La Junta tribune., October 12, 1898, Image 1

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f We have just received from
• Ed. V. Price & Co., Tailors 4
i to the trade, about 2,000
Dollars worth of
I Tailor Made Suits J
That they made up during
the dull season to keep 4
their men employed. They
were shipped to us at about
50 Per Cent on the $i *
—one-half the price it would 5
cost you to get a suit made £
to your measure. We can J
sell you a £
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elsewhere—suits that are J
Well Made, £
with good trimmings, and T
that will fit you. We will J
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besides dress you up in £
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Come in and see the £
best line of Clothing ever £
brought to La Junta.
# Yours for business, £
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LA JUNTA TRIBUNE.
raiLMMIB IVIRY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY.
LA JUNTA, OTERO COUNTY. COLORADO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12. 1898.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL ITEMS.
The Dewey.
Home again.
Joys for Jewelry.
Trade at the Palace drug *tore.
Fine Jewelry—Fisher & Larsen.
Hawkins will do you good on
ladies' shoes.
Geo. C. Burnett, the Architect,
Room 7, Woodruff Block.
Melvin Bros’, pay fancy prices
for fancy fat stock. See them.
For Sale—4so old ewes, well
bred. Inquire of G. R. Buckey.
If you want a fine dining table
and chairs go to F. M. Stark & Co.
Mrs. E. N. Bonfils, of Denver,
was a guest of the Harvey House
last Sunday.
Call at Hawkins' Cash Store for
particulars if you want to rent a
nice four-room cottage.
Highest cash price paid ior fat
cattle, calves, poultry and produce
at the Columbia Meat Market.
Miss Kate Smith, after a vaca
tion of several weeks, has returned j
to the position of saleslady at S. j
R. Mendelson's.
W. L. Crombie, representing
Nelson Baker, manufacturing
pharmacists of Detroit, Mich., was
a Sunday visitor in La Junta.
Mrs. W. P. Sheetz left on. No. 6'
Monday night for Wellsville^Ohio, j
where she will he the gtjiest of j
relatives and friends for several
weeks.
Dr. E. A. Hall, who
in La Junta for a short tinle last
summer, has returned to Lamar,
after several months' service in
Uncle Sam's army. <
George Barnard, who been
acting in the capacity of clerk
at the Harvey House during the
vacation of Mr. Hershfield, return
ed to Kansas City on No. 2 Mon
day.
Mrs. Ed. Finney and daughter,
M iss Ora, of Arkansas City, Kan.,
who have been the guests of Dr.
Frank Finney and wife for sever a
days past, returned home on No.
6 last night.
H. W. Lance, Ben Smith, J. P.
S. Gobin, W. B. Gobin, Ike Adair
and N. W. Terry, of Rocky Ford,
were in town Monday morning at
tending the county court upon the
opening day of the regular term.
Next Tuesday is the opening day
for the registration of voters for
the ensuing election. Remember
that it is absolutely necessary for
your name to be upon the regis
tration books if you desire to vote
November Bth.
Mr. Frank Abbott, of Tiffin,
Ohio, who has been making a tour
of the west, stopped over in La
Junta several days last week to
visit his old-time friends, G. R.
and C. R. Buckey. He left for
home on No. 6 Sunday night.
C. P. Miller brought to the
Tribune office Monday a sample
of the crop of peanuts which he
has been giving a trial during the
past season on his North La Junta
tract. The nuts are not as yet
fully matured, but the vine gives
promise of a prolific crop. The
possibilities of the Arkansas Valley
for producing a variety of products
are as yet unknown, but there
seems to be no limit as yet.
Twelve companies of the Fif
teenth United States Infantry from
Arizona passed through here Sun
day evening about 6 o’clock. There
were about i,ooo men, and they
were on their way to Huntsville,
Ala., the point of mobilization for
the regiments that are to compose
the army of occupation in Cuba.
The Fifteenth infantry has one of
the finest bands in the United
States army, and for an hour it
discoursed sweet music on the
depot platform to the intense de
light of the large crowd present.
Such music was never before
heard in La Junta.
Jelly glasses and Mason fruit
jars at Thompson’s.
Go to Hawkins to buy heavy un
derwear at low prices.
Fisher & Larsen carry the largest
line of jewelry in the county
For fresh bread, pies or cakes go
to Fisher's, postofficc news stand.
A. C. Comer of Rocky Ford,
was a county seat visitor Monday.
Go to F. M. Stark & Co. for
bargains in furniture, stoves and
queensware.
