La Junta tribune., 1909-03-13
ve AND DOWN the VALLEY.

No. Eight will be held In Las AMI
mas May 2ith 10 June 4th.
About twenty 'of Rocky Ford's
young men have organized club to
support gymnasium in that burg.
Ordway has appointed committee
To inaugurate municipal house
cleaning expedition, and war has been
declared against unkcmpt backyards
and alleys.
There are al kinds of Improve
ments under way on the north side
new ditches. new steel headgates,
new roads and bridges, and every
thing that goes to make an up.to-date
irrigated farming district.-Sugar City
Gazette.
archaeological tests made by Or.
HilI. state chemist. OF water taken
Rocky Ford showed that twelve of
them contained typhoid germs. The
board OF health OF that place, in con
sequence, is getting busy.
Col. T. ]. Hester returned Monday
from Denver, where he has been doing
some strenuous work In opposition to
the Otero county division proposition
which is up TO the Legislature. The
Colonel is very much ''fernins,' and
proves his faith by his works.-Sugar
City Gazette.
The Grant county baseball team"
comprised of players from Ordway oil
ney and Sugar City, will be an as
pirant for the championship OF 1909.
Over on the north side they think
that such team would stand good
show OF beating the fast teams OF
Rocky Ford and La Junta-
In Rocky Ford an innovation has
been inaugurated by the ladies of the
Methodist church. All ladies are
requested TO remove their hats during
services, and there are very few who
do not comply. How many OF the
dear ladies will attend the Method
list church in Rocky Ford In Easter
Sunday? Guess again.
The water committee reported nd
versely on the proposed Horse Creek
water supply, 1t having beeen deter
mined by chemical analysis that the
water Is unfit for domestic use. 1t
is understood that the plan has been
abandoned. An effort will be made
to secure the rights OF Col. Jack
Faw and then push that proposition
to completion.-Sugar City Gazette.
The Rocky Ford Gazette. which re-
tired from the journalistic arena OF
Otero county about the first of the
year. has been rejuvenated by John
b. Lacy and F. A. Disbrow, and came
out last week under the title OF the
Rocky Ford Gazette and Topic. II
is strong on editorial with pointers
on how to run the governmeent-city,
state and national. The Gazette
will be strictly farmers journal,
"hclping them In their efforts for
advancement, and upholding their
interests"
It is greatly to the credit OF the
people OF Lamar that the attempts
OF outside paid agitators-the walk
ing delegates OF the organizations
whose motto Is, Let us nave
trouble, have not been successful
in their efforts TO get the voters by
the ears over the saloon question
again this year. The matter was
thoroughly threshed out last spring.
and the decision of the voters set
tied the matter for two years under
the provisions of the local option
law.-Lamar Sparks.
Reports from Canon City and Flor
ence indicate that the farmers in the
western part of the Arkansas Val
ley are very anxious to grow sugar
beets this season. A large number
OF inquiries are being daily receiv-
ed by the American Beet Sugar
have already been signed by the
farmers In the section stated. and
the probabilities are that an agricui-
t,rist will be sent from here to over
see the planting and culture of the
crop.-Rocky Ford Enterprise.
w. X. Winterha'ter's lecture on
sugar beet culture was treat to The
large audience which assembled at
the opera house on Saturday after
noon to hear 1t. MIR. Winterhaltsr
gave the results of his observations
of the industry at It's birthplace In
Germany and France, and told of The