La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1906-09-01

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few of the queer ones of my where
abouts. for they might miss me and
wonder where had gone. Well,
am located in the best advertised
town on the globe. outside of Rocky
Ford, and as Ollie Hansbrough told
me before ! came here it is the
bumest town on the map, and he
made no mistake in making that as
servation. want to say to the
readers of the great family journal
that if they have any desire to come
to Los Angeles on a visit" propos-
itiOn. and not come looking for the
best of it. you will meet with a great
many obstacles unthought of by an
honest Coloradoan. From my ex-
perience all they think of here is to
skin you out of the almighty dol
lar. and would have you jailed be-
cause you did not have more of it if
they could. As far as the country is
concerned it is all o. X, but the
grating set of people here would
surprise you. If you have plenty of
money you are good fellow. and
they will pat you on the back and
steer you at the same time. 1t
would be an education for some of
the real estate men of La Junta to
come here. They could get pointers
on handling real estate that they
could not even dream Of. Los
Angeles is made up of banks. res
taurants, lodging houses and real
estate offices. and is headquarters
for suicides, divorces and murders.
They come from all parts of the
globe to get a divorce. kill each
other and commit suicide.
You can live here cheap on ac-
count of buying vegetables cheap.
but the prices on other food proven
der makes up for that cheapness.
Eggs are 80 scents per dozen and
butter 30 cents per pound. They
have been selling Rocky Ford can
taloupes on the market for the last
month long before Rocky Ford
melons were ripe. have had sew
eral arguments with grocerymer
concerning them, and when tel
them that read the great family
journal and learn that the Rocky
Ford product is not on the market
they bribe me with few Of the al
legged melons and ask me to keel
mum. ! am looking forward t.
being dubbed native son and have
got to do the right thing.
walked one hundred and fifty
miles looking for job or a position
was not particular which it was or
what it was, and finally landed one
that is o. X, but it took me two
months to get located.
have visited some of the finest
orange groves in the country since
came here. and in doing SO learned
something that might be Of interest
to readers of the great family jour
nal. After the general picking Of
the orange is over they can leave a.
many on the trees as they like and
they will keep good for six months
When an orange is picked it must bs
used at once or it will spoil. ] have
seen oranges on trees that were full
of bloom for the next crop.
Peaches here are As nothing in
comparison with Uncle Georg,
Egbert's peaches. They have moi
got the flavor Of the Colorado peach
There is only thing that is equally a
good ~ the Colorado product. anc
that 10 the watermelon. Vegetable,
grow here in abundance. and most
Of them are equal to the Otere
county product, the only differences
being that they grow the yea,
around. As regards the fish ques-
ton you can get . sen bass here a
long - your leg for 25 cents and
othefs are equally as cheap. Al
are good but some are better thaa
othen.
Los Angeles street car lin<z put
you il mind Of Dodge City in Bat
Mastessua's and Ben Daniels time
. maA for breakfast every morning.
Dsria8 The past thirty-two months
one hsndred and forty-ive have
been Mild and eight hundred and
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