Dr. W. Wylie, of Phoenix, Ariz.,
was a guest of the Harvey House
last Saturday.
Come quick if you want to rent
a good four-room house. — Haw
kins’ Cash Store.
J. Scott Robertson, of the Fred
Harvey ranch near Holly, was in
town last Saturday.
You can never complete a nice
Sunday dinner without going to
Melvin Bros’, market.
Why not own your own home
and save rent? Look at the list
offered by Buckey & Hart.
Wanted. — About twenty five
head of stock to pasture, one mile
from town. —G. D. Phillips.
Mrs. C. A. Beerbohm returned
on No. 6 Sunday night from
Denver, where she was the guest
of relatives for a week previous.
James Melvin left on No. 2 Sun
day for Pittsburg, Pa., to attend
the Knights Templar Conclave,
which was assembled there this
week.
Do You Pay Rent? —I have two
small suburban properties that I
will sell on easy monthly payments
and low interest rate. Call and
see about them.—Frank Finney*
J. S. McMurtrie, of Holly,
representing the Great Plains
Storage Company, was in town
Monday morning to meet a party
of prospective investors in that
section of the state.
A newly married man in this
town, whose wife has gone home
to see her folks, has been longing
for that bourne from which no
traveler returns for two days past.
There’ll be no parting there.
Leander Spicer, of Ballston Spa,
N. Y., and William Spicer, of
Webb City, la., were the guests
of their brother, A. Spicer, of this
city several days last week, it
being their first meeting for a
number of years. They returned
to their respective homes last
Saturday morning, going by way
of Denver and Omaha and visiting
the exposition.
Cards announcing the marriage
of W. A. Hart, of La Junta, and
Miss Mary Jenkins, of El Paso,
111., Tuesday, October 4, 1898,
were received in this city last week
by Mr. Hart’s numerous friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Hart will be at home
in La Junta after November 15th,
occupying the elegant new resi
dence now in course of construc
tion on Raton Avenue. The
Tribune tenders congratulations.
Last Saturday evening about
dusk two ladies and a child in a
covered spring wagon attempted
to cross the Santa Fe railroad
track at a crossing about one and
one-half miles east of Rocky Ford.
Engine 624, running light, ran
into them, throwing both horses
clear of the cattle guard and
instantly killing them. The child
was so badly injured that it lived
but a few hours. Both women
were unconscious all day Sunday,
but are reported to have since re
gained their senses and are in a
fair way to recover. The women
were strangers in that part of the
country, and have been camping
out near Rocky Ford for the past
two weeks while their busbaods
were working in Cheek’s brickyard.
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k —we buy and sell our way—we evidently buy
t well, for we haven’t stopped growing yet; and
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c came larger. We have linen from Ireland and
Germany. Linens woven from good, clean, Hf
& round threads that will wear into the next Hr
\ generation—no artificial dressing—just linen, f
\ pure linen, if you will pay fair linen prices; f
i whatever you pay you get the best that can be a
had for your money.
y Bed furnishings for \
y a thousand homes. \
: Blankets, comforts, spreads, sheets, pillow- 3 \
? cases; all good; for instance, all-wool blankets, Hf
J both wool in warp and filling, firm in weave, Hr
j yet soft and flexible; woven close, yet not so Hr
y close as to harden in the wash; we’re proud of
k our California blankets; fond of feeling their
t selected wool. We know they’re “good goods”
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J the sort of trade we’re out for, struggling for— Hr
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\ C. F. KENDALL I
OUR
COMPETITION
GOODS.
—. No. 8 Granite Tea Kettle 0. r >c #
These „ #
No. 25 Granite Coffee Pots 30c < [
10 qt Granite Pails 40c <|
12 qt Granite Pails 50c <J
are 14 qt Granite Pails 60c
2 qt Stew Pans 20c 1 1
6 qt Stew Pans 30c < J
10 qt Galvanized Pails 15c |j
12 qt Galvanized Pails 20c
14 qt Galvanized Pails 25c '!
Galvanized Iron Tubs from, ,50c to 70c
Sample Galvanized Iron Boilers 60c J
Tin Pudding Pans 2c up jj
Tin Dish Pans 15c up ][
Prices other goods of this class are < [
offered at equally-low prices. ' I
The above prices are not “baits” in o
order to skin you on something else. \t
Neither are they “Sale Day” prices. You
can get as many as you want, or as often \ >
as you want them. Yours for business, !>
A. H. CAWTHRON. |
Number 57.