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The La Jara chronicle., 1908-01-03

Next Monday, January 9Th, is
Building and Loan pay day.
The county commissioners will
meet next Monday, January 9Th.
Romuldo Ortiz has returned
from a visit with relatives in Sante
Fe.
DR.. Gerard, the dentist, will be
at the Blake Hotel, La Jara, Jan
uary 4.
Miss Nell Smith has been en-
ssoying a visit with friends in Man
lssa, recently.
5. E. Newcon.b b arrived here from
Denver. this week, to attend to
some business affairs.
It's only one wee6 from Christ
mas to New sYears, but it's fifty
one weeks from New Years to
Christmas.
If you want a good Key West
cigar, call at the Club saloon and
ask for La Flor de Lius Martin
ez-they're the stuff.
Mrs. Geo. Hamilton arrived
home last week from her sad mis-
sion to Auxvasse, Mo-, where she
took the remains of her husband,
the late DIR. Hamilton, for burial.
Jim Braiden returned home
from California, this morning. after
spending some time there with his
brother, John, who has been very
i'll. but is now on the road to re-
g. very.
The small child of Supt. and
Mrs. E. A. Nelson fell on the
stove, the first of the week, and
was painfully burned. He is get
ting along nicely, however, at this
iSTiting-
: No more Sunday concerts, Sun
day base ball or Sunday amuse-
ments of any kind under Governor
Buchtel's watchful eye. Well, we
can all 90 to church or stay at
home, anyway.
We must have what money is
due us on our 1907 books so we
can pay up the wholesale houses
which we have been doing bust
ness with during the year-B. l.,
Van Vechten Hardware Co.
Hon. l.. A. Norland is home from
San Luis where he has been busy
the past three weeks superintend-
ing the installation of modern
water system for w. Fl. Parish,
Costilla county's prominent mill
man.
Frank Shaworoft, son of John
Shawcroft, and Miss Mary Berth
elson were united in marriage last
Tuesday at Coneios. The young
people are well known in the val
ley and are receiving the well
wishes of host of friends.
The time of year has arrived
en we are called upon to settle
With our creditors and the only
possible way we can do so is to
have those owing us come in and
settle. Consequently when our
collector calls upon you, don't i'm
agine that we fear you never in
tend to pay, bet put it in your
sock that we need the money.
Joseph Samples has succeeded
in raising quite a fund by sub
scription for the relief of his friend,
Judge l.. M. Peterson, who lost
his all in fire at Bayfield, a few
weeks ago. 1t will be remembered
that Judge Peterson was "A Manas-
sa resident for many years, leaving
year or so ago to take up his res
ident at Bayfield,.
The NJ. w. AS cut loose again
Saturday night, and enlightened
several candidates as to the mys-
terry of that order. After time of
fun and frolic, the members en-
joyed a luncheon The Moderns
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-01-03
d. E. Newcomb, jr., was a county
seat visitor, Monday.

Dannie Newcomb is here from
Denver, the guest of relatives.
Don't forget the date of DIR.
Gerard, the dentists visit, Jan
uary 4.
The Martinez-the best cigar
in the country Walter Seyfer
sells them
The Home Lumber, Coal and
Grain company's car load of
shingles has arrived.
If you are looking for the best
southern lead to be had, call over
at the Magnes lumber office.
Mrs. Imboden, of Greeley, who
has been the holiday guest at the
McCunniff home, returned to her
home, Tuesday evening.
NJ. NJ. Malone has returned from
Nebraska, to which place he was
called by the serious illness of his
mother. He reports her as i'm
proving with hopes of a complete
recovery.
Fred Daniels and Hi. Nelson,
after partaking of home cooking
during the holidays, returned to
their work at Lutte Cha ,,man's saw
mill at Wagon Wheel Gap, Sun
day night.
Miss Sadie Simons. who has
been so i'll for weeks at Alamosa,
with no sign of improvement, is to
be taken to California in hopes
that a lower altitude will be of
benefit.
Misses Sadie Nelson and Min
ME Richardson came down to at
tend the dance, Tuesday evening,
with every intention of returning
the following morning, but the
passenger didn't have time to wait
for them and so they were obliged
to wait over a day.
E. NJ. Sego was up from Manas-
sa, this afternoon, and is nursing
an injured hand as the result of
too much white powder in Win
chester rifle which blew up and
aside from blowing the gun into a
thousand pieces, took off a con-
siderable portion of his left hand
Ras Pursley arrived from Will
cox, Arizona, Saturday night,
to spend a while with the folks at
home. Ras., who is employed at
the Sierra Bonica ranch, says that
while he likes it well enough out
there, the San Luis valley holds a
place in his heart which can never
be usurped by any other spot on
this terrestrial ball.
The La Jara's Firemen's band
gave their delightful annual ball
ou New Years eve and the vast
throng attending pronounced it the
most pleasant event of the year
The music was exceptionally good
and the boys simply outdid their
former reputation of being the jol-
liest bunch in the land and added
another feather to their cap of fame
as entertainers.
Gov. Buchtel's New Year reso-
lutions SAVIOR of the bold and fear
less one and time alone can tell
how well he has resolved. Many
there are who rejoice over them
and as many more who frown.
For our part we believe that every
mothers son in the state should be
compelled to obey every law on the
statute books and then it would
not be long until number of the
freak measures would be annulled.
The present set-to between Edi-
tor L. M. Patterson of the Denver
News, and +. G.. Bonfils of the
Denver Post, that is just now oc-
cupying the time OF Justice Car
Ions court in Denver and furnish
ing all kinds and sorts of yellow
matter for the two above mentioned
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-01-03

