Volume XIX
$ A SNAP I
We have just received from 4
Ed. V. Price & Co., Tailors 4
J to the trade, about 2,000
Dollars worth of «
I I Tailor Made Suits £
That they made up during
the dull season to keep
their men employed. They
were shipped to us at about
50 Per Cent on the $i g
-one-half the price it would J
cost you to get a suit made J
to your measure. We can
sell you a £
Tailor Made Suit #
at a great deal less prictf J
than what you can buy a J
cheap ready-made suit for x
elsewhere —suits that are J
Well Made, 5
with good trimmings, and £
that will fit you. We will J
save you some money, and £
besides dress you up in J
Good Shape. Z
Come in and see the
# best line of Clothing ever J
# brought to La Junta. f
# Yours for business, J
? The Price-Draper Clothing Co ?
a The Leaders.
j; Health Says |
5: Repair the :j>
| J
5: *• :j
£ See that the sanitary conditions
are perfect and on the most ( i
L scientific basis. For this work
3» you need a plumber on whom
you may rely—one who will do |
jf* the work thoroughly and con
l* scientiously. Many particular
C l people have chosen us to do tg
ft, their plumbing and entrusttheir
5* health to our work.
$* Our workmen are all experts, and
1 1 we can do anything from mend- ( g
» > ing a leak in your water pipe to < £
ft t supplying your home with bath- < j
! * room and full sanitary appli- g
3* ances in all the latest designs S
£ and most modern ideas.. £
I B.& O—- |
3 TiHE pioneer hardware men.
LA JUNTA TRIBUNE.
PUBLISHED EVENT WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY
LA JUNTA, OTERO COUNTY, COLORADO. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1898.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL ITEMS.
The Dewey.
Joys for Jewelry.
Trade at the Palace drug store, j
I have a four-room house for
rent.—E. J. Lewis.
Melvin Bros', pay fancy prices
for fancy fat stock. See thepi
For Sale—450' old ewes, well j
bred. Inquire of G. R. Buckey.
If you want a fine dining table
and chairs go to F. M. Stark & Co. i
j
F A. Sabin went to Manzanola
yesterday morning on legal busi
ness.
J. M. McCune was awarded lour
first premiums on chicken exhibits
at the fair.
You can never complete a nice
Sunday dinner without going to
Melvin Bros', market.
Mrs. William Eddy is v|siting
friends in Garden City, the-guest
of Mrs. Richard Taylor. j
Assistant General Manager H.
U. Mudge and Superintendent
Dyer were in town last Saturday.
A fine assortment of new peaches
just received ot Melvin Bros.’
They arc cheap and going fast.
Mrs. J. C. Bostwick left on No.
6 last night for Kansas City, where
she will visit relatives and friends
for a short time.
C. F. Kendall returned Saturday '
night from Denver, where he had
been for several days past purchas
ing goods for the local store.
The Atchison Topeka & Santa
Fe have invited bids on 30 21 by
38 consolidation engines. The 1
bids are to be opened next week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Walker left
on No. 6 last night for flSSSal ’
City, where they will be the guests
of Mrs. Walkers parents for sever
al weeks.
A. C Kennedy went to Pueblo
this morning on business connected
with the new house furnishing en
terprise he is about to inaugurate
in this city.
P. E. Hussey, who has a ninety
acre tract just east of the McCreary
gardens, has subdivided the same
into five-acre tracts and will place
them upon the market.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Clark left
on No. 5 Sunday morning for Den
ver to visit the metropolis of Col
orado. They will visit the lead
ing mountain towns during their
absence.
The ladies' aid society of the
Presbyterian church will meet at
the residence of Mrs, C. A. Beer
hohm Thursday afternoon at two
o'clock. The members are earn
estly requested to be present.
Miss M. G. Humphry’s millin
ery opening in the Library building
last Thursday and Friday was at
tended by a large majority of the
ladies of La Junta who greatly ad
mired the exquisite display of the
milliner's art.
The informal hops that have
been held under the blazing glare
of the electric lights on Raton
avenue all summer will soon be
drawing to a close. Mr. and Mrs.
Toad will pack up their trunks and
seek the seclusion of their winter
retreat.
The annual report of the A. T.
