davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-01-02

This is easier said than done, YET
il NAV be- OF some help to consider
the matter, Ii the cause ID some
thing over which you have no con
troll il Is obvious that worrying VIII
not help the matter in the least
On the other hand, If within your
control you have only to act, When
YOU have cold and fear an attack ut
pneumonia, buy bottle OF Cham1er-
Iain's Cough Remedy aud use II
jadiciously aud all cause of worry as
TO the outcome will quickly dls-
appear. There Is NO danger u
pneumonia when II Is used, FOR
sale by the Occur Il 'Alene Drug Co
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-01-02

WANTED TRUSTWORTHY LADY OR GEN
tlehAn 10 manage business ia thi. County and
adjoining territory for Mouse of ~ntid nuaiie al
standing. SbOO straight cash salary and ~
penses paid each Monday dare { from headq aiut
efS Expense money advanced position per
manehL Address MaRa.er, ta6 Mauoa hhig.,
chicago nov - frb -
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-01-02
FARM TOPICS.

Without regularity in the size and
shape Of the grains, no form Of
droppsr viii give a perfect stand,
which is essential to a large field.
katfir corn affords an opportunity
for improvement by seed selection,
1t, rs we'll as corn, is best selected in
the field, but II this has not been
done, uniform heads with large grains
should be selected and stored In dry
place. Much of the Kaffir corn
which is being grown III the west is
badly mixed because of neglect in
the selection of seed.
Seed oats should always DO run
through tanning will for the pur
pose of removing the light material.
Unless this il done, 1t will be difficult
To determine how much good seed is
sown and much Of the poor seed will
result in weak plants that will pro
duce an inferior crop or none at all.
Careful and continued seed selec-
tion on the farms of the west will
pay many times for the work. Plants
become adapted to the conditions
under which they are grown, and
while 1t is desirable to try new
varities from other localities, such
new seed should never be used f,l
the entire ACREAGE Of any of the stapls
! crops. After the new varieties
become aeclimated, they may b.
found better than those commonly
grown Ii such Is the case, locally
grown seed will then be- on hand fol
the entire crop, and there will be III
loss
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-01-02
POOR BUTTER.

Ten cent butter, a. n rule, is
loaded down with ignorance.
Ignorance presides at every step Of
its history ignorance OF what the
maker should have known to have
made it worth as much as the best.
The original butter fat a. it comes
from the COW il all right; but
Ignorance took it in hand and its
course was downward from that time
on. The people who make cheap
store butter are Just the ones who
despise knowledge, and are always
talking against reading and knowing
more. Their butter shows It, That
is the way heaven takes to punish
them for their contempt Of know
ledge. What an amount Of punish
msBt they can endurel These people
stand on their own neoks, and, by
making poor butter, surrender their
own field to hog and bull butter.
cottOnseed oils and fraud.
TO DESTROY BARK LICE.
A cheap mixture. which has been
tested with excellent results, IL to
dissolve > pounds Of potash In >
gallons of boiling water, adding )
pounds Of lard at the same time. In
another vessel Slake | peck Of stone
lime In 8 gallons Of boiling water,
and add a pint Of crude carbollc
acid. While hot mix the two solu-
,tions. This mixture may be kept In
. barrel, to DO used as required.
When about to apply to trees take
gallon Of the mixture, add 2 gallons
of boiling water, and swab the trees
With IL, or apply with an old broom,
while the mixtrue Is warm or NJ hot
- n-eaR be aPPliSds It may bs used
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-01-02
APPLES.

Experiments at the Ohio station
have demonstrated clearly that the
apple scAb Is the chief factor in the
destruction Of the apple crop, aud
that this fungus can be kept under
control by spraying. Four splendid
successive crops were produced On
the sprayed trees ut the station,
while the fruit on the unsprayed trees
in the same and neighboring orchards
was worthless. The director, Prof.
Thorne, however, calls attention to
the fact that exhaustion OF soil
fertility, want of water and insect
Fayages may all cooperate with scab
or other fungus growth in shorten
ing the crop, and says: If our
orchards are again To produce the
great crops of earlier days, we must,
in so far as possible, restore the soil
conditions Of those days; we must
avoid the waste of water in those
sections where rainfall is scanty by
preventing the growth under the trees
of weeds or grass, and by keeping the
surface in such condition As to pre-
vent rapid evaporation.
SCALE BARK ON FRUIT TREES.
The gradual thickening Of bark on
trees Is often objected to as AL
evidence OF unthriftiness. But IL
almost always comes on trees when
they get to be of bearing age, and,
except for harboring the cocoons oi
the eodliRR moth, does no harm.
Scraping this bark off through the
winter removes the protection, and
the cocoon, exposed 10 snow aud rain,
perishes. These cocoons will be
usually found on the side Opposite
where the prevailing wind blows, a.
1t is partly protected against beating
rains, especially IL the tree trunk
leans that way. Only the bark that
readily comes off should be removed.
Scraping the trunk down TO the
green bark will cause some kinds Of
trees to sun scald. and is.injurious.
Make the tree grow vigorously, and
the rough bark will roll off of itself
or with very little effort American
| CultiyatOF.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1904-12-23
Two of a Kind.

