La Junta tribune., 1906-11-10
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FOR SALE-Five room cottage On
San Juan avenue, new and modern.
Address postofice box 595.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob" CHATTER left
Thursday morning for two months
visit with relatives in Chicago and
New York.
Out Of q total registration Of over
5000 the vote in Otero county this
year was 5.l42.- or about sixty-five
per cent. Two years ago the total
vote in this county was SAP. the
vote this year being $40 less. The
total vote in 1900 was 4.357.
On Of our local democratic shoe
makers. who was an eager advocate
of the Adams vindication issue.
found this sign tackled up over his
work bench when he arrived at his
place Of business the morning after
election: I'm sick; send for DR..
Buchtel."
Deacon Scott requests the great
family journal to make the import
ant announcement that he is still
rustling for Missouri o'possums.
They are dearth on the market
evidently. but the deacon promises
to have that famous supper a reali-
ty even if he has to perform a mir
acle to bring it about.
Passenger train No. 6O4. due in
this city from the west at 4:5O a. m,
collided with the rear end of .
freight train at Rock Ford yesterday
morning. Engineer Whitehead and
Conductor Sporleder were in charge
Of the train and both were injured.
though not seriously. Fireman
Mckee and Brakeman Ellis Need
ham were also slightly injured.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Steen. &C.
companied by Miss Saidee, visited
Walter Steen in Ordway yesterday.
going over by the automobile route.
Miss Stcen left the same evening.
via the Missouri Pacific, for Council
Grove. Kan.. for an extended visit
with her uncle. J. M. Miller. Mr..
Miller has just been elected con-
gresham from that district for the
sixth successive term.
II Rev. A. L. Ferguson, accompanied
by Mrs. Ferguson and daughter.
. Mrs. Kirby. left yesterday morning
for Manzanola to attend the two
, days church conference which was
held in that city Friday and Satur-
! day. In the afternoon Rev. Fergu-
son delivered az address on The
Tendency to Christian Union" and
in the evening on The Purpose and
, Spirit Of the First Epistle of ST.
: john"
II. l. Maxwell. of Rocky Ford, was
La Junta visitor yesterday. Mr..
Maxwell will occupy the corner
store room of the new Dougherty
block as soon as it is completed.
with an up-to- date clothing and
gents furnishing store. The furni-
ture and fixtures have been COM
! pleted since last September, and Mr..
} Maxwell hopes to be able to COM
mence the WORK of installing them
early in December.
The TRIBUNE has added three ad-
ditional scenes to the series of
souvenir postal cards, printed from
the cuts which were used in our New
Years edition. They include the
view of the court house park sur.
rounded by business blocks, scene
I. on Colorado avenue looking north
D and the Santa Fe shops and round
house They are on sale at the
Palace Drug Store, PostofFice Book
store, La Junta Drug Company
Coltman's and Potter's.
, "Old Sport" ]. C. Hanby's wei
known pointer dog, is dead. HI
! travelled in and out between tht
wheels Of Hanby's dray once too
often and finally got caught las
. Monday. the wheels passing over hi.
hindquarters and so badly crushing
them that he had to be killed, chic
roform being utilized to put him ou
d. of his misery. Sport was Patsy.
best friend and chum in canin.
circles, and the great family journa
i. dog is arrayed in deeper mourning