Thos. McCunniff was an Ala
mosa business visitor, this week
Mrs. Neil Sampson was the
guest of Miss Emma Norland, this
week.
Fine heating stove for sale.
Cheap for cash. Inquire at this
office
j. G. Millyard was here from the
Waverly district, Wednesday, on a
business trip.
The San Luis Stake academy at
Manassa resumed last Monday aft
er the holiday vacation.
Mr.. Grantham. of the Manassa
Hard dware Co., was In town, the
first of the week. on business.
Monday night of this week was
the coolest night of the winter.
The thermometer registered ten
below.
Z A. Nelson was a passenger to
Sante Fe. Monday, to spend week
viewing the historic points in that
old city.
Tom Hart, saloonkeeper at
Toas, was instantly killed in run
away, recently. He was known to
some extent here. ~
Miss Palmer began her duties in
the public schools of this place,
Monday, and now everything is
running in apple pie order.
j. d. Frazey was here from An
tonito, Tuesday night, on his way
to Sanford, at which place he is
putting in an acetylene plant in
the hall and church.
Miss Maybelle Cessna, of Den
yer, at one time a resident of La
Jara, WAS married on New Years
day to Mr.. Ward Miller. The
groom is an employee in the art
department of one the stores in
Denver.
The snow which recently fell,
while not of any large quantity,
will be sufficient in the way of
purifying the air, to arrest the cpl
demic of colds which has been
prevalent among us during the
past several weeks.
There has been a shortage of
both hard and soft coal in La Jara,
the past week or ten days, but the
stringency in that line will be re-
lieved by a big shipment of coal
being received by the Home Grain,
Coal & Lumber Co. this week.
L. ID. Eskridge came in from
Denver, this morning, to spend a
week or so looking after his bust
ness interests. He states that the
members of his family are all well
and brings the good news along
that the little son of Hon. ID. f.
How is now out of danger and
that he has turned into the high
way of rapid recovery.
A farewell party was given in
honor of John McCunniff at his
home, Monday night, to which
the elite of La Jara's junior society
was invited. An hour of fun, such
as can be had only by care-free
youth, was greatly in evidence.
John returned to his duties on the
Greeley Sun, Tuesday night, much
to the dissatisfaction of his school
friends at this place.
For the next thirty days we will
make the exceptional offer of
the American Farmer, one of the
leading agricultural journals of the
country, and The La Jara Chron-
icle both one year for the price of
The Chronicle, 81 80, to all new
subscribers as well as all old ones
who pay up all arrearages and re-
new. This offer is most liberal
one ard every farmer in the county
should take advantage of it. We
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-01-03