Representative Dixon of Montana
is telling of the experience of a
young eastern woman with one of his
constituents. She left the train at a
way station in eastern Montana one
afternoon and asked the only man in
sight how she could get to her desti-
nation, far out in the country.
you'll have to wait for the stage
in the morning said the man.
"4ou can't get any rig here"
But where am l to stop" in.
quired the young lady. There {
nothing here but the station, and ]
can't sleep on the floor"
"Guess you'll have to bunk with
the station agent"
"Sirl" she exclaimed, ~ am a
lady"
"So's the station agent" said the
man.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1904-12-23
MANASSAS lTEM3

Special CORES ondenoe.
Bishop Jensen is over from East
dale this week.
Byron Aydelotte and wife are keep,
ing house all alone.
Chas. King has finished bis house
aud is now living III it.
Christa Haynie has moved in,o his
new house on Main street.
William Huffaker is running
black smith shop at the old stand Of
R. NJ. Haynie at present.
Eli McIntire has sold his farm
south of town known as Billy Pinck-
ard property.to n. ". Miller. Con-
sideration 81 500.
Chester Reynolds is kept busy build
ing fues these days as the town board
enforced the Ordinance which provides
that each house shall have fue,
Chas. Carr and Joseph Depriest
chose II men each last SATURDAY and
formed a rabbit hunt. Atnight when
they counted the rabbits Joseph aud
his party was winner by 10 rabbits.
Geo. w. Hufaker was made happy
by the arrival Of fine boy last Mon
day. Mother and child getting along
nicely. IfManassa continues to grow
in population in the future as it
has in the past we will be compelled
to enlarge the Guadalupe ditch and
Richfeld and Sanford will have to
move north so as to give US room as We
believe in expansion.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1904-12-23

A. l.. Moss will ship 1,500 lambs,
fattened ON peas at his ranch north
of town, to the Chicago market next
week That he will get the top price
goes without saying as they are an
exceptionally fine lot.
! The jury in the trial of Nan Pat
terson charged with shooting Caesar
Young, failed to agree on verdict,
standing six for acquittal and six for
conviction of otfense less than first
degree murder. This means another
trial.
L. w. Rice, of Monte Vista, shipped
eight cars of sheep to Chicago this
week. He was offered Sc 25 per
hundred from Denver buyers but
shipped them on 10 Chicago, where
he received one dollar more per hun
dred. Tie sheep were fine lot,
fat'ened on peas, and the shipper
considers them worth the price re-
ceived. Courier.
Nothing indicates better the
growth and popularity of free irsti
tutIons, under wise republican adj
ministration of the government, than
the enormous increase in schools and
colleges during the last decade, and
the great influx of pupils of both
sexes, all anxious to secure the best
possible education. Within ten years
in PeunsylvaDia, the attendance at
colleges has doubled, standards have
been raised and courses of studies
heightened; the numb Der Of high
schools has risen from 122 o ESQ;
the normal schools have been filled
to overlooking, and in many instances
palatial structures have taken place
of old fashioned school houses. The
state now has in its schools, accord
ing to the late school census, 1900,
$50 pupils, who are intructed by 49,.
225 teachers. What is true of the
progress of education in the Key
Stone state is largely true of all 9TH
er states.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1904-12-23

