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The La Jara chronicle., 1905-09-22

layed in threshing owing to some
parts of their thresher being
broken.
Last Tuesday night we had a
heavy frost. but the crops We're not
hurt as they We're all cut and piled.
A lot of punches of ducks and
cranes are seen every day on the
river and other water holes around
La Sauses these days.
Petrolino Yanes. of Almosa.
was here for couple of days this
week. making collections for tie
Singer Sewing Machine company
David Jaquez, of San Luis well
known in this section and possess
ing many friends in and about La
Sauses. was drowned in the Cache
la Poudre river at Fort Collins.
Colo. last Thursday His body
was brought to San Luis for burial.
A good many of our farmers will
be paying off their debts this fall
and we look forward to 1906 with
considerable assurance as everyone
in this country depends on the
credit basis and this years crops
will enable them to pay off all their
old debts.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-09-22
=. SANFORD -.

From ur Special Correspondent
New baby at G. n. Blocks.
Arl Frazier drove to Whitney, s
saw mill Monday.
Frank Wilson is harvesting his
third crop of alfalfa this year.
Miss Florence Reynolds is home
again after short visit at Anto-
nito.
Miss Alley Koch and Annie
Mickleson, of Manassa. were in
town Sunday.
Mrs. j f.. Rasmussen and May
Block made Il business trip to An
tonito the first OF the week.
p. Il. Poulson left on Saturday s
train for Salt Lake City after Il
brief visit with his parents
John Smith. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Smith and Harmon Stewards were
visitors at services Sunday.
Mr.. Hunt. our blacksmith is now
prepared to furnish you with all
kinds of bolts and hardwood.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-09-22
A PROPOSED ORDINANCE
to Sell Spirituous, Ninous or
Malt Liquors.

BE 1t Ordained by the Town Council of the.
Town of La Jara:
SEC That the town council of the town
of La Jara may on application of any rcgu-
lar druggist grant permit to sell said liquor
in quantities of not less than one quart each
for medical, mechanical, sacramental and
chemical purposes only, anv day OF the
week except Sunday; provided, said druggist
may sell In less Quantities than one quart for
medical purposes only on any day of the week.
on prescription from regular practic-
ing physician, said prescription being only
good for quantity specified therein and for one
purchase only; and said permit shall not be Is.
sued for greater period than twelve months
nor a period less than six months from the
date of issue; provided further, that the town
council may revoke such permit Whenever in
their opinion the public welfare shall require
it, Every druggist applying for permit under
this ordinance shall, before such permit is is
sued, pay into the treasury of the town a sum
of 800 per annum for the privilege of selling
spirituous. vinous and malt liquors in quaint
ties and in manner prescribed hy Section Of
this ordinance and in less than gallon.
SEC. .. All ordinances and parts of ord-
nances iu conflict with Section of this ordi-
nance passed and approved the twenty-seventh
day of May. 1909, he and the same are hereby
repealed.
SEC. 3. Any person selling or giving away
sptrituous, vinous malt liquor within
the corporate limits or within one mile thereof
without first complying with Section of this
ordinance shall. upon conviction, be fined a
sum of not less than SO nor more than $500
and costs for each oifcnse.
SEC That this ordinance shall take effect
and he in force from and after its passage and
publication required by law.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-09-22

ii. A. Jones states that his bees
have done exceedingly well this
season and he has honey in any
quantity.
The foot race Sunday between
Mickleson and Pearson resulted in
a victory for the former. Time. 10
seconds.
Among those who took in the
fair at Monte Vista Thursday were
Sven Peterson. Julia Coray. Gro
yer Cunningham. Chester Hutch
ins. Duf Martin. l.. n. Mullins,
Nellie Poulson. Eva Block. Oscar
jackson and A. B. Bailey.
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y. LA SAUSES -.
.!:..:..:..:
From Our Special Correspondent.

