La Junta tribune., 1908-08-15
W Aso oows TIVE va,,e.

The Fowler Commercial Club now
has membership of thirty
Bids were opened last Monday for
the erection of cement block school
house at Wiley. Walter Dubree is
the architect and building superin-
tendent.
There is quite demand for farm
help in the vicinity Of Wiley. and
there are no idle men. Men have
been very scarce during the entire
spring and summer.
The Fort Lyon naval sanitarium
has been in operation for about a
year, and l20 patients are now quar-
tered there. receiving the mercuriai
treatment The institution started
with forty.
The Manzanola Park Association.
a corporation recently organized at
Manzanola. has leased a plot Of
about $50 acres of land with the in
tention of giving the people of Man
zanola pleasure resort.
The Salida Chautauqua. also the
one at Montrose. were failures from
a financial standpoint. the one first
named being $500 behind and the
last between 81. 500 and 5000. They
will try again next year. however.
W. d. Anderson is the champion
wheat grower so far heard from.
When he cleaned up last week.
threshing he found his ten acres had
yielded seventy bushels to the acre.
or seven hundred bushels all told
Bent County Democrat.
The Hardesty and Red Top reser-
voirs near Fowler are now in posi-
ton to irrigate al! the land under
them. and the Mustang is full to
overhowing. with plenty Of water to
spare. There is about 5000 acres
of land under the Hardesty, and
900 acres under the Red Top.
Both Swink and La Junta will
vote on the wet or dry" PROPOSE
ton at the fall election. with a good
chance of both getting seat on the
water wagon These are the only
damp spots left in the county.
Sugar City Gazette. This is home
news as il is given US from distant
parts.
Rocky Ford has two candidates
for governor of Colorado. DIR. r..
NJ. Pollock. of Rocky Ford. has been
prominently mentioned as the pro-
hibition candidate for governor, and
Jack Crowley is a candidate for the
democratic nomination for the same
Office. Rocky Ford is certainly dill
gent in the business of advertising.
The state dairy commissioner re-
ports that there is no other city
the size of Lamar in the state that
can boast of dairy SO completely
equipped and conducted on the most
approved sanitary lines. In fact
there are only a few to compare
with it even in the large cities of
the state. where the inspection UNI
der local laws is very rigid"
David W. Barkley. of Denver, and
Evelyn NJ. Rex. of Rocky Ford, were
married in Georgetown. Colo. re-
Gently. The marriage license they
secured bears the hoodoo number Of
1918 and their troubles began i'm
mediately. for neither a clergyman
nor justice of the peace could be
found to tie. the nuptial knot until
the journey from Denver to George
town was made
The report being circulated that
the American Beet Sugar Company
would not operate the factory at
Las Animas this fall and winter is
misleading. The factory here will
slice beets and manufacture sugar,
and old employees have been notified
their places of last season are open
for them again. There are enough
beets in the valley to warrant the
operation of three factories. at
Rocky Ford. Las Animas and Holly.
and they will begin slicing sometime
in September.-Bent County Demo-