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La Junta tribune., 1910-05-21
L. Jun.. Gypsum Company.

The La Junta Gypsum Company is
the latest candidate for public favor.
and as all of the eight would-be mir
lionaires are ex-office holders or are
holding down some soft snap In pub
lie life there is possibility OF
their being elected to the ranks Of
plutocracy. The promoters Of the
company are II. A. Dawley. j. W.
Fisher. A. b. Corbin. George Barr. c.
d. Steward, s. n. Rose. 8. w Sins
heimer and II. p. Schuyler.
They have filed on 1000 acres Of
land In Las Antmas and Bent coua-
ties, which Is almost solid bed u
gypsum OF the very highest grade. In
fact an analysis OF the "gyp" dem
onstrates the fact that the pr0duc(
is 99.5 pure. which beats the record
Of all "gyp" beds that any OF the pro.
moters have yet heard or read Of.
There Is said to be millions Of tons
OF "gyp" IN sight. and As the market
price Of the finished product Ii IN
the neighborhood OF 310.50 per ton,
and II costs practically nothing IA
manufacture this will give an inklina
OF the bonanza that the promoters
have 4 cinch on.
The only disadvantage Is the n
accessibility OF the "gyp" beds. which
are located in the wilderness twenty
five miles southeast OF La Junta. and
all Of that distance away from a rail.
road. The promoters. however, ex'
pect to make enough money the first
year to build a railroad.
Gypsum calcined is called plaster
Of Paris. and Is used for taking casts
Of statues and quite extensively b
dentists. II Is also used for wall
finishing. Tests OF the local "gyp''
compare very favorably with the In
ported product. which is OF the very
highest grade, and 1t Is far superior
to the output Of any OF the ''gyp''
beds In Colorado or Kansas. that are
now being worked.
Az soon as the "gyp prospect" y
developed sufficiently. and the con
pany finds out just what II has got.
It u the intention to erect a $l5.00e
La Junta tribune., 1910-05-21

first OF July. five acres OF cantaloupe
ready to vine. and twenty acres of
alfalfa that is fine. His little cherry
orchprd. set out only two years ago.
Is hanging full Of fruit
The above goes TO show that as
good crops can be grown here under
nstural saAutAll - In lNinots. Iowa
or Missouri.
The writer watched the above farm
last year. We all know how short OF
water the Otero was In 1909. Mr..
Schneider's wheat made forty bush
els. oats sixty bushels, bects fifteen
tons. per cent OF sugar eighteen; al
falfa three good cuttings. There is
no average farm east OF the Mis-
souri, river that can beat II and very
few under the best irrigating system
west OF same.
II We farmers under the Rocky
Ford ditch would take more pains In
fitting our ground and do more cult
waiting and less irrigating We could
save the wages OF at least one man
ON every forty acres and have our
farms In much higher state OF fer
tiliiy than they now are.-Swink Ad.
yocate.
La Junta tribune., 1910-05-21
New SAINT. Fe Trail.

by the enlargement OF the New
Santa Fe Trail organization at the
Dodse City meeting this week, the
greatest road-making campaign In the
west was further systematized.
Heretofore, this organization has
ben confined only to the twelve Kan,
sts counties from Newton and Wich.
tSa on the west to the state line. up
tn Valley of Content. Now It In.
ctndes, as well. the counties of Prov.
efs Bent, Otero, Pueblo and Fremont
IL Colorado. with the end at Canon
uty, the head OF the valley.
SThts great road, first intended by
It's originators and proponents to be
merely modest improved highway
up the valley in Kansas. soon grew
beyond their dreams and was taken
up Just as vigorously by Colorado AZ
BY Kansas. The late important en-
dnrance run from Hutchinson to Pu
eblo demonstrated the fact that Col
Orsto vas keenly alive to the cam
paisn and equally anxious with Kan
sas to carry the road to successful
conclusion.
More than that. the organization
will probably be extended eastward
through Kansas to Kansas City. The
rosd viii follow the line Of the Old
Santa Fe Trail. which began its his
toric way at that place. or rather al
old Wcstport Landing, before ther,
wAs any Kansas City.
1he trail is OF the utmost signifi
canre In these days OF motoring
being pathway of pleasure as well
~ OF commerce. The travel back
and forth between Kansas City and
Colorado will henceforth be along
this historic highway. Farmer and
aotofiSt alike will use II, and better
citizenship will result from better
Uads.
La Junta tribune., 1910-05-21
Comet Did Not Bluff Them.

