La Junta tribune., 1909-06-12
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A. Nlcholes commenced cutting al
laiia-an early bird.
A fine safe was installed in the
oHke OF the county judge.
The beautiful stained glass win
dows of the new Episcopal church
arrived.
NJ. H Dooley succeeded S. S. Nor
ris as chief dispatcher for the Santa
Fe al this point.
Frank Brown. OF Florence, Colo,
succeeded T. w. Gurney as manager
OF the Harvey House.
Two thousand dozen eggs and 5000
pounds of butter were shipped into
La Junta every month
The Tribune was boosting for a
creamery and a FIGURING mill, and
both were landed later on.
Los in Lofland addition were sell.
Ing at $40 to $l5 per lot. Nothing
doing In that line these days.
Only a small percentage of the
trees planted on Trinidad plaza on
Arbor Day survived the ordeal.
A steady. soaking rain fell last
SATURDAY night and Sunday. Strange.
isn't il, how history repeats itself?
Frank E. Foley, county clerk, and
Miss L. NJ. Grobecker, OF Lamar. were
married In the latter place June ?,
1889.
Several surveyors and their assist
ants left La Junta to engage in the
work OF surveying the route of the
Bob Creek ditch.
4 Lamar Sparks: La Junta claims
the best equipped kindergarten school
In the state, the gift OF Philanthropy
list Woodruff, of Boston"
The Fourth OF July committee
raised 1925 to celebrate with. A
big barbecue and free dinner were to
be the featm IS OF the cele, ration.
| Otero county strawberries were
used in making the short cake for
q church social. The new county of
Otero was evidently making great
progress.
A considerable fund was raised by
property owners on Colorado avenue
to repair the big washout on that
street Colorado avenue has ceased
to have the washout haiti.
Lamar Register: "The la Junts
Tribpe was nine years old last week
II has good support and is one OF
the enterprises that will stay with
that town" The Register was q
good prophet.
The Fourth Of July committee
chartered two coaches to furnish q
free ride to people living in the
western part Of Otero county to cele.
brate the Fourth Of July In La Jun.
Ia. Enterprising committee.
one farmer had q patch OF oats
twenty inches high. grown without
irrigation There is some more Of
the same kind, grown under the
same conditions. In the Garden OF
Eden. east Of town. this year OF
grace.
The city council met and adjourn.
ed without transscting any business
In order to attend q mass meeting
At the opera house TO discuss the sub
jeot Of celebrating the Fourth Of
July The city council Of twenty
years ago was long on patriotism.
La Junta raised . relief fund Of
Sl32se for the benefit Of the suf.
ferers Of the Johnstown flood. The
donatioas ranged from 10 cents "a
s.. A complete list OF the donors
was published In the Tribune. which
includes most Of the old.timers now
resident In La Junta.
The Tribune prophesied that 1T Il
, no, unlikely that Coolrado will. Ia
time. become noted - . famous
sugar.peoducins state. Irritation will
, render the growing Of cane and sugar
beets Q sure and profitable pursuit
and tAs Yield per acre Of these pro
ducts can be made TO double and
treble hat Of non.irrigable districts. y
As . prophet. the Tribune was moi
without honor-twenty years later.