La Junta tribune., 1911-08-05
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sixty active members.
Dodge City will have a postal say.
inss bank some time this month.
A daily aeroplane flight will be
one OF the features of the Prowers
County Fair-August 2Sd. cath and
a5th.
The Woodmen are looking forward
TO a great time in Holly on August
10th. Special trains have been ar.
ranged for. both from La Junta and
Dodge City.
Horse Creek is now shipping
many carloads of baled alfalfa to
the drought ridden states at 81 per
ton in the car baled from the swath
In the field.
The new telephone exchange, In
process Of construction In Holly. is
rapidly assuming shape and Contrac-
tor Pete kranz. of La Junta. believes
that he will be able to complete 1t
by September list
The artesian well for the Santa Fe
at Rocky Ford was finished few
DAYS ago and is 956 feet deep. The
new well does not flow. but the water
stands at point about fifty feet
from the surface.
The Huntington Beach sugar fac.
tory In California. one OF the enter.
prises OF the Holly Sugar Company.
I started on It's initial campaign on
July 25th. with an immense acre
age OF sugar beets
I The flood In the river has filled
every ditch and lateral and Lake
B McKinnie is filling rapidly The whole
irrigated country west and northwest
[ is practically under water and the
beets and alfalfa will grow rapidly
Garden City Herald.
/ Preparations are being made to
start the alfalfa meal mill at Hart.
man next week. All is now about
ready for grinding To begin. 4 large
amount of hay has been purchased
and larger tonnage of meal will be
ground this year than any previous
year since the mill has been In ope-
ration.
Some Of the ambitious people at
( Horse Greek have started very pro.
gressiye social club called the
tGrange" They have been having
dances very fortnight In the school
house hall The Grange Is planning
for the largest affair Of the season
In Harvest Festival. to be- given
on the evening OF August 9Th,
From Information gained from J.
NJ Shaulis. who made an investiga-
tion OF the cantaloupe crop this
week. W. learn that the prospects
for AN exceptionally good crop of
early cantaloupes are most encour.
aging The early melons ARE matur.
/ ing rapidly and will be ON the mar,
/ kct In about ten days Rocky Ford
/ Gazette.
The Vail Hotel will be opened In
Pueblo about September 18th All
the exterior work ON the hotel with
the exception of little Ornamental.
/ tion is finished and the interior is
well under way. l, will take seN.
eral weeks To move In and III the
hotel up properly. but II Is expect
I'D that all Of II can be done by Sep
/ tember 18th.
II ls more than probable that the
Holly sugar factory viii not be op.
Grated this fall which viii insure a
long campaign for the Swink factory.
because Of rather lisht acreage
this season. there viii not be- beets
enough. II Is believed. Ia Justify
the operating of both factories. aud
the swink factory being the larger
OF the two. II viii better serve
the purpose 10 handle all the beots
here. .-swink Advocate.
The United States mail route
from Holly To Webb. Colo. u dis
tance OF twenty-five miles which was
established by Charles H. Moore scy.
cral months ago. has been authorized
by the postmaster general aud both
Postmaster Moore and Grant AEhby.
the mail carrier. are rejoicing oyer
IN" glad tidinss, Postmaster Moore
at his own oSpcns. has carried the
mail from Holly to webb since that
settlement Was started. and he de-.
serves much credit for his untirng
efforts to put the southern cnyirons
on the map.