From Our Special Correspondent
j. p. Gallegos. one of the mer-
chants of San Luis, was here last
week visiting relatives.
Carlos Lopez and wife. of Cent
cero, came over to La Sauses last
Sunday to visit relatives.
Rev. Father Brucker. of Conejos,
held services in the Catholic church
here last Sunday and also baptised
three infants.
No sickness at present at La
Sauses. which is good news of
course on matters of public inter
est and concern.
Messrs. Filiberto Chavez and
Manuel Gallegos have been de-
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-09-22
NEWS NOTES ABOUT ALL
OF OUR NEAR NEIGHBORS

future home in that state. while Mr..
Depriest and wife will visit the
Portland fair and other places of
interest III Oregon, returning home
III about three or four weeks.
Wilbur Sowdards has bought W,
r. Evans house and lot in town.
Mr.. Evans is in Utah and will send
for his family in the near future,
ms he expects to make that state
his future home.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-09-22
p r. EASTDALE u. =.

From Our Special CORES pondcnt.
Two baptisms recorded this
week.
Water is very low in our streams
at present.
On the night of the 18th We had
our first killing frost.
Travel toward the Red River
mining district is on the increase.
The Eastdale thresher has many
applications for threshing from
Conejos county.
Mrs. n. p. Hessrspent some time
visiting her husband and friends
in San Luis this week.
Hans. G. Heiselt. of Sanford,
was visitor here this week. He
reports that his son-in-law, Andres
Mortensen, who is still at Fox
Creek, is improving in health very
slowly.
Mrs. Eunice + Dunn was in
Sanford last Sunday, attending the
children's primary conference.
Elders Wayne Rogers and l..
jackson, of Manassa, and Sanford
Holman. of Eastdale, filed home
missionary appointments here last
Sunday. Mrs. Cornelia Mortensen
was also here in the interests of
the relief society. Interesting and
Instructive meetings We're held.
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=. MANASSA =.

From our srectnl corre.rondent.

From Our Special Cores .undent-
Troy Stewards has accepted a
position as clerk in j II. Depriest's
store.
Charley Patterson is suffering
very much from an attack of rheu
matism.
You can see fruit wagon on
the streets of Manassa almost any
time you look.
Word was received from Cowley.
Wvo.. that Jesse j, Smith died
from heart failure.
Clay Rogers left Wednesday for
Los Tusas, n. NJ. to be gone for
three or four days.
Mrs. John G. Fulleuwider was
in from Romeo, Saturday. trading
with our merchants.
Wes Weimer and Charlie Parker
are assisting Chas. Gotten in paint
ing the church house,
Messrs. Ieph Chas. Felt and
Homer Neel were doing business
in town last Thursday.
Some few of our farmers have
threshed and in another week or
two threshing will be i'll full blast.
About twenty of our citizens
took advantage of the cheap rate
to the valley fair at Monte Vista
Thursday.
At the Spiker sale last Thursday
everything from a wornout shovel
up to the best article was sold at a
good figure.
Mr.. A. f. Ryan has purchased
the Smith & Co. steam threshing
machine and he and his son will
run it hereafter.
Merlin Manning and wife were
made to rejoice last Sunday night
by the arrival of nice little girl
baby. Mother and child doing
well.
Mrs. n. w. Miller and daughter,
Miss Gertie, returned home, Thurs
day. from Aztec, n. NJ. after an
absence of three weeks visiting
relatives and friends.
The farewell party given 10 the
Spiker family last Saturday night
was attended by all of the most
prominent people of the town and
was delightful affair.
John Reynolds has sold his
house and lot to Sern Jensen. Mr..
REYNOLDS will make his home in
New Mexico for while.
Jacob Spiker and family, Geo.
w. Huffaker and family and James
Fl. Depriest and wife left for Ore
gon, Tuesday night. The two first
named families will make their
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-09-22

ders for mems suits made to order
which are giving satisfaction both
as to fit and quality of goods.
Mr.. Crecencio Jones. of Del
Norte, was ON visit to his Capu-
lin relatives and friends this week.
He was accompanied home by Mrs.
Crecencio. who has been here on IA
visit for some weeks.
Please, Mr.. Chronicle. try and
get here every Saturday noon, as
your subscribers are anxious for
you to get here. They declare
that they cannot get along on Sun
day without you-that by reading
The Chronicle they know all the
news they are interested to know
and they consider The Chronicle
their home paper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Feliz G. Gallegos'
baby was baptized last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j r. Gallegos were
he godfather and godmother.
They came over from San Luis,
their place of residence, where Mr.
Gallegos runs general merchan-
lise store. They are very popular
and well liked by everybody. as
they are very charitable.
One of the popular and enter
prising citizens of Monte Vista,
Mr.. ID. A. Lawson. was around
Capulin last week. Mr.. Lawson
wherever he goes is sure to make
friends. as he is popular and cur
teous to everybody. and always
has something interesting to talk
about Call again, friend Mr..
Lawson. You are welcome.
We write insurance on hay.
Come and see us.
kAvALEC d AKERS.
We now offer special induce
ments on overcoats and clothing.
Wallace Mercantile Company.
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-. CAPULlN -.

