La Junta tribune., 1910-08-27
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puNtihB u coiu storage plant In Esuule-
man hall for their own use.
Even Swink now wants an opera
house so that I, will have chance
10 become the mecca OF Otero coun.
ty thsatricals."
Ordway is to have an automobile
garage 25xs0 feet In dimensions
Chcraw Is also hankering for one
and cvon Swink.
Rocky Ford's chamler of com.
merce wants an insane asylum for
that town. This Is the first news
given out that so many buggy people
resided in the melon metropolis.
The Holly Sugar Company has
hired couple OF teams 10 fill up
ihe low places In the road between
Swink and La Junta. They could not
walt for the county commissioners to
get busy.
Al tho last meeting of the city
couacil in Rocky Ford two resigna.
tions were handed in-Fire Chief Fred
karpe being one end AldermGa Coff.
man the other Both expect to leave
town In the near future
For the second time In its his.
tory Lamar has company Of ma
tional guards-mustered In last week
fnrtY-fhran 49, H..
GERS OF the company have had reg.
ular army experience and begins
under favorable auspices.
Charles Howland. who Is renting
the Stricklctt place on the south slope
OF BogEs Flats. near Pueblo. claims
TO have corn that will make forty
bushels TO the acre. and grown with
oit irrigation. Samples OF the corn
viii be seen at the State Fair In
September.
J, l.. ncaman. of Pueblo. who has
been chosen president OF the State
Fair Association 10 succeed II l..
Higgins. resigned. The $1,000 de
mauded Ly the board of fair dlrec-
tors troil the public is all subscrlb-
ed and the wheels OF progress for the
fair arr turning round once more.
government fish car passed
through Rocky Ford recently and left
a consignment OF 5000 catfish for
Senator Swink and 5000 black bass
for George W. Lewis The consign.
ments we're safely landed at the
Swink and Lewis reservoirs. where
fishing will be good before long.
Rocky Ford is gloating over the
fact that THE Third Degree" Is
booked for an early appearance In
that burg and In ila1,ng headlines
announces the fact with La Junta
once mecca OF county thcatricals. now
Rocky Ford IL It" 60 1t. boys. while
you have got the chance. II won't
b. long
Charles II. Winner. OF Colorado
Springs, on last Friday closed deal
with \. W. shelton which In land
and residence property amounted TO
10000. In the exchange was includ.
cd the $4,000 shelton property In
Colorado Springs and a $50 acre
tract under the swink reservoir sys-
TEN. which will be very valuable
section some day.-Rocky Ford I'm.
tcrprisc
Governor W. K Stubs. OF Topeka,
Kan. who owns large tract of land
north OF the river. and +. G. Stan.
ard, of Ottawa. Kan. who has large
orchard interests here. drove In from
La Junta In their auto Monday Find.
Ing the approach to the river bridge
washed away. the governor was un-
ablc To reach hs ranch and. after
spending a few hours In town. con.
tlnucd his course to Colorado Springs
aud Dcnyer.-Mahsanola sun.
Tho Santa Re people are quoted
as saying that the motor car ordered
Tor the Arkansas valley branch had
bocn transferred to another part OF
tho road. and that Il would be some
time before another could be secured.
Well. that's nice. Wonder II there
is another piece OF country that Is
more In need Of motor car Scryicof
But anyway. they couldn't put II on
until Rocky ford's contention to he
on the line OF march u dlspoScd OF
You remcmbcr shcrman's definition
OF war.-Swlnk Advocate.
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