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Evening star., 1908-01-30
West End w. G. T. u. Meets.

The meeting of the West End W. {. T.
L for January was held at the residence
of Mrs. Manning Fernandez. Mrs. r. w.
Cheeseman, the president called on Mrs.
Kinds to read the Scripture and Mrs.
Hawkins to lead in prayer. The reports
of officers and superintendent followed
including that of Miss Cecilia Graham
on S. and s.. Mrs. Emma Berry on evan
eelistic and Mrs. d. H. Eiker on flower
missions
Delegates attending the w. c. [. U.
convention. held January II, made re-
ports. 1t was announced that early in
February three of the national officers
will come to Washington for stay of
two weeks.
The work for the Loyal Temperance
Legion in the District was reported by
the superintendent, Mrs. Fernandez. who
announced a District conference to be
neld at the home of Mrs. Blaine, 1903 Sd
street, Friday evening of this week. A
local organization connected with Union
Church was decided upon under Mrs.
Kinds with Miss Bessie Taylor. Miss
Hattie Berry and Miss Anna Shanks to
assist.
Cooperation with the AntiSaloon
League in all that pertains to prohibition
was decided on, but no aftiliation on other
other lines.
Evening star., 1908-01-30
COMMITTEE MAKES REPORT.
Investigation Regarding Change AT
fecting Care of Insane Patients.

The charges made to the Commission
ers several months ago to the effect that
vermin- infested insane patients at the
Washington Asylum Hospital were trans
ferred to the Government Hospital for the
Insane were practically substantiated in
a report made to the Commissioners today
by the committee on miscellaneous in
stitutions of the District board of chari-
ties. following rigid investigations
This committee is composed of DR..
Charles P. Neill, commissioner of labor,
and Dr. George NJ. Kober. Although they
reported that .1some vermin" was on
these four patients, they in no way crit
icised the management Of the Washing
ton Asylum but on the contrary said that
the institution is well conducted, particu
larly as to cleanliness, considering it's
limited means and considering the class
of patients received there for treatment.
The committee said: I'VE do not be-
lieye it is possible to absolutely avoid
occasional instances In which vermin will
be discovered because of the fact that not
only are patients received at the insti-
tuition peculiarly liable to be so infected,
but they are consequently subjected to
the danger of reinfection from visits made
to them by their friends. However. every
possible effort at prevention and eradica-
ton should be eXerted to reduce the evil
to minimum, even III 1t cannot be aDSo-
lutely eliminated.
AS a means of bettering this condition
this committee concluded its report by
recommending the purchase of dry
steam sterliZer such as is used by some
Of the larger institutions for diSinfect-
ing clothing This sterilZer will cost
about $4,000, and will need d special APP
preparation.
Regarding the four cases Drs. Neill and
Kober explained how the infesting of the
clothing might have been occasioned. The
committee also explained that consulta-
ton was had with scientists of the De-
partment of Agriculture and careful study
made as to the methods employed for the
eradication of Yermn from clothing in
numerous institutions in this and other
cities.
Upon receipt Of this report Commits
sioner Macfarland. who has supervision of
the charities of the District said:
1.-The report shows that the investigation
made by the board of charities was very
thorough The committee, consisting of
DIR. Charles p Neilr and DR.. George NJ.
Kober, which did the actual work. was
especially qualified for it. The report illus
trates once more the absolute necessity
for a new municipal hospital on the new
municipal hospital site. The superintend-
ent of the Washington Asylum has done
the best he could with the makeshift
hospital. but it ought no longer to be
kept between the Jail and the work
house. to say nothing of providing
requisite room. 1t is now overcrowded
and unsuitable. If the recommendations
of the Commissioners had been carried
ont there would now be on the fine site
on Brightwood avenue model. modern
hospital adequate for our needs and suit
ably eUuiDDed. -
Evening star., 1908-01-30
Machinists Demand Investigation.

At meeting of the Machinists' Union
last night a resolution was unanimously
adopted petitioning Congress to investi
gate various departments of the Dis
trict government under the supervision
of the Engineer Commissioner, especially
the building department.. The petition
referred particularly to Maj. Morrow's
alleged threat to chastise a citizen who
had protested against the conduct of
certain affairs, and to Maj Morrows s
address before d citizens association
recently. during which he is said to
have criticised another citizens associa-
ton. This attitude on the part of the
Engineer Commissioner. the machinists
say, is considered as declaration OF
prejudice
Evening star., 1908-01-30
TO OPPOSE CHANGE.
Action by Chamber of Commerce
Committee in School Matter

