La Junta tribune., 1912-06-01

VIII tne ptopIe VI 'hin
rise up and call them blessed and
ever after be firmly convinced tha'
the organization Is an asset to the
community that is worthy OF It's con
fidence as well as moral and finail'
cial supper, until something OF
this kind is brought about. however
there will be more or less people
hereabouts who will be from Missouri
As TO the grea, and lasting benefits
derived from association work.
The report sent In TO Washington
a. TO the growth Of La Jun'a during
the past ten years. and the phenom-
enal Increase In business Of the La
Junta postoffice during that period is
as follows:
La Jun,a Ia the county seat Of
Otero county. which ranks firs, In
agriculture In the Arkansas Valley
The city Itself is the largest In
the valley and has also gained a
greater per cent OF population tn
the last ten years than any other
city In the Arkansas valley Otero
county. Of which La luu,a Is th"
center and chief distributing point
had population In 1900 Of l.'22
In 1910 the population had grown to
sD.21l. an Increase OF niu"ty-t~o per
cent The mean annual rainfall Is
about thirteen inches. and the tenn
porature about - TO 80 degrees. Tn"
leading industries ar" agriculture.
horticulture and stock growing tn"
cultivated area is about $1,000 acres
oTERo COUNTY.
Assessed property valuation. on
basis Of one third actual value. 1900
Se.ssG .as3. 1910. $3.50. 1875.
Average yaluc OF cultivated farm
land per acre. 1900. $s5; 1910. Sloo
Value of farm products. 1909. 81
oo0. 900: 1910. 39.ocO,o00
Amount expended ON irrigation sys.
tens. 1900. 81 500, ,0"J. 1910. $J-y1a, 200
CITY OF la JuNTA.
The population OF La Juuta In 1900
Was s.iis In 1911 1t Is I.5'2. an In
cr, are 4 los per cent In ten years
la Juuig Is ia. junction of thr..
divisions of the 4. r. a s. r. Il n.
With headquarters Of general super.
intcndcu, having Jurisdiction over
1000 miles Of track: also situated
thr Santa fr. with a pay roll, includ
ing operation. of 5000" a month In
1900. which had Increased TO Sioo.oo,
per month In 1919. and which is dis
tribuipd among Ices employees aud
officials. ciiiz"ns of Ia Junta. A,Su'
iifty trains arr operated out Of III.
city dahl,
The city has perfect system oI
sanitary s's'rsl". electric ligh
aud power plant with day snt
night srNic,. two artificial ic'
plants. telephone system ~i,h .o's
subscribers: water plant. valued Al
Slso."oo. owned by the city. schoo
system employing nny t.achcrs.~iii
a daily enrolment of BOO. schoo
buildings representing sn investment
of See" '~'"; commercial high schoo
aud Boys club. With childr"n's play
ground. cit, librar, of $1,000 vol
um"s. mir. churches with prop.rt,
valuation of $4,000: t~.nty.four Sc
cr.t and frztcrnai orders. three hosp
tails, three banks. with combined DE-
posi,s of 81 .o"o. .".- brick and ~.
plant manufacturing best quality @
-i streets. nr"-n miles of c-m.n
sidewalks flour mill of s5o barr.l
daily capacity. one daily and three
weekly newspapers.
Population OF Ia lunia. 1909. 2.iis
1910. a.sis; Increase. ios prr cent,
Assessed valuation of La Iunta
1900. based ON on..third actual value
s5so.ssi. 1910. si.i6o.lis. Increase
3sa per c-ut
building permits. 1900. one year
81 .eeo. 1910. ss> .oo0.
Amount paid ,o m"ploy"s by 4 7
a $. = W,. 1909. s7si .ooo. 1919. 81.
les .0oo.
IN 1ISTN rOSroff1CE
No institution reflects III. growil
of IA" city III La jpnta stronger thai
that of III. la Jun,a pos,offic.. ~.
tween tn" years i.os and 1911 III,
Increases In the postal and none,
order departments ~.r" b.t~cel
thr". aud four hundred per c-nt, an,
In IN. same p"r.ad II has been foum,
necessary to u-bi. the clerical fore
Will" the amount expended for rem
vas Increased from sJ"0 per annuu
In 1899 Ia Si.:oo per annum In isi 1
In order Ia pfovid" adequate facii
ties fur IN. steadily increasing WI