La Junta tribune., 1909-12-04
Up and Down the Valley

City gave a dance in Dodge City one
night last week.
Notwithstanding the fact that Ord.
way is dry town, the town reser-
voir got fun last Sunday night and
the town marshal is responsible for
it,
The light company is pushing the
work on the juice line from Ordway
to Sugar City They expect to be
ready to turn on the lights in few
weeks
DR.. Ashby. of Caddoa, was fined
500 and costs Monday by Judge Shoe
maker in the county court for dis
pensiuE liquor without license
Las Auimas Leader
The Mcdowell Construction Com.
pany shipped fifty men down to their
camps ou the Two Buttes project last
week. Mr., Mcdowell reports that six
miles of the main canal is completed
and that an extra large force Of men
are al work
The I.l is on sure enough In Rocky
Ford these days-especially the sun
day lid Not a single store is per
mitted 10 remain open in Rocky Ford
on Sunday and the sale of any ar
ticle Is not tolerated under any cir.
Gums tauCos.
A Boys Club" is the latest inno-
walton at Las Animas The Las An.
imas Institution is for the purpose
OF supplying a down town library and
rest room for the youngsters Wien
the Boys Club in La Junta is com
pleted the youngsters will have some
thing that will make them envied all
over the state.
After a delay of several weeks.
work has been started installing the
new telephone system of the Colo
rado Telephone Company at Florence.
AT the present time twenty
J five men are employed in the con
| structiou work which will be on here
} for the next three months. The new
Improvements will entail an expense
of about 10000
The meter system for measuring
water iu Rocky Ford is doomed. that
is. II The city council holds to its in.
tention as expressed at recent
meeting After having been in use
only about Two years. the expensive
system which cost that city thous-
ands OF dollars to install. viii le con
signed f1 the junk pile as soon as an
Amendment can be adopted. resorting
to the lat rate.
/ DR.. aud Mrs. W. ID. Purse on Fri
day lasl moved back from Lamar.
and se again making their home In
this city. The Doe" It appears, is
bound to have big irrigation project
under way, as he has just recently
broken loose from the Two Buttes lrri.
gatlou and Reservoir Company which
he Organized. and he is now promot-
Ing new irrigation system about
twelve miles southeast OF Fowler,
where he has purchased some $4,000
acres OF land formerly held by the
Mustang Land and Canal Company
Rocky Ford Enterprise.
The biggest irrigation project ever
launched In this section OF the west
In fact In the entire country-is
well under way. The company will
be known as The Canon City. Flor.
encc and Pueblo Water Company.
: and Il viii have lond issue OF ten
millions. OF which four.fifths Is al.
ready subscribed. In short, the pro.
jeci provides for the reclamation OF
300 900 acres OF land lying between
4 Canon City and Pueblo. on both sides
. OF the river. and all this land win be
, brought under irrigation. The work
Is aimed-yast as II is-,o be com.
pleted by the first Of May. 1911. II
; will irhgatc both sides OF the Arkan.
sas river and will come within four
/. miles Of Pueblo onihe north side OF
miles II Pueblo on the north side II
will irhgatc what Is known ms Boggs
Flats