La Junta tribune., 1907-11-23
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NOVEMBER %. 1907
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The biggest run so far for the
sugar factory at Las Animas. was
slS tons in twenty-four hours.
The Citizens bank at Sugar City
not only refuses to pay out cash but
will not accept currency for deposit.
The business men of Las Animas
have organized commercial club
for both social and business pur-
poses.
The First National Bank Of Ord
way. is issuing cashiers checks to
the amount of $50. 600. in denomina-
tions of 5s, los and Dos, to relieve
the financial stringency.
The meeting Of the Arkansas VAL
ley Teachers Association, which will
convene in Rocky Ford this year has
been set for the Friday and Satur-
day following Thanksgiving.
The Santa Fe Company will short
ly cease to hea water customer of
the city Of Rocky Ford and will draw
its own water supply from the we'll
recently sunk near the site of the
section house.
While excavating the other day in
front of the Central block, workmen
dug up an old railroad tie. /: is a
memory of the Kansas Pacific road
which run into Las Animas thirty
odd years ago.-Bent County Demo-
crat.
The delinquent tax list in Bent
county was short but not very sweet
for the printer this year of grace.
Only l55 parcels Of real estate were
advertised for sale. which shows that
the property owners of that county !
are unusually prosperous.
The Rocky Ford Fair Association
is considering the advisability of en-
larging the fair grounds and officials
of the association have been instruct
ed to confer with G. w. Swink in re-
gard to the purchase Of the tract of
land lying north of the grounds and
extending to the right-of-way of the
Arkansas Valley Railroad.
After heing out an hour and a
half. the jury in the case of Frank
Butts, who was on trial in Las Ami
mas last week for .:the murder Of
William Hedges. a1Denver carpen-
ter. returned:a.yerdicti of guilty in
the first degree. and recommended
life Imprisonment. Butts is fifty
years old. He pleaded insanity.
Mrs. Cordova died in Las Animas
last Friday night as the result of
wounds inflicted three months ago
by her husband. Cordova, a Mex
lean. while in fit of drunken rage
over game of cards. cut his wife's
throat from ear to ear. He made
his escape and although the police
have been searching for him he is
still at large.
The sugar beet situation seems to
be looking up considerably, The
tonnage per acre has increased al
most twenty-five per cent in the last
month, as has also the sugar content
of the beets. 1t has become evident
to the growers that in order to get
the highest commercial value out of
their beets. they must ripen just like
corn. potatoes. cantaloupes or any
other such crops. Granada Times.
Surveyors were at work in the
vicinity of Fowler last week, running
several lines toward Pueblo in order
to locate suitable route for the
proposed electric interurban rail-
road. the terminus of which will be
Rocky Ford. 1t is reported that the
promoters expect to begin construc-
ton work before December 18th, and
that the line will be pushed to COM
pletion at the earliest possible date.
District Judge J. f. Rizer has con-
tinued to November 26th. the hear
ing on Kiowa county tax suits in
which l40 persons are interested as
plaintiffs. The suits are the result |
of a wholesale desertion Of farms in
Kiowa county when dry season
convinced farmers that the land was |
not good for agriculture. Since
then scientific farming with numer-