La Junta tribune., 1909-02-13
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An exchange offers this explanation
for Its loss Of the county printing:
"Our stand In with the new demo-
cratic regime is distinctly punk. We
stand just about as much show be-
fore q Democratic board of commits
sioners as dog with tallow legs
chasing an asbestos cat through
hell" Same here. brother: same
here
H. d. Garwood went to Rocky Ford
last Monday morning. and during the
day closed up a contract for the
purchase of the Gobin-Ebbert Seed
House. Mr.. Garwood expects to
leave next Monday morning for
Brownsville. Texas. where he will
be located for some time looking
after the interests of H. d. Wood.
the well-known cantaloupe commits
sion man of Chicago. During the
month of May he will go to California
to look after cantaloupe shipments
from that state for the same firm.
and in August will be located at
Rocky Ford, when the cantaloupe
season opens In the Arkansas Val
ley. After the cantaloupe season
closes Mr.. Garwood intends to locate
permanently in Rocky Ford and en-
gage In the seed business.
Tomorrow Is st. Valentines day.
all in the morning betime! And
a maid in your window, to be your
Valentine" as Bill says, in Hamlet.
According to the legend, st. Val
entine was beheaded on February
14th at Rome. The old notion was
that birds began to couple on that
day. and hence arose the custom
Of young persons of both sexes choos-
ing each other as valentines for the
ensuing year by q species Of lot
terry, and of sending love messages
to each other. Postal returns indi-
cate that the practice OF sending
valentines is diminishing year by
year, one large office showing .
decrease from 10000 to less than
50. 900 in five years. The sending OF
valentines is a harmless folly. which
is dying out.
The next regular monthly dinner
OF the La Junta Industrial Associa.
tion will take place at the Sherman
House, Thursday evening, February
18th, at S:15 O'Clock. Every busi-
ness man in La Junta should make 1t
. point to be present at this din
ner. The after-dinner talks. In which
they learn of what has been done and
what 1t is proposed to do to advance
the material interests of this city.
will prove source Of inspiration
to each one of them. These dinners
have already developed a spirit Of
fraternity and goodwill among the
business men and there is substantial
evidence that the boosting virus In
jected at these monthly affairs has
commenced to work and in time
cannot fail to produce results. Do
not fail to be present at the month
ly dinner next Thursday evening.
C. L. Seeley was q Pueblo visit
or last Monday for the purpose Of at
tending a meeting Of the creditors Of
the Kansas-C Colorado Railroad Com
pany. It appears that A B. Hulitt.
financial agent and promoter Of the
interurtan and transmission line from
The mountain fastnesses adjacent to
Canon City OF the desert wilds
around Garden City. Kan. has failed
to make good, and At present time
u in such serious financial distress
that even the people who have been
giving banquets in his honor and CIV
ing their moral support" to the
building Of . network Of interurban
lines all over the Arkansas Valley,
hsve lost faith in his scheme. Mr..
Seeley however. Il still confident that
the road win be built eventually. Ar.
Hulit, Who has been the moving
iplrit in the enterprise ever since It
vas inaugurated, has been eliminat-
Z, and aIthough he = now ID st.
E6nis sndeavorins to raise funds to