From Our Special Correspondent.
Capulin was visited by heavy
frost last Monday night.
Mr.. Jose A. Chavez has been
sick for some days, but is now bet
ter.
Farmers are all very busy now
adays getting their crops ready to
be threshed.
Mr.. Fidel Ortiz was over Sun
day from the. Alamosa reservoir,
where he is busy doing some work
there.
Mr.. Rafael FL. Trujillo is always
on the go and is kept busy attend
ing to his crop and his sheep
ranch.
Mr. Alcario Gallegos. who has
been away from Capulin for year
and IA half, returned home Tues
day.
Capulin looks lively now. Every
day so many teams hauling to the
Alamosa and La Jara reservoirs
pass by Capulin.
Our popular citizen and mer-
chant, David Martinez, is getting
his adobes ready to build an addi-
ton to his store.
Mr.. f. Gerard every day makes
some nice improvement to his
place of business. which is now
handsome and fine place.
Mr.. Juan de J. Gallegos, who has
beer sick for long time. went to
Ojo Caliente last Wednesday morn
ing by rail to Baranca. From
there he will be taken overland.
He was accompanied by his wife
and Mr.. Feliz c. Gallegos.
Messrs. Climaco and Hilrio X.
Trujille. foreman at one of the
Alamosa reservoir camps. We're
called suddenly to Santa Fe in re-
sponse that one of their sisters was
seriously ill. They left for Santa
Fe Wednesday morning
The painstaking and popular
citizen of La Jara, Mr. Norland,
was at Capulin last Wednesday
surveying some land for the school
district. as the school directors in
tend in the near future TO build IA
nice and comfortable school house.
Messrs. Juan Miguel Vigil and
Jose Lauro Valdez are some of our
young men that are kept very
busy attending to their extensive
business. These two young men
are credit to the community.
Bien hecho amigos y les dcseo
buen exito.
Mr.. j. Luis Rivera, our enter
prising citizen, is quite busy these
days. He gives employment to IA
large number of men around here,
which of course is good for the
community Mr.. Rivera intends
to move his family to Monte Vista
next month. where he bought n fine
residence so as to place his children
in school there.
Romualdo Ortiz. the enterpris-
ing merchant of Capulin. is sur
prising his large number of Gus
toners by displaying to them at
his big store some of the finest
dress goods and winter goods that
were ever displayed around here.
By the way. he is also taking or
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-22
MACARONI OR DURUM WHEATS
Work Of The United States Department Of Agriculture.
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.
GUY ELLIoTT MITCHELL.

The efforts Of the Department Of Ag-
rlculture not only contemplate the in
PRODUCTION into the United States OF
Improved plants and crops from foreign
countries to take the place of those
which American farmers are already
growing, and the breeding up and bet
tering of those which we now have but
also the Introduction of plants onto
great areas of country now thought to
be unfit for farming.
Encroachment is constantly being
made upon the waste places Of the
land the semi-tlesert and the low
places, by the Introduction of crops
which, through long years and centu-
ries of acclimatizatiOn in similar
regions Of the Old World, have become
either drouth or water resistant.
A striking example Of this sort Of
work, which has already proven high
success. is the introduction Of the maca-
roni wheat plant, or, as 1t is more
called, durum wheat.
To Establish Macaroni Factories.
II was Secretary Wilson's idea at
drst to Introduce the culture of this
Durum Wheat Bluestem Wheat
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-22
Fish CANNOT Lire u Pare Water.

