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—nil mmwMWn r»«i . •Mh a* Win* and Pn'n la <l>* Mogatk. OlJdla-n. >ulmM a/tar »•*■*. Brad* —*. IMdlo.ua. Dfow»ln*aw noahlur* m nxrt mo wru. am irucr a tweitt nxvnt E«wr»au«c Will MkaowUdaa taw to U A WONDERFUL MEDICINE. limin riUAtdn aadlraat od.vUlqoleklrr'tfora Fema'e* to ptetc bealiit. They promptly rwm>ti otmtrnetionaorlrregiifarUlea of the aye* Ua —4 —ro xcN InmMmUb Fora Weak Stomach Impaired Digestion Disordered Liver •N MBM, WOMEN ON CHILD «*■ Boochom’* Pills are Without a Rival A*4 has* U« LARCKST MLI •fun ruivat Mad Irina In ID* Warn. Wo. at all Drwr atom. LA JUNTA TRIBUNE MRKS A MASON. Proprietor*. rubiMivti Ml lb* Tribun* lluildlnir. TrlnblvcJ \Vr«lu«suJitjr and H*iur«i«y by Brown & JVlason. lutrr-<| Mt lb* I'm! UOce ut U Junta. t*«#lo.. h» »«•«•«.n<l i'lmmi* iii.»ll iUHlt*r. OFFICIAL KAp'Ek of LA JUNTA AND OTERO CO Subscription fi.fo a year in advance, j 9f not paid in advance, % a.oo a year. j WEDNESDAY. SEIM 7, 1898. The three wings of the silver party meet in Colorado Springs tomorrow tor the purpose of agree ing to disagree. A trainioail ui Peer destined for M'Oiiia was wrecked on the Kio Grande lasi week. Weary Will iams irotii all ov« r the state rushed to ttie scene o| the disaster and i endeavored to vanquish the Philip pine re-miorceineiits, with terrible result's. The poMottice iiepartinent has decided that ht tealtt r all printing in imitation ••! writing shall pay letter postage. Ihe t\pe makers Were making such clever imita turns <>t typewritten letters and penmanship that it took an expert to tell the difference. The sixth annual State Meet ol the Colorado Division L. A. W. will take place in Canon Cit\ dur ing the I’riiit Dav celebration, Sept 15th anil 16th, under tin auspices ol the Canan Cuv Cycle Club. The prize list toots up ovei $5OO in cash and merchandise. It costs the Koval Baking Pow der Company something like sso**- 000 annually for advertising. Suim one suggested to the company that it discontinue advertising one year, the baking powder was so well known am! advertised, and place that amount, *500.000, in the pro fits. The answer was that it would j undoubtedly cost the company 'three times that amount to get the product in its original channels again. This is a pretty good point- It to those business men wln»j imagine they are making a great aaving when they discontinue a *4 or *6 a month advertisement a few j months in the dull season. It pever pays to tear out a darn be cause the water is low. Colorado's total production for ’**97. which includes minerals, I agriculture, live stock and mams lactures, was <127.800,000. The total silver production was Sir. poo, 000, or less than one-tenth ot the whole. There were five other products whose total production •acceded that o( the white metal. And yet there are people abiding hereabouts who insist that silver is the main resource of the state, its chief mg instay,, and the rehsbila : tieaof which is the only thing that . will bring prosperity to >ll of its jSaiiacpa.' .The man who does not |wMI lilrtf goggles is stigmatized fi’jgll a traitor to his state, blind to his .gMMa Interests and opposed to the 9tt||y his neighbors. Facts, jgft 1 ggggb, ate mighty, and will iSiayVigßM it hi becoming more that the silver jjmMifAiMWowa and is about i^S^^mmiUyiiiir'asiwhiuers. THE MELOM GROWERS. The members of the Rocky Melon Growers Association met in ifcocky Ford last Saturday, a full representation being in attend ance. Some of the members fa vored a closed session, but a vgte being taken upon the matter it was decided that the meeting should be an open one, and a large nufn ber of spectators were present to witness the proceedings. XJtie first meeting was broken up by the fire, and not tnuc.i was accom plished, though Mr. Wetzel’s at torney made a talk and explained the situation to the growers. <At a meeting held at the fair ground in the afternoon the members de cided to leave the adjustment of 1 ! their difficulties to the directors, expressing great confidence in their judgment by giving them full sway in the matter. The directors held a very long and stormy meeting, the com promise agreement which finally went through not meeting with the approval of all of the members, and being fought against unto the end. Wetzel owes the association £48,000 to date, and will settle by paying £IB,OOO, the association virtually making Mr. Wetzel a piesent of £30,000. The £IB,OOO is to be divided pro rata on all shipments made between August 21st and August 31st, and the gr&wer» wh. realize about one third of the contract price for the season, which was 97# cents per crate. The Santa Fe railroad company also donates several thousand dollars iti freight charges to assist Mr. Wetzel and the asso ciation out of their almost hopeless dilemma. Fortunately for all ship ments previous to August 21st the association has been paid in full. Mr. Wetzel then agrees to take the balance of the crop at 75 cents per crate, drafts in payment to be drawn upon him at five days’ sight. Some ol the directors vigorously objected to this latter clause, claiming that as Mr. Wetzel had been unajily to liquidate previous claims the drafts would probably never be paid unless the agent was enabled to dispose of the crop at a profit. They were in favrtr ol entering into a joint contract with Mr. Wetzel, and disposing of the crop at the best possible figure ami dividing the profits. The growers would be assured of re ceiving some returns under this agreement, but as it is they have no positive assurance of anything. l*he whole matter is entrusted to Mr. Wetzel’s honor. It he is able to dispose ol the balance ot the season’s crop at a profit he I wilt have the necessary collateral to take up the drafts drawn u|>on him, otherwise the association will | probably be called upon to make i him another donation. Experience is a dear teacher, and her lessons are sometimes so •expensive in many ways as to be ! positively disheartening for fur tin r effort. The single agent plan I does not seem to be- a decided and shipping promis jCtiously to commission men proved a disastrous failure. The mel on growers will probably now be s isp emus of any scheme inaugu rated tor their benefit and aggran | dizement. i l’lie melon growers have sur j prised ever \ body by their ability to suck together. The fault is not j theirs that the crop has not been j disposed ot at a profit. If there is such a demand for Arkansas valley melons, and such ah enor mous profit in it for those en gaged in it, why do not the asso ciations combine, employ ' their own eastern agents, dispose of the crop at the best possible advan tage and divide the profits. The associations could wgll afford to expend £20.000 or £30,000 in em ploying good: men to, represent them in the east, control the mar ket, and realize the entire pro ceeds of the season's crop. The project could not fail as long as tip? demand for the product con tinued. The growers could form » trust ,«'.ff'-cti.ve M.tittt of Stan dard Oil notoriety and control the markets of the world no far as the home product in concerned. COUNTY AND VALLEY. Tim Bewa tlnsW Wit. Pen and Beta* am* frsm Our Valle, tackaaten. The Rocky Ford school* dj not open until next Monday. The Granada Times was launch ed on the Arkansas valley journal istic sea last week. Eighty-five Lamar people at tended the Watermelon day festivi ties at Rocky Ford last week. The board of directors in School District No. 6 will open bids Sat urday for the new school house. The growers of Fowler sent a car of watermelons to Rocky Ford Tuesday as a gratuitous gm for Watermelon Day. Geo. A. Cox. one of the pioneer settlers of Prowers county, died last week. He was ,o years of age and unmarried. There were more speedy horses in attendance at the Arkansas Val ley Fair this year than in any pre vious year in its history. Prowers county is just a liummin’ this season. Crops of every des cription are very fine, and the yield very satisfactory. Better cotne and locate here while there is room for more.—Register. We understand the Amity com pany has platted some 3.000 acres of its land near Carlton in ten acre lots, and intend to furnish free water next summer to all who will buy and improve a lot.—La mar >parks. R. A. Gillmore, of Nepesta. has a prospect of harvesting over one thousand barrels of apples this season, for which he has been of fered a fancy price by the Lieb hard! Commission Company of Denver and Pueblo.—Fowler Trib une. Miss Christa Thomas, of Enter prise Valley, is going to La Junta to stay with her sister and attend school at that place this winter. Her many friends regret to loose her from among them, hut all of them wish her well.—Lamar Spatks. ' Non-union cantaloupes have been cheap this week—to and 15 cents a dozen— 30 cents a crate. There are enough people who don’t belong to the association to keep the local market pretty full and cantaloupes consequently cheap.—Pueblo Mail. The Frank Bingham ranch of 2400 acres, extending for three miles along the Arkansas river, is to be sold in the near future. It affords an excellent opportunity lor a man who wishes to do broad gauge farming under the most lavorable conditions. The annual meeting of the Stockholders of the Oxford Far mers' Ditch Company will he held in the school house at Fowler, Colorado, Saturday, September 17. 