La Junta tribune., 1909-05-22

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A painstaking man down in Otero
county who Is an experimental farm
er and a little more progressive In
has succeeded in bringing out an i'm
proved alfalfa plant which we believe
will amount to something for the
benefit OF mankind. The peculiarity
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freely and the root system is much
more drouth resisting than any
other variety now known. He has
also developed another variety.
through selection. in which the
leaves adhere more to the stems
than is found in any other. Such an
alfalfa ought to be decided advan.
taxe to those who grow this plant.
For many years now we have been
wishing for a variety Of alfalfa that
had It's leaves glued on better 'han
the old sorts. and II this man has
evolved such a thing he has solved
the harvesting question, for our
greatest losses heretofore have been
due to the way in which the leaves
were shucked off while getting the
hay into stack-Field and Farm.
/. La Junta is still wet. and the ele-
ments. including the Anti.Saloon
League, have decided to let 1t remain
that . way" tfor ia Benefit Of
Missourians) until decision is rem
dered by the Supreme Court on the
questions at issue. The first Monday
in each month is decision day" in
the supreme court. and 1t Is conf
IDENTIFY expected that a decision will
be rendered by that august body at
that time as to whether a wet pre-
cinct il permissible In q dry town.
At a meeting Of the local Anti-Sa-
loon League. held in this city last
Tuesday evening, It was decided not
to make any effort to close the sa-
looms until a decision was rendered
by the supreme court. In case the
supreme court fails to make de-
cision in the Longmont caAe, where
the conditions are similar to those
existing In La Junta. on the first
Monday in June, 1t was decided by
the local organization to make an ef-
fort to close the saloons anyway.
County Clerk Todd has received
map from John A. Martin. congress
man from this district. showing the
lands in Otero county. designated ty
the secretary of the interior on April
9th, under the enlarged homestead
act. All Of the lands available In
Otero county under this act are To-
Gated In the extreme northwest corner
and the extreme southeast corner Of
the county and the area is not Of
particularly stupendous proportions.
They are also at such great dis-
tance from civilization. water. rail-
roads and the necessities Of life that
there il very little probability Of an
exodus In either direction. The
nearest attraction to the lands avail
able on the north is the oil well of
the Breckinridge Basin Oil Company.
and there paAy be, something doing
over there before many weeks. Any
one desiring to take a look At the
map will be accommodated by max
Ing their wishes known to the county
clerk.
sixty.four pages Of the new city
directory have been printed at the
office OF the great family Journal dur
Ing the past week. It has been one
long, sweet dream. wide awake and
standing up, OF work and names and
then some more names. There are
2.9l7 names In the alpha etieAl list
of the new city directory, not includ-
ing the 1906 names in the three rur-
al routes. Every mothers son I'M
L. Junta and immediate vicinity viii
have his name in type By The f,rPt
week in June. People who have been