&-S. F. for the year ending June
30th, just issued, makes the follow
ing showing: Net traffc revenue,
$10,707,764; other receipts, $182,-
027. Total, $10,889,791. Taxes,
rentals, fixed interest, &c., $6,999,-
366. Surplus, $3,890,425.
A. C. Kennedy resigned his po
sition with tlie Jamieson House
Furnishing Company this week,
and will in the very near future
engage in the same line of business
in this city on hia owe account, oc
cupying the storeroom formerly
used by the “Fair." Mr. Kennedy
has the reputation of being a hust
ler in his line of business and will
without doubt make a success of j
the enterprise.
Fisher & Larsen carry the largest j
line of jewelry in the county.
For fresh bread, pies or cakes go
to Fisher's, postoffice news stand.
Eight per cent money for city or
farm loans.—W. R. Gibson, Cen
1 tral block.
Go to F. M. Stark & Co. for
bargains in furniture, stoves and
queensware.
Grace Wctherby was awarded a |
first and second premium on paint
ings at the fair.
The first in first out system was
adopted on the D. & R. G. at,
Salida last week.
Highest cash price paid forj
spring chickens and fresh ranch -
eggs at the Bon-Ton.
Highest cash price paid for fat
cattle, calves, poultry and produce
at the Columbia Meat Market.
Charles Johnson, a son of H. J.
Johnson, who recently died in this
city, returned to his former home
in Holyoke, Colo., Monday.
The Prairie Cattle Company
shipped foity-sevcn carloads of
cattle for eastern markets last Fri
day and about forty carloads on j
Saturday.
For Sale —Shropshire rams; fifty !
yearlings, too lambs; also ljo old
ewes. Apply to P. H. Sweetman,
twelve miles from La Animas on j
the road to Arlington.
Do You Pay Rent? —I have two j
small suburban properties that 1
will sell on easy monthly payments
and low interest rate. Call and
see about them. —Frank Finney.
R. E. Fisher went to Colorado
ISprihgs‘Sunday morning to bid
his mother, who left for her home
in Missouri that day, good-bye.
Mr. Fisher returned home Monday
night.
La Junta is putting cn inetro
politin airs. O. A. Tagader has
purchased an $850 hack, which
he has placed on our public thor
oughfares for service. Street cars
will soon be in order.
The ladies of the W. C. T. U.
will hold their regular meeting at
the home of Mrs. F. W. Hart on
Tuesday, October 4th, at 3 p. m.
Everybody interested in temper
ance work invited to attend.
J. B. Sherman expects to leave
about the first of October for Pitts
burg, Pa., to attend the Knights
Templar Conclave. He will be
accompanied by his family and vis
it the principal cities of the east
before his return. He will be ab
sent about 30 days.
P. E. Lewis left for Albuquer
que, N. M., Monday morning, at
which place he will participate in
the bicycle races at the territorial
fair. He has entered in every
event, and we would not be sur
prisee to hear that he had captnred
a majority of the prizes.
The Atchison Topeka & Santa
Fe announces that the California
limited will begin running Novem
ber 2, leaving Chicago on that
date and leaving Los Angeles
Monday, November 7. It will run
Mondays, Wednesdays and Satur
days from both terminals through
out the period of California tourist
travel.
Three trainloads of soldiers from
Whipple Barracks, Arizona, passed
through this city Monday morning.
They were in command of Col. H.
M. McCord, ex-governor of Arizo
na, and comprised thirty-seven of
ficers and seven companies, with a
total of about seven hundred men.
There were many ex-residents of
La Junta among the men, who
were kept busy shaking hands
with numerous old friends. The
men have been stationed at Whip
ple Barracks during the past three
months, and expect to see service
in Cuba on garrison duty.
IHave you selected your |!
new Fall Costume yet? j \
We are ready, J j
S 'f
And you won’t be offered the haphazard choice c i
of a buyer who was not posted, but the very 3■.
handsomest tilings that our dress goods expert TK
could seek out—and he stands very close to W
the leaders among importers and manufac- tjg t
turers. Every house can’t get first choice.
We do get it. It's a point worth remember- im
ing when you start out for that new dress.