Notwithstanding the various and
sundry things that were sch. duled TO
happen while we were passing
through the tail Of the comet. nothing
very disastrous did happen except to
Increase the demand for marriage H.
censcs. It may be that some Of the
candidates for matrimony decided
while they were breathing the nox'
ious vapors OF the comets tail that
they would take a chance at Cupid
before II was everlastingly too late.
any way there was an unusual de-
mand for permits TO wed nj the
office Of the county clerk. SO many.
In fact, that the genial deputy who
officiatcs ss Cupids clerk. had =
narrow escape from making one out
for himself. All that Vas hacking
was the necessary nerve. Among the
pre-comet wedding certificates insued
were the following:
Abram ". CARRIER and Anna l..
King, both Of La Junta: Peter Fran.
ccs Cox. Of Cornwall on the HUDSON.
N. r., and Ruth DeWssse. Of Las An.
lmsx: Jamcs Hart and Mabel Rich.
ardson. Of Junction City. Kan: Mich.
scl Farrell and Marie Hively. OF Ia
Junts; Martin ~. Brown and Laura
Z. Woodbury.. Of Las Animas; J. n.
schooiey and Mary Ray. both os
Rocky Ford: Clay Hurt and Virxh
Brown. both Of Il Junta.
La Junta tribune., 1910-05-21
woodmen in Convention.

The eighteenth district convention
OF the Woodmen OF the World was
held In Canon City last Wednesday.
The main business OF the convention
was the selection Of seven delegates
TO the head camp session at Portland.
July 26'h-.3th. The following were
chosen: j. II. Heath. Pueblo. T..
r.. Darlington. Colorado Springs; Otto
Fcrrill. Rocky Ford. r.. G. Panburg.
Cripple Creek. +. Il. Givens. Pueblo:
Il. w. Robinson. Trinidad. and J. X.
Quinn. Canon City. Fowler WAS chos-
en- IN the next place Of meeting.
The delegates and their friends
were entertained by the Women Of
woodcraft with n picnic luncheon In
the city park at noon and by ban.
quot Al night. An automobile ride
over the skyline was 4 feature OF the
morning entertainment.
g. X. Orahood, 3. W. Brown. r. n.
Carlisle and James Boslcy were in
attendance from this city.
La Junta tribune., 1910-05-21
commencement Week
Complete Programme


From am. until pm, and from
1880 pm. until 10 pm. Wednesday,
May 25th.
Thursday. May 26th-Pupils who
wish to remove work from exhibit
must do so under direction of teach
ers. Complete work reports
Thursday. May 26th. opera house,
3 p.m-Senior class play. Powder
and Patches Seats on sale at La
Junta Drug Store Monday, May 23d,
at am. Pupils are especially in
vited.
Friday. May 27th.-All pupils re-
quired to report to respective teach.
ers at am. Give out certificates
Of promotion.
Friday. May eth, Opera House, s
p.m.-Class address, Hon. James A.
Orr. The program:
Orchestra-Selected :. Wonderly
Invocation e. E. Rev. w. 7. Davis
Girls Glee Club-"Greeting". :.
e. =. =. =. Mendelssohn
Orchestra-Selected :. :. wonderly
Solo-"Spring Time. :.
=. =. e. =. Miss Bertha White
Class Address e. Hon. James A. Orr
Presentation of Glass Gift :.
:. -. E. =. Scofield Cook
Acceptance e. Supt Geo. l.. Hess
Presentation of Diplomas =. =.
=. =. e. =. Supt. s. s. Phillips
Double Quartette. High School Boys
ta) Until the Dawn
(b) The Old Oaken Bucket"
Benediction e. e. Rev. Felix Dilly
La Junta tribune., 1910-05-21

