La Junta tribune., 1906-01-07
ENTHUSIASTIC nEETIne.
Lot Drawing 10 Pulled of and Sugar
Beet Situation Discussed
Factory Assured

/ Board of Trade was an unqualified
success in every respect. Following
the drawing of lots in the new Park
addition. there was a rousing beet
meeting" in which many of our
I leading and most representative
citizens took part with an energy
and enthusiasm that went to show
that they We're in earnest about
securing the new beet sugar factory
at Swink. When the meeting ad-
journed the factory was practically
a sure thing. and while all OF the
contracts had not been turned in
arrangements had been made for
drawing up the details this morning.
Mr.. Wiley will then instruct the
company's agent in the east To be-
gin placing orders for machinery
and work on the factory will begin
at once.
The meeting was called to order
by A. c. Draper. president Of the
Board of Trade. who announced that
the drawing for lots was first in
order. c. A Beerbohm. as trustee
for the lot owners, gave the report
of the park committee. 1t showed
that the lots had been paid for in
full So, 600. and that the purchase
price, So 900 had been turned over
to Mr. Woodruff. This left bal
anee of 5000. but the committee had
already exceeded that amount in
expenditures for grading, survey
ing, plotting. printing. etc, and had
advanced $40 from their own pock-
cts. Bills now outstanding for
various incidental expenses will
bring the deficit up to sl43 and the
committee asked for suggestions as
I to the best plan for raising this
amount. On motion il was decided
to give the committee power to
assess the sum against the various
lots after the drawing. in proportion
TO their relative value.
/ c. w. Bomgardner and J. Il. Sher-
man were selected as judges Of the
drawing and Dom Mosher secretary.
A large plot of the Park addition
was suspended on the wall and as
each lot was drawn the drawers
name was written in the space rep
resenting his lot. There were two
boxes placed in full view of every
body-one containing fifty-six cards
in envelopes with the lot owners
names on them, the other containing
cards with the numbers of the lots.
Two little girls, Misses Helen An
drews and Irene Jones. had been
selected TO do the drawing. As one
drew a card bearing the name of a
subscriber from one box. the other
drew a card bearing a lot number
from the other box. The cards were
then tied together and delivered to
the individual owners. who can pre-
sent them at any time to c. A. Beer
bohm at the county treasurer's office
and secure deeds to the property.
The first name drawn was Leslie
Jones and the first lot number was
lot u, block 2. which faces the
county road To Higbee and adjoins
the Paulsen tract. ). o. Cook was
the second name and he drew lot !,
block 3, while f. w. Mcdaniel.
whose name was on the third card.
secured lot Is. block /. facing Colo
RADIO avenue and the park site and
the second lot from Tenth street
The drawing progressed rapidly and
without confusion, but the choicest
location. in the opinion of many. re-
manned until well on toward the end.
This was lot l6. block /, facing the
park on the corner Of Colorado
avenue and Tenth street. and it fell
to the lot of x. w. Patterson. The
lot adjoining this on the south was
drawn by E. w. Mcdaniel. and the
one next to that by Bob Fisher
three old bachelors thus being fav-
ored by Dame Fortune with some of
the choicest lots all in a row.
Ed Chestnut was perhaps as lucky
as any one. To his lot fell two of
the best locations in the entire addi-
tion-lots and 9 in block /. Both
are corner lots, one facing Ration
avenue on its intersection with Tenth
street. the other facing the park on
Colorado avenue. c. w. Wonderly
got lot 9. block 3, in the extreme