All kinds of fresh meats at divers S,
Laundry sent every Monday. Wal
ter Wilson.
Stock hogs and seed peas for sale.
w. A. Braiden.
Fine assortment of Jewelry, Watch
es and Clocks at tie Drug Store.
Say, Billy, it's not fare PROPOSE
zion to ask the conductor to carry
you.
The holiday shopper, with bags
and bundles and thin pocket book
is in evidence these days.
Manager Robert Lyons, of the La
lara NJ. and f. Co., accompanied by
Mrs. Lyons, drove up to Alamosa to
day.
w. A. Braiden and W. o. Mieir
left for Denver the first of the week.
They are expected home tomorrow
morning.
Christmas footwear, underwear and
arcfics at the Wallace Mer. Company s.
They are the greatest outtitters in the
San Luis valley.
E. A. ROGERS and family will take
the excursion to Del Norte to.mor-
row where they go to spend Christ
mas with relatives.
Danpie Newcomb, eldest son of s..
E. Newcomb, left Wednesday evening
for Denver where he went to spend
the holidays with his folks.
Oysters, cranderries, celery, tur-
KEYS, fruits, nuts and the finest can
dies ever made can be found at G. G..
divers, the place to go to get your
Christmas good things.
Theodore Andersen expects to
leave the first of next week for Chey-
enne, Wyoming, where he has ac-
cepted a good position with the no.
ted saddle and harness mar ufacturer,
F. A. Meanea.
We have n nice assortment of
clocks, parlor lamps, etc. useful
presents, which we will close out at
bargain to make room for our big
stock of Xmas goods. Call and make
your selections and let us put the
presents away for you.
GEO. HAMILTON, Druggist.
Mike-Did ye attend Casey's fu-
neral?
Pat-Oi did.
Mike-Was ye wan of the mourn
ere?
P4t-Oi was; somebody stole me
hat.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1904-12-23
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

Bran, SIPS.
Barley chop S1.25.
New wheat, S1.67.
Oats, black S1,00.
Oats, white S1.10.
Hay $500 per ton.
Alfalfa $500 per ton.
Were you ever Chadwicked?
It's mighty close to White Christ
mas.
Fresh bread, pies and cakes at
divers.
Buy your Christmas Candies at
Oliven's.
We are pleased to announce that
Ed. Hendren is able to be mp and
around again.
Albert Mosier has accepted the po-
sition of stenographer for the Braiden
Real Estate & Inv. Co.
When man is stuck on himself
he is not unlike a postage stamp in
the same condltion-no good.
Sid Lovett WAS at Monte Vista
Thursday transactipg business with
the prohibitionists of that wild and
reckless little city.
w. NJ. Sheldan spent couple of
DAYS in Creole this week, visiting old
time friends and attending the devo'
tional exercises of the Elks.
DIR. Scheussler expert dentist and
dental surgeon, will be in La lara
the second week of each month,
Prices reasonable and work absolutely
guaranteed.
Ed. Murphy will leave tomorrow
night for Laramie, Wyo., in order to
spend Christmas with his brother,
Dan, who is manager of one of the
big stock ranches of that state.
j. A. Martinez, postmaster at Los
Sauces, spent last night in La lara
and left this morning for Conejos'
Mr.. Martinez states that the people
of Los Sauces all did well this year
and that they will enjoy a Merry
Christmas.
John Hecker. G. ". Gates and j
c. Galbreath, of Monte Vista. were
in town Thursday on business. Ar
thur Graves and Harry Hatton
brought them over in The big auto
mobile of the real estate firm OF
Graves & Abrens, Nome Vista.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1904-12-23
Money!!
Must Have Money to Settle
NV Last Years Bills.

must close my business on my
1904 books as soon after the first of
the year as possible, and to do so,
must ask settlement from those still
owing me on my 1904 books. No &C
count will be increased unless they
are settled either by cash or note.
B. l.. VAN VEcHTEN.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1904-12-23
Furniture For Sale.

have all kinds of household furnI-
ture and good Home Comfort, cook
ing range-good as new-which
wish to sell at once. A bargain foV
anyone who wishes anything of the
kind w. +. MIDDLETON.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1904-12-23
Shoemaker.

have opened shoe shop in the
Braiden building, next to the old
Board of Trade saloon, and am pre-
pared to do any kind of shoe repairing.
First class work at reasonable prices
Satisfaction guaranteed.
Ed. CRUz.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1904-12-23
Holiday fruits, nuts and candies at

