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The La Jara chronicle., 1907-05-03
Bottled beer for family use. The

Bottled beer for family use. The
best ever. Walter Seyfer has it.
Agnes Dodds was here from
Walsenburg, Sunday, the guest of
friends.
Mrs. Rogers, the nurse, leaves
tonight for Walsenburg, where she
has accepted a permanent position.
1t is expected that the weather
man has been absent during the
last several days, and left an in
competent understudy in charge of
his shop.
John NJ. Stuart, editor of the
Courier, accompanied by Mrs.
Stuart and a friend from Brush,
Colo. drove down from Alamosa,
Saturday, for the purpose of view
ing the best town in the valley
and incidentally calling upon
friends. Editor Stuart paid The
Chronicle fraternal visit before
returning.
DIR. l.. d. Owen, wife and two
daughters, of Cleveland, Tenn,
visited the family of E. K. Ball, of
Bountiful, for several days last
week. DIR. Owen is IA nephew of
Mr.. Ball and came to Colorado
with the intention of locating at
Colorado Springs. He is a noted
physician and surgeon and will no
doubt find hearty welcome in the
Springs.
E. X. Ball, one of the hustlers
of Bountiful, was doing business
in La Jara Tuesday, and before
returning found time to drop into
The Chronicle office for brief
but pleasant visit. Mr.. Ball re-
ports the farmers in his vicinity
well along with their work and
extremely jubilant over their flat
tering prospects for record break
ing crops this year.
ID. P. Ellis, brother to FL. o.
Ellis, dropped into La Jara, unex-
pectedly, the first of the week, to
make his br other visit. The two
had not met for twelve years and
it is needless to say that they spent
the time in recalling past events
relative to boyhood days in Maine
their native state. Mr.. Ellis is
travelling for wholesale shoe
house out of Omaha, and was on
his way to the coast.
The La Jara chronicle., 1907-05-03
Blue stone at the La Jara drug

Blue stone at the La Jara drug
store.
Golden Tankard and sugar beet
seed Is cents per pound at Will
sons.
J. G. Macs attended the closing
exercises of the La Jara canon
school, Wednesday. Mrs. Macs
has been teaching with much sue
cess in that district.
The ladies guild met with Mrs.
Lee Hedges Thursday, and they
report fine time. While there,
they were taken out into the barn
yard and shown over two hundred
high bred chicks which Mrs.
Hedges is raising this spring
They are beauts, and will make
some excellent fries later on.
Shorty" Morris, of Tres Pied
ras, proprietor of the Mica mines,
in New Mexico, was La Jara Wis
itor, over Sunday. In speaking of
his mine interests Mr.. Morris
stated that the mine held all kinds
of mica, but as yet they could not
secure the proper thinness to bring
high commercial value, but that
he hoped to get the process down
to finer point in the near future.
He left Monday for his home over
land, after having purchased bran
new wagon and a team of horses in
La Jara.
The base ball game at Antonito
last Sunday took every vestige of
conceit out of our boys when the
sluggers from our sister city of the
south pounded out thirteen tallies,
making several home runs during
the game, and never as much as
allowed a La Jara man to cross
the home plate. On previous oc-
casions, we have been deeply i'm
pressed with the genuine, old
fashioned chivalry of our southern
neighbors, but We must confess
that grievous change has come
over the spirit Of their dreams, and
this recent demonstration of down
right cussedness and niggardly
disregard for the feelin's of others,
is even worse than might be ex-
pected from bunch of independ-
ents. If this is sample of their
idea of a social game, we don't
care if we never play in their yard
anymore.
The La Jara chronicle., 1907-05-03
| |EVENTS OF THE WEEK B