At meeting OF the special school COM
n1ittee OF the Chamber of Commerce ap-
pointed 10 represent the board Of directors.
teld Yesterday afternoon. the members de
cid to oppose with energy the passage or
the Dulliver b.! providing for the reor-
ganization OF the public school system Of
the District
Two steps We're decided on. First. the
committe,. VIII ask the Senate and the
House pist-ict committees for hearings
on either the Dolliver or the Burleson bill
so that the Chamber of Commerce mem
.s may present their views. Second
the report OF the special committee on
schools OF the Chamber of Commerce
which was made 10 the board of directors
several days ago will be presented ani 9
copy sent 10 every member of the Senate
and House.
While no definite steps have been taken
IL is said that the committee on schools
OF the Board of Trade will join with thai
OF the Chamber of Commerce in the tight
before Congress against the proposed re
org ganiZation.
Evening star., 1908-01-30
Will of Mrs. Letitia Tyler Semple.

The will of Mrs. Letitia Tyler Semple. a
former mistress of the White House, who
died at the Louise Home December 2S
last, was fled today for probate. 1t is
dated April 16 last, and in terms revokes
the will Of 1902, which was filed for pro-
bate last week.
BY this will of later date Mrs. Semple
names as sole beneficiary of her estate
her niece, Elizabeth Denison Williams,
in return tor my husbands debt to her
and her monies that / have used in my
school in the city of Baltimore, Md"
Robert Munford, jr., of Richmond, Va,
is named as executor, but has filed re-
nunciation.
Evening star., 1908-01-30
LETTER CARRIER CONVICTED.
Charge Made That He Secreted and
Destroyed Mail.

Charles Brown. colored. a letter car
rier. was yesterday convicted in Criminal
Court No. ] of secreting and DESTROYING
mail. Sentence was not imposed From
the testimony of Frank L. Little. Frank
Barclay. post Office inspectors. ard other
witnesses. the government established
that Brown had been suspected of rifiing
letters, and on the day of his arrest a
decoy registered letter contai. .ng IS was
given him to be delivered. The letter was
addressed 10 Mrs. Roberta Robertson the
Concord" with directions to try at the
Carrollton. The money in the letter was
marked. Brown, it was testified. re-
turned 10 the post Office after his rounds
with this letter torn open and part of the
marked money displaced by other bills
Attorneys II. +. Davis and j. h. Laskay
represented the defendant.
Evening star., 1908-01-30

Sc Crystal Glass Table
Tumblers: pretty pat rTL~
terms. Friday and Saturday. aAS
Evening star., 1908-01-30
IRISH EMIGRATION
TIDE FELL FOR A WHILE, ONLY
TO RISE AGAIN.
Special Cableeram to The Star.

Special Cabegram to The Star.
DUBLIN, January 3O.-Last year was q
year of retrogression in the record OF
Irish emigration. The number of emf
grants had steadily fallen from 1902 to
1905, in which year it touched the lowest
figure recorded since 1851. But for the
last two years there has been an in
crease. and the figure for 1907 is the
highest since 1902. and is considerably
higher than the figures of 1897 and 1898.
Thus the hope that the tide of emigra-
tion was being effectively lessened is dis
couraged. The number of emigrants last
year was 39,0S2. as compared with 35,344
in 1906 and 3O.676 in 1905. 1t was slightly
less than the decennial average to 1904
but only slightly, and was. of course. fur
nished by lessened population. Study
they show, with occasional fluctuations
steady outflow of from 10000 to 10000.
with an average of about $4,000.
Thirteen years ago there was decided
Improvement. The stimulus given to emf
grafton by the disasters to the agricul-
tural industry in the early eighties had
spent itself by that date. and there was q
considerable fall. averaging 10000 year.
in the annual outgoings. Two years ago
period of further improvement seemed
10 nave D1SuIl, Uul lIc IlSc VI lLc lluG
last year proves that the expectation
founded on the four years steady fall was
premature.
Causes of Variation.
1t is not easy to analyze the causes of
the fluctuations In the figures. They are
not entirely governed by Irish conditions.
American and Canadian influences affect
the flow no less than changes in prosper
ity or adversely at home. Probably the
tremendous boom in American and Cana
dian trade, which reached It's climax in
1906 and received no real check until the
mid-October crash. helped to counteract
the agencies at work at home to say the
losses. The war of rates among the
transatlantic shipping companies during
the year was also an unhealthy stimulus.
When American conditions are thriving
1.-The paid passages from friends on the
other side grow more numerous, and
when the price of passage falls the
same effect is produced. Again the ac-
tivity of the Canadian government in
promoting immigration, directed as it was
specially to Ireland this year through the
agency of the International exhibition.
also assisted to swell the figures. It is
significant that the number of emigrants
to Canada increased from 8, ,4O4 to 4,2296.
or about 26 per cent, while the increase
in the number of emigrants to the United
States was from 27,O79 to 10000, an in
crease of about II per cent. If these were
some of the stimulating causes we shall
probably witness a decline in the figures
for 19OS
Evening star., 1908-01-30

