La Junta tribune., 1907-07-06

general office building ard the club
house and reading room, which will
soon be one of the beauty spots Of
the town.
Dad" Chown has been Ill for sew
eral days this week and his condition
yesterday was reported to be serious.
Mr.. Chown. although sevent, six
years of age.is as spry as most Of the
youngsters about town, and says he
has neither time nor patience to be
laid up in bed.
r. c. Inge. whose attack of ty-
phoid fever was of a very serious
nature the first of the week. is re-
ported greatly improved. The bur-
den of care proved too much for
Mrs. Inge. however. and now she
and her little daughter. Marie. have
been stricken with the same ailmen,. !.
Roy Finney arrived home Fourth
of July morning from Lawrence.
Kan. where he has been attending
the Kansas State University during
the past year. and from which in
stitution he graduated this year.
Roy graduated from the collegiate
department. and next year will COM
mence the study of medicine.
The weather this week has been
rather strenuous for Colorado. 1t
was not SO warm. however. the high
est point registered being 50 degrees
on the Fourth of July it just
seemed so. For the first five days
in July the thermometer registered
as follows: Monday. 81: Tuesday.
So: Wednesday, SO; Thursday, 50;
Friday. So
Permits to wed were issued from
the county clerks Office marriage
license bazaar this week as follows:
Jesse c. Barnett and Morney Cate,
both of La Junta; Joseph L. Vest of
La Junta. aud Edith Mae Earl, of
Caddoa; William X. Fouts. of AL
buquerque. n. NJ. and Nettie
Wheeler. of Colorado Springs: Del
bert c. kennison. of Lamar, and Ida
McClimans. of Swink.
La Junta and Sugar City Will plav
baseball at the Pastime Ball Park,
Saturday and Sunday. July 9th and
7th. The games will be called at
2:30 p. m. Rocky Ford and Sugar
City played in the former place on
the Fourth of July. Rocky Ford win
ming in one Of the best games Of the
season by = score Of 2 to 0. II the
La Junta bunch plays ball the games
will be well worth seeing.
Engineer Charlie Cawley Of La
mar. is in the city on visit to home
folks. while his engine is being re-
painted and given a general over
hauling. Charlie is working on the
Arkansas Valley railroad. and says
that thirty-nine miles Of rails are
yet to be laid. and that the road will
probably be finished by the first of
September. Delay in the compile
ton of the road was caused by a
shortage of steel.
Miss Eany Morehouse. of Olney.
H., is the guest of her grandparents.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. Stephenson. ar
irving on the Fourth of July, and
combining celebration of our ma
tons birth with the occasion of her
first visit to them having
met before on this mundane sphere.
Miss Morehouse holds the position
of register clerk in the postoffice at
Olney, where she has officiated dur
ing the past seven years.
A nine inch retaining wall erected
in the cellar of the new section of
the Pierce block, now under con-
struction. collapsed during the rain
storm of last Wednesday afternoon,
falling top foremost into the center
of the excavation. The retaining
wall was built for the sole purpose
of keeping intact about three feet Of
earth between the old and new
building. and no particular damage
was done to the new structure.
w. H. Dearstyne. Of Denver. the
genial hustler Of the Peters Paper
Company. was in town Tuesday in
terviewing the local paper trade.
Mr.. Dearstyne was on his way home
from roundup Of his New Mexico
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