La Junta tribune., 1915-01-23
.UP4spDOWN
VALLEY

OF alfalfa since the first OF the year,
seven cars OF milk, and fifty-two
carloads OF flour.
One day last week the milk fac
tory at Lamar received 22,72s
pounds OF milk and year ago on the
same day. 5.ssi pounds.
Retail buyers In Pueblo pay $1A
per ton for baled alfalfa. while loose
alfalfa is being sold at most points
in the Arkansas Valley for So per
ton.
The Holly .Chieftain says the con-
tracts for beet growing this year In
sures the largest acreage ever plant
ed In the Holly district, and this will
probably result In the re-opening OF
the factory.
In Prowers county the sheriff In
stalled In office last week named
the retiring sheriff as his under
sheriff. That don't happen more
than once In a hundred years. es-
pecially when the retiring sheriff
was defeated candidate.
The Bent County Fair Association
wants to give up the ghost and will
even give away its property. valued
at $4,000, with 5000 plaster on
II. to anyone who will guarantee to
continue the fair each year. Offers
will receive due consideration.
Thousands OF dozens OF Pueblo
celery have been shipped away since
Christmas. Several OF the largest
growers had hardly opened their
trenches up to that time. but now
the local gardeners association is
doing a big shipping business and
getting good prices.
Crowley county has never issued
any bonds. and when IL paid 377t.s5
last week. ms its share OF the bonded
Indebtedness OF Otero county. II
wiped the slate clean OF all finan-
cial obligations. As a consequence
Crowley county is rather proud OF
Its financial sidering
the fact that II is less than three
years old.
Al the annual meeting Of the La
mar Baseball Association. . new
board OF directors was elected who
propose to keep to the front on the
baseball map. The club expended
$500 during the season OF 1915
and was only 500 In debt when the
season closed. The club owns an
enclosed park. which. with the i'm
proyements. Is valued At $1,000.
According TO the 'Intertyps Dope.
sier" on the Lamar Sparks. Il IL
about time for President Hail Of
the Arkansas Valley League TO call
u meeting to elect Officers and get
things lined up for the coming base.
ball season. A twenty-four game
schedule with twelve home and also
twelve road games would be- u better
arrangement than the uneven sched-
uic OF twenty-onc games last year.
Rocky ford's creamery commenc-
I'D operations last week and turned
out 500 pounds Of butter the first
day. II will be- known to fame ~
columbine butter. The first pound
sold for e:.7s-a rather fancy
price. but this included the honor
and distinction Of owning the first
pound. The new creamery expects
to he soon turning out I.coo pounds
Of butter PER wcek-psoviding the
ra~ material IL available and that
Il rather Doubtful.
Pro~crs county has decided not
To hire . copnty asrtcuiturtst % has
been the custom for the past t~o
years. The 20 insy has been co.
operating With the state rad ~.,h
the United States government In
this work. The eovernueat offer.
I'd 10 appropriate eSso for the 81.
pcases Of the asrieuitustst for three
coming summer. provided the coua.
y would put e57s. but the cemmis.
ssoners felt that the farmers wsss
not showing sufficient sppsectsiion
Of what hsd been done. decided 10
dispense With the services Of The
agricultural esp>st.