La Junta tribune., 1908-04-11
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Work was commenced last week
boring for coal at the supposed coal
fields northwest of Lamar.
'.Forty-five Minutes From Broad
way" will be the attraction in Rocky
Ford at an early date-as inter-
preted by amateur talent.
The new Carnegie library at La
mar viii be open to the public next
week. The formal dedication of
the structure will probably occur on
Lamar's birthday May gath.
The Las Animas high school base
bal team defeated the Trinidad high
school team by score of to 4 last
Saturday. The Trinidad aggrega-
ton also lost to La Junta on the day
previous by score of IA to IL.
The fiscal year just closed at the
Lamar postoffice has been BY far the
greatest in the towns history, and
the receipts some time ago passed
the $40. 900 mark. which insures the
establishment Of free delivery in the
town.
Thieves broke into the Presby-
terian and Christian churches in
Rocky Ford last week and secured
booty aggregating SIT. Burglariz-
ing church is about on par with
burglarizing print shop, but in
this instance the results were so diff
ferent.
The Wiley Journal laments the
fact that the prospects for a daily
train being placed on the Holly and
Swink road at an early date are very
dark. No regular train will be rum
ming before June lst at the earliest.
and there is no positive assurance of
one on that date.
Garden City is irving to secure
Buffalo Jones' "Catalo" ranch as an
advertisement for that town. Catalo
is not the name of new breakfast
food for cattle. 1t is an animal
which is part cattle and part buffalo.
Buffacow would have been more
Notwithstanding name however,
Cimarron Jacksonian.
City Attorney Beall. of Rocky
Ford, has been ordered to bring suit
against the National Surety Com
pany bondsmen of the city treasurer
to recover the city money on deposit
in the State Bank at the time of the
failure. The surety company. it
appears. has refused to make good
the deposit or to relinquish the se-
curities given them to secure the
deposit.
c. c. Whitecraft. of Granada. Of
fers to purchase the Lamar cream
cry machinery and will put up the
building and operate the plant, pro-
viding he can get enough patronage
from the farmers owning cows to
contract to furnish milk for one en-
tire year. Mr.. Whitecraft has an
experienced creamery man who will
take up the work. 1t is now up to
those owning cows to say what shall
be done. Holly Chieftain.
Superintendent Trull was around
reading the water meters Monday.
This is the first time they have been
read since January lst, but in the
summer they are read every month.
Something over $500 worth of water
was used during the three months.
Mr.. Trull and the city authorities
are very much pleased with the
workings of the meters as they have
placed the waterworks on a self
sustaining basis. and in fact a sur
plus fund is being created. Garden
City Herald.
Estimates vary greatly on the
amount of damage done to fruit by
the low temperatures of Tuesday
and Wednesday nights. All seem to
agree that the peaches are practical
ly all killed. but opinions differ on
the apple outlook. Senator Crowley
thinks they are injured to the extent
Of about ten per cent, but Mr.. Pow
ell. the Manzanola orchardist, de-
clares that ninety percent. would be
nearer the mark. Plums are badly
damaged, rs are also the sweet cher
ries, but other varieties are yet
safe. Rocky Ford Tribune.