La Junta tribune., 1909-06-26


this plan ~ abandoned. TIE build
Ing Win " torn Gown At once aud
the material win b cold, unleas
some one wants to buy It - It is.
Dr. Finney WI use some Of the ma
terial In building . house ON his
ranch In the Garden Of Eden. six
Eiles east oe tnyp.
A prominent Santa Fe official,
whose name We promised not to men
ton, recently made the asservation
that La Junts would grow more in
the next two years than It has In
the last ten. He Is probably bas-
ing his representation on some plans
OF the Santa Fe. concerning which
the general public knows nothing.
and will NOT be advised until the
railroad 10 in the midst Of pulling
the stunt off, whatever 1t is. Rail-
roads never confide In the public
as TO what they are going to do.
Don't for 4 minute lose faith In La
Junfa. or refuse to believe that II
Is not only destined to be the big
gest and best town in the Arkansas
Valley, but eventually the CONNER
ciai and financial clearing house Of
Southeastern Colorado.
Railway postal clerks between this
city and Albuquerque are looked up
on with envOus eyes these days. and
some are inclined to think that they
have greater snap than those who
are known to fame as plutocrats. Dur
ing a month Of thirty days they work
twelve days and rest eighteen, and
some Of them are mean enough to
insinuate that they are not yet In a
class with an editor on the rest
stunt Postal clerks on the south
end now leave La Junta on No. 3
at ll:25 4. m. and reach albuquerque
at 1880 p. m. They leave Albu-
Querque the next morning at $3.50, an
arrive In La Junta at 10 o'clock the
same evening. During the next three
lays they rest up. here at home. One
Of the clerks. however. works the
other way. During the three days he
Is here at home he leads the siren
uous life on his farm In North La Jun.
Tn ua.kn No. l. a
for two days he rests up. How would
you like to be postal clerk-in-
stead of the iceman.
The ex-village policeman was very
much interested In the outcome Of
the project OF the Breckinridge Basin
OIL Company. Our distinguished local
peace officer owns q dry farm some
where on the north side Of the river.
and In some way he became possessed
Of the idea that the oil well was 10.
Gated ON his property. He has been
making all kinds OF dickers with the
directors OF the company - to the
amount OF royalty he was to receive
from the outpvt Of the well. When
the oil well turned out to be . dry
hole. the ex.viilase policeman was
not phased In the least. Since the
failure 70 strike oil. the ex.villaEe
cop has been making = strenuous ef.
fort to sell the oil well for post
holes. He thinks there are enough
post holes In the oil we'll to fence
at least . full section Of land. and
announces that he Wili receive bids
In the dungeon OF the Otero county
bastile up to the noon hour on the
Fourth Of July. First come. first
incarcerated.
Stockholders Of the Breckinrtdge
Bssia OH Conpany held . nsstias 10
tAis city lass Aso1sy asrning tor
the Durposs ol csas1derins the sdvis-
ability u psstias dovs . ssces1 hole
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