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The La Jara chronicle., 1908-12-04

-. MANASSA -.

l.. W. Sowards loaded car of
hogs Wednesday to be shipped to
Pueblo.
The covering on the ground looks
white but some of the stock feeders
look blue.
DIR. Wernette was in town sew
eral days this week at the Daniels
Hotel. He visits us about every
three weeks.
A. B. Jack shipped a car load of
cattle from Romeo to Denver Tues
day. ]. P. Haynie also shipped
several loads the same day.
Paul Prenod and wife and their
nephew, Walter Bell, left last
Thursday for Fort Worth, Texas,
where they will make their future
home.
The stork brought our barber,
w. P. Stover, girl last week, and
he has already warned the boys to
stay away from his place as he is
not ready to give her away yet
The family of Joseph Thomas ar
rived Saturday evening from Old
Mexico, where they have been re-
siding for some time. They will
reside in Manassa and send their
children to school this winter.
The basket ball team of La Jara
that came here Thanksgiving to
play, had to look up to the large
boys they had to play with, and
they soon discovered that in order
to win the game they must keep
the ball down where the big boys
couldn't reach it.
The town marshall. SIS. Weimer,
and his brother-in-law, Samuel
Joves, have bought the K. p Mar
oHdll Sto'h vi SOoto anu Will ODtu
the store for business as soon as
they take an invoice. This is the
third time it has changed hands
since Mr. Marshall left so we sup
pose it will be the charm.
The old saying that murder will
out has proved fact in the break
ing in last May of the stores of r.
M. Haynie and Geo. j. Koch for
when "A certain party informed on
them and the marshal went to ar
rest one of the boys he confessed,
and it was learned that the culprits
We're several young fellows from
Bountiful. They were brought be-
fore Justice Smith and released on
$1,000 bonds.
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La Jara School Notes.
BASKET BALL

On Thanksgiving afternoon the
La Jara school basket ball team
journeyed to Manassa to play the
Academy boys. The Manassa team
had the advantage of height, which
advantage was plainly apparent at
center, as their player caught the
ball every time and put it in play
The La Jara team showed the re-
suits of team work and close ad-
herence to the rules. Their pass
work was good and made the game
the more interesting to the on
lockers. The score was 10 to Ii in
favor of Manassa.
Prof. Faris acted as referee and
Prof. A. P. Anderson as umpire.
The national rules were closely fol-
lowed and good sportmanslike
spirit was shown by the rooters on
both sides. Both teams will con-
tlnue their training and the next
game, which will be played in La
Jara, will be of great interest to all
interested in good. clean athletic
games.
The training more than the game
itself is of great physical benefit.
1t also forms a good outlet for
whatever surplus nervous energy
the pupil may have, which might
otherwise be the cause of trouble
within the school room.
The girls have become as much
attached to the game as the boys,
and if convenient game will be
arranged with another girls team
in the valley.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-12-04
For Sale.

1 have the following farm i'm.
plements and stock for sale at
genuine bargains:
One Mccormick mower, prac-
tically new hay rake, drill, disc
pillow, tooth harrow, Disc harrow
feed chopper, and several old plows
One pair good work horses
weight about 2,2OO.
Mrs. G. G. FLINTHAM,
La Jara. Colo
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Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury.

mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
system when entering It through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable physi-
clans, as the damage they will do is ten fold
to the good you can possibly derive from them
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by +. j.
Cheney d Co.. Toledo, o., con ntains no mer-
curry, and Is taken tnternallw, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure he
nally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J,
Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by all Druggists, 15c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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northeast of town and will go into
farming and the real lestatebusiness.
A CLASSICAL RECITAL

