La Junta tribune., 1910-07-16
UPHpDOWN
THE
VALLEY

An automobile garage and a NOV
ing picture show are two of the ne
ceSsities OF life which Swink thinks
II cannot get along without.
! Garden Guys Chautauqua was a
success financially. with a little sur.
plus in the Chautauqua fund. The
ialladvance sale OF tickets was about
| 300
Pueblo's city clerk did a flourishing
business the first of the week, depos.
iting over $4,000 to the city's cred.
1t, $4,000 of which was for saloon
licenses.
Uncle Sam is advertising for a post
office site in Garden City. La Junta
and Garden City we're the only two
towns in the Arkansas Valley that got
in on the pork barrel"
Rocky Ford wants 1t distinctly un.
derstood that Otero county can't wag
It's tail, That is. If the aforesaid. be
aforementioned town can't do all the
wiggling -ManzaUola sun.
Farmers around Hartman are com
planning that the grasshoppcrs are be.
: coming very plentiful and second cut.
ting Of alfalfa Is being badly damag
ed In places by the p sts. \ rUmbcr
OF the farmers are preparing to apply
the kerosene remedy.
/ One day last week c. 4 Woods
I shipped the ftrst full carload Uf cher
rirs from Manzauola over sent cut OF
/ the lowor ARKANSAS valley The cher
ries were sold to The Langley Grocery
/ Company. q Pueblo. ana that firm
I lourht 1t for shipment to parties in
New Orleans
/ The immediate construction Of the
/ Denver aud Gull railroad from TeNa-
huma to Lamar was assured this
/ week when contract was awarded
the Shumway Construction Company
OF New York CITY. for the building
and ,quippiug of nfyfive miles Of
railroad from Lamar south, the con
Sideration being 81 100000
/ In Garden City this week they had
IA Real Estate Dealers Convention.
and expected TO cntc. tain zoo guests
La Juntl had hopes of entertaining
$50 recently. nj our hopes we're sadly
mutilatcd. InlCss the Kansas breed
l OF real estate dealers is somewhat
/ different from thct q Colorado We
would "ot advise Garden Guy to cul-
/ uvatc tie hope stunt too strongly.
At recent meeting at Lamar OF
/ the Prowcrs County Fair Association
I II was decided To fix the dates for
the Tenth Annual Fair on Tuesday
"Wednesday. Thursday aud Friday.
August 25d. 24th. 18th. 26th. These
dates do not conflict With any other
fair In this section. aud puts Lamar
al the head of the circuit for the
> ason.
J. NJ Palmer has an acre of alfalfa
on his place In Patterson Valley that
Is going to break all records Tor pro,
duction this year, MIR. Palmer esti.
mates nov that II will produce TWEEN.
ty-tso bushels 81 seed. lie Is going
TO have a surveyor carefully meas
ure out the acre and will then save
all Of the seed to show Just what It
has produced This one acre will net
him about $3.50 Ia seed alone. besides
a second cutting OF hay,
ever witnessed at Trinidad. Cheyenne
went all to pieces Monday and allow.
I'D the Trinidad team 10 beat them
Is TO 4. The score would have teen
worse yet had It not been that Lock.
hard. pitching for Trinidad. weaken.
ID In tn. eighth inning and allowed
them to make four runs Ia the ffth
Trinidad secured eleven runs. Ch"y.
cnnc lost two of the series OF three
games.
Rocky Ford Ia making desperate
fort to secur. the attendance Of for
m"r President Roosevelt as an attrac.
ton for Watermelon bay. Congress,
man Norris. of Nebraska. who Vas
one of the attractions at tn. Chau'
tauaua In Rocky Ford. ~as hypno,izee
to such an extent by tn. boosters Of
tha, city that h. sent telegram to
Roosevelt which said: Relieve all
the Rocky Ford people have told you.
Esagg.ration impossible"