La Junta tribune., 1909-10-09
Local and Personal Items


NJ. NJ. Wade runs the green water
wagon and has the exclusive right to
water from A. d. Bests well. Tels
ephone orders TO Junta S79, or Red
1894.
Dubree has q crew Of men at
work giving the home Of Mrs. Plen-
derleith on Santa Fe avenue. a fresh
coat Of paint and re-decorating the
interior.
Mrs. Bessie Kirste left last Sun
day morning for Ell Paso. Texas, to
Yin her husband, James G. kirste,
who holds the position OF cashier for
the Harvey House at that point.
Charles Mcvey has been doing
some work on the artesian well at
the La Junta Mil during the past
week, and has succeeded in securing
4 fow of twenty-five gallons per mis-
ute night and day.
Alfalfa pasture for horses; best of
feed; shade. shelter and running
water; feed hay through storms; es-
pecial care given to wintering young
stock: terms. 81 per month. Phone
II. E. Holbrook, red 1i0i
NJ. z. Farwell writes from Fort
Worth. Texas. and eases his con-
science until January /. 1911. He
still makes his home at the Detroit
Apartments In Denver, but is at pres
ent In Texas on business trip.
Seven wagon loads Of gypsies ar
rived In town last Monday and went
into camp in the Bradish addition
for day or two. They looked like
yer last week and played an engage
ment at the state fair In Pueblo.
Undersheriff Deyine went to Olney
last Tuesday to post road notices for
the county commissioners. He says
the country around Manzanola and
Olney looks like one big red apple
these days-and he didn't have
stop-over ticket at Swink either.
= We are under obligations to Sam
&hvh for a haunch OF jerked venison
which We have filed In our archives
as Exhibit A. being optical evil
dence OF North La Junta sports
mans proficiency while on a
deer hunting expedition in the Cedars
last week.
Charles Mcvey left Thursday morn
In for the site OF the oil well OF the
Breckenridge Basin OIL CO., fifteen
miles northwest OF Ordway. He will
remove the paraphernalIa to Swink's
reservoir No. /. In Patterson Hollow.
where he has contract TO put down
an artesian we'll
o. F. Mitchell. formerly OF the
First National Bank OF this city who
resigned TO accept a position In
Trinidad as a travelling salesman. was
In town last Monday. He was on
his way to Las Animas where he
will engage In the commission busi-
ness on his own account.
In the misspelled word contest In
the La Junia Theater program for
the show "McFadden's Flats" last
Friday night, Tom Sheldon was first
TO report. and secured the free ticket
to the next show. The error was in
the spelling OF the word parallel
In Bomgardner 4 o'Neil's stove ad.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Littleton. nc
I 0ompanied by the formers brother.
lnilliam J. Litteton and wife. OF Trim
l ID. returned last Wednesday from
q weeks deer hunting expedition In
the Ccdars. We can testify to the
fact that they got theirs. all right. ms
We had Z fine haunch Of vcnison for
dinner Thursday.
La Junta Was visited by the first
hail storm VI the season about 6
o'clock Thursday afternoon. too late
TO do any damage To growing crops.
The hall was followed BY = downpour
Of rain which continued al night
There was . decided change In the
tempefature yesterday morning and
ovcrcoats were much In evidence.
Mr. and Nrs. c. A. Lewis. accom-.
panied By the iattes's sister. Ars.
Jack Dsvhe. Isft Thursday aftsrnoon
b. the auto route for AlbuqusrQue.
n. ~, 70 stasad The fair which viii
- o. there Ill a Asxt veek. witA
H. auto sad dodging monkey. Mr.
Lewis has bssn doias quite we'll this
ysas nakias he rounds q the fAirs.
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