| ldI anu lue ltdl
CLASSICAL RECITAL
The interesting feature of the
past week was the briggs Green
wood johnson recital. an entertain
ment given Nov. 26, in the Sanford
opera house. A large and appre-
ciative audience greeted the musi-
cal and literary trio and all were
recalled by encores. At times the
audience was hilarious with laugh
ter at Miss Johnson's reading i'm
| personations. and then again sub
dued and charmed with Miss
Greenwood's artistic musical num-
bers or Prof. briggs oratorios.
Prof. w K. briggs is really a
musical genius. He has rich
bass voice, sings well, and is an ar
tistic pianist. He sang THE Earl
King" The Mighty Deep" and
''The Sentinel Asleep" and played
piano selection, waltz from
Chopin. His favorite song and
masterpiece is the first named,
'The Earl King" The vociferous
encore following his efforts with
this number brought forth an ad-
ditional selection Drinking"
which was not on the program.
Miss Helen Greenwood has a
rich contralto voice of high COM
pass, and her selections are well
suited to her voice. My Dreams"
ave Maria" "Celesti," a Fairy
Love Song" ITO be Sung on the
Waters" and The Last Rose of
Summer" were sung, the lighter
airs alternating as encores with the
classic sentimental Miss Green
wood excels in both styles and has
good dramatic action.
Miss Marie johnson is teacher
of elocution. and her impersona-
tions, of "a varied character, were
all artistic. She recited THE Soul
of the Violin, LEASING Her Mind"
The Little Brown Baby" and
THE Christmas Present. The
first named was pathetic and i'm
pressively read; at the last two
named we laughed ourselves hoarse.
The briggs gs-Greenwood-J johnson
company are making tour of the
San Luis valley. We bespeak for
them that financial success and
patronage that their high order of
art ability deserves. Each is an
artist in their respective lines and
crowded houses await them.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-12-04

The total potato crop of the
United States this season is in
round numbers 240, ,494 900 bushels
according to the best authority on
the subject. This is some 30 mil
lions short of the crop of last year
and runs little below the average
for the past five years. AS prices
have been good during the past
five years We may reasonably expect
the market to continue fairly good,
though there is no reason to expect
rd-breakipg prices at any time
during the winter as the con-
suming population of the coun-
try is now on AN economical basis
as several million wage earners are
out of employment and have been
for over year. The bankers
panic has resulted in loss of over
one billion dollars in wages alone
during the past twelve months and
what this has done to the markets
of the country the eastern farmers
know much better than we of the
west. Out here there has been no
suffering and the western drift of
Immigration keeps steady stream
of money coming our way which
helps us to stem the tide of ad-
vcrsity.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-12-04
FARM LOANS.

100000 or any part of it to loan
on Irrigated Lands in Conejos
county, five and ten years time.
This is No Dream but the Real
Thing, bring in your abstract and
we will make you think you are a
Missourian. See us for rates and
terms. THos. MCCUNNIFF G. Son.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-12-04

Beware when God lets loose a
thinker" says Emerson. Beware,
when he lets loose a talker who
doesn't think
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-12-04

We do not belong to the trust or
carry any union label; the Comet
icut Fire Insurance Company.
Thos. McCunniff, Agent.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-12-04

WANTED-Lady or gentleman
of fair education to travel for line
of household articles and special
ties. Salary $3.50 per day above
expenses. Address, The Alexander
Supply Co., 1856 Deaborn ST., Chi
cago, Illinois.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-12-04
Delinquent Notice.

The eight per cent assessment for A. ID.
1893. on the following Sanford Canal Stock
is now delinquent. If not paid within
thirty days enough of said stock will be
sold at public sale ut Sanford Social Hall.
Sanford. Colo, on Thursday. Dec. 10. A. ID.
1903. at 10 O'Clock a. M. of said day to the,
highest cash bidder. for the purpose of pay
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-12-04
All Settlements must be made before any goods are taken from property
w. D. CARROLL, .5525552 5252s.5s
S. K. SHIRK, Auctioneer
S. K. SHIRk
Practical Auctiioneer
Private and Public Sales
LA JARA. COLORADO
N Q. TANQUARY
Legality of Wills

II you contemplate making will, or are in.
terest in an estate, call and see me, or write
me l make specially of the preparation
and legality of wills. N. O. TANOUARY, At
torney at Law. Continental Blda. Denver.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-12-04

Perhaps Andrew Carnegie can be
induced to endow the farms and
keep the farmers sons in the
country.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-12-04