Next Monday, May 9th, Build
ing and Loan pay day.
Mrs. r. j. Kavalec and babies
spent the weekend at the Mount
ranch.
Don Blake went to Creede, the
fore part of the week to work in
the mines.
D. E. Newcomb returned today
from trip of several days to the
capital city.
G. A. Gibbs, of Del Norte, was
in town, Wednesday, and spent the
day with his son, Dave.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. l.. Van Vech-
ten returned Friday from a ten
days soiourn in Denver and
Boulder.
Hulda Magnussen departed for
Walsenburg, Monday night, to re-
main indefinitely as an employe
in a hotel at that point
Frank Blake went to Creede,
this week to look after his mining
interests up that way. This is his
first trip up the line since his re-
cent severe illness.
The ladies sewing circle will
hold its annual sale at the Grande
Hotel, Saturday, May 11th. Din
ner served from II to 3. The pub
lie is cordially invited to attend.
John Launis and Oscar Jack
son start over to reservoir to work,
tomorrow. They have been anx-
iously waiting for the roads to dry
up SO that they could make the
trip.
Oh. Royal, one of the well known
old timers about these diggin's,
came in from New Mexico, the first
of the week, and spent couple of
days renewing old acquaintance,
especially Sid Lovett
VIM. F. Mcclure and Art Rich
ardson drove mp from Antonito
last Saturday afternoon and re-
manned over until Sunday as the
guests of Arts father, Mr.. l. j.
Richardson. These gentlemen are
all interested in the Home Lumber
and Grain company and are highly
pleased with their business.
The La Jara chronicle., 1907-05-03

Wilson still has good onion sets
at 12a cts. per quart.
Now you have to irrigate. See
Wilson for your rubber boots.
All kinds of fresh vegetables can
be had Mt divers meat market at
prices that will suit your pocket
book.
4 Judge McCunniff was playing
blind mans buff the biggest
part of the week.-Mrs. eyes went
back on him.
Jose de j. Martinez and wife, of
Capulin, braved the storm and
came to La Jara to purchase
household supplies, Tuesday
J. l.. Mortensen, of Sanford,
was in town, Tuesday He says
that the roads. are. fright for
travelling, but that he is satisfied
as the recent snow fixed him right
for big crop.
Over in Alamosa "a woman who
was going out shopping put her
baby to sleep in its carriage. and
taking down the receiver, placed i,
beside the sleeping child. Then
she notified central to sing to the
baby if it woke up and cried.
Next Monday. May 9Th, is the
date for the annual election ol
school directors. There will be
two directors elected in this dis.
trict this year, owing to the de.
parture of T. p. Mcdaniel whose
unexpired term is being filled by
d. f. Newcomb.
John Boice, of Bountiful, who
recently started west on mission
is now at San Francisco and writes
his father-in- law, E. X. Ball, that
from what he has seen of Califor.
MIA, he would not trade his little
Colorado home for the entire state
He is enjoying his labors but longs
for home and the San Luis valley
sunshine.
Gilbert Oliver is fixing up his
ranch property one and one-half
miles south of town. He is setting
out trees and building fences, and
just recently put down two
inch well. He expects to put a
dwelling house on that place this
summer and, as he is partial to
farming, may embark in that bust
later on.
The La Jara chronicle., 1907-05-03
Mrs. Eta White is reported on

Mrs. Eta White is reported on
the sick list.
If your horses need shoeing
take them to Brumbly's. He'll do
it right.
Paints and wall paper Of all
colors and designs at the Chas.
Magnes lumber Office.
W. o. Mieir was down from the
metropolis, Monday, and immedi-
ately went out to the reservoir to
see how things were doing up that
way.
A. j. Butcher, who taught the
Newo omb school the past school
year, left for the home of his par
ents. at Evans, Colorado, this
week to remain indefinitely.
l. J. Richardson had IA two-inch
well put down on his property near
the Gibbs residence, and is also
getting the foundation for his new
residence in shape. When COM
pleted, there will not be "A more
substantial or handsomer place in
the town.
Prof. Thos. d. Reese, Jr., prin-
cipal of the San Luis Valley Stake
academy, at Manassa, with his
wife and child departed for Salt
Lake, Sunday night, to remain for
several weeks. Before returning
to his school work which reopens
in September, Mr. Reese will try
our streams for trout fishing, and
maze tour of the valley for the
purpose of getting acquainted with
the people and surroundings.
Marshal Malone is demonstrat-
ing thst he is the right man in the
right place. The improvement he
has made in the appearance of the
town since his recent APP
pointment. by cleaning up the
streets, is alone worth more to our
people than all the work the pre-
ceding marshal did during his in
cumbency Of the Office. La Jara
can be made more than attractive
if all will join in the good work
and give Mr.. Malone the assistance
he deserves. Trim up your trees,
clean out your bitches and remove
the tin cans and other debris from
your alleys and yards. 1t will cost
but little and your reward will be
most gratifying.
The La Jara chronicle., 1907-05-03

