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The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-12

New stock of Wall Paper just
received at the Drug Store.
The famous Dewey murder
case in Kansas has at last been dis
missed.
Frank McCunniff and Martin
Brumbly are the official town COW
herders.
Durham and Hendren's new
saloon. The neatest place in town.
Dew-Drop-I Inn.
Mrs. f. j. Hendren and baby
are home again, after few week
visit with her parents on the farm.
John G.. Fullenwider is over
from Monte Vista, looking after
his huge farming interests i'll this
vicinity.
Sam Braiden was down from the
reservoir tunnel the first of the
week and reports much progress
being made.
A nine-pound girl made her APP
pearance at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. r. Hise last Monday morn
ing. Mother and child are doing
well.
Harry l.. Odds was over from
Monte Vista the first of the week
and drove down to Conejos We'd
nesday. He is now engaged in
contracting lambs.
We are glad to be able to an
nounce that word from Manassas to-
day is to the effect that President
Albert r. Smiths condition is
slightly improving.
Robert A. Austin came down
from Denver last Sunday and spent
most of the week on the ranch,
visiting his family and enjoying
our ideal weather and some that
was not so fine.
It's about time for the party who
borrowed those wire pinchers from
thd CHRONICLE Office II couple of
weeks ago to return them and save
us the trouble of sending after
them. This means business.
Mrs. Robert A. Austin. accom-
panied by her charming daughter
in-law, Mrs. A. S. Austin, drove
up from their beautiful country
home this morning and spent few
hours and number of dollars with
our merchants.
The many friends of Mrs. Lucy
Slower will be glad to learn that
she is rapidly improving and will
soon be able to come home. She
has been at the hospital i'll Denver
for over month where she sue
cessfully underwent a critical oper.
alton.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-12

Jap-a-lac. All shades at the
drug store.
Ormond's Coal is the best and
prices lowest in La lara.
j. G.. Cantu was up from Los
Cerritos to-day, taking advantage
of the bargains offered by our mer-
chants.
New building, new fixtures, new
goods. new customers, but you'll
find the same old welcome at Dun
ham and Hendren's. Dew-Drop-
Inn.
Now's your chance to get the
finest homemade lard ever rem
dered at ten cents lower than ever
before at divers. But you'll have
to pay cash for it. No more credit
goes.
Hon. d. E. Newcomb and L. d.
Eskridge came in this morning
from Denver where they spent the
week attending the stockmen's con-
vention and the Roosevelt cele-
bration. Harry Schiller accom-
panied Mr.. Newcomb home and
will spend several days here as his
guest, prior to going on to Du-
range.
You don't have to have the cash
to get what you want at divers
this week. Gilbert is so happy
over the arrival at his home of son
and heir of the regulation weight
and sweetness that he is giving
everything in the store away. The
youngster arrived Monday evening
and, with his mother, is getting
along splendidly.
Ed. Rich came up from Albu-
querque, Wednesday evening, ex-
pecting to remain several days. He
reports business quiet down there
and may decide to change his To-
cation. Miss Maud Cunningham,
who has been attending school at
Albuquerque, came up with him
and will spend the summer vaca-
ton with her parents at Sanford
Among the "twenty-years-ago-
to-day items" that appeared in last
weeks Del Norte Prospector APP
peared the following: sid Low
EFT, a handsome young man of La
lara, greeted his Del Norte friends
last week" Sid is still handsome
but the last twenty years hard
work on the farm has stiffened his
joints. bowed his back and streaked
his one time luxurient head OF
auburn curls with punches OF
silvery locks. Wonder if he hao
those twenty years to live ovel
again if he wouldn't do less work
and spend more time enjoying the
easier side of life?
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-12

Juan Macs got stuck in the La
lara creek, near Miss Rachel Gar
rett's place yesterday and only the
prompt application of his jack knife
to the traces saved the horses from
drowning.
Honesty is the best policy
except those written by r. j. Ka-
valec. who represents six of the
best fire insurance companies OF
the world. Don't put off till to-
morrow what should be done to-
day" You might get burned.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-12

