La Junta tribune., 1913-02-15
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Ing company. Of Pueblo. \ CARLOAD
OF fancy packer hogs. which are
said to be the best ever raised In
the Arkansaa- valley.
The Indian Labor Agency 1t Rocky
Ford. which has been In charge Of
". ID. Archiquette during the past
two years. II to be discontinued on
compliance with orders from the
department At Washington.
Harry D. Brown. one Of the Oldest
residents and 4 former mayor Of
Trinidad. died At mis- home there
"Wednesday night While mayor he
once introduced Colonel Roosevelt to
Trinidad people ~ the greatest man
In the world" Heaven u now his
home.
The tenth annual convention Of the
Arkanxas Valley district. Knights Of
Pythias, will be held At Fowler on
"Wednesday, February 18th. Differ.
ent chapters Of the order will at.
tend the convention and It is ex.
pected to make this the largest and
best held in years.
Las Animas. which was dry two
years through a vote Of the people
and dry the following two weeks be-
cause Of an Injunction. will have a
chance to struggle with tha, question
again at the spring election. A com.
mittee was named AT meeting the
other night to prepare petitions for
signature that the question may be
submitted at the forthcoming spring
election.
The people OF Fowler. being con
vinced that the territory surrounding
that town is underlaid with oil, have
organized company with f2oo. 600
capital TO do lot of prospecting.
Lamar is to celebrate Washing.
tons birthday with progressive par
~ banquet r. T. Cos,igan and
others prominent In the third party
movement are advertised to be pres
cnt. and the county Is to be per
fectiy organized a, this time.
Word from Terre Haute. Indiana.
former home OF John r. Cunningham.
eSpresidcnt Of the First National
Bank. in Rocky Ford. whose trial is
set for the February ,rem OF court
10 be tried in Denver. states that a
movement Is on foot there 10 have
the indictments against Cunningham
Quashed and the case dropped. Sen
asor Kern IL doing what he can 10
asstst In the movement. A. he In
convinced that Cunningham has not
been guilty Of any intentional
wrong.
The dispute over the assessment of
/ the Santa Fe railroad In Bent conn.
~. as assessed In the years 1910.
1911 and 1912 by the state board OF
I equalization. was settled last week.
The county accepted ss.2 per cent
I 1910 and 1911 and the railroad com.
pany pays 100 per cent Of the 1912
taxes upon March LIST OF this year.
making in all three years practical.
ly ~ per cent paid. and cffecting n
loss upon Bent county OF only 81
too for each year.
Al recent meeting Of the board
of county commissioners of Crowley
county that body refused to grant
the franchise asked for by the Ar
kansas Valley Railway. Light and
Power Company for right of way for
transmission lines and privilege OF
selling current over the county. The
principal objection to the franchise
~ framed BY the light company was
that II contained no provision for
supplying current TO the west end oi
the county. the company claiming
that II would b. impossible to make
Fowler = distributing point on the
main line and that the line mrst
come from Rocky Ford. leaving Oh
'ncy Springs and the west end Of the
county to b. supplied from Ordwsy
when the busincss Justified the buiid.