Does this weather make you think
you need “New Blankets?" sjf
Now, a word about new blankets as we show
and sell them. Here pure wool means pure J £
wool, part cotton is part cotton with us, and i f
we even admit that we have some that are f
all cotton. But where’s the advantage, you ‘f
say. Full w idths and lengths, the prettiest f
conceits in borders, the best value in fabric. f *
From the lowest priced to the highest there's 3 £
a range of values that gives every one ample * £
choice and without the slightest danger of f
going wrong. ‘f
* £
if it’s going to be a new Coat < t
or Cape it might as well be a j f f
real stylish one—from us. < t
Most of tile garments you find here can’t be J f
seen elsewhere in town, not that our friends j *
(competitors) wouldn’t like to have them, \ t
but we manage to fix things so they can't, tj I
and what does it give us? Exclusive, nobby tj t
things, the very cream of the choicest styles a
that New York shows this season, and it 3
isn’t necessary to pay a penny more than for * *
styles not so pretty or attractive. Will you \ f
come to us? tj f
C. F.“KENDALL f
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J. N. Cooper, formerly of Colo
rado Springs, will open up the
Club billiard and pool room in the
Plaza block on Saturday morning,
October 1st. Gentlemen will find
this a very pleasant place to spend
a part of their spare time. Mr.
Cooper will also carry one of the
best lh.es of imported and domestic
cigars that ever came to La Junta,
also soft drinks.
One of the largest gatherings
ever assembled at a religious meet
ing in this city greeted Rev. S. M.
Martin at the Commercial College
hall last Sunday evening to listen
to his exposition of the subject,
“Popular Amusements." Every
seat in the hall and every inch of
available standing room space was
utilized, and it is estimated that at
least 150 people were turned away.
Interest in the meetings does not
seem to wane in the least. They
will be continued all of next week.
A shooting scrape occurred at
Fowler about 9 o’clock Monday
morning in which Peter Matice, a
nephew of John Vroman, was shot
by James Baldwin, receiving in
juries which will probably result in
his death. Baldwin was immedi
ately arrested by a constable and
brought to La Junta, and is now
confined in the county jail. The
trouble originated over the trading
of a team of horses owned by Ma
tice for several hundred fence posts.
Baldwin had delivered a portion of
the posts and had possession of
the team. Matice thinking him a
little slow about delivering the bal
ance of the posts called him to ac
count and threatened to replevin
the team. Bad feeling was en
gendered, and friends Of the partiea
feared that it would terminate as
it finally did. The men met at
Fowler Monday morning, Baldwin
being on horseback and Malice
: standing in front of one of the
principal stores. Both drew their
Number 53.
guns and commenced firing, and
only ceased when both guns were
empty. Baldwin was uninjured,
but Matice received a bullet wound
from a 45 calibre which entered at
the right nipple and came out at
the small of his back. Matice was
si ill living at last reports. The
: preliminary hearing has not as yet
been set.
The Rocky Ford Enterprise, in
1 its account of the proceedings of
the Southern Baptist Association,
held in that city recently, pays the
: following nigh compliment to the
1 wife of one of our citizens: “Mis.
> F. W. Hart was elected assistant
1 moderator and presided at the
I woman's meeting. She is dignified
■ and graceful, and makes a splendid
t officer. Dr. Hart may well feel
proud of his beloved wife.”
John Holm, one of the oldest
engineers on the western division
of the Santa Fe died in Pueblo
I last Saturday. Mr. Holm was at
' one time a resident of La Junta,
1 where he is well and favorably
I known. He is the father of Mrs.
- Harry Nichols of this city. The
1 funeral was held from his late resi
- dence, 926 west Twelfth street, at
I a p. m. and was largely attended.
1 The services at the house and
: grave were conducted by Rev.
; John Brunton. The floral offer
- ings were profuse and appropriate
music was rendered by a quartette.
f The pall-bearers were William
: Parr, William McMurray, C. J.
1 Renahan, Barney Marlow, Mack
- Barnhart and Wallace Averill, and
- the funeral was one of the largest
1 ever witnessed in Pueblo. Among
- the friends present from a'distaoce
1 were John Mudge and John Shaw,
1 of Dodge City, and J. E. Walker,
t William Parr, Daniel Coyle and
1 H. O. Van Inwagcn, of La Junta.
! About 250 Masons and 125 tfiem
i bers of the A. O. U. W. attended
r the funeral.