A boy baby came to brighten
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Valentine at Richfield, Tuesday.
Walford Magnussen departed
for Creede, Thursday, at which
place he will be employed in the
mines.
Walter Seyfer always has the
crowd. Why? Because he sells
the best goods and gives everyone
square deal.
j. A. Martinez, La Sauses' gen
ial postmaster, was in town, Sat
urday, and among the welcome
callers at this Office.
Alma Christensen, of Bounti-
full, has been on the sick list the
past week, but is now able to be
out and around again.
Mrs. d. E. Newcomb, Jr. arrived
from Monte Vista, on Tuesday,
and is busy getting settled in their
home-in the house formerly oc-
cupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Lyons.
Peter Peterson started for New
Mexico with his cattle,> Tuesday
F, and just in time to have the big
storm hit him. AS result he
must have had the "de'el's own
time" reaching his destination.
AT the recent meeting of the
Firemen's band, it was agreed to
assess each member $l.00 to pay
for swell light for the new band
stand in the city park. The COM
pletion of the stand has been de-
layed due to the inclemency of the
weather.
Chief Road Boss j. B. Chap
man, and Uncle Joe Pursley were
welcome Chronicle visitors, Mon
day, and put in their time telling
of the good roads they are building
and intend to build, all of which
was as pleasing for us to hear as it
WILDE for our farmer friends to
realize.
Charles Daggot, Of the Chama
Beef and Supply company, WAS
here a couple of days this week,
buying cattle for his company. He
succeeded in makiug up carload
from the Homer Burnham ranch
near La Jara, and the Ed. Howes
ranch near Alamosa, and shipped
the stock to New Mexico during
the middle of the week.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-02
NOT A BAD SIGN

TIME San Francisco Chronicle makes
a peculiarly specious and shallow
argument in discussing the recent
actioh Of the meat 'barons" in re-
ducing the price of their product to
consumers living near Chicago. The
Chronicle says:
ut is bad sign when the prices of
provisions. fall. Plenty has little effect
upon high prices when the country Is
prosperous; when days of adversely
come the price is lowered. Under the
circumstances it is not straining tho
fact much to say that eheapness. In the
United States is q signal of distress"
The contention is absurd. While 1t
undoubtedly is true that high prices
and prosperity have gone hand in hand
in the past, as rule, it is not logical
to assume that the lowering of the
prices OF certain ommodities-produce
in America-is "bad sign or that
Particularly may this be said Of the re-
duction in the price of meat and of
many other varieties of foodstuffs.
When the Dingley tariff act went
into effect the meat trust, the most
burdensome, probably, of all the monop-
olies made possible by that law, raised
the prices of nearly all it's wares, in
Guiding by-products. When prices were
raised wages were not correspondingly
raised, nor have wages paid by the
f-ttc Cd an in
thing like the proportion in which prices
have been increased. This fact was
brought out in a government inquiry
The exact figures are not at hand, but
the fact is notorious.
Whether prices were raised during
the period of greatest prosperity" as
the beefy beef barons declare was not
the case matters not, The increase
about the time the tariff law went into
effect was enough to result in the EN-
richment of the allied corporations out
of all proportion to the capital invested,
and labor has never since received it's
just share of reward for it's industry
in this direction.
In making a slight concession In the
way of prices to consumers residing in
an extremely limited area of the eoun-
try the beef trust furnishes ample proof
that it may continue to do business
at the old stand at profit by bleeding
the public just a trifie less, that is all.
Prices for meat and the by-produets of
the packing houses may yet be eensid-
erably reduced, no reduction In the
price paid to the raiser Of the raw
material being made, and there still
will be no evidence that "cheapness is
a signal of distress"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-02
LEST you FORGET

