La Junta tribune., 1909-08-28
Up and Down the Valley

harvesting OF sugar beets will be
on around Sugar City about Septem.
ber 10th.
{ Over In Las Animas the CONNER
cial Club is considering a proposition
for the erection OF $4,000 hospital.
The Bent County Melon Growers
Association will ship forty carloads
OF cantaloupes this season. the first
car going east August 18th
A Fowler dentist advertises to
clean teeth free during the month Of
August. Only a few days more left.
Call early and avoid the rush.
ordway is holding a special school
election to-day to vote on contracting
a bonded Indebtedness OF s. 900, for
the purpose OF funding floating debts.
Lamar will keep open house for
the rest OF the Valley on Wednesday.
Thursday and Friday. September LIST.
% and Sd. the occasion being the
Z Prowers County Fair.
Rocky Ford has purchased a new
team Of fire horses to take the
place OF team lost In a fire in that
burg recently. The team is from
Missouri. and the price paid was
si25.
I On the lst OF September new
rural mail route-No. 3-will be
started from Lamar. II viii supply
the territory east to Morse on the
south side OF the river and Paradox
valley on the north side.
Over 100 tons OF cherries have
been put up by the Msnxanola can
ming factory during the present sea
son. Work wu commenced this
week putting up tomatoes, and the
best run In the history Of the factory
Is anticipated
{. A. Newton has retired from the
Fowler Tribune. and has been sue
ceeded by f R. Hall. = former pub.
Usher Of that paper. Mr.. Newton.
who published the best paper Fowler
ever had. has gone To the great
northwest looking for nev newspaper
worlds to conquer.
The boys Of the alfalfa mill broke
all previous records Of the mill Wed.
nesdsy when they turned out 7%3
sacks. or over thirty.seveu tons Of
meal In ten hours. Hay u now com.
Ing In more rapidly. and the mill will
do some steady running. provided cars
can be- secured.-wiley Journal.
The deld superintendents are
bringing In quite q numler OF sam.
! pies Of beeu to be tested. The beets
are showing up remarkably well.
some samples running over ~ per
cent sugar. which IL exceptional for
this season OF the year. The beets
are almost ~ good now ~ they were
last year when the campaign began.
Sugar City Gazette.
As an example Of what Q few
acres Of Bent county's rich soil can
produce when properly cared for.
these three instances are NOTED. I.u.
thcr Melton. from two acres. thrssh.
- .i7 bushels Of barley. while fifteen
acres returned him s75 bushels OF
wheat. George Maschia. Jap.
threshed 5i7 bushels Of oats from
seven acres. Animas Democrat.
Last Sunday the Arkansas river
vas running past Garden City bank
full. The first head Of water that
reached there Saturday morning vas
followed twenty.four hours later BY
the secosa head. which came 1t Q
nneA svtftef spesd than the first.
Ths irrisatins ditches are nov full.
aad the prospects for ample irrisa.
tiea st this tins 10 assured.
i TAs school districts Of otero coun.
Y sss falllas In readily with the uni.
tsen text book idea proposed BY
Ceusty Superintendent Phillips. and
\ y expected that the plan will b.
h gsaseal uss over the county when
tAe schools open ncxt month. Man.
aaaslA as1 Swink. and Districts No.
IA Z. Is and - have already adopted
tAs plaa. Fowler and District No. I
havs sisnt(isd their intention Of do
Ilng -. anA there 10 little doubt that
~ 49, districts Win follow sult.
] llnesln ~ Tvitsas.