City Council Tackles Yard Refuse and Water Woes
City council meets in regular session as a city scavenger campaign aims to curb backyard refuse. Alderman Merk reports a stalled pump project may require three days, with artesian water supply shut off temporarily. The board mulls street widths, meters for tenants, and a clearer garbage enforcement plan from Health Officer Kendig.
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Merk
Bone Yard
Ald. Merk
Goodner Bros
Com. Kendig
Barnes
Ald
Sprinker
Baldwin
Ald. Baldwin
Kenkig
Board of Health
City health board urges nuisance abatement and sewer hookup
The Board of Health outlines steps to remove nuisances occupy soil and drain issues, appoint a garbage collector, and require residents to abate nuisances at their expense. If needed, abatement will proceed by ordinance with special notices. Two young women were thrown from a buggy near Fifth Street and Sycamore Avenue. Ruba Crull sustained a serious skull injury while Burma Shannon suffered numerous bruises but is expected to recover.
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Board of Health
Ruba Crull
Burma Shannon
Fred Vint
Wolfe
Crull
Miss Shannon
Fifth Street
Sycamore Avenue
Miss Crull
Vint
Major Christon Conducts Brief Wedding in Court
In Judge Christon J. P.s court at Craig's feed store on Walnut Avenue a quick wedding was held after a Negro assault sentence. A groom paid two dollars, the bride wore a ring from his pocket, and both families witnessed a brisk ceremony with two dozen onlookers outside.
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Major Christon
J. P
Craig
Walnut Ave
Farmers Institute Set for August First Picnic
All farmers and their wives are urged to attend the Farmers Institute on August 1. The meeting will include a picnic dinner on the ground floor and talks from the State Agricultural College speakers with local ladies contributing. August 1 is Colorado Day, a state holiday.
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Farmers’ Institute
State Agricultural College
Colorado
Gasoline line riders plan ten mile Rocky Ford to La Junta route
Landowners along the proposed gasoline tramway between Rocky Ford and La Junta meet at LR Fenlason's office. E S Alnutt promotes the project with local supporters to fund a road and rail link, estimating 100000 dollars for ten miles, with costs to be shared by adjoining benefited lands. The venture aims to extend across the valley after initial success. A separate recount recalls a violent dance hall incident ending in deaths and injuries, with Mrs Cordoba killed and a man named Cordoba at large.
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Fenlason
E.S. Alnuit
Rocky Ford
la Junta
Swink
Alnutt
Salina
Kan
Geo. W. Swink
J. Ed Gauger
F. A. Sabin
J.B. Pearce
Otero County
Spring Water Project Advances Toward Manzanola
Work on Fowler spring water pipes has reached the Arkansas river crossing at the Manzanola bridge. Contractor Fosdick, a Pure Springs Water Co. stockholder, reports a standpipe north of the bridge with a cut off for river damage. The line runs five feet underground from Manzanola to Rocky Ford, with standpipes planned for farm routes and possible town fire protection, though local use remains unsettled.
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Arkansas River
Manzanola River
Manzanola
Fosdick
Pure Springs Water Co
Manzanela Bridge
Rocky Ford
Romance and Rumors in Las Animas Society Circles
The Las Animas Leader recalls Mrs. Sabastan Cordoba and her perilous social world a generation ago. The piece references a prior tragedy involving Cordoba when she was married to Antonio Sandoval, a saloon keeper, and describes a dance and the town’s rough era filled with whiskey and cowboys.
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Sabastan Cordoba
Rocky Ford
Las Animas
Cordoba
Antonio Sandoval
Sandoval
Hon
Council Split Over Saloon License in La Junta
G M Cameron urged Curran and Cadman to obtain a saloon license, arguing a decent, orderly operation. With no quorum action stalled, a later vote tied 2 to 2 before Mayor Barr cast the deciding vote in favor, citing a precedent about licensing powers amid broader disputes over saloon regulation and legality.
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la Junta
G. M. Cameron
Curran & Cadman
Thery
Jones
Cameron
Draper
Mapes
Daniher
Kirkpatrick
Barr
City of
C. W. Heath
Heath
Supreme Court
Mild dust drift and hail hit region with scattered crop damage
A light dust cloud drifted over town last Monday with heavier hail rounds east of Swink. Affected fields include a 40 acre loss in the south, small injury near Swink, and a heavy rain flood in La Junta causing minor basement flooding. Colorado College trustees elect Dr. George Maxwell Howe to replace the late Professor L A E Ahlers. Dr Howe, an Indiana alumnus, studied at Cornell and Berlin Leipsig, taught at Dartmouth, then Cornell, and comes from a Germany year to join the Modern Languages department.
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Swink
Fairmount
la Junta
Colorado College
George Maxwell Howe
L. A. E. Ahlers
Howe
University of Indiana
Cornell University
Berlin
Leipsig
Germany
Dartmouth College
Early Rocky Ford cantaloupes shown as record seed success
The Farmers and Merchants Bank in Rocky Ford Colo reports the earliest netted Rock cantaloupes from seeds bought in April 1907. Dr Van Buskirk’s Netted Rock strain yields very early, well netted thick meated fruit with strong rust resistance. A July 19 exhibition demonstrates time tells the tale and suggests seed buyers secure this strain for next season. At South Sixth Street, Harry E. Kelsay wed Lucy Standlee in a quiet morning ceremony. The couple will reside at 408 South Sixth Street after a brief honeymoon.
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Farmers & Merchants Bank
Rocky Ford
Colo
van Buskirk
Cole
Ford
J. A. Standlea
South Sixth Street
Harry E. Kelsay
Lucy Standlea
F. R. Hollenback
Potts Murder Trial Ends with Jury Deadlock
The Kiowa case of Harry Potts ends in a hung jury after forty eight hours of deliberation. Potts, once a Rocky Ford resident, was found dead at his Deer Trail area ranch well. Farm hand Sylvester Craig, brought from Texas, faced trial on murder charges. The jury split eight to convict and four to acquit.
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Harry Potts
Kiowa
Rocky Ford
Deer Trail
Sylvester Craig
Texas
Avondale Defeats Outlaws In Close Sunday Baseball
Avondale 11 outlaws 7 in a shifty game where Avondale combined with Hamlin and the wire mill outlaws. Rosson and Price worked hard for the visitors, while Clark and Payne led the home team with three hits each off Price. The match featured strong defense from Ray and solid fielding from Avard, with Hao allowing only three hits after the fourth. The teams prepare for a Lamar game on the 28th with a possible special train turnout.
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Alther
Avondale
Hamilins
Wire Mill Outlaws
Rosson
Price
Hao
Rome
Hore
Hills
Carruthers
Ray
Avard
Swink
Clark
Payne
Ford
Moore
Rowson
S. A. Matthews
Lamar
Clerks Edge Business Men In Hot Fair Grounds Ball Game
As press time neared the clerks led the business men 9 to 3 at the fair grounds ball game. Avard delivered many kicks to umpire Silent Rosson delaying play and the town paused to watch. The outcome favored the clerks, while business interests appeared rattled by the big hit in the fourth inning.
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Fair Grounds
Avard
Cancelled Rocky Ford game to answer unfair play charges
Rocky Ford may cancel its planned match with Las Animas to counter recent slanderous accusations of unsportsmanlike conduct by local Las Animas papers. A replacement game with the Trinidad club is being arranged, with Trinidad's manager Northern seeking a meet-up.
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Rocky Ford
Las Animas
Trinidad
Northern
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Kimzey
Kelsay Standlea
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