II EST readers of The Herald forget,
we wish once more to try to i'm
- press upon them the advisabilit
of their beginning at once to make their
selections of Christmas gifts. This week
tho stocks in the magnificent stores for
which Los Angeles is famed will be
found fresh and the varieties in the diff
ferent lines will be at their greatest.
Prudent shoppers, profting by the ex-
periences of the past, will begin to lay
in their intended holiday gifts at once.
The result will be that those who wait
until the last few days before Christ
mas must take what is left after thou
sands have enjoyed opportunities to
choose what they went.
Remember the legend or alIegory or
fable, or whatever you may call it, rela-
tive to the five foolish virgins, and
begin your Christmas shopping at once.
DON'T allow yourself to be placed in the
embarrassing position where you will
feel that an apology and explanation is
due some dear friend because you wero
not able to send him or her the choicest
remembrance of its kind the market
afforded. You can secure it now. Next
week it may be gone.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-02
THE THREAT IMPLIED

TIME policy of the president, the In
terstate commerce commission and
- the department of justice in their
Investigations into the methods of cor
porations engaged in interstate COM
merce has served to increase the pepu-
lar demand for a closer inspection Of
the affairs of companies of this class
and better control over them,~
The public is not unmindful of the dis
closures of the last few years which
prompted the Hepburn act, the pure
food laws and various other measures
for the regulation of commerce which
have since been enacted. The people
will long remember the frauds by which
some of the most powerful organiza-
swindle the federal government out of
lands rightfully belonging to actual
settlers, the exposure of the Hartman
frauds in the management of the Union
Pacific and the street failway frauds In
New York city.
The principal opposition the govern
ment has encountered in all these in
stances has come from the great cor
porate monopolies. filling whose offices
were the men who, one by one, are
being branded with the stigma of pub
lie disgrace, and few of the most
notorious of whom are now behind
prison bars.
With these and many other examples
prominently before them the people are
turning deaf ear to the clamorlng of
certain unscrupulous mantpulators who
are proclaiming throughout the land
that normal financial conditions will
return as soon as capital" is assured
fair" treatment. They well UNDER
stand the implied threat contained in
these words and are becoming firmer
believers than ever in the policy Of
melting out unalloyed justice to all men,
regardless of their financial or political
position, as the only sure and per-
manent cure, and are vigorously en-
couraging the enactment of such laws
as will permit OF greater control of and
greater publicity to the inside dealings
of great combinations of capital. And
in the furtheranee of these reforms no
honest man and no honest corporation
need stand in fear of suffering.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-02

entered the organ where, though 1t has
no teeth. most of us do our chewing.
The result was that several articles
of food that once seemed to him to be
tasteless were found to be highly de-
lectable to the tongue; others that were
once deemed toothsome morsels he
learned to avoid as not worthy Of mas
tication. Like some Of the most mar
velous beauties of nature, the more at
tention he paid to them the more beau-
tiful they appeared. Not only this, but
he began to gain weight, to sleep bet
ter and longer unbrokenly, all his
serious" functional troubles disap-
peared, and even after so his muscles
increased in strength so that he could
ride $50 miles on bicycle in a single
day without suffering fatigue.
1t may be utterly useless for us 10
endeavor to impress upon readers the
moral, but we will point to it, at any
rate, trusting that one seed may be
sown in fertile ground. that at least one
man of middle age who is suffering as
this man did at 40 will profit by the ex-
perience he relates. The moral need
not be written in words; it Is altogether
too obvious.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-02
THE FATAL CIGARETTE

TN the United States navy the ratio
of men suffering from pulmonary
troubles is larger than that of any
other country. England and Germany
have far healthier sailors than America.
The reason is not far to seek, If Surgeon
General Rixey of the United States
navy may be taken as an authority. He
declares that the smoking of cigarettes
is responsible for many of the cases of
pulmonary diseases among American
sailors.
The cigarette has long been consid-
cred a dangerous luxury, and, taking
into consideration the opinion of DR..
R!xey, the statement that during the
past three months the crew Of the ship
Missouri-7000 men-used 1900 books Of
cigarette papers, 1900 pounds of tobacco
and $1,000 cigarettes.
AS a matter of precaution and COM
mon sense this devotion to a habit so
destructive to health should be curbed.
A singular feature of the habit is the
number of apparently sensible men who
are addicted to the habit delude them
selves with the constantly reiterated
statement that it does them no harm.
1t unquestionably sends hundreds of
bright young men to early graves. The
''makin's" of the cigarette are the
makings of undertakers' fortunes.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-02
Helpful French Comment
ON Currency Problem

