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The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28
The Everslade. to Be Drained.

1t is proposed to reclaim the ever
glades, the great and practically unex-
plored region of Florida. The region
contains about 100000 acres and has
never been thoroughly explored,
though excursions have been made
through it. 1t is believed that. the
land would be very valuable If drain
ed. A company has been formed to
undertake the work and message
in regard to the matter is expected
from Gov. Broward to the Florida
state legislature. At present the
state gets no revenue whatever from
the region, while il the everglades
were drained and a portion of the re-
gion put under cultivation the addi-
tional tax return would probably be
large.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28
Niaaara Water Power.

The commissioners of Queen Victo-
ria park. on the Canadian side of Nj
agara falls, show proper sense of the
condition now affecting that majestic
cataract They have just issued their
nineteenth annual report and laid 1t
before the Ontario Legislature, set
ting forth that a halt must be called
in the granting of franchises at the
falls and that too many have been
given away already. Three Of them
are now in the possession of private
companies and fourth, permitting the
creation of 100000 more horsepower
from the Chippewa river. is under con-
sideration. This will make an aggre-
gate on the Canadian side of 475,OOO
horsepower. which the commissioners
think should not, at the present time.
be exceeded. If more are to be given
hereafter they should cost the grantees
more, and in particular care should be
taken that the shores above and be-
low the falls be not marred by IN
slightly buildings.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28

{ FORTUNE in FEW MINUTES
s Divers Fee of $4,000 Earned in Comparatively
Easy Manner.

The most remarkable of the few
human fishes in the world, called deep
sea divers, is Hal Lefton of San Fran
cisco. He has dived for living in
nearly all the different waters of this
planet. His specially of late years
has been "salying," that is, recovering
treasure from sunken ships. He gets
commission on whatever he brings
to the surface. 1t was he who earned
$25, 900 in a single dive to the sunken
steamer Rio Janeiro, which went down
off San Francisco with all aboard, in
GLIDING 100000 in gold from the
Klondike. His story as he told 1t to
the writer was amazing.
There is much known sunken treas
ure," said Lefton, which cannot be
recovered by divers, because 1t lies
at too great a depth. There's the
steamer Oregon, wrecked in 1886,
with 81 900 900 in gold; and the Erie.
burned to the waters edge in 1893
where she sank off Florida, there lies
a fortune in gold on the sea-bed. The
marine insurance companies offer us
big commissions to dive for those two
deposits of treasure, but they lie too
deep. Our average safe depth Is 100
feet, but have worked at 20i feet.
THE Rio Janeiro, from which l
made my big haul the other day, lies
at about 10 feet, and some five miles
off shore. There's more gold there
STILL but after a dive like that of the
other day have TO take at least
weeks rest. earned that money in
exactly ten minutes, and this is how:
my tug anchored at the right place.
Then put on this divers dress,
weighing 40 pounds: it has been
often described, for it is just like any
other diver wears. Well, | dived. 1t
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28
Monks at Fountain.

ly this one is studied with much curl
osity. II has been commented upon
by Mgr Wilpert and by Prof. Hulsen,
OF the German Society The latter's
paper has been printed and he proves
conclusIvely that this particular gam
ing table Is not vaguely of the third
century but specifically of the year
296, for in that year alone two most
formidable enemies who threatened
Rome were simultaneously van
quished-one on the hot banks of the
Euphrates, the other on that north
ern island sunder'd once from all the
human race" las Tennyson calls IT..
Ir fact. in that year Galerius. Caesar
of the East, defeated the Parthians.
and in the same year Constantine
Chorus, Caesar of the West (associat-
ed both by Diocletian in the empire),
defeated the usurper Allectus and re-
united Britain, which had been dis
membered by Carausius and then held
by his murderer, either Of whom is
called in contempt Britto-the Briton.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28
Returned Home to Find CHANCES.