BY use of their gills fishes breathe
the air dissolved In water. Transferred
to water from which the air has been
artificiaIly driven out, or in which the
air absorbed by them is not replaced,
they are soon suffocated. The- require
aerated water to maintain life and they
take 1t In constantly through their
mouths, retaining the air and expeil-
ing the water through their gills.
Should the water in a lake be COM
pletely cut Off from contact with the
air long enough for the fish to exhaust
the supply of air, they would die. 1t
would take severe and long contin-
ued freeze to accomplish this, but 1t
might happen, and doubtless has fire.
quently happened, In small body of
water.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-22
Unique FISHING.

Up In Wisconsin there IL disciple
Of Isaac Walton who has unique way
Of propelIing his boat and fishing at
the same time. Fitted up at the stern
OF the boat there Is a paddle wheel
something on the same style as those
used on the Mississippi river steamers.
From this there is run gearing and a
chain to crank in the center of the
boat. This the old man turns with
one hand while with the other hand
he is able to attend to his fishing lines.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-22

said. 'The farmers OF the United
States will grow it because it is SPLEEN
did crop for them, throughout very
wide belt, and guess the millers will
rather have to grind it.n Moreover, he
intimated that the millers were at lib
erty to go right ahead and fire him.
Year before last some six million
bushels of this durum or macaroni
wheat was grown; last year the crop
had increased to about eleven million
bushels and the present crop is esti-
mated by Mr.. Carleton at from twenty
to twenty-five million bushels.
But the industry has but barely
started.
In connection with this subject !
asked Mr.. Wilson last spring how much
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-22

Of the Western desert and semi-desert
land was suitable for such dry crops as
durum wheaton this wheat will
make a big crop on only ten inches of
rainfall-and he said. as quick as a
flash:
All American Acres Of Some Use.
why, we have no useless American
acres We shall make them all produc
tive. We have agricultural explorers
in every far corner of the world, and
they are finding crops which have be-
come 50 aeclimated to dry conditions,
similar to our own in the West, that
Swedish Oats. Black Finnish.
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we shall in time have plants thriving
upon all Of our so-called arid lands"
And talks with the various explorers
and travellers Of the Department shows
that the Secretary's statement is
founded upon concrete facts. Already
from distant and little-known quarters
of the globe. and especially from the
vast dry regions of Central Asia-the
Cradle Of the World" where the prac-
tice of agriculture reaches far back
from history into dim traditional past,
have been brought forth some of the
most remarkable Of desert plants,
which are found to require but incred-
IDLY small amounts of moisture to pro-
duce luxuriant yields.
Opens Vast New Grain Belt.
But to return to durum wheat, Mark
A. Carleton, to whom Secretary Wilson
sent me for details" said this
THE Durum Wheat Belt extends on
an average the width of the United
States. 1t includes very large frac- |
ton of 4 million square miles. This re-
marllable wheat will grow with ten
inches of rainfall and yield fifteen
bushels to the acre. where ordinary
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-22

ORDINARY WHEAT PRACTICALLY
DESTROYED
wheat for supplying macaroni and the
concurrent establishment Of new
American manufacturing industry.
This feature has been a success, but
macaroni, however, is not staple food
among Americans as it is in Italy, and
no very great things were expected.
Nevertheless, Mr.. Mark Carleton, a
cereal expert, was sent abroad into
Russia and Turkestan to get seeds of
durum wheats, and these he brought
back some years ago, and the Depart
ment distributed them for trial in diff
ferent parts of the country They grew
well SO well, In fact, and under such
dry conditions where other wheat
would not yield profitably that it was
considered shame that this splendid
looking, large-grained wheat, which is
moreover, rust proof, could not be made
Into bread. 1t Is an unusually hard
and close meated wheat, and 1t was
supposed to be good for only macaroni
and vermicelli.
| Useless, Said the Crackers.
But the Department of Agriculture
Il nothing If not progressive, and the
cerealist experts began to investigate
whether 1t might not possibly be some
good as bread maker Dozens of ex-
periments were made in bread max
Ing and baking--a line, you may say,
somewhat out of the beaten pathway of
an agricultural departmental final
Ii 1t was announced by Mr.. Carleton
that splendid bread could be baked
from this durum wheat flour-light, |
nutritious and sweet as a nut. A hun
dred loaves were baked for the Depart
ment by Washington bakery from the
durum wheat flour and a hundred
other loaves from regular Minnesota
flour and then samples were sent out
Ia a hundred different judges to deter
mine which was the best bread. In al
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-22