The cool. drafty stable does not
mean comfort for the stock, nor
does it mean profit for the farmer.
Remember that every bit of dis
comfort which you permit your
stock to suffer by SO much reduces
the amount of your profit.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-12-25

The Oak Grove Banner asks.
how to pronounce Mr.. Gmelieh's
name. The Pleasant Hill Times
says 1t is thus; Get the g down
under your foot and hold It while
you start to say "gum.'' How
ever, don't say 1t, but stop at the
"g,'u.n Then with sharp rising.
infection Say "melish, = 10 rhyme
with "Aleck. =
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-12-25
, For the Farmers wife.

farmers sell OF font tn6tf Iait tnb
and move to town in order that
their wives may escape the hard
work they have found necessary
in the country. Difficult as the
farmer finds 1t to get men to work
in the fields, it is harder still to
secure satisfactory help in the
house. Each year has seen this
problem become more difficult Of
solution, until.it is today recog-
nized Us a state and national ques-
ton. 1t is q recognized fact that
the country can i'll afford to have
these families leave the farms for,
as President Roosevelt recently
pointed out, the strength of the
nation rests in large measure with
those who derive their living from
the soil. Then, too, many a good
woman has left her home in the
country, left her chickens, her
flowers and her fruit yes, and
her old neighbors- and moved to
town, onlyto be disappointed and
perhaps dissatisfied all the rest
OF her days. But what better
could she do?
How is this problem of making
lighter the labor OF the farmers
wife to be solved? Science and
study have come to the aid of the
farmer, and modern machinery
and methods are enabling him to
get along with less labor than he
formerly did. Can not the farm
er's wife be helped in the same
way? The trial is surely worth
while and it is being made.
AS part Of the Farmers Week
exercises to be held at Columbia
under direction Of the Missouri
State Board Of Agriculture, Jam
uary 5 to s, 1909, there will be a
Housekeepers' Conference, in
which Miss Edna D. Day, head OF
the Domestic Science Department
, of the University of Missouri, and
others will Join with the visiting
, ladies in demonstrations and dis
cussions Of special interest to
the farmers wives and daughters.
Miss Martha Van Rensselaer,, OF
Cornell University, who during
the last eight years has been
lecturing to farmers wives IN the
state OF New York, will take a
prominent part in the meeting,
!, Mrs. W. X. James, Of st. Joseph,
president of the Missouri Feder-
alton Of Woman's Clubs will also
, be present, together with others
prominent in the work.
There will be demonstrations OF
labor saving devices for the
home-"The Ideal Vacuum Clean-
err" the fireless cooker and many
; others. All women are urged to
write or, better still, tell of any
labor-saving device that they
have found to be affective, in
!, order that others may learn OF
them. Demonstrations will be
:, given in methods of cooking, and
there will be discussions on Scare
. . Of Milk" Scanning Fruit and
!, Vegetables, /" "Training OF Child
reu," and "The Relation OF the
, Homemaker' to Her Helpers,
!. this being only Q part OF the pro-
n gram.
] The conference continues from
. January 8 to 9, inclusive, and or
|, the last day Saturday th'
= teaching Of subjects will be dis
j cussed, and an opportunity ar
: forded visitors to see the actua
: work Of teaching the Uniyersit.
: students and grade children.
Every Missouri farmers wifi
= or daughter who can attend thi
!. Housekeepers' Conferences shoul
= do 30.
In The Oak Grove Banner ask
. how to pronounce Mr.. Gmelieh'
- - name. The Pleasant Hill Time
:, aava II fs TINS: Get the G dow
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-12-25