Ten years ago Charles II. Jen-
nings. Bridgeport. Conn. business
man, met with reverses and sudden
ly left the city, No one knew where
he went and it was thought he had
died or met with foul play. Monday
he suddenly put in ali appearance.
and one of his first acts was to hunt
up creditors and pay up all he owed.
He finds that his wife has secured
a divorce and that his daughter. who
was school girl when he left. had
seen married. and that he is grand
father at AZ.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28

Protestant art student-countryma
of ours by birth-Benjamin West.
1t was while he had free access 20
such a collection that he thought out
Lis great painting of Agrippina land
ing at Brindisi with the ashes of Ger.
manicus. which opened to him later
the doors of fame and fortune in Eng
land.
Commentators Boni. the director of
the excavations in the Forum, is en-
gagged at present on the Lacus Cur
thus. so tenaciously associated with
the early and legendary history Of
Rome. In the domain of Christian
archaeology the most important dis
coveries in the past year have been
in the subterranean cemetery of Com
modilla. where the long-forgotten ba-
silica or underground chapel of the
famous martyrs Felix and Adanctus
has been explored, and wonderful old
mural paintings exposed to view and
many graffiti deciphered. the work of
uds Christian artists and of poor
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28
"vireln Mary's Needle"

Close to the old Augvaldsnals
church on Karmeon island. Norway
and leaning towards 1t, is a stone pill
lar about 25 feet high called the "Nir-
gin Mary's Needle" Tradition holds
that when the pillar touches the
church the world will come to an end.
The superstitious local parson. when
ever he imagines that its point is get
ting nearer to the sacred building
promptly mounts the pillar and CHS
els a bit off the top so as to save the
world from an untimely end.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28

ceremony marked a change in the pol
icy observed for eighty years. When
the university was founded Thomas
Jefferson established the plan that it
should not have a president, this be-
cause of his idea of simplicity of gov
eminent. The school has been manag
ed by board of regents that elected
a chairman annually from among the
professors. Its development has made
that plan impracticable. DR.. Alder
man was formerly head of Tulane uni
versity. At the installation banquet
announcement was made that John ID.
Rockefeller had given 100000 to the
university ito found a school to be
called the Curry Memorial School of
Education of the University of Vir-
ginia, in commemoration of the great
and disinterested services of DR.. Curry
in behalf of popular education"
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28

took three of my precious minutes to
reach the gold, which was in cabin
just behind the captains room. ! had
forced open the door of that cabin in
one of the previous dives, so all had
to do now was to load the gold into
rope net which | had brought down
with me, and which, of course. could
be hauled up by rope by those on
the tug above.
so | just worked with lightning
movements, hustling the heavy boxes
of gold into the net, one after the 9TH
er. When | had thrown into the net
all 1t could carry l used my electric
lamp TO make sure that all was right
with the packing and the net; and
then l used my telephone to tell the
men on the tug to haul the net up
slowly, but to pull me up as fast as
they could, as my tenth minute was
about to expire.
81 reached the deck of the tug be-
fore the net; but l went off into
dead swoon before | had time to see
whether the net got up safely, and
even before they could get my copper
helmet Off
When | recovered consciousness
was ashore and in bed. And when
they brought me the news that the
contents of the rope net had been
valued at the assay office, what do you
think did? | swooned again. For
there was s250,O0O worth of gold in
those boxes, and my commission was
10 per cent. The very next day the
agent of the marine insurance COM
papy in San Francisco handed me my
commission of s25 1000 in gold. That's
--.ore than first-class lawyer can
earn in ten minutes, isn't it?"-Mon-
treal Herald.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28
HAD TO GIVE UP CIGARS.
Guests of Andrew Carnegie Bowed to
His Wishes.

Andrew Carnegie's pet aversion is
tobacco. At his New York residence
one evening recently he gave a din
ner, and, as usual, was genial host.
After the coffee Mr.. Carnegie con-
fessed his dislike of smoke in such
a way that plainly indicated he would
be displeased If any of his guests
awaited themselves of the opportunity
to retire to the billiard room. Two
of the guests. hungry for smoke.
ignored the inference. Scarcely had
the butler passed the spirit lamp
when Andrew appeared at the billiard
room door and informed them that a
reading was in progress in the draw
ing room; perhaps they would prefer
to leave their cigars to hear it. The
two never moved an eyelash. Within
a few minutes the host sent the but
Ter twice to remind the smokers of
the reading. In desperation they de-
serted Lady Nicotine, and now Mr..
Carnegie will have a hard time get
ting them to another dinner.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28

