La Junta tribune., 1910-10-15

ans.
II. Il. Heap Big Dye, OF Man
zanola. chief mogul OF the Beatty her'
camille Company. says he has more
apples this year than press repre-
sentative has nerve. A section OF
his orchard west of Manzanola Will
yield this year apples OF market
value OF 81 900 per acre.
Mr.. and Mrs Dodge Hale left Rocky
Ford, where they lived for twenty.
eight years, for their future home In
Los Angeles last Tuesday. Mr.. Hale
has associated himself with the Mar
stin L. Martin Commission Company.
large commission house In the Cal
ifornia city. For the past ten years
he has been field manager for the
II. Woods Commission Company. Of
Chicago. handling that firms exten-
siye shipments of cantaloupes from
California and the Arkansas Valley.
In response TO many requests from
the citizens OF the Arkansas valley
the Pueblo Chieftain has undertaken
the organization OF a fund to provide
memorial In memory Of that noble
pioneer. George Washington Swink.
Committees have been orLanized in
each of the towns OF the Arkansas
Valley. and subscriptions can be de
posted to the credit OF the "Swlnk
Memorial Fund" In any OF the banks
OF the Arkansas Valley. Prior 10
the closing Of the fund board OF
trustees will b. formed. consisting
OF one member from each Of the
towns participating. aud these gen,
tlcm.n will decide the form In which
the memorial will be No amount too
large or too small The committee
named for the Chiefiain In La Junta
b composed Of X Phillips. James Nc.
Ne"n. G A Kilgore, Il. A. Steen and
Mrs ". A Hart
Mr aud Mrs r F. Turley arrived
last Tuesday from Garfield. Wash.
where they have been visiting their
sons sam and Frank Turlcy. during
the past three months MIR Turlcy
has been viewing the landscape o'er
IN Utah. Idaho. Oregon. Washington
aud California during his absence and
nov here did he find a land o'crflow.
ing with agricultural milk and honey
like unto that OF the Arkansas Val
ley. and no where was the prospect
more prosperous or promising Put
this In your pipe. ye disciples Of
discomfort, and smoke up bit Mr.
and Mrs. Turlcy viii visit friends in
La Iunta for about a week and then
leave for Oklahoma TO look after
their property interests. They own
farm down there. on which there is
a fine crop Of cotton. and Mr. Turley
is going down to look after his share
OF the proceeds
Robert u Denny. of Kansas City.
Mo, Vas Ia town several days the
first Of the week visiting his father.
in.laW. J. r Donlon. and family Mr.
Denny Was on hay buying cIpcdi.
ltNF
tracts on account of the price being
too high. lie says Texas has big
crop OF alfalfa this year and that
there will not be- one-hali the amount
shipped to that state that there was
last year Alfalfa Is selling fob.
ears In La Junta at SO per ton aud
very little II any is Icing shipped
4 great many feeders ar. buying hay
In Ia" stack at from S. 20 TO s. per
ton, and many farmers are buying
cattle for feeding purposes, having
become convinced that this neglected
industry can BE- made a very profit.
able ON" Ia country where the
weather conditions are ideal. More
cattle viii be- fed In the Arkansas
Valley this year than ever before In
It's history.
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I Our friends. the enemy. vigorously
deny the allegation that the demo.
cratic board OF county commissioners
was In league with the liquor inter.
csis when the s~ink prccinc, was
reduced TO the lowest possible limit.
and then some. OutSid. OF tn, cit.
les Of la Juntn and Rocky Ford. the
territory of the s~ink precinct is
the smallcs, in the county. and viii
no, have the full limit ot voting pop.
uiation by n, least seventy Nv. votes.
Tho swink precinct. formerly known