La Junta tribune., 1913-02-08
soosreRs' MONTHLY DINNER
One Hundred oootters Attend Initial
Dinner Of Ia Junta Industrial
Association.

tho year 1913 of the La Junta Indus.
trial Association 1t Harmony Hall
Thursday evening. The ladies' Of
the Christian church had prepared a
tempting and bounteous spread for
the occasion. and the Eastronomic
training. supplemented by that aid
to good digestion. one OF Tom
Moore's" best. put the members In
excellent condition for the feast OF
agricultural reason and flow OF but.
ter fat that followed.
President Cook announced that the
first number on the programme would
be Sign OF distress" by Secretary
Sabin who acquainted the members
with the fact that the bank account
of the local boosters organization
had been depleted to such an ex.
tent that II was now 80 cents In
the red. and that unless some thing
was done at once to relieve the H.
nancial stringency II would be ne
eessary for the association 10 go
Anto bankruptcy. Not single mem.
her. the officers and directors In
cluded. had paid cent OF dues for
the year 1913. and unless something
was don. at once It would be neccs.
sary to have receiver appointed.
The appeal had the desired effect
Checks were passed around the
festive board. after the members
had been filled up and placed In a
proper frame OF mind with good
fat cigar. over $3.50 was paid to
the secretary on dues before the
meeting adjourned. The new secre.
tary Is on to his job. More pow.
er to him.
Our New CIR amery Enterprise"
was the subject OF an intcrexiing ad.
dress by J. T.. wiswell who cniight
ened the members M to the pro-
xress that had hssn made In 4 new
Industry In La Janta that 10 only
six months Old. Mr.. wiswen had
his creamery equipped and ready for
business ON July ith. On that day
ne made forty pounds OF butter. and
the price paid for butter fat Was %
cents per pound Since that date
he has been paying from To
cents NOR" per pound for butter fat
than any other creamery In the
state. the highest price paid being
- cents. His butter now has an
established reputation. II being push.
81 by the merchants. and the de-
nand is much greater than III. sup.
ply lie has good market for
all IN. buttcrmilk Of his creamery.
and there Is no limit 10 the mar
kct for IN. butter AZ all who have
tried Il know that II has no superior.
At III" present time there are abou,
thirty.tWo farmers who deliver their
cream to Mr. Wis~.ll at least once
a week II. pays NOR. for butter
IA, than the farmers receive for
ranch butter. and as soon an III.
farmers become educated to the
fact that they can max" more mon
than they can by making butter
themselves ia. business Of III. 10.
cal creamery ought To doubl. and
then doubl" once more. Tn. dciiy'
cries OF cream are increasing every
day. however. ON Thursday OF this
week reaching total Of 900 pounds.
the biggest yet Al the pr"s"n, tim"
Mr. whw"ll In paying 32 cents per
pound Tor butter fat Ranch but.
ter is sold by farmers to local mcr.
chants for % cents per pound
Th"r"'s u reason why farmers
should pn'ronizo the local creamery.
J. r Crowl. agrioul'urist for
the La Junia district Of III" Holly
Sugar COMPANY .nllgh,cncd his
hearers with some interesting fnctS
concerning tho Sugar Beet Indus.
try" In this particular portion Of
III" SUGAR bee, domain. Mr.. CroUl
laid particular stress upon the fact
that what La Junta needed NOR"
than anything else was more farm
crs-good farmers. lie says there
iH room for nj icns, 100 more farm.
,rs on both sides of tn. river east
OF La jun,a. The land Ia equal
Ia any IN the Arkansas Valley. and
all II needs In intensive farming "a
make II the greatest agricultural ter
ritory on earth. TIL" growing Of
sugar b"c,s makes better farmers
and better farmers make every 9th
or crop more profitable. The impress
sion that the beet crop was n fail
urc IN tie Garden Of Eden is MOI
true. II brought greater returns
than any other crop grown IN that
seetiou ThousNnds of cubic fee,