La Junta tribune., 1910-03-19
UPSpDOWN
THE
VALLEY


Sugar City last Saturday. Early birds
over there.
George Cunning. Of Las Animas.
was In Denver last week attending
a Soda Fountain Convention.
Fowler will soon have an electric
light plant. Last week the city
council passed an electric light fran.
chise on first reading.
DIR. Dulin, of Las Animas, recently
sold his Adobe Creek ranch, contain
Ing $50 acres, including the Adobe
Valley ditch. to the Anderson Broth
ers, for the sum of $4,000.
Last Saturday the Baca county
court house at Springfield. fifty miles
south of Lamar. was burned. All
the county records were destroyed
and the fire is thought TO have been
OF incendiary origin.
Some of the office furniture for the
offices of the Denver and Gulf rail
road. at Lamar, was received last
Monday and moved into the offices
In the United States land office build.
ing recently vacated by Bell a White.
Last Friday the town of Hartman.
on the alfalfa branch OF the Santa
Fe. voted TO incorporate or not to
incorporate. Fifty-eight votes We're
cast-twenty-three in favor of incor-
poration and twenty-five against. A
mayor and six councilmen will be
elected next
Bent county is $1,000 to the good
on account of the Santa Fe Railroad
having just paid the balance of their
taxes for the year 1905. amounting
to nearly s. 600, according to the de-
cree of the United States Court The
case has been before the courts near
ly four years
Dr. and Mrs. G. +. Van Der Schouw
leave this morning for La Junta. and
after spending the day there will go
to Chicago on No. 10 this evening.
In the Windy City on the shores of
four weeks post graduate at Poly
clinic College Mr.. and Mrs. Van Der
Schouw will be absent about five
weeks.-Fowler Tribune.
During the month OF February So
600 acre feet Of water flowed down
the Arkansas river and went to waste
beyond Dodge City-enough TO have
wet down 100000 acres of Ford
county land capable OF producing
1000. 900 bushels OF wheat worth 81
per bushel Dodge City newspapers
are mourning over what might have
been.
W. A. Colt. OF Las Animas. was In
Denver Wednesday In conference witt
the state land board relative to the
disposal Of about $1,000 acres of land
In Otero and adjoining counties. II
is his aim TO irrigate the tract and
then have the land board sell It at
auction. The board heard the propo.
sition and will announce a decision
later.
j. ID. Schuyler, consulting en-
gineer OF Los Angeles. Calf. was
inspecting the Fort Lyon canal and
to make a report on the property to
the parties who contemplate buying
the bonds OF the company Mr.
Schuyler pronounced the system one
OF the best In the whole country
Lamar Sparks.
Last Saturday there was an unus-
ually large attendance at the conven.
tion Of the Anti-Saloon party In
Lamar. c. NJ. Lee. local capitalist.
was nominated for mayor. and Vim.
Smith. ID. A. Everett and Dan Carl.
trustees. Indications are that the
town will go dry" and that the "wct"
element Will not even attempt to put
ticket In the field.
Three million dollars In bonds for
the great De weesc irrigation pro.
ject have been issued. according to
an instrument filed In county court
In Pueblo last Saturday In which the
American Trust Savings Bank. Of Chi.
cage, and Frank II. Jones were named
~ trustees. The issue Ii OF six per
cent gold first mortgage bonds. In de.
nominations Of 500. $500 and 1000.
70 run twenty years from date OF Is.
sue. The bonds were undcrwrittcn
In Chicago.
Lamb prices took another upward