La Junta tribune., 1911-08-26
UPspDOWN
THE
VALLEY

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Charles : Lane night marshal
! The Lamar postoffioe has been d.
sisnated postal savings bank, effee-
tive September 18th.
otero county has thirty nine sun
day schools with al enrolment of
1878 pupils, including the cradle roll.
There are al offIcers and teachers.
II is reported there ars 2.Goe new
seats in the grand stand at the Rock
Ford fair This year Did yon ever
have a seat in the erandstand on
Watermelon day! Maybe this xill
help some
Lamar has the honrr of being tbs
first iO~n Ia the Arkansas Valley III :
year to send out Rocky Ford canra.
ioupes. a carload shipment being sent
10 Chioaro last Thursday The me.
one were raised on the KY ranch
near Byron.
Manager Frederick Noble. Of tn
Rocky Ford factory Of the Amerlcau
Beet Sugar Company. has just place.
az order for TOO drinking cups To-
use at the biz sugar mill following
the nov drinking cup law. which b.
came effective this month
R A. McRibbon Is putting up his
second cutting Of alfalfa aud say
that IL Is the heaviest be has ever
harvested. This alfalfa has not been
Nster"d for thrse years subirriga
ton has been sufficient without ad
ditionsl Wiley Journal
LAmars new armory building vas
finished this week in time to hold
dances in il Tor the ProVers COUNTY
Pair The floor space is - BY Il
feet and the floor i made Of hari
wood This uIu giye Lamar one q
the finest dancing floors in south
eastern Colorado.
a. J Wall Of Fowler. has beer
elected by the beard Of education a.
principal q the OHey school a.
surgecd T. y Freeman. Who r.sigue.
10 take % his v1rk as county seboo
superintendent Of the lev county C.
C-1sisy Miss Edna Shaffer has
been chosen % take sHar-e q n
primary department
There were three candidates fa-
county attorney 0f Crowley COUNTY
and b. trying 10 make q selactip
last seek tha first ycie of IN
board of county commissioner sitof
.G p Patrick O. o. stanley .
Perry Behymyr. on the ID
ballot Charles Hughes. Of Pueblo Ras
selected County Attorney Hg IS
salary vas G1si at $50 PER mortt
q p Ksarns LAT, nrld ma Of
the Holly suFar Company has moved
sith his family 10 Rocky Ford. aaerc
he has accepted a position win one
of the large eantaioups firms hat
handle tbe oaumloupes DO rhs tal
ley Mr KarHs will Inspect Ions
'5r the finn this season On R1eky
Ford and then he ~iil b. seat b Cal
.iorria 10 DO field Uork
The prospects this var far III,
1utPsi o; melons lB this vicinity ar
hardly % 10 the average a. Hast
ysars. but there will o. more taau
fair crop Already home grown sater
IN ions are ia the market. seIlinr
last seek At tao and onehalf cats
per pound ~hile cantaloup5s ar aom
Ing in The Rocky Ford oants ouenei
un the Denver market at from s.
% s. pef crate -ord~ay Era.
Since the organization Of tie Ar.
Kansas Valley Tennis Ass1a alton
there has been marked Interest aiken
in tennis tournaments for this sea.
s1u. the first u which ~in b. held.
il Rocky Ford september ioth kta
m~etius held In Rocky Ford res Htiy
Y l. Martin. % ordpay. xas elect.
"a president, and Clydc Ckfv o'
Rocky Ford SECRETARY. The. vii
b. a director elected from each q lie
ioNus 10 b. represented. bat hose
which ain becomo membfrs g the
association have not all reported
shipmcuts ot sheep throush Pasblo
last u~ek wcr" heavier than fu- any
seek during The present year and ex
cf-ed the shipments for The ssIne
w~ek las, year by several fharsAnd.
From Monday until SATURDAY nIshi
there we're ze.ooo sheep ualoaAed at
the stockyards in Pueblo Tor &. ding
and Inspection. The shsep for the
mos, part came from Coltou and
hebef In Utah. Heb-r lambs are fine