La Junta tribune., 1909-01-30

throes Of which the poor animal at.
tempts to caress the hand OF the
man who is ministering to it-a last
expiring effort Of gratitude. And yet
mere are people who will poison q
dog. Oh. the inhumanity of It ALL"
La Junta Lodge. No. -, l. o. o. F.,
held a public installation of offic-
ers in woodman Hall last Friday
evening. A very interesting pro-
gramme had been arranged. which.
combined with the social features.
with refreshments as an incident.
made 1t very enjoyable occasion.
The officers installed were as fol.
lows: Nolie grand. c. X. Orahood;
vice-noble grand. William Fiscus; sec
retary. F. NJ. Carlisle; treasurer. G.
X. woolf: financial secretary, c. r.
Mapes.
In a recent issue the great family
journal was in error In publishing
the report that the Ebbert Seed Com
pany. Of Rocky Ford. had gone into
the hands Of receiver and been
sold. 1t was the Goblin Ebbert Seed
Company that went out of business,
instead of the Ebbert Seed Company
The Go in-Ebbert Seed Company has
never In any way been connect
ed with the Ebbert Seed Company.
but on the contrary was rival
concern. organized by a former mem.
ber of the Ebbert Seed Company.
The Ebbert Seed Company claims
to be the strongest seed house in
the Arkansas Valley. and does not
owe a dollar.
II. r. Church. Of Remington. Ind.
formerly OF the civil engineering de-
partment of the Santa Fee at this
point. arrived In La Junta Thursday
morning for a brief visit with d.
time friends. Mr.. Church left La
Junta nearly four years ago. and
after being with the Rock Island tor
a time went to his old home In Rem
ington. Ind. where he has been en-
gagged in the banking business. The
bank with which he was connected
was sold recently. and Mr.. Church Is
making tour Of the west with
view to locating in some promising
community Mr.. Church left last
night on No. 3 for Los Angeles, Calf.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Church
and the young son and heir OF the
family. who arrived on the same
train from Topeka. Kan. where they
have been visiting friends.
We are in receipt OF request
from the State Historical and Nat
urai History Society. OF Denver.for
-four copies of your special edition
Of Saturday, January 16, 1909. We
wish two copies TO be used for clip
ping purposes and the other two to be
filed away in our historical li-rary in
the state house ready for reference.
This particular issue was not spec
ial edition, but just pain. ordinary
sixteen page edition that was neces-
sary to accommodate superabund-
ance of advertising. Our advertisers
will get the benefit from now until
the end of time, as this issue will be
filed away in the archives OF the his
torical library, and future genera
tions will know who were the live
wires in La Junta in this day ind
age. This issue also contained
half tone cut of the ex-vil age po-
liceman, and II may be that the his
torical society desires to preserve the
paper in honor of distinguished
character OF this community. SO tha:
future generations may know what
he looked like when he lived and
had his being on this mundane sphere
According to the Denver dai.ies a
bill fathered by Senator Cassidy has
been introduced in the senate provid-
ing for the division Of Otero county
The bill defines the boundaries Of
the proposed Grant county and names
Ordway as the county seat. The pro-
posed county is to be cne OF tae