La Junta tribune., 1910-07-23
UP4eDOwN
THE
WILDLY


alfalfa meal mil u offering 50. 30 per
ton for first-claxs hay delivered.
One grower near Manzanola has
already marketed s. 900 worth Of
cherries from his orchard this sea
son.
Bent county has sos acres Tn can
taloupes this year and the yield prom
tses 10 be as great as In any previous
season.
Over at Wiley. notwithstanding the
hot weather. the skating rink craze
Is still on in all its glory. Wheels
at both ends over at Wiley.
II is reported that Heron Bros.
bankers and capitalists OF Texas. are
aoout TO establish third bank at
Las Animas. Local capital will also
BE- Interested
Fifty women and girls are employ
ed In the canning factory at Rocky
Ford pitting cherries. The record
for one day recently was 1900 pounds
Of cherries, pitted and preserved.
Down a, Las Animas ]. J. Cooper
Is having a 500 acre wheat crop
threshed 1t b yielding fifty bush
els TO the acre and averaging sixty.
two and one-hals pounds to the bush
ei
Cheraw makes the claim OF having
received iIs carloads of cattle this
season The largest shipment thirty
two carloads containing 1850 head.
was received one day this week.
They were for Bohart 4 Pauls, and
viii be pas,ured near TimLer lake.
over at Cheraw J. NJ. Brunk has
Just threshed twenty acres OF wheat
that averaged thirty bushels, and II.
l. Wadieigh twenty-five acres tha,
averaged $50 bushels Another rec
ord is that OF K r. Morris. dry
farmer. who threshed 500 bushels
from fifty acres.
Bids for building new $1,000
school house at Cheraw were recent
ly opened. at which time II was dis
covered that the plans for the build
ing. the amount of money available
aud the amount OF the bid do not fit
very we'll The plans Nill be worked
over and neH bids advertised for.
DIR. d D Wright. L. 5. y. for
three years Ia charge of the Unit
ed States Naval Sanitarium at Fort
Lyon. near Las Animas. has been
transferred for service to the first.
class battleship Nebraskn. over
81 1000 has been expended at Fort
Lyon for buildings. improvements. etc
since Dr. Wright took charge there.
The school census shows pop
uiation In otero county OF 5.ss,. In
Prowers county the school popuia-
tion Is ..7s3. and In Bent county
.eoi. Hlnsdale county. with i2s
children OF school age. has the small.
est school population In the state.
The school population OF the state
is 22i .ss3. an Increase over last year
OF s.iti.
Over al Hartman they are bragg.
ing about the heaviest yield OF wheat
yet reported this season. OF Of six
acres T. W Robson threshed 40
bushels. an average Of nearly eighty
bushels per acre. That's going som.
although Rocky Ford has not lecn
heard from as yet. They will prob
ably want this wheat labeled as the
product OF land Just like they have
around Rocky Ford anyway.
A recent issue Of the MAnLAnoia Sun
complains because the big dAiiies OF
The stat. printed specials from Rocky
Ford proelAming to the world the
great yield OF alfalfa seed harvested
by J, NJ. Palmer. OF Patterson Hoi.
low. The dispatches called Mr. Pal.
mer Rocky Ford farmer. when In
fact h. lives nearer Manxanola than
ne does TO Rocky Ford. That's a
Way they have In the melon mctrop-
oils You are not supposed to make
a fuss over any OF the products OF
agriculture In otoro county unless
they are emblaEoncd with a Rocky
label. None are genuine or worth
while without.