La Junta tribune., 1911-10-21

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resist she rs0pvai q ~ records. 4
large Aunheg a sAees vss~ freA anA
sss naa. J. W. KAg11sA, vas Killed.
OshssB - ho<A s31so vase wosnAeA-
". ~. LssAes. nsv naysr a Cfnas-
ron. vas wearing . 6sseV hst a sAot
passed through \. e1luUtag . iock
q hair froo his heaA. H stu has
the hat and The iock a hah. Anss-
ing ~ veil - tragie iacs1eO,s took
place. Mayor Luther vas chasing an
tnsalls psrsisaa arossl anl around .
small building. trytAg 10 get =
shot 1t him With . revolver which
constantly refused to work While
Mayor Luther vas uytng to make II
work. the ingalls, maa gained on him
and soon was chasing Luthsr instead
Of Luther chasing him. - he had
gotten entirely around the house. La-
ther then hid behind asother build
ing To take an investosy OF the
situation. The county sat troubles
finally settled themselves. There vas
considerable period when the ques-
ton excited no interest whatever. -
the boom burst. and even Cimarron.
the larger town. shrank To village
OF a hundred people
CimArron has turned It's eaersies
into other directions thsn county . at
fights. Municipal wz,ervoFks estab-
lished during the boom p riod. then
abandoned and forgotten. have been
brought to light for use again The
Eurekz ditch 10 once more employed
for irrigation purposes. The Million
Bushel Wheat Club Of Gray county
is an appealing and ingenious scheme
to promote the increased production
OF wheat Cimarron u Al the over.
tapping place Of the wheat. mea,
and beet belts. az the Commercial
Clubs letierhs ads have IL. and Was
once a smaller edition of the Dodge
City OF the COW days. II was once
said then that there !s no God
vest OF Dodge City" As Cimarron
was the frs, town vest. the saying
had sinister significance Now.
however. there are four churches In
Cimarron. a county high school. with
an enrolment OF sevsnfy.five: no
ioints. Just as good" ~ tn. ay-
erage eastern town. and has the
added western spirit to boot As an
earnest Of this boost spirit Is the
Cimarron Commercial Club Of eigh-
~ members. with the finest commcr.
cial club room west OF Hutchinson
Clmarron supported last winter a
lecture course of seven numbers cost
ing $500. or nearly one dollar for
each man. woman and child Ia the
town. the population OF which Is
600. The course Vas given In a fine.
modern thesser. = new institution.
Cimarron has electric lishts. curbei
streets. which are almost like pave
ment on account Of the gypsum soil
dressing used on them The local
garage. modelled on the lines Of .
public library building with an impos-
ing front u pillars and porttco. Is
built Of cement and Il is a study In
esthetics.
Cimarron at the Cimarron crossing
Ia both a good old town ON the old
trail and = good. young. rejuvenate<i
town ON the new trail II has an Va.
tensely Interesting history. Identified
With the beginnings Of the old trail
Itself. NJ " Was the place where the
harder OF tn. trail men bore off to
the southw-stwsrd. although there
were sixty miles without water on
this shorter route 10 Santa Ye. Gin.
arron went through the same expert.
enc"r as many other western Kansas
towns. II had its boom and It's
shrinking. almost a collapse. Then
about seven years ago Il began to
have Its regeneration. until nov Il
looks prosperous and happy. ., took
leading part In the movement
which established the new Santa re
trail