La Junta tribune., 1912-02-10
ON GETTING RICH IN IA JUNrA.

or course you'd like to be veal
thy-who wouldn't? Everybody with
ambition strives for and dreams OF
riches. We read about the men who
have made 'shoestrings' grow to nil
lions and We feel sure that We could
have done the same thing Ii We had
been confronted with the same condi-
tions.
There have been countless oppor.
tunities to get rich right here In La
Junta, but almost everybody passed
them up. Ever think OF that? Sup
pose you had bought block OF lots
in Mountain View addition fourteen
years ago. when that section Was
a desert waste. and the Presbyte rian
manse the only house in sightg The
pair OF lots on which the Presbyteri o
manse is located cost n sum total
of s.. or course this was church
bargain but that was the sum to-
tai OF the purchase price. II was
the pioneer residence OF that section
OF town. and at that time no one
thought the town would ever
build out that far. and that was sev-
eral years less than twenty years
ago.
Fourteen years ago lots were sell
ing in Mountain View addition for
from 800 TO $3.50 pair. and were q.
fered for s. down and s. month.
Lots there are now worth 81 900 per
price several years ago. In 1885 six
lots on Carson avenue. now occupied
by a fine residence. were scld fr
$700. Fourteen years ago you could
have purchased block OF lots In
Mountain View addition for probably
5000. These lots today at $1,000
per pair would be worth $4,000
profit OF $4,000 In little over ten
years. DO you want TO make money
any easier or fas er than that! That's
an instance where opportunity knock
cd on your door and tried 10 kick
the panels In. but you failed to real
iss what al the noise ves shout
FouRtss4 Years $50 lAe - spoa
sWA1u6 Ne Sai11as - 61r0S
L. -Jsnta State Bank. T. C. cs,tanaa
aad the Todd Dry 0ools Store b ~
Gated was . vacant lot. Tie Deesent
owner traded . house and ~. estL
mated to be worth ti,5se. 1pcat~d
near the Catholic church. for the Va.
cant lots. Everybody said II WAS \
case Of being "stung ng'-badly Stung.
The present owner accepted the com.
misseration Of his friends with great
equanimity. and simply remarked.
wait and see" We waited all
right. but II took long time for
some Of the rest Of us to get our
eyes open. The present owner had
confidence. something that the rest
Of Us lacked. The people that have
confidence are the people that land
the perximmons. take trips To Eu.
rope and things.
Fourteen years ago the lot on the
corner of Colorado avenue an, Third
street. In the burned district. WAS
offered for sale at $500. and went
begging for takers. Nobody wanted
Il even At that price. II In now
valued at s.0OO-twcive times what
Il was offered for only fourteen years
ago. There are numerous instances
Of this kind all over town.
Opportunities TO get rich have been
staring some people In the face for
years and years right here In La
Junta. but very few have taken nd.
vsnatxe Of them. The same 0pportun.
tiles exist today. Within five years
inside property IN Ia Junta will
double In value. Walt and SEE. II
IL claimed that property values In
Ia Junta at the present time are
very hiGh-~xorbitant. In fact. but We
do not know Of . single Instance
where property ID being offered for
sale st . bargain price. Everybody
10 holding on-and doing nothing.
There IL not . desirable residence I'm
this city for rent. Desirable resi-.
dsnce property 10 Ia great demand
In Ia Jsnta. and would not walt for
. tenant . single day.
All that y needed In La Junta b
confidence In the future Of the town
-and lower prices for some Of the
necessities of life. Although busi.'
nsss conditions have b~en dull In La
Juata tor several months. the aam~ IL
true Of every community In this and
oehse yseetasas. ed rigAt row Ia
Jsnta y sot ealy Tie bsst town In
the Arkansas Valley. but also the
most prosperous. Z
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