La Junta tribune., 1907-02-23
W Aso poHs THe VALLEY.


are in course Of construction at Las
Animas.
The blacksmiths Of Lamar have
formed a trust and adopted an iron
clad price list for all kinds Of work.
Fourteen thousand tons of beets
were delivered at the two Fowler
beet dumps during the season just
closed.
The corner stone of the new Meth
odist church at Lamar was laid last
Sunday. The new church will cost
about Sl7.OO
The Lamar land office is doing a
rushing business. the homestead en-
tries breaking the record for even
the boom days Of 1887.
Fifteen men are employed at the
concrete block plant in Lamar and
they have orders ahead sufficient TO
keep the force busy for year.
The Rocky Ford beet sugar fac
tory will close down March lst.
The campaign was the longest in the
history of the factory nearly six
months.
Lamar is to have a sanitarium
all same La Junta. Rocky Ford and
Swink. Work was commenced last
week on three-story building 36x
o. feet in dimensions.
Ten carloads Of households goods
and farming implements belonging
to new settlers from Illinois. Iowa
and Missouri. were unloaded At La
mar last week. At this rate il will
not be long until the Arkansas VAL
ley will have the population that il
should have.
A representative Of the Holly
Swink Sugar Company has been cir
culating among the farmers in this
vicinity soliciting contracts for the
coming seasons crop. II 800 acres
are secured the company has prom
ised to erect dump at this place. -
Manzanola Sun.
The Lamar beet sugar factory
closed down last Saturday night af-
ter the longest and most successful
campaign in its history. The season
was an unusually profitable one for
the growers. The run at the factory
lasted IA days. and over $500. 900
was paid out To farmers.
ID. V. Burrell spent several davs in
the Box Springs country this week.
looking after the interests of his new
wells and pumping plant. He opened
a vein Of water while there that he
estimates a. being worth in the neigh
borhood Of $40. 900 The water will
be used 20 irrigate his 800 acre farm.
Rocky Ford Gazette.
Lamar will soon he the only town
in the Arkansas Valley that enjoys
the luxury of Carnegie library.
Word has been received from An
drew Carnegie stating that he would
take pleasure in erecting a library
building in Lamar TO cost SIC. 900. il
a site were furnished and the city
would guarantee $1,000 a year for
the support Of the library.
J. W. Edgar has the distinction Of
delivering at the factory the heaviest
load Of beets which the American
Beet Sugar Company has ever re-
ceived. His four matched Rreys
hauled in load whose total weight
was 7.1s0 pounds. less weight Of
wagon. 2.130 pounds. net weight Of
sugar beets l4.450 pounds. within 80
pounds of seven and a quarter tons.
Rocky Ford Enterprise.
Lamar still has the oil and gas
fever. Last week they had an ex-
pert viewing the landscape DER for
the purpose of ascertaining whether
the geological formation was such
a. would warrant the people in sink
ing a deep test hole The expert
made a report to the effect that h~
did not believe Lamar was located in
the oil or gas belt. Tne Sparks
says The expert suggested that il
the people desired to test the mat.
ter for themselves. comparatively
cheap plan would be to To in with
In Junta and have the deep well
sunk there few years 80 cuotin-