Holiday fruits, nuts and candies at
divers.
If you want box of candy for
your sweetheart call upon Gilber.
Oliver He's got 'em.
Remember that Gilbert Oliver runs
Santa Claus headquarters in La lara.
Everything to tickle the kids.
Mrs. Blow arrived from Alamosa
Wednesday morning and will spend
the winter with her amt, Mrs. Theo-
dure Andersen.
Try ton of that good Perrins
Peak Coal at So 20 ton and you
Will never buy anything else.
WALLACE MER. Co.
"Where are yon going?" ITO the
Club saloon. where you'll find the
boys drinking Budwiser beer and
champaign! There's no place like
it,"
One hundred and thirty three tick
cts were sold at this station this
(Saturday) morning for the excursion
to Del Norte to people going to the
foot race.
S. H. Mosier left Monday evening
for Oakland, California, where he
goes to join Clark who is racing Fol
low Me and Belladona on the coast
this winter.
This is the time of the year when
fire is most ap, to get started. See
r j. Kavalec and have him insure
you against loss. It's only business
proposition.
Go to the Wallace Mercantile Com
pany's for new suit OF clothes or
pair of shoes and if you chance to be
the Goth, 10th, Goth, S0th, Tooth,
ETC., purchaser, your clothes or shoes
will cost you nothing. Read their
advertisement in this issue and take
notice of their liberal offer.
Jas. Huston and wife, ]. L. Wor-
ley and wife and MIR. Streets and
wife, all living 5 miles west, were in
town yesterday shopping. Mr.. Hus-
ton reports that A. G. Kierstead
arrived safely at his old home in In
diana some days since. Mr.. Morley
and wife lately moved here from the
Hoosier state.
]. III. Westfall and family left
Tuesday morning for Albuquerque,
New Mexico, where Mr.. Westfall has
accepted position with milling
company of that place. He has
been head miller at the La lara
mill for a number of months and the
people of La Jara regret that he and
his estimable family have decided to
take mp a permanent residence else
where.
Whatever may be Mr.. Lawson
game, he is playing it to a finish, and
he is playing it in public, says the
Kansas City Times. He answers a
challenge as "bear" accepts the de-
fiauce of "bull." He is ready for
what is coming to him. Inasmuch
as he has never before seemed to
seek notoriety, although much in the
public eye, his undertaking in "fren-
zied finance" seems to be in pur-
suance of the now popular theory
that the way to let the air out of in
hations is to let the light into them
So far the disturber of Wall street.
peace, or the promoter of its "frenzy, "
as the case may be, has made every
"point." The game is mighty en-
tertaining, more especially as the
country seems to be but little
disturbed over the fluctuations of
purely speculative stocks.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1904-12-23

Old papers for sale at this Office %
cents per hundred.
Jimmy McKelvey and Jess Schec-
ter left tonight for Denver where they
will spend Christmas.
Mancel Carrot Jr. will leave to-
morrow night for Pueblo, where he
goes to have his eyes treated.
After season of good crops, fine
weather aud fat bank accounts, all of
our people will enjoy merry Xmas.
All the sports of the town will go
to Del Norte tomorrow to see the
Mexican footracer run off with the
coin. Betting will be lively.
Alfred McCuuniff arrived here
from Telluride this morning to spend
the Christmas holidays with his par
snts. He has been working in the
mines.
County Treasurer Chas. Ii. Brick
epstine arrived home Wednesday
morning after having spent several
weeks in Washington, d. c., on pri-
vate business,
The Club saloon retails the best
whiskey ever sold over bar in La
lara. 1t is 10 proof and eight years
old. If You doubt it, come in and we
will prove it to you.
SHELDON & BRUMBLY.
Those who draw salaries by the
month are dead sore because Christ
mas and New Years come on Sun
day this holiday season, but those
who work by tie day and need the
money are glad.
j. W. Massey, county surveyor of
Doone county, w. Va, and an old
time newspaper man, is here spend
ing the winter as the guest of his
aa-"tber, J. ID. Massey of Manassa.
He is delighted with our climate and
it's more than likely that he will be-
come one of our permanent residents
in the course of another year or two.
A. G. Faucet was the first lucky
man to get a pair of shoes for nothing
ut the Wallace Mercantile Co.'s store
this week. AS announced in their
adv. they give away every 10th pair
of shoes aud every Goth suit of
clothes sold during the month of De-
cember and A. G. Faucet copied off
the first pair of shoes. He went in
and picked out the best pair of shoes
in the store, little dreaming that he
was to get them free. When the
boys in the store registered the sale
they saw that Fon had purchased the
goth pair and Immediately refunded
him $500. the price he had paid for
the shoes. Another pair of shoes
will go this week as will also suit
of clothes. Who will be the lucky
fellows?
Men and women of ripe years can
handle poultry, the business gives
quick returns-three weeks to hatch
three months boilers-fve months
egg producers. There is not only
profit but there is pleasure in poul.
try. In the sere and yellow it light
ems cares and lifts the mortgage. The
aggregate of the business in amount
is $500, 100000 per annum, and yet
always cry for more. Prof. George
f. Thomas, of the U. S. agricultural
department estimates that a thor
oughly modernized hen can realize
400 per ce..t. In this section we
place it at even greater per cent, as
there is always a good market for
eggs and chickens. Those who have
made fizzle of every undertaking in
life are yet adapted to poultry. There
is good profit in it. Easy money.
MOnavY
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1904-12-23
Rabbit Hunt.