In England, it is said. competition
In the trade is enhancing the prices
paid to authors of the first class. 70
secure a book by a popular author
nowadays it is often necessary 10
make arrangements with him not
months but years before it is writer.
There is one well-known writer who
it is asserted, has filled up his pro.
gramme of books with the publishers
who are to produce them up to 1914
And it is one of the risks which pub,
fishers have to face that the author
powers may have diminished or lis
popularity waned before the contract
is fulfilled.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28

I SECRETS OF THE OCEAN
Ships that Have Mysteriously Disappeared :
from Human knowledge.


way of the City Of Glasgow had gone
couple years earlier, and for for.
ty-nine years has been lying at the
bottom of the sea-but where. none
may know till all secrets are revealed
The training vessel Atlanta started
a quarter of century ago, for short
cruise in Bermudian waters. and from
that day TO this no one knows what
became of her and the 200 souls she
carried.
On Jan. 2s. 1870 the City of Bos'
ton sailed from Halifax for England
with 19l souls on board. She was an
Inman liner. a fine ship, splendily
equipped and handled; but she, too,
was destined to vanish from the face
of the waters.
The victim of another still-remem-
bered ocean mystery was the President,
a fine vessel, which was expected at
Liverpool in March 1871. March
passed and Liverpool saw nothing OF
her. The long delay in her arrival
caused anxiety, and the widest ru-
mors began to be circulated. On April
Il news came that her engines and
rudder had been disabled in heavy
weather and that she had put into
Madeira for repairs, and there natur'
ally followed reaction from the
gloomy forebodings to transports OF
joy The vessel was expected at IiV-
erpool on a certain day, and her ar
rival was awaited by hundreds of peo-
pie who had friends aboard; but she
never came, and 1t was found that the
story of her arrival at Madeira was a
heartless hoax All the time the i'll.
fated vessel was at the bottom OF the
sea.
On Nov. 80. 1888, large vessel was
seen from the beach at Deal. sailing
towards the Goodwin Sands. She was
q fair picture to look on, as she moved
ever the waters with her stately
spread of sails. But as the eyes OF the
watchers followed her she was seen to
pause. and within a few seconds she
vanished utterly from their view
What caused this tragically sudden
disappearance of stately ship? That
is another of the countless secrets
which the ocean has in its jealous
keeping.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28

government intends adding to the bill
excluding American fishermen from
the British waters an additional clause
providing for the suspension of the act
by a decision of the governor and
council at any time they may be CON
WINGED such course would be in the
interest of the colony. This state
ment is in possession of information
which indicates the prospect of some
arrangement being reached in the
United States senate with reference to
the Bond-Hay treaty. which will en-
able the government to deal with the
fishing situation as necessity arises
The premier reafirmed his contention
that American fishermen can fish in
colonial waters only by permission of
the colonial government and quoted
authorities in support of his position.
Opposition Leader Morine quoted 9th
er existing treaties American fishing
rights are practically unrestricted in
scope.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28
YOUNG MEN OF THE SOUTH.
Business of That Section Very Largely
in Their Hands.

The young southerner is forging to
the front so fast that it now is more
likely that he will crowd the strang-
ers out than that they will seriously
rival him. The young southern men,
often mere boys of 81 and %, are
running the banks, the stores. the
hotels. They are exploiting great
tracts of land. feeding vast forests
into the sawmills. They are the rail
road men, the promoters, the brokers.
Oil wells gush at their behest, towns
rise at their command. By men under
80 the greater part of the business of
the south is now being done. The
northern who thinks of emigrating
to the south because he believes he
can surpass the natives in business
capacity will find foemen worthy of
his steel-keen, untiring and full of
the nerve and enthusiasm of youth.
The south is the new part, the young
part, of our domain. The west has
become staid and middle-aged. The
young man has come to the front in
the south, and with him the south
comes into its own once more.-Les
lies Weekly.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28
BRAINS COUNT IN FARMING.
Scientific knowledge Necessary to
Achieve Success.