Best Coal Oil at the Drug Store
10000 pounds of extra quality
seed peas for sale.
THE WALLACE MER. Co.
Anybody wanting first class
lunch can get it at divers. He
has the best line of lunch goods in
the valley. but it takes cash to get
'em.
w. NJ. Sheldon came down from
Creede the first of the week and is
contemplating going to work for
Hon. F. G. Blake on the reservoir
tunnel.
Chas. Weist is going to build
a new home on the property he
recently obtained in the eastern
edge of town. Will Dennison has
the contract.
A large new porch has added
greatly to the appearances of Mr..
and Mrs. D. A. Gibbs pretty home
on Poplar street. The Middletons
did the artistic carpenter work.
Mrs. Sanford Holman arrived
Tuesday morning from Utah where
she had visited relatives for
more than "A month. AT present
she is the guest of the family of
John Shawcroft of Richfield.
John H. Fulllenwider and wife
leave tonight friday on pro-
tracted visit east. They will stop
at Denver, where they have a
daughter, thence at Eldorado,
Kansas. and from there they will
go to their native town of Spring
field, Illinois.-Monte Vista
journal.
A new waltz entitled Indian
Summer" is meeting with favor in
all parts of the country. 1t is by
the late Wesley Wells. composer
of the popular song, My Mercedes. y
Every movement is melodious and
catchy, and the title page is one of
the most attractive ever placed on
piece of music. The music lead
ers throughout the country are
handling it in large quantities.
Most of the old time sports fell
into town this week and many a
Jackpot has been tapped. We
don't dare enumerate the winnings
nor name the winners for fear the
sheriff's Office might pounce down
upon some of our friends and cause
them to give us free transportation
and start us Immediately for that
distant land of sunshine and roses
we've all heard about but failed to
prepare ourselves for. Suffice il
to say that what La lara lost Albu-
querque. Goldtield, Creede and
Crystal Spring Ranch won.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-12
Episcopal Services.

There will be celebration of
Holy Communion at All Saints
church on Friday, May 18th, at 10
"a. m. Evening prayer and sermon
at eight. All will be welcomed.
REV. c. NJ. BURCK,
Priest-in- Charge.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-12
Strawberry Plants, Strawberry
Plants,

1 have a fine lot ii home grown
strawberry plante for sale. Per-
feet boomers. Inquire Of
IN. SLATER,
Del Norte, Colo.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-12
Market Report.

Bran, S1.25, retail
Bran, 81. Is, wholesale.
Barley chop, 81 40.
New wheat, 81 so.
Oats, black, Sis.
Oats, white, $40.
Hay, $500 per ton.
Alfalfa, $500 per ION.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-12
A Painful Accident

Befell one of our citizens last week
but he didn't feel half so bad as
the fellow who failed to get box
of those delicious Strawberries Gil
bert Oliver had the other day. He
will have another crate next week,
but it will take cash to get them
No more credit at divers.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-12
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

Fishin' time.
Fine weather
Roads better.
Wind has quit.
Grain growing
Pastures green.
Water the trees
Horsehy's about.
Base ball the 90.
Farmers all busy.
New mayor next month.
Bundle bees hummin'.
Fresh Vegetables at divers.
New town board next meeting.
Dutchmen's cocktails are ripe.
Everybody feels fine and dandy
Keep the streets and alleys clean
The ''peek-a-boo" waist will soon
be out.
Before buying Coal get prices
from Ormond.
Laundry sent every Monday
Walter Wilson.
Draught beer on tap next week
at Durham and Hendren's.
Sid Lovett tripped to Monte
Vista the first of the week and in
cidentally sold span of trotters.
Miss Pearl Glenn came up from
her home on the Conejos last Mon
day and spent few days visiting
friends.
Mrs. L. D. Eskridge came in
rom the farm yesterday and spent
he afternoon shopping and visit
ing friends.
Bert Van Vechten has put in
most of the week suffering with
toothache and GUESSING the dentist
md the wind.
Hon. d. F. How came down
rom Denver last Sunday morning
and spent couple of days here
listing his mother and transact
ing business.
Honey for whooping cough
Oliver has the honey in either
round or car load lots and its gen.
rrous use will save n heap OF
coughing if you have got the cash
10 get it.
Rev. G. NJ. Streeter will fill his
appointment at the NJ, +. Church
on next Tuesday evening at eight
o'clock. He will hold a bible
study in the afternoon. All are
invited 10 COME to these services,
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-12

Bran, 81 rs.
1000 pound lots S.15
Oats, for feed, 81 rs.
WALLACE Nero. Co.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-12
QUEENsWARE AT TINWARE PRICES

QUEENSWARE T1NWARE PRICES
We The following
making:
at
that vewlla mostg
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-02
LEES DEEP RELIGIOUS FEELING.

