La Junta tribune., 1911-08-05
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Colorado Springs las, Sunday for a
brief cdting
Ior Saie--One No. Mead hay
press. also one e% inch wagon. low
wheels. Inquire of $. r. Mendelson.
Dennis stephens returned home
last Monday from a two months So
journ in Los Angeles and other points
OF interes, on the Pacific Coast.
| Blind George Dreasher Is the new
proprietor Of the chile joint former
/ iy conducted by n. o. Van Inwag-
en-. taking charge the first OF the
week
Leavit, VI Tudor. OF Pueblo. com
mercial agent of the Union Pacific.
was In town last Tuesday trying TO
interest local shippers in the adyan-
tages of his road.
Conductor Peachum. who is on the
plug run between this city and Pu-
eblo. Was laid off last week on ac.
count OF not being able to pass the
eye test examination He was rein.
able to make good.
/ Judge Mcdaniel is In Colorado
Springs getting some pointers on the
art Of flying. He is thinking of
making parachute leap himself
some OF these days-probabiy next
fall some time. and he wants to find
out how to light-easy
Pete kranz left on No. 6 last sun
day for Holly. where he is erecting
new home for the Colorado Tele-
phone Company The. building is
being put up by Editor Zallinger. of
the Holly Chieftain. Now what do
you think of that-for an editor
George r Balm. of the Arkansas
Valley Realty Company. arrived in
La Junta the first of the week with
bunch of landseekers from Nebras-
ka. and has been busy showing them
the prospect for crop around these
parts. The prospect looked good to
the Nebraskans and will probably re-
suit In several of them acquiring
part of the earth in this vicinity.
]. A. Gauger. otero county's as
SCISSOR. has been in Denver during the
past week for the purpose of submit
ting the tax roll OF Otero county TO
the powers that be in the capitol
I city and conferring with the asses
sors Of other counties In the state as
TO valuations. The abstract of assess.
ment of otero county for the year
1911 shows an increase In valuation
over last year Of 1890 .ooo.
Miss Corneliz Seeley returned home
last Tuesday night from six weeks
tour Of the Pacific Coast. during
which she visited all OF the prin-
cipal cities from San hi, 20 TO Vie
toria. u. e. Miss Seeley was ac-
companl.d by Miss Gladys CARRIER,
but the latter stopped off at Colo
rado Springs for few days more va.
cation before returning home.
Mrs. r. r. Summers. OF Albuauer-
que, wife of Superintendent Summers.
OF the Rio Grande division OF the
Santa Fe. her sister. Miss Frances
Hart. OF La Junta. and Mrs. Leroy
Helfrich aud children. of Albuquer.
que. arrived today and will go to-
morrow to Haryey's upper ranch
where they will spend week Mrs.
Iiolfrieh Is the wife of the travelling
auditor for the Wells Fargo Express
Company and formerly lived here
Las Vegas Optic.
G.. ". Ecton returned home last
Sunday from H.rrington. Kan. where
his string OF horses participated In
the races. In the 2:l, pace Rocky
Kid non the rae. and established a
new track record o; 2;l2ls. Al Coun.
ell Grove Rocky Kid captured second
money. Mr. Ecton's horses will par.
ticipa,. In tn. races at Dodge City
next week. at Lamar the week after
and then at Rocky Ford.
Mrs, W l.. fer,lg writes from
Seattle. Wash. II have been la Sc.
attic sine. June 2sth. l, was ME.
aud cool when ". first came. bu,
since July LIST the thermometer has
been lowering around 30. SO you Sc.
I, Is as warm here as Il Is In La
Iunta. tn. only advantage they have
here over our hon. town Is III. nice
soft water. and La iun,a may have
that some tim. =" Let Us all hope
so any Nay.