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Arkansas Valley Notes and Real Estate Transfers Highlights
The La Junta area reports a minor bank robbery in Labin offset by a larger La Junta budget of 24,000 dollars for the year. Local politics spotlight Hoffmire and Sabin on the same ticket, and Luthers seeks influence in the legislature. Sugar factory contracts expand beet operations. Melon Growers Union signs sales with Coggins & Co. and Lyon Brothers, with $20,000 bonds posted. Lamar Melon Growers foresee rising acreage. Lamar and Holly real estate transfers list numerous deeds, tax deeds, and quit claims. A sugar-factory accident near Lake Henry proves fatal. An all-year tourist rate to Hot Springs via La Junta is offered with side trips to Pueblo, Colorado Springs, and Denver.
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Pittsburg
Lyon Brothers
New York
Coggins & Co
Lyon Brothers Co
Arkansas Valley
J. N. Beaty
J. E.gunger
Wm. B. Ebbert
The
Lamar Melon Growers Association
A. E. Bent
E. A. Lamper
Jesse Wright
M. D. Parmenter
Isaac DeWitt
Morton Strain
Sec’y
D. ©. Marker
Hot Springs
Mex
la Junta
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Denver
G. J. Garvin