La Junta tribune., 1911-04-15
MEMBER COLORADO EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION
SATURDAY, APRIL IS, 1911
REMINISCENT
COUPLED fROH TRIBUNE
FILES Of
TWENTY lEARSAGO

Nine Mile into town.
Del Bartholomew was appointed
clerk of the district court
Nineteen cases were on the Grim.
inal docket in the district court
Plans and specifications for the
new flour mill were being drawn.
one hundred and fifteen trees were
set out IN the court house park
\ Confirmed Bachelors Euchre
Party was ri, en- in Tribune hall
II was announced that the Catho-
lies would build new $1,000 church,
James Hogan arrived from Topeka
to take charge of the Santa Re boil
or department
&. H. D1wner rendered his rcsis.
nation as teller OF the First National
Bank To take elf, CT May LIST
] Henry FosiiCk. Of Fowler. was IN
town attending meeting OF tn, di-
rectors OF the First National Bank
( Gid Miller and Pete Soupeset. two
old bachelors from the Garlic,
startled the natives by attending
church in Nine Mile.
\ change In running express mes
seng.rs from Kansas City to Albu'
querqu. Was made. making La Junta
the end of the run. and causing
eight men to lay over here.
Don't forget" says the Tribune
OF twenty years ago, that lit was
the much malign.d Mckinley hill
that gave us iiNe-cent sugar Il
1t our present Payneful tariff bill
that gives us fourteen pounds for a
dollar?
The Tribun. was asitating the
construction OF a sewerage system In
La Junta 1T is said by strangers.
quoth the Tribune. that La Junta
is on. OF the nlthiest towns In
the state"
The FRS, National Bank received
U lAN lsA ~ hHNAr VI new h'
tional bank notes and they We're
passed out through III. cashiers win.
dow adorned with the signatures OF
T. NJ D!ckey. pr, sidont. and X. PHI.
lips, cashier.
Three. fourths of the Tribune sub
scr.brrs were In arr airs according To
an appeal of Editor Thompson for
much needed funds. Some different
these days. with not single subscrib.
.r In arrears, No money. no paper
is the present rule
Tn. new city council made appoint
ments ,husly; Recorder. {. l.,
kis.r. marshal. o. Gimmell. deputy
marshal. ". J. Lewis. police magis.
trat.. q. r. Mosher. street commis.
sion-r. Frank Wisdom. mayor pro
TEN. ". II. Robinson.
Rcvs. J. A. Smith. John Moore aud
lC. NJ II, Id. three local preachers. or
\ ganix"d themselves into u Minister
Conf rene. Assoc iatlon.' The first
thing decided upon was to hold a
union temperate. meeting. There
were few fanatics In La Junta even
twenty years ago
Es.Nayor Manlsy created hug. con.
s,ornallon Ia III" sh"riffs office By
circulating IN" report that his safe
had been robbed of $1,000. In the
hurry To attend council meeting
on. nigh, he left his sat. wild. open
and tn. next morning reported 10
his clerks that he had been robbed OF
5000. Tn. sheriff was notified and
? Immediately started on, In search of
the robbers, Tn. hoax developed
later.
The county commissioners adopted
a uniform assessment Of property,
some features Of which were. Lands
under all bitches constructed since
I January !. 1880. and susceptible of
Irrigation. 81 per acre. lands adjoin.
Ing La JuD,a. t35 per acre. same AT
Rocky Ford. towhsite Of Fowler. t25
per acre. corner lots. La Jun,a. max.
imum. 5000. maximum. inside lots.
$500: minimum. o.. half price on
lots At Rocky Ford. American horses.
three years old. $40: half breeds. $50.
four year old cattle. ei5: dairy cows.