$50 Wash Boiler. xxx tin.
heavy copper bottom with 2Ls-inch
copper rim: No. s size. Fri Su zS
day and Saturday. ~AeDo
Evening star., 1908-01-30

1Jc Nursery Chairs. hard wood.
natural finish. complete with ENc
table. Friday and Saturday. :. O>S
Evening star., 1908-01-30

soc Galv Iron Wash Tubs: large
family size. triple coated.
with strong handle. Friday <M~
and Saturday. ....................O w
Evening star., 1908-01-30

Pursuant to an imperial rescript issued
Monday. Sir Robert Har; inspector n
eral ot the Chinese customs service has
begun the transfer of his duties to Sir
Robert Bredon, the vice inspector general.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-08-28
EXHIBIT FOR STATE FAIR
Everybody Requested to Help
Along the Good Cause.

Colorado's favorite fair is to be
held at Pueblo this year as usual,
Sept IA to 10. Conejos county
has always made good showing
at this fair and this years crops
are so good compared with the
rest of the state that an extra fine
opportunity is offered to create a
sensation and take some prizes.
l.. w. Sowards of Manassa has
been appointed to look after the
exhibit and requests all who will
to bring their exhibits to the depot
at La Jara ON Wednesday, Sept. 9.
He will attend to the shipping,
proper care and display on arrival
at the fair
Don't forget the date and let's
all try and contribute something
and show the people that old Con-
eios county is still on the map.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-08-28
For Sale.

| have the following farm i'm
plements and stock for sale at
genuine bargains:
New Deering binder. one Nc
Cormick mower, practically new
hay rake, drill, disc pillow, farm
wagon. tooth harrow, Disc harrow,
feed chopper, and several old plows.
One pair good work horses,
weight about 1900; One pair of
fine young mules.
Mrs. G. G.. FLINTHAM,
La Jara, Colo
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-08-28
Colorado Fairs
and Conventions.

Following are the dates of state
and county fairs to be held in
southern Colorado and the dates of
the Democratic and Republican
conventions:
Hotchkiss Fair-Hotchkiss Fair,
Sept. 2, 3 and 4.
Tri County Fair = Glenwood
Springs, Sept. II, Is and 10.
Roaring Fork and Crystal River
Fair-Aspen, Sept. 80 and 30 and
Oct. and 2.
San Luis Valley Fair-Monte
Vista, Sept. %, % and "a.
Arkansas Valley Fair-Rocky
Ford, Sept. to 4.
Colorado State Fair-Pueblo,
Sept. IA to 10.
Democratic State Convention
Pueblo, Sept. s.
Republican State Convention
Denver, Sept. II.
Watermelon Day-Rocky Ford,
Sept. 3.
Fremont County Fair-Canon
City, Sept. 8 to IL.
Mesa County Fair-Grand juno
ton, Sept. % to %.
Western Slope Fair-Montrose,
Sept. Ia to Is.
Prowers County Fair-Lamar,
Sept. s to IL.
National Irrigation Congress
Albuquerque, n. NJ, Sept. 80 to
Oct. 3.
Conejos and Costilla County
Fair-Alamosa, Oct. I, s and 8.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-08-28
Read The Chronicle.
Notice of Application to Lease
State Lands.

Office of the State Board of Land Commits.
SioncrS.
Denver. Colorado. August 10Th 1905.
Notice is hereby given that f. X. Stark.
whose poStof1ce address is Colorado
Springs, Colo. has made application No.
SSa to lease the following described
School Lands, situate in Conejos County.
Colorado. to-wit:
All of Section aj Township 30 North,
Range East.
No other application to lease the above
described lands will be considered after
September 18th. l9OS.
JOHN +. VIVIAN.
Register State Board Land Commissioners.
First publication. Aug. y. 1s0s.
Last publication. Sept. 49, 1905.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-08-28
ADVERTISING RATES

Display Advertls me nts will be charged
for at the rate Of i2is cents per inch per week,
single column measurement, on monthly con-
tract, and 25 cents per single column inch for
periods of less than one month. Rates given
on more than q column of space by the year.
Dispa, advertisements will be changed every
two weeks without extra charge when changes
are made weekly an additional charge of
cents per inch will be made.
Changes for display adv ert isements must be
in this office before Wednesday noon To insure
a change that. week.
Local Notices, 10 cents per line for each
ertion.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-08-28

The Murphy-Newcomb Hard
ware >Co. will sell you American
Field woven wire fence-the best
in the land-at prices that will
amaze you.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-08-28
Money in Colorado Poultry.
BY II. N. COTTRELL.

