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Commission Men Win Out In Melon Market Talks
The marketing committee of melon associations met in La Junta with sixteen associations represented and commission men from New York Pittsburg St. Louis Denver Kansas City Dallas at the Harvey House. After a long session Lyon Coggins and Fort secured agreements to handle eastern and western territories on a 15 percent commission with bonds and freight guarantees. Separately a murder case at Snowden ranch near Manzanola saw James Ford killed and Mexican worker Juan Valesqui confess to the crime. Ford’s brother and funeral arrangements noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Lyon
New York
M. O. Coggins
Pittsburg
Nat Wetzel
St. Louis
Z. J. Fort
Denver
Asa W. Fish
Kansas City
W. Hunt
Dallas
Texas
Commission
Harvey House
Lyon and Coggins
Missouri
Omaha
Western Territory
J. Fort
Lyon
Coggins
Fort
la Junta
Register
James Ford
W. A. Colt
Snowden Ranch
Manzanola
Juan Valesqui
Trinidad
Barr
la Janta
Alosqui
Steward
Ford
Burr
Clark
Valesqui
Milatone Trujillo