The deep religious feeling of, Gem
eral Lee was always manifest. On
Sunday, December 8, 1861, he4cwrote
to his daughter: A-a4se vI3uEs
MY Precious Annie have taken
the only quiet time I have. been able
to find, on this holy day, to thank you
for your letter of the 10Th ulto. One
of the miseries of warts that there his3
no Sabbath, and the current of work
and strife has no 4 cessation How
can we be pardoned for all our of
fenses! I am glad that you have
joined your mamma again, and that
some of you are together at LASTS It9
would be a great happiness to Imeg
were you all at some quiet place. res
mote from the vicissitudes of war.
where I could consider you safes 80
On Christmas DAY, the same year
he writes to his wife from camp: 1s8a
II cannot let this day of grateful
rejoicing pass, dear Mary, without,
some communication with you. l am
thankful for the many, among the.
past that have passed with you, and
the remembrance of them fills fmeN
with pleasure. For those on which
we have been separated we must not,
repine. If it will make IT'S more re-
signed and better prepared for what
is in store for us, we should, rejoiceS
Now we must be content With the
many blessings we receive. 3 If We
can only become sensible of our,
transgressions, so as to be fully peni-
foo h -.
punishment, under which we labor
may, with justice, be removed from
use and the whole nation, what a graz
cious contamination of all that we
have endured it will be7'
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-02
A RAILWAY MUSEUM.
The Movement to Place Exhibit at
+he Eairyi;ns !. pern, ay,e NJ Aoy,a

The Movement to Place Exhibit at
the Fair in a Permanent Home.
Railway World. The efforts now
being directed towards securing y
permanent home in America for the
greater part of tie railway exhibit at
the Louisiana Purchase exposition de-
serve the support of railway officials.
and all public spirited citizens. We
understand that Major ]. G. Pang-
born, of the Baltimore and Ohio ex-
hibit, is actively engaged in interest
ing the numerous railway companies
in a project providing for a perma-
nent railroad museum, and that he is
meeting with fair measure of sue
cess. The city of Philadelphia has
rendered for this purpose the use of
the old Export Exhibition building
and grounds on the Schuyllill river
adjoining the University of Pennsyl
yania 1t has a clear floor space APP
proximating 100000 square feet, with
q general height of thirty feet; is Yex,
ceptionally well lighted and has track
facilities and power connections.
With the construction of a. building
and the expenditure of large sum of
money which itlMould entail thus hap
PLY made unnecessary, there should
be no withholding, of the support
needed to bring to the project the
success it deserves. Assured main
tenance pending the maturing of
plans for endowment and permanent
conduct is all that is necessary to
make certain the preservation intact
of the present accumulation at st.
Louis, as well as the extensive and
valuable accessions- already pledged
If this support is secured it will be
possible to perfect the installation of
the exhibit in the building offered by
Philadelphia in time for the Interna-
tional Railway Congress, which meets
at Washington in May. 2fft q 19
This was the first great railway col
lection ever made, and no one feature
of it proved more encouraging than
the evinced disinterestedness marking
it's composition Cooperation with
out regard to competition in ordinary
relationship distinguished it through
out, and a. like disposition to contrib
ute freely was manifested abroad. AL
though the Baltimore & Ohio met the
expense of this undertaking, by no
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-02