BY ii. NJ. COTTkEll
Colorado Agricultural College, Fort Collins
At the poultry institute held by
the Colorado Agricultural College
in Greeley, August II, Prof. w. G.
Chambers exhibited a Rhode Is
land Red hen that had laid 200
eggs in one year.
Prof. Cham bers keeps from forty
to fifty hens on a town lot and has
to buy all his feed. He keeps an
accurate account of all expenses,
and last year for feed, louise killer,
straw and all incidentals, the cost
was 81 per hen.
He uses trap nests and keeps no
hen that lays less than l2O eggs in
twelve months. The average for
his entire flock is little over
twelve dozen eggs a hen per an
mum.
The average price in the open
market for the year for eggs has
been % cents a dozen. This
makes at market price an income
of 50 hen for the year-S2 more
per hen than the cost of feed
where all feed has to be purchased.
Professor Chambers has made
more than this amount because
he has sold some of the eggs for
Matching.
Professor Chambers ascribes his
success to intelligent feeding good
care and trap-nesting.
His hens are given dry feed
entirely. He gives light feed of
whole wheat and corn three times
a day, scattering the grain in the
litter.
He keeps before his hens all the
time in self-feeding hoppers a dry
mash made of the following mix
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-08-28
FARM LOANS.

For headache DIR. Miles Anti-pain Pills.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-08-28
SAVE YOUR HORSE.

r. Miles Autl-Pain Pills relieve pain,
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-08-28
Thermometer Readings.

Temperature taken at noon for
the week ending today: Saturday
IS, Sunday 80, Monday 10, Tues
day 73, Wednesday II, Thursday
73, Friday rs
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-08-28
Notice of Application to Lease
State Lands.
Office of the State Board of Land Commits
sioners,
Denver. Colorado. July 3Oth. 1903.

Denver. Colorado. July ;0tI, 1865.
Notice Is hereby given that 6. w. Gates
and J. J. Spencer whose postofficc address
is Monte Vista. Colorado, has made uppli-
cation No. $40 to lease the following
described Internal Improvement Lands.
situntc in Coucjos County, Colorado. tow IL:
p Of w : of Section "a. Township &c
North Range East.
No otherapplication to lease the above
described lands will be considered after
August 18th. igss.
JOHN +. VIVIAN.
Register State Board Land Commissioners.
First pub. Aug. T. 1905 last Aug y. 1903.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-08-28

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 & SoN.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-08-28

Deacon's Collie Specific is abso-
lutely the best collie remedy known
to medical science Guaranteed
under the pure food and drug law
For sale by Fl. o. Ellis, La Jara, or
NJ. H. Deacon, Monte Vista, Colo
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-08-28
For Rent.

Three room cottage, inquire of
Thos. McCunnitf.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-08-28
Favorable Season for
Winter Wheat.

Prof. Olin of the State expert
ment station says: The conditions
are very favorable for the seeding
of fall wheat. Such quantity of
moisture has fallen during the
past six weeks that the ground is
thoroughly wet and the farmer
can provide an ideal seed bed.
The wheat crop this year was
cut short in many portions of the
United States either by climatic
conditions or insect attacks, and
the 1908 fall sown wheat is sure to
bring good price. especially in the
western country. Secure seed
wheat now. If you have not good
quality seed, consult the miller
and learn who has the best neigh
borhood wheat
Seed early this year, if the
wheat grows too rapidly, you can
pasture it down and thus gain so
much good feed as clear profit.
In high attitudes the first week in
September is IA good time to SOW.
Let us have good seeding of
winter wheat during the most
favorable season we have ever
had.
The Denver Times and Rocky
Mountain News is giving wall
chart as premium with three
months paid in advance daily sub
scription. H. O. Ellis can give
particulars.
Rev. and Mrs. Holden were here
Thursday. Rev. Holden leaves for
state conference at Longmont to-
morrow consequently there will
be no preaching service at the M.
+. church next Sunday. Other
services of the church as usual.
Some excitement was occasioned
this week by the arrival of "A car
load of Rocky Ford watermelons
but Baldy Neal survived the event
and so the rest of the population
ere believed to be safe.
Editor Peck who was lately
removed from the Center Dis
patch is about to launch new
Democratic weekly at Center. 1t
is to be called the San Luis Val
ley Sun and car load of printing
material was received last week.
A merchant can do business
without advertising, and fellow
can also wink at his girl in the
dark, but what's the use. Let the
people know what you have:
If he who hesitates is lost,
AS some old sage has writ,
1t surely is fearful cost
To pay for lack of grit.
Don't hesitate if you would win:
To save yourself is best.
Chronicle will i,ut you adlet in
Rates furnished on request
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-07-13
Ask parSOnS---f1e Knows