urday night. and this up.to.datc home
Of music and high class entertain
nent was crowded 10 tho doors. while
the thorouxhfare between the two
moving picture show establishments
looked like Sixteenth street In Den.
yer.
Al wondcrly's there was . fine pie.
ture on tap-the Wizard Of Or. II
was 70 good that most Of the audi
encs forgot when they came In and
stayed over 10 se~ . second produc'
tioa. There was also "a orchestra
Of eight pieces. and that's going
some Tor . ten cent show. but ~ long
~ wonderiy II willing tn pay tho
bills there ISN'T . sign Of kick
being rsgistsrcd. Sam Mcdonald. Ac
trap drummer. has . brand new or.
cAsstfa drum that cost forty plunks.
besides about $50 worth Of addition.
q paraphsenAlia eroa which he has
acquired . varied and unlimited
La Junta tribune., 1910-05-21
oss"s ssws ssr Alfalfa.

They have already commenced cut.
ting the first crop Of aifaka on the
big Reynol1s' ranch east oe town.
George WILLIAMS. manager Of the
ranch. pst two gangs At work this
week cuttins the flrse crop. over one
month earlier tAAa last year. There
are sbese ~ acres & alfalfa on the
Rsyse,1s' saasA tAis year. and II IL
probable that he first crop viii av.
erass oas tsa = ths acss. Bsled
alfalfa b nov rstsillns Tor $3.50 per
ton. and farnses Who ssill have some
Of thsf Lest years hay len over are
offering Il fes eie.se pss ton. TIE
market price foe The new crop viii
probably start sst at eie pr ton tor
loose hay. and NJ. Reynolds will have
5000 more 70 I'd 70 his hank roll
u be feels 20 DISPOSED. How would
you like . b an sifsifa farmer In.
asaA a ~ ies nani During these
bot days. hevsvsr. there isa't much
choice. - bosh q then are In clover.
There Ars also ~ acres q wheat
on the ReynolAs' raacA. aad The Dros.
pect for . eoo1 crop cosN ~ - ~
tes. rhs nastst Deiss q wheat q
tAs Desesoe tins , el.7e ~ hsa'
La Junta tribune., 1910-05-21
Our Water Supply
Proposed and Present
BY Q. G. MSS.

washed out. but as soon As the un.
derflow Of the surrounding lands be.
gins to run into the bed Of the stream
then 1t carries the alkali with It, and
the water is alkah as matter OF
course.
II you drive pipe well down into
what Is known ~ the surface water,
you will at first have water compar
atiyely free from alkali. but when
you have pumped the water out for
awhile you will see that It gets more
and more alkalied, and many such
wells have to be abandoned on tha,
account. II Is the same with any OF
the streams, so called. although they
are not streams at all. and only run
on the surface during wet weather
the main body Of water running
through the sand below the surface
Coates Brothers contracted to fur
nish Pueblo with pure water from
the underflow Of the Fountain, bu,
when tested it was found to be sc
strong with alkali that 1t was reject
ed. Instead OF charging ten cents
per thousand gallons. they only charge
cent and q half for that number OF
gallons. and claimed they could make
large profits even at that price.
There is not a town in the Arkan-
sas Valley that has as good water
supply a. La Junta, from Pueblo down,
Pueblo not excepted. unless 1t is Fow
Ter. The water Is as pure as tina,
used In Pueblo. and much better than
anywhere else except the one place
Our lawns will compare with lawns
anywhere. care not where. think
We have the best and cheapest supply
Of water In this part OF the state,
and - long - the land in Colorado
contains alkAN, ~ can never expect
to get water tsse from Il. unless Il
u pipsd from The mosatains froa q
paass vAseo The safsenAdi1y hoas
pUntsin ~ slkxA. ~'s-e~< ---s
o. O. HESS.
La Junta. May 18th.
La Junta tribune., 1910-05-21
c-.,. No. Damaged BY Cold w.v..