Art Guymon and family have
returned from trip to Denver.
See Chas. Magnes for the best
shingles to be had-just received.
Frank Wilson, of Sanford, tran
sacted business in town, Wednes-
day.
Clarence Hagen is laid up for
repairs at his home. due to "A hard
cold.
Sunlight coal oil is the only coal
oil that makes a clear, white light.
Ellis sells it.
Mrs. Ma. Marques, of Los Saus-
es, died December 31st, after a
brief illness.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Will johnson, of Richfield, is ill
with the measles.
Bert Ryan and wife have re-
turned from Denver, where they
have been for several months.
Mrs. Swan Akeyson, of Ala
mosa, spent the holidays with her
brother, Frank Brumbly and fam
lily.
Badly" Neal returned from Col
orado City, the first of the week,
where he went to spend the holi-
days.
We are sorry to report that Mrs.
VIM. Forbes is quite i'll at her
home. The prevailing heavy cold
is the cause of her trouble.
The new gasoline street lamps
which We're erected yesterday on
Main street, have proven entirely
satisfactory and the light they shed
is of good strength.
Word came in from Denver this
morning that Robert B. Wallace,
of Monte Vista, has gone east to
be married to Miss Woodman. a
former Monte Vista school teacher.
c. l.. Smith, who was painfully
injured in a runaway IA short time
ago, is recovering from the acci-
dent. He says he isn't going to
take any more chances at fancy
driving.
O. II. Davis, Alamosa's hustling
photographer, was business Wis
itor in town, Monday. Mr.. Davis
has not been in La Jara for few
years, and expressed his surprise
at our growth during that time.
The Women of Woodcraft ini-
tiated candidate, Monday night.
All the frills and furbelows of the
order were used for the occasion,
and the chief performer is reported
to be getting along as well as
could possibly be expected.
The small child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dan Christensen, of New Mexico,
who are visiting friends in San
ford, fell out of "A baby cab, this
week, and broke its arm. Dr.
Schenck dressed the injured men,
ber, and the little fellow is getting
along nicely.
A. W. Engelhardt and family
arrived in La Jara, Tuesday morn
ing, and will make this their fu-
ture home Mr.. Engelhardt has
rented the Hamilton building, one
door east of The Chronicle office,
and will open real estate Office at
once, being the local representa-
tive of Mr.. A. &. Hahn, the pur-
chaser of theExcelsior Farm. They
purpose colonizing this mammoth
body of land, placing family on
every 40 or S0-acre tract, the COM
ing season and announce that the
construction of farm houses and
other improvements will be pushed
with all possible speed. This is
more good news for our people and
means that the date for Conejos
county coming into her own is be-
ing advanced at two minute clip.
Mr.. Engelhardt is a practical farm
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-04-25
New Colorado Oil Fields.

Active work of development is to be-
gin Immediately in the oil fields dis
covered by Mayer Harrison of Denver
near Colorado Springs, and those 10
Gated within few miles of Golden.
says the Denver News. The Golden
fields lie just fifteen, miles from Den
yer. and their location is of the great
est commercial advantage. Arthur
Lake and j. w. Frank. two of the best
known geological experts in the West
are of the opinion that the fields when
exploited will rival those of Texas and
Pennsylvania.
Before locating the lands. which
nave been taken up by his company
Harrison explored the entire oil dis
,rict known to exist between Florence
and Boulder. and 1t is believed that the
natural basins of the entire oil bear
ng area have been locatNA.
Nathan Gregg of the Gregg Mining
and Investment Company in the Cen
Jury building is at the head of the COM
oany which will exploit the new fields
Prospecting is TO be carried on for
both oil and gas The largest tract
Of land controlled by the company is
Known as the Donovan ranch property,
ocated southeast of Colorado Springs.
There the company owns 1,500 acres
and has secured lease on 5000 addi-
.ional acres. The company is capital
zed for 100000 and is in position
20 exploit its holdings to the fullest
extent.
Already derricks are on the prop
srty. and hve wells will Immediately
De sunk to depth Of 1920 feet. AS
ISOLATED with Gregg and his son are
Major Charles p Lowndes. Charles T.
Fertig and DR. H. B. Hayden Of Den
yer. A number of preliminary tests on
he Donovan ranch have opened up oil
beds. and Arthur Lake and ]. w
Frank. well known experts. have re-
ported favorably on the ground.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-04-25
Heavy Cripple Creek Production.

The gross production of the Cripple
Creek district for the month of April
according to reports up to the 18th
inst. bids fair TO surpass the record
breaking records of last month. The
mines have shipped total of $50 -
since the first Of the month, or an a r.
age OF sixty-five cars a day. This
shows a gain of sixty cars over last
month for the same period. The aver
age value of the 1880 tons shipped
this month is $3.50 a ton.
one OF the important factors in the
increased tonnage of the district is
the large number Of dump leases. Al,
most every property in the district that
IS producing or has produced in the
past has ore house dumps which are
pelns leased and fair profit and in
some cases large one, is being made.
ne properties which have lain idle
ior years from which high grade ore
mas been extracted have taken on a
new lease of life. The various samp-
ing companies whose total output has
been curtailed to some extent BY the
completion of the Golden Cycle samp-
lers are handling total of 1000 tons
a day.
barring unforeseen contingencies.
the April record will eclipse even the
great showing of last month and will
!, close to rivaiing some of the
oahher months In the camps history.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-04-25
Fremont County Coal Field.

