La Junta tribune., 1909-02-27
UP AND DOWN THE VALLEY

4 H ID. Garwood has employed J.
NJ Shaulls TO manage his new seed
store IN Rocky Ford until fall.
( The voters of Las Animas at the
election in April will vote on ;he
question OF saloons or no saloons.
I There is movement on foot
among Rocky Ford sports to have
race meet in that burg some time in
June
\ recent statement OF Manzanola
bank shows more money on deposit
I In 1909 than year ago. That's abont
the best record in the valley.
\ ~ recent issue OF $4,000 worth OF
I six per cent. bonds for the purpose
Of developing and improving Mama
nola's artesian water supply was sold
at 100 cents on the dollar
Senator Guggenheim has introduced
in the senate an amendment 70 the
naval appropriation bill providing
$4,000 to build a first-ciass road
from Las Animas to the Fort Lyon
Naval Sanitarium. The road will
probably be built within year.
A railroad Inspector was In Wiley
distance between the depot and The
postoffice. and the Journal enterlains
the suspicion that a mail service
will In the near future be estab
l-l. 81. ALL Wall III
road.
An important farm sale was made
few days ago in which p. s. Jones
sold TO J. b. Dean his big farm a
short distance north Of Las Animas-
The farm contains 220 acres and
100 head OF horses and the price
paid was sl4 4o00.-Bent County Dem
ocrat.
G. NJ. Hall, receiver of the de-
funct State Bank of Rocky Ford. un-
der date OF February 5. 1903. re-
ports collections during his admin
istration OF sl73. 3.6s9.53. which amount
includes $5.3ss-O7 on hand At the
time of the suspension OF the bank.
The liabilities of the bank total
1923 ,02l93 The assets are divid-
ed as follows: Good. $l36.75s.51;
doubtful. $263, 1899; worthless, s22.-
403.91.
This school district may yet be
relieved OF the necessity OF paying
taxes to help keep up the high school
IL. -. Gel
clause in the school law which may
be Interpreted as meaning thAt this
district is exempt from such tax,
and steps may be taken 10 test It.
Why the matter has been overlook
ed this long is not clear. as the
provision was adopted by the legis
lature of two years ago.-Rocky Ford
Tribune.
Although it is a little more than
two months until the time for .he
planting of sugar beets, the farmers
in the vicinity II Holly are already
actively engaged in the preparation
OF their soil for planting when the
date of April 25th rolls around More
contracts are being reported every
day and all are confident that This
will be the banner year for sugar
beets in the history Of the entire
Valley. 1t is now believed that the
total amount OF contracts will reach |
considerably over the amount OF t0.-
900 acres. estimated a few weeks |
81, snI far ~
son.
The Bent County Democrat, in an
account of the wreck OF No near
Las Animas two weeks ago, says: "Inl
right leg crushed and the other one
broken in three places. and was held
down by heavy timbers and not re-
leased until several hours after the
accident He was taken to the poor
farm. where the right leg was ampu-
tated. A heartless thing in connec-
ton with the accident was that the
dispatcher ordered the men to let
the tramp" as he termed him. re
main under the cars until the track
was cleared. He remained there
nine hours. suffering in the cold
storm. 1t required but fifteen min
utes TO remove him.
Arthur S. Beymer. OF Rocky Ford.
was in Wiley Thursday. He was
here in the interest of the new town
Of Hasty. thirteen miles west on the
Arkansas Valley railroad He ba. !
plan of starting a town there ny
selling residence lots. each purchaser
given the right to draw business