen & Co.
Mrs. c. W. Brown. Of st. Elmo.
H.. is the guest of her sister. Mrs.
c. T. Buckley, and will make an eN-
tended visit for the benefit Of her
health.
Miss Florence Baxter. of Detroit.
Mich, arrived in La Junta last Sat
ruday morning and during the com
ing summer will be the guest of her
aunt. Mrs. F. T. Lewis.
We buy all kinds of second hand
goods and pay the highest cash pri-
ces. We also exchange new goods
for your old. Try us when you want
to trade or sell. Lutte $. Gee. the
house furnisher.
o. G.. Hess. the La Junta attorney.
was in the city last Friday on legal
business. Mr.. Hess is mentioned as
candidate for district judge in this
district on the republican ticket. -
Rocky Ford Tribune.
T. c. Lemmond. for some time past
employed in the Santa Fe relay office
as an operator. left last Sunday for
Ogden. Utah, where he has secured
a position. He may eventually jour
ney on to the Coast.
Mrs. G. 5. Thompson. of the Wo-
mans Club. has been honored by be-
ing elected one of the eight delegates
from Colorado to attend the General
Federation of Woman's Clubs. which
meets in st. Paul the first week in
June.
The smart set of La Junta have
discovered a new cure for dyspepsia
Five course dinners are now served
at five different houses and the ladies
ride from one place to another in
automobiles. Other towns auto try
the scheme. Las Animas Democrat
Only fifteen votes were cast in the
recent school election at Las Animas.
and one candidate received them all.
What slow old burg Las Animas is.
In La Junta more votes are polled at
a school election in three hours than
any other where they take all day to
! it.
Mrs. Olaf Swanson and Miss Marie
Swanson recently purchased the con-
fectionery store of Kinsel & Co., on
Colorado avenue. About the first of
the month they will add an ice cream
parlor. having leased that part of
the building now occupied by the
millinery store.
). Dunkin sprung a bran new
bakers wagon on this community
last Saturday. which he will utilize
in delivering bread. cakes. pies and
other things needful to the inner
man. On account of its peculiar and
fantastic shape many people thought
the wagon had escaped from Camp
bell Bros circus.
The Kansas City Commercial Club,
which is making tour of Colorado.
will arrive in La Junta from the
west Thursday afternoon. May 18th.
at 3:45 o'clock. Our local merchants
should be prepared to give the Mis-