Explorations in the extreme south
western portion of the Fremont county
coal belt by Bowie L. Rockafelluw
show that the coal areas are larger and
better than supposed and prove tASL
there is enough of the black diamoKpG
in them to guarantee large operations
Tor the next 100 years. The diamond
drill tests show that thirty four s.pa-
rate coal measures exist where it was
heretofore supposed there were but
five.
In the prospecting three places were
selected. mile apart to test the
thickness OF veins and the dip and
drainage for the most economical min
ing The first vein was four feet
Tuck and was encountered at 300 feet.
core was then taken through ,:.5
feet OF the coal bearing rock and with
in this district thirty-three other seams
were encountered. The lowest vein is
sixteen feet thick. and the coal is.
harder than that mined nearer the sur
face. This coal resembles anthracite
and tests are to be made. Separated
by six feet of rock is another vein five
feet thick, which is not as hard as
the larger one
The discovery adds millions OF dol.
lars to the value of the Fremont
county coal area and will be the means
OF establishing dozens of new coal
mines near the foothills of the Green
horn range. Another test is to be made
soon farther up in the hills to ascer-
tain II the coal veins extend through.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-04-25
Bio Horn Basin Gas Fields.

A steady roaring fame over nifty
feet high. has for the last nine months
marked the site OF a gas well near
Gray Bull. Bighorn county, Wyoming.
The report that the initial height OF
the flame was seventy feet can not oe
verified, but that the well is one OF re-
markable volume is certain. In diame-
ter it is five and ive-eighths lnches' In
depth, sol feet; it is cased down Tor
500 feet, and was drilled for the Peay
Hill Oil and Development Company by
Messrs Henry Sherard and Philip
Minor, of Basin, Wyoming.
No instrumental measurements of
the pressure have been made, but
some idea of it may be obtained from
the fact that the escaping gas has the
power to lift a large log chain COM
posed of one-hah inch iron. A rough
calculation made iii September. 1907,
three months after the well was
drilled, and based on the size OF stones
elected by the gas, indicated that the
pressure al that time was more than
600 pounds TO the square lncn. Wnetn-
er OF not il is diminishing can not be
determined, for according to the most
reliable information obtainable no
change has been detected up to the
present time.
IN view Oh the Wlue ulSlTlDullOH OIL
the strata that contain the gas and of
the signs of gas at other places SuS-
costing the further extent of the gas
producing region, an Investigation -
the field was made during the SummS
of 1907 by Mr. Chester W. WashbuIh.
a report of which has been published
by the United States Geological Sur
vey.
So far no use has been made of the
gas escaping from the Gray Bull gas
well Except in the city of Basin,
which in 1907 had about 1000 inhabi-
tants, there will be little demand for
gas for lighting purposes until the
population of the district increases
considerably. An important use
might be found in connection with
sugar factories, which are greatly
needed to care for the sugar beets
grown on the irrigated lands ia this
region. At present the nearest sugar
factory is at Billings. to which the
beets are shipped by rail 1876 miles at
IA cost of cents per hundredweight.
AS coal is abundant and would be
cheap II mined on a large scale, gas
could not compete with it except very
close to the wells. Fortunately the
productive we'll near Gray Bull is less
than 1000 feet from the Chicago, Bur
iington and Quincy railroad. near
which there is a most excellent loca
ton for sugar factory or other in
dustrial plant
Mr.. Washburn states that the con-
dition on the east side of the Big Horn
basin are very favorable for the pros
pector, and he indicates The localities
where gas may possibly be found.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-04-25
, Gypsum in Oklahoma.

according to recently published sta.
lstics In Mining Science, Charles N
'onld, professor of geology at the State
University, estimates the amount of
gypsum IN the main line of gypsum hills
ind the Greer county region OF Okla.
1oma at 125,so0, 100000 tons. There
are at present eight gypsum mills in
operation in western Oklahoma whosn
output runs from forty to one hundred
OILS per day. Coal is the fuel used. the
81 stealer part coming 200 to $50 miles,
ne price at the mills ranging from 81
$3.50 per ton. "
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-04-25
Oin9y" Ciark's Discovery.