AhlolS KINDS OF DURUM WHEAT.
ers found arrayed against them the
whole combination OF Northwestern
mlllers, who said that the wheat was
poor, made only inferior -four and
would not make edible bread. But the
farmers had the Department of Agri-
culture back of them, and Mr.. Wilson
had his own conviction about durum
wheat and Northwestern millers. and,
moreover, he had the courage to back
them up. The trouble with the millers
was that with the milling apparatus
which they used for grinding ordinary
No. | Red, they could not grind the
harder durumL and so they forced the
price of wheat down in the market and
threatened to have Secretary Wilson
unless he stopped advising
farmers to grow durum wheat The
Secretary, it seems, held his job, and |
he farmers had faith in him and CON
inued planting durum wheat to the /
'Xtent of several million additional |
cres each succeeding year.
Forced the Mllers to Terms.
II am thinking the millers will come
round to grinding durum wheat he
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-22

most all of the cases the decision was
given in favor of the bread made from
durum wheat -four
Then began the planting of this
wheat on great scale by the farmers
Of the Northwest all along the western
edge Of the wheat belt, where it yielded
twenty-five, fifty and even seyenty-fiye
per cent. better than blue stem or tie
other standard wheats.
Opposed by theIMillers.
Bur now came a check. 1t was diff
cult to grind this wheat. and the gre.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-22
"a Toasf.
"TIere's Ia Won old nall

Heres to you old pail
May you live a thousand years
Just 10 keep things lively
In this vale of tears.
And may ] live thousand years
Just short one day.
For / wouldn't like to stay here
When you are gone away"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-22
What Are the Other Things.

Lebanon (Tenn) Banner: Messrs.
Zoe and Avery Grannis have been run
IN Spring street They have company
most every night and delightfully."- en-
terrain them with music, cards, and
other things.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-22

disniav Of models nf the Jsnamase Acct
contributed by the makers of these ships
that were constructed in England. A
working model Of the Russian navy might
be displayed by junk dealers.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-22
Great Minnesota tournament.

Mallard (Minn.) Call: Bassie Pat
ton and Rog Bovee were out boat rid
ing. Blanche Bovee and Ralph Stey-
ems were out bicycle riding. Ollie
Chapman was out buggy riding last
,eek.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-22

A writer In the Century Magazine in
quires when do birds moult?' And the
Washington Post hastens to reply that it
Is at about the time of the year that they
lose their feathers.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-22

IT should be suggested that IL John d.
Rockefeller will &c up laboratory for
scientific research In mosquito eztermina-
ton, and provide all the Kerosene needed
for experiments, great deal will be for
given.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-22

When the MIkado served up iced whale
at his banquet given to Secretary Taft,
he undoubtedly had in mind providing
something In the Secretary's own class.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-22

1t is said that each army recruit costs
Uncle Sam, all told, $1,000. Missouri
legislature figure
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-22
A FEW AFTERTHOUGHTS .

The dollar is less potent than former
ly, according to Governor Folk of Mis-
souri,. Mr., Folk has probably been trying
to buy a beefsteak.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-22
Movement IN Cereals.

Cheyenne (Wyo) Sun: /. B. Corn,
II Rice, has announced his intentions
II moving to Wheatland
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-22

A young hlppopotamus Is on sale In New
York for $50, 900, If taken this month.
Immediate advantage should be taken Of
this offer, before the fall advance In prices.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-22

A great deal OF money can be made by
not having a private vegetable garden
How about the week-old vegetables you
otherwise eatD
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-22
Even the Dog Misunderstood.
IMPORTANT AFFAIRS.
In ar the Finish.

York Springs (Pa) Comet We al
ways thought our town was finished,
but we see that Il. 7. Brenizer is pre-
pairing to build new barn.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-22

The Chicago man who was robbed by
footpads In Berlin must have felt at home.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-22
Reflections OF a Bachelor.

From the New York Press
1t hurts girl awfully to get sunburned
through her open-work stockings.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-22

Senator Burton Is charged with Nepo-
tism Most people spell Il with two
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-22

with a good many people. having a
pull consists in getting for 81 something
worth 50.