La Junta tribune., 1910-03-26
UPHpDOWN
THE
VALLEY

pany is preparing 1880 acres for the
cultivation of sugar beets.
On March 3lst the Methodist
church of Lamar will dedicate a new
pipe organ. 1t was just recently in
stalled at cost of $4,000.
Sugar City and ordway are in the
throes OF a wet and dry fight which
will be pulled off early in April. Both
towns have been dry for two years.
One day last week all save two Of
the men who have held the office Of
clerk and recorder of Prowers county
happened to drift into Lamar and
held an impromptu reunion. There
were five in the bunch.
Father Basuen conducted services
in the new Catholic church, at Holly.
last Sunday. although the building is
yet uncompleted. The edifice is a
handsome pressed brick affair, and
viii cost when completed $4,000.
Twenty years ago today John Hard
Ing, OF the White House. arrived in
Denver He has been arriving ever
since. and has not reached his final
destination yet. as improvements are
contemplated at his place of busi-
ness until the end of time.
Swlnk will have two tickets In the
field for the city election spasm-
the Citizens and the Peoples. w.
NJ Kintner is the Citizens candidate
for mayor and George Richie the
Peoples. The Trustees are the
same on both tickets-Two years
Geo. E. Glysson, Henry Blaise and G.
w. Seward; one year. William Hart
man.
II. Woods & Co. of Chicago. will
ship melons from Swink this season
. They have contracted to advance the
growers at time OF leading. as fol
lows: During the month of August
65 cents each on standard crates, "a
cents on ponies and % cents on Bur.
rell gems. During September. 4C
cents on standards and 90 cents on
Burrell gems.
w. F. McCue, president OF the Min
nequa Lumber Company. last Satur
day closed a deal for square block
of ground In Holly for the erection
af ~ h. flnnss h..r arAe nd
offices in the valley. The office will
be OF pressed brick. similar to the
} one owned by the Minnequa Com
pany at La Junta. and no expense
~ill be spared to make the Holly Of
flee the best In this section.
A map OF pipe line which Is to bs
thirtyse,en miles long. which Is to
convey water TO be used by the city
OF Rocky Ford. and which will be
built at a cost Of $3.50. 900. was filed
with the county clerk OF Pueblo coun
~ Thursday Of last week. says tn,
Pueblo Chieftain, and was signed b,
the mayor OF Rocky Ford. II. Var
Buskirk, and the city clerk, Georg,
f. Preble.-Rocky Ford Gazette.
Dayton IL the name OF a townsit,
that has Just been plated one mil,
west Of the Boston Farm. near Ord
way. over one half OF the $50 lot,
have already been sold. and they arr
already talking OF an alfalfa mea
mill. a canning factory. sugar fac
tory and a $4,000 hotel. Ohio peo
pie have recently purchased 1896. 900
worth Of land west and south OF tn,
Boston Farm. and the new town b
named after Dayton. Ohio.
Manzanoia will again celebrate tn,
glorious Fourth. and again open IL
magnificent natural park and lake fol
the pleasure and benefit Of the pub
ltc. There is no place In Otero coun
~ to be compared with Riverside
park. with It's large and beautiful
lake. for a comfortable and cnjoyabl.
outing and = Fourth OF July picnic
Work will begin with settled wealth
&C and all features perfected that
owing To the immense amount Of
work and the short time to do IT,
could not be reached last ycar.-sun
James D. Schuyler. OF Los Angeles
Calf. . famous hydraulic engineer
and irrigation expert. advises ths
Arkansas Valley Ditch Association to
take Immediate steps To combine and
acquire and build the main cansl OF
Colts project to utilize Lake Mere
dith ~ . storage reservoir. He Il
convinced. after thorough invcstiga