La Junta tribune., 1907-08-31

ready decided to pack up bag and
baggage at the earliest possible mo-
ment and become one of us. Still
there's more to follow.
! Bird 4 Shull purchased the prop
erty now occupied by their grocery
store on Colorado avenue, from e.
w. Pierce, one day this week. The
consideration was $500.
Charles Rine and William Bosley,
who have been rusticating and
prospecting all over the mountain
districts of Colorado and Wyoming
for three months, returned home
Thursday.
Mrs. c. f. Veasie and Mrs. Alice
Veasie arrived home Thursday morn
ing from NOrridgewock. Me-. to
which place they accompanied the
remains of the late c. E. Veasie, for
final interment.
Judge Ansel r. Clark. Of Sterling.
Kan. was La Junta visitor Thurs
day between trains. the guest of his
old-time friend and compatriot, C.
L. Seeley. The two cronies had not
met in twenty years.
| Mrs. F. Finney. Miss Gertrude and
Roy. who have been visiting relatives
lin Denver, arrived home last Satur-
day. Miss Gertrude Finney leaves
in q few days for Ohio to resume her
kstudies in Oberlin College.
The county commissioners will
meet as a board of equalization next
Tuesday. and property owners who
desire to make kick on their as
sessment for the year 1907 will be
given an opportunity to do so.
The trustees of the Catholic church
are advertising for bids for the
construction of an eight-room brick
parsonage on the corner of Maple
avenue and Second street. The ex-
penditure involved will be about
5000.
E. F. Griswold. of the Arkansas
Valley Floral Company. returned
\ THURSDAY night from Manitou, where
he i1been during the past three
weeks closing up his business affairs
with a view to locating permanently
in this city.
Mrs. C. w. Bomgardner, accom-
panied by her children. Florence
and Henry, who have been spending
the summer with Mrs. Bomgard-
ner's parents in the San Joaquin
Valley in California, are expected to
arrive home tonight.
Samuel Stratton Hill, erstwhile of
local reputation, but now one of the
nabobs of Goldfeld. New, the big
gest gold camp on earth. has been in
town this week visiting his old
time haunts and cronies. Sam is
still playing the limit.
The school board is making ar
rangements to erect a new school
building in South La Junta. the
present structure having outlived
its usefulness. The addition to the
school house in North La Junta will
be completed next week.
Miss Katherine Ross has been the
guest of Mrs. ]. S. Walsh several
days this week. Miss Ross has been
visiting relatives in the east during
the summer and is on her way back
to California to resume teaching in
the public schools Of Santa Monica.
s. H. Savage arrived home Thurs
day from Garland, Wyoming, where
he has been located during the past
summer at Camp Mantua with the
United States Reclamation Service.
After brief visit with his parents
Mr.. Savage will go to Denver to
resume his studies in the Gross
Medical College.
Miss Luella Burkhard has departed
for Kane. Pa, where she will teach
school during the coming year. She
has been spending the summer here
with her father, Fred Burkhard.-
Trinidad Advertiser. Miss Burk-
hard was in charge of the music
department Of the La Junta public
schools last year.
]. w. Fisher. Of the Postoffice
Bookstore. is handling the Denver