La Junta tribune., 1913-12-27

mem ber that the shops burned down
once upon = time. and la JuntA still
lived and had It's being In spite Of II.
OF course the shops are y good thing
but they are not the whole thing.
and the sooner the business meA OF
La Junta become impressed With this
fact the better Off they Will be.
Their. ar. stili other worlds TO con-
guer outside OF the Santa Re shops.
LA Junta had = municipal Christ
mas tree" says the Rocky Ford Trt-
bune. 'and for the first time In the
history OF the county put one over
on Rocky Ford" Well. well. Is II
possible this astute editor has never
heard of the countyseat election that
happened twenty-five or more years
ago. That Was the only time We
ever had an opportunity to put one
over. and the memory OF II still ran
kles In the bosom OF the old timers
OF that burg
J. W. Marshall. Of st Joseph. Mo,
has been the guest Of his father and
mother. Mr.. and Mrs. c. p. Marshall.
during tn. past week Mr.. Mar
shall has been a resident OF 81. Joe
for nearly thirty years, but In the
early days OF La Junta. when there
wasn't much more than a water tank
aud n sid-track here did some rail-
roadinr out of this burg. He II nov
engaged In tn. creamery business on
Lovers Lane. St Joe" or some
other thoroughfare. Mr.. Marshall
says they had been having some very
unusual Weather In 81. Joe UP to tn.
tim. h. left. but since then they
haY. had on. snow storm. They
w.r. Still moving the lawns there
when he left. and many flowers wer.
In bloom lie was very much Inn
pressed with the evidences OF pros
hay. som. stores that ar. better
equipped aud have finer appear
ancc than any tha, 81, Joseph can
boast of n. also says that our new
of era aous. would b. credit To any
city. MIR. Marshall expects to return
HON. tonight.
The great family journal is In re-
c"ipt OF an Invitation to attend III.
ceremonies In honor of the opening
Of the dairy industry In the Arkan-
sas Valley by tn. Iielvetia Mils Con
donsinr Company nj Lamar. January
;. 1874 The outdoor sports and tn.
parade viii TAX. place In the after
noon at ? o'clock. and In the even
Ing at O'Clock IN. formal opening
exercises viii take place at IN. new
factory, Addresses appropriai. Ia
IN. occasion will b. mad. by notabl.
speakers and practical dairymen.
which viii be Immediately followed
by - thorough Inspection Of tn. con
d.nsins plant. which viii soon be-
ready to commence operations A
big delegation of business men from
La Junta and farmers from IN. sur
rounding territory ought to attend
II would b. a good Investment for
them In practical Information. as
well a. dollars and cents. To witness
the initial opening of an Industry
that t. destined to become on. Of the
chief assets OF the Arkansas Valley,
as III. fruition OF tn. hopes OF many
In this particular line OF end.ayor IL
not far distant What say you all :
Why not arrange to taxi. a day OFF
and go- Some OF Us might insdNert.
entity receive an Injection Of the La.
mar spirit that would surely do nc
harm.
&. ". Wild.y. of Denver. eaper,
.r.otor for the MerE.nihal.r Limo
type Company. and an old-timr IA
cinc coas, prin,crorial erony Of ths
editor OF the great family Journal IN
tn. palmy ''handret days" arrived
In La Junta last Monday evening on
III. stub direct from the ~iids OF
Kansas. where he succeeded In dis
posing OF Slo.oco worth OF new limo
types In l-ss than = week. Some OF
us ha,. been entertaining the opin
ion that Kansas Mas hard hit dur
ing IN. past summer. but evidently
th. newspapers arr not on the bum
ye, Mr.. wiidey Sold one machine
Model \. To the Appeal To Reason
st Girard. Kan. aud they paid spo'
cash for t-only e1.s0o. They do
business that way altogether on this
Appeal TO Reason. 0irlrd has q
population of 5000 souis. hut hA,