the grain that is ground with the
meal. The building and machinery
will cost about $4,000.
The machinery will consist OF a
1OO-horse-power engine that will be
driven by gas of it's own making
from anthracite coal, of grinders, ele-
vators, etc. The product will be sack
ed in haes similar to bran sacks, and
the fact that 100 pounds of meal will
be put in one of these sacks shows
how well the alfalfa is ground and
how compact it is for storage. The
capacity of the mill will be four tons
an hour.
The factory is a substantial enter
prise for Roswell and means much
to the farmers of this locality, who
will undoubtedly hail its coming with
delight. An expert machinist VIII
Come from ST. Louis to manage tn
machinery.
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FEDERATION OF
MINERS IN CONVENTIO

Denver, Colo, July 13.-The open
ing session of the sixteenth annual
convention of the Western Federation
of Miners was devoted to the appoint
ment of a committee on credentials
and two short addresses, one by Geo.
HALEY, president of the Colorado
State Federation OF Labor, and the
other by w. A. Burns a member OF
the Miners Union of Virginia, New.
Both men declare the two organiza-
tions of miners should work in har-
mony, If not together. 1t was announc-
ed that President Lewis OF the Unit
ed Mine Workers, will appear before
the convention, and an unofficial con-
ference will result with a view OF
amalgamating the coal and metaltf-
erous miners.
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WILL THROW DIRT THIS
80 WEEK FOR WATER WORKS.

About seventy-hve men assembled
at the corner of the Citizens National
Bank this morning, expecting to be
put to work on the new water works
and sewer systems, but they were
not needed today and will have to
wait However, they will not wait
long, for the dirt will begin to fly
this week. Some of the men were CIV
en- employment unloading the three
cars Of piping that came in last week,
and more will be put at this work as
soon as the four cars arrive for which
bills of lading were received today
The engineer who will set the stakes
for the bitches will arrive tonight
and soon after his arrival the digging
will be commenced
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Live stock Market.

Kansas City. July 13.-Cattle re-
ceipts $4,000. Market 1O@2O cents
lower. Southern steers, $3.50 500;
southern COWS, 2.0O@3.75; stockers
and feeders, 3.OO@4.sO; bulls, 2.40@
4.25; calves, 3.O0@5.25; western
steers, 4.5O@6.50; western cows, 2.75
@4.25
Hog receipts, 5000. Market 500
cents higher. Bulk sales, 6.55@6.70:
heavy, 6.70@6.75; packers and butch.
ers, 6.55@6.75; light. 6.45@6.65; pigs.
5.OO@5.75
Sheep receipts, 1000. Market stea-
dy. Muttons, 4.00@4.50; lambs, Also
$50; range wethers, 3.50@4.25; fed
ewes. 3.25@41O
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Jaffa, Prayer & Co.'S Big
Clearance Sale will continue all
this week.
REMARKABLE RESULTS IN
TREATMENT OF PERiToNiTtS

New York, July 13.-The remarka-
Bile results attained in the treatment
of periton1tis with pure xygen at
Beth Israel Hospital have raised hope
that way has been found at last to
combat this dread disease which
places the stamp of death upon 95
per cent of its victims. Within the
last two weeks four patients whose
cases seemed hopeless have been cur
ed by this treatment, the oxygen be-
ing applied directly in the region Of
the peritoneum through an incision
in the abdomen.
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u IsoS"o
New Mexico, and Is to be delivered
to said Edward Kennedy upon the
written order of the committee of cit
liens who signed a certain contract,
dated June 81, 1908, with said Ed
ward Kennedy for the construction
of a railroad, this order is to be made
only upon the completion by said Ed
ward Kennedy of his part of said con-
tract and the operation of said rail-
road; and when the same shall be
completed and the road be in opera
tion this is to be detached from the
above note by said bank, and the
above mentioned note is to be deliv-
cred to said Edward Kennedy; and
said bank shall insert in said note
the date Of delivery, which shall be
the date wien said note commences
to draw interest