The profits on raising wheat are
enormous when the proper attention
is given to the subject. but it is no
longer the case that the mere tickling
of the soil will produce large crops
To the extent that our farmers have
discovered that agriculture is a scien-
tific pursuit, calling for the greatest
intelligence and industry, it has been
successful. 1t is no longer the case
that the bright boys are sent to the
city and the dullard left to run the
farm. In these days when so much
has been discovered concerning the
rotation of crops, the nitrogenic fer
tilization of seed. the science of re.
production and the wonderful posi-
bilities in hybrids, it is the brightest
young man who is needed on the farm
and who makes a fortune with little
trouble. Fortunately, at the same time
the suburban trolley, the country tele-
phone and the rural free delivery have
come along with the cheapening and
lettering of literature, so that the hap
piest and most independent as well as
the most prosperous man in the coun-
try is the farmer,-Philadelph In
quirer.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28

There are few things which are so
full OF mystery, or which make such
a powerful appeal to the Imagination
as the stories of ships that sail gal
lantly out to sea and of which nothing
is ever heard or seen after the masts
have dipped below the horizon. At
present papers are full of the re-
cords of three of these marine TRACE
dies. To-day 1t is the Claverdale
which left HongKong on Nov. % for
NladivostOk and of which no trace has
since been found; yesterday 1t was the
Royalist. which cleared a few days
later from Singapore to Hong-Kong.
and has never reached her destina.
ton; the day before 1t was the Idum,
from Norway, which vanished from
human view; and so on. through the
long list of ships that have sailed and
disappeared.
What are the secrets of this myster-
ious vanishing Of stately ships with
their crews and cargoes? In nineteen
cases out of twenty the secrets lie
with the ships many fathoms deep, and
Will perhaps never lead to light To
this day no one knows what became
OF the City OF Glasgow, which set her
sails so CALAMITY in the Mersey half a
century and more ago, bound for Phil
adelphia, nor was she seen again after
the hills of Wales were lost to view
The Burvie Castle left London some
years ago on long voyage to Aus
tralia. She should have made final
call at Plymouth. but she never came
within sight of the Hoe. nor has hui
man eye ever seen her from the day
she dropped down the Channel 1t was
on May 10. 1854, that the Lady M.
gent spread her sails at Madras with
1861 of the Twenty-fifth Madras Light
Infantry and other passengers on
board. Her destination was Rangoon.
but half century has gone and
neither Rangoon nor any other port
has sighted her.
Nearly two years later the Collins
liner the Pacific, dropped down the
Mersey with $50 souls on board She
was accounted one of the stoutest and
swiftest vessels of her time-and so
no doubt. she was. But she went the
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28
Sportsman's Banquet.

A curious dinner is annually given
by well known sportsman at his resi-
dence in London. He invites all his
male friends, amongst whom are sew.
eral well known cricketers, football
ers and jockeys, to sporting ban.
quet, at which they are requested to
appear in the attire which they usual.
ly don when indulging in their favor
lite sport. 1t may well be imagined
that these varied sporting costumes
make up a curious spectacle at the
dinner table.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28

Only one dog has ever had the au-
dacity to enter parliament in London
during the proceedings. A hundred
years ago the lords were thrown into
CONSERVATION by a dogs entry. Lord
North was addressing the house, and
the dog promptly proceeded to bark
furiously at him. Lord North, con
siderably upset, moved that the mem
Der who was interrupting him. should
be suspended. Thereupon the dog
was driven out and suspended in such
a manner that he never interrupted
again.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28
TROUBLE MAY BE ADJUSTED.
Lawyer Seeks to Effect Reconciliation
of the Wlmerdings.

Mark Alter, who says he is the at
torney for Mrs. Jack" Wilmerding,
the great granddaughter of Commo-
dore Vanderbilt, is not as positive IS
he was that there exists a possibility
of reconciliation being effected be-
tween Mrs. Wilmerding and her hus-
band. Mrs. Wilmerding escaped last
week from the Hill sanitarium in Har-
lem and visited Alter, who suggested
overtures looking to reconciliation
with her husband. She started for
his office. but did not arrive.
AS to the place of residence of Mrs.
Wilmerding since her escape Mr.. AL
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28
New York Franchises.