Last Monday night the Arkanaas
Valley was visited BY = cold wave.
but no particular damage was done
except to cantaloupes and garden
truck. The cantaloupe growers were
the hardest hit by the cold wave. II
being estimated that about fifty per
cent OF the cantaloupes that were
out Of the ground were nipped and
killed. Only about half OF the total
acreage Of cantaioupes were up. max
ing the loss about twenty-five per
cent Of the entire acreage OF this
section. necessitsting replantng.
The sugar beets. most OF which
are out Of the ground at the present
time, were not injured In the least
and the growers are corrcspondingly
jubilant. The Agricultural Of the
American Bee, Sugar Company re-
ports tha, the hardy plant withstood
the frost nicely.
Practically all garden stuff VAS kill
ed. with the exception Of the hardi-
er plants. All In oil the damage
amounts to nothing more than the re-
plsntins Of about one-quarter Of the
'eantaloups acreage. and does not
mean the loss Of any Of the total
output tAis fAll.
La Junta tribune., 1910-05-21

In the moving pictures. making them
paiafully realistic at times.
The very latcst and newest stunt
At woadcriy'H Thester was inaugural.
ed on ThurSday and II will be- known
TO fame ~ Amateur Night" The
lnl,hi feature was = stunt pulled Oft
by he "imperiAi Qnsrtcttc." consist.
Ing Of Oabeie. Roscnburx. Nash and
MeIlonald. and Il proved to be- . very
popular one. They had . talkfost.
singfest and Jokcfcst. the latter being
Of local navor and very palatable ex.
cept 70 the victims. Amateur Night
will ~ . feature every week on
Thursday night. and local aspirsnts
for histrionic fame have already filed
enough applications To fili out dates
for several weeks 10 come. Those
who desire 10 have . "try-out" will
be acconodatsd II they will make
thcir waats asd wishes known "a
w. =. oabsIe. who u the nAaascf
Of ~ vau1svills stuat.
La Junta tribune., 1910-05-21

DlTOR Of the Tribune:
have read the article Of Mr.
lanes McNeen pertaining
~ to the getting OF water
for La Junta from Horse Creek. pub.
iished In your issue Of May lith. and
there are some things that don't seem
plain. In the first place. he calls
attention to the analysis of the water
and from that analysis the figures
show that II Is comparatively free
from alkali. But even IL this be true.
1t does not follow by any means. that
Il will remain In that state OF pur-
ity and freedom from alkali very long
because It is well known by those
Who have been In this country long
enough to have observed. and have
taken the pains to observe. that rs
soon ~ the water Is exhausted In
any Of the small and dry streams in
this locality 1t causes the underflow
from the lands adjacent to the bed
of the stream to flow In. and these
lands being impregnated with alkali.
this alkali win naturally be carried
into the water Of the stream. and It
will soon become as badly alkalied
~ any other water We have.
In other words. the water running
through the bed of the stream for
probably ages past. has naturally
washed out all the alkal In the
soil. and It Is gone. SO far rs the bed
OF the stream goes. But when you
draw that water out OF that stream.
then you exhaust Il. and create q vac
uum In the water. This sets In
motion the water and underflow from
adjacent lands and causes II to flow
into the bed OF the stream carrying
with II all the alkali properties In
the soil. and all flowing into the bed
o( the stream dissolving this alkali
~ II goes. and very soon II Is the
Same old story Of alksli water.
, L b Uuo tAo uaAae - IL beA -
tAig ssFsao euuenaaG ~ netle a1ln.
u, bat the Surrounding lands do COZ
taia II, because II has never been
La Junta tribune., 1910-05-21
lss Ao'mss Going Some.

