La Junta tribune., 1909-10-02
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A large amount OF building mater.
s ial was being sold In La Junta for
Arlington Springs, over on the Mis-
souri, Pacific
X. {. Herrick. the new editor OF
the Rocky Ford Enterprise, was In
town taking notes at the republican
county convention.
r. a. Steen and ]. ". Manley with
their families, left for Washington. d.
c.. to attend the ,riennial conclaye OF
the knights Templar.
K. W. Patterson returned from a
visit to Illinois. History repeats Il.
self. He is In Illinois at the present
time. but hasn't returned yet
Ed Marshall, OF Coolidge. was IN
town and made the declaration that
he would rather live In La Juuta
than any place he knows. He moved
later.
Patriotic La Junta women boycot-
ted Rocky Ford peddlers, with vege-
Ia les to sell. unless they declared
themselves in favor of La Junta FOR
the county seat
La Junta voted solid at the repub-
lican county convention and the Tri-
bune prophesied that they would do
the same thing at the county seat
election. They did
Rocky Ford was credited with hay-
ing raised $4,000 to be used In the
county seat fight. The Tribune did
not say anything about how much
had been raised in La Junta.
c. W Swink claimed to have twen-
~ men In La Junta working for
Rocky Ford for the county seat. The
Tribune admitted that there were
three who were acting as spies
New fire limits were established
in la Junta which included all the
territory from Belleview to Cimar-
ron avenues. from First to Second
s,reets-most OF the town at that
time.
Railroad employees had nearly pyr-
fected plans FOR starting cooper
atiyc general merchandise store EH
IDENTIFY high prices prevailed in La
Iunta twenty years ago just as lhey
DO now.
\ great many farmers became con.
ycrts To La luuta for county seat
on account Of It's being the best mar.
ket in the county. Same condition
prevails today, but is La Junta offer
ing any other inducementr
The most important business trans
acted at the city council meeting was
the leyying OF tax OF five mills upoo
city property for general purposes
the first tax levy La Junta haI ever
known. Heretofore the revenue from
saloon licenses had sufficed 90 cover
the running expenses of the own.
"A certain citizen OF Rocky Ford.
prominent In public affairs, !. likely
TO have quarters assigned him At the
Hotel Dc Canon. unless he is yHfreme-
ly careful. SAYS the Tribune wenty
years ago We wonder II this could
have teen John T. Goddiur1 He
was very prominent In the county
seat fight twenty years agu
One Of the side lights q the
county seat fight vas the fact
that three deeds TO lots ia Rocky
Ford were being made out .a fayer
of men working at the round house
In La Junta, None OF The parties
had purchased the property nd an
nouneed that they had no drsire to
get rich on Rocky Ford real estate.
The deeds were returned
The first republican county ronyen.
ton ever held tn otero county was
called to order by r. W Patterson.
county chairman. Tuesday. ogf1ber l,
1883. DIR. Frank finney was elected
temporary chairman. and n II. I'm
capher, secretary. There were ten
delegates from La Jun,a. five from
Rocky Ford. one from Oxford and
one from Catlin-s.yen,ccu in all
The ticket named MAS ~ folows: For
county Judge. Z. Alyord: county clerk
c. A. Beerbohm. treasurer. A l.. kei.
Iog. sheriff. Geo. Morris. assessor, c.
\. Allen. surveyor. W. y Randall:
superintendent of schools. c. w. Fen
lason. coroner. Geo. c. Taylor. coun-
~ commissioners. James McNeen. e.
H. Capron. H. NJ. rosdick The big
fiSht Was over the nomination Of
county commissioner from the second
dhtrsef. Z. H. Capron defeating G..
w. svink. The Tribune charged the
latter With "dishonorable sehsmss"
l relative tn the counfx ..., ,A.