La Junta tribune., 1907-08-03
w Ano oown the VALLEY.

The Bent County Fair Association
is making extensive preparations for
the fair to be held in Las Animas
during the latter part Of September.
Garden City is figuring on linn
berger cheese factory. TO be located
near the sewer outlet. with the hope
of improving the aroma Of the at
mosphere thereabouts.
The wheat harvested in Ford coun-
ty this year it is said will total fully
million bushels. That's pretty
good for western Kansas county
in year when the spring was late
and dry.
The Ordway Cantaloupe Associa-
tion has recently increased their
order for crates to the rate of 400
per acre. Some $50 acres or more
are planted and growing like the
mischief.
The wool clip for the district trib-
utary to Ordway amounts to $50, 900
pounds this season. The prices Of
fered thus far are not satisfactory
to the sheep men and most of them
are holding out for raise.
So many homesteaders have ar
rived in the Box Springs country of
late. all with big families of children
of school age, that it has become i'm
perative that school be established
in that growing community.
If the government fines the Santa
Fe 81. 600. 900 for giving a rebate to
the Garden City sugar factory, and
uses the money in building another
factory here, the government will
be forgiven for its foolishness. Car
den City Herald.
The first ripe Rocky Ford canta-
loupe was on exhibition in that burg
recently. The seed was planted
April goth and on July 10Th. sixty
nine days later. developed into fine
specimens of Van Buskirk's Melted
Rock cantaloupes.
A Farmers Institute and picnic
dinner took place at Manzanola last
Wednesday. The institute was held
under the auspices of the Colorado
Agricultural College and matters of
interest to the people of that COM
munity. but more especially the farm
ers, were discussed.
Philadelphia may be the city of
brotherly love. but Ordway claims
the distinction of being the city OF
brotherly business firms. Bornscheir
Bros, Downey Bros, Kropf Bros,
Edgar Bros, Gallavan Bros. Winfree
Bros, Barnett Bros, O'Connell
Bros, and Sewers Bros, are all en-.
gagged in variods and sundry lines OF
business in that burg.
| Rocky Ford has agreed to play
with Trinidad in the latter place
August 10th and l1th, and the date
has been practically closed. The re.
turn match will be played in Rocky
Ford on Watermelon Day." and
already plans are being made at
Trinidad to go to the cantaloupe
town in special train. The Trini.
dad team is a crackerjack. having
defeated the league teams of Pueblo
and Denver this season.
| Rocky Ford has adopted the meter
system and the new schedule of rates
were effective August 1st. Un.
/ Under the the schedule adopted the
first 1900 gallons or less will cost the
consumer rs cents and the next 400C
gallons cost 25 cents per thousand
making 5000 gallons cost $l.75
Above 5000 gallons the rate will be lC
cents per thousand. Consumers out.
side the city limits will be charged
double rates.
T. j. Sayler and son Frank. repre-.
senting the r. J. Sayler Dredge and
Construction Company. this week
signed up a contract for the enlarge
ment of fifteen miles Of the Amity
canal on the lower end. About eighty
thousand cubic yards of earth viii
be moved in the work of deepening
and widening the canal. Sayler &
Co. are now enlarging the Otert
canal near Manzanola. and expect tt
complete that contract in September
As soon as it is finished they viii
M nxo tho;r outfit dou,n IN horiv