The LAS AnimAs Commsrciai Club
met with the county commissioners
Tuesday night and have agreed to
raise $1,000 for the cxprcss purpose
of making an elaborate exhibit Of the
resources Of Bent county At the con-
Ing meeting Of the National Irrtea.
ton Congress to be held st Pueblo
In Beptcsubcr.-las Animas Leader.
The county commissioners In Otero
county have reserved 500 worth oe
space for an exhibit Of the agricul.
tural resources oe this county. How
10 that. BY comparison. for the coun.
Y that heads the list for valus q
asricultural products In the Whole
state Of Colorado for the ysar iSeef
La Junta tribune., 1910-05-21
More Farmer Like This One Needed.

Aiex. Schneider. farming under the
Otero ditch. has - fine . prospect
~ any farmer under the Cstiin and
Rocky Ford. Good cultivation v what
b making his crop. Mr.. Schneider
says tho dryer II Il. the more he cul.
uvatcs 10 ~ 10 bring the moisture
from below up to bis plants. by the
looks Of bis crops. Il V bringing the
moisture. He has not had = drop Of
water this year. lie has twcnty acres
Of sugar tests. fine stand. ready for
thinning; fifteen scres Of winter
wAeat. waist high. esftssa acres Of
eats. knss high. i've acres of corn
tAat looks liks roastias eass ~ the
La Junta tribune., 1910-05-21
Home of Music
and Entertainment

repertoire Of separate and dis
tmct atmosphere disturbers, ranging
from the whiz OF cyclone to the
braylng OF a hippopotamus. punctur.
ed with changing street car and fire
wagon gongs. tinkling telephone
bells. the familiar music OF auiomo.
bile horns. etc. and the beauty Of
:, 10 that Sam Is always ON the
job and never oyerlooks bet
La Junta tribune., 1910-05-21
osse P'ewI"s FsvsesS.

President ". n. wiley. Of the Holly
Sugar Company. who has Just return
I'd from q visk TO the California bss'
fields. found that tho most success
sui growers were pIowins ~ deep -
fourteen inches. twelve inches being
considered shallow. There the rows
we're sixteen inchcs apart. Instead o'
twenty. - u customary N the Holly
district. Mr. wiley also learned that
these same growers were using TWEEN
ty.slshs pounds Of seed 70 The acre.
instssA q twelve to fifteen. - our
growers sss Aoing. Holly Chiestaia'
La Junta tribune., 1910-05-21
. COMMENCEMENT week will
be inaugurated on Sunday,
VI May 22d. with the class

May I'D, with the class
sermon and conclude with
the commencement exercises on Fri.
day afternoon. May 27th. and the
class sermon In the evening. The
program for the week Is us follows
Sunday. May 22d. opera house. at s
p.m.-Class sermon, Orrin c. Auman,
DID,. pastor First Methodist church
Pueblo. The program:
Congregation
Everybody requested to sing)
Invocation .. u. Wesley Nicely, DID.
Scripture Lesson. =. =. E. =.
=. =. :. Robert Coltman, DID
Solo-"Arise. Shine" E. =. :.
=. :. E. Miss Georgia Shropshire
Sermon :. :. Orrin w. Auman. DID
Chorus-"Jubilate" :. Senior Glass
Benediction :. Rev. George Morley
Monday. May 23d-No school. The
teachers arrange exhibit Of work ir
rooms. under direction OF principal,
and supervisors.
Tuesday. May 24th-School exhib
II, open to public all day until pm.
no school.
Wednesday. May 25th-School ex
hibit open to public all day until {
pm: no school.
Manual training and domestic sci
ence exhibits will an usual be held
In the high school building and will
be open to the public from 3 am
until 6 pm. on Tuesday. May 24th.
La Junta tribune., 1910-05-21

dred weight. or about Sl.05 per bush.
ei. Mr.. Spaldh&. Of the La Junts
Mil. estimates that there are about
Il. 900 acres Of wheat being raised in
the La Junta territory during the
present season. an Increase OF 1000
acres over last year. This ts going
to be a great year in the great Ar
kansas Valley.
La Junta tribune., 1910-05-21

calc,ne mill In La Junta, and II the
product turns out to be as high
grad as the tests thus far indicate
there Is no question of the enterprise
proving a success and a venture that
vii pay large dividends.
La Junta tribune., 1910-05-21
YER l.i0O paid admissions
At Wonderly's Theater was
the record for last Saturday