An erudite author sixty years ago,
having laboriously collated by assort-
ment of illusions to sheep made by
sacred and profane writer's, concluded
that "the history of these animals is
SO interviewer with the history of
man that they never existed in a wild
state at all. 800 SIX 994C hba f<3<
"Biblieal history from the time of
Abel is full Of illusions to the fiocks
which formed the. chief possessions Of
the Jewish people and their neighbors.
The spoils of war and the tribute Of
vassal kings largely consisted of sheep.
Thus we read that Mesha, king of
Moab, was a sheep master, and rem
dered unto the king of Israel an hun
dred thousand lambs and an hundred
thousand rams with the wool. Moses
after his victory over the Midianites
obtained as loot no less than $4,000
shep and long before the Christian era
sheep were cultivated in western Eu-
rope. e 1i N{l
Spain and Italy possessed them from
an unknown period, although long
after Rome was founded the inhabi-
tants had not learned to shear the
fleece, and, until the time of Pliny, the
practice of pluclking it from the skin
was not wholly abandoned, so that the
humble shepherds of Syria preceded,
their knowledge of necessary arts, the
future conquerors of their country
Outing.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-02

means undue portion of the examples
company. Large sums were expend-
ed in producing full size working re-
productions where nothing of the
originals existed burt drawings or de-
scription. No effort was spared to
secure such as typified the periods il
Illustrated, and whether examples por-
trayed the Baltimore & Ohio or anoth-
err company's practice, was American
or European, did not enter into the
consideration. The collection COW
cred the world. Every country
wherein the locomotive whistle had
been heard was represented in some
manner.
At Chicago the space occupied APP
proximated 10000 square feet. AL
ST. Louis it exceeds 10000. Within
the section is shown the inception,
evolution and development of every
From Sir Isaac Newton's initial
thought of steam propulsion of land
in 1880, through sixty odd full size
examples to the 240-ton articulated
locomotive of 1904, the chain may be
studied in a series Of object lessons
nowhere else possible. There are APP
plications of principles and forms of
construction in the series productive
of wonder from the present stand
point of enlightenment, but nothing
has been included because Of oddity
Il is not contemplated to constitute a
repository for curiosities Instead,
the purpose from, the start was the
formation of the nucleus of an insti.
tuition not only typical of the worlds
railway of the past, but of the pres
ent and future as we'll To lose such
collection through lack of apprecia-
tiol of its great value would be a loss
immeasurable and irrecoverable.
lit is surprising that so little has
been done up to this time looking to
the preservation Of the early types Of
railway mechanism. Even in Eng
land very few if any are accessible
as object lessons through which to
trace beginnings, often to Importance
in later development. Only at the
South Kensington Museum in London
has there been any effort in, such di
rection; and even this is merely 2
general assembling of old-time relic
of a mechanical nature. Fortunate
ly, the impulse was in time to save
Hedley's Putting Billy" of 1913
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-02
. stabIina Dairy Cows.

e Sfaniing Dairy COWS
2here was a time, not SO very long
}, when farmers were practical OPP
tents of the "toughening process"
dairy cows-that is, they adopted
exposure plan 10 a very lite1al
rec. They kept COWS outdoors in
son and out of season.. Fair
lther or foul, the stock was out
wsing around, standing or SILVER
upon the lee side of a fence or
stack. Happily, we are getting
this folly; we are finding out
it takes food to keep COWS warm,
hay and grain are expensive fuel
burn in cows simply to maintain
perature, says a writer in the
ntry Gentleman. All this is very
| indeed, but the tendency is al
IS to run to extremes, and. some
Z owners are giving the other ex>
me, and adopting an irrational sys-
of close stabling-that is, keep,
the COWS closely confined from
to spring. am fully satisfied
1t this is entirely wrong.
/ believe in warm, sunny barns,
5ping COWS confined during storms
d very inclement winter. weather;
t we have many days in winter
hen, from 10 a. m. to p. m, the
n is bright and the air clear and
,alth-giving. Make the most of this
me by turning out the cows into the
rnyard, which should face south
Id be tightly broaded on the cold
orth and west sides. A sun bath,
)upled with exercise in the open air,
just as essential for cows as for
en- The animal organism in either
Use requires the bracing, life-impart-
g influences of atmospheric oxygen,
I'd it is folly to deny it. =. =. s.
We want healthy herds, free from
] tendency to tuberculosis or any
her disease, and to obtain these we
ust follow simple natural laws.
hich are immutable. How can any.
an expect to maintain vigor and
institution among his dairy animals,
, rear hardy, profitable calves, with
ut a reasonable allowance of fresh
r, exercise and sunshine? It cannot
2 done. How some so-called pro,
ressive dairymen could ever become
1vocates of this shutting up" of cows
II the winter / certainly cannot un-
erstand. You can never cheat ma
ire. Her laws. must be respected.
That we SOW, we shall reap. Sow
-sease-producing conditions and en-
and we shall reap disease
) a legitimate outcome. No stable
In be kept so clean or ventilated so
ell that its air is as pure and health
wing as that outside If we are to
aintain vigorous herds, we must
ave the assistance of fresh air and
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-02
CREATORS OF ueLINEss.