1898, at 2 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of electing a Board of Directors for the ensuing year. The new storage capacity of the Great Plains Water and Storage company in Prowers county antici pates the impounding of 182,000 acre leet of water which can be drawn 08 and applied. This means the largest irrigation stor age proposition on the American continent and we know of nothing just like it anywhere in the world. —Field and Farm. The Lamar Melon Growers' As sociation is doing an increasing business. Begining August 23, 1898, they have shipped seven cars of melons by freight and one by express, a total number of crates amounting to 2860, which will realize for the people of this part *2,626.68. From now on they ex pect to handle one carload every day until about September 17. — Regiater. If land produces *IOO per acre what ia that land worth? C P. Miller, of La Junta, aaya that the correct rule of judging is that the , land is worth tap times t^ie' profits , of one crop, Bnt i,n estimating the profits th« land must 'Tte charged with every item entering into the production of the'crop, labor, ‘interest, '.wear and tear of the tools, etc. When the net in come, above all expenses baa bees ascertained then the land is wortu ten times the net value of one year's product Rocky Ford En terprise. Watermelon days are becoming all the rage ia various part, of the state. They had oue at Salida Inal Thursday. Rocky Ford fruit being served by dainty feminine bands to secure funds lor the sup port of a free reading room. While the cantaloupe seed se cured from the association by the farmers this year ia the right brand, it proved to be not entirely first class. it is said, and many—in fact nearly all—of the growers have wisely arranged to save their own seed this year. It is a course we would recommend to every fanner, in order to be on the safe side ngainst loss arising from poor seed next year. Las Animas Democrat. Liver Complaints & Nervousness Cured A torpid liver always produces dullness, irritability, etc. You are all clogged up and feel despondent. Perhaps you have treated with physicians or tried some recom mended medicine without benefit. All that is no argument against “Df. Fenner’s Blood and Liver Remidy and Nerve Tonic," which we insist will cure netvotisness and liver complaints. If not satisfied after using one bottle your money will he- refunded by the Palace Drug Store. Fruit Day Celebration. At Canon City, September 15th and 16th. For tbis occasion we will offer for sale round trip tickets at *2. 23 for the round trip. Tickets will lie- on sale September 13th and 16th, good returning till the 19th. Half fare for bands in uni form. W. O. Skinner, Agent. Republican County Convention. J Purwu.>tii ui the action of the KrpuMtcan . OMRt) Central com in it it-®, at a meeting held I tli>«| in thirty Kurd. imOw ia hereby given t that • oMimt convention of the Kepubtlca • , ptr v trill to* heal in La Junta at Uf ii'cbak ; Itc Mwurriajr. September bah. Irt». for the purpuar of <wlectlujr fourteen delegate* to tl# m Stale Convent inn 10 he held In lienv, r. Sep tember IS*h. i.tm, mod to *el-ct candidate* for / the following county officer*: One Hep recent.-aive. o*»etbounty Judge and ■ one RMiNMonar. district Mo. 1. and to \ intiiiNtiMcli other biiwineom as may properly • come beft» e the contention. | \ The aortreval prcHn.-t- of the county Khali lie » entitled to representation in amid Convention \ an follow*: * Precinct Mo. I I V Precinct No. | 4 I Precinct No. S X V Precinct No. 4 ..7 f Pr>eloet No & s > Precinct N*. • I f Precinct No. » 4 f Precinct No. t . 4 V Precinct No. M 2 Precinct No. • S V PrecinctJfa IS ..4 f Precinct N*». IS « J Precinct No. 14 11 The primaries will be held on Monday. Sept. v Mh. in aocli «'»mtrr and at Much tune and « pl-.ee ,u the tmrfcoiacommitteemen may elect. A Hat of the del’ (rate# elected Should be . rertiftctl t»* thoeecretary of the * ‘minty Pete tral Committee not later than Septemh rich. In order that a temporary roll of the conven tion iriMjr be mode. C. D PARK*. A. W.SHELTON. Seer* terr. Chairman RtpwWltM State Convention. |f.-a<l«iuartrtr' R publican Si ate Central O m mil tec. P O. tins iJai. Denver. Colorado. Auguot «th. IMA. Pnn.uip*t u> the action of the Republican **t;it«- Central Onramlttee at a in retina held thia day la thedtjr of Ihnur. notice I* lierv l>> If Tdi tint * M I»a e .••rwhUon of the Re public *ll poftr will b * held at the ||ro .d«ray tln-.ii re. In Denver, • oloradn. at tUudnrk. A. M . on Thu reday. tlie IMb day of Sept eta ber. HA . At wald convention Hen •hall be nomina* led ondmm tor the following Mate offleu*. to 1 e voted f»r«t the general H ction to le held o>i the Sth dev of November. 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Similar service is maintained to Omaha, Coun- j Z cil Bluffs and Minneapolis. 3 • LW. Wakclcy, General Passenger Agent, St. Louts, Mo. 3 f...««»mjtmi.n»HHmi m»«»hh«« «».»»* a aaamxaJ MrrmrrniYiTi7?nrrrnig!!B?»gTmss»s^Bg??ma ZZ The Price is not the only thing that has made , . . . C 3 I ...crescent bicycles 1 ~ es mm Popular. No finer wheel in look, or quality. Crescent beauty M 2 speaks lor itself. Price and quality guaranteed. £2 ■J Juvenile • O.OU, 13.00. • 000 M 2 Kurer and KnwKtm I».w _ * _ »« mm Cfimlntvon and T.i'dvm# WVIM E. U. HgWKinS. £3 S 3 mTWTyrmm i»irrrrCTrrrrnrrrtnrr»Trrrrrr«T»T» m JBj I The Dog-Like Expression \ ' Looks of a.ready-made, hand nie-down suit of clothes is , enough to disgust the Prince of Slovens. No fit, no d style, no good. A tailor-made suit, cut, made and fitted , to your form is certain to look right. Choose your cloth # and we do the rest. Prices small as stiches. F -=- a. 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