Biggest Rabbit hunt on earth.
Commencing at Henry School House
at 8 a. IN. Wednesday, December %,
1904. Everybody come and have 9.
big time. A. L. Moss,
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1904-12-23

Miss Jones left tonight for her
home at Alamosa where she will spend
the holidays.
Brandies for mince meats, wines
for the table, old whisky for egg nog.
AT the Club.
Edison knight and Chas. Rippey
left last evening for Winterset, Iowa,
to spend the holidays.
Thomas Ormond came in from
Fort Collins this morning to spend
Christmas. He has been attending
Agricultural College there.
All the good things for the holiday
season are kept at divers. No mat
Ter what you want, Gilbert will get it
for You if he hasn't it in stock.
Miss Richardson, teacher of the
school at Los Sauces, WAS in La
lara last night and went to her home
at Antonito this Saturday morning
to spend Christmas.
The Club saloon is making a repu-
tation for itself on the fine line of
cigars it carries. Their Two for a
quarter and fifteen cent cigars are
worth the money. They are not 5
cent smokes.
Mrs. Fred. Warshauer returned
from Denver this morning and was
accompanied by her daughter, Miss
Grace, and niece, Miss Ella Menke,
who are coming home to enjoy the
holidays. They are students at the
Loretta academy, Denver. Miss
Warshauer brought one of her school
mates along, a young lady whose
home is in Canada.
The gift of thousands of tons of
potatoes to suffering Ireland by Colo
RADIO potato farmers is most noble
charity, and is characteristic of the
generosity and humanity of western
farmers. The heart of the great
west reaches out over continents and
seas to the lowly sufferers of the
Green Isle of Erin"
Talk about your liberal offers !
Look at the ad of the Wallace Mer
camille Company in this Issue and
see what chance they give you to
get new suit of clothes and pair of
shoes absolutely free. All that is
necessary is to be the twentieth pur'
chaser of either a suit of clothes or a
pair of shoes and they'll not cost You
cent Don't let your chance slip.
A Topeka preacher tells this story
II had occasion once to hold Christmas
services in little town not far from To-
peka. The choir was composed of two
old maids and two bachelors. When
the chorus to the official hymn was
reached the old maids alone sang,
Unto us child's been born" and
the old bachelors followed up with
Wonderful, wonderful" Then
some wag in the front row had to
smoker. That settled it. The choir
quit abruptly"
Word from the bedside of Mrs. R.
B. Wallace is to the effect that she is
slowly sinking and that all hope for
her recovery has been abandoned.
Mrs. Wallace went ont to st. Paul,
Mimi, about two months ago on a
visit to relatives and was soon after
taken seriously i'll. Not until an OPP
Grafton was performed was it discov
cred that she was suffering from an
intestinal cancer, the removal of
which gave hope for her life for a
time hut change for the worse oc-
CURED few days ago and she has
since been slowly sinking. The sad
news will be shock to the residents
of every town i'll the San Luis Val.
ley where friends of the family are
numbered by the population.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1904-12-23
Hay For Sale.

One hundred tons of good oat and
pea hay, raised on the Lone Tree
Ranch, for sale. At lress G. Il. Met
calf, Lone Tree Ranch, La lara,
Colorado.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1904-12-23
turkeys Wanted.

Wanted-Turkeys- wanted. Casl
paid for all kinds of turkeys.
HENRY WLLMAN,
Alamosa, Colo.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1904-12-23
Bulls for Sale.

Registered short horn bulls for sale
by Sherwin, Wilder & Neff. Enquire
of VIM. Neif. La lara, Colo.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1904-12-23
Feed.

Bran, SIPS. I
Barley Chop, S1.25.
1000 pound lots S1,15.
Oats, for feed 81 20.
WALLACE MER. Co.