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Wichita, Kan.
Mrs. McHugh of Lamar is the guest
of Mrs. E. H. Gerecke, this week.
G. w. Guynn is in Angular this
week, looking after business interests.
F. S. johnson spent Saturday in
Pueblo and Sunday in Colorado Springs.
Oliver Arnold is spending the week
on business in the northern part of the
state. .r.r. ..
Chas. o. Burseil, local cashier of the
Santa Fe, is spending his vacation at
Estes Park.
Burt Warren and wife left Wednes-
day for the mountains where they will
spend their vacation.
Miss Bertha Ginter and her guest,
Miss Turner, returned Tuesday night
from trip to Colorado Springs. f
George Weldon on Tuesday departed
for his home in Wilmington, DEL, after
a few days visit with his cousin, P. E.
Craig.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Allen, old residents
of Baca county, spent last week at the
home of their son. E. S. Allen. near this
city
Miss Katherine O'Neil returned to
her home in La Junta on Sunday, after a
pleasant weeks visit with friends in
this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. d. Herring, Mrs. Gross
and Miss. Mabel Bovee returned Tues
day from pleasant visit in ColoradoCity
with Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Bovee.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Wood Peery and
Kenneth, with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Wallis and son, motored to Manitou on
Tuesday. They expect to be gone a
week. . Hta l5Ftt.-h
Mrs. George Daring and daughter,
Hazel, went to Cokedale the first of
the week and will spend the rest of
the vacation with Mrs. Daring's sister,
Mrs. Nellie Thompson.
At the Methodist church the pastor
will preach at II a. m. on next Sunday
on "Our Wireless Calls" At 8 p. m. the
union service will be held in this church
and Dr. j. l.. Weaver will preach
The Woodside, Nixon and Barnes
families returned from their camping
trip on Monday. They enjoyed every
minute of the outing and had ideal
weather all the time they. were away.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Sage of Dover,
Kan., are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
S. F. Andrews. The Sage family are
on their way to their summer home in
Boulder. They are making the trip in
their car.
Superintendent johnson of the Ar
kansas Valley Railway, Light and
Power Co.. has received orders for
five ornamental poles for street lights.
This will make decided improvement
in the looks of our city
The Colorado Retail association
which met in Trinidad this week, end
ed its sessions on Wednesday evening.
One of our merchants, Charles l.. Gov
reau, was honored by being elected
vice-president of the association.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Broomfeld re-
turned Sunday from Los Angeles and
San Diego, where they had spent their
honeymoon. They are staying with
Mrs. Broomfield's mother, Mrs. Kath-
crime Goblin, but expect to make their
home in La Junta. -....
Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Andrews and
family returned Monday, from an auto
mobile trip through Kansas, Missouri
and Nebraska. They were accom-
panied by Miss Alice Dobbs of Beat
rice, Neb., who will visit here for sew
eral weeks.
On Tuesday evening of this week
the Rocky Ford Trading Co. took a
new member in the firm. 1t is Fred
erick Howell Lance, who is just the
image of his dad, and it is safe to say
there are no prouder parents in the
city. Mother and baby doing nicely.
A number of places were struck by
during the electrical storm on
Saturday evening. The back porch of
Owen Krueger's residence on Washing
ton avenue was blazed, also the resi-
dence of Frank Daniels on South Four
teenth street. Besides these there
were several trees struck.
Last Sunday morning Clark Kitchen
received from Fairview Stock Farm,
Des Moines, Iowa, heifer and young
bull. The latter is a grandson of Gov
ernor of the Chene, one of the two
most noted bulls of the Guernsey breed.
This youngster has five sisters that
average six hundred and thirty-five