La Junta tribune., 1909-12-04
Some More Local Items

Ladies are admitted free at the
rink afternoons All are cordially
invited.
c. w. Benedict, one OF the lead
ing bankers Of Fowler, was county
seat visitor on business last Monday.
Bud Miner is the new floor man
ager at the skating rink. Bud il
some skater and the boys had bet
ter be on the lookout.
A marriage license was issued in
Denver the first of the week to Mat
thew F. Carroll. OF La Fayette, Colo.
and Eva NJ. Milburn, OF La Junta.
J. w. McCreery. OF Greeley, Colo.
was a La Junta visitor last Monday
between trains. He was on his way
home from Las Vegas where he II
interested in big irrigation project.
Mrs. c. F. Anthem. OF Palisades.
Colo. arrived in La Junta last Wed
nesday morning and spent the day
visiting friends, leaving in the even
Ing for Lowell. Mich. to spend the
holidays with her parents.
MIR. and Mrs. p. V. Miller have re-
turned home from Hoskinsville, Ohio,
where they were called on account OF
the sickness and death OF Mrs. NIL
ler's father. Mr.. Miller says La
Junta looks better to him than ever.
In our brief description OF the new
McNeen block In the last issue, the
mats" got tangled up In some way
and landed a -" In the place where
IS" should have been. The cost OF
the building was $4,000 and not
IiO 900.
Jack Fotch will appear at the
rink December 9Th. 7th and Sth. Do
not fail TO see him. Prof. Fotch has
a new act. skating through forest
OF candles. All the latest in fancy
and comic skating. Come and bring
the little folks.
Judge Rizer held a short ses.
sion of the district court last
Monday morning. The Conner d.
vorce case and the approval OF all
things had and done In the organiza-
ton OF the Holbrook Irrigation Dis
trict were the only cases tha, came
up for consideration.
There will be novel attraction
at the La Junta Theater next week.
known to fame as Doblado's trained
sheep-the only stunt OF this kind In
the world. Another attraction Is
Louie. the pig-the only swine bass
horn player on this mundane sphere.
Don't fail to see this novel attraction.
Robert l.. Lawrence and Miss Ma
bel Maddux we're married In Garden
City the day before Thanksgiving.
The bride Is sister OF Conductor
Billy Maddux The groom is well
known in this city. and was In tho
employ OF the Santa Fee u dozen years
ago as a baggage smasher at this
point.
I DIR. J. l.. Weaver. formerly presi.
dent OF Westminster College. Denver,
was formally installed as pastor Of
the Presbyterian church OF Rocky
Ford last Tuesday evening. DR. A.
II. Johnson. OF Colorado Springs.
preached the sermon. and Rev. Geo.
X. Morley. OF this city. delivered tho
charge to the congregation.
Rev. Geo. X. Morley has been lead.
Ing the strenuous life this week.
within a period OF thirty hours he
rode across the country for seventy
miles In the mud. conducted two fu.
ncrals. married one couple and as.
sisted In the ceremonies incident To
installing DIR. J. l.. Weaver as pas.
tor OF the Presbyterian church Of
Rocky Ford. That's going some for
a preacher.
Some people will never bc salts.
fled. There were nincty.threo cuts
In our reminiscent edition. yet there
were few who criticized the paper
and said that there ought to have
been more. Twenty years later we
may Issue another reminiscent edition
and We hope to have more cuts by
that time. We may then be able
TO please evcrybody--by being not
among those present
r. A. Mckinney will start work
Monday on n directory Of Delta and
Delta county. He has just published
u directory cf Montrosc and Montross
county which WAS satisfactory to the
people OF that city. His directory
will include. besides Delta, Psonia,