stoddard county has ssminis-
ters' alliance.
Free mail delivery was estab-
iished at Lexington last week,
The city council OF Nevada has
increased the saloon license in
that city to 81, 900 per year,
The st. Louis grand jury last
Saturday returned eiehty-three
indictments for election frauds.
In therecent Nodaway County
campaign the Democrats spent
Ss6a .s3 and the Republicans 1858.
]. W. Pepnybaker, a druggist
at Coffey, was killed by the acci-
dental discharge Of his gun while
hunting.
After January 1st 2 letter can
be sent from the United States
direct to Germany, by sea route,
for q 2-cent stamp.
]. W. Martin, the defeated
Democratic candidate for assessor
in st. Francois county, is going
to contest the election.
"Good time should be had by
all'' in HarrisonvilIe pretty soon.
as $500 has been raised there for
the purchase Of a town clock and
more is promised.
A good many ministers in Mis-
souri and Kansas are praying for
a tariff on zinc, while the produ-
GERS Of the article continue TO
prey on the public.
A bootlegeer was arrested 81
Bertrand, Mississippi county :
few days ago and fined $500 and
costs, which fine he is "ayine
out" in Charleston jail at S1.U
per day.
A special election will be helc
at Charleston, Mississippi county
on January nth, to determine
whether or not spiritious or in
toxicating liquors shall be solf
in that city.
The Columbia Statesman is try
ing to accelerate the growth o
the sentiment for the erection o
a handsome bronze statue T
Daniel Boone on the lawn of tn
new Boone County courthouse.
The next meeting OF the South
east Missouri Teachers Associa
tionwill beheld in Fredericktown
Prof. B. s. starnes, Of Hayti, wa
elected president Of the associa
ton. Prof. Starnes is q Cap
county man,
Cash Book, published at jack
con, Cape Girardeau county
says: The new $4,000 ston
church is toweringhigh, and wheI
completed the Methodist folks Q
this city will have one of th
handsomest as we'll as most cost
iy houses Of worship in this sec
tion Of the state.
The biggest examination eve
held at the University OF Missou
was given in the Englien Depar'
ment last week. Practicall
eYsry Freshman is required
take q course in English cQmrc
sition, and this year the ''mit
semester, examination Of all d
partments was held at the San
time in the University auditorium
More than 800 students took Il
examination.
On 5thinst, near Bloomield,
stoddsrd county, Edwin Toole,
lad about twelve years Of age. .
cidently shot and killed Thom
1. Buck, age about thifte'
years. The two boys wsrel Q
hunting when the sccidsnt .
CURED. A ccvsy Of quail "
aIscoyersd. and both boys stsl
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-12-25

|,ROUNDABOUTTHE STATE.
Cleaned from. om.Exchanges--Madeb blythe Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
mai, Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.

cd on q run towards the quail.
The Buck lad was about ten feet
in the lead, when the Toole lad
fell over q log, causing bis rife.
to FIRE, the discharge penetrating
the back Of the Buck boy, caus-
ing death q short time afterwards.
No doubt q large audience will
greet the infant orator, Little Miss
Vivian Woods at the court house
tonight to hear her explain the
merits of the Order Of the Wood
men Of the World. The child is
accompanied by her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. W. P. Woods, of Naylor,
Mo. Although Less than six years
Of age, the little girl talks for an
hour upon the subject Of wood
craft. No admission fee is charg-
ed, the local lodge Of the order
defraying the expense OF the
meeting Cairo Citizen.
Over in Southeast Missouri q
preacher in delivering a farewell
address said: 81 don't believe
the Lord toyes this church; none
OF you ever die, ! don't believe
you love each other, l never mar
ried any OF you, I don't believe
any OF you love me, for you don't
pay me my salary-only inwormy
fruit, and "by their fruit ye shall
know them" I am going to fill
the position as chaplain Of the
penitentiary. "Where l am
going ye cannot come, but ! 90 to
prepare a place for ysu."
Counselor ]. v. Conran brought
suit. this week, against the City
of New Madrid, for Constable
Louis Block, to recover S25, ,OOC
damages. Mr.. Block charges
that the city kept or permitted an
open sewer on the street in the
eastern part of town, into which
last summer, a wagon loaded with
a big block Of wood, on which
plaintiff was riding, ran into it
throwing him out, inflicting, it il
alleged, serious, painful and per-
manent injuriss.-Ne Madrit
Record.
Lou Hamilton, received from
Washington, D. c., last Saturday
1.-THE final patent for his cottoi
picker, dated December 8, 1908
lit covers the machine invented
by him, which has been infringe'
by various parties who have beel
exhibiting and exploiting cottol
pickers during the past year, an
it is expected that Lou will sool
commence collecting royalty o
bring suits in the federal court
for big damages.-New Madri
Record,
James W. Norwine, q younI
man employed by the Mort
American Lead company at Fred
ericktown, met with very pain
full accident Tuesday afternoo
of last week. While walking o
. 9 narrow plank between two val
of boiling chemicals, he slippe
into q trough Of the hot liquid an
was painfully, but not seriousl
scalded.
"a.
Y Poplar Bluff Telephone Co.,
: installing q q, 900 switch board
: their central office at Poplar Bluf
Q The system viii be that of tt
Il common battery. There will |
Q automatic receivers-simply Il
the receiver from the hook an
light signal win inform central
somebody on the line. instead
! the bell system now In operatioI
e A Charlton County farmer wi
q pleaded guilty 70 the charge
it feeding blue vitriol to the cati
K Of neighbors was paroled BY q
q judge. He was, Of course, "wel
i to-do and respected"
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-12-25