Brooklyn Eagle-Our health author
tiles protect us from noise and odors
of an irritating or evil sort, but they
give free rein to the unskilled painter
who daubs the whole front of house
with tawdry color and ill-drawn shapes
pictures in Mysteries, whose shrill-
ness makes the sense ache. We know
that the best things do not require this
sort of announcement. If the Boston
Symphony concerts were blazoned in
such a fashion we should probably
stay away from them. But the time
has arrived for checking the activity
Of the Sign man. If it is conceded that
he isswith us to stay, then let US hum
BILE him to his proper place as a cit1-
zen, with equal rights to ours, bur
not the privilege to ride Toughshod
over our Esensibilities. He is creating
ugliness where we have too much al
ready; he is forcing things upon our
notice that do not interest Us; he con
fuses our views of things which are
worth while, and obstructs cur view of
objects we prefer to see; he hides
city vistas and the rustic scenery, re
fusing to retire until we have bought
his pills and his whisky, and usually
found them bad. Ss8k85
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-02
WHAT "LLoYD's" REALLY is.
Not, as Generally Supposed, Engaged
in Insurance Business.

Noe, GO 0S'cI dIiy 0uPPoSeu, EH9a9Cu
in Insurance Business.
How many newspaper readers who
find daily references in the news dis.
patches to "Lloyds" have any clear
idea as to the exact nature of that
famous British institution?
Perhaps the most of them have a
vague impression that it is a huge
marine insurance concern, having a
large measure of control-unofficia
but real-oyer the shipping regulations
of -thesworld. The great corporation
which still retains the, name of it's
founder of Elizabethan days and which
has had its headquarters in the Royal
Exchange in London since 1774 has
nothing TO do as such with marine in
.urance or the taking of risks and pay
ing of losses, but it's members have. 1t
is, in fact, a great maritime exchange
Incorporated in recent years by parlia-
ment. and it is to the world of ship
ping and through its members of
marine insurance what the house of
Rothschild is to the banking world.
Aside from the fact that L1oyd's az
fords marine insurance brokers a place
Of meeting with their clients, it's great
function is the collection, publication
and diffusion is the collection, publ
cation and diffusion of information
with, respect to shipping. 1t is the
direct outcome of the enterprise of the
keeper of London coffee-house. Ed
ward Lloyd was. brought much in con-
tact with seafaring men and merchants
and his foresight and enterprise led to
the development Of a system which has
become world famous.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-02
THINGS TO REMEMBER.

A labor-savlng preparation for pol
fishing the nails is put up in collapse
bic tube. 1t is the only requisite
necessary with the exception of the
buffer. and does away with the use of
the pomades and power usually con-
sidered Indispensable.
To make eyebrows grow better. rub
common salt into them every night be-
fore going to bed. -
For an unpleasant BREATH, put a few
drops of tincture of myrrh in a tum-
blerful of water and thoroughly rinse
the mouth with it. 88 81
+ Butter is excellent for a burn: if the
spot is covered instantly with butter
the skin will not blister
Nervousness and a sallow skin come
frequently from the lack of deep
breathing. Deep breathing stimulates
the circulation and helps, the body
throw off its impurities. e,5t +. a,s
Lavender water is one of the most
refreshing and delightful of toilet
laters. 1t may be made by the follow
ing recipe: Two ounces oil of Law
ender, one ounce essence Of musk
one-half ounce each of oil of bergamot
and essence of ambergris, deodorized
.rectified spirits, two quarts. Agitate
the ingredients thoroughly till well
mixed. tea,,ss
When the skin Of the arms is rough
and pimply, scrub daily with a good
pure soap and the camelshair scrub
bling brush, and anoint with the follow
ing lotion: .Borax, powdered, :.
drains; orange-fiower water, ounces
glycerine, " ounce.