For 1905 the assessed valuation of
franchises in the city of New York
is s302,193550. AT the tax rate of
sl.5l the annual revenue from these
franchises would be over four and a
half million dollars, The accumulated
taxes due the city for six years are
over twenty million dollars. The
corporations resisted in the courts the
payment of this tax and after long
legal battle the Court of Appeals. on
April 2S. 1908, unanimously sustained
the tax-New York World.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28
Author to Occupy Pulpit.

DIR. Cyrus Townsend Brady, the au.
thor, recently received personal in.
vitation to take the rectorship Of the
fashionable Trinity church in Toledo,
Ohio, and consented to accept it until
the vacancy caused by the resignation
of the rector should be filled regu.
larly. DR.. Brady is an Episcopal cler.
gyman. although he has for many
years given his entire attention to
writing and has no intention OF re.
linquishing his literary work for the
pulpit.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28
Japanese Are Alert.

The Japanese influence is being
felt over the far East. Recently they
established japanese museum at
Bangkok, the capitol of Siam. 1t &C.
cupies large rooms in one of the
busiest portions of the commercial
city, where samples are displayed of
almost every product of Japan. A
corps of clerks is in attendance to
assist any who may wish to look over
the exhibits and purchasers can order
goods from the samples. The museum
is proving an increasing success.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28

wandering pilgrims from beyond the
Alps a thousand years ago.
Ancient Gaming Table.
In the catacombs OF Saints Marcus
and Marcellianus a rare tabula en-
soria, or gaming table. was found.
closing loculus or grave cut into the
tufa granulate of one of the galleries
of that underground cemetery. 1t is
a fiat stone table used for throwing
dice, and is conjectured from the in
scription to be what the French call
doccasion-that is made for some
particular occurrence. 1t was brok-
en- in seven pieces. but when put to-
gether the inscription was perfect. not
a letter missing. There were only
six words-Parthi Occisi. Britto Vic
tus. Ludite Romani. 'Parthians
slaughtered. Britto conquered. Rom
ans play"
1t is thirty years since a tabula
ensoria has come to hand, consequent
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28
Airs. III. WriQhf

Mrs. Pinkham claims that there is I,
kind of dyspepsia that Is caused by a
arrangement of the female organism,
and which, while it causes disturb
ance similar to ordinary Indigestion,
cannot be relieved without medicine
which not only acts as n stomach tonic.
but has peculiar uterine-tonic effects
also.
AS proof of this theory we call at
tention to the case of Mrs. Maggie
Wright, Brooklyn, N. Y. who was
completely cured by Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound after every
thing else had failed. She writes:
:. For two years l suffered with dyspepsia
which 30 degenerated my entire system that
WINS unable to attend to my daily sltTtjea I
felt weak and nervous and nothing that ate
tasted good and 1t caused disturbance In INV
stomach ! tried different dyspepsia cure.
but nothing seemed to help me. / W. n,
vised to give Lydia e. Pinkhams Verctable
Compound trial, and was happily mfpriesd
to fn1 that 1t acted like a fine tonic, and IN 4
few Gays began. to enjoy and propcrly iioes1
my food. Ny recovery was rapid, and IN
five weeks was q well woman Ihaye rec
ommended IT to many suffering womeu.n
No other medicine in the world has
received such widespread and unauali-
hed endorsement,o or has such record Of
cures Of female troubles, as has lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28
FEAR FOR JOE" JEFFERSON.
Veteran Actor Seriously III and PLY
sicians Are Alarmed.

Joseph Jefferson lies critically i'll a.
his winter residence at Palm Beach
Fla. His condition, reported by the
attending physician. DR., r. B. Potter
is little. if any. improved. He is sdr-
rounded by his family, and they are
prepared to expect death at any time.
Three weeks ago Mr.. jefferson Wis
tied former President Cleveland a.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28

Small fruits are the joy of the
amateur gardener. says the Garden
Magazine. They are as easy to grow
as vegetables. they take little space
and they give quick results. The man
who has only a city or suburban lot
can hardly afford 10 give any of his
valuable space To the culture of tree