La Junta tribune., 1907-01-26
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A The new First National Bank at
Fowler recently declared dividend
Of four per cent.
Fowler is putting on metropolitan
airs All Of the grocery stores now
use delivery wagons.
The Odd Fellows and. Knights of
Pythias of Lamar will join in q tenn
pie building project. which will cost
about $4,000.
The National Sugar Company has
about 1900 acres of land around
Sugar City and have commenced the
regular winter irrigation Of their ex-
tensiye fields.
There are 50 many new building
going up and so many strange faces
in town that old timers in Las AMI
mas have 10 pinch themselves in or
der 10 be convinced that they are
wide awake.
The Bent County Democrat says il
is lack Of brains in the head Of Of
ficials and not shortage Of cars or
lack Of sufficient motive power that
is the cause Of all the trouble on the
Santa Fe. Quien sabe,
The bonus Of $500 subscribed
by the people Of Canon City . year
ago to encourage the building Of the
Royal George interurban electric
railway. has been forfeited and re-
turned to the subscribers. The
project is now in the hands of 4 re-
ceiver.
The Bent County Block and Tile
Company has just commenced oper-
ations in Las Animas. The main
building is 25xl0O feet and the com
pany makes speciality Of cement
blocks and cement bricks. The
brick machine has a capacity Of 1900
complete and perfectly formed bricks
every hour.
That natural gas has been dis
covered near Fowler is unquestion-
able. The well is located just east
Of Jones' point. about five miles
northeast Of Fowler north Of the
river. The flow Of gas continues
and for well not over eighty feet
deep issurely Indicative of something
good at greater depth.
Last week the American Beet
Sugar Company distributed among
the farmers checks aggregating
sl75. 600. making a total Of 500, 600.
paid for beets this campaign. Sew
eral growers in the vicinity Of Rocky
Ford received checks Of over $1,000
handsome additions to the bank
account Of farmer. or any other
citizen. Rocky Ford Enterprise.
Moneay afternoon at four o'clock
a train Of fat sheep left Las Animas
for Kansas City. Four miles east
Of Las fAnimas they were run onto
the side track at Hilton where they
remained thirteen hours. At eleven
O'Clock Tuesday they arrived at Cad
doa. a distance of fifteen miles. and
in six days they arrived in Kansas
City. They should have reached
that place in thirty-six hours. Bent
County Democrat.
The treasurer of Prowers county
issued distraint warrants against the
Santa Ee one day last week and On
account of delinquent taxes the
sheriff levied on two engines. the
amount involved being about s3O,-
600. The proceeding proved effec-
tive. for the treasurer was notified BY
the superintendent Of the road that
the taxes would be paid in full. un-
der protest; prvoiding the engines
were released. The treasurer won
his point. and If the railroad wants
its day in court its up to 'em.
The Fort Lyon canal and its reser-
voir auxiliaries form together the
finest irrigation system in Colorado,
II not in the entire west. and its
water rights are in strong demand
At from 81. 600 to S. s.00Oap'e.e. ne
value Of the water rights in use IN
der the canal is s. .5OO. 900. and tie
land they water is worth four timss
as much The company now -
1900 acre feet Of stored wsser
available for use in the canal -