La Junta tribune., 1908-01-04

ever. Those who deposit cash can
draw out cash fully. This. however,
has caused larger use of checks. but
there is not merchant III La Junta
that will not sell any goods in his
store. or even every dollar of goods
and accept check on the bank, III
payment, ii the man has credit in the
bank to meet his check. In fact, the
restriction in currency payments has
increased the business of the mer..
chants, for often people with small
checks have taken them to the mer-
chants TO get them cashed, generally
paying their bills or making pur-
chase.
There is no reason why business
should not be as good in La Junta
today as at any time heretofore, for
the Santa Fe pay rolls are as large
as they have ever been and the banks
have paid every check in cash. The
checks are larger than usual. The
farmers are receiving pay tor their
beets every two weeks or every
month and the money realized by the
farmers is much more than ever be-
fore: for while the average tonnage
of bcets per acre Is probably one or
two tons lighter, the large increase
in the acreage will place at least
t~HtN pei CCilt llpiN.y Al thN
hands OF the farmers. than any other
year. La Junta is prosperous. There
is no reason why it should not be as
prosperous as at any time in its his
tory.
A great many thousands of dol
lars were expended during 1907 i'll
buildings and improvements in La
Junta. The Santa Fc is cnlarging its
yards at an outlay OF many thousands
OF dollars. The new Santa Fc hospi-
tai is building out OF fine light gray
brick, at 4 cost of probably $4,000
when complete and il will be one OF
the most modern in arrangement and
equipment to be seen. The new City
one OF the finest strictly city hospi-
tails to be found in a city of 5000
population Some $4,000 have been
expended in the new City park.
which. with its native and exotic
plants, shrubbery and trees, and it's
landscape beds, patches, walks, drives
and lakes. will be the most beautiful
aud artistic park in any little city in
the west. a classical and magnificent
high school building has just been
completed at Il cost OF over $4,000
and equipped with furniture, tools,
utensils and laboratories for manual
training. domestic science. chemistry,
physics-all lines of study and work
approved by the most advanced
system OF high school education. Ev-
crything is first class and up-to-datc.
No city of the size OF La Junta has
a broader more extensive or com-
plcte school system than La Junta,
embracing free kindergarten, regu..
lar grades. drawing, music. manual
training. cooking, sewing and all the
high school branches.
Several large buildings are con-
tractcd and will be begun in short
time. All houses and business build
ings are occupied and more needed.
Rents are high-too bigh,-which
shows the demand for room and the
prosperous condition OF La Junta.
ASK the travelling men and they will
all tell you La junta is the best busi-
ness town in their circuit-thcy will
all tell you this.
In conclusion the following is ta-
ken from the First National Bank
statement OF May 2otl
Seven years ago. the American Beet
Sugar Company built a 1000 ton SUI
gar mandatory and refinery at
Rocky Ford and the next year, the
National Company built 500 ton
plant at Sugar City The climate and
soil yielded immense crops of bects.
rich in sugar, which were profitable
to the sugar company and the farmer.
I here are now FIVE sugar factories
and refnerics, and another building,
three owned by the American. two
by the Holly and one by the Nation
al Company The cost and daily ca
pacity are. Sugar City 100000, 500
tons; Rocky Ford Si.oooooo, 1000
tons; Swink 81. 900, LOO tons;
Lamar, S5oo,ooo 500 tons; Holly,
Szoo, 900, GOO tons; Las Animas, $780,
600. 700 tons. Total cost S4.5oo,ooo
and daily capacity. $500 tons. There
are $500 acres OF bccts growing this
son-for the American. 1000