or may not be the reason. One
Of the little girls lived oniy q few
minutes, but the other three seem
to be healthy. and weigh about
three pounds each. The mother
is o small woman, weighing about
120 pounds, is twenty six years
old and has three other children.
Will someone kindly notify Mr..
1 Roosevelt at once?-Charleston
Courier.
There is genuine excitement in
Upton. The drys and the wetshave
been keeping each other warm
for sometime and after three sa-
loon licenses were granted re-
Gently someone hung crepe en- the
church doors. The Upton Times
Ihas denounced the act in vigor-
GUS language as the "Dastardiy
Deed Of a Demon" and the sa-
loon keepers have signed state
ment calling it a "eowardly,
shameful and disgraceful act"
Amt it awful?
Tie people of Missouri will
know not later than January
whether or not they are to have
q continuation of two-cent pas
sanger rates and lower freight
rates. Judge Smith Mcpherson
of the federal court in Kansas
City said that he would give a
decision covering all of the eigh-
teen rate cases within two
! months. Some of the freight
: rate cases have been in litigation
three years.
/ In these days of modern i'm
. provements the Spickard Herald
3 indorses the idea that. young
women attending church in the
: evening register their names in
the church vestibuie so that the
a young men who are in the habit
4 of lingering around the churcl
y door can see whether or not theil
a best girl is present and thus set
4 troubled brain TO rest, withou
bothering the audience. .
{ The Mexico Intelligencer ap
n proves what it calls a new fashion
: In granting divorces, started b!
n Judg. Ellison in Maryville. Th'
n Judge asks the woman il she Il
engaged or contemplating al
early marriage. II she replie
: "No," he warns her that sh
2 will be prosecuted for perjury be
: fore her new honeymoon is cres
=, cent should she take anothe
. husband right away.
Fire, believed to have original
: ed from an explosion of the ga
y lighting plant, destroyed tn
y clubhouseof the Kansas City Gu
: Club at Athol with a loss of SIC
;" 900. The clubhouse was th
finest of its kind in the state an
t. was completed only a few year
Ig ago. Many rifles, shotguns an
70 fishing tackles belonging to tn
re members were destroyed.
=, !, Owing to a faulty constructio
- of the law under which such lint
x are chartered, the st. JOSEPH
- Mirabile & Kingston electric roa
will be unable TO do anything ur
rt til the law is amended to perm
ly such lines to do q freight bus
in ness. BY negligence or Other
e, wise, this law does not graz
,h freight privileges to these line
10 Noah Hunt, pioneer settler an
10 miller of Lone Jack, died at h
~ home at that place Sunday at Il
ne age of seventy-nine years. +
NJ came TO Missouri from Nor
o Carolina in 1840 and built Il
es first mills 10 the vicinity Of Lor
N Jack for tha grinding Of corn or
'ai - the carding Of wool. The nj
was an old time tread mill.
When the undertakers were r
moving the bodies from the Lii
n erty cemetery to one in Kans
q