Asked whether, in his opinion. the
solution of the currency problem in thC
United States was to be found in the
creation of a central bank such as ex-
lists in every great European nation, NJ
Leroy -Beaulieu. the eminent French
authority on financial questions, while
intimating that he regarded this as TIL,
ideal plan, expressed a doubt as to its
present feasibility He was afraid that
congress could not for various reasons
be induced to sanction 1t.
1t would be opposed by those who
would consider 1t dangerous embodi'
ment of the 'mnneE power while
others of greater enlightenment would
resent 1t as a long step toward cen
tralizatlon and toward the subordina-
tlon of the states to the federal gov
eminent. This Judgment is probably
correct, thinks the Philadelphia In
quirer. The central bank idea has re-
ceiYed more support than was expected
and its promoters are feeling encour-
aged to hope that II may have a chance
of acceptancei but this hope will hardly
be shared by those who have studied
the previous temper of congress on
this subject.
NJ. Leroy Beaulieu thought. however
that the benefits of central bank
might be obtained in another way His
suggestion was that syndicate in
which all the national banks of the
country We're represented could, in the
case of such another crisis as that
through which the country has Just
passed, intervene as effioaciously as a
central bank to save the situation and
to prevent the paralysis OF the national
Industries. and the financial deadlock
which an impairment of credit, with its
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-02
SAYS OUTLYING DISTRICTS
Ar MERCY OF DRUG TRUST
sunIand Man Believes He Has Discov-
cred Graft Under New Guise.
Writes Vigorous Letter
on Subject

sUNLAND, Nov, s0--TEditor Herald:
AS an evidence of the rate at which the
nails are being driven into the coffin OF
the present system of graft as practiced
by the trusts and combinations of capi-
tai under the sanction of laws enacted by
a venal legislature, bought and paid for
by the drug trust in our own state of
California. few words of protest seem
necessary to warn the people whittier
they are drifting,
Sunland Is rural settlement eight or
ten miles from Burbank or San Fernando,
where drug stores are kept. We have a
small store which, to accommodate our
people, kept few household remedies,
such as salts. camphor arnica, castor
oil and other simple remedies used In
every household and kept for emer-
gencies.
A few days ago state officer came
through here In the interest OF the drug
trust on a tour Of inspection. Going into
our little store he called for bottle of
castor oil, bought and paid for It. Turn
ing to the lady who served him he in
quired of her II she had permit to sell
drugs. She replied she had not and did
lnot know II was necessary to sell simple
lhousehold remedies. She was informed
there and then that 1t was and that she
was liable to arrest and fine of 500 and
lfifty days in jail for selling that bottle
of castor oil; but that If she would take
out permit, for which she must pay
s12, she could sell them In small retail
packages and doses. 1t may seem 9
small thing to the trust to charge 81.
for a permit to dispense these simple ar
ticles, but when we consider the immense
number of small country stores scattered
through the state of California the largt
0f txa,,A ge oalf iIox,
| Imagine for a moment without takinl
into account the money gained by tht
trusD the situation it places the people
of these small places A child is taker
sick with the Group and no place nearer
than eight or ten miles from which t
get anything for it's relief.
Must the parents sit by and see theil
child die simply to feed the lust for gair
of thieving trust?
| Is it not time for the people to wake
Iup to the fact that they are drifting tc
the very verge of revolution or autoc
raey? Would q permit make this lady
more capable or intelligent or careful II
dispensing these simple remedies? o.
would it add anything to their efficacy
| or curing powers? Not only does the
trust claim pay for a permit; 1t also ex'
acts and claims the right to put up these
remedies in retail form. thus adding tc
the cost to the user thus extracting
another robher tax from the pockets ioi
| the people.
Is it not time for the people of this
lstate to critically examine into the char,
lacter of the men whom they elect as law,
makers? Shall we wait until we are
shaekled hand and foot before we stoI
| and consider whittier we are drifting
Its time, when we cannot buy dose Of
salts or dose of castor oil without q
permit from the drug trust.
G. r. BROWN.