La Junta tribune., 1908-11-07
present time is only five gallons
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DR.. w. d. Purse, OF Lamar. was a
La Junta visitor on business yes
terday.
Wanted-Modern furnished room
for refined married couple. Address
postoffice box 633.
A permit to wed was issued one
day this week to Floyd Burchell, of
Swink, and Edne Fleming, of Rocky
Ford.
Lost-Eye glasses and case: names
Minnie McGhee and Minnie on case:
reward. Return to ia East Sixth
streSl.
For Sale-On Thursday, November
18th, L will have large load of
cabbage and turnips for sale at
Leroy's feed yard.---A. J. Latson.
W. c. Chiffon, Of St Louis, Mo-.
and has suaken charge Of the jewelry
department of Coltmans Pharmacy
Dom Mpsher YVES down from Den
yer ssyesal days .his week help
ing make n dem cratic Sill onghold out
Of O,ero county and c.'c,Dtly sue
ceeded.
Rev. S. c. Davis arrived home
Thursday Sevening from two weeks
sojourn ih Northern Colorado and
Wyoming. where he has been visit
ing relatives
Work on the subway under the San
Ia Fee tracks east OF town Is pro-
crossing nicely. and Contractor
Nichols says that in about two weeks
1t will b. ready for business.
marriage license was issued on
election day to Leroy Kick and Mae
Hawkins. both OF La Junta. Mr..
Kick uses both OF his eyes In spell
ing his name. as well AZ on all other
extraordinary occasions.
Rev. Geo. r. Morley. of Mankato.
Kan. sLy recently rsceivsd call
to the pastorate OF the local Pres
byterian church, arrived in La Junta
yesterday. and will occupy the pull
pit tomorrow, both morning and even
Ing.
In the district court today the mo-
tion for new trial in the John
f. Godding case will be argued.
Judge Rizer and the attorneys have
been in town during the past two
days discussing matters pertaining to
the case.
A. s. Marshal, of Fowler, was q
county seat visitor yesterday. having
been summoned by County Clerk
Garwood to officiate as one of the
presiding Justices Of the peace In
making the official canvas of the
election returns.
George II. Nichols expects to leave
the first of the week for Springer,
do big job for the Springer Ditch
Company, consisting of raising and
riprapping a dam and cleaning and
enlarging the ditch. Mr.. Nichols
says that it will take about three
months to complete the work.
Lester Short. aged seventeen years.
died at the home of his sister, Mrs.
George Richter. last Sunday morning,
after an illness which had extended
over period of year or more.
The remains were shipped Sunday
lington, Wis, accompanied by Mrs.
Richter.
James Rumsby. who has been nurs-
ing fractured rib for several weeks,
expects to be able to resume his
strenuous labors In the big shops
next week. AS one Of our distin-
guished republican statesman once
upon time remarked the way to re-
sumo is to resume, and now that cleo
ton is over Jim will probably be
able to make It.
Fred Gillen resigned his position
with the Pastime the first of the
week and on last Monday passed an
examination for reinstatement with
the Santa Fe as an engineer. He
was sent to Syracuse, Kan. Monday
to take the place Of George Tin
dali, resigned, but expects to re-
turn to La Junta in the near future
and be assigned to switch engine
duty in the local yards.
Our distinguished citizen, ]. B.
Pearce.wa elected by something less
than million majority for the great
office Of secretary Of state. during