II was two days before payday. too,
but Mr.. wonderly says he changed
more five and ten dollar bills that
day than he ever did on payday It.
self Everybody seemed to have the
moving picture show mania last Sat
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-20
A SHOT AT PRESIDENT TAFT.

In the current number Of the Railway
Record, one of the most useful of pa
pers, we find the following:
The fact is, corporation managers are
beginning to see that they have not any
reason to expect any more faVOrs or any
more lenient treatment at the hands of
the present administration than was
accorded them by its predecessor. On
the contrary, it begins to appear as if
the present administration was deter
mined to exert its utmost influence and
powers to embarrass corporations in
every possible way regardless of what
the consequence to the business inter-
ests Of the country may be, and that If
the prosperity which appeared to be in
store for these United States IS not in
terrupted and prevented at its very
advent, 1t will not be for any lack Of
effort on the part Of the administration
at Washington to obstruct its incom-
ing.
We don't think the editor Of the Rail-
way Record believes that. We don't be-
TO disturb business, to check prosperity.
to injure the American people. We
don't believe that is the impression Of
even one capable railroad man n the
country. It is not reasonable. It is not
natural. There is no basis for it. and
there are so many reasons against it
that it surely cannot commend itself
as belief TO any sagacious man. And
all railroad men are sagacious.
The statement that the President of
the United States is making an effort to
prevent or interrupt the prosperity Of
the nation is-not to use too harsh a
term-absurd. He is one of the people
himself. If he were hunting for polit-
zeal advantage, he is surely far too
shrewd to seek it in the shattered for
tunes of his fellow countrymen. If he
were the maddest Castro that ever sat
in the executives chair, he would know
better than to seek wealth in a bank
rupt nation.
Corporations are a part of the alton.
No one from the President down TO the
humblest citizen has any desire to de-
stroy them, or limit in the smallest de-
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-20
WHERE can CHILDREN PLAY2

You must work with what you have
1t has been q long time since creation.
No new thing can be added 10 the sum
total of the worlds possessions without
combining and using things that al
ready exist. You can't take q. child Of
narrow home life, Of bad environment,
Of spiritual and economic darkness.
and pass your hands over his head and
say: LET there be light" with any
hope Of light coming in response.
You will have TO take that boy and
surround him with such influences as
VIII help him, as will compensate for
the lacks at home. You must take that
boy and such means as are at your
command and make an environment for
him that will meet and overcome the
harmful influences in which. otherwise,
he must grow up to manhood. And It
will cost q little money 10 provide these
things for him.
But in the end you viii have a better
boy than would have resulted from the
selfish policy which did not interest it
self in his behalf And it viii not be
a saving in the long run, either. For
the community pays more to take care
of the bad boys grown to manhood
than the care of all the boys when
young would have cost.
Some excellent men and women have
interested themselves in the children of
Salt Lake. They have looked over the
various sections Of the city, and asked:
Where can the children play?" And
they don't find a very good answer. So
they have drawn from the experience OF
other cities, and have decided to try
and build Fairgrounds for the boys and
girls who have no Fairgrounds of their
own. The community will be asked to
support these new establishments. And
citizens cannot escape the demand, be-
cause they will either take care Of those
boys leisure now, or they viii lose by
the use the boy makes Of his leisure
later on-when the effect of bad envi-
ronment and lack of natural develop
ment shall have made a bad man OF
him.
There is no responsibility so impress