r. me desert town of Mojave. on the
nern-san Bernardino county line. is
SLOWLY recovering from one of the live
nest placer mining excitements that
mas mas ever blossomed on the desert
Dlngy" Clark, the town butcher. was
ulgglng cesspool in the rear Of his
town market when his spade penetrat'
ed stratum of black sand CLARK
showed this to Doc" Dempsey. the
desert postmaster, and he in turn for
Warded 1t to a Los Angeles asa er;
WORD came back that the sand assayed
sa1 In gold to the cubic yard.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-04-25
American
Parents
and Their
Children
BY HON. PRANK LEVERONl,
As~tstr issskr. jveaik tssrt, bss,sa.


obey without questioning and this reflected
parents and children
In this to
place where ask questions and where kinds
are obd only for explained That
carried too far but essentially what
mocracy The is the peoples everybody part
government and nobody is the whole of
1t to that the child being
receptive than the adult having lively lesser
willingness TO endure would reflect this
spirit OF democratic independence The also
melting influence of the doctrines equality the
spirit Of authority naturally suffers II
1t that oernlugnt
den show the effects of indulgence who would m
ed to moderate dcontro
Education OF the RELY
for Of this condition Discipline
and with DR. Halls statement TO
the extent that think deal
by almost and
permanently set straight by a good whipping
Love and fear powerful invoked
stantly
her children
and ii important that the combination
should be employed judiciously in the q
control of juveniles. 1Ezs~k S1EVc<0I&<.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-04-25

just that she be involve
these The
England, all
eminent maintained by the of the male of the population
which thus indirectly decides army, navy
active
But there other questions questions Of educational and
these believe should be permitted The schools, the
hospitals the a
ton the control of the and
much of responsible interest in these would
be but just therefore, that they should be allowed them
London happily within the have gained the right
to vote on the county councils
Womans sphere should not be limited than
ton by believe
activity as she probably Her first sphere of activity Of the
family the home But where that denied her. why should
her attention to other duties duties that the old
days supposed to belong exclusively play part
in the worlds work:
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-04-25

The Isabella mill, one of the most
successful cyanide plants in the Grin
Die Creek district. is handling about
i25 tons of ore daily The ore is TAX
IN exclusively from the dump on the
property and averages SO to SC a ton
\ new tramway has been built he
'ween the mill and the old Buena Wis.
a shaft and the dump of that property
now being conveyed to the min
l ton
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-04-25
Colorado Insurance Statistics.

In spite Of the financial depression.
exactly $5.sOS.007 more life insurance
was in force in Colorado last year than
in 1906 and 6.o2l more people carried
policies. according to the figures just
compiled by State Insurance Commits
sioner Rittenhouse. Fraternal insur
ance is not included in the report.
The fire insurance business also
made an excellent showing. Here are
the figures and their comparison with
1906 in full:
Fire Insurance..
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-04-25
Girls
Who Are
Utterly
Useless
By LILLIAN BELL,
Authoress.

don't know girl helps her mother way know any
mothers who help their daughters be anything helpless
Where all life
mother who used to have her daughters confidence
her daughter danced with who the books
who selected the daughter could
where the odhoned husbands and whose
were identical?
Now have womens clubjust like the baewhere
publicly and take daughters
and hear the gossip Of the day. Isn't provide
with servants?
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-04-25

American parents and American chill
dren are very much like the parents and
the children of other civilized countries. 1t
is natural for parent to be indulgent
and for child TO be self-willed These in
clinatlons sometimes are restrained by edu-
cation and discipline and sometimes are
repressed by material circumstances.
In the older countries of Europe, where
the hand of authority has been felt so long
and frequently so heavily, there is natural
ly reader submission to authority which
speaks only with the arbitrary voice Of
command. The people are accustomed to
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-04-25
WOnan'S
Sphere
1t Should Be j..
and Is Being
ENLARGED
BY MRS. HUMPHREY WARD.
English Novelist. Now In America.

Womans sphere Of activity should be and is be-
ing enlarged. | anything but advocate of the
old "hearth and home" theory. But | think that
what the suffragetes fighting for is just what
do not need and should not have
Women do not need the ballot questions in
the solution of which they play response
BILE part. Fancy female general female admiral .
Fancy railroad run by women, roads built mines
worked by them! Well, if there is this inevitable
physical limitation to woman's activty-f she can
never enter the army the navy never be miner